Reelsville Social and School News Displays Local Visits
Miss Celia and Gertude Chew spent Saturday in Brazil. Margaret Donald visited Charles Reel. Mr and Mrs Cromwell of Terre Haute stayed with Mrs Florence Lee and plan a Florida trip. Eugene McCullough of Terre Haute visited relatives. County Superintendent Wright attended the teachers' institute. The Reelsville Sunshine Club met with Mrs Bell Stockwell, next Dec 31 at Mrs Florence Lee’s home. John Donald of Knightsville visited relatives. Washington township teachers presented trustee A D Chew with a gold Masonic watch at the institute.
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Celia
Gertude Chew
Brazil
Margaret Donald
Charles Reel
G. T. Cromwell
Terre Haute
Florence Lee
Mrs. Cromwell
Florida
Eugene McCullough
Terre Terre
Wright
Greencastle
Institute
Reelsville Sunshine Club
Bell Stockwell
John Donald
Knightsville
Washington Township
A. D. Chew
Local Social Roundup in Greencastle Area
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Kin Garrett Deloss Call Dr Trail and family. Cecil Vanlandingham works for Clyde Myers. Ora Trail Fincastle and DeLoss Cal Morton join Kindred Garrett Roe Underwood families. Minnie Garrett visits grandparents and attends Long Branch meetings.
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Greencastle R. R
William Day
Kin Garrett
Deloss Call
Dr. Trail
Cecil Vanlandingham
Clyde Myers
Ora Trail
Fincastle
DeLoss
Cal
Morton
Kindred Garrett
Roe Underwood
Angus Fuqua
Minnie Garrett
James Rogers
Long Branch
Clinton Falls Quarry Work Ends Amid Bad Weather
Weather halts operations at the Clinton Falls quarry. A break in at Tom Bettis’s smoke house Sunday night saw all meat stolen. Blood hounds searched the area without locating the culprits as winter seems near. Miss Bernandine Davis visited Portland Mills with grandparents. Callie Vermillion returned from relatives near Hickingsbero. A group including Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham Mrs. Emily Boswell and others called on Mrs. Boswell Sunday evening. Minnie Thomas, recently at Greencastle, visits her mother Mrs. Bettie.
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Clinton Falls
Tom Bettis
Bernandine Davis
Portland Mills
Callie Vermillion
Hickingsbero
Charles Cunningham
Emily Boswell
Poplar Grove Personal News and Local Visits
The report lists residents and guests in Poplar Grove including Fred Allen visiting Indianapolis, Miss Bertha Sims of Black Hawk staying with Mrs. John Brout, and Chester Bunten of Putnamville visiting Mrs. Mary Bales. Fred Lasley made a business trip to Greencastle, Oscar Trout near Putnamville was in the area, John Overton and son Herschal of Terre Haute returned from visits with Mrs. Bales, S. A. Thompson schedules a public sale on Tuesday December 15, Mrs. M. Lasley visited Greencastle with H. L. Frazeur residents.
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Poplar Grove
Fred Allen
Indianapolis
Bertha Sims
Black Hawk
John Brout
Chester Bunten
Putnamville
Mary Bales
Fred Lasley
Greencastle
Oscar Trout
John Overton
Herschal
Terre Haute
Local Social Rounds Report From Fincastle Area
Miss Anita Fosher spent Friday night with Miss Ethel Watson and with Miss Hazel Hartman Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Silver were in Roachdale Saturday. Mrs. Meade Gish called on Mrs. Kate Watson Monday afternoon. Anita Fosher and Earl and Ethel Watson attended a dance given by Emmett Werts Friday evening. Several from the area attended a party at Benton McGaughey's Saturday evening.
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Fincastle
Anita Fosher
Ethel Watson
Hazel Hartman
Mary Grider
Charles Silver
Roachdale
Meade Gish
Kate Watson
Ethel
Earl Watson
Emmett Werts
Benton McGaughey
Local Social Notes Tell News of Visits and Illnesses
Black Hawk couple John and Mrs Christman visited Mack and Mrs Rissler while Edward Huffman lies seriously ill. Mrs Kate Harris, once of this place, is seriously ill at her Brazil home. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Baumunk on December 4. Charles McCullough spent Saturday and Sunday with his father.
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Black Hawk
John Christman
Mack Rissler
Edward Huffman
Kate Harris
Brazil
John Baumunk
Charles McCullough
Brazil man Ike Mace seen on our streets last week
Claud Kellum, who has been working at Terre Haute, is home for the winter. Ike Mace from Brazil was observed on the local streets during the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Mace
Brazil
Claud Kellum
Terre Haute
Christmas shopping opens in earnest in Greencastle
The Greencastle business district gears up for Christmas as shop windows glow with seasonal displays and shoppers increase daily. Local merchants promise ample selection and easy access to desired gifts, with newspapers guiding deals and holiday tips. Shop early admonitions echo through the season.
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Greencastle
Daily Herald
Weekly Herald- Democrat
Michigan Governor Urges Stamp Out Tuberculosis Across Species
Governor Ferris appeals to Michigan residents to join a broad anti tuberculosis drive targeting hog cholera cattle and humans. He cites Red Cross Christmas Seals as a means to fund the effort and urges every man woman and child to participate.
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Michigan
Wooderidge N. Ferris
Red Cross
United States
Wanted to trade for 8 to 10 acres in Greencastle
Property at Jefferson and Franklin streets is offered in exchange for 8 to 10 acres with a house. seller Bert Smith of 310 Franklin Street Greencastle Indiana will pay up to $1200 difference. Also advertising Tires at 10 percent off and a fur and hides buy ad from Dobbs Auto Co and Greencastle Produce Co.
