Indiana game wardens arrest 162 for fish and game law violations
Indianapolis July 16 special report says June arrests by state conservation department game wardens totaled 162 with 156 convictions. Three cases await trial and three were dismissed. Fines and costs reached 3122.05 dollars. Convictions nine months fiscal year show 1140 with 1224 arrests, up from the year prior.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Conservation Department
George N. Mannfeld
Fish and Game Division
Waren
Mannfeld
Avon McDonald Injured When Bicycle Is Struck by Auto
Avon McDonald age 9 son of Mr and Mrs William McDonald was injured around 3 pm Saturday when his bicycle was struck by an automobile in front of the Greencastle Battery Company on Franklin Street. His cousin Archie Swearington of Terre Haute was riding with him.
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Avon McDonald
William McDonald
Avon
Archie Swearington
Terre Haute
Greencastle Battery Company
Franklin Street
Barber Frank Butts Moves to Terre Haute
Reelsville barber Frank Butts has relocated to Terre Haute and settled at 2129 Cleveland Avenue. He begins practice in his new city.
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Terre Haute
Frank Butts
Reelsville
Cleveland Ave
That City
Marriage Licenses for Miss Effie Webster and Keith Lassle
Miss Effie Webster and Keith Lassle of this city obtained marriage licenses, formalizing their forthcoming wedding. The records list both individuals as parties to the license.
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Effie Webster
Keith Lasley
Fire Bug Insanity Sought Inquest for McPherson
Donald McPherson jailed last week after confessing setting fires to Miss Grady s home on five occasions is described as insane by Bernard Craig Brazil attorney acting for Mrs James Lubyer of Brazil mother of the fire bug. Craig says McPherson s mental history and brain disease suggest he is not mentally right and fears prison release could trigger new fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McPherson
Mr. Craig
Hospital option for mentally ill man debated
The passage discusses sending him to the hospital for the insane as a means to restore his mental health or keep him confined where he would not threaten the community.
Over 400 Entered in Ton Litter Club in Lafayette
Lafayette Indiana July 16 More than 400 litters were nominated by Hoosier Ton Litter Club members to compete for medals from the Indiana Live stock Breeders Association State leader J R Wiley says Henry county leads with fifteen men nominating eight or more litters Newton county follows with eleven nominating eight or more The club reports total 2684 litters from 854 members up 500 over last year Otto Holle Adams county headed statewide with thirteen litters producing 117 pigs H B Wason Lake county posted 44 sows the most in a row Tom Chambers Rush county averaged seven pigs per litter with 34 litters and seven largest litters totaling 72 pigs in seven litters aim for ten litters in six months.
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Lafayette
Ind
Hoosier Ton Litter Club
Indiana Livestock Breeders Association
J. R. Wiley
Henry County
Newton County
Adam
Jackson
Noble
Posey
Rush
Sullivan
Union
Wells
Otto Holle
Adams County
H. B. Wason
Purdue
Lake County
Tom Chambers
Rush County
Mr. Chambers
Wheat threshing under way in Putnam County yields reach 30 bushels
Wheat threshing is underway in Putnam County with yields reported from 10 to 30 bushels per acre. Charley Holland near Brick Chapel topples the best at 30 bushels of high grade wheat. Buyers pay 90 cents per bushel for high grade new wheat though prices may drop. many farmers plan to mill or feed their grain as production costs run 1.40 to 1.60 per bushel.
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Putnam County
Charley Holland
Brick Chapel
Rural Carrier Examination Announced for Reelsville Indiana
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination to be held in Greencastle Indiana on August 11 1923 to fill the rural carrier post at Reelsville and potential future vacancies on rural routes from that office. The salary for a standard 24 mile wagon route is 1800 dollars yearly with an extra thirty dollars per mile per annum for each mile beyond 24.
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United State Civil Service Commission
Greencastle
Ind
Reelsville
Farmer Boy May Lose Right Foot After Earth Poison
Marion Lechman 12, son of Albert and Mrs Lechman of eight miles east of Greencastle, jabbed a pitchfork into his foot causing earth poison. Doctors in Indianapolis hospital considered amputation but hope to save the foot by splitting it to drain the poison. If saved the foot will be permanently small and unlikely to develop.
