Greencastle Chautauqua closes with Dr Wassam lecture
The Greencastle Chautauqua ended Monday night with Dr C W Wassam of Iowa State University delivering The Secret of Power. A Philippine quartet performed in English and Filipino, drawing loud applause as the tent began to close for the five day move to line Mid Tuesday.
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C. W. Walsam
Chautauqua Weeek
Greencastle
C. W. Wassam
Towa State University
Filpino
Dr Wassam
Dr. Wassam
Wassam
Former Greencastle Woman Buried at Jonesboro
Mrs T E Evans attended the funeral of Mrs Harry Stephens in Jonesboro after Mrs Stephens died Saturday night in Indianapolis. Stephens and daughter Miss ia Stephens lived in Greencastle before moving to California. Miss Stephens graduated from the University of Southern California and was a missionary in India. Mrs Stephens trained as a medical missionary in Indiana and served in India for several years. Her husband, a British Army officer, died in India three years ago.
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T. E. Evans
Jonesboro
Harry Stephens O
Indianapolis
Jonesboros
Stephens
Missia Stephens
Greencastle
Miss Stephens
DePauw University
Ter
California
University of Southernifornia
Indiana
India
Miss Phens
Clark Bateman
Kansas
Lobney
Bateman
Ens
Sever Spitals
Real estate transfers in Greencastle Cloverdale and Warren townships
Moore transfers property to Mary J Grady in Greencastle for 1500 dollars Morrison transfers to Oscar B Liney in Cloverdale township and J Murphy transfers to William Math in Warren township for 3260 dollars.
Purdue President and Wife Missing in Canadian Rockies
Dr. W. E. Stone president of Purdue University and his wife of Lafayette Ind. are reported missing in Banff Alberta after July 17 during a cross country hike. Mount Assiniboine Club members search, with items from the pair found at Mt Banon base and campfires remnants indicating they had camped nearby.
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Banff
Alberta
W. E. Stdne
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Mount
Mt. Banon
Mt. Assiniboine
Evans declares war on spooners parked on road
Indianapolis July 26 County Prosecutor Evans vows raids with constables and deputies to end midnight spooner parties along rural highways leaving Indianapolis. He cooperates with Marion Horse Detective Association officials as rural volunteers join in targeting roadside spooners. Prosecutor W. E. Evans is son of local residents.
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Indianapolis
Tad
Evans
Marion Horse
Successful Applicants for Teacher's License Named by Mr Wallace
Frank Wallace county superintendent lists June exam license winners including Jennie Skelton Lela Coffman Helen Lewis Rose Evans J C Cooley James McCabe Mildred Christie Crystelle Barnard Albert Heavin Ethel Boyle Almon R Buis Aileen Browning Ethel McCullough Pearl Stark Harold Newgent Mildred O Hair Mrs A G Vail Mary Fordice Ralph Paul Jackson Esther Goff Nellie Bock Charles Norman Lenore Webb Selah Dean George L Study Ann Cameron Florence Stringer Fred Harris Flossie Rissler Donnie McCoy Clarence Keller Reggie Glover Noble Storm Mae Broastreet Ethel Newman Frank Owens Thomas Harvey Cleo McCoy Cleatis Storm Mildred Chamness Mabel Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Skelton
Lela Coffman
Helen Lewis
Rose Evans
J. C. Cooley
James McCabe
Mildred Christie
Crystelle Barnard
Albert Heavin
Ethel Boyle
Almon R. Buis
Aileen Browning
Ethel McCullough
Pearl Stark
Harold Newgent
Mildred O’hair
A. G. Vail
Mary Fordice
Ralph Paul Jackson
Esther Goff
Nellie Bock
Charles Norman
Lenore Webb
Selah Dean
George L Study
Ann Cameron
Florence Stringer
Fred Harris
Flossie Rissler
Donnie McCoy
Clarence Keller
Reggie Glover
Noble Storm
Mae Broastreet
Ethel Newman
Frank Owens
Thomas Harvey
Cleo
McCoy
Cleatis Storm
Mildred Chamness
Harding orders Red Cross probe into cotton belt famine
President Harding called on the Public Health Service and the American Red Cross to immediately investigate reports of a threatened semi famine and pellagra outbreak in the Southern cotton belt. He urged swift federal relief measures, supported by full agency cooperation, and said Congress may be asked to pass special legislation if needed. The shortage of money from low market prices for cotton hindered food access, prompting urgent action.
