Airplane stirs Coatesville crowds with low flight and rides
A Houston to New York aviator E W Cleveland landed near Coatesville at a field owned by Frank Brown after a midday flight. About nine residents took joy rides, with passengers praising the experience. Cleveland, who has eight years of aviation experience, plans to return through the area in about three weeks. за
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Frank Brown
Sylvester Ellett
Otto Mausten
E. W. Cleveland
Houston
Texas
New York
Jack Gambold
N. P. Clingenpeel
Emmett Bourne
Leonard Walton
Lee Bowen
Roy Hodson
Earl McDaniel
Clarence Johns
Ira Goodrich
Otto Masten
Mr. Cleveland
Reno
Clarence Johnson
Pennsylvania
Kodak
Robert Knight
Oldest Putnam clock heirloom passes through Feld family
A 130 year old Seth Thomas clock near Greencastle on the Putnamville road remains in near perfect running order. Owned by W. J. Feld and handed down through generations, the four foot tall weight driven clock features brass windings and was purchased years ago from Mr. Binkley of Fox Ridge. Fred Feld, 63, gave it to his son William Feld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
W. J. Feld
Greencastle
Putnamville Road
Seth Thomas
Fred Feld
William Feld
Binkley
Fox Ridge
Binklley
Cloverdale Graphic
Home Coming and Picnic at Coatesville
A joint homecoming and picnic for former residents of Hendricks and Putnam counties will be held in Coatesville on Saturday, Aug 21. Old and new settlers are invited to enjoy speeches, band music, airplane and baseball exhibitions, a merry go round, red lemonade, and other picnic amusements with no gambling allowed. A monkigys per dway will be one feature of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
Putnam
Coatesville
Barber in a Hurry Chooses Quick Cut
A bald man hurries into a barber chair and asks to leave his collar on. The barber grins and says he can cut hair with hat on, noting the shiny dome.
Local Notes Mix Visitors and Tragedy Across Several Towns
Local items report visits by Mr and Mrs Melvin Storm and others around Bethel and Coatesville. A Greencastle woman Felsh was badly injured in a two vehicle at a crossing near Denville. Rainbow division member Daniel Vaughn dies from gas exposure in Green Bay hospital. A birthday dinner honors Mrs Floyd Crews with nineteen relatives. Waveland asks for four empty houses moved from town. Six injured in a T H I E car derailment near Cleveland after striking a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felsh
Greencastle
Denville
Daniel Vaughn
Sophia Vaughn
Rainbow Division
Green Bay
Wis
France
Floyd Crews
County Club Meeting Draws Hendricks Women Speakers
Hendricks county federation of clubs held their meeting in Clayton last Saturday with principal speakers Mrs William Zeller Mrs Grimes of Brazil and Miss Edith Payton of Danville. Music came from Mrs Simons Plainfield and Mrs George Lineberry Stilesville as local club ladies attended in force.
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Hendricks County Federation of Clubs
Clayton
William Zeller
Grimes
Brazil
Edith Payton
Danville
Simons
Plainfield
George Lineberry
Stilesville
Hiegting
Sharp son reports wider church outreach by group evangelism pioneer
Rev C J Sharp, longtime Hammond Christian church pastor, now national superintendent of group evangelism, travels the western states to unite strong and weak churches. He recently led a shipboard service from Seattle to San Francisco with attendees from Alaska to Alabama, preaching a seafaring sermon in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sharp
North of Town
C. J. Sharp
Hammond
Christian Church
Sharp
Hammond Christian Church
Rev
The
Christian Standard
Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Bro. Smith
Dad
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Alabama
Reporter Surrounded by Crowd Struck by Lightning
A News reporter sitting on Bain's store long box with Ben Goff Charley Scribner and Ben Nicholson was struck by a small bolt of lightning while watching rain. The incident stunned four nearby individuals a wee bit.
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Bain’s
Ben Goff
Charley Scribner
Ben Nicholson
Russellville News
Postmaster Pruitt Upgraded to Third Class Office
D D Pruitt, postmaster of the local post office, was notified by the postoffice department in Washington that starting August 1 the office will be upgraded from fourth to third class. He will earn 1300 dollars annually and the government will cover all expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Pruitt
Postoffice Department
Washington
Blaze Beat Giants 13 to 7 In Seventh Win Of Season
The Blaze baseball club defeated the colored Giants from Brazil 13 to 7 in camp. Blue allowed 13 strikeouts after Giants started with four runs in the first inning and two in the third. Pruitt led Blaze with three hits as Blaze set to face Crawfordsville next.
