Putnam County Jersey Breeders To Tour Duroc Herds
Putnam County Jersey Breeders Association members visit Duroc Jersey swine on county farms Wednesday and Thursday. County Agent Charles A. Jackson and P Wiley will accompany, with a noon picnic for members and families. Tours include farms of Stoner, Hurst, Wright, Spencer, Dobbs, McAlinden, Cromwell, Sears, Green, Ik, Bunten, O’Hair, McNary, Stanger, McCloud, Jeffries, Patrick, and Flint in Greencastle and surrounding townships.
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UNTY
Charles Jackon
Putnam County Duroc
Jersey Reeders Association
Putnam County of Jersey Breeders Association
Duroc Jersey
Charles A. Jackson
P. Wiley
Pur. University
Duroc_Jersey
Rew Stoner
Neastle
Roscoe Hurst
Madian
Raymond Wright
Greencastle
Mad
W. H. Spencer
Otto Dobbs
Warrenship
Charles McAlinden
J W Cromwell
John Sears
Sears
Madison Township
Green
Greencastle Township
Ivanik
Greencastle Dison
Earl Bunten
Lles
Marionship
FE. R. O’hair
Marion Town
Forrest McNary
Marion Hip
J. S. Stanger
Dayton McCloud
Jefferson Township
Odds
Settlers Picnic Set for August 20 at Poplar Ridge
Settlers and soldiers of the Spanish American and World wars are invited to Old Soldiers and Settlers at Poplar Ridge three miles north of Mansfield, Parke County Indiana. The annual picnic, held Saturday August 20, aims to surpass prior crowds with prominent speakers from Indiana. Roy Baker of Rockville will chair, Benjamin F. Russell of Rockville will speak, and Richard Edwards of Peru plus Muncie educators are billed to address the gathering. Citizens from Othorn and Clay counties are urged to attend. bring well filled baskets.
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Poplar Ridge
Mansfield
Parke County
Ind
Inding
Russellville
Benjamin F
Rockville
Rainbow
Richard Edwards
Peru
Oble
Roy Baker
Parke Coun Rofessor
Otham
Clay Counties
Legion Band to Give Concert Thursday Evening
The American Legion Band will give a concert Thursday evening near the public square in Greencastle. Tucker will conduct. Arrangements may be made for a concert can be given each Thursday by the Legion.
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American Legion
Tucker
Greencastle
Legion
Unique Rotary Notice Issued by Paul Cook
A rotary notice invites all early summer vacationists and financially unable or busy members to a special session at the same place. It mentions Wednesday noon at 12 15 and a big feed with a special election on tap. Mrs Tory is urged to send her husband to learn how to vote next month on Indiana constitution amendments.
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R. O. Tary
R. O. Tory
Senate OKs Day Law Clamp With 39 20 Vote
The Willis Campbell and beer bill passed the Senate 39 to 20 and goes to conference with the House. Regulations for medical beer will wait for conferrees action. The measure tightens prohibitions on physician prescribing and limits on wine and whiskey, with new penalties for improper searches and impersonation by agents.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Melon
Palmer
Funeral attendees honor Perry Snider in Putnamville
Out of town mourners attended the funeral of Perry B. Snider, the first Putnam County soldier to die in France. Relatives and friends from Muncie, Indianapolis, Decatur, Champaign, Lafayette, Lafayette Bugler editor, Lafay ette, Putnamville, Coatesville, and Cloverdale joined locals for service. Flower bearers included Edna Curtis and three others, with music by Christie Ayler and Crawley.
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Perry B. Snider
Putnam County
France
Ernest Snider
Muncie
Richard Buchannan
Indianapolis
Ed. Perry
Decatur
Frank Perry
Champaign
Rose Ellsberry
Lafayette
Frank Walsh
The
Bugler
William Boyd
Ed. Shields
Putnamville
James Reeves
Charles Layman
Coatesville
Lawrence Perry
Cloverdale
Walter Suett
Edna Curtis
Reggie Daniels
Leona Eitel
Mary Bittles
George Christie
Elva Ayler
Evelyn Ayler
Elmer Crawley
Harry Moore
Indiana Population Shifts Revealed by Census Bureau
Washington August 6 1920 report shows Indiana's population 92.1 percent native white 5.1 percent foreign born white and 2.8 percent Negro. Negro count rises from 60320 in 1910 to 80810 in 1920, white population grows 7.9 percent, native white with native parents totals 2329544, foreign born whites 150868, native whites with foreign born parents 227066, mixed parental origins 141593. The census also lists 125 Indians 283 Chinese 81 Japanese 7 Filipinos 1 Hindu and 12 Koreans among residents.
