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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
8
Westport and nearby towns report numerous visitors and movers with Indianapolis and Greensburg mains, several weddings, funerals, and property changes. Notables include A C Lehman and Griffith Lehman visiting Indianapolis, J W Owens from Greensburg, and Owen Back buying the James Keith property. Church notes cover services and upcoming meetings in Letts, Westport, Mt. Pleasant, and Milford.
Kingston residents share holiday wishes while noting Clark Turner’s route return and Mary Rankin’s Christmas homecoming. Local births, elections, a Greensburg visit, a Christmas cantata and a quiet wedding at a bride’s South Franklin Street home are reported alongside a missionary meeting and community shopping in Greensburg.
Milroy notes show Carlos Kennett with scarlet fever and Miss Claude Wilson home from Detroit Art School. Mrs Frank Borden returns from Muncie visit. Rev Westhafer aids Richland revival and Miss Florence Elston aids city news. A December 24 marriage joins James McKay and Bonnie Whaley. Claude Wilson to wed electrician Mr Rhinde in Chicago.
Explains diphtheria risk from a simple cold and urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Claims quick cold cure reduces germ infection danger and promotes health. Sold at Batterton's drug store. ml
In Clarksburg a movement to form a mutual benefit association is under way. The M E Sunday school plans a Christmas cantata for Christmas night. Miss Mary Fee, recently at Oberlin College, will return for holidays. Miss Lella Logan, studying at Monmouth, Illinois, comes home for break. High school girls entertained the boys at Park Hotel with Prof Coles and wife. Mr Oliver, slated to speak Friday, cannot attend now but will appear later. Frank Hamilton, son of Mr and Mrs Everett Hamilton, married Miss Mary Isgrigg of Greensburg at high noon on Saturday. Rev W F Scoular officiated.
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina writes he fired the walking stick after forty years and healed a stubborn sore with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The product guarantees relief for piles burns and similar ailments from F. M. Henry Co. druggists.
In New Castle last Thursday votes from an automobile driven piano contest enabled the high school to buy a piano for 7.50 dollars. The contest drew over 200000 coupons though the firm expected 75000. The senior partner doubted the effort but the school gained a top instrument as work began in the new building.
A sequence of property transfers lists buyers and sellers across townships and cities. Notable entries include W H Barnard to Thornton M Clark for land in Washington township at 3000 dollars and Alice M Scott et al to Simon F Ridenour for a city lot at 2300 dollars.
Washington December 16 The new postmaster general George Von L Myer ordered that Santa Claus letters addressed to the dead letter office be diverted to reputable charities or church societies. This marks a change from past refusals by post office heads despite requests from charities to forward the letters for children's wishes.
At the George Boicourt residence one mile west of Letts a wedding united Nellie Boicourt and Joseph Earl Bentley. Rev. W F Roberts officiated before about forty relatives and friends with a wedding supper and merry reception. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Alex Bentley and they will live with his parents.
Allen Beagles of near Big Horn suffered a serious accident Thursday when his horse ran away while in Sardinia. He was thrown from the buggy, knocked unconscious, and his head laceration required four stitches. He returned to town by Saturday.
Steve Howard and daughter Miss Grace of near Geneva shopped here yesterday. Dr L D Jerman of Newpoint visited his son Prof E C Jerman and family. Elmer Davis the barber sprained his arm after a fall. Braden visited Indianapolis to see his wife in hospital. Miss Florene Hunter and Mary Fee return from Oberlin for holidays. Mrs Anna Allison returns from Crawfordsville with sister Lyde Montgomery. Harold Dunn visits his grandfather Capt George H Dunn from Princeton College. Local residents and visitors share gatherings and travel updates. The Big Four payroll checks total 2700 while December payroll exceeds 6000.
The New York clearing house system includes 140 institutions with a combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of 8 600,000 and deposits over 2 billion dollars. When savings banks are counted, resources rise to about 3 billion, underscoring the clearing house’s public responsibility.
The text surveys how English substitutes for mad avoid blunt terms. It traces shifts from lunacy and insane to imprecise phrases like a tile off and not all there, noting the move from madhouse to lunatic asylum as a more respectful designation.
A tiny mole, famed as one of the thirstiest animals, never burrows far from water. During droughts it digs wells to reach groundwater, becoming a “little gentleman in the vel vet coat” who finds water at deeper depths.
A brief dialogue between a woman and a man overheard in London. The man remarks he has been married three times, while the woman offers a playful question about taking a chance.
A band of gypsies in Nancy, France, housed in a disused convent, were allowed to ply their trade as tinkers. They demanded double the item value as guarantee, attracting crowds of locals with valueless articles. Deposits totaled about $30,000 in gold and bank books, with no one returning for the repaired pots. The piece cites a contrast with past dining scenes in London and references Lady Randolph Churchill’s reminiscences.
In Rebel France the Ardennes court validated a late odd will found under a bed sheet iron. The decedent left all property to the borough on condition that £12 be given to the Ardennes firemen for a bean feast. Relatives favored the will. the court's decision upheld its validity.
The pineal gland and pituitary body weigh under five or six grains and spark debate among anatomists. The pineal behind the third ventricle may be a relic of an ancestral third eye, seen in lizards with limited sight. The pituitary behind the thalamus is linked to toxin destruction, nerve stimulation, or brain blood pressure regulation, with no consensus.
The Postal Savings bank of the Philippines in Manila extends fingerprint identification to commerce. Stamp deposit cards carry spaces for stamps and a thumb print square beside signature lines so depositors can be identified even if illiterate.
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