Community reminiscences and notices from Greencastle
A long list of local social items from Greencastle including family gatherings in Pimento and Bloomington figures, marriage of Miss Ruby Good and Elzie Shaffer in Cloverdale, travel notices, bridge luncheons planned in October, and remarks on DePauw University. Also reported are illnesses among local workers, a new car model from the Ford Agency, and notices of lost items and pets with rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Good
Cloverdale
Elzie Shaffer
Bloomfield
Presbyterian Anse
Victor Raphael
Celebrate 61st Alumni Anniversary at DePauw and Beyond
Indianapolis Sept 29 Mr and Mrs Jason Lee Rippetoe celebrate their sixty first wedding anniversary as long time DePauw University alumni. Mr Rippetoe, class of 1963, recalls campus days and notes changes in colleges yet students of those days remain similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rippetoe
Connersville
George Witt
Bosart Avenue
John Best
Delphia
Katherine Wright
Orange N. Y
John
DePauw
Mrs. Witt
Mrs. Rippetoe
Mr. Rippetoe
Ndianapolis
Jason Lee Rippetoe
DePauw University
Mni
Asbury College
Poetoe
psn OVER'S LANE AT OPERA USE
A brief notice notes an event titled Over's Lane at the opera house on Wednesday October 1. The item is read as a small programming blurb with limited details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psn Over's
Window Glass Supply Offers Repairs and Putty
Local supplier advertises window glass and putty for sale. Provides options to replace broken panes and meet general WW needs with materials suitable for frost season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Tramp James Killings Sentenced In Georgia Farm Work Case
James Killings of Commopus Georgia described as a tramp was found attached to a chicken at Walter Dorsett’s farm southeast of town. The sheriff arrested him and he received 99 days on the state farm with a mayoral imposed sentence. Fines left unpaid for Harry Thornburg and John Thornbwre led to work on the state farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Killings
Commopus
Walter Dorsett
Dorsett
Zeis
Harry ‘Thornburg
John Thornbwre
Lover's Lane at Opera House Tonight
Announcement for a Wednesday night performance at Lover's Lane opera house with emphasis on attendance and venue. The terse note flags the event as a must-see entertainment choice for local readers.
Watch Cream Separator to Save All Butterfat
C. A. Iverson of Iowa State College warns that unused tested cream separators lose butterfat each use. Test skim milk with the Babcock method, adjust the separator to skim more closely, and use 20 cc of skim milk in testing. Farmers can test at home or send a 4 oz sample to the college for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Iverson
Iowa State College
Babcock
Sudan Grass Proves Valuable Dairy Feed in Kansas Test
Kansas experiment station at Fort Hayes fed dairy cows both alfalfa and sudan grass to compare milk output. Alfalfas hay produced about 12 percent more milk than sudan, though cow weights stayed steady. Sudan grass offers drought tolerance and 1–2 tons per acre yields, recommended for emergency hay in Kansas and the corn belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hayes
Kansas
Sudan
Southwest
Corn Belt
Iowa
Flies in Summer Annoy Dairy Cows Hurt Milk Output
Agricultural experts at Iowa State College advise a home made fly spray to reduce irritation in dairy cows. The formula blends coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar with soap and water to cover 40 cows twice daily for ten days at a cost of one cent per cow per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Electric lights fight Oriental moth on Weatherby peach farm
Swedesboro New Jersey peach grower Isaac Weatherby outfitted a 60 acre orchard with an electric lighting system to lure and trap Oriental moths. He notes moths are most active around eleven at night and has replaced oil lanterns with bulbs and kerosene pans to kill insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swedesboro
N. J
Isaac Hurff Weatherby
New Jersey
Weatherby
Mr. Weatherby
January 24 1925 Total Solar Eclipse Seen East
Officials at the United States Naval Observatory report a total solar eclipse on January 24 1925. The path starts beyond Lake Superior and moves into New York state and southern New England, with eastern New York and southern New England best for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sol
United States Naval Observatory
Lake Superior
New York State
New England
New York
Africa
Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Record of Bank Failures Grows Across 1924
The era's banking collapse surged in early 1924 with 13 920 commercial failures and 396 427 178 in liabilities for January to August. R G Dun statistics show Western states worst hit, 342 bank failures west of the Mississippi, including 65 in South Dakota and 40 in Montana, amid broader national distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency
Ersat
Wilson
Dun
Harding- Coolidge
arding-Coolidge
Ross
West
Treasury
Mississippi River
South Dakota
North Dakota
Monteana
Mississippi
Nevada
Wyoming
Farmers Suffer Annual Net Loss Under Tariffs
New York report says U S farmers pay about 301 million dollars per year more in tariff than they receive from Fordney McCumber protection. With about 30 million people in agriculture the loss is roughly 10 dollars per capita yearly, according to Farm Bureau economists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Farm Bureau Federation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senie
Stanley Davis
Greencastle
Chifford _ Davis
Jasper Owen Ad
Asa Ris
Ben Drake
Ily
Alice Owens
the Miler
Lawrence Drake
All Y Pimento
Ind
Lewis Scholl
Joomington
Hattie Hamp
Richard Taylor
E. B. Taylor
East
Reet
Purdue Univsity
Tom Sewell
W. W. Carson
DePauwniversity
Ford Agency
Glenn Burgess
Louis Cowgill
Phumus
Emily Jackson
Hebron
James LB Srowning
Art Washton Street
J. B. Nelson
Indianapolis Il
S. Sayers
H. J. Barnum
Sayers
Franklin Et
Rosa Takens
Chicago
Bainbridge
Putnam County Hospital
S. C. Ers
Franklin St
Ithose
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Asbury
Georgia
Indiana
Portland Cement
Olive Street
Priest
Brick Chapel
Herald Office
Lee Williams
N. Concilla
New Maysville
Belle Union
Mac Neier
Elebrate
RAND
Jason Lee
ones-Stevens Co
Lover's Lane
Opera House
Wrigley’s
R. G. Dun
Harding Administration Bank
Seneuwe
Sennen
Wilsom
Peetic
Fee Ewe Eee
A. Cook, Prop
Mgr
Luxor Pictures Presents
Fred Leroy Granville
Rivenoak’s
Richard Hatton
Sage Brush
Joe Rock
Otto F. Lakin
Washington Street
Spring
Kodak Jr
R. R. Lene
Kodak
Genuine Eastman
Putnam County Fair
Mullins Drug Store
Clyde Fitch
All Star
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!