Patricksburg Visits and Community Notes Highlight Local News
Mary Hoover visits Rev and Mrs O L Jones in Patricksburg. John W Meyers heads to Ray Indiana. Delta Theta Tau to meet with Adelaide Thomas. SCC Club with Mae Allen. Ward Courtney ill. Rev B T Vancleave preaches at Strin near home. Helen Turner leaves for Pana Illinois for two weeks. Frank and HC Clippinger host visitors from Indianapolis. LaVerne Courtney in Ohio on Chautauqua business. Bay View Michigan trip to join DePauw chorus. Nellie Lockridge returns home from weekend with Elizabeth Tilden. Laura Town visiting Evansville and Terre Haute relatives. Light rain and wind disrupt Chautauqua assembly. Fred Hillis and wife from Lexington Kentucky as guests of Shoptaughs. Bee Hive Rebecca Lodge to meet with officer installations. Avis Plummer G at N G. Cushman Hoke of Indianapolis visits Shoptaughs. Edna and Mary Bicknell visit Margaret Peck in hospital. improving after appendicitis. Fire department responds to coal pile blaze at college heating plant. no damage. William M McGinnis body from Brownsburg to Greencastle for burial. Brownsburg funeral Tuesday. Greencastle Grays lose to Brazil Giant 7 to 3. Paris and Crawley as battery.
Preaching Service At Maple Heights Church
A large congregation attended the Sunday night service at Maple Heights Church. Rev. H. C. Clippinger officiated with assistance from Mrs. Grace Black. The church, recently remodeled, is reported in fine shape.
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Maple Heights Church
H. C. Clippinger
Grace Black
Lacy Zornes Sentenced for Escape Held in Indiana Prison
Lacy Zornes aged 35 was sentenced to Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for escaping from the penal farm. He was brought to Putnam County jail Sunday evening by Captain Ralph Howard head of the farm.
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Lacy Zornes
Indiana
Michigan City
Putnam County
Ralph Howard
Jeanetta McWethy Leads Chautauqua Circuit Work
Jeanetta McWethy spent the week end with her parents Mr and Mrs C N McWethy. She is making great success as Junior Chautauqua director on the Paramount Circuit of the Community Chautauqua system. She has worked in Illinois and Ohio already this season and left Sunday evening for Michigan to continue her work. She held a similar position last season with the Community Chautauqua Company.
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Jeanetta McWethy
C.N. McWethy
Paramount
Community Chautauqua System
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Community Chautauqua Company
India
Dalmati
France
England
Man Using Alias Named Harry More Arrested in Raid
Six men were captured in a "white mule" raid led by Putnam County Sheriff Lawrence A Sears. Harry More, not Harry Moore, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession and transporting intoxicating liquor in Putnam County and drew a ninety day sentence to the Indiana State Farm. On arrival he admitted prior farm terms under other names, including Paul Maple and Harry Brown, while claiming Indianapolis residence.
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Harry More
Lawrence A Sears
Putnam County
James P. Hughes
Indiana
Harry Moore
Putnam Circuit Court
Moore
Jra
Paul Maple
Harry Brown
Indianapolis
Five Arrested in Greencastle Craps Shooting Case
Three colored men and two white men were arrested near 8 pm at Jerome Smith barber shop in Greencastle charged with shooting craps. Henry O Hair and Tom Sewell made the arrests, with O Hairs taking $12 from the table. All but Smith appeared in City Court with Smith pleading not guilty. Smith’s trial set for 9 am Friday.
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Jerome Smith
South Greencastle
Henry O'Hair
Tom Sewell
Marshall O'Hair
William Taylor
Willim Mair
Wiliam Manire
Vernie Smith
Dora Chadd
Denny Curran
E. Rupert Bartley
Smith
Mrs. Alice J. Randolph Buried In Fillmore
Mrs. Alice J. Randolph age 63 died of apoplexy at her daughter’s Terre Haute home Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday at the Fillmore Methodist church conducted by the Eastern Star Lodge and she was buried in Fillmore cemetery beside her husband F. D. Randolph and many relatives and friends mourn her loss.
