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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Indiana and outside Indiana at 2.00 and 2.50 per year, paid in advance. It identifies The Standard Braben & Hancock Publishers and notes post office entry in Greensburg, Indiana as second class.
Reports from the Y camp at Pos sum Glory state that the boys are in good condition and busy with outdoor life. A SOS request to the YMCA asks for more rations including 15 pounds of prunes. Tonight Rev Overman, former army chaplain, will speak on Overseas Work in France by the camp fire.
The 1924 convention will be held in Michigan City Indiana in June. Winona Lake and Michigan City were the only contenders, with Michigan City favored for its Calumet region industry. The president endorsed a migratory convention for statewide influence.
Mrs Grant Parmer former resident here and at Newpoint underwent an appendicitis operation in Pontiac Michigan Sunday. A card from her husband says she is getting along as well as could be expected. The Parmers left here last winter for Pontiac where they have run a boarding house and were formerly custodians at Memorial hospital.
James Frank Hargitt son of Mrs Louisa Hargitt and Miss Muriel Martin wed Sunday June 10 at the Roberts North Dakota home of her serents in the presence of a few friends and relatives. Mrs Hargitt an accomplished musician has stayed with her sister in Detroit. Hargitt has worked with Mr Isgvigg at Pontiac Michigan. They left soon after the ceremony and plan to live in Pontiac.
Miss Elfreda Lauter wed John M Caylor at All Souls Unitarian Church with guests including Miss Helen Doles Ira B Hamilton and Richard Hamilton of this city. Mr. Caylor has visited the Hamiltons here several times.
Lou Conley daughter of Mr and Mrs Ian Robbins of South Broadway married R G Stevens in South Bend Monday. Stevens a Robertson Clay employee formerly a cement sales traveler, remains based in South Bend. The bride, formerly local, plans to live in South Bend.
Dri C A Kuhn and a companion rode yesterday through Jobtzons Morgan Hendricks and Shelby counties reporting wheat crops looking fine and corn doing well overall, though not as strong as in Decatur county.
Decatur County Baptist churches met in Greensburg on Monday June 18 to form a tentative Decatur County Association under the plan to redraw boundaries. Rev. I C Overman led the session with Rev. Edgar Mullins as secretary. A constitution draft committee and a Greensburg venue for Sept 10 were set, with a plan for member letters and a one day organizing meeting.
Burney State Bank filed a partition suit in Decatur County court against Sadie Vogler George Owen Smiley and William G Smiley. The bank owns one fourth of 160 acres and seeks to have its interest set off and partitioned from the defendants interests.
Miss Goldie Jessup of Rushville won first place and John Meek of Milroy took second in a Bible reading contest organized by the local church group near Galedonia. Miss Mary Moore of Spain served as president of the annual event held Friday.
Fragmentary text suggests a literary line or poem fragment mentioning Seal Bridges and Robert Dike, with the phrase every sin. The readable portion is too incomplete to identify a clear historical event or人物.
Indiana University president William Lowe Bryan was elected president of the Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious Education at Cable Tabernacle. Officers elected include vice presidents George Beugnot Charles Lewis and C C Gohn, with E C Boswell as secretary and Fred M Dickerman as treasurer. County banners were awarded to multiple counties for 1922 28 participation with silver banners to Newton Fountain Decatur and Owen and gold banners to many others based on enrollment payments.
Paul B. Morgan of Milroy Indiana recent Purdue graduate completed four years of baseball and earned his third P. He played second base for the Boiler Makers and was praised as a top fielder and consistent hitter. Tribune critic Walter Eckersall endorsed his chances with any major league club. Illness limited his season but he returned to lift the team from last to fifth in the conference. His loss next year will be keenly felt.
A group of local men Dr. J. B. Kinsinger Wilbur Stiers Bert Mullin and Albert Cotton were mistaken for bank robbers after a Brookville incident. Indiana police chased a maroon Maxwell touring car toward Rushville but the four men explained and were released after clarification.
On board President Harding's train at Washington Indiana the president greeted Mitchell crowds with a cheerful address. He said the administration is interested in the welfare of the government and wished the people happiness and contentment before bidding them goodbye and good luck.
Nine people have died and many others collapsed during a severe three day heat wave gripping New England. The temperature peaked near 98 degrees, marking the hottest day in four years as authorities warn of ongoing health risks and heat-related illnesses across cities like Boston.
