Local notes and events around Greencastle and vicinity
COCAL NEWS pW Crawley returns Saturday from an East business trip. Four Farm Bureau Picture Show and Christmas music recital scheduled at local venues. Gas station on north Jackson Street to be built by Homer Frazier and Fred Lancaster, completion in about four weeks if weather permits. Putnam County Teachers Institute held at Greencastle High School with Dean McCutchan in charge. Various town figures attend basketball games and social events. Rural carrier exams held by Fillmore men. DePauw students host Big Sister Christmas party. Tax collections posted by county treasurer. Several local visits and social notes. Auto collision near Hanna Street and College Avenue causes minor damage. Deaths include Mrs. Rebecca Scott of Belle Union. Mattie Steel of Greencastle seeks divorce. Local witnesses travel to Brazil for rail damage suit. attorney Matt Murphy represents plaintiff in ongoing Clay Circuit case.
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Jackson Street
Homer Frazier
Fred Lancaster
Monon Railroad
Lancaster
Mr. Frazier
Fillmore
Brazil
Thelma Chadwick
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. D. Wright
James Benton
Joe Eckels
George Smith
Oliver Coffman
Edward Chamness
Mary Lisby
John Carroll
Lloyd McGinnis
W. M. McGaughey
Greencastle
Matt Murphy
Clay
Blistering Blizzard Wrecks Ship Kwantung Kwanza Scene
Tokio dispatch reports eight bodies washed ashore after a fierce blizzard wrecked a special service ship. About forty persons are in peril aboard the vessel, as rescuers race to reach survivors amid freezing seas and dangerous conditions.
Japanese destroyer wrecked in blizzard off Tsuruga
A destroyer wrecked in a blizzard off Tsuruga in western Japan. Rescue operations saved five officers and fifty men while forty crew members reached shore. The Kwanto had a crew of 150 aboard.
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Tsuruga
Japan
Tuberculosis Death Rate Falls in Indiana
Indiana Tuberculosis Association reports a steady decline in state death rates from 1914 to 1923 helped by local anti TB programs and Christmas Seal sales. Putnam County shows a drop from 184.9 to 105.6 per 100 000 with 58 deaths in 1914 and fewer in 1923, as sales raise funds for prevention, isolation and cure efforts.
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Indiana
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Indiana State Board of Health
Murray A. Auerbach
State Association
Auerbach
Putnam County
W. M. McGaughey
County Association
Calumet
Ohio River
Union
Mississippi Valley
Evansville Bridge Repair Lead Sparks Donuldson Decision
Evansville officials selected A L Donaldson to supervise Franklin street bridge repairs over Pigeon Creek. Lawrence F Orr plans to seek his decision on accepting the post, which would require Donaldson to resign from the state board of accounts. Donaldson awaits reply to the selection notice and continues related work in Whitley county.
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Evansville
A. L. Donaldson
State Board of Accounts
Franklin Street
Pigeon Creek
Lawrence F. Orr
Board of Accounts
Donaldson
Orr
Vanderburg
Bridge Department
Accounts Board
Whitley County
Craver Bros Electric Shop Ad Promises Repairs
Ad lists radio telephone and electrical appliances repair with guaranteed work. Phone 548 L. Craver Bros Electric Shop.
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L. Craver Bros. Electric Shop
Local Poultry and Produce Quotations Summary
Saturday's Poultry and Produce Quotations reported to Green Castle Herald by Haven Brothers Poultry Company list prices for eggs and produce with various quoted cents per pound or dozen. The page displays multiple items and price figures in a dense catalog-style format.
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Greencastle Herald
Haven Brothers Poultry Company
Ee Tron
Redwood Grove Memorial to Franklin K. Lane
Dedication of a 105 acre Redwood Grove near Humboldt state park in California memorializes Franklin K. Lane. The article notes Lane’s advocacy for preserving and opening wilderness lands and cites John Muir on sequoia ages while warning of past destruction by lumbering and the need for state or national protections.
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Franklin K. Lane
Redwood Grove
Kettintelbe
Humboldt County
California
Pacific Coast
New York Times
Lane
Min
Humboldt State Redwood Park
Redwood
John Muir
Akron’s Rubber Boom: Growth From 10,000 to 200,000
The India Rubber Review notes Akron has expanded from a small city of under 10,000 to over 200,000 population, covering 25 square miles. Rubber and tire factories employ more than 50,000, produce over half the world’s tires, and generate output value above 500 million dollars yearly. Today’s factories use over 500,000 horsepower of steam and electrical energy daily.
