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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
4
Local items list visits and travel of residents, wedding participants, and holiday plans. Notables include Arthur Hamrick in Indianapolis on business, Halbert Phillips visiting family, and DePauw music recital highlights. Also reports on court actions, divorces, school athletics plans, and local gift ads.
The Art Needle Work club met at the homes of Mrs. W. H. Jennings and Mrs. J. H. Heav iridge on South Locust street for its annual Christmas party. Twenty five members and five guests attended from 2 to 5 pm, with four new members admitted and a two course luncheon served.
An advertisement touts a Victrola Hanna piano phonograph as the best Christmas present with a note on apples priced at 75e and home delivery from Wetz. A Dairy Lunch serves chicken dinner as part of Christe yey promotional text.
Mrs Eleanor Hall widow of John Hall and former Greencastle resident sues George F Mull Indianapolis attorney and Depauw graduate alleging a scheme to obtain fourteen thousand dollars. The suit names Mull and the attorney as defendants in a civil action.
Miss Lelia Talbott and Mrs. Anna Seales of the Putnam Electric company office organized a drive to provide fifty boxes of nuts candies oranges toys and warm mittens and stockings to Greencastle children. About $30 was raised to fund presents and Clarence Vestal lent a wagon for delivery.
Eleanor P. Hall widow of John M. Hall sues George F. Mull attorney and his brothers Thomas Mull Leonidas Mull and Lotta Lee Lockwood alleging mortgage juggling and fraud to obtain 14000 cash. She claims Mull concealed assets and forged transfers to avoid recording and used threats of violence to prevent recording. The case ties real estate in Rush county to alleged schemes and misrepresentations.
Miss Bertha Pedro daughter of Mrs Lottie Simms of Manhattan and Alfred L Allen a farmer near Manhattan were married today by Justice of Peace Phillip Frank in the private office of County Clerk A J Hamrick at 1 pm. The bride age 18, groom 36, will live on a farm near Manhattan.
The filing alleges a false fraudulent assignment to Lotta Lee Lockwood and details a chain of transfers through Mull, with Mull mortgaging the property to Thomas K. Mull and Leonidas H. Mull for 11 000 dollars. Mrs. Hall asserts prior liens on the property and seeks to set aside the purported mortgage and mortgage assignment and to have her two mortgages declared valid. Indianapolis reports note George F. Mull comments and local connections to Greencastle and DePauw University.
Mrs H L Frazier aged 29 wife of a Greencastle business man died at her east Franklin street home at five this morning from tuberculosis. She leaves husband four children Paul 11 Marie 10 Marjorie 8 and Clifford 5, parents Mr and Mrs Will Whitley Indianapolis brother Roy Whitley and sister Ruth Whitley. Funeral at Locust street Methodist church Friday at 2 conducted by Rev B D Beck. burial Forest Hill cemetery. The family had lived in Greencastle since 1902 except one year. The grocery store business changes accompany the passing and the store will reopen Saturday. Potatoes 60c delivered. Weitz
A Christmas box offers six pairs of cotton holeproofs and silk holeproofs in black and assorted colors. Each box includes a six month guarantee or replaceable socks, priced from $1.50. The promotion promises new hose free if worn to July.
John Wyinkoop of Belle Union and Miss Ollie Ellen Cash of Greencastle are announced for a marriage. Mazda Lamps, Greencastle Wieelite Co. corner Vine and Washington streets, Child's Rocking Chairs for Christmas at McCurry Reed's Furniture Store West Side Square.
Putnam County Indiana Treasurer H H Runyan will offer for sale January 4 1915 at Greencastle courthouse twenty Milton McGaughey macadam road bonds Russell township each 494 dollars total 9880 dollars first interest due May 15 1916 at 4 percent. Sealed bids due 2 PM January 4 1915. Daily Dec 25 26 31 Posters.
In Brussels Rugs 39 and Axminster Rugs 89c at Hanna's stock, Sir Galahad Pictures priced at 39 and 1.25 dollars respectively, offering a varied assortment with bargain marks.
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