Building Boom In Greencastle As Homes And Factories Rise
In Greencastle construction surges with Rosenthal Bros factory for Putnam Garment Co progressing, basement and first floor walls near completion. DePauw dorm nearing finish, Northwood residences expand with Huestis Prevo projects, Prof Goughs stucco home ready to move in, and several new houses planned amid rising lumber activity. Local chamber reports ongoing interest from builders.
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Putnam Garment Company
College Avenue
Northwood
Greencastle
Rosenthal Bros
DePauw University
Florence Hall
W. O. Timmons
C. Huestis
Henry Prevo
Huestis
Prevo
Prof
H. B. Gough
South College Avenue
Prof. Gough
Greenastle Chamber of Commerce
Lso
Vacancies in City Schools Continue Unfilled
The resignation of Robert Gipson from the local high school teaching and coaching post leaves two vacancies. Superintendent Dodson reports several candidates but no choice yet. A replacement may also be needed at the first ward building as enrollment figures remain uncertain.
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Robert Gipson
Gipson
DePauw University
Dodson
Gold Star Volume lists Putnam WWI dead in Indiana
The Gold Star Volume from the Indiana State Historical Association lists twenty two Putnam County men who died in World War I, among 3354 Indiana names. The leather bound volume includes bios and photos, with data compiled over two years from war records. It costs $5 and is available by writing Harlow Lindley, State House, Indianapolis.
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Indiana State Historical Association
Putnam County
Michael Ader
Fred Adkins
Levi Aker
Ralph Arnold
Homer Austin
Ralph Boone
Lee Collins
Dwight Ford
Millard Gibson
Andrew Hays
Clyde Hurst
Charles Lasley
Raymond McCammack
Earnest McVay
Byford Montgomery
Harry Moor
Clarence Patrick
Henry Sanders
Carl Scribner
Perry Snyder
Elbert Thomas
Garrie Timmons
United States
Indiana
State Historical Association
State Association
War Departments
C. C. Hurst
Hurst
Grencastle
War Department
Harlow Lindley
State House
Indianapolis
Alleged Crap Shooters To Be Tried Friday
Five men arrested Sunday night at the Smith barber shop in the south end by Marshall O H air for gambling will be tried in the mayor s court Friday night Vernie Smith who appeared Monday night pled not guilty and his trial was set for Friday Curran Chadd and others promised to attend Friday s proceedings and are being located by police prior to the trial Dennis Curran has previously faced gaming charges in the mayor s court and was fined for running a gambling room in the Grand Central Hotel by Mayor Bartley
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Smith Barber Shop
South End
Marshall O'Hair
Dennis Curran
Dora Chadd
White
Vernie Smith
Manire
Taylor
Tom Sewell
Grand Central Hotel
Bartley
Goshen Mayor Faces Resignation Demand and Impeachment Threat
In Goshen Indiana on July 27 a secret council session produced a formal demand for Mayor William H. Charnley to resign. Six of seven aldermen signed a communication warning of impeachment if he does not quit by Friday. Crises with appointees Amasa G. Hoovens and Guy W. Daussman escalated this week. County Agent Charles Jackson planned limestone demonstrations for Russellville on August 3.
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Goshen
Ind
William H. Charnley
Charnley
Hurst Family Centennial Reunion Planned in Putnam County
One hundred years since the Hurst ancestors first settled in Putnam county the Hurst Centennial reunion will occur August 3 in the grove on the Elmer Blue farm one mile south of Mt. Meridian. The twentieth annual reunion is expected to draw several hundred attendees.
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Blue Grove
MT. Meridian
Hurst
Putnam County
Elmer Blue
Man admits 21 year old fires at Echo mills in Wells county
Gary Graft 41 of Poe Allen County signed a confession admitting he burned a saw mill and tile mill at Echo Wells county owned by four partners including his brothers Fred and Conrad Graft and John and Charles Kreig. He says revenge on his brothers motivated the crime and also admits setting a United Brethren church near Echo on February 11 1916 while intoxicated just for fun.
