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GREENCASTLE. INDIANA, ITESDAV APRII, 20 1920

llflNTS FOR CLOSING OF NIGH SCHOOL

PROGRAM FOR THE EVEN*!’ WH ICH WILL ARK THE END OF OF 'THE PRESENT SCHOOI YEAR IS ADE PUBLIC

| AMERICAN LEGION CONCERT FOR TONIGHT LS CANCELLED Because of difficulties arising,. th e concert which was to hav e been given this evening by Josef Konecny, for the benefit of the American Legion hws been canceled

Hy-Ho-Hum—Spring Is Here

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LOCAL NEWS *

* * •p * * * V- ***** v j Funeraal services for Jas K NichJ ols whose death occurred Monday at his home one and one half miles south ' of Fillmore, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 O’clock at th^ Fill.! .nor e Christian churcn. Services will j be conducted by Rev. A. M. Hootman. Burial will be in the Fillmore ceme.

tery.

The Council of the Business W'om. i en’s Bible League will meet at the city library Wednesday evening at

-Irene Selby^ Secretary.

School superintendent E. C Dcd son has made public the program for] the closing events of the year for the junior and senior high school.. The Speaker for commencmnt exercises

as not been chosn.

The “Princess Crysanthemum'' the Japene^e Opperetta which will be given under the dirction of Mrs. Geo. rgo Christie will be of especial inter. 1 The girls of the high school have 7:30 been rehearsing for the past few |

vi ..s and the production promises Miss Alice Thompson is in Chicago • l>? a musical treat. | attending the summer millenry open.

The following is the program for j njrs

11, dosing events— i

\pril 22 ..Tale of Two Cities, Motion

P lure special.

April 30 Princess Crysanthemum, ir Opperetta presented l>y the music • Apartment of the high school, lay Senior Class play,“It Fays

to Advertise”^

F >.y 11 High School Night.

(vov KNOWAU \ I I HAD Aeoof A M'.LION ' P0UAR?

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.miss KHtiieryn .s.sru >n Bnglitoli. Mass., and n student of the College of Secreterlul Si lence, Boston university, was presented a union card recently when she laid the cornerstone for the new building. The presentation was made by Thomas S. Pickett, at right, while Master Mason George \V. Downs, center, smiled his approval of admitting the girl to membership In the Boston Benevolent and Protective Union No. 3 of the Brlcktuasnns'

union.

DIPHTHERIA KILLS SIX

COOLER. CLOUDY. UNSETTLED AS PEACE OMEN Worshipers in Cathedral Looked on Dove's Visit.

At Least an Interesting Coincidence That Bird’s Appearance Was Just Before the Series of Battles That Smashed Huns.

Mow traditions and legends grow up nround cathedrals is told in a story hy Dr. Edward llagaman Hall, anthor of the (list guide hook of the Cathedral of

the Divine, which made Its

appearance on Sunday last, said the

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Father, Unbalanced Mentally by

Shock, Tries to Burn Home.

Black diphtheria caused the death 1 .Inlin

nt the six children of Ross Beck,

farmer of Gardner Hill, Pa., in ns Nex V York Kvenln* Sun recently. Themany days and this is thought: to have j j, 00 |- j s pulilishcd liy the I.ay men** cl ill •

of the cathedral. The story Is ahour the chapel of St. Boniface In the cn-

home, where his wile is critically III thedral, soinetlnics railed the Gernuin of influenza. | phnpel, and runs as follows:

“In the spring of 101S. some weeks

unbalanced him mentally, with the re- | suit that he tried to hum his own

The Domestic Science (T/tb will meet with Mrs. Warren Newgent on

Wednesday afternocn.

| The Women’s Home Missionary Society of the College Ave_ Church j will 'told its me i-:nb Wednesday after, I noon at two thirty O'clock at the home of Mrs. R L. O'Hair on east

Seminary street.

! Miss Lein Walls teacher of Eng. lish in the high school is confine,) to hcer home on west Walnut street on

account of illness.

C. C Gautier of the Owl Drug Store j vis in. Indianapolis today to attend the annual convntion of the ^exaii , Drug Men. Mr. Gautier was i.n the j program today for a talk bo? r re l’-< convention on a phase of the .drug, ___ i business, death of William J. Roberts, |

;v ; o 17, so.i of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frank Donner who resides on east F. ‘tr ■ occurred at th 0 home on t ie j Seminar., stieet. was taken to In !.

s' lie Road this morning at near ianapohs Monday for an cxamina'i-'n

2 0 .’clock following an illness of and probaoly an op(# - iD<-'i. Mr Dim.