Catherine Hessler 78 died yesterday evening at the home of her daughter Mrs Joseph Moenkedick two miles northwest of Millhousen She is survived by four sons Gerhardt Edward George and Frank and a daughter Mrs Joseph Moenkedick Funeral services set for Saturday at nine in the Millhousen Church with burial in Millhousen Cemetery
Rev. George H. Murphy longtime Columbus M. E. pastor has received an offer to head the Evansville church once led by Rev. J. W. Turner. He has not decided his move. The Evansville church is among the strongest in the Indiana Conference.
Bennie Bowers age 16 was arrested in Shelbyville by Sheriff Braden and brought to town. He is charged with stealing a $15 dash clock and a spot light from C. F. Lugar’s car at the Eagles ball park several weeks ago. The clock belonged to Chester Myers of Batesville.
Fragmentary Chicago wire item notes property in city valued at $600 and mentions a heat wave with rising temperatures. The brief references Woods and Ford and a June 21 Chicago dateline with unclear context about weather and property.
Mrs A T Brock and sons Albert Jr and Eugene return from Ohio and Kentucky visits. Miss Dorothy Knox of Maysville Ky tours with them. Numerous locals entertain guests from Cincinnati, Greensburg and beyond. A Children Day program at All Demoination church draws a large crowd.
Chicago visitor Mr Will Bodenberg visits daughter Miss Lucille as Greensburg and Indianapolis relatives join Sunday guests. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Jacob Meyer as a son born June 17. Various local families host and travel, including Fruchtrichts, Abplanalps, Hertensteins, and Meyers, with several trips to Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.
Sheriff Braden and Chief Flint arrested Ray Cheek in St Paul this morning. Police found him working in a stone quarry and lodged him in jail. Hearing time not yet set. The suspect roomed on the second floor of the figure n building near the Big Four depot.
The Seymour Tribune reports Frank Schwab, a traveling man from Seymour, driving a Ford when a honey bee sting caused him to lose control and crash into a ditch. The incident highlights how a small insect can trigger a serious accident.
The Clarksburg lodge of Odd Fellows hosts an ice cream and strawberry festival Friday night June 22 for members and families. Admission is free and all Odd Fellows and families are invited to attend.
Ira B. Hamilton Richard R. Hamilton Herschel McCoy and C F Wyant depart for West Baden to attend the Sigma Chi National Convention to be held there Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs Rebecca Lockridge visited Rushville this morning with her daughter Ruth Everine Keats. Mrs Beth Bradley of Rushville and former city resident Miss Beth Grenier spent the day with Mr and Mrs J H Christian. Several locals appear on sickness lists and business trips to Indianapolis, Attica, and Terre Haute. Multiple social visits, school plans, and farm wheat cutting update the community.
The article notes the official start of summer at 6 08 am and the longest day, with sunrise at 4 43 am and sunset at 7 37 pm. It records Greensburg water works readings of 97 to 98 degrees. It mentions reports of snow in France Austria and parts of California as a contrast to the heat.
Mrs. Reba Hood of Beech Grove Indiana was granted custody of Harry Edgar Hood and six dollars weekly support in the Indianapolis Superior Court divorce from Dwight A. Hood. She receives the brick Beech Grove residence valued at three thousand dollars.
Carl McKim had a minor mishap yesterday afternoon around 4 pm while returning from Indianapolis in his Ford touring car. Near the Brandywine church on Michigan road between Shelbyville and Indianapolis he stripped his gears. Mrs Frank Kocher and Carl Merkle later drove into Shelbyville by interurban while McKim remained to have the car repaired.
Earl Layton was driving a Paige car on South Broadway around 5 PM when flames suddenly appeared. Firefighters arrived from the department house and extinguished the blaze without chemicals or water, causing no significant damage. Layton is foreman at the Odd Fellows Home building the Colfax Memorial.
Mrs Lucretia Condo Miss Bessie Bond and Miss Mayme Winans left at 10:26 AM for New York to board the Cameronia on Saturday for a European tour. Also traveling are Mr. and Mrs. G L Reeves and their children Walter and Elizabeth, who departed Wednesday for New York.
A Kentucky mountain girl crippled with infantile paralysis crawled to a distant school. A Louisville doctor operated, enabling her to walk within a year. She learned in hospital and attended Berea College with a $1000 donation to her credit.
Fragmentary legal notice references a nuisance or Barberry issue involving Bushey County and Standley. No clear actions, dates, or outcomes are readable in the surviving text.
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