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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
3
The M. E. church revival in Burney proceeds with Rev. W. E. Watkins delivering a sermon on Monday night. Several days of meetings are planned. Locals and visitors include George Gregory of St. Paul with the Wassons, Miss Ella Melich of Shelbyville visiting Mrs. Leslie Fowler, and numerous noted residents from nearby towns.
Ira Wolfe delivered hogs to Rugby while Erva Scott headed to Indianapolis with a carload of hogs. Residents travel for business and family visits to Greensburg Alert and Richmond. School Christmas program planned with a tree. Morristown basketball team passed through en route to Westport. Dennis Scott ill. skating party on Maple pond drawn large turnout.
The piece argues the county should reconsider how officials are chosen by popular vote and whether a system allowing post election qualification could improve public service. It notes current officials are generally decent but questions fit for tenure and long term commitment without a formal merit test.
A wedding party anticipates the return of the groom and his bride in a few days. Friends are urged to prepare and celebrate, recalling the last serenade that boosted the spirits of the road crew.
Miss Bertie Walker returns to Shelbyville after visiting relatives here. Mrs. Johan R. Tomlinson of Fairland visits Hazelrigg relatives. Rev. F. Z. Burkette and Greensburg guests dine with Albert Boling family. An eight pound daughter arrives to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Murphy in Geneva Ohio. mother formerly Miss Mabel Darby of this city.
A cough is described as a danger signal like a fire bell and should be cured, not suppressed. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended for persistent coughs after colds or grip, with Mrs. Tomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana praising its effectiveness for her husband. Obtainable everywhere.
Mrs John Cook was in Batesville Wednesday and Mrs Anna Gregory of Geneva is visiting her mother Mrs Hannah Cook who fell and dislocated her shoulder. Frank Mitchell and wife and Blanche Peterson attended church in Shelby county Wednesday night. Protracted meeting continues with several additions to the church. Ernest and Emmett Christian and Noel Anderson from near Adams were in town Thursday. Herbert Kennedy visits Indianapolis relatives. Pr C G Herrod of Burney was in town Friday. Mrs Ella Goins and daughter Ruby of Westport visit Mrs Messenhimer. Walter Miner of Burney was here Wednesday. Horsethief Detective Association held an oyster supper here Saturday night.
A reader urges county commissioners to hire the best qualified workers irrespective of party, retaining them while performance remains satisfactory. He compares with a board of directors model and notes voter incompetence in executive hiring, criticizing the current system amid tax and service concerns.
L Marshall Vogler of northeast of Hope topped Bartholomew county corn show listings with multiple firsts. He won ten ears white in county class, ten ears white professional class, a single ear in county class, a single ear in professional class, best and three-ears, a bushel white corn, and ten ears mixed corn.
William H. Deepping of near Netv point was adjudged insane at a morning inquest in Squire Creath's court. He is held in the county jail awaiting papers to admit him to Cragmont hospital at Madison.
Indianapolis reports a strong hog sale with $80 to $1000 per hundredweight range amid 7,000 holdovers. heavies solid at steady to higher prices. Cattle calves lambs and sheep show mixed moves with cattle steady and lambs down modestly. Chicago notes wheat plunges on war note amid broader declines in corn and oats with provisions higher.
President Wilson urged European powers to discuss peace terms and seek clarification of peace views without mediation. The note, completed Monday and sent to diplomats Tuesday, drew surprise in Washington as officials expect potential exchanges that could lead to substantive talks. London reports the foreign office has received the suggestion and is reviewing it with no statement forthcoming.
Practically all county schools will display Christmas trees tomorrow with programs for the occasion. Dismissal is set for tomorrow evening and schools will reconvene on New Year's Day.
No indoor baseball games scheduled until January 8. Two league picked teams play New Year’s night in a anticipated match. Several basketball games are set for Saturday with a St Paul team visiting the intermediate squad. First Aid Class meets at 7:30 Friday with members urged to attend. progress in the department grows each meeting.
Miss Laura Blackmore reports to Mrs. Anna Woolley Daniels of Griffin Georgia that her uncle Samuel Woolley has died at his home near Allentown New Jersey. He was past eighty, the last of his family, and his sister-in-law will attend the funeral Friday. He was brother of the late Henry H. Woolley of this city and had visited here in earlier years.
The article surveys Venus Saturn and Jupiter noting unknowns about rotation cloud cover and ring composition. It cites Lowell and Huggins on Jupiter bands and suggests Mars canals may be glimpsed only during hazy conditions. It recalls Mars wind driven dust and a three week long snowlike event.
An obscure hive incident reveals bees sealing dead intruders in wax tombs. A beekeeper found three snail corpses buried side by side with partitions to conserve wax while preventing disturbance at hive entrances as workers and larger male bees influence burial behavior.
A sandstone promontory north of Pawnee Rock Kansas marks a high southward cliff once guiding the Santa Fe trail. Geological surveys note changes since pioneer days and battles between Indians and settlers. Travelers names and initials etched into the ledges recall early trapper, Forty Niner, and army detachment footprints.
A London Mail correspondent notes birds that sing while in flight. The cuckoo sings when pursued by small birds after attempting to invade nests, and the tree pipit and whitethroat rise from perches and flutter in the air singing. Swallows also twitter as song is counted. Misses thrush and blackbird sing while flying but rarely.
A commuter jokes that his college education pays off through track athletics enabling punctuality with the Tins service. The remark appears in a Michigan source with a playful, local tone.
A Pacific coast barge built for harvesting helps collect about 500 tons of seaweed on the round trip.
Milroy K of P Lodge marked its twenty eighth anniversary with an oyster supper last night. Webert A Brown of Indianapolis delivered an address as errand keeper of records and seals. Tivshville lodge members attended from nearby. The Milroy lodge organized December 19 1888 with twenty charter members. EE O Anderson serves as chancellor commander.
A Washington Star cartoon dialogue shows LT asserting personal business, while Farmer Countessel retorts that tending to own business isn’t why he was elected to the legislature. The exchange highlights frustrations over perceived neglect of duties.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a proverb about folly and loss, noting a sharp remark about money leaving a fool. The brief item frames the saying as a cultural aside in the paper’s pages.
Venice became a dominant seafaring power when it rose to prominence in 1158. Through the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the republic dominated maritime trade and naval strength, shaping Mediterranean power dynamics.
A myth links the Christmas tree to the eighth century missionary St Winfred who saw a green fir spared while an oak fell. He declared the fir the tree of the Christ Child, symbolizing peace and eternal life. The practice, blessed by writers of the People’s Home Journal, ties evergreen decorations to divine nature and gifts.
R F Hall of Mabie Virginia says a 15 year bronchial cough and throat irritation were relieved by one bottle of Fo ley's Honey and Tar and afterward the cough ceased. Sold everywhere.
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