Resignation of Fuel Administrator Garfield Brushes White House
Washington and rumors swirl as Dr. H A Garfield resigns as fuel administrator over coal settlement disputes with miners. President Wilson to receive the tender. Garfield criticizes price fixing via a government commission, fearing higher coal costs for the public. Cabinet members back the Palmer settlement amid industry concerns.
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Peal
Wilson
Washington
H. A. Garfield
Tumuity
White House
Garfield
Mine Workers' Union Caiefs
Palmer
Washinton
DePauw Opens Court Season With Strong Scrimmage
DePauw prepares for the 1919-20 basketball season with a sharp scrimmage against Terre Haute Normals. Claude Curtis, a former Martinsville athlete, leads the pivot with strong defense and scoring. Teammates Gipson and Moffett form a solid backcourt, while Galloway Kepner Bills and Martin pace the second team.
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DePauw
Terre Haute Normals
Claude Curtis
Martinsville High Athletic
Tiger
Curtis
Gipson
Moffett
Gipsons
Smith-Billingsly
H. Galloway
Kepner
Bills
Martin
Hog Receipts Up Amid Higher Prices at Local Yards
Hog receipts reached 12 000 with prices up 25 cents from yesterday. General sales averaged 15.75 top 13.89 and a small lot at 14. Pigs around 13.75. Local packers bought 5 000 while the rest went to outside shippers. Cattle were steady calves up and sheep steady.
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Indianapolis
Paul Albin Named Census Enumerator for Putnam County
Paul Albin of this city is named deputy census enumerator for Putnam County and will oversee compiling the new census figures.
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Paul Albin
Putnam County
DePauw Guests and Petitions Highlight University Weekend
Chicago visitors including Mr and Mrs Edward Regtor Mr and Mrs J and MacMurray and others stay at DePauw. Receptions planned for Saturday afternoon and evening in Grose home and Administration building trustees room. A student petition seeks longer Christmas break with potential Saturday class makeup in January. Alpha Chi sorority hosts reception on Kim Street with music and holly decor.
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Edward Regtor
andMirs. J. &. MacMurray
F. W. Holmes
Gertrude Gary Fateuite
Chicago
Vernun University
G. R. Grose
East Seminary Street
DePauw
Kostor
Howard Rector
Alpha Chi Sorority
Kim Street
Indianapolis
Cow Breaks Milk Record in Jersey Herd
New York report states Lulu Alphea a registered yearling from Ashburn produced 13 669 pounds of milk in the year ending Nov 1 and yielded 1000 pounds of butter, a record excess over her weight per the American Jersey Cattle Club announcement.
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New York
Lulu Alphea
Ashburn
American Jersey Cattle Club
How One City Sells Food Houston Uses City Market Stall Competition
Houston municipally owned market house operates three stalls handling fruits and vegetables in competition with tenants. City covers overhead and pays higher wages to match other dealers. Ten weeks show direct and indirect consumer savings and price stabilization in the local market. Allentown explores farming on idle city land producing retail vegetables and feeding 1000 hogs with city garbage. Plans include using an old brewery as a storage warehouse to cut dependence on shipped in goods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau of Markets
Houston
Tex
Allentown
Eity
Greencastle braces for coal revival and curfew rule
Spring weather contrasts with last week’s cold as Greencastle coal dealers expect shipments by Monday and factories plan to resume by midweek. A town curfew for schoolchildren begins Monday at 8 30 with officers ordered to enforce.
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Greencastle
Bureau to share city food problem lessons for future action
The bureau will publish information on city successes and failures in tackling food issues. The aim is to let municipalities considering special action benefit from the experiences of communities facing similar conditions.
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Bureau
Penal Farr Escape Succeeds From Walled Enclosure
In Putnam County a man identified as Penal Farr escaped a secured, walled enclosure by climbing a 35 foot wall. He is reported to be sentenced to state reformatories following the escape.
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N Penal Farr
Putnam County
Two 22-Year-Old Inmates Escape Indiana Reformatory
Ernest Gee and Joseph L. Miller slipped from the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville by scaling a 35 foot wall with a metal pipe and wire. They vanished from the night shift enameling shop around 8 30 pm and were described as five eight and 185 pounds. Gee hailed from Lake County and Miller from Putnam County and were serving terms for escaping from the Indiana State Farm.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ernest Gee
Joseph L. Miler
Indiana
Nox
Tower Agment
Hach
Gee
Lake County
Miller
Putnam County
Santa letter asks money to pay city bills
A boy from Green Castle asks Santa to give money to the city treasurer so debts can be paid. He hopes all municipal debts are settled on Christmas Day. The second item notes Charley Crawley took possession of the northwest square restaurant, buying it from Fred Ellis with a deal closed Friday morning.
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Dean L. J. Birney
Boston University
Greencastle
West College
Portland Cement Co. News Limedale
Santa
Rupert Bartley
Yes
Charley Crawley
Fred Ellis
Crawley
Political Gossip From Washington and Campaign Funds
Washington notes discuss Senator James E. Watson Indiana remaining out of the presidential race with Harding the favored rival. The piece highlights Republican fundraising from small donors and large contributions aimed at a large campaign war chest, plus criticisms of prior promises and House economy rhetoric.
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Washington
Des
James E. Watson
Indiana
Senate
National Committee
Watson
Old Guard
Harding
Leonard Wood
Wood
Vennese
Pennsylvania
Watson Tuenas
Wriich
High School Wood Choppers In Woods Report
Forty high school wood choppers worked in the woods today. They cut about twenty cords of heating fuel at noon and predicted that by evening twice that amount would be ready to haul to town.
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Hays
House
Joseph Burns
Tennessee
House Committee On Appropriations
Bert Knight
William Jones
AG. Dou
Dinner Served by Girls at Greencastle High School Woods
Three auto loads of Greencastle High School boys, around forty, left the school to cut heating wood at Cooper farm east of town. They harvested twenty cords by noon amid a hearty lunch served by Domestic Science girls. The day included a radiator-damage collision between local cars and the death of Hetty Woolrich, with funeral planned for Sunday.
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Greencastle High Schoo
Greencastlle High School
Tal Harrest Cooper Farm
Uluaumle
Lae Tuen Vimouer
Domestic Science
Bac
Stele Hamview
Llorence Woitynek
Lucile Gillespe
Dorothy Richards
Esther Snider
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Hetty Woolrich
John Woolrich
Grand Central Hotel
South Crown Street
Woolrich
Maggie Geinor
Maggie Gainor
J. P. Allen
Miss Wonitich
Husband Takes Covers Sparks Divorce Suit
Mrs. Herman sues her husband in New York alleging a bitter dispute over bedcovers on a cold November night. She claims he wrested all coverings and struck her, prompting the divorce filing despite the night’s frigid conditions in their home.
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W. L. Herman
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Boomerang
Upc
Catherine Holman
Rosa Bower
DePauw Infirmary
Harvey Newgent
South Jackson
Elissa Buia
Farent Teachers Association of
Barti
C. H. Barnaby
Phi Gamma Delta
H. B. Gough
Santa Claus
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Indiam
Ford
J. F. Gillespie
Buick
Harold Phipps
Walnut
Gillespie
Woelput
Phipps
Gordon Martin
Rochester
Greencastle Gas Company
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