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Marion Lechman
Albert Lechman
Greencastle
Indianpolis
Stockholders Seek Receiver for Dollings Co in Ohio Case
Thirteen stockholders petitioned in Columbus Common Pleas for a receiver for the R L Dollings companies of Ohio Indiana and the International Note and Mortgage Company a Dollings subsidiary Their action seeks a full books and assets audit to determine solvency declare stock subscriptions void and make paid amounts a debt of the defendants corporations and subsidiaries
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Columbus
R. L. Dollings Companies
Ohio
Indiana
International Note and Mortgage Company
Dollings
United States
Dollings Companies
Thirten
Common Pleas Court
Plaintiffs seek judgment and injunction against Ohio company officers
Plaintiffs request a judgment for a specified amount and that the remainder be divided among stockholders. They also seek an injunction against William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison and all officers from disposing of company assets. The petition accuses dividends of being arbitrarily paid from capital, not profits, and reports large deficits in subsidiary operations. A hearing is set for next Friday.
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William G. Benham
Ohio Company
Dwight Harrison
Shower for Miss McWethy Ahead of July Wedding
Mrs. John Allee and Mrs. Russell Brown hosted a shower at East Seminary Street for Miss Jeanette McWethy, fiancé of Mark Bills. Guests numbered about thirty, including Mrs. Rex Rafferty of Muncie and Mrs. Will Sitlington of Little Rock, with yellow and white decorations and gifts tied with satin ribbons.
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John Allee
Russell Brown
Miss McWethy
Rex Rafferty
Muncie
Will Sitlington
Little Rock
Ark
Trustees labor to save Valparaiso University
Valparaiso Indiana trustees report the university will continue after considering three plans to preserve the institution. The school faces financial trouble with a looming August 15 closure, after J F Wild Company ended its lease and Cook Laboratories of Chicago leased the grounds and buildings. One proposal is a Cook sub-lease back to the university.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso University
J. F. Wild Company of
Indianapolis
Cook Laboratories of
Chicago
Cook Laboratories
Brown Family Ties to School Ownership Linked to Cook Company
Through H. K. Brown, a member of the Brown family formerly owning the school, the passage notes Mr. Brown's connection to the Cook company. The wording indicates business ties shaping ownership history and corporate association.
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H. K. Brown
Brown
Mr. Brown
The
Cook Company
Real Estate Transfers Around Greencastle Cloverdale and Waren
Alva Boore and others transfer three lots in Greencastle to Hazel Wilson and others for 1100 dollars. Susanna Bicknell transfers land in Cloverdale township to George C Harrison for 1 dollar. Harold Knoll transfers land in Waren township to Ralph E Knoll for 1550 dollars. Charles C Sinclair transfers land in Greencastle township to Elizabeth Sinclair for 1 dollar.
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Alva Boore
Hazel Wilson
Greencastle
Susanna Bicknell
George C. Harrison
Cloverdale
Harold Knoll
Ralph E. Knoll
Waren
Charles C. Sinclair
Elizabeth Sinclair
Republican Love Feast Invites Putnam County Republicans
A large Putnam county Republican gathering is set for July 19 at the Severin Hotel in Indianapolis. The event welcomes Clyde A. Wald as new state chairman and will be attended by figures such as Warren T. McCray Harry S. New Senator Watson Albert J. Beveridge James Goodrich Col. Durbin Edward Wasmuth Lawrence Lyons and Will Hays. The meeting starts at 10 30 a m and aims to mobilize support for the upcoming campaign amid a wary field of candidates.
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Putnam County
Severin Hotel
Indianapolis
Republican Central Committee
Warren T. McCray
Harry S. New
Senator Watson
Albert J. Beveridge
James Goodrich
Col. Durbin
Edward Wasmuth
Lawrence Lyons
Will Hays
Clyde A. Wald
Jane Farmer Calls for Young People’s Organization
Miss Jane Farmer of Greencastle urged organizational work for Montgomery youth at a Union Township Sunday school picnic at Millignan Park. About 100 attended with Garfield Christian Sunday School winning the attendance banner and Vivian Harris and Lorens Harris providing music. Farmer, a member of the State Young People’s Committee of Religious Education, heads Putnam county’s youth organization efforts.
