Crap shooter cases heard by Green Castlе mayor in gambling house raid
Vernie Smith and William Manire of Green Castle and Thomas Green of Brazil colored were before Mayor Bartley on charges of frequenting a gambling house. Smith faced multiple affidavits, was fined ten dollars on two counts, and forty dollars total. Manire and Green pleaded not guilty. Manire paid twenty dollars plus costs, Green contested and faced further action. Curran and Dora Chadd were released and to be tried. Curran offered a guilty plea for a reduced fine but was refused. Chadd sought a similar deal.
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Vernie Smith
Wm. Manire
Green Castle
Thomas
Green
Brazil
Dennis Curran
Dora Chadd
White
Greencastle
Bartley
South End
Smith
Manire
Thomas Green
City Marshall
South Greencastle
Sewell
Smith Barber Shop
Main Street
Curran
Chadd
Governor McCray invites Pershing to Indiana convention
Gov. McCray extends an invitation to Gen. John J. Pershing to attend the Indiana convention of the American Legion at Wabash on October 10 and 11, expressing hope he will accept. A Cleveland to St Louis family injury accident near Bainbridge leaves Leona Anderson with facial cuts, Mrs. Anderson with a broken wrist, and a boy bruised. they are taken to Danville for car repairs after the collision with a Ford on the wrong side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Anderson
St. Louis
Cleveland
Bainbridge
Leona Anderson
Wanderer Granted 63 Day Reprieve by Governor Small
Springfield July 28 Governor Small granted Carl Wanderer a 63 day reprieve until Sept 30. Wanderer sentenced to hang tomorrow for the murder of a ragged stranger during a fake holdup after he killed his wife. A Le gion intervention prompted a reevaluation by an insanity commission. Robert Marx of Cincinnati, commander of the Disabled Veterans, telegraphed Cook County to reject Wanderer request to have the gallows draped with the American flag.
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Springfield
Small
Capitol
Carl Wanderer
Wander
Wanderer
American Legion
Cincinnati
Robert Marx
Cook County
Illinois
Tragic Fatality From Electric Wire Near Strasburg
In Strasburg an electric wire caused the deaths of two boys Donald Heitzman aged ten and Hardly Horn aged nine and seriously burned their father, as Mrs Heitzman aged thirty four was killed attempting to move the bodies. The victims were found in an alley after the boys failed to return home from play.
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Strasburg
Donald Heitzman
Hardly Horn
New Philadelphia
Edward Heitzman
Donald
Heitzman
Mr. Heitzman
Mrs Lucy Black to Open Tea Room in New Donner Block Site
Mrs Lucy Black, who sold her Washington and Vine street business space to Earnest Browning, has rented the former lodge room in the Donner block and plans a tea room opening in about two weeks. Her initial Washington and Vine street location fell through after the deal with Browning.
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Lucy Black
Washington and
Vine Streets
Earnest Browning
P. Lodge
Donner Block
Hog Receipts At Local Market With Mixed Prices
Receipts Friday totaled 9 000 hogs 800 cattle 800 calves and 800 sheep and lambs Hogs held steady at 11.10 to 11.85 with most around 11.35 to 11.75 Pigs fell to 11.75 and sows dropped to 9.25 Cattle prices expected lower except top steers Calves steady near 10 Best lambs brought 9.00 per hundred.
American Zinc to Play Brazil Giants in Brazil Sunday
The American Zinc Company baseball team travels to Brazil Sunday afternoon to meet the Brazil Colored Giants in their first-ever meeting. Local fans know the Brazil club from past games, including Greencastle Grays who played the Zinc Mill diamond last Sunday with Wilbur Bee and LeRoy Bee as the battery for Greencastle.
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American Zinc Company
Brazil Colored Giants
Brazil
Zinc Mill
Greencastle Grays
Wilbur Bee
LeRoy Bee
Greencastle
Putnam County Woman Dies in Brazil Hospital
Mrs. Estella Brown, wife of Thomas Brown of East Brazil, died at a local hospital early Thursday after gallstone surgery. She was 45 years, 6 months, and 28 days old, born in Reesville and lived most of her life in Putnam County. Survived by husband Richard Rogers, four daughters, and three sons.
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Estella Brown
Thomas Brown
East Brazil
Reesville
Putnam Couty
Richard Rogers
Auto Crash Kills Four Near Greensburg Indiana
A Big Four train struck an automobile near McCoy station five miles east of Fern, killing James Anderson 49, his wife Mary, and infant Rush Elston Anderson. George Anderson 2 was injured and two older children were in a car with W. E. Patton. A rainstorm forced shelter at a section house before the collision.
