Local residents involved in business and social events
Indianapolis and Greencastle figures conduct daily work and travel for business. Notable activities include Verna Stoner in Indianapolis and John W. Dunlavy in Indianapolis on business. Measles affect Helen and Donald Cox in Limedale, and Arthur J. Hamrick seeks House of Representatives clerkship with Greencastle Democrats in Indianapolis. Community meetings, dances, oil well updates, and school athletics planning also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Lewis
Martinsville
Helen
Donald Cox
John Cox
Limedale
Joseph Bament
Coatesville
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Arthur J. Hamrick
House of Representatives
T. C. Grooms
Charley Daggy
James L. Randel
John McCave
Ladies’ Union of the Christian Church
Earl Stroube
East Washington Street
O'Brien
Glidewell
E. B. Evans
West Walnut Street
Heber Ellis
DePauw Athletics
Madison Township
Severe Injury From Fall on Ice in Bloomington Street
Henry Person, a coal wagon driver for Ferd Lucas, suffers a brain concussion after slipping on ice near Kappa Sorority House on Bloomington Street.
Elm Street Driver Slips on Ice. Suffers Concussion
Henry Person a Ford Lucas driver on Elm street was knocked unconscious for six hours after slipping on an icy Bloomington street sidewalk opposite the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. He was treated at home by Dr Sudranski and regained consciousness at midnight, with weeks of confinement ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Person
Elm Street
Ford Lucas
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Bloomington Street
Person
Sudranski
Greenscaste Merchants Plan Monthly Gold Giveaway
Greenacres merchants and boosters club meet to devise a program distributing gold to shoppers who trade in Greencastle purchases. Gold will be given to qualifying customers on the last Saturday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Alumnae
Lillian Southard
South College Avenue
Modernism In Art
Eva Bence
Greencastle
Boosters Club
Plan for Monthly $100 Gold Giveaway in Greencastle
Greencastle merchants announce a plan to give away 100 in gold on the last Saturday of each month with the first distribution set for February 27. A committee of Andrew Hanna Charles Houghland and Ernest Stoner will canvass remaining merchants and then seek Boosters Club executive approval before merchants announce the plan from their stores in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Council Chamber
Fire Department
Andrew Hanna
Charles Houghland
Ernest Stoner
Boosters Club
Frightful Friday and Holiday Dates for 1915
The article lists unusual Friday the 13th occurrences for 1915 with August as the lone unlucky date. It notes Sunday celebrations for St. Valentine’s Day and Halloween, and gives a calendar of holidays and observances including New Year’s Day on Friday and Easter on April 4. It also reports a court case in Putnam Circuit Court over a $20,000 damages claim from Oscar Kennedy against Charles Bruner for a lantern explosion at a Lena saw mill, with Kennedy testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Oscar Kennedy
Lena
Charles Bruner
Putnam
Kennedy Allewes
Bruner
White & Henderson
Hays & Murphy
B. FP. Corwin
H. A. Cox
Bruners
Charles Smith
Indianapolis
Philomathean Club
H. L. Grimes
Meridian Street
Albert Sinclaire
Cloverdale
Frank Thornburg
Buried Tudor Jewels Found in London Basement
Excavation work in a London building basement uncovered a chest with over fifty rare Tudor jewelry pieces from James I era and earlier. The jewels, packed in a damaged box, are valued archaeologically and likely hidden by a jeweler. the collection was bought by a London Museum trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Museum
Popular Mechanics
Wandering Minstrel George Knapp Dies in Kansas City Jail
An old man named George Knapp, a wandering minstrel aged 75, sought shelter at Rosedale city hall in Wyandotte County. He died in the city jail after winter exposure, his horses worn out and one dying at the same hour. Knapp said he played a hand organ for children and wandered from town to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosedale
Wyandotte County
Kansas
William Plumberg
P. J. O'Connell
Old
Mizoo
George Knapp
J. Davis
Wellington
Knapp
Ancient Chinese coins on display at National Museum collection
The National Museum in Washington hosts about 6,000 coins and medals, featuring early Chinese money such as spade key and cloth forms dating back over 4,000 years. Knife money, iron and copper pieces, and pieces from dynasties in China and Japan are shown, with the George B. Glover and Henry Adams collections complemented by Polish and United States medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Museum
Washington
China
George B. Glover
Japan
Glover
Henry Adams
Ie Pollel
National Alliance of the
United States
Governor Ralston Recommends Legislation in Joint Session
Indiana faces debt relief as Governor Ralston urges the General Assembly in a morning joint meeting. State reports indicate the state is out of debt for the first time in 81 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
General Assembly
Indiana
Indiana Governor Ralston Delivers Fiscal Year Message
Indiana Governor Ralston briefs the General Assembly in a large audience about flood relief and public works, noting federal relief and streetcar strike handling. He outlines cost projections for foot and mouth disease control and urges administrative reforms and lobbyist registration.
