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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1914
Page
1
McCutchan defeats Heber Ellis two up with two holes to play to capture the week long Gole tournament here. Ellis led early, but McCutchan rallied to seal the title in a tense finale.
R G McCutchan defeated Heber Ellis two up in the Greencastle Golf Club tournament final. The match featured steady play with a late surge by McCutchan to seal the win. Both finalists earned semis wins over Irvine Brown and S C Sayers, with Ellis edging Sayers one up in a tight semifinal. The event was praised as the best since the club’s founding and signals McCutchan may defend the title soon.
Representative Moss of Indiana introduces a bill for licensed and bonded government supervised grain warehouses. Farmers could store crops as safe collateral while avoiding middlemen speculation. banks would issue loans against warehouse receipts, not government currency. Senator Gore supports the measure in the Senate.
Dr. W. McQueen of Cataract caught a 55 pound catfish on a trot line in Cataract Falls pool. The catch, hailed as this year’s standard by Putnam County residents, was landed Saturday morning after a lengthy fight and post catch dinners followed. Mr and Mrs Donald Sacs visit Terre Haute on Gillespie Street with the Woods family.
In New York on August 21, Monon Railroad directors failed to choose a president to replace Frederic A. Delano and left the decision to the executive committee. The railroad may operate under Louisville & Nashville control while remaining independent in name. Committee members include Delano, Fairfax Harrison, Henry Walters, Guy Cary, and Adrian Iselin. Louisville railroad officials doubted the Chicago rumor of Monon being operated by L and N.
A baseball clash at Martin Park Cloverdale Friday afternoon finished in a 5 to 5 draw as locals outplayed South Putnam aggregation and shared the score with Cloverdale.
A baseball game between Greencastle Peds and Cloverdale at Cloverdale Friday ended in a 5 5 tie after a sixth inning rally by Greencastle. Ford pitched well for the Feds and Scott Tucker Frick and Welch starred for Greencastle as Cloverdale led early and again in the fifth. The Feds travel to Belle Union next Sunday.
Putnam County Oil and Gas Company announces stock valued at 3000 dollars aimed at locals. Once sold, drilling in North Putnam will begin. About 1400 dollars worth already sold.
Promoters of the Putnam County Oil and Gas Company report strong early sales of its 50 000 capital stock and plan to begin drilling as soon as stock is fully sold. Local investor interest remains high with 1300 to 1400 dollars of stock already sold and more expected shortly.
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