Giant Indiana Electric Plant Planned For Hoosier State
Articles of incorporation filed for Indiana Electric Corporation with $10,000 capitalization seek authority to merge Merchants Heat and Light and about $18.25 million in properties across 14 counties. Backed by Joseph H. Brewer interests, plan a 30,000 kW super power plant on the Wabash near Terre Haute, delivering 180,000 volt transmission over 300 miles to fuel a vast state grid.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier
Indiana Electric Corporation
Public Service Commission
Merchants Heat and Light Company of
Joseph H. Brewer
Brewer
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Americant Public Utilities
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wabash
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Plans Unveiled for Interconnected Vigo County Transmission System
The proposal describes wiring Grencastle Indiana and Frankfort Kokomo Marion systems from Vigo County plant and a Kokomo to Indianapolis line to complete a triad. The network would interconnect fields and serve many cities towns and rural areas with emphasis on rural business growth along lines. Over ninety towns and several counties including Marion Grant Cass Howard and Clinton are named for inclusion. Connecting Porter and Elkhart counties is planned for a later time.
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Merchant’s Company
Indiana
Indiana Railways and Light Company
Kokomo
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Clinton
Putnam Electric Company
Greencastle
Cloverdale
Cayuga Electric Company
Valparaiso Lighting Company
Elkhart Gas and Fuel Company
Clay City
Jasonville
Farmersburg
Sullivan
Dana
Cayuga
Indiana Poliss
Hendrick County
Danville
Roachdale
Bainbridge
Scores
Hendricks
Putnam
Vermilion, Parke, Sullivan, Greene and
Clayounties
Grencastle Indiana
Frankfort
Marion
Vigo County
Indianapolis
Grant
Cass
Howard
Porter and
Elkhart
Two Concurrent Sentences Challenge Booze Runner Raid
Indiana officials say Harry Maple Moore of Indianapolis may serve two concurrent sentences for liquor law violations. One sentence from Indianapolis city court and another from Putnam circuit court were treated as concurrent. Maple, alias Moore, was arrested after a July 6 arrest with Frank Lentz for five gallons of whiskey.
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Moore
Indianapolis
Putnam Circuit Court
Marion Criminal Court
Putnam Circuit
State Office
Paul Maple
Putnam
Harry Moore
Maple
North Ilinois Street
Frank Lentz
North Ilinois Stret
Woollen
Lentz
Indiana
Maple Alias Moore
Putnam County
Sears
Lloyd George quits Allies meeting over Silesia rift
Paris Aug 11 British premier Lloyd George withdrew from the allied supreme council amid a deadlock with France over Silesia. The move followed Irish replies from London and sparked concern of a broader crisis in Irish and European peace efforts. Ruth Meyers spends weekend in Chicago and Gary.
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Paris
Silesia
Supreme Council
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
London
England
Ireland
France
Indicts Pair in Kennedy Death in Los Angeles
Los Angeles indicts Mrs. Madlynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Burch for the murder of Belton Kennedy. Obenchain witnessed and led to the body while Burch was arrested in Las Vegas. Indictments were returned before Judge Sidney Reeves who remanded both for arraignment Monday. The case centers on the Beverly Glen shooting on a cottage steps where Kennedy died after a shotgun blast.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madlynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University
Belton Kennedy
Obenchain
Kennedy
Burch
Las Vegas
Nev
Sidney Reeves
Superior Court
Grand Jury
Hall of Records
Ralph Obenchain
Madalynne
W. A. Burch
Northwestern
W. A. Quayle
St. Louis
Kansas City
Beverly Glen
Hog Receipts Fall As Prices Dip At Local Market
Indianapolis hog receipts total 6,000 with cattle 500 calves 700 and sheep 400. Hog prices opened 25 cents lower at the local livestock market with most sales by weight ranging from 10 to 11 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Local men arrested at Quincy for gambling and liquor
Cecil Ellis William Ellis Jerome Goddard Lester Leonard Shard Cummings from Greencastle and Ebenezer Quinnette from Cloverdale were arrested by special constables at Quincy Picnic. They allegedly played craps. Cummings also faced liquor possession charges. Taken to Spencer, they spent the night in jail and were arraigned before a justice of the peace, all pleading guilty.
