Wary Reunion At Roachdale Well Attended
The Marys of Roachdale and surrounding towns held their second annual reunion at the Roachdale school building. The day featured a bountiful noon meal ice cold lemonade prizes for oldest and youngest Marys and a program of music readings and whistling. Officers were elected with a plan for annual dues and the next gathering set for August 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roachdale
The
Marys
Ladoga
Fincastle
Bainbridge
New Ross
Jamestown
Greencastle
Whitesville
Crawfordsville
Plainfield
Mary Hostetter
Association
Mary Anderson
Mary Couch
Mary Kuser
Mary Riggle
Mary Britton
Mary McFerran
Mary Farmer
Mary Brothers
Mary
Carl
Mary Coffman
Mary Young
Mary Jane Robinson
Mary Jane Thompson
Mary Thompson
Mary Nelson
Mary Freeman
Mary Ann Cross
Mary King
Mary Wimmer
Al G Barnes Circus Coming to Greencastle
Advance agents arrived in Greencastle Tuesday to set up for the Al G Barnes animal circus performing Wednesday September 5. The event, promoted as an honest animal show, will travel from Greenfield and feature wild animal acts. Mrs Jennie Shaw returned home to Ladoga after visiting Earl Harris's family in Greencastle. Mr and Mrs Henry Phillips attended Coatesville homecoming Tuesday.
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Animal Show
Greencastle
al G. Barnes
Cir
Barnes
Castle
Greenfield
Jennie Shaw
Earl Harris
Ladoga
Henry Phillips
Coatesville
Five Die as Auto Train Collision Fatal at Griffith
Five persons were killed and four injured when an E. J. & E. freight train crashed into an automobile at Griffith near Hammond Indiana. The impact occurred as the car crossed multiple tracks and was crushed by a backing freight engine.
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Hammond
Ind
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Griffith
Harding Memorial Service Set at Locust Street Church
Memorial services for President Harding will be held Friday at 3:00 PM in Locust Street Methodist Church. Rev H C Clippinger presides. Speakers include Hon Matt Murphy on Harding the American, Hon Charles McGaughey on Harding the President, and Dr William W Blanchard on Harding the Christian. Miss Helen Kendall will be organist. Addresses limited to 12 minutes each.
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Locust Street
M. E
H. C. Clippinger
Harding
Locust Street Methodist Church
Matt Murphy
Charles McGaughey
William W. Blanchard
Lev Marshall
D. D. Solo
J. W. Young
M. J. Murphy
B. T. “Riley
W. Blanchard
John Beyl
Mooresville Team Returns Visit to Greencastle
Mooresville, with a strong baseball season, travels to Greencastle Sunday to face the Spe cials in the second meeting this season. Webbmen seek revenge after an early loss while Turner starts on the mound for Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooresville
Greencastle
Greencastle Specials
Webbites
Turner
Mayor Zeis Travels As Mother Improves In Oxford
Mayor Zeis spent the week end with his mother in Oxford where Mrs. Zeis, once critically ill, showed marked improvement. He is now in Chicago on business and plans to return home Wednesday or Thursday.
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Zeis
Oxford
Speedy Harness at Indiana State Fair Sets Record Purses
Indiana State Fair harness meet runs Sept 3 to 8 with seventeen races and about 400 horses nominated. Key events include a premier pace featuring Lanardo and Johnny Quirk driving by Geers and Egan, and a $5 000 trot on Sept 5. Four stakes offer 111 horses and $9 000 in purses, plus eleven more trots and paces. Admission cut to prewar levels. children free on Sept 4. rest pay 15 cents for ages 7-11. Mrs. Alonzo Cook and Misses Cook dine home from San Diego with Miss McKie visiting. Dr. George R. Grose attends a committee meeting in Indianapolis.
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Central West
Lanardo
Johnny Quirk
Pop” Geers
Fred Egan
Indiana
County Commissioner Buis and mother travel to French Lick
County Commissioner Reese Buis and his mother Mrs Elisha Buis left Tuesday for French Lick for a week or more. They will stay at the Windsor hotel during their visit.
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Buis
French Lick
Reese Buis
Elisha Buis
Windsor Hotel
Frank Cannon and Paul Cook Return From Canada Vacation
Frank Cannon and Paul Cook have returned from a two weeks vacation trip to Canada and the East, recounting travel experiences and sightseeing highlights.
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Frank Cannon
Paul Cook
Canada
East
Coolidge Narrowly Escapes Auto Collision in D.C.
