Greencastle Chautauqua Week Opens With Roosevelt Era Style
Greencastle gears up for a full week of Chautauqua events starting Thursday with Junior Chautauqua sessions. The opening program features Theodore Knox Concert Party followed by Allen D Albert on town service. The Omar Wilson Singers, lectures by Denton Crowl and Louise McIntyre, and the Sign of the Cross play highlight a varied lineup pitched to local audiences.
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Theodore Knox
Chautauqua Pro
Frances Smith Knox
Helen Egger
Ruth Bingham
Knox
Knox Party
Allen D Albert
Albert
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Chautauqua
Omar Wilson
Marthalynn Trip Peer
Orm
Denton C. Crowle
Crowl
Toledo Blade
Detroit Journal
Newark
N. J- Star Eagle
Sam Jones
Louise L. McIntyre
Susan Brown
Swayzee
Indiana
Greencastle
I. &. W. Wassam
Wassam
Iowa State University
Clinton Falls M P Class Ice Cream Social Planned
The M P Class men will host an ice cream social on the lawn to raise funds for the church while ladies are asked to bring cakes. Numerous local residents and families are noted as visiting relatives or spending Sunday with neighbors in Clinton Falls.
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M. P
Donald Thomas
Harvey Thomas
John D- Newgent
Sarah
Chas
God_ dard
Delta Alexander
Eula Staggs
James Burk
Blanche Miller
Mary Henry
Georgie
Thelma _ Bettis
Joe Staggs
Richard Reid
Bellmore
Oscar Eubanks
Ellinor Davis
Rebecca Miller
Vivalia
Ora Thomas
Alice Thomas
Edith Frank
George Pierce
Vivian Blue
Putnam County Wool Growers Ship Crop Friday
Members of the Putnam County Wool Growers Association will load their wool in the Greencastle yards of the Vandalia Railroad Friday July 22. The wool will be shipped to the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers Association warehouse at West Columbus Ohio. Two car loads or 35000 pounds are expected to be shipped Friday. Local buyers offer sixteen cents a pound. The shipment may fetch foreign market prices closer to last year.
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Putnam County Wool Growers Association
Greencastle
Vandalia
Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers Association
West Columbus
Ohio
Putnam County
Local residents plan Glacier Park vacations
Dr and Mrs W W Tucker Dr and Mrs O F Overstreet and Mr and Mrs Frank Donner depart next Monday for Glacier Park for a month long vacation. Professor and Mrs R A Ogg leave today for Glacier Park Montana to spend part of a month there. They intend to visit Professor Oggs brother Albert Ogg of Winnett Montana.
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W. W. Tucker
O. F. Overstreet
Frank Donner
Glacier Park
R. A. Ogg
Montana
Professor Ogg
Albert Ogg
Winnett
Ulster Leader Craig Rules Out Ireland Peace Conference
Sir James Craig returns to Belfast and declares no conference with Premier Lloyd George, De Valera, and Ulster leaders. He says Sinn Feiners supported self determination by voting in the northern Parliament, and Northern Ireland will set its own terms while denying partition. De Valera insists unity is essential for peace talks.
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James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Ireland
London
Lloyd George
DeValera
Sinn
James
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Sir James
Great Britain
Southern Ireland
Reverend E L Day to Preach at Christian Church
Rev E L Day of Indianapolis will preach at Christian church Sunday assisting Levi Marshall, pastor. Day is a leading state minister and a Putnamville native, with many friends eager to hear him.
