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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
1
James C Cooper longtime Putnam County citizen dies after extended illness at the old Cooper home in Warren town. The obituary notes his status as a pioneer figure and mentions surrounding events and community programs honoring teachers and lectures scheduled around the day.
A motorcyclist sustained serious internal injuries after the machine skidded into a ditch on Rebelsville Hill. The rider was thrown headlong into an embankment and is listed in serious condition.
James C. Cooper age 84 prominent Warren township farmer died of general debility at his home near Putnamville. Funeral Friday 11 AM at Deer Creek Church with interment in Deer Creek cemetery. He survived by a wife two children and one sister. Cooper remembered for frontier life and a tale of his grandmother being scalped by Indians. He was uncle of Mayor J Walter Cooper.
Effie Pearl Watts through attorney S W Lee sues her husband William B Watts for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment and abandonment. Married May 31 1907 and parted July 18 1911. She asks restoration of her maiden name Effie Calahan.
A hen house owned by J. D. Branham was robbed of twelve chickens Wednesday night. A daughter saw a man at the chicken house and he walked away when summoned.
A distant Branham family home near Limedale reports a nighttime chicken raid. A woman glimpsed a man with a sack taking birds from the hen house and a car starting away soon after. Twelve chickens were missing by the morning.
The Greencastle Crescent Rebekah Lodge marks its anniversary with a picnic supper in the hall next Monday evening August 24 at 8 oclock. Attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets and may invite guests.
Judge James P. Hughes and tax appraiser William Houck announce the appointment of local men to offices created by the inheritance tax law. The new positions will oversee appraisals of estates subject to the act.
Judge James P. Hughes names William Houck of the city as Inherit ance Tax Appraiser under the new law. The post has no salary. fees depend on estate size. Exemptions include $10,000 for a widow and $2,000 per child. the excess is taxed at 1 percent for the state. James Wright of New Maysville transacted business today.
Mrs. C. N. McWethy and her daughters Arabelle and Jeanette are visiting relatives in St. Petersburg Kentucky for several weeks. Wilmer Albin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Albin, has gone to Indianapolis to visit relatives and friends for several days.
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