Two Die in Auto Mishap Near Brazil Indiana
On the Mal Road three miles west of Brazil a late Tuesday crash killed Mrs. W H Perkins 56 of Indianapolis and fatally injured Harry Quigg 47 of Greencastle. The car struck railroad ties and a heavy cable across the road after the roadwork. Mrs Perkins died en route to Indianapolis. Quigg died next morning at Rawley Hospital Brazil. Quigg was a mill superintendent and a Greencastle resident.
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W.H Perkins
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Quigg
W. H. Perkins
ianApolis
Harry Gs
Billtown
Namal Road
Brazil
Harry Perkins
Indianapols
Tle
Igg
Scar
Rawley Hospital
Hos
Charles Barnaby Mill
Southna Street
Lding
India
Juigg
Terre Haute
William Perkins
Edgar Morgan
Jack Krider
Harry Moore
Gray Potter
Threshing Drives Rapid Wheat Market Shifts
Wheat threshing in Putnam County advances quickly as Greencastle mills receive 1000 bushels. First wheat to Greencastle market on June 30 shows class two at 1.08 per bushel, well below last year’s class one price of 2.53. Heat, poor grain quality, and unpredictable rain threaten continued harvest as threshing slows in wet spells.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Robert L. O’hair
Terry Robe
United States
Bascom O‘hair
Barton W Shipley Receives Urgent Hot Springs Solo Engagement
Barton W Shipley, back home after a brief rest, was ordered Monday by his manager to report immediately to Hot Springs Arkansas for a thirteen week soloist engagement with a renowned big band at the resort.
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Barton W
Shipley
Hot Springs
Arkan_ass
Husbands May Now Swim With Wives at DePauw Pool
Coach Walker of DePauw announces gymnasium pool hours allow husbands to swim with wives on Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9. Single women may bathe at this time as well.
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Walker
DePauw
Basil Sanford Injured At Cement Plant
Basil E. Sanford, 32, severely burned near 3:15 this morning while repairing a coal conveyor at the Indiana Portland Cement Company plant south of Greenscastle. The explosion of coal dust in the coal house caused the accident. He was taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Sanford lives on Manhattan road with his wife and one child. Attending physicians were C. Tucker and WW. Alexander had been working with him but was unharmed.
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Coal House
Indiana
Portland Cement Company
Sanford
Basil E. Sanford
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Greencastle
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Manhattan
William Sanford
Mt. Olive, WW
C. Tucker
Clifford Alexander
O Hair Stricken With Heart Disease in California
R L Ohaire president of Central National Bank is critically ill at his home on east Seminary street. He was stricken on Monday and messages were sent to his sons Fred L O Hair in New York and Robert O Haire in California and to his daughters Mrs J F Stevens and Miss Pearl O Haire in Bay View.
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R. L. O'Hair
The
Central National Bank
East Seminary Street
O’hair
Fred L. O'Hair
New York
Robert O’hair
California
J. F. Stevens
Pearl O’hair
Bay View
Marriage Licenses Listed for Indianapolis Pair
John K. Gregory and Helen Evard of Indianapolis apply for a marriage license. The Putnam County Fish and Game Club will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 in the Harry Hawkins Garage.
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John K. Gregory
Helen Evard
Indianapolis
Putnam County Sish and Game Club
Harry Hawkins
Hammond Man Arrested On Train At Monon Station
A Hammond man giving the name Frank E. Fisher age 18 was arrested early today at Monon station by night policeman Tom Sewell. Fisher aboard the Monon passenger train due in Greencastle at 2 58 am was said to be wanted for robbery and carried $160 claimed stolen from an ice cream parlor in Hammond he said he owned with his mother but they could not get along.
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Frank E. Fisher
Hammond
Indiana
Monon Station
Tom Sewell
Monon
Fisher
Greencastle
Sewell
Hamond
Easter O'Mullane Marriage Celebrated at Home
Miss Bess Mae Easter daughter of Mr and Mrs L S Easter wed Joseph P O'Mullane of Cloverdale Indiana in a ring ceremony at the bride's North Forest Avenue home. Rev Charles Shattuck officiated with greenery and blossoms decorating the setting. The couple will reside in Cloverdale in a newly furnished home.
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Bess Mae Easter
Cloverdale
Rain Makes Animals React Differently, Zoo Keeper Says
A zoo keeper notes that rain affects animals uniquely. Lions and cats tense, wolves stay nonaggressive and hopeful, snakes perk up, and monkeys appear gloomy as barometric dampness creates a primitive shelter.
Cats Adventures End With Return To Kingsland Owners
A firemen’s cat that roamed to fires near Stoke Newington two weeks ago was spotted in Highbury yesterday. Recognized by a collar studded with firemen’s buttons, it was brought to the nearest fire station and sent back to Kingsland. The London Globe notes a similar intelligent cat at the Paris General Post Office that rides in mail carts and vans, and once was trapped in a bag to reach Marseilles.
