Republican Meeting Highlights 1920 Campaign Rally
The Mecca theater hosted the first 1920 campaign Republican meeting with Congressman Everett Sanders, Clay Phillips and Ben Davis as speakers. Wm. McAninch served as temporary chairman before Phillips spoke on Democratic waste and tariff issues. Davis urged women voters to support the ticket while Sanders critiqued the League of Nations and its potential impact on U S defense and sovereignty.
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Mecca
Everett Sanders
Clay Phillips
Ben Davis
Wm. McAninch
Phillips
North Salem
Hendricks County
Coatesville
Sanders
League of Nations
United States
Pacific Ocean
Fire destroys Alice Ransom farm home near Couts ville
Fire swept the Alice Ransom farm home about three miles west of town last Saturday night. Mrs. Ransom was visiting her daughter Mrs Clyde Walls while Herbert Lawson and family were away. Two Terre Haute men spotted the blaze and forced entry but found the house filled with smoke and could save only a baby carriage. Insurance partially covered the loss and the cause remains undetermined.
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Alice Ransom
Nou
Charles W Kendall Former Coatesville Resident Dies
The Herald notes the death of Charles Wesley Kendall aged 78 at Danville Hi on Oct 13 1920. He was a Greencastle former resident and brother in law to Mrs Ben Harlan of this place. Funeral held at Terre Haute on Oct 15 with burial at Highland Lawn cemetery conducted by Rev Lewis Smith.
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the Herald
Charles Wesley Kendall
Greencastle
Coatesville
Danville
Kendall
Ben Harlan
Joseph Kendall
Charles Kendall
Terre Haute
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Lewis Smith
Muriel Rector Weds Howard Rockhill in Greencastle Nuptials
Muriel Rector of Greencastle daughter of Otto and Mrs Rector married Howard Rockhill son of Frampton and Mrs Rockhill on Wednesday at Rev Levi Marshall's home in Greencastle. The bride worked at the First National Bank in Greencastle and the couple will reside in Columbus Indiana.
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Muriel Rector
Greencastle
Otto B. Rector
Bethel
Howard Rockhill
Frampton Rockhill
Levi Marshall
First National Bank
Revival at Fillmore Methodist Church Begins
A three weeks revival campaign opened at Fillmore Methodist Church with Rev G A Lamphear of Evanston Illinois preaching. He is assisted in song by Miss Carolyn Hosford from Chicago and Theodore A Piper from Springfield Massachusetts. The party arrives from a successful Kansas campaign.
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Fillmore Methodist Church
G. A. Lamphear
D. D
Evanston
Lamphear
Carolyn Hosford
Chicago
Theodore A. Piper
Springfield
Mass
Kansas
Escaped Indiana offender Comer arrested in Kingman Arizona
Roy F. Comer once of Danville and Elkhart Indiana, an escaped prisoner wanted for burglary and larceny and motor car theft, is in custody at Kingman Arizona. Kingman sheriff asks the Danville Police for information and Comer’s criminal record. Mrs Comer, a former Danville girl, is visiting relatives at Central Park.
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Roy F. Comer
Danville
Elkhart
Ind
Indiana
Kingman
Ariz
Comer
Central Park
Waynetown
Local Social Notes Span Visits and Births in Fillmore
Mrs Mary Lisby visited in Fillmore weekend. Families and friends from Indianapolis Danville Greencastle and Brazil spent Sunday with local residents. A baby girl Mae Elizabeth born to Mr and Mrs McKinley Snapp in Klondike Tennessee. Marine corpsman Hubert Hazelett among 128 Indiana recipients of French Fourragere. Mrs Wm Harlan improving after appendicitis surgery in Indianapolis hospital.
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Hubert H. Hazelett
Stilesville
Marine
Indiana
France
McKinley Snapp
Klondike
Tenn
Mae Elizabeth
A E Ridpath Dead at 71 in Indianapolis
Albert E. Ridpath aged 71 former Putnam county resident died at his Indianapolis home Saturday after a long illness. He survived by a widow three sons and two daughters including Fred Earl Ridpath of Indianapolis and Frank Ridpath of Edinburgh and daughter Mrs Charles Sharp of Indianapolis. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery with funeral at 1423 N Ashland Ave conducted by Rev Fifer. Local mourners included W N Lakin Otto F Lakin Mrs Mary Gambold and Loyd Knight.
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Albert E. Ridpath
Indianapolis
Ridpath
Fred
Earl Ridpath
Frank Ridpath
Edinburg
Charles Sharp
Minnie Knapp
Anna Ralston
Princeton
Putnam County
Martha J. Ridpath
Greencastle
Ashland Avenue
Fifer
Central Avenue M. E
Crown Hill Cemetery
W. N. Lakin
Otto F. Lakin
Mary Gambold
Loyd Knight
Morgan County Boy Wins Trip For Pig Club Success
Lindley McCollum of Monroe township won a free trip to the International Live Stock Show during the week of November 28 to December 4 for his work in the Morgan County pig club feeding contest. Alternates are Glenn Cramer and Ernest Brown. The pig, a Berkshire gilt from the Gossard Breeding Estate, was purchased in May and record kept through September 2.
