SAY! A Texas trip ends with jokes and misadventures
Houston diary recounts a Missouri Pacific train journey from Brownsville to Houston. Charles J. Arnold describes a jovial delegation, a near suffocation incident with Ott Webb in a linen closet, souvenirs from trip to Mexico, and plans to visit again. He notes Green castle civic issues, mutiny over clippings, and a Fourth of July lack of fireworks.
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Houston
Texas
Valley of the Rio Grande
Brownsville
Missouri Pacific
Judge Hughes
Curtis Hughes
Harry Moore
Bill Kocher
Ott Webb
Robt
Moody
Greencastle
Mr. Webb
Ott
Charles J. Arnold
Robi. Moody
William Kocher
Partly cloudy forecast with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with likely scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures not as warm on Wednesday in the northern area.
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North Portion
Rector Monument Completed Tuesday
The monument for Edward Rector, benefactor of DePauw University and founder of the Rector Scholar ship Foundation, was completed Tuesday in Forest Hill cemetery. It stands beside Bishop Bowman’s memorial in the southeast section, on land owned jointly by Bishop George R. Grose Roy O. West Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and Dr H B Longden. The monument is crafted from Vermont granite.
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Forest Hill
Edward Rector
DePauw University
Rector Scholarship Foundation
Bishop Bowman
George R. Grose
Roy O. West
Edwin Holt Hughes
H. B. Longden
Vermont
Mrs Laura Daggy Dies Suddenly at 63 in Manhattan
Laura Daggy wife of Frank Daggy of Manhattan died suddenly at home Monday at 9 40 pm after months of heart trouble and a stroke. She aged 63 a longtime resident, survived by husband two sons Bence and Glen, four brothers, three sisters, and several in Putnam County. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at the home with Rev B H Bruner. burial Boone cemetery near Hamrick.
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Laura Daggy
Frank Daggy
Manhattan
Daggy
Philip
Louisa Hutcheson
Bence Daggy
Glen
Daniel A
Philip B
W. R. Hutcheson
Charles E
Luther Easter
Fred Stoner
Izora Hutcheson
Putnam County
Christian Church
Country Reading Club
Rence Daggy
Trembly & Williams
Rush Work On Second Ward School Nearing Finish
Walter Heath, contractor, rushes construction on the Second Ward School and aims to complete before September 10. Side walls and window frames are done and the roof is to be placed by Saturday. if unfinished, students will be housed in the Third Ward building and in partitioned rooms of the high school gymnasium.
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Walter Heath
Second Ward
Third Ward
Mrs Whitted Buried Tuesday in Rockville
Funeral services for Mrs Lee Whitted age about 36 of Rockville were held Tuesday at Union Chapel Church near Morton after she died Sunday night in a Terre Haute hospital from peritonitis following an operation. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs James Terry of Roachdale and wife of Lee Whitted of Morton. A small daughter survives along with two sisters Mrs T L Terry Putnam County and Mrs Cleve Rogers Indianapolis and a brother Virgil Terry Winchester.
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Lee Whitted
Rockville
Terre Haute
Union Chapel
Morton
No Money No Concert Edict Endangers Greencastle Band
Greencastle’s thirty member band warns Thursday concert may be the last this summer without more local funding. Officials report only 38 dollars collected this week toward at least 60 dollars needed to cover stipends rent and music for six remaining concerts. They urge Chamber of Commerce and local merchants to increase aid to sustain the program.
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Greencastle
Chamber of Commerce
Ladoga
DePauw Grad Missionary Returns to U S
Noblesville Indiana July 9 Misa Marie Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Adams has been in Missionary work in China for six years She sailed from Japan July 3 and will arrive in Indiana about July 20 She is a DePauw University graduate and will study at a Boston school next year The furlough lasts one year She first went to China in 1915 for five years returning in 1922
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Noblesville
Ind
Misa Marie Adams
Henry Adams
China
Japan
Indiana
DePauw University
Boston
Mass
County Schools Share Semiannual Tax Distribution
On a per capita basis of about $2.11 Greencastle and Putnam County will receive $10,584.70 as of June 30 from the semi annual tax distribution. Apportionment figures released by Roy P. Wisehart list Clay County $17,164.66 Parke County $9,779.94 Owen $6,732.44 and Montgomery $14,470.85.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Roy P. Wisehart
Clay County
Parke County
Owen
Montgomery
South End routs North End in Twilight League game
The South End baseball team walloped the North End nine 12 to 1 on McKeen Field Monday afternoon. North End was completely outclassed by the hard hitting South End lineup.
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South End
North End
McKeen Field
Road Bond Issue Approved for Oscar Obenchain Road
Indiana news brief says tentative approval was given for a 51000 bond issue to pave the Oscar Obenchain road in Greencastle township Putnam County. The state tax board instructed county officials to advertise for bids after a hearing by Philip Zoercher.