State Reforms Urged In Broad Legislative Program
The report urges repeal of the sinking fund and praises state finances as debt free for the first time in eighty-two years. It calls for equalized personal property tax by class, removal of county assessors for cause, improved state printing contracts, and praise for the Public Service Commission. It supports a primary election bill, penal law history update, public accounting, a conciliation board, an assembly representation amendment, foot and mouth disease notes, supervision of institutional schools by the state board of education, action on twenty-two constitutional amendments, and a twenty thousand dollar centennial celebration fund with a non political nine member commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Commonwealth
Ralston
Indianapolis
National Guard
General Assembly
State Tax Board
Public Service Commission
Public Accounting
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
State Board of Education
Poor Housing Causes Death of Young Pigs
Purdue Extension Bulletin No 85 notes twenty percent pig loss between farrowing and weaning in Indiana due to poor farrowing houses. C G Starr outlines house types, construction methods, costs and includes photographs and diagrams for hog houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
C. G. Starr
Purdue Experiment Station
Department of Agricultural Extension
Uncalled For Letters At Post Office
The post office lists uncalled for letters including Mrs. Sallie Carpenter Miss Lamphert Stacy Moser C Joyce McCoomb and others. Add note when calling for them by saying advertised. Postmaster W B Vestal signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Exacting cross examination in Louisville case described
Former congressman C. C. Matson recounts a defense counsel’s cross examination where he asks a mother to confirm her son John Blank’s age. The exchange turns on whether the mother knows the exact details of her twenty three year old son. The story appears in the Louisville Times with no stated outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
C. C. Matson
Indiana
Congress
Indiana State Tax Commission
Louisville Times
John Blank
Witness Recollection Questioned On Birth Date Claim
In a courtroom exchange Mrs Blank recounts a birth claim tied to Newton with dates proposed by counsel pressing for memory of a specific event. The dialogue shows court inquiry into whether a memory fixes February 10 1891 as the birth date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mrs. Blank
Mrs. Bl
Farmers Bank of Filmore Indiana Reports 1914 Year End Condition
A. W. Inman as cashier swears the Farmers Bank private bank at Filmore Indiana filed its 1914 year end statement. Resources total 28 641 04 with loans and discounts, bonds and securities, cash on hand, and other assets. Liabilities show paid in capital, surplus and profits, deposits, and notes rediscounted. sworn before Notary T. Foster on January 6, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpa
Stoc Eee
State of
Indiana
County of
Utnam
I. A. W. Inman
Farmers’ Bank
W. Inman
T. Foster
Debates Tie DePauw and Indiana U Teams in Petersburg
In Petersburg Indiana a fourth in a series of educational debates discusses if the Initiative and Referendum should be adopted in Indiana. DePauw’s A H Kenna and Rossetter oppose Indiana University’s Paul Weatherwax and Ivan Carson. Shoals officials report strong turnout anticipated for remaining contests. Mendenhall Bible lectures begin next Tuesday in Meharry Hall with Dr George P Bexman lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Lawler
Bismark
N. D
Oscar Webster
Parke Street
Indiana
DePauw
Iana
Petersburg
A. H. Kenna
Rossetter
Paul Weatherwax
Ivan Carson
Indiana University
Shoals
Stump
Indiana Univerty
Gough
Mendenhall
Meharry Hall
George P. Bexman
The
Christian Advocate
Newark City
M. I. Mendenhall
Hewis Holt Hughes
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Alonzo Cook
Verna Stoner
John W. Dunlavy
Business Today
H. H. Parker
Gilbert Dorsett
Broadpark
G. W. Crawley
Cincinnati
Hershal Foster
Stitch and Chatter Club
William Baney
Washington and
Bloomington Streets
Joe M. Allen
Florida
Beth Worrell
Clayton
James Kee
Talbott Christie
Mapel Oil Co
Irvine
Frederick F. Fultz
Harrison Ruark
Putnamville
Elmer Cline
Faye S. Hamilton
Brazil
Ralph Knoll
St. Vincent's Hospital
Tarquin Hawkins
Clay City
Greece
America
Greencastle Court
Tribe of
Lemuel Birch
Terre Haute
Ferd Lucas
Kappa Sorority House
Lew Ellingham
Ind
Indiana General Assembly
Board of Printing, Binding and Stationery
Auditor of State
Senate
House
Secretary of State
Greencastle Hominy & Mush Company
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Little Stories OF Daily 4 Ue
Pidainew
Waterman Ideal Fountain
Herald Office
Josephine Donnohue
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