-. The funeral will be held Thur ner was stricken Sunday nir’nt ;,y at; ,;iy afternoon at 2 o'clock at the 1 \ illness which is believed by his local Services will lie in charge of physician to be appendicitis.

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Jlay 14 .-Annual Eigt i Grade enter,

lainment.

Ma v 21 ..Junior—Senior Reception. . 21 ..Class S'ermon.High* School

rium 7:4') P.,M.

:.I ■ _!")..2'> ..Annual Flxibit of Man. .. Training and Domestic Sceircc

f ■ ments. Gymnasium

-c 23 __Comme#H*ement Exercises 3 P. M. High School Auditorium.

F-)Y SUU I MBS TO AN

ILLNESS OF ME \SLF.S

BY THETAS

SPACIOUS RESIDENCE ON SOITI'H COLFIGE AVENUE WILL BE UTILIZED BY SOROR. ITV AS A HOME—TO GET POS. SESSION JULY 1

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FILL

SUNDAY AND MONDAY WERE DAMP DAYS IN PUTNAM COU. N I Y—STREAMS' AND CREF1KS OUT OF BANKS AND MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY THE HIGH \\ AT ER. '

:;i r ) PIjHEER DIE) 111 WEST, I0E01G0 C'.Drre Kibbc Hud Lived in CrdiIcrnia Since Geld Rush

of 1S49.

i-'iuii-tppn days more thun one hunl" i! years was the life spun of George !- die. idoneer resident of Los Angeles. " io died nt the home of his son, \V. II. I. lld>e. 7d Klolse street. Luniniiiln Park. 'll. Kiiilie had lived in Cnllfornla for i ii le than “n years, going to that state

In the first gold rush of 1S4!t. He 1 the department of labor found that In

On account of the contagious character of the disease Beck was unable to obtain help, uud as each ehild died he ronslrui led a casket of rough boards and burled the bodies In graves dug an the hillside overlooking his home. The oldest ebild was nlnett en years old uni the youngest four days

old.

MOTHER LEADS HER CLASS Took Highest Honors at Night School

in Pittsburgh.

The highest honors In the graduating class of the Fifth Avenue Night school. In Pittsburgh, went to Mrs. .1 \V. Sehnd. mother of four ch'ldren. who has a.large house to care for end must do her own Vooking. Mrs. Sehnd enrolled In the night school some time ago when she noticed that her children v,me forging ahead of her mentally and she was no longei able to help them with their studioSim took up Ungll'O French and tie: man. find now speaks and writes all three. She Is thinking of taking a

•«o11*1 crp coll.Si*.

AGO TO INCOME OF FAMILY Figures of Department of Labor Show That Many Wives Have Other Than Household Duties. In a survey of family Incomes, tr nearly inn cities of the United Stales.

With the several rains of last week

R v. A T. Tidrick. Burial will I • 't Hill Ccmetary.

be in

GBEFNCISTli FG’GIATIGN IS NOW 3,782

" HI 10 PERSONS SINCE THEi ‘ I CENSI S ACCORDING TO i •1 RES MADE PUBLIC TO- ! I’VY BY CENSUS BUREAU IN j ' LSHINGTON

F C Tilden was in Terre Haute to. day to address the members of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commer e and Rot try Club members at their regular monthly meeting.

The Kappa Alpia [Theta Sorority j

, f DiiPatrw University naw.occupying| folowed by 'of'mmrh-' two the Tilden residence on East Ande/on anf , a ha)f inches on Sund and Mon . street as a sorority heme, haa.purch. thl , stream , am , in Pllt . ased of Mrs. James Riley; Weaver, the | nam count are up and boominjr ; )0 . | ; niNcmt Weaver honjl property L . f \ h( , ir .., !k , ;in ) threiul . on South College Avenue for a consul, j ;n(f tQ get niuch highcr

iration of $15,250 aid v\ill take over the residence as a sorority home

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.Twentieth Century Club will ,r. - r Wednesday afternoon with Mrs < Char'. -. Wel’i. Mrs. Mary Jones and Mrs George Fox will aave cturge of the iirogram for the afternoon. The S. C. C Club will meet with Mrs. Will Me Bride Tuesday evening.

The deal was closed on Monday, Ford Lucas being the agent in the deal. The Theta’s will get possess, ion of their new home about July 1. w lich wll give thcim time to hsve it ready for the fall r/hool opening.

‘et,castle is holding its own. 1910 the Government Census '. that Greencastle had a pop. u -' on of 3,790. in 1920 the government census t ' - that Greencastle has n popu. • f 3.780 A loss of ten people ■ set or three tenths of a percent unulation. ■ figures were given out today Fv th * census officials in Washing. ton.