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Blaze
Colored Giants
Brazil
Giants
Blue
Pruitt
Crawfordsville
Scott
Sullivan
Stewart
Montgomery
R McMullen
Sees Monnet
J Thomas
Beni Vica
Fole
Thomas
Cox
Benifica
Harris
G W Mason Dies at 47 Near Greencastle
G W Mason aged 47 died at his home near Greencastle from heart trouble after a year long illness. A Big Four railroad mail clerk, he is survived by his widow and seven children. Funeral services were held at Fillmore on Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Mason
Greencastle
Big Four Railroad
Indiana farmers seek fertilizer price relief to sustain crops
The Indiana Federation of Farmers associations reports a representative gathering data on fertilizer price and supply. Farmers generally consider fall fertilizer prices unjustifiably high and many refuse sowing wheat. The federation aims to help members by securing a price reduction to preserve crop rotation. Charles A. Jackson, Putnam county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Charles A. Jackson
Putnam County
Community Notes From Stilesville and Vicinity
Miss Marie Underwood of Maplewood visits sister Mrs. E R Hall. Coble reunion draws James Coble and kin at Clayton. Rev A M Hootman preaches a fine sermon at the Christian church. Pack of locals visit Fillmore for Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Roy Phillips. Anna Cline hosts 80th birthday family reunion with 28 relatives at noon. Grandma Cline chats with her brother unseen for 48 years. Mrs Wm Coble and daughter Helen attend chautauqua at Danville. George Hardy of Bardsville Ky visits sister Anna Cline. Merril Nichols and W C Larimore host Sunday guests. Mrs Kate Dyer at Cline reunion. Mrs Herbert Curtis of Monrovia with daughter. George Whitt of Indianapolis visits Hazel Larimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Cline
Grandma Cline
Entertainments and social visits in Fillmore area
Miss Grace Morgan and Miss Mary Wright shared a dinner in Fillmore on Sunday. Frank Roberts Jr of Greencastle will perform at the Fillmore schoolhouse Saturday under the Ladies' Aid Society. The Larkin club met Mrs Ran som and daughters and served cake and ice cream. Additional visits and gatherings are noted among local families, with funeral attendance for Wilt Mason.
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Grace Morgan
Mary Wright
Fillmore
Frank Roberts, Jr
Greencastle and Company
Fillmore School House
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Church
Larkin Club
Ransom
Anne Goodwin
Rebecca Shuck
Cora Nichols
Mary Shuck
Mis
Jacy Garrett
Real estate transfers list across Clay Guilford and surrounding townships
A sequence of property transfers records deeds and quit claims among numerous parties. John Masten to Glendon Kelly covers 4 acres in Clay township. Kelly to W. E. Greenlee for 1 acre. David Douglas to Robert G. Edwards 3 acres in Guilford. many more transfers include lots and out lots in Danville Brownsburg Coatesville and Lincolntownship with prices ranging from 60 to 7000 alongside exchanges and quit claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Masten
Glendon Kelly
Clay Township
W. E. Greenlee
David Douglas
Robert G. Edwards
Guilford Township
Horace Reeve
Robert C. Bennett
Truck Wreck Near Plainfield Involves Concilla Brothers
Tony Concilla lost control of a Reo truck on soft gravel along the National road east of Plainfield Friday afternoon while en route to Greencastle with fruit. The vehicle tipped into a ditch but neither Tony nor his brother were injured. the wrecked truck was declared a total loss by the Greencastle Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Concilla
Plainfield
Tony
Greencastle
Sign at Coatesville M E Church Noted by Grateful Merchant
Grateful for Sign Rev C N McBrayer received a letter with a $1 check from Bert A Boyd a grain commission merchant of Indianapolis in appreciation of a sign at Rockville road directing to the Coatesville M E church Boyd visited Coatesville last Monday saying without the sign he would have been unsure which way to turn to reach the church
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C. N. McBrayer
Bert A. Boyd
Grain Commission
Indianapolis
Rockville Road
Coatesville M. E
Boyd
Coatesville
Double Circus Brings Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey to Indianapolis
The city will host a giant combined circus on Monday in the afternoon and night. The merged show touts unprecedented scale with a quarter of a million pounds of elephants in a single act and the morning street parade described as the longest and most brilliant yet seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Baily
Indianapolis
America
Hay Field Accident Injures Local Farmer Henry Cornett
Henry Cornett of this place suffered a severe back wrench and shoulder injury after falling from a hay load at his farm northeast of town last Friday. He has been laid up for several days.
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Henry Cornett
Bourne to Move Restaurant. Lakin Remodels West Main
W N Lakin plans remodeling of his bug gy and implement room on west Main street for E H Bourne who will move his restaurant from the Masten block next week. Work will begin on the new bank room after Bourne relocates.