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Organization of Young Peoples Society
Jane Farmer
Greencastle
Union Township
Millignan Park
Garfield Christian Sunday School
Inic
Sunday School Council
Vivian
Lorens Harris
Miss Farmer
Montgomery
State Young People’s Committee of Religious Education
Putnam County
Lumberyard Worker Severely Injured by Rip Saw
Harvey Inman aged 51, longtime Allan Lloyd Lumber employee, was badly injured Monday afternoon when his arm contacted a rip saw. A guard saved the arm but the forearm bone and major tendons were severed. Doctors W W Tucker and C C Tucker treat him in Greencastle after arriving from Carlyle. The arm likely saved but hand badly crippled by tendon damage.
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Harvey Inman
Allan-Lloyd Lumber Co
Inman
W. W. Tucker
C. C. Tucker
Mr. Inman
Greencastle
Carlyle
Indiana University summer session enrolls 225 graduates
Bloomington July 14. Graduates from twenty different universities attend IU summer sessions. Professor E R Gumings, acting head of the graduate school, reports total enrollment at 225 with the largest attendance yet.
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Bloomington
Indiana University
E. R. Gumings
DePauw Leads With Ten Graduates In Education Dept
Twenty-five students chose to work in the education department. DePauw University tops with ten graduates enrolled, among twenty institutions represented.
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Department of Education
DePauw
Brackney Family Reunion At Forest Park Brazil
The Brackney family held its annual reunion at Forest Park in Brazil on Sunday July 15 with about one hundred attendees. Saul Marshall of Greencastle was the oldest present. Next year the gathering will be on the third Sunday of July at the same location. Attendees included numerous Brackneys Shipleys Marshalls and other relatives from Paris Greencastle Bainbridge Oliver Denison Terre Haute and Brazil among others.
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Brackney
Forest Park
Brazil
Saul Marshall
Greencastle
Marshall Brackney
Redman
Ill
Amos Shipley
Cora Guyman
C. L. Shipley
Harry Adams
Paris
Thomas F. Holland
Charles Holland
Kenneth Harris
J. E. Brackney
Frank Brackney
Madonna Fuqua
Charles Marshall
Henry Marshall
Jeanette
Berneice Moore
Bainbridge
Earl Edwards
Oliver, Ill
Marriage License for Nancy Hinkle and Henry Delong
Miss Nancy Hinkle of Greencastle and Henry Delong of Putnamville obtained a marriage license.
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Nancy Hinkle
Greencastle
Henry Delong
Putnamville
Putnam County Hospital to Open for Public Inspection
The Putnam county hospital under construction will be opened for public inspection on Sunday July 22 if trustees plans are carried out. The facility has been closed for finishing touches and preparations are nearly complete with a full opening expected within a week.
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Putnam County Hospital
New Filling Station Opens Saturday at Columbia and Jackson
H R Nicholas owner of Green castle Transfer Co opens a modern red brick filling and service station on the old Bicknell property at Columbia and Jackson. The station features wide entrances, modern pumps, free air hoses and clean toilets. On opening day every five gallon gasoline purchase earns a ticket for a quart of oil. A modern garage is planned for rear construction later this fall.
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H. R. Nicholas
Greencastle Transfer Co
Bicknell
Columbia
Jackson Street
Nicholas
North Salem Bank closes doors Monday in Indiana
The North Salem Bank closed its doors Monday after irregularities surfaced over the past six months. Carl White, chief bank examiner, took charge while a new bank named North Salem State Bank opened in town with $30,000 capital and a stockholder list of thirty to forty freeholders.
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Indianapolis
North Salem Bank
Thomas W. Barr
Barr
Carl White
North Salem
North Salem State Bank
A F. Singleton
Live Stock Exchange Bank
State Charter Board
George B. Davis
Davis
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S. C. Prevo & Sons
McDonald Boy
McDonald
W. M. McGaughey
Indiana Loan Co
Donner Block
Lad
TON Litter Club
Reelsville Rural Carrier Examination
Dollings CO
Miss M
Crawfordsville Review
I. U
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