TURK—YF NUT I*a r . yette.April 15.—Franklin Paul ’ of Green east' f Thomas - and Mrs. Ecu i daughter aiies I’rcna of L. . ette, were m I Wednesday afternoon by ‘ M.N. George at the parson ige of ’ So 'm .Reform' ' H,. and h-s ’Me will make uu r home cn a ■ rtn near Greencastle..—Crawfords, vihs Review.

Can’t Do a Good Turn. Flrst-Clus* Scout—Did you rend about the scout who swnllowed his teaspoon? Tie lerfoot—Noj whnl hnppciii d to hhut FlisT-cinss Scout—Oli, he fnn'i l » ■ t ir..

Do G'.irltfi ''Thi'i’„ N -■. ■! to h* i, grout de(amid for .«iih:*i*i •i-yeut men." reniiirkcd Mr. ': tc-'.iir. "So I In nr.' su'd Mi I •utiihwiiite. ' A'iv s]cvinl rts|ii t unct’ “Well. 1 underslnnd ihciv i-o't much talk about a th o .'ay ■ “ck uud a -ixhour da.\ in $1') Wi ■> clrcb s. Tlie id a seems to he thnl n imili uni work s ;.; ifiys a wi»>k for clcl l or ten hours a day wlthoill wrecking his lienlth. and he ei'glit ev-n look In on the |ol> for mi hmir or two nti Sunilnj if nee-es-nry."— Binn.iigliam Age Herald. *His Interpretation. Mortland .tives the five \ earnbl Bon of Rev. Rhys Price Jones, pastor of the First l , re-|iy:ei'i in chin "li In Franklin, refused to sing 'Aineriea. with the I'osi of the ini'inlM'i-s of the [irlinnry class in Siindiiy school. When (lUestloiicd he g tve as his reasoii the lino of the song. •'I.ttnd where my father- died.” "My futher <!Uln't die." he said, “and I won't sing It."—indlnmiP'dls News. ‘ - , In 1970. “1 I’-ant to huy , hattIrsl.lp." -aid the In'ly secretary of the navy. “Well?" "I wont.er If 1*could get the eh^ilrwoninn of the naval eoiMinlllee Inlerpsted ?" "A-k her to go buttleslup -1.opplng with you.’’—Louisville (’ourier-.loitriial. Withng Auditors. “Very few people would rather Usten than talk " “Yes." retd led the tele|ihone oper n tor: “the only foil-- I know uIn are that wiiy are on [.ar'y wires."

RAIL EiPUSYEBS AGAINST SI«K

Monday the rainfall wvts 1.18 inch, rs, while on Sunday'1.15 inches of rain fell (The heavy downpour put the branches and creeks out of thir bankami much damage was done to the low lands. More rain is predicted and . hould t ie fall continue for several rays, the floo I damage might be

great.

The Brick t hapel Ladies Aid Soc. iety will meet Thursday afternoon

with Mrs. Oscar O'Hair n

Chapel.

The body of Chester, the infant son I if Mr. and Mrs. Ben Louden of Ind.

• I lar.apc'is. who died Friday evening of l, April 26. stril p..,, I tTumcni , , was brought

' j castle today and plased In the ceme. I tery vault where it will be kept until,

burial. Rev. Rear!

he walked to the

the Mount Wilson Iruil and buck to hil.amiimlu Park Imino in mu' dny. He oos a famillnr figure on the streets of ihe little town and greatly beloved hy

Brick I 'he young people.

The pioneer Is survived hy one sou W. II. Kihho. two grandsons and a

I griiiiddatightcr.

Johnstown. N. Y.. three-qiinrters of Ihe wives earn money. The Labor Review explains that this reiniirkahle condition prevails In Johnstown heeanse glove inaking is the prtnelpnl Industry there nnd furnishes work whleh women ran do ai Inline. This appeals to them heeiiuse they are aide to earn good wages without leaving their

household.