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Alice J. Randolph
Fillmore
F. D. Randolph
Fillmore Methodist Church
Eastern Star Lodge
Randolph
Bridges
Terre Haute
Marriage at Christian Church Parsonage Unites Miss Kersey and Freddie Grimes
On Saturday afternoon July 23 at 4 30 o'clock at the Christian Church Parsonage Rev Levi Marshall united Miss Mabel Irene Kersey of Fillmore and Freddie Dallas Grimes of this city in marriage They will live near Greencastle Mr Grimes is a successful farmer
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Christian Church
Levi Marshall
Mabel Irene Kersey
Fillmore
Freddie Dallas Grimes
Greencastle
Grimes
Marriage Licenses Frank Lair and Agnes Radre Wed
Frank Lair and Agnes Radre of Plainfield were married in the clerk's office by elder O. F. Lane of Greencastle.
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Frank Lair
Agnes Radre
Plainfield
O. F. Lane
Greencastle
Classified Ads Auction Tonight at 7 30 Groceries
Classified ads note an auction of the remainder stock at Groceries The Cash Grocers corner Vine and Washington Streets. Also notices offer automobile registration blanks from Hazel M Lear notary public Herald Office. For sale tomatoes 5e a pound Eitel s Green House Vine Street fire place wood big wood $4 a cord orders Phong 65.
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Cash Grocers
Corner Vine
Washington Streets
Hazel M. Lear
Notary Public
Herald Office
Phong 65
Sleepy grass may prove useful as anaesthetic in medicine
A New Mexico grass known as sleepy grass puts cattle and horses to sleep for up to a day. Scientists at the Rockefeller Institute test its properties after H W Wolcott of Alamogordo reported its effects observed by ranchers and Indians.
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New Mexico
Sacramento Mountain
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
H. W. Wolcott
Alamogordo
N. M
United States
Edward Wolcott
Colorado
Wolcott
Rockfeller Institute
Rock Garden Trends For Summer Alpine Displays
Rock gardening evolves from fern on stump to summer focused displays. For June use androsaces and saxifrages to brighten rockeries after spring blooms fade. Note alpine plants prefer sunny dry spots, with Phlox setacea and Veronica rupestris flowering into July and other dwarf perennials providing high summer color.
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Pryenees
Iceland
Pretty Satchet Shower At Bridal Event
A bridal shower featured a pretty collection of satin satchets in fancy covers. At the wedding the dainty satchets were thrown after the departing bride and groom instead of rice and slippers.
Good Roads Save Much Gas and Show Big Savings
A Freight Transportation Digest test shows a two ton truck using 17.3 gallons for 100 miles on an earth road at 5.78 mpg costing 4.33 dollars versus 8.49 gallons at 11.78 mpg on a concrete road costing 2.12 dollars. Net saving is 2.21 dollars, over 100 percent, highlighting highway paving benefits for farmers and merchants.
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United States
Columbus (Co
Detour signs guide Iowa travelers with yellow arrows
Popular Mechanics describes state supplied detour signs for closed roads in Iowa. Signs feature a yellow arrow on black, with detour text above and below. when properly placed the lower detour marker is painted over. Inside the arrow stencils show the destination and other details for safe routing.
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Iowa
Vpopular Mechanics Magazine
Mathematics of bad roads and annual farmer losses
The Union Times explains a calculation where 1 000 farmers each make 12 trips monthly, losing 1% more time per trip due to mud. This yields 216 000 hours lost yearly, valued at 75 cents per hour, equaling about 2000 dollars in annual losses to farmers and their teams.
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Union Times
Points of Interest Marked Around Philadelphia Area
Practically every point of interest within 75 miles of Philadelphia is distinctly marked on more than 500 miles of important highways. The note highlights extensive marking to aid travelers.
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Philadelphia
Detroit Proud Regulation Touts City Traffic Center
Detroit earns praise as one of the best regulated traffic centers in the country. The city’s enforcement and management are highlighted as leading examples of orderly urban mobility.
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Detroit
Faya Good Dividends in Fruit and Vegetable Coins
A brief note highlights coins labeled Faya yielding good dividends on labor invested in fruit and vegetable sectors this season. The item suggests earnings from agricultural labor and commodity coinage are favorable for workers.
Signs and Weather Omens Across Cultures Almanac
A sprawling list of folk beliefs links weather to candle wicks frogs and dreams. It catalogs signs from almanac lore and superstitions across regions describing weddings from funerals and lucky omens like horseshoes and shooting stars with occasional notes on dicey outcomes and personal fate.
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Katy
Cow Thief Eats Eggs in Alberta Hen House
A Alberta farmer guarding his hen house to catch a thief found a cow enter the coop and eat eggs from multiple nests. The cow even grabbed a sitting hen by the feathers and toppled it before consuming an egg.
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Alberta
Canada
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