Local items span travel, health, and community projects
Local notes report residents Mr. and Mrs. Sutherlin and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas driving to Indianapolis, Dr. Sigler on state business and illness in Mrs. John Buis, a Cherry Springs Sunday school picnic, a DePauw Music School concert, and a new road binder donation to Greencastle with street plans. Also covered are family visits, church meetings, and extended travels of St. Vincent Hospital patients and area families touring the South and West with several listed stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Buis
Murphy
Fred Miller
Raymond Coffman
Terre Haute
George C. Foulkes
Foulkes Contracting Co
Greencastle
W. H. Harris
Belle Carver
Edgar
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Denver
Colorado Springs
Glacier Park
H. C. Foster
Cloverdale
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Foster
L. G. Wright
Ruby
Viola Mills
New Maysville
Mrs. Wright
Orin Hall
Miss Mills
Mr. Hall
Georgia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Chamberlains Ointment Reverses Neck Stiffness Claim
Mrs. Conrad Oliver of Little Falls New York reports her husband suffered neck and shoulder stiffness from a sprain. After using Chamberlains Ointment a few times the lameless and stiffness disappeared. The notice frames muscular rheumatism as sudden and often mistaken for a sprain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Oliver
Little Falls
N. Y
Monon Excursion to Michigan City Scheduled
The Monon will operate a special excursion to Michigan City and return on Sunday August 1. The outward train departs Greencastle at 7 47 a m and the return leaves Michigan City at 7 00 p m. Round trip fare is 1 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Michigan City
Greencastle
State Tax Board upholds Greencastle water plant assessment
The Greencastle Water company valuation is set at 875 000 this year, 15 000 higher than 1914. The county board of review raised the plant assessment and DePauw fraternity properties also appealed. The state board heard both appeals and indicated the water assessment is fair and will render a decision later this week on the fraternity taxation case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Water Company
County Board of Review
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Review
C. L. Airhart
Sylvan Vermilion
Indianapolis
State Board
Putnam County
DePauw University
Tax Board
Successful Applicants Named For Licenses In County Exam
The county announces the success list from the June teachers license exam with 25 of 110 state licenses, 8 of 41 county licenses, and 16 vocational licenses passing. Exams next month will be at the courthouse with Mrs. L. G. Wright in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Wright
Court House
Ollie Skelton
Ruth Bridges
Orville O'Neal
Galdys Lewis
Bertha Elliott
Mary Hunt
Zoula Abel
Mary Pierce
W. R. Allee
Arthur Dean
Burl McClure
Bethena Vandament
Ida Wood
Cora M Cline
Carl Hilburn
Olin Clark
Beatrice Evans
Daisey Stauch
Mary E
Chautauqua Ticket Campaign Plans Detailed by Districts
The Greencastle Chautauqua ticket selling plan for August 15 to 20 outlines district divisions and agents. Section leaders include Miss Jennie Strain, Miss Blanche Reed, Mrs. C. E. Lewis, Miss Lelia Pickett, and others, with eight sections covering all city areas and respective ticket agents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
C. E. Lewis
Lelia Pickett
Expert Judges of Swine Meet at Purdue University
A one day school for swine breeders and judges will be held at Purdue University Live Stock Judging Pavilion on Tuesday August 3. Experienced breeders will lead instruction on scoring and judging hogs enabling better selection for shows and Indiana fairs. Visitors will inspect breeding stock and show barrows among five hog breeds with many stockmen expected from across the state. For a program send request to J H Skinner Lafayette Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Indiana
J. H. Skinner
Lafayette
Elder Greencastle Resident Joseph Friend Dies at 74
Joseph Friend aged 74 died at his home on North Madison Street July 28 after a prolonged illness. Born in Baden Germany December 9 1840 he emigrated to Greencastle in 1866 and became a citizen in 1867. He married Earnestine Bodemer in 1868. Survived by three children Allie C Ruark Katherine Johns and John G Friend. Services held July 25 at his home conducted by Rev Thomas Younger with pallbearers and interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Friend