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Akron
Onto
Allegheny Mountains
India Rubber Review
Cutty Sark May Try Record Voyage to Australia
Captain W H Dowman owner of the Cutty Sark weighs putting can vases on the tea clipper to beat the 1870 China to Australia record. The ship has been rerigged toward a 1870 rig, aiming to approximate Moodie's fastest voyage. It would take at least two years to prepare. The vessel currently rests at Falmouth after appearing at the Fowey regatta.
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W. H. Dowman
Australia
London
Moodie
China
Falmouth
Fowey
Notice to non residents in partition suit
In Putnam County Indiana the Circuit Court issues notice in Ezra Smythe vs George Shockley et al a partition suit. Defendants listed are nonresidents and must answer by February 5 1925 or default will be entered. Court to convene January 5 1925 at Green Castle Indiana. Walter S Campbell Clerk. Fay B S Hamilton attorney for plaintiff.
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Putnam County
Indiana
Bee
Ezra Smythe
George Shockley
Circuit Court
Lyminford Shockley
Daisy M. Evans
Charles Nichols
Isaac Hedden
William Hedden
Addie Jones
James Hedden
Thomas J
Greencastle
Ind
Walter S. Campbell
Fay
Hamilton
Odd Uses for Clock Astonish New Caledonia Natives
Ed ward Baden of Cincinnati says a clock given to a native on New Caledonia 1100 miles north of Australia would yield a million dollars in jewelry. The natives reportedly wear clock parts as bracelets armatures and ornaments on wrists backs legs and faces.
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New Caledonia
Australia
Edward Baden
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hello Sonny Greeting Sparks Chase at Rumpus Ridge
In Kwisas City Times, a motorist is saluted by His Action "Hello, Sonny" as danger looms on remote Rumpus Ridge. Bearent, son of Gap Johnson, denies father’s presence while hooded figures pursue, creating a tense dusk encounter.
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Sonny
Rumpus Ridge
Young Bearent
Gap Johnson
Kwisas City
Reading surge in Scotland as Edinburgh library circulation doubles
People of Scotland are turning to reading as the Edinburgh library reports circulation nearly twice that of last year. The rise signals stronger public interest in library services across the region.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Medical graduate rate in Enlaces reaches one per thousand
Medical graduates in Enlaces numbered 2482 last year, yielding a ratio of about one physician per 1000 residents. The statistic highlights ongoing physician availability in the region.
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Enlaces
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Cocal News
Crawley
Farm Bureau
Barnard
Church of Christ
Putnam County Teachers Institute
Greencastle High School
Robert G. McCutchan
DePauw School of Music
Levi Marshall
The
Christian Church
Dave Braden
Oficer
John Hamm
Owen County
Ralph Howard
Indiana State Farm
Phi Gams
Delta Tays
DePauw
Florence Hall
Deke
Martinsville
F. L. Busenburg
Cleon Davies
E. G. Chenoweth
Bud” Miller
Hop” Crawley
Hillis Shoptaugh
James Austin
Frank Masten
Civil Service
Ernest Stoner
Charles Crawley
DePauw University
A. Hays
Yakima
Washington
D. O. Moffet
Ridgewood Avenue
Wilber Clodfelter
R. P. Carpenter
Noblesville
G. W. Bence
Don McLean
Andrew Hirt
Mississippi
South
A. J. Duff
James P. Hughes
Indianapolis
E. A. Browning
George York
Hanna Street
College Avenue
Chevrolet
C. W. Otis
Wabash Valley Electric Co
Paul F. Priest
Tax Commission
Rebecca Scott
Belle Union
Orville Keller
Providence Church
Providence Cemetery
William Keller
Mattie Steel
Putnam
Jerimiah Steel
Theodore Crawley
Beauty Shoppe
First National Bank
Indiana St
Central County
Greencastle Mint
the Herald
White Transfer Co
E. H. Grothe
Inquire Herald
Cooper
Harry Bohard
Pocahontas Coal
West Virginia
Ford Lucas
Rectors
Herald Office
Liberal Commission
Offermann Art Work, Inc
Buffalo, N. Y
Opera House
A. Cook
Mer
Charles J Nes
Fesop’s
Fables
Pathe News Weekly
Colleen Moore
Tom Forman
Edna Murphy
Hamiton’s Book
Bill
Dutch Bread Boards
Whitmans
Ed Hamilton
China Sea
State OF
Ford
King-Morrison-Foster Co
Eapzt
Morris
Campbell Bros
Otto F. Lakin
Washington Street
Spring Avenue
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