Many Miles of Federal-Aid Improved Roads
Washington Aug 8 The 1923 road construction season will add hundreds of miles to the national system of improved highways. Estimates from 21 states show 288 million dollars available, up from 273 million last year. Federal-aid work totals under construction cost 258 million, up from 233 million. The outlook is brighter, with 33 states having completed the federal-aid highway designation and gasoline taxes rising from four to thirty states since 1921.
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Washington
Bureau of Good Roads
Department of Agriculture
Bartley Named Acting Postmaster in Greencastle
E R Bartley received federal authority to assume charge of Greencastle post office as acting postmaster pending formal appointment by Congress. He may take over Thursday morning, with official approval awaited and delayed by President Harding’s death. Bartley will serve in acting capacity until final appointment is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Congress
E. R. Bartley
Washington
Denman
Bartley
W. L. Denman
Mr. Bartley
Harding
Fishermen Pay Fine For Fishing Without License
Two Illinois men C. E. Bruner and Claude Zimmerman selling vacuum cleaners in Indiana fished at Raccoon and were arrested by Indiana wardens for fishing without nonresident licenses. Brought to Greencastle, Squire Robert Newland imposed the minimum fine of 19 dollars each, which they paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
C. E. Bruner
Claude Zimmerman
Indiana
Greencastle
Robert New- Lent
Andrew Roger of Lyon on Business in City Wednesday
Andrew Roger of Lyon visited the city on business on Wednesday, meeting local officials and discussing commercial opportunities. He toured downtown facilities and planned further talks with regional partners.
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Andrew Roger
Lyon
Mourning Declared Across U S Until December 1
President Coolidge directs a national mourning period observed by officials through December 1. No official entertainments, flags stay at half mast, and formal calls on the president by organizations or officials will be deferred until after September 3.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hughes
United States
Greencastle Proclaims Memorial Day for Warren G Harding
Mayor Charley Zeis issues a proclamation calling Greencastle residents to observe Friday as a general memorial day for the late President Warren G. Harding. Business and recreation to be suspended 2:30 to 4:30 pm with church bells tolled 2:45 to 3:00 pm. Memorial meeting at Locust Street Church at 3:00 pm. Flags to half mast.
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Greencastle
Warren G. Harding
Charley Zeis
Zeis
Ind
Coolidge
McCray
Locust Street Church
Methodist Rally Day Brings Putnam County Delegations
Delegations from county churches gather at the Second Ward School for a Thursday rally and picnic. The program begins at 3:00 PM with children’s exercises followed by games led by Rev. Ralph Omerod. A 5:30 PM supper is planned if weather allows.
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Second Ward
MethoDist Churches
Putnam County
Ralph Omerod
Brick Chapel
State Fair Presents Butter Sculpture and Style Show for Women
The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis opens Labor Day with a butter sculpture studio by Alice Cooksley of San Francisco inside a freezing glass refrigerator. A style show by a major department store features fifteen living models, plus morning and afternoon performances by an orchestra. A better babies contest with about 400 entrants awards prizes for physical perfection. Home economics lectures by Indiana women and farm club girl demonstrations accompany needlework, china, oils, watercolors, leather work, jewelry and culinary displays.
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Indianapolis
Alice Cooksley
San Francisco
Farm Club
Indiana
Last Harding Type Set Plated in Gold in Alaska
The Fairbanks News-Miner plated in gold the last type set by President Harding and will send it to Washington to join his other relics. Nineteen days earlier Harding visited the paper’s composing room and received a gold makeup rule from interior Alaska printers.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Fairbanks News-Miner
Harding
Washington
News-Miner
Interior
Prominent Kokomo Clothing Boss King Kennedy Dies
King Kennedy, 74, longtime Kokomo clothing firm head and president of the King Kennedy Clothing Company, dies after months of illness. His wife, formerly Miss Georgia Kealing of Kokomo, survives.
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Kokomo
Ind
King Kennedy
King Kennedy Clothing Company
Georgia Kealing
Ader Family Reunion Held at Forest Park in Brazil
About eighty Ader family members from Putnam and Hendricks counties gathered at Forest Park in Brazil on Sunday August 5 for a reunion with baskets, dinner, and a reading of a cousin’s letter and poem. Mrs. Helen Sherfey, senior member, led as president with Arthur Weller as secretary treasurer. Next year’s gathering will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ader in Groveland on the first Sunday in August.
