Local Greencastle Notes Highlight Social And Civic Happenings
Mrs. James Dunnington returns from Indianapolis while Chauncey Dorsett of Cloverdale travels home after business there. Postponements of Coterie Club and Locust Street Church events. One Horse Grocery and Dolly the horse marked anniversaries. Daggy and Van Riper discuss gymnasium plans. interurban snow operations and community visits noted. A DePauw music recital and a charity benefit at the opera house are reported along with updates on prison farm progress and legislative appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Utterback
Cloverdale
Utterback
Dolly
Maynard L. Daggy
van Riper
Prison inmates trap pelts at penal farm
Prisoners on the penal farm trapped fur pelts during January earning a $6.50 check for the month. Trustees noted the work done by the inmates who spent part of January trapping at night.
Glee Club Heads Out on Final Tour of Season
The University Glee Club leaves this afternoon for a two week tour, its thirty first season for DePauw. The program features a Caesar travesty with full group participation and new troupe member George Kadel stepping in for Prof. Ira Prath. The schedule includes Winter Song, Hawaiian Song, readings, The Mulligan Musketeers, The Lamentable Tragedy of Julius Caesar, and other pieces.
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Glee Club
The
University Glee Club
DePauw Club
Illinois
Ira Prath
George Kadel
Prett
Kadel
Mr. Julien
Mr. Finch
Mulligan Musketeers_Atkinson Club
Julius Caesar
Mr. Kadel and Club
Greencastle Meeting Weighs Passenger Fare Increase
Tonight Greencastle residents will discuss advising Rep Andrew Durham to back a bill in the Indiana Legislature repealing the two cent railroad passenger fare and substituting two and a half cents. Local railroad officials from Vandalia and Monon are expected to attend, with Commercial and Booster Club backing a heated debate over operating costs and staffing cuts.
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Greencastle
Andrew Durham
Putnam County
General Assembly
Dr. Bence
Commercial Club
Boostter Club
J. B. Modisette
Vandalia
Mr. Cockwell
Monon
Hoof and Mouth Strike Farm Near Greenwood
One hundred eight head of cattle fourteen calves and eight hundred twenty hogs on Edward Wilsons farm southeast of Greenwood were killed for hoof and mouth disease. Carcasses buried in quick lime in a trench under state veterinarian supervision. A strict farm quarantine remains with no other cases in the community. Dr T A Sigler assisted in the culling.
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Greenwood
Ind
Edward Wilson
Arms and the Man set for DePauw stage tonight
Duzer Du dramatic club presents George Bernard Shaw comedy Arms and the Man in the new west college auditorium tonight. Last rehearsal pleased the crowd as Ernest Thompson as Petkoff Serquis Saranoff Maurice Kandler Earl Jarrard and others fill the cast with Rowena Cosner Mona Summers and Bessie Jenkins among the names.
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Arms
George Bernard Shaw
New West College
Duzer du
Dramatic Club of
DePauw
Petkoff
Ernest Thompson
Serquis Saranoff
Maurice Kandler
Captain Blutschiki
Earl Jarrard
Nicole
E. L. Jlcott
Raina
Bessie Jenkins
Louka
Rowena Cosner
Catherine
Mona Summers
DePauw 1915 Football Schedule Announced
The 1915 DePauw football schedule lists eight games with four at home and one out of state at St Louis University on October 23. Open date is October 13 with plans to meet an out of state school, Indiana opens at Bloomington and Wabash ends the slate, with tentative dates for Franklin Earlham Rose Poly and Butler, plus a neutral Wabash site. Local figures McAleer promoter Fenn and Hershal Foster visited the scene and discussed the test well project.
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Warriors
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Indiana
Bloomington
Wabash
Indianapolis
Ellis
Franklin
Greencastle
Open
Earlham
Butler
W. J. McAleer
Hammond
Putnam County Oil & Gas Company
James T. Miller
Phil 8. Fenn
Court notes seek venue change in Montgomery death case
The Central Trust Company as administrator files for a venue change in the case against T H I E Traction company over Charles Montgomery's death. Montgomery, killed by an interurban car east of the city a year ago, resided in Coatesville. Evidence in William Sillery versus Serrilda Huffman for 2000 damages includes most plaintiff witnesses. Mrs Cline was ill. The trial may finish Saturday afternoon. Sillery also sues Huffman for injuries from a winter sidewalk fall on a damaged downspout.
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Ezra Champer
Interurban
the Central Trust Company
Charles Montgomery
Putnam
T. H., I. & E. Traction Company
Montgomery
Coatesville
William Sillery
Serrilda Huffman
Cline
Mr. Sillery
Huffman
Snowy Greencastle Blizzard Delays Merely Trains and Sidewalks
Greencastle endures a heavy snowfall with strong winds and deep drifts. Temperatures dropped to eight above zero last night as snow continued. Interurban and railroad service faced minor delays thanks to snow sweeps and drifting. No major sidewalk clearing occurred amid ongoing snowfall forecast to persist Friday and Saturday with colder weather.
Indiana House targets big savings in next session
Speaker Bedwell announced the 69th Indiana General Assembly will spend 30 000 to 40 000 less than the 68th by trimming clerical help and cutting printing costs. The plan includes printing calendars in abbreviated form for about 400 and shifting to a House typewritten temporary journal, with possible repeal of the handwritten calendar requirement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bedwell
General Assembly
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Dunnington
Chauncey Dorsett
Coterie Club
Henry Raney
Locust Street
E. H. Shields
Ethel Beerman
Leona Eitel
Katherine Dalton
Mary
Katherine Curran
East Elm Street
Charles Prevo
West Union
S. C. Prevo
McCurry & Reed Undertaking
DePauw School of Music
Music Hall
Robert W. Thomas
Conneaut
Ohio
Thomas
Harvard University
Opera House
Greencastle Crescent
Rebekah
John Cook
Warren Township
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Ballard
Flower Rain Schneider
Marguerite
Meyer-Helman
Werald
Trick Bros
Wilson Stock
T. A. Sigler
Hershal Foster
Circuit Court Notes
Winter
Speaker Bedwell
Gordon Prevo
Greencastle Orchard CO
Christie’s Shoe Store
Castle Canton
G. Will Conklin
C. H. Meikel
Herald Office
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