Local Items From Greencastle Peopled by Citizens in Indiana
Greencastle residents and visitors appear in items from Indianapolis to Martinsville. Notable notes include several business trips and attendance at events, a inquest in Belle Union, medical updates, the Fairview addition lot sale by American Town Lot Company, and local school and college happenings with the DePauw senior Coming Out Day and new automobile purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Town Lot Company
Fairview Addition
Beveridge and
Berry Streets
Indiana and
Jackson Streets
Berry
Beveridge
Uncle Jim Curtis Plans Putnam County Boy Scouts
James Curtis of Putnamville announced plans to organize the Boy Scouts in Putnam county with charter members including Elijah Grantham 3 Louis Stewart 88 Arch Allen 88 Asbury O H Air 84 Greenberry O H Air 86 James Curtis 81 and Adam Hanna 82. He says applications from others exist but under 80 will be barred for lack of maturity. Curtis asks eligible locals to notify him promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bees
Howard Harris
Clem McCammack
Near Belle Union
James Simms
Putnam
McCammack
James Curtis
Putnamville
Greencastle
Boy Scouts
Putnam County
Elijah Grantham Greencastle
Greenberry O'Hair
Brick Chapel
Adam Hanna
Mr. Curtis
Curtis
Special Conclave Plans for Red Crop Work in Greencastle
Greencastle commandery No 11 K T holds a special conclave Friday April 30 at 7 30 PM for work in the Red Crop. Officers James McD Hays and R David W Campbell preside as E C and E C respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Commandery
No. 11
K. T
James McD. Hays
R. David W. Campbell
E. C
Obituary of Thomas Butler A long time Kansas farmer dies
Thomas Butler born October 29 1830 in Parke County Indiana died April 12 1915 at his Cottonwood Falls Kansas home aged eighty four years five months and fourteen days The family lineage spans Parke Putnam and Chase counties with seven children including attorney J T Butler The funeral was held at his residence with Masonry honors and a large turnout The writer Thomas H Grisham notes Butler as a plain honest farmer and a devotee of nature and duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Butler
Parke County
Indiana
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Putnam County
Chase County
Cottonwood
Mary S. Myers
Butler
Mary E. Bond
Thomas
Oklahoma
Marena E. Pell
Carbon
W. W. Rollings
Marie Garner
Carthage
J. T. Butler
Emporia
Mary S. Butler
Kate Poorman
Rev
Russel
Mr. Butler
New Mexico
Prairie Grove Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Mother Earth
Ajax
Tomy
Socrates
Utica
Dauntless
Putnam County Disciples of Christ Convenes in Greencastle
The Putnam County Convention of the Disciples of Christ met at Greencastle Christian church with state evangelist T. J. Legg assisting. Officers were elected including Prof. R. R. Sinclair as president and Milo West as superintendent of ministerial education. Representatives from multiple churches were chosen for one to three year terms. Dr. W. C. Morro of Butler Bible College spoke on Christian education and Rev. E. L. Day of Indianapolis delivered the closing address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
The
Disciples of Christ
Christian Church
Greencastle
T. J. Legg
Indianapolis
R. R. Sinclair
Filmore
O. F. Lane
Bainbridge
Ind
Milo Barrow
Ora Day
Milo West
A. M. Hootman
John Thomas
Judson Clodfelter
Fincastle Christian Church
Tom Grider
Joseph Everman
Somerset Christian Church
Robert Pierce
Milligan Young
Antioch Christian Church
Henry Shoppel
Gertrude Hutcheson
Luther Easter
Manhattan Christian Church
Lewis Zaring
E Lewis
John Hodshire
Russellville Christian Church
Robert LaFollette
