Local social and business visitors travel to Indianapolis and nearby towns
Rev L S Smith, Homer Sellers, O H Bowen, Milton Day and others travel to Indianapolis and nearby towns on business. Mona MedAllister returns from Trinity Springs. Priscilla Club meets with Mrs Vermillion. Cornelia Allen hosts friends on Walnut. The Hutchins move into vacated East Anderson residence. Beeman preaches in Jackson Ohio. Arrabelle McCalip visiting Hazel Vermillion in Brazil. Families and clubs host gatherings and travel to Crawfordsville, Brazil, Kokomo, and Indianapolis. A pawpaw tree is noted in Putnam County. A slumber party with eleven guests occurs on Bloomington Street. William H Taber sentenced to Michigan City Prison for grand larceny embezzlement and unlawful loans.
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Jessie Gobin
Bloomington Street
Miss Gobin
Arrabelle McCalip
Brazil
Hazel Vermillion
Dorothy Green
Crawfords Ville
Mary Tucker
William H. Taber
Terre Haute
Michigan City
Elmer F. Williams
Vigo
Taber
Ladoga Man Promoted to Tariff Inspector for Monon
DeCamp Carson, longtime Ladoga assistant in the Monon railroad office, is promoted to tariff inspector with higher pay and travel allowances. He plans to live in Ladoga, return weekends, and continue local newspaper work. The Cloverdale band also presented director W H Evens a costly pearl and mahogany baton, signaling a strong season ahead.
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DeCamp Carson
Monon
Ladoga
Carson
Cloverdale
W. H. Evens
Cloverdale Iraphie
Prisoner to Be Freed Monday for Forgery Charge
Richard White, sent to the state reformatory in May 1911 for forgery, will be released Monday morning after the pardon board approved his petition. He will return to Greencastle where employers Frank Coss and Frank Day signed his pardon papers and offered him work. The article notes his clean conduct in the reformatory and mentions numerous local residents visiting or traveling, including plans for a Heady family reunion and various local errands and visits.
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Richard White
State Reformatory
Frank Coss
Frank Day
Greenastle
White
Ardon
James Sridges
Cloverdale still weighs lighting system plans
The Cloverdale light proposal remains under consideration by G A Keller of Gosport and Wm Mercer of Morgantown with Keller planning a public friendly plan and changes to Gobel outline. Mercer eyes a Cloverdale plant with local support, while residents note Mercer’s proven Morgantown and Greencastle service.
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Cloverdale
Mr. Gobel
G. A. Keller
Gosport
Wm. Mercer
Morgantown
Ind
Mr. Keller
Keller
Gobel
Mercer
Bill
Cloverdale Graphic
Putnam County Property Value Drops by Half Million
A state auditor report shows Putnam County personal property at about five hundred thousand dollars less than last year. Decrease highlights broader tax base changes and property assessment shifts affecting local revenues.
Putnam County Taxable Property Drops in Personal Property
County Auditor Airhart reports a roughly $500000 drop in Putnam County personal property value from $4,173,330 to $3,662,380 in the current year. Lots and improvements rise slightly to $236,980 from $2,111,730. Farm lands and improvements edge up from $8,169,810 to $8,177,610. The report is the annual state audit submission.
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Putnam County
Airhart
Property Transfers in Greencastle and Bainbridge
M E Ransopher transfers land to James D Mick in Greencastle and Warren townships valued at 1700 dollars. Charles G True transfers property to the True and True Lumber Company consisting of lots in Bainbridge.
Plague Spread by Camel Warns of Camel Meat Risk
The Paris Medical notes plague outbreaks in Russia linked to camels. Dr Klodnitzky observed cases in 1907 on Cazare Island Caspian Sea where three women handling a dead camel contracted plague. In 1911 Kamyshh Samara six people fell ill after eating camel meat and autopsy findings linked to plague bacillus.
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Paris
Russia
Klodnitzky
Cazare Island
Caspian Sea
Kamyshh-Samara
Why postmen stay thin in busy London streets
The piece explains that a stout postman walks 14 to 16 miles daily distributing mail in London. Starting with an eighty pound load, his bag averages forty pounds as deliveries proceed. By contrast a brewery wagon driver sits, drinks liquids, and tends to gain weight, as do policemen on their beats.
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London
Jersey justice and Sunday amusements clash for brewer
A New Jersey case echoes the countrywide idea of strict Sunday laws. A wealthy brewer, owner of a theater not known for crime, hosted sacred concerts with risqué humor. A rival complained to the police, who replied that the brewer may perform on Sunday while others cannot, illustrating selective enforcement.
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Jersey
New York
New York Tribune
Patrolman Rescues Runaway Horse On Third Avenue
A New York City patrolman from East 128th Street station leaped for a runaway horse on Third Avenue. He missed the bridle but grabbed the wagon’s end and was hoisted into the wagon. He later sat in the driver's seat until streetcars halted the three mile dash at 188th Street.
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New York
East 128Th Street
Third Avenue
188Th Street
Willed Estate Sparks Frightful Attempt in France
In Castanet near Toulouse a cousin attempted to swallow torn fragments of a last will after it favored the widow. The man spat out the scraps and lawmen later preserved the pieces after tests showed no lasting harm.
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Castanet
Toulouse
France
Plain Cook Returns to Courtship in Quaint Exchange
A light domestic moment unfolds as a speaker asks for a plain cook and receives a playful reply about finding an adequately plain partner. The exchange emphasizes simple, affectionate tone and rural charm.
Relics of the Bronze Age Found in Karst Cavern
A cavern near St. Kanzion in the Karst mountains reveals a Bronze Age hoard after explorers reach a subterranean chamber. More than a thousand bronze artifacts, including two hundred lance heads and burned vessels, are dated to about 1000 H.C. A Roman helmet found at the shaft suggests offerings were thrown into the hole as sacrifices to a subterranean deity.
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St. Kanzion
Abbazia
Theperial Museum
V.nna
London Standard
Kumbakonam Mahamakam Festival and Sacred Tank Tale
The Wide World Magazine recounts the Kumbakonam Mahamakam festival, a yearly Hindu ceremony where gods may visit the sacred tank on the twelfth anniversary. It tells of Siva recovering the world’s waters, hiding them in a pot atop a mountain, its fate during a flood, and the tank becoming a pilgrimage site where pilgrims dip for magical powers.
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Brahma
Siva
Wide World Magazine
Pursuit Ends in Pitched Battle With Gypsies Near Fulda
In Prussia near Fulda gypsies blamed for nocturnal raids were hunted by locals led by Baron Schenk. A clash erupted as Hunfeld villagers surprised the raiders at a farm, wounding one gypsy and driving the rest into the forest. The countryside searches for the band continue.
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Fulda
Prussia
Hunfeld
Baron Schenk
Ferocious CharlEscalading Beast Triggers Panic in Burton-on-Trent
A young ferocious chimpanzee escaped from a safe yard in Burton-on-Trent England causing chaos in busy streets. It entered a recreation ground injuring two and prompting several pedestrians to hide in trees. An inmate was knocked down during a rescue attempt and a herd of cows finally subdued the animal.
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Burton-on-Trent
England
Free Bath Fiasco In Dunoon Leaves Waterman Soaked
In Dunoon Scotland a municipal water wagon driver, a veteran, had a free bath when a hose came off a tap. Water surged high, he waded into the spray to shut it off, emerging soaked as a bystander dryly remarked the salt water would do no harm.
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Dunoon
Scotland
Donal
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