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Cecil Ellis
William Ellis
Jerome Goddard
Lester Leonard
Shard Cummings
Greencastle
Ebenezer Quinnette
Cloverdale
Quincy
Spencer
Social notes and local gatherings from Greencastle
Professor H B Longdon plans to join family in Bay View Michigan as Mrs Grafton Longdon and son return to Greencastle next week. DePauw students Ruth Ralston and Irene Kelley visit Indianapolis with ex governor Samuel M Ralston’s home. Linda Tinsley and Melvin Smith visit Crawfordsville. Roy Dixon visits Greencastle on business. Thomas of Morton announces a September 22 sale of Big Type Poland China hogs near Morton.
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H B. Longdon
Bay View
Michigan
Grafton Longdon
Greeicastle
Ruth Ralston
Irene Kelley
DePauw
Indianapolis
Samuel M. Ralston
Miss Ralston
Purdue University
Roy Dixon
Clinton Falls
Greencastle
Analysis of Manures Shows Nutrient Content in Tonal Averages
The analysis of cattle and horse manures reveals that one ton of dry manure holds 35 pounds of nitrogen, 7.6 pounds of phosphorus, and 86.4 pounds of potassium. Fresh manure is about three quarters water and supplies roughly 10 pounds nitrogen, 2 pounds phosphorus, and 8 pounds potassium per ton.
Division of Labor Helps Fall Seeding and Early Harvest in Winter Wheat
United States Department of Agriculture notes a northward shift of winter wheat cultivation aided by early maturity and drought resistance. Details varieties suited to eastern states, regional adaptations, and seed selection methods to improve yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ers
New England
Coal miner confesses in Indiana holdup case near Harmony
Brazil Indiana August 11 John Altman a coal miner of Dugger was arrested near the Pennsylvania railroad station Harmony by Mayor John J. Jones and Officer Richard Alexander charged with taking part in a robbery of two Terre Haute taxi drivers and a group from Brazil. Altman confessed partially saying he did not know his partner. Police describe the other man and expect arrest tonight.
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Brazil
Ind
John Alt
Dugger
Pennsylvania
Harmony
John J. Jones
Richard Alexander
Terre Haute
Reelsville
Altman
Omar Pence
Cloverdale
Pence
George Vaught
Pittaway
William Wallace
Putnam County
Thomas Family Reunion Held August 24 Near Green Castle
The Thomas family reunion is planned for Wednesday August 24 in the grove six miles northwest of Greencastle on William Thomas property. John Cannon and Judge James P Hughes have returned from Colorado. Mrs Hughes and Mrs Cannon visited Gary Indiana with Mr and Mrs Harry Call before returning home. Mr and Mrs Harry Moore and daughters left for an auto trip to Chicago Milwaukee and northern Wisconsin for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Theodore Crawley will spend the weekend in Indianapolis. Fred Thomas is in Greencastle on business.
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Raymond Hirt
Near Harmony
Greencastle
Harmony
Thomas
Grove
William Thomas
John Cannon
James P. Hughes
Colorado
Harry Moore
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Theodore Crawley
Indianapolis
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Great Central Power House
State Legal Department
Ralph Howard
Indiana State Farm
Council OF Allies
Breach
Ruth Meyers
Gary
Hubby
J. F Albin
E. R. Hamrick
Geneva
R. L, Hussey
Paul ‘Usery
Princeton
Jacob E. McCurry
Mary Ella McCurry
Me McCurry
Hussey
Usory
James Cannon
Keldron
South Dakota
James Wright
Reed Point
Mon
George Coombs
Lena
Calcutta
Mary Frances Brown
Clarence Brown
Forest Hill Cemetery
American Legion
Greencastles
Virgil Grimes
East Seminary Street
Edna Loring
Ann
Kalamazoo, Mich
G. W. Bence
the Legion
Raul Jackson
Cora O’brien
Grencastle
T. A. Sigler
Plainfield
Pive
Green
Castle
Clover
Dale Man
J. T. Speer
Moffett & Dobbs
D. O. Moffett
Washington
Jeanette Tinsley
Melvin Smith
Crawfordsville
Miss Tinsley
Mrs
GW. Tinsley
Kullup
John Altman
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Pittaway
Jack Pittaway
Fred Thomas
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