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W.N. Lakin
West Main Street
E. H. Bourne
Masten
Bank
Mr. Bourne
Sale Dates Winnie Ratlitt at her Amo home
The notice lists Winnie Ratlitt selling items at her residence in Amo on Saturday July 314, with details readable in the classified section of the local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Ratlitt
Amo
Obituary of Cleon Lisby Four-year-old dies in Indiana
Cleon Orvlee Lisby, the youngest child of Earnest and Vada Lisby, died July 12 1920 in Deaconess Hospital Indianapolis at age 5 years 4 months and 23 days. He was born December 19 1914 and mourned by his parents two sisters grandparents and many relatives. Funeral services were held July 14 1920 at the Christian church in Fillmore followed by burial in Fillmore cemetery.
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Indianapolis
Jone
Earnest
Vada Lisbyard
Iva Irene
Edith Lucile
Grandpa
Grandma Lisby
Grandma Lewallen
James H. Arnold
Christian Church
Fillmore
Fillmore Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Cleon Lisby Family
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of our little boy Cleon. Gratitude to Rev Hodman for consoling words and Mr Lakin the undertaker. Appreciation to the girls who sang and for the flowers. Mr and Mrs Earnest Lisby and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon
Hodman
Lakin
Earnest Lisby
Gosport Reporter Expands Page Count Due to Newsprint Shortage
The Gosport Reporter doubles its pages from four to eight using four pages of ready print from the Western Newspaper Union amid severe paper shortages. Editor N A Wampler notes a sixty percent rise in newsprint costs and explains prior access to Owens County Journal and other sources has failed, forcing the shift to ready print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosport
N. A. Wampler
Western Newspaper Union
Owen County Journal
Journal
Newspaper Union
Beech Grove Community Sunday Visits Report
Beech Grove residents and several families spent Sunday visiting neighbors. The Poer and Lisby households hosted guests while Opal Batman visited her sister Ada Miller this week. Additional visits included Mrs. Austin Smith's relatives and John Dickerson's group with James Dale and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickerson
James Dale
Opal Batman
Mrs
Ada Miller
Revival at Cherry Grove Sees Seven Conversions Each Night
The Cherry Grove revival reports strong turnout with seven conversions on Sunday and seven on Monday. Attendees will return for all day services as the meetings close next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
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Melvin Storm
Near Bethel
Robert Storm
Alice McGinnis
Ralston Hathaway
Navy
Norfolk
Chester Smith
A. Hunt
Cecil Buchanan
Vica Harris
Ella
Carrie Fultz
Luther Chandler
South of Town
James Elliott
Lucile Harris
Arthur Roll
Fultz
T. J. Heavin
Mary
Maurice Heavin
J. L. Browning
Emily Jackson
Sig Bowen
Henry Bowen
A. C. Brown
Paris
Til
Pete Lycan
Jack Lycan
Artie Leachman
New Winchester
Ed Mark and
John Harris
Raymond Heavinridge
W. A. Runnells
Lindsay, Cal
Mick Hurley
Dessie and
Rosala Hollingsworth
Bridgeport
Wm. Wheeler
Waveland Independent
Waveland
Bro. Houston
Cleveland
W. H. Roby
Terre Haute
Kate Stevenson
Franklin
Robert Stevenson
H. E. Hathaway
Robert Pierson
Bainbridge
Edgar Stevenson
Roachdale
Stanley Chastain
G. W. Mason
Marie Underwood
Maplewood
E R. Hall
James Coble
Coble
A. M. Hootman
D. C. Johnson
Mary Vaughn
Roy Phillips
Wm. Coble
Helen
George Hardy
Bardsville, Ky
Merril Nichols
W. C. Larimore
Kate Dyer
Cline
Herbert Curtis
Monrovia
Sarah Brown
George Whitt
Hazel Larimore
Sarah Snodgrass
Emma Morgan
Will Shuck
Frank Garrett
Frances Parker and Son
Muncie
Herbert Lawson
John Stanley
Maria Campbell
Wilt Mason
Title Guaranty Co
Danville, Ind
Cloe Minnick
Daniel F. Roberts
William A. Finley
Danvill
Elza Henson
Marion Felton
Brownsburg
Emsely E.bomgardner
Mary J. Weesner
Washington Township
Joshua L. Morris
Samuel L. Cooprider
Stephen OG. Gorham
Maude M. Robinson
James G. Runnels
Claude Howson
Clinto S. Peer
James M. McVay
William E. Thompson
John F. Everett
Lincoln Township
Henry Price
Albert R. Keeney
Herbert W. Mason
Daisy E. Baird
Brooks T. Hadley
Center Township
Jess L. Lecman
Harmon H. Hathaway
Loren L. Gentry
Charles A. Hedge
Thomas C. Smock
Beech Grove
James Poer
Sam Poer
Sid Son
Leon
Jerry Lisby
Austin Smith
Herother
John Miller
Plem Wells
Dolph Batman and Family
Mrs. Club
Lebanon
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