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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1915
Page
4
A parade of residents and visitors to Indianapolis for the state fair is noted with many names and trips. The interurban runs extra cars to accommodate fairgoers while community events include a lay delegate election, a peace restraint hearing, and multiple obituaries and school reopening plans.
The county council meets to set tax rates and appropriate funds for next year's maintenance. No increase to the bridge levy is planned, though the board may raise revenue at Tuesday's meeting.
The county council fixed next year’s bridge levy at 5 cents per 100 dollars of assessed property, unchanged from this year. Proceeds will cover bonded debt from flood damage, with 11-20 for debt service and 9-20 for bridge repairs. Council members present included Burris, Sinclair, Walls, Skelton, Davis, Bridges, and Day.
Born to Charley Slavens and wife a daughter. Wm Johns and daughter and Ella Call and son attended the Johns reunion at Terre Haute. Mrs Bob Snider spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Kesterson. Margaret Day spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Dan Gardner. Miss Nellie Stratton will teach at the Center school this winter. Mrs Albert Jenkins and daughters spent Monday afternoon with Nancy Ragle.
Winter rose growing is a costly, high investment business with large greenhouses. Boston began forcing roses for winter, followed by New York and Philadelphia. Chicago now leads in supply with extensive glasshouses. The Joseph Leacock Co. in Roclofs Pa runs two acres of modern iron frame greenhouses for the Philadelphia market.
A Boston Mercury notice from May 13 1800 describes the sale of the ship Tliza from Canton with cargo lots naming fabrics such as Nankins Boglepores Sindhaws Lute strings and Pelons. The sale lists 690000 yards of Nankins and thousands of yards of the other materials reflecting urban dress of the era.
Mr and Mrs F A Arnold and Mr and Mrs F C Tilden motored to Indianapolis in the Arnold car today, reflecting a social outing among local residents.
The Stultz reunion occurs at James Hartman home next Sunday. Various families including Mr. and Mrs. Joe Everman and daughters, Emma Young, and Mose Riggles attended the Hinkle reunion in Bainbridge. Many local residents visit kin in Greencastle Roachdale Ladoga Morton and Emmet West's dance noted.
Sheriff Theodore Bees and deputies took 16 prisoners by special car attached to Big Four No 46 from here to Michigan City. Prisoners, delivered to Warden Fogarty at the Indiana State Prison, were sentenced Monday by Judge Hughes for escape attempts, with terms from 2 to years.
Indiana lawmakers require all 92 counties to buy every product raised at the Indiana State Farm in Murnamville. State Farm officials will send a catalog of products to county commissioners who must purchase them. Officials note many farm goods, especially vegetables, can be used to advantage.
Jesse Green, a freight agent and yard man at the Big Four station, was painfully injured Monday afternoon when a motor car he rode jumped a switch southwest of the station. He suffered numerous cuts but the injuries were not serious. Dr. W. W. Tucker attended him.
The will of the late Col. Courtland Matson, who died at his son Reese F Matson’s Chicago home, was filed in Putnam Circuit Court for probate. Dated August 31, 1912, it bequeaths $1000 to Beatrice Brown and places it in Central Trust to accrue until she is 16, then to her. if she dies, the estate shares to three children Reese F Matson Mrs C W Brown and Smith Matson. After liabilities are paid the remainder goes to the three children equally, with Reese Matson named executor. Estate value about $3200. Joseph Allen was in Indianapolis on business today.
Labor Day events in Brazil Indiana drew thousands as Terre Haute businessman Harry O. McGee raced his seven passenger Cadillac against a Vandalia passenger train. Judges declared a tie after a seven mile run from west of Reelsville to Oak Park, with McGee finishing in 6 minutes 32 2/5 seconds despite crowd delays.
A U S Department of Agriculture demonstration car visited Vandalia tracks near Vandalia station in south Greencastle. H L Schraeder led the program with E C Heinsohn and H S Sullivan assisting. the car, with a refrigerating plant, showed candling grading and handling for market eggs and poultry including identifying floats bloodrings white rats black rats and stuck spots.
A reader from Greencastle urges city council and county commissioners to enact regulations limiting automobile headlights. The letter compares car lights to firearms on roads, cites safety and glare issues, and notes that other states are moving toward headlight laws to protect drivers and horses from blinding beams.
The piece notes New Jersey authorities restricting night driving for cars with dashboard headlight controls that raise intensity or project more than four feet off the ground. It mentions dimmers and lenses that pass inspection and can be used despite limitations.
Stanley Lambert a young physician poses as a mountaineer to win Grace Manning a society girl. She leaves her world behind after a romance found in a mountain resort. Grace suffers a nervous breakdown but returns to the mountains where they marry and honeymoon in the cabin.
The Putnam Electric Company announces that the electric light bills are ready. Recipients are urged to call at once to settle payments and avoid service interruption.
Want ads report a dresser and sanitary couch for sale with contact phone 3896.
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