Local Society and Events Highlight Putnam County News
Mrs. N. V. Hardacre visits Indianapolis friend Miss Pearl O H air as social notes fill the day. The D A R to elect officers, funeral for Robert McCammack in Belle Union, and various visits from residents to Indianapolis and Danville mark a bustling week in Putnam County.
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Robert McCammack
Putnam County
Gravelburg
Sask
Canada
Valley Church
Belle Union
Waters Cemetery
Eminence
Department aids women with health, diet and safety guidance
The Department of Agriculture outlines help for women in households and farms. It covers pest control from the Entomology Bureau, hygiene and disease prevention, proper diet guidance, milk and meat safety under pure food laws, and public notices against adulteration. It also invites wives of crop correspondents to suggest further department actions.
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Sam
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Chemistry
Office of Farm Management
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Lectures of Dr John P D John at M E Church Dec Week
Danville Gazette notes Dr John P D John of Greencastle former DePauw president will lecture nightly Dec 8 to 12 at 7 30 p m and three times on Sunday Dec 13 including The Fire Flower of the Yukon Hills and The Worth of a Man with topics covering God in the microscope instinct human body and other questions of faith and life.
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Danville Methodist Church
J. P. D. John
DePauw University
John
M. E. Church
John P. D. John
Greencastle
Yukon Hills
Danville Gazette
Strength of a Fly Shows Incredible Proportion to Man
A blue bottle fly, larger than a housefly, can draw 170 times its weight while a strong man moves at most ten times his. A scientist tied such a fly to a tiny wagon. the fly weighed about 1/28 ounce and pulled more than six ounces, drawing the wagon a notable distance.
Gravity Clock Winds Itself Novelty Item
A gravity driven clock winds itself as it moves by its own weight down standards. The device requires attention and winds off the top every eight days, a peculiar novelty feature highlighted in coverage.
Burglars Steal Pork From Clinton Falls Home
Burglars entered the residence of Thomas Bettis in Clinton Falls and stole $35 worth of fresh pork from the Smoke House. Tracks were left in mud indicating a hurried escape.
Bloodhounds Used in Clinton Falls Farm Burglary
Thieves pried into a smoke house at Thomas Bettis’s farm near Clinton Falls Thursday night and stole a large quantity of fresh meat worth about 35 dollars. Bloodhounds were brought to the Bettis home by Owen Sigler to aid in locating the suspects, but no arrests have yet been made as mud tracks showed only the thieves’ passage. The thefts form a recent pattern troubling local farmers, who suspect the same culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bettis
Clinton Falls
Bettis
Owen Sigler
Heavy Rain Halts Sewer System Work
Heavy rain Thursday evening and today stopped work on the sewer project and threatens contractors with a winter delay. Crews paused work in the alley from Jackson to Indiana and between Washington and Walnut streets as the ditch filled with water. Blasting rock is impossible and the excavating machine cannot operate.
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Jackson Street
Indiana
Washington
Walnut Streets
Central National Bank stockholders meeting notice
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Central National Bank will be held at the bank office in Greencastle Indiana on Tuesday January 12 1915 between 10 A M and 4 P M for electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. R L O HAIR President F A ARNOLD Vice President. St Daily Fridays Dec 4th.
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George W. Crawley
Elmer E. Crawley
Indianapolis
Frank Donner
Charles J. Arnold
E. B. Taylor
A. & C. Stone Company
John H. James
Ben F. Corwin
Theodore Cox
Hume, NL
Foster
Putnamville
Central National Bank
Greencastle
Indiana
Damages Sought For Mule Death In Roachdale Parade
Oval Myers of near Roachdale sues Morton Rissler of Reelsville in Putnam County Circuit Court for 250 dollars seeking damages over a mule killed when a Bull Moose campaign automobile allegedly struck the animal during a parade last October. Myers alleges driver carelessness as the cause. Attorneys are Charles McGaughey and W H Cullen. Rev A M Hootman returned from Lowell after a funeral Thursday.
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Oval Myers
Roachdale
Putnam County
Morton Rissler
Reelsville
Rissler
Myers
Belgians relief flour fund gets $21.50 gift from Brick Chapel area
Representatives Simpson O Hair and John Mangan led a largest single contribution to Greencastle relief efforts for Belgians, delivering $8.50 in cash and flour, wheat, and corn valued at $13.00. The drive has reached 80 barrels and continues through the week with church pastors to lead Sunday morning services.
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Brick Chapel
Greencastle
Simpson O'Hair
John Mangan
Greencastle Fund
Chapel Services Discontinued for Organ Installation
Chapel services at the university are suspended indefinitely due to work in Meharry Hall for a new pipe organ. Officials believe the hall will be usable again in a few days.
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Meharry Hall
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