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Kingsland
Stoke Newington
Highbury
General Post Office
Paris
Marseilles
London Globe
Hurst Family Centenary Celebration Planned in Putnam County
Members of the Hurst family nationwide will gather on Wednesday August 3 in the grove owned by Elmer Blue one mile south of Mt. Meridian to mark the 100th anniversary of the Hurst settlement in Putnam County begun in 1821. Forest G. Hurst of Belle Union presides. C. C. Hurst of Greencastle leads the music program with Mt. Meridian band.
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Hurst
United States
Elmer Blue
Mt. Meridian
Putnam County
Jesse Hurst
Virginia
Tennessee
Cloverdale
C. C. Hurst
Greencastle
Mt. Meridian Band
Forest G. Hurst
Belle Union
Union Church Summer Services Schedule
A Greencastle Ministerial Association plan lists Sunday evening services at 7 45 beginning July 10 at Baptist Church with Rev H Clipinger, July 17 College Avenue led by Rev Levi Marshall, July 24 Chautauqua, July 31 Presbyterian with Rev Henry L Davis, August 7 Locust Street with Rev A L Tidrick, August 14 Baptist with Rev Henry, August 21 Christian with Rev H C Clippinger, August 28 Presbyterian with Rev Levi Marshall, September 4 College Avenue led by layman.
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Union
H. C. Clippinger
Greencastle
Rotary Luncheon Announcement At Noon Today
Ben F. Corwin of the Rotary club invites members to the regular weekly luncheon at noon today. The message notes a Rotary gathering at the church of Levi near by, on the sixth day of July at midday.
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Ben F. Corwin
Rotary Club
Rotary
Church of Levi
Ben
Early Birds: French observer notes dawn bird hours
A French naturalist records a morning timetable for birds. The chaffinch starts at 1 30 am, the clackcap at 2 am, the quail at 3 am, the blackbird at 4 am, the wren at 4 30 am, and the sparrow waits until 5 30 am.
Record Heat Surges to 100 Degrees as City Swelters
On Tuesday the temperature soared to 100 degrees at 3 pm with 96 degrees at noon promising more heat. Dr George R Grose left for Baltimore after the death of his friend Mr Thomas H O Connor a benefactor of Dr Pauw University and Grace Methodist Church member. Mr O Connor died Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore and his funeral is set for Friday there.
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Sol
George R. Grose
Baltimore
Thomas H. O'Connor
Dr. Grose
Dr. Pauw
O'Connor
Grace Methodist Church
O'Conor
Canine Remanded From Hospital to Lebanon Jail
Ben H Canine arrested in Indianapolis on a fraudulent check charge and operated on for acute appendicitis at Witham hospital. He was moved from the hospital to Lebanon jail this morning and to be arraigned within days. The tire salesman who cashed the check identified Canine.
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Lebanon
Ben H. Canine
Witham
Canine
Indianapolis
Canine Canine
Ben Canine
Fall Festival and Live Stock Show Planned in Greencastle
A joint Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and Farmers Association meeting laid plans for a September 26 to October 1 Fall Festival. A three member representative committee from each group was chosen to organize premium lists and a permanent body. The event will feature cattle hogs sheep and stock contests, plus grain seeds fruits flowers and culinary arts exhibitions, with a Masque Revel on one night.
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Court House
Farmer's Association
Greencastle Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Harney
Charles Bridges
Ott Dobbs
Harry McCabe
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ed. Hamilton
R P. Mullins
Elmer VanClearye
Former Greencastle Boy Promoted to St Marys Post
Rev Father A J Rawlinson longtime pastor of Annunciation Catholic church in Brazil will leave his post and transfer to St Marys of the Woods northwest of Terre Haute. He will join the St Marys academy faculty and serve as retreat for Sisters during parochial school vacations. Rawlinson, born and raised in Greencastle, is a Greencastle High School graduate with deep local ties. His move follows Rev Dr Ryan’s transfer to Washington, D C.
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Brazil
Father A. J. Rawlinson
Annunciation Catholic Church
Father Rawlinson
St Mary’s.of.the Woods
Terre Haute
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Washington, D. C -Brazil
Rev. Rawlinson
Greencastle
Local Marriage Licenses Listed In Fillmore Brazil Cloverdale
Nellie Heavin and Earl A. Nichols both of Fillmore wed in a marriage license filing. Bess Easter of Brazil and J P O Mullane of Cloverdale also appear among license records.
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Nellie “ Heavin
Earl A. Nichols
Fillmore
Bess Easter
Brazil
J. P. O’mullane
Cloverdale
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Harry Quigg
Basil Sanford
R. L. Ohair
Easter
O'Mullane
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