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Washington, D. C
Indiana
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Suva Fountain and Luxury Tax Slated
Washington Aug 8. Republican members of the House ways and means committee reached agreement to eliminate taxes on fountain drinks and ice cream and on the luxury tax wearing apparel in executive session. A half reduction in the 10 percent levy on sporting goods is also reported. The changes would reduce revenue by about 50 million dollars, part of a Republican plan to cut 500 million from the national tax bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican House
Greencastle Fines for Missing License Plates
Two auto owners were fined by Justice Phillip M. Frank for driving without proper rear license plates in Greencastle. Orth S. Brown, Indiana State policeman, uncovered violations during a week in Greencastle. Allan Lioya Lumber Co. also fined for rear plate absence though a front plate was shown. A Herald warning last week urged owners to check plates.
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Phillip M. Frank
Greencastle
Orth
S. Brown
O S German
Quiney
Ind
Squire Frank
Allan Lioya Lumber Company
The
Herald
Twenty Friends Surprise Mrs Warren Newgent On Birthday
Twenty friends gathered at North Jackson street Monday evening for a surprise party honoring Mrs Warren Newgent on her forty ninth birthday. Guests came from the Crawford home on Walnut street and shared a bountiful picnic supper before games and social time. Attending were numerous couples and their children, with Warren and Mary Elizabeth Gillen among the Newgents hosts and guests. Mary Elizabeth Gillen was later honored with a birthday dinner at the Crawfords on Tuesday.
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Warren Newgent
Waren Newgent
North Jackson Street
Walter Crawford
Walnut Street
Newgent
Roy Hillis
Edna Lorene Hillis
Alva Brothers
Helen Brothers
Guy Pickens
Joseph Pickens
Alee Kahn
Nate Kahn
Cloverdale
Alec Newgent
Charles Crooks
Morton
Alta Crump
CC. Gillen
Mary Elizabeth Gillen
Roy Newgent
Real estate transfers listed for several townships
John H Morris transfers land in Warren to Franklin W Lane for 5597 dollars. Harlay Brown transfers land in Jefferson township to Virgil Solomon for 9000 dollars. Otis M Woodworth transfers a Clinton township lot to Wm G Cowner for 1 dollar. Frank Edwards transfers Bainbridge lots to Elizabeth Mackall for 58 dollars. John T Beckelhimer transfers land in Russell township to William Garreston for 650 dollars. William A Finely transfers a Bainbridge lot to Tresse C Michael for 1250 dollars. High Hammong transfers land in Jefferson township to Reuben Masten for 750 dollars.
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John H. Morris
Franklin W. Lane
Warren
Harlay, Brown
Virgil Solomon
Jefferson Township
Otis M. Woodworth
Wm. G Cowner
Clinton Township
Frank Edwards
Elizabeth Mackall
Bainbridge
John T Beckelhimer
William Garreston
Russell Township
William A. Finely
Tresse C. Michael
Reuben Masten
Jefferson
Township
Illiteracy in Indiana Drops Slightly in 1920 Census
Washington Aug 9 The 1920 census shows 52 034 illiterate persons aged 10 and over in Indiana. Native whites, foreign born and mixed parentage, and foreign birth groups are detailed with urban rural gaps and county percentages. Illiteracy fell from 3.1 to 2.2 overall. Negro illiteracy dropped from 13.7 to 9.5 with urban advantage.
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Washington, D. C
Indiana
Great Blue Heron Killed West of Greencastle by Evans
A great blue heron, rare in the area, was killed Monday west of Greencastle by Paul B. Evans. After attempts to stun the bird with stones failed, Evans borrowed a shotgun and pursued the bird for a mile before shooting it. The bird measured five feet eight inches wingspan and four feet four inches from feet to head, with a back height of three feet four inches. Evans plans to have the bird mounted.
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Evans
Professor and Mrs Carleton Begin Eastern Trip by Car
Professor Frank T. Carleton head of DePauw economics department and his wife depart Monday at noon for an extended eastern automobile trip. They will visit factories in Cincinnati and Pittsburg and the National Cash Register plant in Dayton. They expect to return in September.
