Mary B Torr 1869 1914 Devoted Wife and Mother
Mary B Torr daughter of William and Emma Shields of Putnamville died July 11 1914 aged 1 year 4 months 29 days after long illness. She was married May 26 1887 to William V Torr and left four children Lola Leland Dorothy and Helen who died at age 12 in 1906. A devout member of Mt Olive Methodist Church she was a learned reader with literary talent and a loving wife mother sister and friend.
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Mary B. Torr
William
Ema Shields
Putnamville
William V. Torr
Lola
Leland
Dorothy
Helen
Paradise
Mrs. Torr
Mt. Olive
The
Mt. Wliite Foreign Missionary Society
Danville Browns Win Ragged Sunday Contest
The Danville Browns defeated theGreencastle Federals in a slow ragged game played Sunday afternoon in Danville. Numerous misplays marred the contest as the Danville aggregation secured the win.
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Danville Browns
Greencastle Federals
Danville
Feds fall to Danville Browns in season opener on Danville field
In the first game of the season the Greencastle Feds lost 10 to 7 to the Danville Browns on the Danville field. Shelby and Dominger pitched well as both teams totaled 12 and 11 hits respectively with 11 strikeouts apiece. The Browns led off with two early runs, the Feds answered in the second, and Danville scored all its runs in the first four innings.
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Greencastle
Feds
Danville Browns
Danville
Shelby
Dominger
Browns
Hostetter
Runyan
Prewitt
Kep levent suit settled in Squire Frank court
Hardesty of Lebanon sued William Randel over a traction engine and water tank claimed seized unlawfully. The court ruled for Hardesty, who will recover the property after posting a $200 bond. The property value was estimated at $200. Attorneys were C. C. Gillen for Hardesty and B. F. Corwin for Randel.
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Hardesty
William Randel
Justice of Peace
Phillip Frank
Lebanon
Randel
Squire Frank
C. C. Gillen
Hardsty
B. F. Corwin
Penal Farm Commission to Meet Trustees Here
The State Penal Farm Commission, which chose the Putnamville site, will visit Greencastle tomorrow to confer with the penal farm trustees appointed by Governor Ralston. They will tour the farm and discuss site advantages and exchange ideas for the new institution.
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Penal Farm Commission
State Penal Farm Commission
Putnamville
Greencastle
Ralston
Warren Township Democrats Nominate Ticket At Mass Convention
Democrats of Warren township met in mass convention at the school house in Putnamville Saturday afternoon and nominated a full township ticket. Trustee James Reeves, Assessor C O Wamsley, Advisory Board J W Cromwell A D Snider and W W Glover. Justice of Peace Wilburn Hepler, Constable Roy Stockwell, Supervisors W M Sutherlin and Al Johnson.
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Warren Township
Putnamville
James Reeves
C. 0. Wamsley
J. W. Cromwell
A.D. Snider
W. W. Glover
Wilburn Hepler
Roy Stockwell
W. M. Sutherlin
al Johnson
Union Meeting Draws Large City Church Attendance
A first in a series of union gatherings across several churches drew a massive Sunday evening crowd at the Christian churches. The immense congregation filled the TPS capacity to near its limit.
Sermon Launches Union Meetings on Work and Play
Rev. B B Beck preached at the Christian Church in a union service with Locust Street Baptist and Presbyterian churches. He urged balancing work and play to honor Christian duties, citing Ezekiel and Sabbath observance, as crowds filled the church. The next meeting place and preacher will be announced soon.
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Locust Street
Christian Church
B. B. Beck
Beck
Rev
Night watchman badly injured in quarry engine blast
Pred Fox, an employer at the A. and C. Stone Quarries, poured coal oil on a smoldering fire in the dink y engine fire box at 5 o clock Sunday afternoon. Explosion followed leaving the night watchman badly injured.
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Pred Fox
Fire causes blast at A and C Stone Quarries injuring watchman
Fred Fox of 00 Crown Street night watchman at the A and C Stone Quarries tossed coal oil into a smouldering dinky engine fire pot to rekindle it. An explosion burned Fox across his hands arms face neck and body. He was treated at home by Dr Tucker and will be out of work for weeks. The quarry cab was burned in the blast.
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Jesus
Paradise
Fred Fox
Crown Street
Fox
Wow Tucker
Controversy Over Donn M. Roberts Prompts Cloverdale Tension
Residents object to Donn M. Roberts stirring controversy in Cloverdale May. Promoters warn the annual picnic could be canceled if the dispute continues, threatening community plans and participation.
Big bills cause trouble at Cloverdale picnic
Controversy over inviting Donn M. Roberts, Terre Haute mayor, as the Cloverdale picnic speaker sparks strong opposition. Some promoters threaten to quit and a cancellation of the July 30 event is possible. Separately, Fred Jordan injured his right arm while fishing near the creek. Dr. Eugene Hawkins treated the wound.
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Cloverdale
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Roberts
Fred Jordan
Hubert Jordan
South Jackson Street
Eugene Hawkins
Mystery of the corn crib theft near Green Castle
Twelve Greencastle men planned a Sunday keg party but found their 16 gallon beer keg stolen from a corn crib after securing a key from a farmer. They offered a reward for solving the mystery as searches ended in disappointment. Meanwhile a church gathering at College Avenue drew a large crowd with Maxwell leading singing and Prof. Thompson at the piano.
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Greencastle
Soulearn Crib
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New Haven
Central Trust Company
Greencastle, Indiana
Lueteke
Country Reading Club
Emma Shields
Edward
William Shields
Homer Smith
Sanford Beck
Brick Chapel
Michael O’tool
Chicago
A. Cook
Pauline Pollard
Opera House
A. Cour
Reliance
George Field
Ida Lewis
Peggy
Thanhouser Drama
Star and Stripes
Mexico
R.H. P
Porter
Terrell
Cominger
Ney
Keplevent
J. W. Herrod
Lon Arnold
Indianapolis
J. C. Oakley
Democrats
B. C. Beck
Putnam County
L. G. Wright
Adeline Baylor
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miss Baylor
Night Watchman
OFP
First Rational Bank
Harris Milling CO
Whone
Cooking Appies
Rive Tomatoes
E. A. Browning
Airdome
College Avenue Church
Maxwell
Henry Werneke
Werneke
Prof. Thompson
de Muuw Music School
Tillotson
Pharoh
Israel
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