In almost one sixth of the New York elty homes visited women eonrr lotted earnings toward the support of the home. In Boston one wife out of ton works; in BttlTnlo one in twen-ty-eight; In Cleveland and Cincinnati one in seven, and in Pittsburgh only one In fifty. It is Interesting In note that Investigators found that a sur-

. ,no HKV prising!, large percentage ..f town U1 , „ Half-Way house on I “"eller.- der’ve some Income from gar- f!nn , lv pence,

deas and poultry. Ninety-three per cent of those visited In Cleveland laid a garden or chicken*.-“Thrift Maga-

zine.

made the journey around Cape Horn. From San Francisen Kihho removed to i.os Angeles In the fifties and for a long time drove a government freight wagon between Los Angeles Tind San Diego. At that time 1,0* Angeles had only a few hundred population. Mr. Kihho had been for years the oldest living graduate of Trinity e.dh e of Hartford, Conn. He was a nnIIve of that state. For many years lie conducted a store at Kl Monte, the pioneer Amerlean fanning renter oi Southern California. He joined in the ■ d rush to San Gnhrlel eunyon in tlie early days and regularly ran a ;>ly wagon from His Kl Monte store

t<> the eanyon.

Klhhe rentalneil nientally alert iititll his Inst Illness At the age of ninety

among railroad employees uffered setiiack tirlay warn 30.000 railway

clerks and 8 000 freight handlers in . , , .. . .. . . i . , • ! who acompanted *he body to this city) the Chicago district annourc .1 t tetr 1 . *

j weather permits

GIRL MADE MEMBER OF BRICKMASONS’ UNION

decision to await hearing -f their, Md » ervices at th , ^

I Mr. and Mrs.

illress of Mr I I turnc j to iVir North Dakota.

wage demands by the railroad labor

board at Washington. An unauthor., who w '' r< '

ized strike to attempt to enforce | granting of ancrea: 1 wages was votej down after an appeal wa re. t

reived from James J. Fqrrester. head n ' cl 'a • '

rf the brotherhood and member of,

the labor board_

Freight movement in the Cticigo j district^ hampered by the unauthor. ized yardmen ami enginemens i strike, continued to increase today i and clewhere in the- middle west nnd far west traffic condition* were re.

| turning to normal.

and

R. F. Powell

ailed here by the | K

‘ ’** v!n have re. ir Glennburn, Pcvell vv■’s for.

Worley Timmons, proprietor ef the' l Timmons I irber Shop, is confined to] ; hi? heme by i'.ness. Mr_ Timmons ! has been unable to be at his shop for I several days. Fouls & Newgent report the sale of th,. Henry B. I.ongdon property j on east Anderson street to S. E. Per. : ry of Fillmore. This is the vr.nnt ' property east cf the residence prnn.j 1 erty recently pure hi led by the Phi | Psi fraternity. TF ■ Mf Heights Bible Class : i will meat s evening at ‘-.IIO O’clock i Impi nt jU i-’iess.

Rmbracsd Opportunity. T!" • skated tocether. but little they - it I for th -yM ju-t been made known n, eh ether. But he wished ns Piss the height surface they sped > m, mah life they telght thus go

.... ether.

\ , -h ■ Tl.oy were Ihrotigh! • I ■ : a" k •nderh-il -he. • i del ;•. hut has any one seen I

"Never m'rd. Let tlie tell you I love • sii -I he. "s'ace Ihe h-e Is now | ,k.-u l.etweeit n- llonsho Post. S'd Coafess'c-i. ""!”ie o’ s.ivs you were not parklug ii.-o ullel." “I -1 " *'I .iti’t y ou know ?" -| ea:i't he sure” "What I* your hnslimss?" •*I -ipi a (irofessor of gisenel ry."— Louisville Conrlei- louni.-il.

SUBSCRIBE /OR THE HERALD

WHEN TEXAS WAS NEW STATE First Lawsuit Tried. After Independence, Was in “Stone House" in Town of Nacogdoches. The llr-f sessiorl of the District court of Nacogdoches county, Texas. In Id after the Independence of the state had been declared, was In the old historic stone fort in the town of Nacogdoches, March •!, 1S37, tlie Detroit News recalls. The first criminal ease In Ihe district was also held In the “stone house," as the fort wits de* Igunted hy the court. The lirst case tried In Texas dealt with a contested election between linden Edwards and Daniel Lney Beth elulined the otHee of county and district rlerk. Thouj'h Lney received a majority of the votes east, Edwards claimed that his opponent was not entitled to the commission of election hern use he was not tt bona lid** citizen of the county. The Jury returned a verdict in favor of Lacy, ruling lilm u citizen of Hie county on the day oi

the et.v* 1 —-

Two-Third* Our Army Worker*. Onc-thlril of the i.icn of draft age In tlie United Stall- are engaged In agriculture and hilled occupations, and '• u ee faeturJ ^ and me ehnu out mdiibli tes. For Misa Toodlca. It was tin* first pie*, of mull for ■‘Ml-s Tood'es.” When the maid answered the hell, the postman asked: "Is th**re It Miss Toodles lives here? I know that Mr. K. lives here, so I just wanted to make sure.” The maid replied: "Yes, that letter belongs here and you may have many more of them. While Mr. K. Is on his trip In Florida he thinks the dog gets lonesome and this letter tg for me to yeud to Miss Toodles."

