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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
1
Prospects for the Indiana penal farm improve as Beencastle proposes a new location to the state. Officials indicate the site would meet the desires of those selecting the site and ensuring compliance with requirements.
State Penal Commission and Greencastle locals meet at Commercial Hotel to evaluate site options. Four requirements for final approval include land size and water access, sewage restrictions, railroad and switch access, with a Feb 1 goal, and no binding obligation until final decision. The offered site combines multiple owners south of Big Four line with strong water and building prospects.
Edwin J. Gainor of Muncie advances to presidency of the National Association of Letter Carriers as the current president is appointed postmaster at Brooklyn visiting Greencastle recently.
Edwin J. Gainor of Macie Indiana will succeed as president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. William E. Kelly shifts to Brooklyn postmastership and retires as association head. Gainor, Greencastle native, has long been active in the organization and will receive a handsome salary in his new role.
District Chairman John G. Bryson of Brazil issued a call for delegates to the Fifth District convention in Terre Haute on February 10 to elect a district chairman. He is expected to be re elected unopposed. Delegates are allocated by county based on votes for Otis E. Gulley, with Vigo County receiving 33 delegates and the total at 96, needing 49 for choice. The delegate meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the Superior Court room.
William F Stilwell a leading Lafayette contractor died at an Indianapolis sanatorium. A DePauw alum and former Monon Railroad aide he built Monon shops Indiana University buildings and the Taggart hotel. Survived by a daughter Isabel he was active in Trinity Methodist church and Democratic politics with a police commission post as his only official appointment.
The Marion Soldiers' Home quartermaster and commissary department burned last night causing a 100000 loss with half comprising flour meat and clothing. No insurance. Major George W. Steele commanded calm exit as a moving picture show continued in Stinson Memorial hall with hundreds of veterans present. No injuries reported. Beulah Callaway, from Indianapolis girls' school to the orphans' home, is sent to her sister Mrs Florence Higgins in Colfax after Judge Hughes orders probation officer to permit removal.
A dog that bit Masten was identified as rabid. Warren Township trustee, who was attacked by a strange dog, was advised by Indianapolis State Laboratory officers to undergo Pasteur treatment and went to Indianapolis today.
The Indiana State Board of Health reports the dog head from Greencastle was tested after it bit Fred Masten of Warren township. Masten and Dr. Sigler traveled to Indianapolis for the lab result and to arrange pasteur treatment, which costs about fifty dollars for twenty one daily serum injections under physician supervision. If treated promptly the risk of rabies is low. delay raises grave danger. Mayor and Mrs. Walter Cooper visited Indianapolis.
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