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge, after visiting the Richardson estate, narrowly avoided a crash with a bus at Sixteenth Street and Columbia Road in northwest Washington. The Stearns car, a Secret Service vehicle, and a Boston party member were all in the vicinity as the bus swerved past.
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Washington
Ford coupe destroyed by fire near Plainfield
Robert Bridges of Greencastle an agent for Standard Oil and his wife were driving back from Indianapolis when a short circuit started a fire two miles east of Plainfield. They escaped as the Ford coupe burned to a mass of flames. the loss is covered by insurance.
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Greencastle
Standard Oil Company
Indianapolis
Plainfield
Robert Bridges
Bridges
Campaign Aims to Eradicate Barberry in Indiana County
Two USDA representatives R H Rogers and W B Young with Purdue University will survey farms in Putnam County to locate barberry bushes linked to black stem rust. Removal of these bushes reportedly leads to rust-free harvests in nearby fields. The effort contrasts black stem rust with leaf rust, clarifying their differences.
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U- 8
Department OF Agriculture
Bush
Putnam County
R. H. Rogers
W. B. Young
United States Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
Indiana
Morrison to Attend Harding Funeral in Marion Ohio
W S Morrison traffic manager for the Indiana Portland Cement Co formerly of Greencastle now in Indianapolis was in Green castle Tusdeau on business. He was a personal friend of President Warren G Harding and will go to Marion to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Morrison
Indiana Portland Cement Co
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Tusdeau
Mr. Morrison
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Tri Kappas Plan Meeting With Miss McGaughey
The Tri Kappas will meet with Miss Margaret Emily McGaughey Thursday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock prompting a scheduled social engagement.
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Tri Kappas
Margaret Emily McGaughey
Five Escape Serious Injury In Ditching Ford
A Ford sedan carrying a Bedford man his wife and three children veered off a detour east of the Cloverdale road near Deer Creek bridge and rolled down a steep bank. All five escaped with minor scratches and bruises as Franklin Street Garage workers pulled the car back onto the road and the party continued. The occupants did not provide names to the wreckers.
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Franklin Street
Bedford
Deer Creek
Cloverdale Road
Albert Albaugh
Presidential Proclamation Declares Day of Mourning
President Calvin Coolidge proclaims a national day of mourning and prayer for August 10, 1923, following the death of President Warren G Harding. The notice urges public worship and reverence, noting Harding as a wise statesman and friend to the nation. The proclamation is signed in Washington on August 4, 1923.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
United States
Calvin Coolidge
United States of America
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
White House
Wassington, D. C
Girl Lifts Car to Save Danville Boy in Indiana Arch
Miss Nellie Harland aged 18 of near Lebanon Indiana lifted a Ford coupe trapping her escort Harvey Williams 19 of Danville after it toppled into a ditch under a railroad arch near Greencastle. Williams suffered multiple injuries including a punctured lung and broken ribs and was moved to Putnam county hospital.
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Ford Coupe
Harvey Williams
Nellie Harland
Lebanon
Greencasle
Ind
Danville
Greencastle
Williams
Mr. Williams
Hutcheson
Putnam County
Reelsville Cut-Off Opens Reducing Route Dangers
The Reelsville cut-off on the National road is completed and will open after concrete sets. It avoids the dangerous Reelsville hill and the Pennsylvania railroad crossing, joining the National road at Pleasant Gardens with a new two-span concrete bridge over the river.
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ReelsviLle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reelsville Bottoms
Butler School House
Big Wanut
Pleasant Gardens
Harrold business manager buys cigars amid marriage rumor
Charles Anderson of Harrold Vulcanizing Company trips to Terre Haute and returns with Mrs. Ruth Wilson, former Miss Ruth Wilson, causing surprises among friends. Meanwhile Section One of the Woman's Union plans a picnic supper and meeting at the Thomas home on West Walnut street Thursday instead of Friday.
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Charles Anderson
Harrold Vulcanizing Company
Mr. Anderson
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Ruth Wilson
Anderson
Section One
The
Woman's Union of the Christian Church
Thomas Home
West Walnut Street
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AL G. Barnes Circus
Coming Io Greencastle
Morgan County
Webbmen
Bumper Harvesy
Indiana Track
Lillian Cook
Alonzo Cook
Cloyd Cook
San Diego
Calif
George R. Grose
Depauw
Coolidge
Mrs. Sterns
Stearns
Frank W. Stearns
William M. Butler
Boston
Secret Service
Peck
Ike
Creoe
Morrison
Pleasant Garden
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