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Frank T. Carleton
Carlton
DePauw
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
De Pauw Public Speaking Plans Two One Act Plays Friday
De Pauw University public speaking department presents The Hour Glass and Riders to the Sea this Friday at 8 pm in the Little Theatre west College. Prof Harry B. Gough directs. Admission is free. Cast includes Paul Kepner Russell Tomlinson Hazel Klinger Pearl Young Ethel Boyle Frances Hester Garrett Leverton.
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Little Theatre
West College
Caroline Newman Weds August 6 in Toledo Ohio
Friends announce the sunrise wedding of Miss Caroline Newman to Lisle George Deibert of Toledo on the Toledo lakeside. The couple will reside in Toledo after September first and honeymoon on the lakes. Miss Newman is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles N Newman of Toledo. the family once lived in Greencastle where her father headed the Greencastle Gas Plant for years.
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Caroline Newman
Toledo
Newman
Lisle George Deibert
Deibert
Charles N. Newman
Grencastle
Greencastle
Gillespie & Co Files Petition in Bankruptcy
Gillespie & Co which runs general stores at Manhattan and Reelsville filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S Federal Court. Henry M. Smith an officer, through Corwin & Gillen, says the business may pay 100 cents on the dollar. Indebtedness is about 5 504 with assets 11 525 and 10 000 capital stock. Creditors expected full payment after winding up affairs.
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Gillespie & Co
Manhattan
Reelsville
Henry M. Smith
Corwin & Gillen
U. S
J. F. Gilespie & Co
Smith
F. Gillespie
Mr. Smith
Gillespie
Ship San Jose rests after reef grounding off southwest coast
Wireless dispatches from the San Jose report the steamer anchored on a San Pablo reef about 550 miles south of San Diego. Thirty three passengers and sixty six crew aboard. Captain B Zastro says the ship is holding, with Griff racing to assist about 300 miles away. No panic, passengers treat the accident as an adventure.
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San Francisco
San Jose
San Pablo Reef
San Diego
B. Zastro
Salina Cruz
Mex
Los Angeles
Griff
Griffin
Baptist church Sunday school picnic set at Tidrick home
The Baptist church Sunday school will hold its annual picnic Wednesday at 6 PM on the lawn at 614 East Anderson Street, the home of the Rev and Mrs Tidrick. All members are invited and asked to bring well filled baskets.
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Baptist Church Sunday School
Airplane strafes Newport bound launch in Narragansett Bay
An unidentified plane swept Narragansett Bay and fired on a five person launch near Oakland Beach. Grace Buxton, 24, was wounded in the leg while a man was lightly hurt. The craft reached shore as the plane fled, with investigators in Newport seeking a possible link to a fleet at a nearby naval destroyer squadron.
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Providence
Narragansett Bay
Grace Buxton
Oakland Beach
Here
Buxton
Newport
Squndro
Local Residents Visit Friends and Travel Highlights
Mrs Johny Hendrix and Mr and Mrs Lee Gunnison of Brazil visited Rev W H Williams and Miss Naomi Tharpe returned from Frankfort. Rev Williams plans a Kentucky trip for a month. Several locals, including Miss Ella Mae White and Mrs May Reeves, were seen visiting relatives in Terre Haute Paris and Nakomis. Sam Danberry departed for Chicago en route to the western cities.
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Johny Hendrix
Lee Gunnison
Brazil
W. H. Williams
Kentucky
Orman Kettring
Terre Haute
Grant Reinoehl
Dallas Payne
Marion
Ohio
Naomi Tharpe
Frankfort
Alphus Tharpe
Hacolu Vinzant
Nettie Newton
Candace
Gilbert Newton
Mary Armstrong
Paris
Illinois
Floy Newton
Nakomis
J. O. Dickerson
May Reeves
Sourwine Hospital
Ella Mae White
William Parr
Jay Stiles
Adda McNece
Sarah Rowings
Shades
Pansy Tharpe
Greencastle
Sam Danberry
Chicago
Opening Hog Prices Open Lower At Local Market
Indianapolis hog receipts show 9500 hogs and 1400 holdovers with cattle 900 calves 800 and sheep and lambs 1000. Hog prices opened about 25 cents lower with weights at 11.00 to 11.50, light hogs 11.60 to 11.75, pigs 11.25 to 11.75, sows 9.00 to 9.25. About 6500 hogs sold by 10 am to local packers and 3000 to outsiders. Cattle active with heavy steers around 10.00, calves 10.50, lambs 10.00 and sheep 4.00.
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Indianapolis
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