J. C. Wilson
Ed Clodfelter
New Maysville Christian Church
Roachdale Christian Church
Will Meyers
Charles McGaughey
Miles Chastine
W. C. Morro
Butler Bible College
Christian Churches
Morrow
E. L. Day
7Th Christian Church of
Indiana
Release the boy held in jail on vagrancy charge
Dewey Knight was held on a vagrancy charge after a week in town. He borrowed about 20 dollars by claiming to work for the university, but had no job. Doctors found mental trouble and he was treated, released this morning, and ordered to leave town. Marshal Cooper and Prosecutor Sutherlin aided his trip to Indianapolis for meals, with plans to go to an uncle in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Knight
Marshal Cooper
William Sutherlin
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Mrs Della Todd Victim of Short Illness in Green Castle
Mrs Della F Todd 27 wife of Ora Todd a South Illinois Street teamster died at home in South Green Castle after a brief illness Paraphraseit is fatal. Funeral at the Todd home Saturday at 2 pm conducted by Rev L D Dodd burial in Forest Hill cemetery She was a Putnam County native daughter of James H Cox with four children the youngest twins eight days old and a husband Survivors include four children and a husband her community standing notes her pleasant manners and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della F. Todd
Ora Todd
Illinois Street
South Greencastle
Todd
L. D. Dodd
Forest Hill
James H. Cox
Woman's League elects officers at church meeting
The Woman's League of College Avenue Church held its annual officer election with Miss Wilhelmina Lank presiding. New officers include President Mrs Racer Bittles and Vice President Mrs Edwin Post. A paper on Women and Methodism was read by Mrs T E Evans, followed by a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's League of
College Avenue
Wilhelmina Lank
Racer Bittles
Edwin Post
Belle M Carver
Charles Huffman
F. P. Huestis
C. N. McWethy
H. M. Smith
Isaac Hammond
G. R. Grose
R. Miller
T. E. Evans
Margaret Gilmore
Methodism
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Frank Coss
Business Today
Henry Prevo
Raymond Welch
Lafayette
Sue Terry
Emma Stoner
Eva Routzahn
Charley Pfeiffenberger
W. A. Williams
Lydia
Neely O
Squire Philip Frank
Belle Union
Mary J. Goodpasture
L. A. Goodpasture
Robbins
Nann
Louisville
Charles Barnaby
Barnaby
Leslie Vandament
Vine and
Walnut Streets
Henderson
Frank Allen
John Stoner
Chalmers
Cal Sinninger
Clayton
Herald
Sinninger
Clayton Press
Bloomington
R. L. O’hair
Martinsville
Bascom O’hair
California
Bascom O'Hair
San Diego
Willis Vermilion
Sylvan Vermilion
Thomas Utterback
Cloverdale
Terre Haute
Victor Utterback
Methodist Hospital
Indiana State Normal School
George Christie
Joseph Evens
Poland
Joseph Eads
Roachdale
John Vestal
Plainfield
Hattie Gorham
Richard Wheelan
Morton Avenue
Daniel Craft
Rev. L. S. Smith
Crawfordsville
Paul Smith
DePauw University
E. G. Shouse
Bluffton
Trafalgar
H. A. Henderson
William McVey
Floyd Township
King & Morrison Agency
Jasper Miller
Monroe Township
Meharry Hall
Jim Curtis
Louis Stewart Greencastle
Arch Allen
Asbury O’hair
R. A. Confer
Thos
H. Grisham
Church People IN Convention
Fashion Store
West Side Square
Woman's League
Reid
Purdue
J. D. Torr
Bloomington Broadway
J.D. Hare
Indiana Corporation
Greencastle and Vicinity
Leslie Land Co
Leslie, Arkansas
E. AA
Browning
Zeis & Company
Via
Indianapolis and
Eastern Traction Co
Phe
Theta Alumni Club
F. C. Tilden
H. A. Gobin
Coterie Club
J. Q. Hessler & Co
East Washington Street
Bozzell
Marie. Cavanaugh
Margate Day
Bernice BE. Hopp
Myrtle. Hudson
Edward. Rock
C. S
W. B. Vestal
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