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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1923
Page
2
Charles J. Arnold Proprietor Greencastle Indiana daily publishes obituaries at 1 dollar per obituary with poetry charged 5 cents per line. Cards of Thanks are 50 cents each.
A London inventor George Stevens is found dead, killed by his latest device a machine meant to kill painlessly and scientifically. The piece notes the lure of invention and imagines a strange inventive pursuit. It also recounts a Boston Transcript quip about a mother and her six year old son.
To waterproof cloth dissolve one ounce of sugar or lead in a quart of water and mix well. Place the liquid in a covered jar. Immerse mattress pads baby bibs dress shields and lightweight coats to make them waterproof. For tents and covers use a larger quantity of the solution.
The sacred Buddhist books are the Pitaka with Buddha discourses the Dharma ethics for laypeople the Vinaya priestly rules and various ceremonies. They total about 1 200 pages and nearly 80 000 000 Chinese characters.
In Japan the tallow tree thrives bearing a rich oil rich crop of nuts useful for high grade garnishes. Experiments are underway in the Rio Grande valley Texas to Americanize the tree according to the Ohio State Journal.
The Mississippi River contains 119 bridges with 77 above St Paul Minnesota and 41 between St Paul and the Ohio junction, two below the point. Among them the largest bridges are at Memphis Tennessee, one at Thebes Illinois and four at St. Louis Missouri.
The St. Joseph News- Press notes the new etiquette book says valet should rhyme with et, matching the past tense of eat. The Boston Transcript agrees the dictionary has long suggested this pronunciation.
A Danish superstition holds that toothache or ague can be cured by gathering an elder twig and burying it. The burial place must be kept secret from the sufferer, ensuring the charm remains effective.
A claim ties hundreds of millions of Minshels of Marquis wheat in the US and Canada to a single grain planted by a scientist in Ottawa in 1903. Mary Alice, four, visiting her grandmother, asked nanny why a gobbler seemed to cough after gobbling.
A cautious mother at the zoo urges Al Bert to finish his food before entering the lionhouse. The sight of food is described as driving the lions wild in a Passing Show style remark.
Poem fragment notes dawn over mountain tops and its promise to descend into shaded homes and sleeping hearts of men as Eden Phillpotts contemplates time and trust.
Harold Bell Wright, noted novelist, argued for idealism and romance in fiction at a New York dinner. He contrasted it with realism saying life is drab and ugly and nothing ever comes off except buttons.
United States Department of Agriculture urges early cutting of timothy hay after first bloom to maximize digestible nutrients and avoid color loss. Weather and rain affect quality. damaged hay should be separated and stored apart from good hay. Producers should start cutting promptly and cure to preserve color and quality.
A guide on starting calves on grain alongside milk, stressing small initial portions and placement in feeding boxes or mangers. It recommends a mix of 500 pounds ground corn, 300 pounds (rounded) oats, and 100 pounds linseed oil meal, plus hay such as clover and timothy or alfalfa, to support early digestion and vigorous growth.
Rural Allee youngest son of J N and Alice Allee was born March 13 1900 in Putnam County Indiana and died August 17 1923 in Boulder Colorado aged 23 years 5 months 4 days. He taught in Putnam and Morgan counties and was an active Sunday school and church worker in Eminence. He belonged to the K of P Lodge Belle Union and leaves a mother father sister Edith Whitaker and many friends.
We express our sincere appreciation to those who helped during our bereavement for our mother Emily Caroline Harris. We thank the undertakers the singers the pallbearers and the many floral offerings from J. B. Harris Howard Harris Mrs A R Matthews Theodore Harris Mrs G Will Conklin.
The Allee family thanks friends relatives neighbors and all for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of their beloved son Rural BE Allee. They also thank minister J L Sharitt singers and undertakers Reed and Co I N Allee and family for consoling words and support.
Emily Caroline Harris born December 11 1838 in Lawrence county Indiana died August 12 1928 aged 85 8 1. Survived by two sisters Mary Allen and Susan Herod and brother M B Allen. She married Benjamin S Harris September 21 1854 and had five children James B Howard S Clara Matthews Theodore T and Claudia Conklin all residents of the city. Five grandchildren Pearl Harris Brinckman Burl Matthews Otis Matthews Clara Lucile Emily Caroline Conklin and more. She was devoted to the Church of Christ and cherished family, rest in peace.
Mrs Maude Mae Beaver Munday dies after four weeks illness at age 35. Born March 1 1888 in Marion Township Putnam County she was daughter of W R and Vina Hill Buis. She married William Claude Munday in 1910 mother of Cleon who died in infancy and later married Alvin E Beaver who survives. She joined the Missionary Baptist Church at Coatesville in 1902 and kept cheerful in life and death, leaving her husband son father and brother Otis among mourners.
The judge appoints Ebenezer Quinnette as administrator of the estate of Huda J. Cummings of Putnam County Indiana. The estate is declared to be solvent. Dated August 20 1923. Publication dates August 21 28 and September 4.
The Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana appoints James B Harris administrator of the estate of Emily C Harris, deceased. Dated August 22 1928. Theodore Crawley attorney. Aug 23 30 Sept 6.
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