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Bluffton
Ind
Gary Graft
Poe
Allen County
Echo
Wells County
Fred
Conrad Graft
John
Charles Kreig
Chris Graft
Carl
Allen Couple Mark 56th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen quietly celebrated the fifty sixth anniversary of their marriage at their home on South College Avenue. He is a Civil War veteran and makes daily trips to his farm near the city as friends extend good wishes for many more years of happiness.
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Robert Allen
South College Avenue
Mrs. Allen
Mr. Allen
Three Misses to Niagara Falls for Two Week Vacation
Miss Nina Cook, Miss Ova Daniel and Miss Ruth Stewart plan a Sunday departure in Miss Cook's Ford Coupe for Niagara Falls and other eastern points on a two week vacation trip.
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Nina Cook
Ova Daniel
Ruth Stewart
Miss Cook
Niagara Falls
Poison meat dumped near Hammond draws crowds
Six car loads of United States condemned food were dumped at Globe station four miles southwest of Hammond. Farmers and nearby residents haul away the poison meat in wagons and trucks while others, including foreigners, reportedly eat some of it. Hammond police and Illinois health authorities investigate theft and distribution.
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Hammond
Ind
United States
Globe Station
Globe’ Rendering Works
Illinois
Body of Rainbow Hero to Be Buried Sunday
Cloverdale Indiana July 27 Funeral services for Lee Roy Collins who died on the Western front in France July 28 1918 will be held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist Church. Collins first to fall from this township in the late war and served with Battery A 151 Field Artillery overseas with the Rainbow division. Local American Legion post will conduct.
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Cloverdale
Ind
Lee Roy Collins
France
Collins
151 Field Artillery
Rainbow Division
American Legion
Governor seeks Foch visit to Evansville Indiana
Governor McCray asks Senator Watson to urge the War Department to arrange a visit by Marshal Foch to Evansville Indiana the hometown of Corporal James B Gresham one of the first Americans killed in France Foch plans to attend the American Legion convention in Kansas City Missouri in October.
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Indiana
McCray
Watson
War Department
Marshal Foch
United States
Evansville
James B. Gresham
France
American Legion
Kansas City
Coatesville Threshermen Enjoy Evening Picnic
The Coatesville threshermen held a picnic Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Storm one mile south of Bethel. Twenty six families and about a hundred attended. Fifteen gallons of ice cream and nearly twenty cakes were consumed. The event was reported as very enjoyable.
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Coatesville
Henry Storm
Bethel
County Superintendent Frank Wallace Visits Russellville and Roachdale
County Superintendent Frank Wallace was in Russellville and Roachdale today on business.
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Frank Wallace
Russellville
Roachdale
Mrs R E Knoll Reports Illness in Knightsville
Mrs R E Knoll travels to Knightsville as her mother battles a serious illness. The notice notes family concern and location of the sustained illness without additional medical details.
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R. E. Knoll
Knightsville
Armenian relief drive a success in Putnam County
The Putnam County relief effort surpassed expectations as residents donated clothing piled high in the city library basement. Miss Ella Wright, county nurse, oversees boxing and shipping. boxes were scarce but secured, and waterproof paper lines the containers for overseas transport.
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Putnam County
Ella Wright
United States
Milk price rise hits St Louis milk supply
Illinois Cooperative Milk Producers Association raised milk prices for St Louis distributors by 18 to 26 percent. Milk moved from 19% to 23 cents a gallon and from $1.69 to $2.12 per 100 pounds. The association cited higher production costs as the reason.
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ST Louis
ST. Louis
Ilinois Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Boy Enters 127 Days Sleep Illness Record
Louisville Ky July 27 attending physicians report 13 year old Michael Fitzgerald has slept since March 22 with only liquid nourishment. doctors say the case may set a record for a continuous nap. The Locust Street ME Church invites visitors to its prayer meeting at 7 45 tonight with the theme Patience of Jesus.