Madison Street
Mille Baden
Germany
Joseph
Elizabeth Friend
Earnestine Bodemer
Jacob Haas
M. E
Friend
Joe
Greencastle
Allie C. Ruark
Katherine Johns
John G. Friend
Putnam County
Alfred Hirt
Charles Merkel
Holmes Craver
Walter Brown
William Callahan
J. W. Shaver
Forest Hill Cemetery
Confidence Man Steals Visitor's Cash in Century Building
A Tennessee farmer, Ralph Bassett, met a well dressed stranger at Union Station in Indianapolis who posed as a trustworthy friend. The man claimed Kentucky ties and estate funds, then asked for a loan. Bassett lent $15 before the man vanished into the Century Building. police investigated and labeled him a confidence man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bassett
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Union Station
Bassett
Coatesville
Ind
Illinois Street
Maryland Street
Century Building
Kentucky Mountains
Kentucky
Johnson
O'Donnell
Indianapolis Star
DePauw honors lead to Central West track team selection
The Cherry Circle figures Ivan Meyers DePauw Sidney Hatch I A C J S McKeown C A A and Franz Marceau comprise the group chosen to represent the central west at the field and track championships in San Francisco on August 6 and 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ivan Meyers
DePauw
Sidney Hatch
J. S. McKeown
Franz Marceau
Cherry Circle Organization
Central West
San Francisco
Three-Legged Cow Delights Waveland Farm
In Waveland Indiana a three legged cow from the T. L. Hanna farm recovered after vets amputated a hind leg above the hock. With anesthetic by Claude Scott, the cow now roams the farm as well as other cattle, marking an unusual local record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waveland
Ind
T. L. Hanna
Here
B. H. Bronson
Claude Scott
Why You Should Trade With Firms That Advertise
A brief exhortation argues that advertisers value customers and offer information about their services. It says merchants should disclose what they can provide and that customers may shop elsewhere if not informed.
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William Sutherlin
Cleve Thomas
T. A. Sigler
Orleans
Campbellsburg
Evansville
Dr. Sigler
C. T. Zaring
Seattle
Wash
The
Shriners
Murat Temple Lodge
F. M. Lyons
Glenn
Michigan
Winona Lake
Warsaw
Mr. Lyon
Prof
C. L. Lyon
Blanche Roberts
Manhattan
Matt Roberts
Lake Winona
Petosky
Mich
Dean R. G. McCutchan
van Denman Thompson
DePauw Music School
Meharry Hall
Dean McCutchan
Prof. Thompson
DePauw Summer School
Roemac
Macadam Roads
Anderson Manufacturing Company
Greencastle Street
Walnut Street
College Avenue
Vine
West Side
Andrew Lockridge
Alec Lockridge
Mrs
Charles Wallace and Son
Kansas City
Fred Kemper
Ida Ruark
Allie Ruark
Eulalia Jackson
Winona Cowgill
Fillmore
Lebanon
H. V. Ruark
Ruark
Elsie Cowgill
Presbyterian Church
Lou McIntosh
Hattie Lueteke
Lueteke
South Locust Street
Edward T. Helfer
Mary Gilmore
Bethany Park
Mr. Helfer
Park
Halstead Selby
Mike Ogle
Herbert Landes
Denver Huestis
Big Walnut Creek
H. A. Henderson
Washington
Locust
Seminary
Co. T. Vancleave
Jennie
Charles Ewan
Cora O'Brien
Chesnut
Vera O’rear
Elizabeth Landes
Hanna
Nellie Warner
Wilhelmina Lank
Harry Talbott
Ida Riley
Lelia Talbott
Otis Browning
Alberts
Hagel
Battman
Olive
Davis
Olin
Parker
William
W. B. Vestal
Albert Jenkins
Phoebe A. Nelson
Madison Township
Wm. F. Scott
Benjamin F. Goff
Russell Town
Charles L. Amick
John B. Smythe
Marion Township
James Riggles
1. D. S. Railway Co
Jackson
Township
Mary E. Whelan
William B. Vestal
Warren Township
Clyde C. Rice
Sabina Michaels
Greencas
Horace W. Tingley
Lucinda E. Ikamire
Charles L. Eggers
Albert J. Gossett
Floyd Township
Laura R. Brown
Edward J. Arsyman
John W. Young
C. H. Mann
Milford Butts
William H. Smith
Washington Township
Milton M. Brown
William H. Rich
Bainbridge
George C. Bunten
John H. Bunten
Jesse L. Lecman
Orlando Heavin
Francis A. Arnold
Charles J. Arnold
East Walnut
North Jackson Street
Gilbert
Charles E. Wood
Edison
E. A.browning
J. W. Herod
Spero
Binder
Marshall & O’hair
Walnut and
Vine Streets
Chas. Gray
Cloverdale, Ind
Vehcles
Brazil Loan
N.W
All Communication
Main Street
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