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Morgan County
Lindley McCollum
Cecil McCollum
Monroe Township
Glenn Cramer
Martinsville
R. R
Ernest Brown
Adams Township
Pig Club
Lindsey
McCollum
Mooresville
Organizing Christian Endeavor Society Planned
The town and surrounding community are asked to meet at the Christian church Sunday afternoon October 31 at 3 o clock to organize a Christian Endeavor society for youth. Ministers are invited to assist and older persons may join. an orchestra is hoped to be formed and supported.
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Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
Neighbors Help Sow Wheat for Oat Starr in Mill Creek
On Thursday morning Oct 14 twenty eight Mill Creek farmers gathered at Oat Starrs home to sow his wheat crop. The work ran from seven to eleven thirty and a sudden illness in Mr Starr, struck by typhoid fever, prompted concern for his daughter also ill with the same disease. Three nurses attended them and locals who helped include James Buis Connie Buis Hugh H McCammack Will Underwood George Lewis Frank Brewer Curt Sims Lemuel Kellar Loyd Stringer Will Gutherige William Fisher Chancy Fisher Frank Wilcox John Hubble Raymond Fisher Charles Rogers Isaac Rogers Thomas Dorsett Opal Miller William Crow Clayton Rhey Loyd Hubble City Reese Marin Broadstreet Harry Mullis Oral Owens G C Parker and Everett McCollum.
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Mill Creek Township
Oat Starr
Starr
James Buis
Connie Buis
Hugh H. McCammack
Will Underwood
George Lewis
Frank Brewer
Curt Sims
Lemuel Kellar
Loyd Stringer
Will Gutherige
William Fisher
Chancy Fisher
Frank Wilcox
John Hubble
Raymond Fisher
Charles Rogers
Isaac Rogers
Thomas Dorsett
Greencastle Opens Season With Victory Over Amo 18–13
Greencastle high school defeated Amo 18 to 13 in a home opener that drew a packed gym and energized fans. Peck starred at forward with Browning strong at back guard as Coach Smith builds a fast, improving team for the season.
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Greencastle High School
Amo Five
Greencastle
Smith
Peck
Browning
G. H. S. Basketeers
Booty
Shelton
Amon
New Athletic Building Planned for Mooresville
A concrete and brick veneer athletic building will be erected in Mooresville at about $5,000. The project is to be financed by interest-free loans from local citizens and repaid from game and event receipts held at the facility.
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Mooresville
Real estate transfers list with many Brownsburg and Danville parcels
A sequence of transfer notices shows William Tout to Mary E Pierson and many other parcels traded in Pittsboro Brownsburg Danville and neighboring townships. Transactions cover out lots acreage and city parcels with prices mostly nominal or around several thousand dollars involving numerous couples and estates through Marion and Washington townships.
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William Tout
Mary E. Pierson
Pittsboro
Fined by Putnam Court in Auto Crash Case
Othe MecCammack and Arthur McCammack were fined 170 dollars plus costs in Putnam circuit court after pleading guilty to three counts related to a crash near Mt Meridian. Each man admitted drunken driving and driving without rights, receiving separate fines of 10, 25, and 50 dollars plus costs, then paid in full.
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Othe MecCammack
Arthur McCammack
Putnam
Charles Payton
McCammacks
Mt. Meridian
James Pb. Hughes
Greencastle Banner
Democratic rally in Coatesville features Thomas O Mara address
A Democratic rally is set for tonight at the Mecca theater in Coatesville. Thomas F. O Mara of Terre Haute will speak at 7 45 PM. O Mara is Clay Phillips senior law partner and previously served as Amo high school superintendent when the school was first commissioned. A large crowd is expected.
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Coatesville
Thomas F. O'Mara
Terre Haute
Mecca Theater
O'Mara
Clay Phillips
Amo High School
Rev Lewis Smith Weds Mrs Anna Parker Pedlar in Corunna Mich
The marriage of Rev. Lewis Smith and Mrs. Anna Parker Pedlar occurred in Corunna Michigan on Tuesday October 19 1920. Rev Manford C Wright performed the ceremony. The couple will reside at the Flackville Methodist parsonage after November 1 with a mailing address of Box 235 Indianapolis.