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E. L. Day OF
Indianapolis
Christian Church
E. L. Day
Levi Marshall
Day
Putnam County
Putnamville
Real Estate Transfers In Greencastle and Floyd Township
Fannie Ledbetter transfers a lot in Greencastle to Lenore Als paugh for 1000 dollars. Charles M. Moffett conveys land in Floyd township to Elmer Mc Kamey for 1500 dollars. Lester C. Pritchett sells a Greencastle lot to Charles Ash worth for 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Ledbetter
Lenore Alspaugh
Grencastle
Charles M. Moffett
Elmer McKamey
Floyd Township
Lester C. Pritchett
Charles Ashworth
Greencastle
Hog Receipts Hold Steady at Indianapolis Market
Local livestock market opened with hog receipts about 8000 head and general prices from 10.75 to 11. Hogs sold around 1000 head 15 cents below opening. Pigs at 10.75 and rarely above 1.50. Sows at 8.50, some top types 9. Packers bought 5000, outsiders 2000. Cattle strong to higher, yearlings at 9.25. Calves steady at 11 down. Lambs 9 down, sheep 3 down.
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Indianapolis
Tucker to speak at Rotary meet on newspaper life
Glenn J. Tucker son of Mr and Mrs W W Tucker will address the Rotary Club at its regular Wednesday noon meeting in the Christian church. He will discuss his newspaper experiences as Washington correspondent for the New York World.
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Glenn J. Tucker
W. W. Tucker
Rotary Club
Christian Church
Mr. Tucker
Washington
The
New York World
Rain Brings Brief Cool Spell to Greencastle
Rain fell in Greencastle last night totaling .22 of an inch per J P Allen Jr. The shower began around o'clock and lasted past 9. It offered a brief relief from extreme heat that peaked at 102 in Indiana, with Greencastle reaching 100 the prior day. Temperatures were expected to stay below 100 for a while as a breeze persisted.
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Greencastle
J. P. Allen, Jr
Indiana
Marriage Licenses for Daisy McCullough Oscar Norman and Others
Daisy McCullough of Quincy wed Oscar Norman of Fillmore. Rena Elizabeth Moore of Greencastle married Harvey E. Strain of Greencastle. Nona Mildred McAninch of Coveland and Ruben Webster Orr of Putnamville obtained licenses.
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Daisy McCullough
Quincy
Oscar Norman
Fillmore
Rena Elizabeth Moore
Greencastle
Harvey E. Strain
Nona Mildred McAninch
Cloverdale
Ruben Webster Orr
Putnamville
George Leach Elected President of Rainbow Division
George E. Leach of Minneapolis was elected president of the Rainbow Division Veterans Association. Matthew A. Tinley of Council Bluffs was honorary president, with J. B. Mulford of Washington D C as first vice president and Col J M Johnson of Marion S C as second vice president. E O Stroube of Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind named third vice president and J J Haliday of Detroit as chaplain. W B Wolfe of Chicago is the historian. Stroube is the son of Earl and Mrs Stroube of Indianapolis and Estel Stroube is a Greencastle high school graduate.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George E. Leach
Minneapolis
Rainbow Division Veterans Association
Matthew A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
Iowa
J. B. Mulford
Washington D.C
J. M. Johnson
Marion
8. C
E. O Stroube
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
J. J. Haliday
Detroit
W. B. Wolfe
Chicago
Women’s Union of the Christian Church to Meet
The Women’s Union of the Christian Church will meet at 2 30 o clock Thursday afternoon in the church.
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Women’s Union of the Christian Church
Four Charged With Disturbing Religious Meeting
Tom Nelson paid a $37 fine in City Court after pleading guilty to disturbing a religious meeting and assaulting a girl in Putnamville. Three others Paul Mahoney Fisher Austin and Charles Steegmiller faced identical charges. their case was postponed to Thursday. Total fines so far amount to $26. Rev Raymond Connely, pastor of the Putnamville Methodist church, filed the charges.
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Tom Nelson
E. Rupert Bartley
Putnamvil's
Raymond Connelly
Methodist
Putnamvillé
Paul Mahoney
Fisher Austin
Charles Steegmiller
Raymond Connely
Putnamville
Pop Bottles Crash After Gardner Truck Fails Turn
A Gardner Brothers truck overturned on Water Works Road near the Water Works bridge Monday afternoon avoiding a collision with a Ford touring car driven by Edwin Crawley. The crash shattered over a hundred pop bottles. no injuries reported. Parke County. Harry Foster drove the Gardner truck north toward Milligan. Crawley was en route to Greencastle.
