Population decline at state farm with record low inmates
The institution reports a daily average of 305 prisoners in 1919, the lowest in its history. By contrast the 1917 average stood at 670 inmates, marking a significant drop over two years.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
1
Population at Putnamville Farm Drops in 1919
The Indiana State Farm at Putnamville reports its 1919 population was the smallest since opening. Several factors reduced admissions, including prohibition, selective draft, and labor demand, with fewer skilled offenders and a decline in inmate mentality. Heath notes show two deaths among 1100+ inmates, influenza cases, and pneumonia. Open-air dormitories and simple diet cited as health aids, while wartime labor needs kept workers busy for farmers and coal companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Talkington
Indiana State Farm
Putnamville
Selec
Unusus
State Farm
Crescent Rebekah Lodge Program Shines in Greencastle
The Crescent Rebekah lodge held a well attended program at the Greencastle I O O F hall. The event featured piano solos, declamation, songs, readings, and tableaux with many members performing and selling ice cream to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Rebekah
Greencastle
I. O
F. Hall
Marriage Licenses for Iona Piper and Harry Wissel
Iona Grace Piper 27 of Greencastle and Harry W Wissel 30 of Greencastle, along with Kus rllville resident Plonnia Jackson 22 and Waveland resident Hessie Bowles 21 obtained marriage licenses in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Grace Piper
Greencastle
Harry W Wissel
Plonnia
Why It's Only a Cold Says Papers and Doctors
The piece argues that many illnesses blamed on influenza are mere colds, noting that without newspaper reports or medical warnings people would not mislabel ordinary respiratory infections as flu. It emphasizes public perception driven by sensational coverage.
Advertised Letters in Greencastle on Lincoln's Birthday
Greencastle Ind February 11 Advertised letters listed for W L Deman P M Carter Vinzant Cole Mr W A Dorset Mr Victor Mayo Mr Dick Rosandy Mr John In calling for some please say advertised The banks were closed all day to day because of Lincoln's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Carter & Vinzant, Cole
W. A. Dorset
Victor Mayo
Dick Rosandy
John
Deman
P. M
Lincoln
DePauw hosts vocational week and revival events
DePauw University schedules a vocational conference for March 11 and 12 and a broader week March 15 to 19. The program includes guidance for women, open sorority rush, and a tabernacle revival set March 14 to April 18. The basketball team plays Wabash tonight at Bowman Gym. George R. Myrick of Terre Haute was in town on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
Intelligence Bureau
Christian Workers’ Training Corps
Wabash
Bowman Gymnasium
Moffett
Curtis
Buss
Tiger
Cannon
Carlisle
Miller
Mendenhall
Gipson
George R. Myrick
Terre Haute
Grace Piper and Harry Wissel Tie The Knot
Grace Piper daughter of Mr and Mrs John Piper married Harry Wissel at 11 in the morning at Father Walsh home. The bride, long time telephone operator, and groom a State Farm chief clerk, celebrated with dinner at Mrs Ralph Crawley’s home attended by family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Piper
Harry Wissel
Father Walsh
John Piper
Ralph Crawley
Irene Huestis
Ethel Schachtel
Fred Wissel
Muncie
George Sage
Helen
Harold Crawley
Explorer Kennedy Returns From Painted Hill Find
Sen Bernardino attorney Ortis T Kennedy reports an expedition to Painted Hill fifty miles east of San Bernardino. He brought samples of seashells from a former ocean bed older than Mount San Jacinto and claims a likely one hundred year old retic lies in a sea cavern. Shells were found as high as 2050 feet above sea level with millions embedded in the rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ortis T. Kennedy
Sen Bernardino
Cal
Painted Hill
San Bernardino
Mount San Jacinto
Kennedy
Rousker
A Sure Cure
Mordecai Morase laments city life and longs for the country where neighbors mind each other’s business and small events become topics of lively chatter, describing a return to Way behind for a peaceful respite before heading back to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai Morase
Kansas City Star
Post Office Employee Ernest Stoner Confined Home
Ernest Stoner an employee at the post office is confined to his home on South Locust Street due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stoner
South Locust Street
120 Day School Term Required in Indiana
Indiana state officials statement condemns township trustees for closing schools before 120 days. State Superintendent L N Hines says such action harms children and violates state mandates. He reports some districts already shortened terms and others may do so due to small fall 1919 tax levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
L. N. Hines
Hines
Hogs Receipts Mix With Cattle and Fire News
Hog receipts total 7 000 with 1 500 layovers. cattle calves and sheep sold mostly steady with hogs at 16 dollars down. Miss Lola Jones resigns from Central National Bank to join Fletcher National Bank in Indianapolis. A fire at Ellis flat on Locust and Anderson street was fought and extinguished with minor damage. D Oro Moffett attends Philadelphia Diamond Battery meeting. Diamond Grid Battery shows promise for Indiana motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Jones
Central National Bank
Fletcher National Bank
Indianapolis
Ellis Flat
Locust and
Anderson, Street
D. Oro Moffett
Evans, Moffett & Dobbs
