Mortgage Filed By Monon Mortgage In Boone County
A mortgage of 4,000,000 is recorded in Boone County to secure issuer of IV year five percent old bonds.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
1
A mortgage of 4,000,000 is recorded in Boone County to secure issuer of IV year five percent old bonds.
A large mortgage to be filed by the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad, known as the Monon, covers 512 miles across 25 Indiana counties from New Albany to Michigan City and Indianapolis to near the Illinois line. The $4,000,000 five year gold bond issue begins interest July 14 and requires filing in every county along the line. A similar lien will follow in other counties. Also, Ernest Kern of Brazil fined $5 and costs $20.50 for hunting without a license in Putnam County.
The case involving Robert Yopp charged with contributing to the delinquency of Mary Check was not held as the state’s witness ran away. The trial date was set for this morning but postponed due to the absence.
Officers have not determined the woman’s location. An effort will be made to find her so the case against Yopp can be prosecuted.
State Utilities Commission has notified attorneys for the city of Greencastle and the local utility company to appear before the commission next Monday to settle the water works dispute.
Greencastle baseball beats Cloverdale 7 to 6 after a late ninth inning rally at McKeen Field. A standout double play by Sillery and Toney highlighted the effort as Greencastle improves to 2-1 in the series and heads to Coatesville for Friday’s game with the town’s boys team.
Mary Cheek a 16 year old Clo verdale girl and key State witness in the Indiana case against Robert Yopp disappeared from the Grand Central Hotel Wednesday night. Yopp’s trial was postponed to Monday as officers search for the missing girl. Yopp remains jailed with bond set at 800 dollars while auxiliary affidavits accuse Ralph Boone Thomas Howard Robert Yopp and Edward Ash of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Mary Cheek, sought as a witness against Robert Yapp, was found after walking about two miles and boarding an interurban train ten miles east of Terre Haute. Officers plan to return her to Greencastle and place her with the juvenile officer until the Yopp case is resolved.
A girl who testified against Ash was lodged at the Grand Central Hotel until morning when she disappeared. Mrs. Newman, wife of the hotel manager, telephoned authorities that the girl disappeared after 10 o'clock Thursday night.
F M Lyon city attorney and Thad Peck, assisting, are ordered to appear before the State Utilities Commission in Indianapolis next Monday. The Green Castle Water Works seeks a rate increase while Ben S Corwin represents the company. The commission's stance remains unclear after weeks of hearings.
The city council is reported to have a special meeting in the office of Mayor Walter Cooper with councilmen alone aware of what occurred behind closed doors.
A private Thursday night meeting in Mayor Cooper's office aimed to settle the Greencastle sewer project boundaries. Officials expect a decision at Tuesday's regular session, with hints the line may extend south on College Avenue to the Phi Gam house. A separate accident at Stauntay road near Brazil left two injured as an interurban struck a touring car. the train halted after damage.
A clipped Indianapolis News piece lists labor unrest and job protests from 1908, noting marches in Detroit New York Philadelphia and Toledo plus public works loan debates. It frames the era as a period of unemployment under Republican leadership with Roosevelt days praised by some and critiqued by others. The notes also mention Prof. E R Watts visiting Dixon Illinois and J L Randel's Indianapolis business trip.
John Coleman learned Thursday afternoon that his son Ernest Coleman, recently enlisted, is seriously ill. A letter from an army hospital at Ft. McKinley Me. gave no diagnosis. He may be sent home soon after illness in Columbus Ohio forced him there for treatment. Russell Crouch left for Columbus Ohio to conduct business for several days.
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