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Helen Sherfey
Brazil
Ader
Groveland
Forest Park
Putnam
Hendricks
Dossie Hetu
Bellmore
Parke County
Jennie Harrison
Portland
Oregon
Arthur Weller
Long Brothers and Children Reunite After 24 Years
The Long families of Charles and John Long held a reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long five miles south of Reelsville on Sunday August 5. All members except W. C. Akers attended. Twenty four years since the two brothers and their families were together. A noon dinner followed by an afternoon of socializing. Attending were John Long Arthur Long and others from Saline City Terre Haute Knightsville Poland and Reelsville including W C Akers Lena Grace Marvise Ruby Benny and more.
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Charles
John Long
Charles Long
Reelsville
W. C. Akers
Arthur Long
Saline City
Gilmer Long
Terre Haute
O. G. Akers
Knightsville
John Altemiller
Lena
Poland
Clarence Slack
Mack Long
Ruby
Dennis Long
Lee Price
Benny
Martha Long
Marvise
Grace
Golden Days at Little Theatre Tonight
The four act comedy Golden Days is presented tonight by University of the Summer School drama cast in Little Theatre. Flora Harbaugh Vivian Harris Marion Boyd Gladys Rhorig headline a 14 character cast coached by Garrett Leverton in scenes set on Mrs Simmonds Farmdale and Mrs Kirkland in New York City across 1917 and 1919 with a country girl entering society and a returning troupe of boys from France.
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University Summer School
Garrett Leverton
New York
France
Noted Names List in Local Social Page
A fragmentary social note lists Elizabeth Tilden Elaine Jewett Marian Livingstone Tatty Ellison Helen Stewart Prella Mary Glen Hamilton Dick Stanhope Robert Hess Charlie Mason Clyde Laninger Lloyd Henderson Virgil Smith Billie Barclay Harold Robbins as referenced individuals in a community roster.
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Elizabeth Tilden
Elaine Jewett
Marian Livingstone Tatty Ellison
Helen Stewart Prella
Mary Glen Hamilton
Dick Stanhope
Robert Hess
Charlie Mason
Clyde Laninger
Lloyd Henderson
Virgil Smith
Billie Barclay
Harold Robbins
Star Store to close Friday afternoon in Harding tribute
Manager W. H. Curry announced the Star Store will close for the day at 12:00 noon Friday in memory of the late President Harding.
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Star Store
W. H. Curry
Harding
Star
Fire destroys saw mill at Bainbridge
Fire near 2 30 Wednesday morning destroyed the Bainbridge saw mill and its contents owned by L C Priest and son and operated by J B Rickey of Cloverdale. The blaze started unknown and was spotted by a Monon train crew. Fire threatened a nearby garage with about one hundred gallons of gasoline. The mill has burned before in recent years and was not insured.
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MONON
Cloverdale
Bainbridge
L. C. Priest and Son
J. B. Rickey
Clarence Etcheson
Priest
Post Offices to Close Friday in President Tribute
Postmaster General New orders all post offices to close Friday between 3:00 and 4:00 p m central standard time as a tribute to the President.
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Washington
New
Harding
Indiana school system in good condition for fall
Indiana's school system is in good condition for the upcoming term, with no teacher scarcity expected. About twenty thousand more students will enroll than last year, and many new buildings aim to relieve congestion. School bells ring September 8 to 10 in most districts, with rural schools opening around September 17.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Education
E. E. Ramsey
Ramsey
Band To Play Twelve Numbers In Weekly Concert
A regular weekly band concert on Thursday evening features twelve numbers. Rev. Levi Marshall will speak briefly in memory of the late President Harding. The program includes marches by Miller and Billings, Sousa’s Washington Post, and several other selections with an intermission and a finale of two steps and waltzes. The audience is asked to stand during the playing of God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
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Levi Marshall
The
Christian Church
God
Harding
H. C. Miller
B. L. Billings
Fred Jewel
Washington Post
Sousa
Troubadour
Francis A. Myers
Talbott
Ed Morback Junior
Argonne
J. W. Griffis
Pasco Moore
Dulmage
March
Pico
Serenade
Prospero March
Chas. Southwell
Farmer Britton Marks 44 Years With The Star Press
John W. Britton, Franklin township farmer, married Mildred Akers on September 25, 1879, then subscribed to The Star Press. He has read and paid for every issue since, now living near Roachdale and praising the county paper as his Democratic news source.
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Franklin Township
John W. Britton
Grencastle
Mildred Akers
Motoring Nuisance Frustrates Hospital Visitors
Hospital management appeals to motorists to stop using the private pavement leading to the hospital. The note says patients are annoyed and requests that only those with business enter. Visitors will be shown every courtesy.
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R. Bartley
P. M
ICY
Ike
Board OF Education
Bride and the Herald
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