Philadelphia Dansond Grid Battery Company
Indiana
Philadelphia Diamond Grid Battery
Ocean travel safer by new cable guidance device
The United States Navy signs with Earl C. Hanson of Los Angeles to test a simple low frequency cable system in New London and later aboard large liners in New York harbor. Ships listen on board to a unique tone from the cable and are steered to follow its center, with indicators showing distance from the cable to prevent collisions in foggy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy Department
Earl C. Hanson
Los Angeles
New London Naval Base
Ambrose Channel
New York Harbor
Hanson
Salt Lake Tribune
Quarternster Seeks Ice Book Amid Bureaucratic Runaround
A soldier seeks a 2000 pound ice book at the commissary and endures a tedious trek through multiple ends of a building. A clerk finally concedes the ice book is available, granting the request after insistence and a direct appeal. The scene underscores rigid military procurement procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarternster
Cooda
Tenn
Marriage of Miss Flonnia Jackson and Hessie Bowles
Miss Flonnia Jackson of Russellville and Hessie Bowles of Waveland were married this morning at 10 at the Christian church parsonage with Rev. Levi Marshall officiating. The couple will reside on the groom’s farm near Waveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flonnia Jackson
Russellville
Hessie Bowles
Waveland
Christian Church
Levi Marshall
Hines Fails to Strike Bargain With Workers
Director General Hines unable to reach wage agreement with union representatives for over 2,000,000 railroad workers. He submitted the case to President Wilson after unions requested federal decision following two hours of talks. The president will decide if wage increases are granted or the dispute is shifted to the upcoming corporate control structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hines
Wilson
White House
Real Estate Transfers and Land Deals Across Several Townships
A sequence of property transfers includes Clarence E. Stewart to John E. Sharp for a Bainbridge lot at 1800 dollars, Albert Houck to J Frank Collins in Washington township for 18000, and multiple government to private parcels in Warren and Floyd townships totaling dozens of acres. Also listed: city of Greencastle to Theodore Crawley for a forest Hill cemetery lot at 67.50, U S to William Layne for 40 acres, and to Samuel R Catlin for 80 acres in Warren. Additional transfers mention John Hammond, Boston Nosler, Thomas Moore, and others. 128 acres from Lonnie L. Clodfelter to Lee Roy Wilson, 26 acres Bascom OHair in Monroe township, and a Roachdale lot sold to James M. Walls and wife for 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Stewart
John E. Sharp
Bainbridge
Albert Houck
J. Frank Collins
Washington Township
W. M. Sutherlin
Aaron Hand
Edna Hand
Floyd Township
Greencastle
Theodore Crawley
Forest Hill Cemetery
United States
William Layne
Warren Township
Samuel R
Paternity arrest leads to bond in Putnam County case
Roy Clark of Lime Dale was arrested on a paternity charge on a warrant by Dorothy Black and arraigned by Squire Frank. He was bound over to the circuit court on a $500 bond. Mrs. Joe Adams of Crockett’s Bluff, Ark., is visiting Indianapolis. Local farmers plan a live stock pavilion for sales and exhibits. Presbyterian Sunday school holds a business session after prayer meeting. Meetings urged for Jackson township farmers at Barnards church Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Clark
Limedale
Dorothy Black
Charles Black
Squire Frank
Putnam County
Joe Adams
Crocketts Bluff, Ark
F. A. Arnold
Indianapolis
Charles A. Jackson
Danville
The
Presbyterian Church
Jackson Township
Barnards
Zionist America outlines plans for Jewish immigration to Palestine
The Zionist Organization of America declares it will prepare immigration from Russia Poland Galicia and other pogrom threatened areas. The plan includes land development water power sanitation drainage irrigation forestry and agricultural labs with a hope Britain will formalize Palestine as a Jewish homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zionist Organization of America
Russia
Poland
Galicia
Rewuneia
Palestine
Bas
Great Britain
Zionist Ar
Smi Lorie Vineahepen
Jerusalem
Jaffa
DTH
College Avenue Prayer Meeting Tonight at Seven
A prayer meeting on College Avenue will begin promptly at 7 o clock this evening. Attendees are asked to note the time and attend for a focused session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue
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Crescent Rebekah Lodge
Crawley
Lucile Hinkle
Reading Snider
Edith Francis
Miss Lucile
Gertrude
Graydon Herod
Shadow
Ardath Moore
Mary Esther Freeman
Francis Lucile Hinkle
Daniel Knauer
Eugene Snider
Isal Brown
Alia Crump
Waiter
Brown
Wedels Gotesel
Mabel Luella Riggs
Oca Bond
Euces- Moore
Mildrey
Annice
Liberty
Janie Blue
Lucille Snider
Blanche Haltom
Arbella Masten
Leuen
Alta Crump
Rome
Gladys
Quinton
Dorothy Michael Sup Ohanied
Miss Florence
Stringer
Grace Crump
Mabel Haltom
Ina Crump
Ivers Stringer
Depauw News
Pan-Helenic of
Katherine
Alvord
Dean Alvord
Ocean
Gut Messenger
J. P. Allen, Jr
Greencastle High School
Carleton
Betty Vaughn
Mrs. Sellers
Belle
East Anderson Street
James Bykitt
D. V. Mitchell
John Riley
Charlotte
Otto ©. Dobbs
Buis & Riveit
Greg Buis
UNION
Raymond F. Dickerson
James M. Walls
Roachdale
Cyrus O’hair
Bascom O'Hair
Monroe Township
William Renick
Martinsville
Howard Harris
J. McFarren Pettijohn
Hanna Lee Chapin
Stolots Chapin
Holy Land
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