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Lewis Smith
Coatesville
Anna Parker
Corunna
Mich
Manford C. Wright
Ralph Buis Marries Gladys Lee Nevins in Greencastle
Ralph Buis son of Mr and Mrs Everett Buis of southwest of town wed Miss Gladys Lee Nevins daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Hillis of Greencastle on Tuesday. The couple plan Greencastle as their home where the groom works at the American Zinc Products plant. Buis is a former serviceman who served over a year in the army.
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Ralph Buis
Everett Buis
Gladys Lee Nevins
Ira Hillis
Greencastle
American Zinc Products Company
Buis
Friday Club Holds All Day Meeting With Readings
The Friday club met for its annual all day session hosted by Mrs. Greenly Bryant. Twelve members and guest Mrs. Harvey Hessler of Plainfield attended. A buffet luncheon was served at noon and the afternoon featured reading and music. The Thanksgiving meeting is planned with Mrs. Casady Novy on the 19th.
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Greenly Bryant
Harvey Hessler
Plainfield
Casady Novy
Stilesville Postmaster Announces Civil Service Exam
Postmaster Pruitt says a civil service examination for the Stilesville post office will be held at the local post office on November 13. The office paid $586 last year and the exam is open only to patrons of the Stilesville office. An earlier exam was planned about a year ago but drew no takers.
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Pruitt
Stilesville
Navy man Cecil Walton sails for Hawaii on ship
Word from Cecil Walton, now re enlisted in the U S Navy, says he is aboard a ship bound for the Hawaiian islands for about a year. The vessel will reportedly pass through the Panama Canal before returning to the United States.
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Cecil Walton
U. S. Navy
Hawaiian Islands
U.S
Cecil
Panama Canal
Hearing Postponed on Fillmore Light and Power Rate Petition
The hearing on the Fillmore light and power system rate petition before the Indiana Public Service Commission, scheduled for Wednesday October 20, has been postponed indefinitely. The Herald received word from the commission last week.
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Fillmore Light and Power System
Indiana Public Service Commission
Herald
Indiana Farmers to Elect Delegates for State Convention
Delegates for the Indiana Federation of Farmers associations second annual convention will be elected in counties by October 30. The meeting is set for November 15–16 at the Masonic Temple in Indianapolis with representation based on one voting delegate per county plus additional delegates per 500 paid members. Expected turnout across counties ranges from one to four delegates.
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Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Indianapolis
Masonic Temple
Indiana
Federation
Injured Knee Slows Mrs Milton Pierson at Home
Mrs Milton Pierson fell Tuesday morning badly injuring her left knee while at work in her kitchen. She has been an invalid for ten years after a previous broken hip and has not left her home in over eight months. The new injury worsens her condition.
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Milton Pierson
Lady Dorothy Cunningham to Address Coatesville Citizens
Miss Dorothy Cunningham of the republican central committee will speak to Coatesville and nearby residents Friday night October 22 at 7 oclock in the Mecca theater. She will discuss issues from the women viewpoint.
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Dorothy Cunningham
Republican Central Committee
Coatesville and
Velock
Mecca Theater
Miss Cunningham
Hendricks County Clubs Plan Coatesville Meeting
The Hendricks county federation of clubs invites women to a Saturday afternoon gathering hosted by Coatesville women at the M. E. church on October 23. All women are invited to attend.
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Hendricks County Federation of Clubs
Coatesville
M. E. Church
Youth's Companion Offer Sells Yearly Subscriptions
An advertisement touts a four year value at 2.50 offering 52 weekly issues of The Youths Companion plus 1921 additions. It promises serial stories articles and family pages to appeal to all ages and highlights a 1924 calendar and McCalls Magazine for 1.50. Boston Massachusetts address given for new subscriptions.
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The
Companion
Youth's
McCal
Fashion Authority
Youth's Companion
Commonwealth Ave
St. Paul St. Baston
Mass
Stilesville Schools Closed By Epidemic
Stilesville public schools were shut Monday due to an epidemic of scarlet fever and other illnesses. Reported cases in the schools range from forty to fifty pupils affected by scarlet fever.
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Stilesville
Putnam County Citizens Plan County Hospital Project
Putnam county residents organize to build a county hospital. Plans submitted set an estimated cost of about 95009 dollars for the facility.
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Putnam County
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Roachdale
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Amo
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Edgar M. Milan
Latim Plainfield
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Clay Township
William J. Nash
Elza Henseuh
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Washington Township
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Pecksburg
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Pointer
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Richard HH. Riggen
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Roy Sutton
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Sun
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Center Township
Henry Edwards
Ashbel P. W. Bridges
Lula B. Jones
William S. Lasley
Osca Featherston
Robert A. Dale
Lillie L. Schenck
Pittshoro
Margaret A. Alley
Fred J. Whicker
Franklin Township
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Claude W. Gladden
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Frank Hoff
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Sarah L. Rockwood
Charlie E. Glover
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P. E. Bourne
Democratic Rally
Rev. Smith
Hawaii
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