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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1924
Page
2
Local description shows Cassie J. Arnold proprietor of The Herald, an afternoon and Sunday paper published at 17 19 S Jackson Street Greencastle Indiana, with telephone 65 listed for contact.
Obituaries incur a charge of $1 per obituary with an additional per-line poetry fee. Cards of Thanks are charged at 56 cents each.
Voters approved names for town posts including Treasurer Wilber O. Clodfelter Coroner Oscar J Rector Surveyor Arthur Plummer Commissioner First District Wm F Davis Commissioner Second District Reese R Buis and related district choices outlined in the latest posting.
Monday quotations for poultry and produce as reported to the Green Castle Herald by Haven Brothers Poultry Company. Fragmented filler text obscures specific items and prices, but references to Leghorn and various market codes appear amid garbled OCR data.
Washington reports a reinterpretation of the current immigration act allowing a foreign national to gain entry by marrying an American citizen when their country’s quota is filled. The Labor Department notes American women may sponsor foreign husbands under the same rule, reversing prior citizenship expectations.
The article reports a sharp rise in Italian consumption after the war with more eating meat coffee wine and tobacco. Per capita figures show meat preserved meat and fish higher, coffee nearly doubled, wine up from 40 to 500 units yearly, and a surge in transport from bicycles 1.2 million to motorcycles autos and public cars rising to about 54 000 and 7 000 respectively plus launches climbing from 100 to 1 600.
A Danville Kentucky mother writes Manila police to locate her son Frank Sapp who left 25 years ago after enlisting in a volunteer regiment. The Pathfiinder reports he lived in the Babuyan island area and ran a sawmill on Camiguin. A message to Sapp’s mother will be sent with the next Babuyan Islands mail.
London officials warned that the ancient London Bridge is near unsafe limits with one pier sinking four inches under heavy traffic. Waterloo Bridge also stressed, tests to determine repairs needed to save the 1831 structure.
Natalie Talmadge known as one of the Talmadge girls is identified as wife of Buster Keaton. The Brooklyn native, educated there, stands five feet two inches tall, weighs 100 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Her resemblance to Norma and Constance is noted.
A governor weighs school options for his daughter as society debates the merits of Oulde Hall versus Carnenderg. Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Browne defend tradition while a friend hints a new school could better nurture social savvy, imagination, and independence. The governor endorses a balance of core facts and big aims.
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