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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1914
Page
4
A long list notes Ora Moffett J T Boyd Ralph Knoll and others in Indianapolis on business. Travel includes Prof Ayres and Frank Wheeler with Studebaker. social plans include a Fortnightly club picnic and S C shower for Miss Hildegard Haspel.
Indianapolis July 22 A state report shows more than 58 000 automobile licenses issued in six months indicating at least one in every fifty Indiana residents owns a car and totaling an estimated 60 000 by August with value around 60 million dollars. The data suggest robust money availability despite claims of scarcity.
A farewell party for Prof and Mrs H G Woody was hosted by Mrs W H Jennings and Mrs M S Heavenridge at their south Lo cust street home on Tuesday. The couple plan to move to Kokomo after a three course dinner with guests including Dr and Mrs S B Town Dr and Mrs Demetrius Tillotson Prof and Mrs R A Ogg and Miss Blanche Woody. Also noted were updates on Fred Fox who is improving after serious burns from an explosion at A C Stone quarry and local social notes from Miss Cornelia Allen hosting a tenth birthday dinner party with several guests. Russell Robinson of Roachdale and Guy Masten of Coatesville were in town on business. A banana wagon overturned near Vandalia crossing after the team spooked by a freight train. no injuries to the driver and the wagon sustained damage.
A visitor from the Herald describes a multi venue religious gathering with lectures at the large auditorium and sessions at the Christian Endeavor Cottage. Professors Morrow Hackelman Mullins lead talks on ministerial work Christian experience and rural church methods as attendees enjoy park shade and hotel crowds.
City church announces a prayer meeting Thursday night to appoint a pulpit committee with attendance open to all. Chas Vancleave and P Mullinix listed as committee members. Also notes Mrs Jesse Allee Byrd in critical condition at home of her parents on East Seminary Street. A new youth club The Royal Nestors formed with Royal Davis as president and other officers named. Members include Bernard Handy, Phillip Sellers, Walter O’Hair.
In Indianapolis freehold voters must sign petitions of three hundred residents to trigger a county special registration due in September. Democrats report petitions prepared in Allen Cass DuBois Elkhart Gibson Huntington Jennings Knox Lake Lawrence Madison Vanderburgh. Leaders push widespread special registration via petitions amid new rules easing absentee registration and single registration days.
Rockville Island area sees a building surge as John A Linebarger R R Burrin and E P Millikin construct stylish bungalows Col J R Burks adds a fourteen room residence while H E Marks and Dr R E Swope remodel homes the Rockville Tribune notes this wave of new and renovated houses reflects a bustling season
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