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State Tax Board
Putnam County
Obenchain Road
Indianapolis
Oscar Obenchain
Greencastle Township
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Court House
Philip Zoercher
West Walnut Street
Big Walnut Creek
Big Four
Zoercher
Young People Picnic Set by County Religious Council
The County Young People's Council of Religious Education schedules its annual picnic at Allendale on Wednesday at 3 PM. Prof. W. A. Huggard will speak at vesper service and Paul Reid will direct the games.
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County Young People's Council of Religious Education
Allendale
W. A. Huggard
Paul Reid
Greencastle Stores Close Wednesday Afternoon
Virtually all Greencastle stores will shut for a half holiday on Wednesday afternoon in July and August. The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and the Greencastle Credit Association sponsor the observance indicating a cooperative local business effort.
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Greencastle
Greencastle Chamber of Commerce
Greencastle Credit Association
Lieutenant Michl Assigned to Camp Knox Duty
Joseph P. Michl of Greencastle is on duty with Troop A of the Citizens Military Training Camp. His CMTC service ends July 30 and he serves as a second Lieutenant in the Cavalry Reserve Corps.
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Joseph P. Michl
Jackson Street
Greencastle
Cavalry Reserve Corps
Citizens Military Training Camp
20 Years Ago in Greencastle Fourth of July Toll
The 4th of July in Greencastle claimed 71 lives and left 2 624 injured in accidents marking the highest death toll since 1899. Mrs. Leslie Hamaker visited Reelsville friends. Mr. and Mrs. M W Anderson of Chicago stayed with the Ewings. John Henry and family left Cloverdale for Asheville NC.
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John Henry
Cloverdale
Asheville, North Carolina
Fortune of Loewenstein Exaggerated Wealth Scrutiny Deepens
Brussels reports say the Loewenstein fortune may be far from the fame attached to the Belgian financier. Details suggest wealth was inflated during his US visit, with diversions in recent months reducing holdings and prompting questions about control of holding companies and large loans abroad. Funeral services in Brussels are planned tomorrow as investigations continue.
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Brussels
INS
Alfred Loewenstein
Loewenstein
United States
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
London
English Channel
Croydon
Dunkirk
France
Braydunes
Hugo Stinnes
England
Belgium
Illinois Sheriff Delivers on Thrift Name in Abandonment Case
Sheriff C. A. Thrift of Decatur Illinois wired Detroit police to hold John McDonald 35 for abandonment charges. He arrived today explaining an excursion fare from Decatur to Detroit let him pursue the prisoner, a trip timed to Monday.
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Detroit
Mich
C. A. Thrift
Decatur
Ill
John McDonald
Local Girl Wise Teaches at DePauw
Appointment of Carl E. Bowman Otterbein College as associate professor of education and psychology and Miss Mary Glenn Hamilton DePauw graduate who has taught English at Marion high school as English instructor at DePauw announced by acting president Dr. H B Longden. Two more appointments to be made before opening. September 12 Spanish and chemistry teachers to be chosen. Miss Hamilton is daughter of Mr and Mrs F S Hamilton of this city. She has also taught at Bainbridge.
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Carl E. Bowman
Otterbein College
Westerville
Mary Glenn Hamilton
DePauw
Marion High School
DePauw University
H. B. Longden
Miss Hamilton
F. S. Hamilton
Bainbridge
DePauw Grad Opinion Emerges in Paris Divorce Case
Paris dispatch reports Justice Barthou approves disciplinary action against Paris lawyers and officials tied to the American divorce mill. Judge Greneet faces the magistrates for neglect of duty. clerk Chibot charged with accepting tips to speed cases. Col Leslie Roy Naftzger, a DePauw 1903 grad, comments that decrees remain valid unless reopened.
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Leslie Roy Naftiger
Paris
Louis Barthou
Greneet
M. Chibot
Mill
Col
Leslie R. Naftiger
Dudley Field Marine
Leslie Roy Naftzger
DePauw
Bunker Hill
Indiana
Mise Julia Parr
Kokomo
Sufferings of Italia Survivors Revealed on Ice Floe
Swedish aviator Lundborg describes the dire condition of Nobile and Italia survivors stranded north of Spitzbergen. They faced filth, half rations, fevers, and despair while awaiting rescue, with Nobile carried from the tent to the rescue plane amid hopes of relief.
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London
INS
Italia
Spitzbergen
Lundborg
General Nobile
Exchange Telegraph Company
Murchison Bay
Nobile
Lieut. Viglieri
Schyberg
Maddalena
Bear
Viglieri
Ceccioni
Fokker
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Mexico
Bud” Mills
Mills
Bud
Hughes
Rev
B.H. Bruner
Boone Cemetery
Hamrick
Rush
Greencastle Musical Organization
Musicians Theater
Depauw Grad
U.S
Marie Adams
South End Wallops
Lieut
Michl
Camp Knox
Leslie Hamaker
Reelsville
Mrs. M. W. Anderson
Chicago
Mrs. Ewing McLean
Illinois
Thrift
University
Arctic
North East Land
Virgo Bay
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