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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
1
Governor Ralston selects four men to supervise the establishment of the state penal farm near Putnamville. J L Randel serves as trustee of the penitentiary farm. The appointed trustees will oversee operations and development.
A non partisan board with James L. Randel Wil liam C Ball George J Seidel and G A H Shideler will oversee Indiana's new state penal farm at Putnam County Governor Ralston announced the appointments all four men cover parties and will serve varying initial terms with future four year terms. The panel includes bankers publishers and business leaders from Greencastle Terre Haute Richmond and Marion and the group will operate without compensation under a 20000 appropriation for buildings and salaries.
The Locust Street Church Young Women’s Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs Hargrave’s home on South Indiana Street Tuesday at 6 30 pm with about thirty attendees including Rev and Mrs Beck A brief program featured a letter from Miss Mary Roger a West China missionary and Miss Kaufman read it A picnic supper followed Miss Godwin to host August meeting urged young women to join and serve Wilbur Fiske of Pasadena and Mrs John Cross of Brazil will visit on North Jackson Street Thursday Fiske is a university graduate and librarian at the Pasadena Public Library
Residents accuse the special sewer committee of pushback against proposed works and urge the council to receive petitions for changes to the sewer project. The motion calls for revisiting the plan details and ensures community input drives any revisions.
Residents south of Hanna street oppose extending the sewer system and circulate petitions asking the council to modify plans. Parke street property owners largely sign a petition. A sewer committee member predicts major changes with a proposed 40 000 system vs the 79 905 plan. A special council meeting tomorrow will decide the territorial scope and initiate the preliminary resolution.
Mrs. EF. B. Evans hosted about sixty five friends at her West Walnut street home Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. C. V. Newman of Toledo Ohio a former occupant of the city who is visiting for a few days Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served Out of town guests included Mrs. Orion Beckwith Chicago Mrs Flora Sayers Waynetown Pa and Mrs Forsythe Kentucky
Elizabeth Ensign, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Ensign, on West Liberty Street, cut her arm badly late Tuesday afternoon when she pushed on a locked door. The glass shattered, two long gashes required five stitches. She was treated by Dr W W Tucker. Conditions report improving and rain threatened today.
The executive committee led by Charles W. Fairbanks inspects the college buildings for future upgrades. A sub-committee including Jamie Ogden and Prof. H B Longden will decide on improvements such as a new auditorium on the second floor, a gymnasium on the first, a spectator balcony, and a larger heating plant with a new boiler. Local residents Charley Bruner and Luther Easter own new Ford cars from Dr. Jerome King.
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