Grencastle Veterans Lead Big Pennsylvania Railroad Picnic
Eight thousand veterans from eight divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad gather at the Indiana State Fairgrounds next Saturday for a five hour outing. The event features track contests, glee club performances, speeches by Mayor Shank and railroad officials, and a chance for old-timers to swap stories.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Ror
State Fair Ground
State Fairgrounds
Pennsylvania Railroad Veterans Employes’ Association
Southwest Division
Vandalia Railroad
Greencastle
Indiana
Frank Anderson
J. S. Dowling
O. D. Swaim
W. A. Vaughan
J. J. Harrold
Pennsylvania
Pennsy
Pennsylvania Railroad Glee Club
Forty
Keystones
Shank
Ww. C. Downing
Dowling
Columbus
Cincinnati
Richmond
Zanesvile
St. Louis
Louisvile
South Bend
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Ten W A W girls to break camp at Owen Park
Ten high school girls from the W A W group with chaperone Miss Hazel Alverson of DePauw have camped two weeks at Owen Park and will break camp Sunday. The party includes Madonna Thomas Annice Moore Eunice Misner Eleanor Cammack Zelma Robards Anna Louise Wright Margaret McLean Esther Boyle Freyds Cox and Imogene Mullins.
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Hazel Alverson
DePauw
Owen Park
Madonna Thomas
Annice Moore
Eunice Misner
Eleanor Cammack
Zelma Robards
Anna Louise Wright
Margaret McLean
Esther Boyle
Freyds Cox
Imogene Mullins
Putnam County Hospital Nears Patented Opening Date
Trustees expect Putnam County Hospital to be completed and ready for a formal opening on Sunday July 29 after missing July 22 as a launch date. The institution is described as modern and highly regarded by surgeons and other medical staff who have toured it.
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Putnam County Institution
Putnam County Hospital
Recital and Festival at Union Chapel Church
Mrs. Carrie C. Lloyd presents a pupil recital at Union Chapel Church with readings by Mrs. Zora F. Tolley of Washington, D. C. on Saturday July 21 at eight o clock. The program lists piano solos and dances by Estelle Frank Berneice Magill Marie Perkins Mae Elizabeth Terry and others with a silver offering and refreshments served on the church lawn.
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Carrie C. Lloyd
Union Chapel
Zora F. Tolley
Washington, D. C
la Grace
Ccccseeerrevee
Estelle Frank
Berneice Magill
Marie Perkins
Mae Elizabeth Terry
Thaewes
Rycoff
Lowell Dorothy Perkins
Frank Mae Elizabeth Terry
Riley
Kern Estelle Frank
Zephis
Gurlitt
Dorothy Perkins
Fisher Mildred Firestone
Opal
Frank
Bertrand
Kern Marie Perkins
Bilbro
Mildred Firestone
Opal Frank
Albin Berneice Magill
Franke
Hungary
Bernice Magill
Repairs On 11800 Wrecked Auto Near City Limits
The 11800 Rolls Royce Touring car driven by J E Bowlby from Chicago plowed through a stone wall at the John McFarlane farm near the Big Four arch on Crawfordsville road. A Franklin Street garage repaired it with a projected cost under 500 dollars and a Chicago factory mechanic arrived to oversee the overhaul before returning to Chicago.
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John M'Farlane
J. E. Bowlby
Chicago
John McFarlane
Big Four Arch
Crawfordsville Road
Franklin Street
Hog and cattle prices slide at Indianapolis stock market
Indianapolis stockyard receipts show hogs 9500 layovers 8400 cattle 600 calves 500 and sheep 400. Hogs fall 15 to 25 cents with bids for light stock 7.25 to 7.75 and heavier stock near 7.00. Pigs and sows down about 25 cents. Calves up 50 cents to 12.00. lambs 50 cents to 1.00 lower. top roughly 13.00.
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Indianapolis
Local Produce Quotations In Poultry Butter Prices
Local market notes quote prices for heavy hens springers roosters and cream butter. The listing includes assorted poultry and dairy items with per unit or per pound rates from regional suppliers.
Chenoweths to Tour Eight Weeks Through West
Mr and Mrs A R Chenoweth and their son and daughter along with Eugene and Agnes Greencastle Ott Sherrill and Geraldine Sherrill and Truman McCammack Cloverdale plan an eight week eight thousand mile trip starting Monday. They will drive to Chicago to join the Yellowstone Trail to Yellowstone Park visit Salt Lake City Seattle Los Angeles and return home by the southern route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Chenoweth
Eugene
Agnes
Greencastle
Ott Sherrill
Geraldine
Truman McCammack
Cloverdale
Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Park
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Los Angeles
Farmer Hurdles Train After Hayload Crash in Coatesville
Cleve Meredith a 40 year old farmer from Hall ten miles south of Coatesville was critically injured when his wagon load of hay was struck by a fast Pennsylvania passenger train at 5 PM. He was hurled from the wagon, the wreckage hit the post office building, and Meredith was taken to Indianapolis hospital with internal injuries.
