IvTNAM County Boys Hike West From Fillmore to Colorado Springs
Roy Wolliver and Roy Baker, sons of local families, left Fillmore June 24 and traveled through the West. They worked farms in Kansas, earned money, and faced a mountain storm on Pike's Peak while hiking with travelers. They reached Colorado Springs then Fountain, staying with locals and sending word home with tales of the journey and the scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Skamire
Fillmore
Roy
Witherson Baker
Lon Baker
Imore
West States
Untain
Cole
C. C. Wollever
Kay- Fillmore
Ngham
Ill
Wyoming Teacher License Applicants Pass June Examination
The list names nine applicants who passed the June examination and will receive permits to teach. Individuals include Lone Sinclair, Live Smith, Mae Neier, John Kenneth Eggers, Endell Smith, Jeany Farmer, Alec McAninch, Mevra Shake, and Ethel McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ose
Lone Sinclair
Live Smith
Ae Neier
Local notices list residents by name in community update
Clairena Rector John G Segelken Versal McCammack Ruth McKinnon Kate Balch Harold Knoy Amos Michael Mrs O R Lynch Agnes G Hultz Mrs Minnie Bartley appear in a community roster update listing residents and associated households. The fragment names several individuals in what seems to be an address or notice page item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clairena Rector
John G. Segelken
Versal McCammack
Ruth McKinnon
Kate Balch
Harold Knoy
Amos Michael
O. R. Lynch
Agnes G. Hultz
Minnie Bartley
Prizes Offered for Best Story of Putnam County History
The Putnam County Historical Society executive committee announced a contest for the best three stories depicting early Putnam County and Greencastle. Prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars will be awarded, with instructions available from Miss Lela Walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Greencastle
Putnam County Historical Society
Lela Walls
Breakout by 31 inmates at Illinois asylum ends in death
In Chester Illinois guards killed one inmate named Jackson during a mass escape from the Illinois hospital for criminal insane. Thirty one inmates battered bars in the bull pen freeing themselves and scattering. Four were recaptured, twenty six remained at large as pursuit by guards, police, and citizens intensified. The cage measured 150 by 80 feet and a small iron fence blocked further escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Illinois Hospital For Criminal Insane
Jackson
Chicago
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Illinois
Southern Illinois State Penitentary
C. W. Heine
Randolph County
Hospital
Earthquake Felt Across Southern California Towns
A major quake lasting eleven to twenty seconds struck southern California at 11:28 last night, with San Bernardino reporting heavy damage and a second tremor at 1:00 am. Reports extended from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with scattered roof collapses and property damage in several cities.
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Los Angeles
California
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Imperial Valley
Arizona State Line
Long Beach
Glendale
Eagle's Rock
Riverside
Monrovia
Pomona
Santa
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Southern California Towns
Reports from Ana Ontario Anaheim San Jacinto Hemet Ventura Redlands El Centro Arbel Centra Avon Head Springs Mojave and Needles indicate sharp seismic shocks were felt across the region with multiple communities registering tremors. Local officials urged calm as residents described brief shaking and windows rattling in several neighborhoods.
Farm Fire at Broadstreet Farm Near Greencastle
A Sunday night fire at Charley Broadstreet’s farm three miles east of Greencastle on the Washington Street pike destroyed a hay barn a sheep barn and the engine room with about 35 tons of hay and straw farming tools a span of mules and other contents The loss to Mr Broadstreet is about 5000 with only 1500 insurance coverage The fire was spotted shortly after 11 oclock by the tenant before the team could be saved.
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Colorado Springs
Indiana
Pike's
Noice
Coorlado Springs
Wolowns
Mack McNary
Pike
Charley
Family travels through the west for two months
Mr and Mrs Ott Sherrill and daughter and Truman McCammack of Cloverdale along with Mr and Mrs A R Chenoweth and children of Greencastle left Monday morning for a two month trip through Yellowstone Park and California driving through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ott Sherrill
Truman McCammack
Cloverdale
A. R. Chenoweth
Greencastle
Yellowstone Park
California
Sheets Hill Roadway Widened to 40 Feet
The State Highway commission widened the Cloverdale road near Sheets Hill about four miles south of Greencastle to 40 feet. The hill has been the scene of several accidents as vehicles drifted off the road and over the high bank. Widening the roadway reduces much of the danger of future crashes.
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State Highway Commission
Sheets Hill
Greencastle
Farm Bureau plans vast wheat hoard to lift prices
Chicago July 23 A plan to withdraw 200 million bushels of wheat from the market and store it on farms was announced by C E Bradfute of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The plan envisions financing under the Intermediate act with about 460 million dollars available to lend to farmers for storage. He said 150 million would be enough to store 200 million bushels, removing it from circulation, with farm wheat bins to serve as government bonded warehouses. The federation expects to push the plan via state bureaus, and Bradfute claimed it would raise prices immediately, though he cautioned the plan is not fully ready in most areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Federation
Bradfute
Vandals Damaged New Tractor in Cloverdale Outfit
A brand new threshing tractor owned by Roy McClure and Lawrence Cummings of Cloverdale was sabotaged Friday night. Vandals poured molten metal into every grease cup cylinder and into inverted spark plugs, rendering the machine inoperable. The motive remains unknown as owners work to remove the metal and reconstruct the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McClure
Lawrence Cummings
Cloverdale
W. S. Burris
Kerr
Dynamite Fisherman Killed Near Newark
Ralph Watkins aged 30 from Newark, Greene County, died in Bloomington at City Hospital after injuries from a premature dynamite blast while blasting for fish in a stream near Newark. A large charge exploded before he could escape, tearing his body including the loss of an arm. Survived by widow and one child. employed by Vandalia Railroad near his home.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ralph Watkins
Newark
Greene County
Watkins
Vandalia Railroad
Canning Factory Begins 1923 String Bean Pack
The Greencastle Canning Co started a three week string bean packing run in its south Greencastle plant after a popular previous season. Demand exhausted last year’s output with local merchants handling most sales before. After beans, tomato canning opens followed by pumpkin pie filler.
