Putnam County Teachers Institute Schedule Revealed
The annual Putnam County Teachers Institute will run August 22 to 26 at Greencastle High School. Enrollment is $2 with clerks listed and a detailed program of lectures, music, and addresses by educators from DePauw University Wabash College Central Normal College and state officials.
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Putnam County
Green Castle High School
Greencastle High School
Claude Harshbarger
Walter Goldsberry
Clyde Wilson
Forrest Hurst
L. E. Michael
Frank Wallace
Wallace
Caroline Hobson
Stewart Talking Machine Co
Indianapolis
Indiana
George H_. Tapy
Department of Education
Wabash College
Ellcott
Central Normal College
W. W. Sweet
DePauw University
Miss Hobson
Sweet
Mrs. Olcott
Prof. Sweet
Tapy
R. G. McCutchan
DePauw School of Music
Latin America
Dean McCutchan
Prof. Tapy
Olcott
Estes Duncan
State Teachers Pension Board
United States
Prof
Strayer and Englehart
Arnold B. Hall
Howard R. Driggs
Colvin
Township Institute
Institute
First Train in America Welcomes Crowds at Greencastle
The DeWitt Clinton and the locomotive 999 arrived at the Big Four station near Greencastle at 4 45 pm on Wednesday. Crowds along with officials viewed the display as the two historic engines travel from Indianapolis to St Louis. The DeWitt Clinton, built 1831, weighs 6758 pounds with tender and coaches totaling 65 9 feet in length. The 999, built 1893, reached 112 mph in a test run and showcased the evolution of rail travel since 1831.
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United States
Greencastle
de. Witt Clinton
Chicago
Big Four
Indianapolis
Union Station
St. Louis
DeWitt Clinton
Mohawk and Hudson
Albany
Schenectady
N.Y
New York
Mohawk & Hudson
Johny B. Jarvis
West Point
Karner
West Albany
N. Y
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
Jones couple set for Burt Lake Michigan outing
W. W. Jones a local druggist and Mrs Emma Jones departed Wednesday for Burt Lake Michigan to enjoy a two week outing together in a domestic leisure trip.
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W. W. Jones
Emma Jones
Burt Lake
Michigan
Ray Kelley and Esther Foster wed at Locust Street Church
Rev. Ray Kelley and Miss Esther Foster, DePauw University graduates class of 1921, were married at 10:30 AM Wednesday at Locust Street Church parsonage by Rev. H. C. Clippinger. The single ring ceremony was performed as Kelley prepares to enter the Indiana M E Conference ministry next month.
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Ray Kelley
Esther Foster
DePauw University
H. C. Clippinger
Kelley
DePauw
Indiana, M. E
Jeffries and Everman Wed in Christian Church Parsonage
Ralph G. Jeffries of Brown Valley Parke County Indiana and Ivyl A. Everman of Russellville Indiana were united in marriage at 11 o'clock Thursday morning in the Christian church parsonage by Rev. Levi Marshall. Jeffries is a farmer and the groom's parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeffries witnessed the ceremony.
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Ralph G. Jeffries
Brown
Valley Parke County
Indiana
Ivyl A. Everman
Russellville
Christian Church
Levi Marshall
The
Jeffries
Charles Jeffries
Greencastle Operators Publicize Historic Train Exhibit
Local Greencastle telephone operators alerted the public to a visit by the oldest locomotive in the United States and the world’s fastest engine. They called newspapers, businesses, hotels, the college, and residents, prompting hundreds to view the exhibit at the Big Four station.
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Greencastle
United States
Jack the Peeper Roams West Columbia Street
Residents report a man dubbed Jack the Peeper roaming West Columbia Street. Police responded Wednesday night after sighting at a home, but the suspect fled through an alley and evaded arrest.
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West Columbia Street
Jack the Peeper
Bountiful Supper Served for Locust Street Children
A bountiful supper was served to the children of Locust Street church Sunday school in the church parlors from 6 30 to 8 00 pm as a substitute for the picnic trip to Scott s Grove which rain forced to abandon. C F Mathes led a song service and Miss Mary O Rear and the twine from the Methodist orphanage gave a brief sketch. Rev H C Clippinger spoke and offered prayer to close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Street
Scott’s Grove
C. F Mathes
Mary O’rear
H. C. Clippinger
Tractor Demonstration At Robert Daggy Farm Pleases Attendees
One hundred seven persons attended a Wednesday tractor demonstration on the Robert Daggy farm one mile north of Greencastle. Harry Hawkins and Bert Ward led the event and a two cylinder Avery tractor with a rigid beam plow powered two acres of wet ground. A Fordson tractor also demonstrated and both tractors will be run again Saturday afternoon on the Daggy farm.
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Avery
Robert Daggy
Greencastle
Water Works
Harry Hawkins
Bert Ward
Indianaolis
Fordson
Kitchen tips for modern cooking and preserved berries
Feature from 1921 detailing labor saving ideas and recipes. Includes Corn California Style with bacon, Cabbage with Veal Balls, Stuffed Rabbit, Preserved Berries, whipped cream with cream cheese, walnuts and dates.
Frightful Strait Crossing Endangers Woman at Night
A damaged OCR fragment describes a perilous night crossing in a strait near Inward Enward with a woman aboard a boat. A terrible stern attack or incident frightened passengers as the vessel faced danger and possible collision or panic.
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Ines Enward
Ten Injured In Rail Line Motor Car Wreck Near Greencastle
Five men were severely injured and five more bruised when a motor car and two trailers, carrying sixty workers, jumped the track three and a half miles west of Greencastle on the Big Four Railroad. The severely hurt were taken to St Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute aboard the Big Four train.
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Green Castle
BIG Four
Greencastle
Big Four Railroad
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terre Haute
John Wilkus
Jim Wilburn
August Gram
Walter Starr
Tony Bennett
Nordit Metsilas
Mike Gargol
Carmody Mockiwitz
William Curran
Alec Lundy
Steel Gang
Big Walnut
Little Walnut
Everett Short
Kenneth Short
W. M. McGaughey
Indiana PSC announces hearing on Electric Co acquisition plan
The Public Service Commission of Indiana will hold a hearing at 10 o'clock Friday morning, August 26, in Indianapolis. It concerns the Indiana Electric Corporation seeking permission to acquire Merchants Heat and Light, Indiana Railways and Light, Elk Hart Gas and Fuel, Valparaiso Lighting, Wabash Valley Electric, Putnam Electric, and Cayage Company and to issue securities to finance the purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Commission
Indianapolis
Indiana Electric Corporation
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Indiana Railways and Light Company
Elkhart Gas and Fuel Company
Valparaiso Lighting Company
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Putnam Electric Company
Cayage Company
L. C. Loughry
Condition of Will Lockridge Improved
Reports from St Vincent's Hospital Indianapolis say Will Lockridge gravely ill after a three week accident that broke his leg and caused other injuries. Pneumonia has developed and his condition remains grave.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Will Lockridge
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Teachers’ Institute
Indiana State Teacher's Association
Reading
Canada
Prof Sweet
Mexico
Man In the
Putnam County Institute
America
Wieweg
Jesus
Locust Street Church
McHarry Hall
Ralph Jeffries
Ivyl Everman
Marshall
California
Vere
Public Service Commission
Matter OF Electric CO
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