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Harding
RED Cross
Cotton Belt
Health Service
Washington
Public Health Service
American Red Cross
Congress
Father of Eleven Children Dies in Indiana County
Peter Mosteller age 63 dies at his Jackson Yowiship residence Parke County near Poplar Ridge at noon Saturday from stomach cancer after a long illness. He leaves a wife and eleven children including Effie Knowitz Indianapolis Homer Greencastle Elmer Lena Noah Bridgeton Ralph Greencastle Eliza Skelton Greencastle Myrtle Smith Carbon and Fred Roy Grace and Elbert at home. Funeral held Monday at 10:30 at Poplar Ridge church with burial in Moore cemetery east of Mannsfield.
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Peter Mosteller
Jackson Yowiship
Parke County
Poplar Ridge
Effie Knowitz
Indianapolis
Ind
Homer
Greencastle
Elmer
Lena
Noah
Bridgeton
Ralph
Arkansas
Eliza Skelton
Myrtle Smith
Carbon
Fred
Roy
Grace
Elbert
Poplar Ridge Church
Moore Cemetery
Mannsfield
Alleged Owner of Abandoned Ford Arrested Monday
Benjamin Howard of Indianapolis was arrested in Indianapolis by Deputy Sheriff Claude Coffin and brought to Greencastle for examination. Howard, named owner on ownership certificates found on the Ford touring car, said the vehicle was stolen and did not know the men who abandoned it after a pursuit on the Ocean to Ocean highway west of Bainbridge. He posted a $1000 bond and the trial is set for September 6.
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Benjamin Howard
Indianapolis
Claude Coffin
Putnam County
Greencastle
Howard
Coffin
Ocean
Ocean Highway
Bainbridge
Law_rence A. Sears
Death of J Coverdale Found Monday Evening
James Coverdale, 70, was found dead in his home on the Strip near Vandalia tracks at 5 30 pm Monday by Gus Vogel and William Manire after not being seen since Thursday. He lay beside his bed in only shirt and underwear, suspicion of apoplexy. Survived by brother George of Neogatil. wife long deceased. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Tuesday morning.
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Gus Vogel
William Manure
James Coverdale
Vandalia
William Manire
Mr. Coverdale
Kkno
Joseph Coverdale
Zack Coverdale
George Coverdale
Neogatil
Coverdale
Forest Hill Cemetery
Browning Buys Old Block. Plans Grocery At Old Stand
Earnest A. Browning announces the purchase of the business block owned by Mrs Lucy Black now housing Langdon's Bookstore and the Fred V Thomas Co Grocery Store. The deal closed Monday with no public price. Browning will operate a grocery at his old stand after September first. Mrs Lucy Black has bought Browning's block now occupied by the Chinese Laundry and plans a tea room on the public square soon.
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Earnest A. Browning
Lucy Black
Langdon
Fred V. Thomas Company
Mr Browning
Ernest Browning
Greencastle Plans Five Day Community Chautauqua Next Year
Charles McGaughey announces Greencastle will host a five day Chautauqua next year with over thirty five guarantors. Dates will be set in February. Local committee reports selling the required tickets for this year's event.
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Greencastle
Charles McGaughey
Chautauqua Company
Old Folk Service honors oldest residents with bouquets
Miss Ollie Hinman age 85 and J. D. Johnson age 87 received bouquets at Locust Street Church Old Folk's Service. Congregation members brought several aged citizens by car. Rev H C Clippinger announced the awards. Also, Leslie Coffman filed affidavit with JP Philip M Frank charging Henry Vaughy with assault and battery after a reported blow on Coffman at the Vaughan farm near Belle Union.
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Ollie Hinman
J. D. Johnson
Locust Street Church
H. C. Clippinger
Miss Hinman
Mr. Johnson
Leslie Coffman
Philip M Frank
Justice of the Peace
Henry Vaughy
Vaughan
Coffman
Belle Union
Body of Cloverdale Soldier Brought Home for Burial
The body of Lee Roy Collins, Cloverdale, member of Battery A, 151st Field Artillery, arrived Saturday July 23. It will remain at Reed Undertaking until Saturday, then moved to the Moffett Home. Short services Sunday July 31 at 2:30 p.m. at Cloverdale Methodist Church by Rev. Willis E. Gill with American Legion and military rites. Burial at Cloverdale Cemetery. Collins was killed in action in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roy Collins
Cloverdale
George Glidewell Dies At 84 In Greencastle Home
George Glidewell aged 84 died Monday evening at 4 30 in the Fox Ridge home of his son Herbert Glidewell after long ill health. He was a widower and lived with his son, with two daughters Clara and Augusta Glidewell of Greencastle surviving. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Maple Heights church with Mrs Paul Black officiating. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
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George W. Glidewell
Herbert Glidewell
Fox Ridge
Glidewell
Clara Glidewell
Augusta Glidewell
Greencastle
Maple Heights
Paul Black
Forest Hill Cemetery
Speakers for Putnam County Institute Named
The Putnam County teachers institute will run August 22 to 26 in Greencastle courthouse. Frank Wallace announces Miss Caroline Hobson of the Victor Talking Machine Co and Dean R G McCutchan of DePauw Music School will lead music duties. George Tapy of Wabash College speaks on education and psychology. Dr W W Sweet of DePauw lectures on geography and history. Mrs E E Olcott of North Vernon outlines principles and methods. Miss Blanche M Merry discusses truancy.