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Coatesville
Ind
Cleve Meredith
Hall
Here
Pennsylvania
Meredith
Post Office
Leigh Eastham
Indianapolis
Mrs Thompson Improves After Minor Operation
The condition of Mrs. William Thompson of this city who underwent a minor operation Saturday at the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis is steadily improving and she will be able to return to this city soon. Mr Thompson visited her in Indianapolis Wednesday and was joined by H. C. Werneke Julia Werneke Helen Werneke and Charles Werneke in Indianapolis Thursday.
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William Thompson
Methodist Hospital
Indianpolis
Thompson
Indianapolis
Airplane speeds over Bainbridge in cross country flight
Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan crossed Bainbridge at about 8 40 a m CST on his second attempt to reach the Pacific coast before night in a Curtis airplane. He started from Dayton McCook Field at 7 53 CST and departed New York at 4 08 ET, with an Indianapolis check showing 41 minutes for 120 miles at ~175 mph. He planned to average about 160 mph across the continent.
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New York
San Francisco
Russell L. Maughan
Bainbridge
Curtis
Pacific Coast
Maghan
Maughan
McCookfield
Dayton
Indianapolis
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notices in Greencastle
Real estate transfers list several Greencastle properties including Stout Reeves Allen DePauw University and Northwood developments with amounts from 1 to 4 thousand dollars. The notices include travel plans for Dr. and Mrs. H B Troyer and updates on Alfa Williams and Mrs. Martin Acord improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Stout
Aliie Reeves Allen
Greencastle
Lawrence T. Snicer
Fred V. Thomas Corporation
Arthur Lynch
DePauw
Bert E. Clark Et
DePauw University
Grencastle
Jennie M. Badger
Nannie V. Hatfeld
Jessie Talburt
Albert P. Burnside
Northwood Developing Company
Charles B. Evans
Northwood
Benjamin L. Brown
Oley M. Robinson
Clinton Township
Chicago man P L Sames ends his life near Walnut Creek
The body of P. L. Sames of Chicago who hanged himself by Walnut Creek near Greencastle was sent to Chicago by coroner McCurry. Despondency over failed job prospects and financial trouble led to the act after he came to Greencastle to seek work at a garment factory.
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Sames
Walnut Creek
P. L. Sames
Chicago
McCurry
Saines
Greencastle
Greencastle Garment Factry
Myer Rosenthal
Greencastle Garment Factory
J. Weinstein & Sons, Undertakers
Sol Rosenthal
South Locust
James
Putnam County Picnic At Snowden Springs Draws 85
About 85 residents attended the first Putnam County Picnic at Snowden Springs near Bainbridge. Activities ranged from daytime games and a valley supper to an evening program atop a hill. W Henry McLean of DePauw spoke on youth responsibility and keeping God at life’s center. Greencastle Township led attendance and its Greencastle Baptist Church earned the trophy.
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Putnam CounTy
Snowden Springs
Bainbridge
Wm. Strain
W. Henry McLean
DePauw University
McLean
God
Greencastle Baptist Church
Jane Farmer
Young People’s Association
Greencastle Township
Greencastle
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Alec DeHart
Howard Street
Lafayette
de Hart
Nazarene
Main Street
Maple Avenue
Deal
Kentucky
Adam Wagner
Louisville Kenncky
Jacob McCurry
Eilen
Ices
West
Ike
Farmer
B. W. Kelly
Colin Pierson
Innis
Cleon Davies
Marshall
Earlham College
Pierson
Pearl Maze
Marion Monroe
University of Chicago
Kelly
Ivans. Glidewell
Martinsville High School
Arch McMahon
Flint
Michigan
Emma Shields
Sanford Bock
R. A. Lawton
North Madison Street
Paris
Illinois
H. C. Werneke
Julia Werneke
Helen Werneke
Charles Werneke
Central
Mitchell Field
Indianapolis, Inc
Springfield
Ill
Chrisman
Tuscola
H. B. Troyer
Denver
Colorado Springs
Alfa Williams
H. E. Williams
West Poplar Street
Seymour
Martin Acord
Ben
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