Auto license price goes up to high mark
Automobile licenses for 1924 rise sharply from prior rates, nearly doubling many costs under the new state schedule adopted by the legislature. Passenger car licenses scale by horsepower and weight, with rates from 8 to 27 dollars. truck licenses also increase, reflecting a broad rise across vehicle categories.
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Ford
Chevrolet
Overland
Dge
Buick
Nash
Reo
Debaker
DePauw Beats Illinois In Thriller On Local Floor
DePauw 29 Illinois 28 after two overtime periods in a dramatic game at Urbana Illinois. White scored key baskets while Wills and Stillwell contributed as Greencastle Tigers fought back from early foul trouble. Illinois led late in regulation but DePauw forced overtime with a center floor shot by White and held on to win.
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Tigers
White
Wills
Greencastle
Urbana
DePauw
Illinois
Illini
Stillwell
Minois
Ilinois
Helsing
WRG Biovies
Roetiger Laughlin
Potter Johnson
Stillwell Et
Hopkins
Miller
Johnson
Roe
Irwin
Ninois
Broderick
Roettger
Potter
Pattison
Lipe
Laughlin
Popkeen
Roetiger
Totter
Popken
Pattison Helsing
Campaign of Farm Bureau Postponed for Membership Drive
County Farm Bureau membership drive in Atnam County is postponed until after year end. Original dates were December 20 and 21 but the plan was deemed inadvisable, County Agent McNary said today.
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Farm Bureau
Atnam County
County Farm Bureau
Old McNary
Drive to be set by state group after holidays
The drive will be led by the state organisation but is postponed as farmers are occupied with farm duties and Christmas plans. A new drive date is expected to be set early in the new year.
Reelville Basketball to Play Greencastle Second Team Saturday
The Reelville High School basketball team will play Greencastle High School second team Saturday night in the local high school gymnasium starting at 7 o'clock.
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Reelsville
Greencastle
Reelaville High School
Greencastle High School
Corn Show Awards Announced Across Putnam and Parke Counties
Putnam and Parke County farmers swept ribbons at the Putnam County Corn Show with Russell Township leading wins. Otis Clodfelter Elva Norman and Ed Clodfelter earned top awards across multiple classes while Greencastle Judson and Russellville exhibitors captured several divisions including yellow and white ears and single ear yellow. Miss Lena May Southard Indianapolis public school teacher died from injuries after being struck by a car near Parke Avenue and Twenty third Street.
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Putnam County
Parke County
Russell Township
Otis Clodfelter
Ed. Clodfelter
Elva Norman
Lena May Southard
Indianapolis
St. Vincent's Hospital
Parke Avenue
Twentythird Street
Indianapolis Star
Southard
Charles Southard
Lillian Southard
Greencastle
Asbury College
DePauw University
Condition of Austin lad in critical health after accident
Jerome Austin ten year old pupil at Mary Emma Jones school remains in critical condition after an accident near Greencastle when a coal cut on the Old Big Four switch struck the machine he rode. His fever reached 105 and then subsided. brother Noble fourteen is much improved. Both boys are at Putnam County Hospital along with three others from the same incident.
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Jerome Austin
Mary Emma Jones School
North Greeicastle
Noble
Putnam County Hospital
No special car for Greencastle Columbus basketball game
The required ticket sales for a special charter failed, so no special car will travel to Columbus for the Greencastle Columbus game. Coach Rhea and the team depart Friday afternoon at 1 o clock from Greencastle.
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Greencastle
Victrola Stolen From Washington Township School
Thieves took a Victrola and records from a school building in Washington township taught by Fred Harris. It follows a pattern of phonograph thefts in Clay County, now shifting toward Putnam County. Neighbors watched the thieves’ car but did not intervene. The Victrola came from funds raised by school children for their amusement.
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Washington Township
Fred Harris
Clay County
Putnam County
Achood
Tiger Cubs Face Columbus In Crucial Friday Night Game
Greencastle High School basketball team the Tiger Cubs hard at practice for a decisive clash with Columbus High. Coach Rhea has stressed smooth teamwork and accurate shooting as Tate, Duncan, and Ader lead the lineup with Wright and Young as guards. Substitutes Schmidt William Mas ten may travel. few tickets remain for a special car.
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Tiger Cubs
Rhea
Columbus
Viger Cubs
Greencastle
Tate
Duncan
Ader
Wright
Young
Schmidt
William
Masten
Freshmen Pledge Over $28 Thousand For Endowment
DePauw University reports freshmen pledges totaling 28563 toward a 1 million endowment drive aimed at reaching 750000 by January 1 1924 with 250000 from the Rockefeller foundation upon goal achievement. Miss Helen West leads the largest gift at 1000. Speakers at a campus banquet included C H Barnaby A G Brown and others as alumni donations roll in.
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DePauw University
Helen West
Roy West
Chicago
C. H. Barnaby
Greencastle University
A. G. Brown
Greencastle First National Bank
S. B. Town
James P. Hughes
W. M. Blanchard
Henry Mcwean
W. D. Gresham
DePauw
Rockefeller Foundation
Grose
Organize Tax Payers Association Forms in Putnam County
A tentative Putnam County Tax Payers Association was formed Saturday November 27. A permanent organization will be refined and officers elected at a Saturday meeting in the courthouse assembly room with I L Wimmer named temporary chairman and township heads appointed across multiple townships and towns.
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Court House
Putnam County
Putnam County Tax Payers Association
I. L. Wimmer
Death of Mrs Mollie C Day at Fillmore
Mollie C Day 72 wife of Milton Day died at home in Fillmore Thursday morning after six weeks illness. Survived by husband one granddaughter Mrs Mildred Lydick of New Maysville one sister Mrs Richard Crawley of Greencastle. Funeral at Christian Church Fillmore at 1 on Saturday with interment in Fillmore Cemetery.
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Mollie C. Day
Milton Day
Fillmore
Mildred Lydick
New Maysville
Richard Crawley
Greencastle
Christian Church
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Ieis
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Lafayette
Alonzo Cook
el LY SF
North Putnam
Virgil Vaught
Judson
Clodfelter
Russellville
Russelville
R. Porter
White—Ten Ears
Ts Leo Hazelett
J. H. Vaught
Norman Clodfelter
Oral Dillon
James Sears
Glenn Berry
Will Matkins
Guy Harris
Morris Kearsey
Henry Bond
Dillon
Marion Hazelett
Stanley Sears
Ike
Thomas Hunter
Squire Robert Newgent
A. J. Knoll
North Madison Street
Ralph Knoll
Mrs. A. BE. Ayler
Milton Clebusch
Higert Street
Barnaby
Rob
Victrola
G. H.S
TAX Payers Association
Jackson
Claude Jeffries
Franklin
Hostetter
Roachdale
C. L. Hutchins
Morton Ford
Yee
Clinton
John McCabe
Monroe
Geo
Knauer
Witt Sutherlin
Bainbridge Town
Frank Ed
Floyd
Marion Miller
Marion
Ora Day
Chas. Daggy
A .B. Hanna
Madison
John Quinlisk
Washington
John Houck
Warren
W. O. Lewis
Jefferson
Henry Vaughan
Cloverdale
Albany Palmer
J. B. Burris
Mrs. Mollie C. Day
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