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Putnam County Teachers Institute
Greencastle
Frank Wallace
Caroline Hobson
Victor Talking Machine Company
Dean R.G. McCutchan
DePauw School of Music
George Tapy
Department of Education
Wabash College
Institute
W. W. Sweet
DePauw University
E. E. Olcott
North Vernon
State Board of Education
Central Normal College
Blanche M. Merry
Greencastle Baseball Nines Set To Meet Dean Specials
The Greencastle Diamond Nine will host the Dean Specials of Crawfordsville for a return game Saturday afternoon July 30 at 1 on McKeenfield. Coach Walker leads a lineup including P Walker and C Sullivan with a 5 to 4 win earlier this month. The Dean lineup lists Pullen Coffel Ramsey Clemens Servies Guthries Gardner Fy Rutan Ingersoll. A 6 o'clock fish dinner was served Monday at Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Hawkins with guests including Mr and Mrs Hawkins and Elmer Crawley and family. The fish weighed six pounds eleven ounces dressed with a three pound one ounce bass among the catch.
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Greencastle Baseball Diamond
Dean
Crawfordsville
McKeenfield
Greencastle
Walker
Sullivan
Paris
Hanna
Whitaker
Blue
Welch
Thomas
Runyan
Dean Specials
Pullen
Coffel
Ramsey
Clemens
Servies
Guthries
Eugene Hawkins
Hawkins
Harry Hawkins
Elmer Crawley
Eugene
Janet
Eel River
Eel River Falls
Governor Small Arrest Warrant Allowed With Court Appearance
Springfield July 26 Judge Smith rules warrants may be served on Governor Lemuel Small for state embezzlement but allows him to appear at his convenience within a reasonable time. It states there is no divine right of kings and that the governor can be arrested and prosecuted. warrants should not be delayed to avoid statutes of limitations. public troops cannot shield him. notification by telephone was used.
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Illinois
Lemuel Small
Smith
Springfield
Ill
Small
Meser
Bundy of Coatesville Takes Strychnine and Dies at County Jail
Michael Bundy of Coatesville, brother of William Bundy, ingested strychnine Tuesday afternoon. He halted at Eitel's uptown greenhouse, requested a physician, was moved to the county jail on a cot hauled by John W. Cherry's truck, and died at 2:45 p.m.
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M- Bundy
Coatesville
Michael Bundy
William Bundy
Eitel
Green House
W. R.hutcheson
Bundy
John W. Cherry
Two Men Sentenced To Michigan City Prison
John Eads and Lacy Zornes were escorted Tuesday to the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City by Ben Pace and David Braden of Brick Chapel. They were recently sentenced to serve from two to five years for escaping from the Indiana State Farm.
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John Eads
Lacy Zornes
Indiana
Michigan City
Ben Pace
David Braden
Brick Chapel
Eads
Zornes
Hog Receipts Steady to Higher at Local Market
Hogs 6500, cattle 1200, calves 800, sheep 1100 reported at the local livestock market. Hogs steady to 20 cents higher with heavies 11.05 to 11.15, lights 11.30 to 11.50, top price 11.55. Pigs 11.50 down, sows 8.75 down. Kingan & Co did not follow. Local buyers 1000, outsiders 4000. Cattle steady, calves 50 cents lower to 10. Sheep 50 cents lower, lambs 9.00 down.
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Kingan & Co
Move to See Beer Ruling Fails to Pass Senate
Washington July 25. A resolution requiring the Internal Revenue Commissioner to transmit to the Senate the tentative draft of regulations permitting physicians to prescribe beer was introduced by Senator Moses Republican New Hampshire. Senator Nelson Republican Minnesota objected to immediate consideration and the resolution went over.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Commisioner
Senate
Moses
New Hampshire
Nelson Republican
Minnesota
Elm Street Improvement Plan Faces Resident Remonstrances
At tonight's common council meeting residents may voice objections to the Elm Street project featuring sidewalks curbs and gutters as proposed improvements.
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Common Council
Elm Street
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Putnam
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E. A. Browning
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George Glidewell
Putnam County Institute
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