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Jefferson and
Franklin Streets
Bert Smith
Franklin Street
Greencastle
Ind
Dobbs Auto Co
The Dispossed Heart and Smiths Odd Labor Laughs
A humorous verse interplay includes Carolyn Wells playful tale of Mabel and a heart trying to fit in her attire and throat. The second fragment shows Wilbur D Nesbit in the Chicago Evening Post about Smith whose misheard tasks spark a sequence of social misunderstandings.
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Mabel
Carolyn Wells
Saturday Evening Post
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Chicago Evening Post
Notice to Gravel Road Contractors in Putnam County Indiana
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners announces bid for 10 405 feet of macadam road in Franklin Township known as George F Swaim et al road Sealed bids due January 4 1915 at Greencastle auditor s office with bonds and affidavits required Bid includes prohibition on traction engines and wagons Contractors may be rejected and completion time fixed by board Signed by Auditor C L Airhart and Commissioners James E Houck James B Bunten H Witt Sutherlin 3t Oily Dee 9 16 23
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Board of Commissioners
County of
Putnam
State of
Indiana
Greencastle
Franklin Township
Putnam County
George F. Swaim
C. L. Airhart
James E. Houck
James B. Bunten
H. Witt Sutherlin
Oily Dee
New Maysville and Stilesville Social and Church Notes
Local residents from New Maysville and Stilesville report visits, gatherings, and church events. Highlights include lectures, bazaar planning at Gertrude Mills Millinery, and multiple travels to Plainfield Coatesville Indianapolis and Roachdale. Notable mentions include Rev. Everett Hume visiting from Oklahoma and the Baptist bazaar set for December 15 at Reed Furniture store.
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Reed Furniture Store
Gibbons
Hazel
Will Vice
Coatesville
Walter Kinzey
Wooden
Roxie Warmoth
Indianapolis
Mystic Tie Club
Shelton Bay
W. R. Robertson
Plainfield
EB. Robards
Hallie York
Gertrude
Indianapoli
Veterinary Association
Radium discussed as cancer aid at Pennsylvania Medical Society
Dr. Isaac Levin of New York spoke at the 64th Pennsylvania Medical Society convention in Pittsburgh about radium in cancer treatment. He said radium is not a cure but aids surgery by destroying microscopic cancer cells after tumor removal, with potential for further research and careful physician study.
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Pittsburgh
Medical Society
Pennsylvania
America
Isaac Levin
New York
Levin
Women Lasso Wild Boars Foil Zoo Escape in Denver
Mrs A F Alexander and her daughter Ruth Mayfield captured two escaped wild boars with lassoes in their Denver neighborhood after the animals wandered over two miles. They notified police, park officials agreed to award $10, and owners were sought.
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Denver
A. F. Alexander
Ruth Mayfield
Delgany Street
City Park Zoo
Park Department
Thum
Unknown God Temple Reborn as Roadside Shelter
A reflective poem describes building a white temple for an unknown god then abandoning it for the world. Return brings ruin and dirt as the door opens to the road. The temple becomes a welcoming roadside lodging where weary travelers find light and shelter from the storm.
Samson in Jail Inmate Keel Breaks Into Jail
Harry Keel, captured near Billingeport and living in a repurposed tron pipe, caused a jailyard commotion by upending an iron safe tearing a grate from a window and smashing panes. Warden Goldy restrained him and placed him in a cell. Keel carried 88 dollars, a self made revolver and a knife. The prison physician says he is temporarily insane but unusually strong.
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Woodbury
N. J
Harry Keel
Billingeport
Keel
Goldy
Stamets Charged With Assault Over Ferocious Dog
Wilkins township resident Milo Stamets is held for court on assault and battery and keeping a ferocious dog after a neighbor, Albert Kenney, says his chickens wandered onto Stamets yard. Kenney was bitten multiple times as Stamets allegedly attacked him and set a dog on him. The case highlights tensions between elderly neighbors over livestock disputes.
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Pittsburgh
Milo Stamets
Wilkins Township
Albert Kennoy
Kenney
Stamets
Stamote
Indenture of Assignment Trustee Takes Possession
The undersigned trustee under Richard M. Hazelett’s indenture has qualified as trustee and taken possession of all property rights credits and effects for the benefit of bona fide creditors under Putnam Circuit Court order and Indiana voluntary assignment laws. Dated November 25 1914. The Central Trust Co Greencastle Ind Trustee. By James L. Randel Secretary. St Wkly Dec 4.
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Richard M. Hazelett
the Central Trust CO
Greencastle
Ind
James L. Randel
St Wkly
Woman Credits Chamberlain's Tablets For Indigestion Relief
Mrs. S. A. Keller of Elida Ohio reports two years of indigestion relief after using two or three bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets. She says she was greatly benefited and had suffered two years prior to taking them. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
W. W. Tucker Physician and Surgeon Office Notice
Dr. W. W. Tucker announces medical practice at Vine Street between Washington and Walnut in Greencastle Indiana. Office hours and contact details unavailable in fragment.
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W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and
Welnut St
Greencastle
Ind
Physician and Surgeon Contact Details
Physician and Surgeon telephone numbers for office 327 and residence 339. Office located in Evans' Block No 24 South Jackson Street. Residence at corner Bloomington and Seminary streets.
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Evans’ Block
Jackson Street
Bloomington
Seminary Streets
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