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Water Works Road
Gardner Brothers
Ce Company
Harry Foster
Water Works Bridge
Foster
Edwin Crawley
Greencastle
Gardner
Milligan
Parke County
Crawley
Ice Price Holds At Sixty Cents In Greencastle
Gardner Brothers Ice Company confirms the regulation price of ice remains sixty cents per hundred pounds in Greencastle despite rumors. A Terre Haute ice shipment sold at eighty cents per hundred pounds, but all ice has been sold and officials expect no near term price change.
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Greencastle
Gardner Brothers’ Ice Company
Terre Haute
Children Cared For Saturdays by County Nurse in Court House
Miss Ella Wright the county Red Cross Nurse will care for children whose mothers leave them with her on Saturdays after noon throughout the summer. She will give a talk on Home Sterilization to mothers next Saturday afternoon.
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Court House
Ella Wright
Relief supplies drive at city library
The Near East Relief committee and Red Cross destitute committee collect donations at the city library from July 20 to 26. The drive aims to aid Central Europe relief efforts with shared support.
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City Library
Committee For Near East Relief
The
Red Cross Committee For the Destitute of
Central Europe
Evans Party Visits Indianapolis for Hospital Update
Mrs. E B Evans with Miss Myra Goulding Miss Lizzie Goulding and Mrs. William Welch traveled to Indianapolis Monday in the Evans car to visit Tom Welch at the Methodist Hospital where he is recovering from a recent operation and is reported to be doing splendidly.
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E B, Evans
Myra
Lizzie Goulding
William Welch
Indianapolis
Evans
Tom Welch
Methodist Hospital
Welch
Putnam County Tax Assessments To Be Decided In Indianapolis
Putnam County residents urged to travel to Indianapolis next Saturday as the State Board of Tax Commissioners will hear from county representatives defending assessments returned by township trustees and the County Board of Review. Officials predict a general raise, with substantial increases in horse and cattle values, and per cent declines in total county assessments, while many stock feeders hold fewer registered animals.
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County Board OF Review
State Board OF Tak Commissioners
Township
Putnam County
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Paul F. Priest
Priest
All Day Air Attack Sinks German Cruiser Frankfurt
On board destroyer Leary en route to Norfolk, Virginia, the ex German light cruiser Frankfurt was destroyed sixty miles east of Virginia Capes after an all day bombing attack by navy and army planes. A 600 pound bomb dropped at 4 22 by an army Martin plane failed to hit but exploded near the bow, and after eleven direct hits including five duds the cruiser went down as preparations for a gun attack by five destroyers were set.
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Leary
Norfolk
Frankfurt
Virginia Capes
Navy
Army
Langley Field
Virginia
Keystone Bible Class Picnic Wednesday Evening
The Keystone Bible Class of Locust Street Church will hold a picnic at the home of Mrs. Fred Thomas on East Hanna Street Wednesday evening. Supper will be served promptly at 6 30 o'clock.
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Keystone Bible Class
Locust Street
Fred Thomas
East Hanna Street
Church Prayer and Teacher Meetings Scheduled
Chautauqua begins Thursday and College Avenue Church holds a Wednesday program. The teachers meet at 6 30 and the prayer meeting at 7 30 in the evening.
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College Avenue Church
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Theodore Knox Concert Company
Vine and Poplar Streets
Southard Joslin Lot
Michigan
Kiwanis and
Rotary Ticket
Charles McGaughey
Joint Committee
Clinton Falls
Putnam County Wool Growers
Greencastle American Legion
Bainbridge
Legion Hall
Harold L. Tucker
W. D. James
North Jackson Street
Jesse W. Weik
Bermuda
Mary Weik
Islands
Miss Weik
New York
Vincennes
Allen
Reelsville
Filmore
Harrison Man
Rainbow
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