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Greencastle Canning Co
South Greencastle
Cider Made Without Permit Allowed by Revenue Bureau
Washington July 23 under new regulations buyers may manufacture cider and non intoxicating fruit juices without a permit but must add preservatives to prevent further alcoholic fermentation. Juices cannot be used as beverages once they become intoxicating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Former Greencastle Woman to Be Principal Speaker
Mrs. E. Jean Nelson Penfield of New York will be principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Woman's Lawyers Association in Minneapolis on August 28 and 29. A Greencastle native, she won the Indiana college oratorical contest and later represented her state in intercollegiate competition, returning to Minneapolis for the first time since 1892. She led New York's suffrage effort in 1911-12 and sits on the board of the international committee on marriage and divorce. known for arguing her own cases in court.
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E. Jean Nelson Penfield
New York
Woman's Lawyer’s Association
Minneapolis
Minn
Penfield
Greencastle
Indiana College
Indiana
Woman's Suffrage Party of
International Committee On Marriage and Divorce
Marys Willow Picnic at Roachdale Roachdale Marys Reunion
The second annual reunion of persons named Mary will be held on the school lawn at Roachdale on Thursday, August 2. A lively program is planned with prizes for oldest, youngest, stoutest, thinnest, tallest, shortest, and the Mary bringing the most Marys from outside town. Each Mary supplies her own table service, two dishes, and two sandwiches. A Marys committee will meet the morning trains. All Marys are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roachdale
Specials Win From Ft Harrison Team in 21 to 0 Fray
The Greencastle Specials walked away as they shut out Ft Benjamin Harrison with a 21 to 0 victory. Greencastle dominated on offense as visitors were held helpless while spectators packed the field for the Sunday game.
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FT. Harrison
Greencastle Specials
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Greencastle
Roachdale and Danville couples obtain marriage licenses
Dorothy Gertrude McMahan of Roachdale and Joseph Hudgen obtain a marriage license. Mary Wilson of Danville and Cleo Sherrill Flinn also secure a marriage license.
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Dorothy Gertrude McMahan
Joseph Hudgen
Roachdale
Mary Wilson
Cleo Sherrill Flinn
Danville
Fillmore Woman Dead After Short Illness
Mrs. Royal Bastian aged 27 of Fillmore died at St Anthony's Hospital Terre Haute Monday after a brief spinal illness. She was admitted last Thursday. Survived by husband, one son Willis, two daughters Lucille and Catherine, her mother Mrs. Mac O'Neal of Fountainette, one brother and two sisters.
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Royal Bastian
Fillmore
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Bastian
Willis
Lucille
Catherine
Mac O'Neal
Fountainette
Divorce Suit Withdrawn Messes Young Custody Statement Corrected
Walter F. Young withdrew his divorce suit against Cecil Young after differences were settled and the couple resumed living together. He said the complaint’s allegation that his wife was not fit to have custody of their children was a misstatement and not his intent. He asked the Herald to publish this clarification.
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Walter F. Young
Cecil Young
Mr. Young
Electric iron starts fire in Randel home
Smoke forced a Sunday evening call to the fire department after an electric iron left on in a rear room overheated. Fire destroyed a sewing machine and damaged the wall. insurance covered the several hundred dollar loss. A second fire at Garment Factory on North College Avenue involved a trash pile briefly threatening the building.
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James L. Randel
Washington Street
Fred Jordan
Fire Department
Randel
North College Avenue
Opening of the National Road Gives Cat a Traffic Thrill
Mt. Meridian known as Cat near Greencastle sees a traffic surge after National Road pavement completion. A two week count by resident statisticians began at 6 am Sunday and ran to 8 pm, exhausting counters and burning bearings on the adding machine amid heat.
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Mt. Meridian
Putnam County
Greencastle
Broadway
New York
Traffic through "Cat" records 2700 in 14 hours
A tally shows 2,700 automobiles passed through Cat in 14 hours, averaging 192 vehicles per hour and about 3.2 per minute. The readout highlights a high throughput at the passage point and implies steady flow across the observed period.
Leonard Keeps Championship at Yankee Stadium
Benny Leonard, king of lightweights for six years, decisively defeated Lew Tendler in a fifteen round title bout at Yankee Stadium New York July 23 before 65 000 fans. Leonard out generated out boxed and out punched Tendler from start to finish, with Tendler near knockout late. The crowd paid a record 500 000 for a non heavyweight championship match.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Benny Leonard
Lew Tendler
Philadelphia
Leonard
Tendler
Lightning Hits Straw Stack at Herod Farm
A straw stack on the William Herod farm south of town on Cemetery Road was burned Tuesday afternoon after being struck by lightning. The blaze destroyed the stack and caused damage to nearby fields, with authorities reporting no injuries.
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William Herod
Cemetery Road
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Ivtnam County
Fountain, Colorado
Roy Whe. C, Wolliver
Fountain
Colo
Maniac
Asylum
Farm Bureau
Wilispicnic
J. E. McCurry
West Side Square
Greencastle Ind
Indiana Loan Co
Roow
Donner
Lansing
Clyde Watts
Franklin ST
RED Motor Car Company
Lansing, Michigan
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