Local Items Highlight residents and arrivals in city news
Mrs. Marion Johnson is homebound due to illness. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. James Henry near Fern. Attendance at Fox Ridge M E church and other social notes. Movements include Charles Reed moving to 405 East Hanna Street and undertaker business ties. Several visits, hospitalities, and civic updates populate the day’s summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Johnson
West
Columbia Street
James Henry
Fern
Charles Reed
Hanna Street
Reed
Stilesville
Paul Hartley
Danville
Hartley
Applegate Lodge
Fillmore
Ralph Brown
Elwood
Frank Young
Brazil
Mr. Brown
Quality not quantity in college work
Dr. Samuel P. Capen in the Annual Report of the U S Commissioner of Education says higher education is shifting from growth to foundation, emphasizing efficiency and quality. Institutions adopt group systems, credit for quality work rises, and states like Montana Idaho and Kansas centralize higher education administration through new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Capen
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Dr. Capen
U. S. Bureau of Education
Visiting relatives and light harvest progress noted
Edith Sutherlin of Port Arthur Texas and Ruta Dragoo of Akron Ohio visit Susan Brown this week. T B Wilson visited relatives in Indianapolis last Sunday. Thrawing grain has progressed very well for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Sutherlin
Port Arthur
Texas
Ruta Dragoo
Akron
Ohio
Susan Brown
T. B. Wilson
Indianapolis
Greencastle Band to Perform Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow evening the Greencastle band will give a concert at the southeast corner of the square under the Booster Club. Director Henry Werneke said the program will include classical and popular numbers and a large crowd is expected.
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Greencastle
Booster Club
Henry Werneke
Quincy Picnic Attracts Large Crowd In Owen Putnam
The annual picnic and home coming at Quincey will draw picnickers from Owen and Putnam counties Thursday. Monon trains add extra coaches and all passenger trains stop there. The event is among the biggest in the community and could see crowds up to the usual high standard if the weather cooperates.
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Quincey
Owen
Putnam Counties
Putnam County
Monon
Inexperience Alleged in Putnam County Auto Crash Suit
Robert W. Flint seeks $200 damages from Ernest Sears and wife Mariena Sears after a May 31 1915 head on collision northwest of the city. Flint claims Sears drove too fast and inexperienced handling caused the crash injuring Louisa Bettis who sues for $5000.
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Ernest Sears
Robert W. Flint
Brick Chapel
Putnam Circuit Court
Allee, James & Alee
Sears
Mareena Sears
Flint
Louisa Bettis
Mrs. Bettis
Nichols-Proctor Nuptials in Fillmore
Lola Edna Proctor wed Harvey Cecil Nichols at the Proctor home on August 4 as her parents celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. A small reception followed, with guests feasting on a three course supper and gifting cut glass, silver, china, and linen. The couple plans to live on a farm south of Fillmore after September 1.
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E. I. J. Proctor
Fillmore
Lola Edna
Harvey Cecil Nichols
Winona Cowgill
Engelmann
A. D. Crabb
Brazil
North Ball Hill Weather Brings Social Visits
Mary Skelton of Terre Haute visits cousins Harold and Ralph Call as Greencastle event draws a well attended local audience. Families of Johns and Skeltons spend Sunday with Bid e and Belle Johns. Christian Church Section Four meeting postponed from Thursday afternoon.
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Ball Hill
Mary Skelton
Terre Haute
Christian Church
Clipping Bureau Installed at City Library
The city library adds a clipping bureau organized by city librarian Miss Belle Hanna. The cabinet holds newspaper, magazine, and circular clippings, catalogued and indexed for public use. The 1915 annual report notes detailed market quotations for Indianapolis produce and livestock, with updates on grain and hay prices.
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Belle Hanna
Miss Hanna
Junior Chautauqua Adds Play Festival for City Children
The Junior Chautauqua will run daily except Sundays with a playground expert directing activities for ages 12 to 15 who hold season tickets. An afternoon program will entertain younger children with stories games and songs while mothers attend lectures. The week ends with a public exhibition of games by the juniors, a feature not in the contract but welcomed for its benefit to the city.
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America
Bethany Park Assembly Preachers Retreat Week Notes
The Bethany Park Assembly in Bethany Indiana reports a week of religious activities and social events. Notable speakers include Prof Wallace Tuttle and John W Street with lectures on church topics. A horse shoe pitching tournament and fishing at Jewell Lake are mentioned along with new croquet grounds.
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Mildred Morgan
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
DePauw
Bethany Park Assembly
Miss Morgan
Harry Morgan
North Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Mildred
Old Bethany
Woods
Wallace Tuttle
Springfield
Ohio
John W. Street
Illinois
Underwood
Morrow
God
J. B. Hall
Jewell Lake
A. M. Hootman
Miss Holloway Sought by Chicago in Ongoing Portland Case
Miss Edith Holloway former English teacher at Lebanon high school has been re elected to teach English in Portland Oregon high school next year She is in Chicago and has deferred signing a Portland contract for another year awaiting Chicago prospects The Holloway family is from this city and she previously taught in Greencastle high school Mr Holloway said she accepted the Portland post and would go this fall.
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Edith Holloway
Lebanon High School
Portland
Ore
Miss Holloway
Chicago
Lebanon
A. N. Holloway
Greencastle High School
Intermediate League Concert Program Highlights Local Talent
The Locust Street Intermediate League presents a 7:30 PM concert featuring piano solos by DL Daclines and selections from Mrs Wigg and Reading pieces by Ardelia in Arcadia Gertrude Cook Recepee Rustle of Spring Marguerite Fox and The Sweet Girl Graduate Miss Callander Violin and piano solos by Henry Cook Emilouise Gerhard Pauline Taylor and Miss Wilhelmina Lank also perform Home Sweet Home and A Love Song along with a reading Reading The Way to Do It and Notes on Armorosa.
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Locust Street Intermediate League
DL Daclines Canzone
Pauline Taylor
Miss Callander
Terre Haute Men Seek Release in Habeas Corpus Suit
A habeas corpus suit was filed in Leavenworth Kansas seeking release for Harry Montgomery and John E. Green, Terre Haute election fraud convicts serving federally. The suit argues lack of valid judgement and jurisdiction, and questions mail fraud charges. Hearing date uncertain awaiting Judge Pollock’s return, likely late August or early September.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Harry
Montgomery
John E. Green
Terre Haute
Federal
United States District Court
United States
Indiana
John Pollock
Putnam Electric Co. Notice Due Bills
Electric light bills are due. Please call at the office of the Putnam Electric Co. to settle.
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The
Putnam Electric Co
Ady
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