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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1924
Page
2
Postal notice from Greencastle Indiana listing Charles J Arnold as proprietor at 17 19 S Jackson St along with policy on publication schedule and paid Cards of Thanks at five cents each.
The document lists Democratic nominees across statewide offices including President John W. Davis and Vice President Charles W. Bryan. It names candidates for Governor Lt Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Reporter of Supreme and Appellate Courts, Superintendent of Public Instruction and multiple judges and local officials. The emphasis is on party candidates and official positions.
Indiana Putnam County Circuit Court notifies Newton Hays of a divorce complaint filed by Sarah Hays. The notice states the defendant must answer by November 20, 1924, or the case will proceed in his absence at Greencastle court. Clerk Walter B. Campbell, attorney Fay B. Hamilton.
Midget the two month old pygmy hippo, smaller than his mother Tootsie, wowed visitors as he followed her around their enclosure. The healthy little cub nursed affection from his mother, who praised him aloud to onlookers while keeping him close.
A pair of peacocks quarrel playfully about vanity and speech. Mr. Peacock and Mr. Proud Peacock debate whether beauty justifies noise and pride, concluding their dazzling plumage speaks for itself as they strut off.
A mother asks Mary if she thanked Mrs. Jones for the good time at the party. Mary recalls thanking the hostess early on, worried she would forget later.
Readable lines show a young American speaker addressed as Willie answering his mother. The fragment hints at playful mischief and a moral instruction moment with a horn as a prop in a family scene. Names and full context are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The note lists a 9:45 Sunday morning service, a 10:45 Wednesday evening testimonial, and a reading room open Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:00. It references a Sunday school and a chess club at COB Reading room with MORONS Ni cbdie awe phrases.
Grace Black Sunday School Superintendent and Pastor preaches at 7 30 with Miss Black also leading at 9 30 Sunday School. Public cordially invited to attend these services.
Levi Marshall is pastor with Sunday School at 9 30 led by Mrs E R Bartley Superintendent. Preaching at 10 40 on Power to Become. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 on War and Peace suggested by travel. Special music at both services. College students invited to attend. Auditorium and Sunday School rooms on first floor and basement in use.
Saturday and Sunday gatherings feature Miss Merle Tabor with Misses Watts and other relatives. Ill health of Mrs. H J McCammack noted. Attendance includes seven households and a large group from the community at the Antioch church Sunday School convention in Washington Township.
Mr. Joe Campbell of Malta died last Sunday morning at the Indianapolis Sanatorium. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at his home conducted by Rev. Levi Marshall of Greencastle. Burial followed in Fillmore cemetery.
Victor L. Raphael leads Sunday School at 9 30 with morning worship at 10 40 featuring a sermon United Effort. Evening service at 7 30 with Making Decisions. DePauw students join in, Junior and Young People Endeavor meet at 6 30. Thursday Junior Endeavor at 4 90 with Beulah Alexander.
Maple Hill residents invite all to hear Rev. Cline at Longbranch Saturday night and Sunday. Other notes report Leonard family relocating to Greencastle for cement plant work and visits to Brazil Hospital for Vaughn Dickey’s post operative care. Typhoid fever illness affects Everett Ellis and poor health for Mrs. Easton Dickey, with Aunt Rebecca Alspaugh visiting Longbranch.
The Nazarene Church at 217 E Washington Street lists services and meetings led by Mrs and Miss Jay pastors. Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 45 a m Young People's Meeting at 6 20 p m evening song service around 7 15 p m Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Four special events rally, promotion, affiliation and budget day will be held at First Baptist Church tomorrow. Sunday School begins at 9:30 with worship at 10:35 and 7:30. County Superintendent John Vermillion speaks to youth at 6:30 on Facing Citizenship.
A large crowd attended the box supper at the school house on Friday. G G Hill and family moved to Greencastle. John Mills and family vacated Rtée. Orva Keller's family visited Indianapolis. John Mabb and family visited B H Keller family in Greencastle. Pauline Hurst and Estil McCammack called on Ruby Blue. Sunday visitors to Mrs Alpha Hill included O Neal and Guy Shelton Carbon, Edward Dilley land and daughter Bridgeton, Dr and Mrs W A Moser and son, Mrs G A Dobbs, and the Pickens family from Greencastle.
Grandma declares wedding anniversary on a breakfast table. Stanley plans a present. Grandma clarifies the nineteenth is her birthday, prompting Stanley to puzzlingly ask how she could be married before she was born. The playful dialogue hinges on a family birthday paradox.
In London Tit-Bits a light domestic exchange recounts a late night quar ter at four past four. A mother chides her daughter for not noticing the milk, prompting a brisk, sly exchange typical of the period's social humor.
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