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Louisvile
Michael Fitzgerald
Young Fitzgerald
Jesus
Surety of Peace Case in Squire Frank's Court
The jury sided with defendant Ben F. Raikes in a Surety of the Peace charge brought by Mrs. Cora E. Smith over a quarrel involving chickens in Belle Union. Mrs. Smith fears injury to person or property as Raikes fired a shotgun to drive the birds from his oats field. The trial, heard in Greencastle’s courthouse, drew neighbors and lawyers James and Alice for Raikes and Fr S Hamilton for Smith.
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Squire Frank
Squire Frank's
Ben F. Raikes
Cora E. Smith
Belle Union
Raikes
Goveror Len Small Vanishes From Chicago Scene
The governor facing embezzlement charges amid a conspiracy indictment vanished from public view after an all day counsel conference. He could not be located in Chicago Springfield or his Kankakee home fueling speculation of arrest upon return to Springfield. Lawyers say escape unlikely but timing of his return remains uncertain as charges thread to Sterling Curtis and the lieutenant governor.
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Chicago
Len Small
Springfield
Kankakee
Sangamon County
Small
Fred Sterling
Verne Curtis
Sterling
Curtis
Anchor Line tests Volstead act on liquor in transit
The Anchor Line ships 18 000 cases of Scotch whiskey from Glasgow to Bermuda via New York seeking a test of the Volstead act. A temporary injunction allowed five cases to be unloaded and stored by federal marshals, with fate uncertain and possible seizure if landed.
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New York
United States
Cameronia
Glasgow
Bermuda
Federal Marshall’s Office
Attorney General's Department
DePauw Junior Booster Club Reorganized Into Eight Teams
Coach Fred M. Walker reorganizes the DePauw Junior Booster Club to eight ward based teams for ages 8 to 15. Each ward fields two squads, with a twelve game schedule starting after Thanksgiving. Teams may play preliminaries to college games and a points system will determine the championship.
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Depauw
Fred M. Walker
DePauw Junior Booster Club
Walker
Bowman Gymnasium
Walkey
Real Estate Transfers In Greencastle Details
Celina Curtis transfers property in Greencastle to DePauw University for $1. Bert Smith transfers property in Greencastle to Saul G. Rosenthal for $750. Lucy Black transfers property in Greencastle to Ernest A. Browning for $1. George W Brown transfers property in Greencastle to Henry L. Hawk for $1. Earnest A Browning transfers property in Greencastle to Lucy Black for $1.
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Celina Curtis
DePauw University
Greencastle
Bert Smith
Saul G
Reverend J C Cooley Weds Marjorie Owen
The marriage of Rev. J C Cooley, a DePauw graduate, and Miss Marjorie Fern Owen of Franklin was celebrated last Sunday in Franklin. The couple will reside in Hoytsville, Ohio after September 15.
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J. C. Cooley
Marjorie F. Owen
DePauw
Marjorie Fern Owen
Franklin
Hoytsville
Ohio
Grace Mathes Weds Howard Yunker At Home Ceremony
Grace Mathes became the bride of Howard W. Yunker of Howe Indiana in a simple home wedding at C F Mathes residence on South Indiana Street. Rev H C Clipinger officiated with close family present. The couple will reside in Howe where Yunker will teach at the Military Academy. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs John Yunker of Howe and Mr and Mrs Herschel Cassman of Lafayette.
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C. F. Mathes
South Indiana Street
Grace
Howard W. Yunker
Howe
Indiana
Mendelssohn
Clyde Rogers
Frances
H. C. Clipinger
Locust Street
Yunker
de. Pauw
Delta Sigma Psi Fraternity
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Fred Ellis
N. College Avenue
North College Avenue
Mary Alspaugh
East Seminary Street
Gold Star
Putnam CO
Charles Jackson
U.S
Rainbow
Foch
Coatesville Threshermen
Bulletin
Anchor Line
Booster Club
Grace Mathes
Howard Yunker
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