nftet tin* gr. n to .-man drive of Mareti 21 had In-gun r.nd la-fore ihe beginning of the eonnter-nffeiislve of Ihe second battle of the Marne In July, tlie large sta ined gins- wdndnw In the clerestory of the choir shove the entrance fo the eiuipel of St. Botilfttee nrrlved from Knulard. All the ventilation opening- In t'-o eatlu-dntl windows are sere*ued to exclude hirds. which, how - ever Interesting In llielr nalunil lint*llals. are a p .oaieal nuisance in the

cathedral.

‘'When the sta’ned-chtss window was rendv to la* |ittt Into place the temporary window fllllng the spare a hove the etitaanee to t'o* e!ait*et was rettMived far it- n-tullntlon. While the window was thus o| en. nnd at it period in th • win v. h 'li tin* !-siie tn-mhled In th** h.ilame and tl’e world falrlv held its hri*a:h In I'o.rful ex|M*etntloti of the event, a white dove—very generally iceogalzed a- m svmhol or Imrhinger of pi*::ee- 'e\v Into the cathe-

dral over this rhapel.

"i)n the follow irg Suiehiy It soured nramiil Iti ti e greet dome of the rrossing at. I In the chair, alighting In the mast Intere-tltig p'aecs. Wlieit Dean Raherts ascended th** stairs of the great marble pulpit lie found tin* dove perched oil Fie edge of tlie 1*1111*11 directly before Mm. The dove then flew around nnd ol glited on the buck of a vacant chair between two occupied '•hairs In the midst of the eongtegatiar. on the -noth -b|o of the cross!ng, and there remained Quietly during

the sermon. ,

"When lb** r.-hors stnrr«*d toward the altar with the olTertory the bird soared across the congregation und titightt**! •at Ihe hat of a wormn dfe.-«ed In mo urn lug. who was sitting near the middle aisle. Rs -uow-whlle |>lttnmg'» eontrasMug strlklh ly' v. lth lh<* saieher attire of Ihe hercaved wnuian, who Seemed not to he dlstitrhed hy what perhaps she regal'i- d u* : a happy oturti. hi a moment the 'love flew to another part of the crossing. It remained in , tin- cathedral a few days longer; and then one day went cut through ario|>cn

; door.

••Soon after this o- * urrenee the »lli**s fuel rig the Marne - lienf. Including Ihe Americans ut I'hafrriu Thierry, began tie great eottnte; mr •eluent, whleh

It wits at least

an Interesting colie'ldenre thnt this white dove eatne Into the cathedral over the elmpel at the very crisis of Ihe war, and that rltnost Immediately therenfter began that s»‘tles of determined events which led the Germans

to make overtures for peace.”

Science in Zululand. On May 21). 11)111. at Metet, Kamentn district. West Vfrb-a. tl.<*re was witnessed a total I’ellji-a* of the sun. It was In the afternoon. AM the “hoys" ran to their I oust - locked the doors and v cut to bed. Some were sure they would dii* out of doors. An observer for the Carnegie Institute came to take notes on the sun's location, and the Inellnntlon of Its rays. The natives railed him “Ihe man who put the sun out," ai d were puzzled to know way he took the trouble to come to put It

out In Kninerun.

When I.** romntrnrcd to use hi* instruments they wanted to know If he was looking nt God'* town up In the sttn. Wlmt did God's town look like, what did God look like, whom did he see. what good did If do to look, anyway, could he see the road to heaven, was It hot In heaven localise It Wo*

hot on the sun?

Florida’* Sponge Fisheries. The sponge fisheries at Tnrpofc Springs, Flu. it* more than a million dollars’ wotuli nf lotsiness annually. The Industry wa* hul't tip hy a I’hlludr'phht hanker, who w*tit to Florida ,,,, o rest 1 • e'nouH'ttf prnpo**thm amt ijiiiekly -iw the posslhllltlea of making Tarpon Springs, centrally located 'in the Gulf of Mexico and with railroad tsmuertlons, the headquarters of the Industry. This has resulted In the building of a beautiful little city with -PMH Inhaldtants. Ill) 190S he revolur mlz-*'! th*- huslneaa by hrlnging divers from Greece to oper-, ate In 30 to 130 feet of water, instead nf the old-style method of “hooking” J the sponges out of shallow water with hook on a long polo-

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