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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
1
The final fight in Greencastle centers on securing a state penitentiary farm. Landowners face a critical decision as a local committee and state authorities negotiate. The state can only expend $60,000 on the project.
The State Penal Farm Commission visited Greencastle and found 783 acres needed for final site approval. The 703 acres owned by Lockridge, Black, Gillespie, Dunbar, and Knauer would require 80 more acres and a total price of 60 000 dollars. If owners reduce asking prices to 60 000 dollars the site could be secured. otherwise negotiations stall. Local leaders and residents await landowners action to meet the price and move the project forward.
Mrs Lelia Pearl Cherry of Indianapolis and Clarence H. Cherry of this city are in Putnam County Circuit Court seeking a divorce on grounds of abandonment after their 1912 marriage. She also requests $10 weekly alimony. The suit, filed Thursday afternoon, notes alleged husbandly misconduct and lack of support. Mrs Cherry resides in Indianapolis. Mr Cherry is employed as a drayman by his father John Cherry.
Federal hunting law takes precedence over Indiana and Illinois spring duck hunting limits. County Clerk Hamrick reports a communication from Indiana fish and game commissioner George W. Miles stating federal law overrides state law. State wardens will enforce the federal prohibition, making March duck hunting illegal.
An overheated stove is believed to have caused a blaze that destroyed the Randel School House just east of the Cross Roads north of town on Friday morning.
Julius Marsh Jr of this place and Edith Stroube of Greencastle prepare to marry Thursday afternoon at 3 at the bride’s mother's Greencastle home. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Marsh, is a Greencastle High School graduate and works at Greencastle Cabinet Co. The bride, only child of Mrs William Stroube, is a Greencastle High School graduate. Wedding limited to immediate families due to the bride’s father’s recent death.
A stove caused a total blaze that destroyed the one room Randel school house east of the crossroads nine miles north of town. Ora Tustison sighted the fire at dawn and couldn’t save contents. Teacher Harry Powers oversaw the old building in Monroe township.
A mass meeting of Cloverdale residents discusses securing a drilling outfit and pursuing oil. A prominent oil man attends, outlining prospects and potential benefits for the town.
Miss Ethel Davis a DePauw Music School student married Glenn Hatfield of Burkett Ind at the home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Light on Seminary and Locust streets. Rev B D Beck officiated the 8:50 p m ceremony in the couple's presence. The bride is 20 and the groom 21 with Mrs Hatfield a university freshman. They have not decided if she will stay in school or live in Burkett.
A fire destroyed the Tucker residence just east of town between 5 and 6 AM after a family member started a blaze in the living room stove. Some household goods were saved in the blaze.
Barney Moore, a Monon railroad car repairer, was severely injured this morning near the Barnaby saw mill when a jack slipped while he raised a car from its trucks. The lever struck his head, he was knocked unconscious and taken home for treatment. his return to work is delayed for several days.
A mass meeting at the Morri son Dorsett & Foster Garage discussed forming a local oil company to drill test wells to about 1200 feet. Promoter Gibney offers to finance with $1500 capital and a machine, others pledge to organize and invest. Next meetings scheduled to finalize the organization as residents eye a possible oil field. Cloverdale Graphic notes a glass-injury at Holloway’s shop and a visit from Mrs. Helen Stout of West Lafayette.
Miss Mary Edith Stroube of Greencastle and Julius Burns Marsh of Danville are recorded in the Pass. The notice lists their names in a civic or social register item with no additional details.
Miss Mabel Lawton hosted about twenty five friends Thursday evening at her home on North Jackson Street for her nineteenth birthday. The gathering included games a musical program and refreshments.
The McKenzie Tucker home on Washington Street Pike east of Commercial burned between 5 and 6 this morning from a defective flue. Loss exceeds 2000 with 950 insured. Tucker and sisters Miss Nannie and Miss Sallie saved some belongings before neighbors saved outbuildings and meat storages. They will live with Mr. and Mrs. George Mason temporarily and plan to rebuild on the same site soon.
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