Community Notes and Social Updates From Greencastle
Local events include a class postponement at the Red Men Lodge from October 23 to November 6 1920 due to the Fall Festival. Notable visitors include Mrs Duleny Mahan of Hannibal Missouri and Rev Levi Marshall. club meetings feature the Boston Club and Ww R C No 23 with named participants. The Christian church urges Sunday School Day attendance and a Go to Sunday School Day note accompanies Go to Sunday School Day. Obituaries report the death of Ott Starr a 33 year old Mill Creek township farmer after typhoid fever leaving six children and a widow. Other items mention Alfred Evans Monon Railroad attorney visiting Greencastle, a renovated Monon station, and several social visits and lodge meetings with notes on blue card sales and local residents.
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Red Men Lodge
Ott Starr
Mill Creek Township
Mr. Starr
No Porcelain Coinage Proposal Stirs Debate in Germany
The plan to mint 60 000 000 in porcelain coins for the German republic faces strong opposition. Critics warn porcelain money would be unwieldy, indistinguishable by ordinary counting, and easy to imitate, though some coins have already been produced at the Meisson factory as disks of pale color. Experts insist only hardness tests can verify authenticity.
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German Republic
Meisson Manufactory
Miss Prymme Questions Mr Gaysport’s Claims
Miss Prymme challenges Mr Gaysport’s assertion that she runs a chicken farm while Mrs Broadly affirms his view. The exchange occurs as Prymme probes his understanding of her role as Principal of a young ladies boarding school.
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Miss Prymme
Looks and looks alone do not reveal a person
Mrs Puddles laments Adella's suitors and argues that judging people by appearance is fallible. The dialogue compares would-be friends to dogs and cats, noting varied features while asserting true character lies beyond looks as Tiger the tiger discovers a hidden, better companion.
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Adella
Mrs. Puddles
Vudules
Buskirk
Phen
Cbin
Bontrasers
You
Tiger
Wayward Wardrobe Chaos in a Housecleaning Scene
A disheveled hostess piles trunks of dresses coats parasols and ribbons in a crowded room. A brown suited visitor and others debate what to keep discard or alter as plans for reliving the clutter unfold amid comic social banter.
Limousine With Heavy Tread Wanders Department Store
A man describes his wife in humorous terms as a limousine with heavy tread who typically runs of low, as a floor walker asks what he seeks. The exchange unfolds in the department store.
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Tim
Joan
Classified Ads For Sale And Help Wanted Notices
Classifieds include farm and dwelling sales in Indiana Greencastle and Putnam County job seeks at Herald Office. Items listed range from White Wyandotte cockerels to The J A Clement Dwelling Fast Seminary Street Lee Ford Lucas. Wages, farm tenant, office help and Ward's wagon salesman need announced. Established firms like Dr Ward's Medical Company are seeking applicants.
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J. A. Clement
Fast Seminary Street
Lee Ford Lucas
Ward
Putnam County
Laborers and sales positions advertised in Indiana
Laborers wanted for permanent winter work at Indiana Portland Cement Co. Salesmen wanted for exclusive county territory by Harlan Smith Sales Co. Full commission on repeat orders. Address 306 Indiana Trust Bldg, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Indiana
Portland Cement Co
Harlan.Smith Sales Co
Indiana Trust Bldg
Indianapolis
Ind
Telephone Bell Upgrade Notice in Greencastle
Greencastle Telephone Co announces a ringing machine upgrade. A technician will visit every phone with Red or White color prefixes to switch to the new system. Expect ringing during the transition and please be patient as lines are connected.
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Greencastle Telephone Co
L. H. Finney
Mgr
Officers for Methodist Orphanage
The Board of Trustees of the Indiana Conference Orphan's Methodist Home met Friday naming H C Clippinger president Mrs C H Barnaby vice president Ben Riley secretary Theodore Crawley treasurer Miss Angie Godwin superintendent and field agent Mrs Christ to begin work next week Miss Ida Riley office secretary and the executive committee to handle matters between meetings Louis Stevens commended for five years as treasurer The twenty four children are well cared for The board invited the conference commission to meet here and a blue card sale is announced next week.
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Indiana Conference
Orphan's Methodist Home
H.C. Clippinger
C. H. Barnaby
Ben Riley
Dretary
Theodore Crawley
Martha Christ
Adams Indiana
Angie Godwin
Christ
Moore
Kentucky
Louis Stevens
Conference Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duleny Mahan
Hannibal, Mo
Levi Marshall
Boston
Laura Ammerman
Wood Street
Ww. R. C. No. 23
Margaret Hamrick
Christian Church
Sherman Murphy
Bainbridge
S. E. Farmer
Brazil
Alfred Evans
Lafayette
The
Monon Railroad Company
Greencastle
Homer Williams
Flatwood School House
Miss Bethel Boyle
G. R. Boyle
Greencastle Crescent
Rebecca Lodge No. 763
Rose Steegmiller
N. G
Minnie A. Kiefer
VL. Raphael
Della Holliday and
Ermal Kelsey
Amboy, Indiana
Pvery
John
Mrs Nibbing
Mel Febb
McBobb
Charlie
Ele
Fillmore
Mariney
Joe Grubb
Greencastle RR
W. H. Evans
Herald Office
Hunt
Great Majestic Range
John Cook & Sons Company
Greencastle, Indiana
Methodist
Waiestle
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