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Greensburg
Ind
James Anderson
Richland
Rush County
McCoy Station
Fere
Mary. Anderson
James Taint Rush Elston Anderson
George Anderson
Anderson
Howard King
Governor Len Small Arrives in Kankakee for Night Stay
Governor Len Small and his 80 year old companion Leslie arrived in Kankakee at 6 30 PM to spend the night with his family. He said he would return to Chicago in the morning for a state aid road meeting and declined to discuss last week's indictment or next steps in the case.
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Kankakee
Ill
Rain Brings Heat Relief With Limited Downpour
In Greencastle showers brought relief from a spell of hot weather. The first storm dropped 0.23 inches, and the subsequent rain added 0.60 inches, totaling 0.83 inches, a bit over three quarters of an inch.
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Greencastle
Miss Estelle Hamrick Hosts Friends for Visit
Miss Estelle Hamrick entertained guests yesterday afternoon at her home on east Washington street honoring Miss Marion Oilar and Miss Verna Poulpas visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beemer. Present were Elva Ayler Evelyn Ayler Elizabeth Hughes Mary Manual Ella Rector Bonnie Moffett Gertrude Cook Ruby Larkin Thelma Schmidt Ida Sheets and Phoebe Conley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Hamrick
East Washington Street
Marion Oilar
Verna Poulpas
W. A. Beemer
Elva Ayler
Evelyn Ayler
Elizabeth Hughes
Mary Manual
Ella Rector
Bonnie Moffett
Gertrude Cook
Ruby Larkin
Thelma Schmidt
Ida Sheets
Phoebe Conley
Indiana Highway Commission awards road contracts for 32 miles
The Indiana State Highway Commission awards two contracts to William F. Smith of Indianapolis for 32 miles of National Road in Putnam and Warrick counties. Construction begins immediately, with Putnam County to be completed by January 1, 1922, at a bid of 81,967.81, well under the engineer estimate. The project will pave the National Road from Brazil to Seelyville once remaining sections are finished.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
Putnam
Warrick Counties
Manhattan
State Highway commiSsion
William F. Smith
Indianapolis
Warrick
Putnam County
Mt. Meridian
Mahattan
Blooming To
Brazil
Seelyville
Blackstock Athletic Field Progress Report
The De Pauw athletic field at Blackstock is rapidly advancing. Ground is cleared, grading done, and the running track excavated. Tile drains are being installed at 24 foot intervals to ensure drainage, with blasting required to remove stone. Completion before winter seems unlikely.
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Blackstock
de Pauw
Teutons Owe $240 744 511 for U S Army upkeep
Secretary Weeks told the Senate that Germany owed the United States 240 million 744 thousand 511 dollars for maintaining American troops on the Rhine up to April 30. He cited total occupation costs from December 18, 1918 to April 30 at 275 million 824 thousand 194 dollars and noted 500 officers 13241 enlisted men and 54 nurses were in German territory. The resolution aimed to spur troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Rhine
Weeks
Senate
Borah
Republican
Idaho
Open Season for Squirrels Next Monday
Hunters may start the open season on squirrels next Monday with no bag limit. Carry a license and obtain landowner permission before hunting on private property.
Clinton Falls Social Highlights Include Visitors and Birthdays
The Clinton Falls men cake and ice cream social drew a large crowd on Saturday. Local residents share weekend visits with relatives, including Fred Williams and wife of Greencastle and Abner Siglar and wife. Frances, Thelma, and Callie Bettis visit relatives. Claude Hall celebrated his fifteenth birthday with a party.
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Fred Williams
Greencastle
Abner Siglar
Pete Moore
John D. Newgent
Thelma
Callie Bettis
Chas Goddard
Pearl Norman
Motezuma
Mary Jane Kent
Deb Monker
Margaret Newgent
John Morris
Orval Roach
Georgia Betts
Eula Clay
Burk
Sarah Rowings
Malta Thresher's Picnic Gathers Local Residents
The Malta community held a picnic at Big Walnut with ice cream and cake. Invited guests included Miss Pauline Goodwin and Miss Mary Shuck. Various local residents and families were noted visiting, traveling, or attending events across nearby towns.
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Big Walnut
Pauline Goodwin
Mary Shuck
John Stanley
Will Shuck
Danville
Leon Havens
Greencastle
Alice Ransom
Clyde Walls
Mary Oliver
Neva Phillips
Havens
Myrtle Havens
Hazel Woods
James Duncan
Morris Campbell
Anna Goodwin
Mollie Goodwin
Luna Lisby
Coatesville
Reuben Masten
Pearl Campbell
Morris Goodwin
Mary Hunter
Kate Campbell
Randolph
Lewis Garrett
Len Havens
Alva
Baseball Showdown at McKeen Field Saturday
Greencastle and Crawfordsville veterans renew their twelve inning July fourth clash with Coach Walker reorganizing Greencastle. Saturday at three oclock the Dean Specials will face Greencastle in a pitchers duel after a 5 to 4 Greencastle win.
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Greencastle
Walker
Crawfordsville
Dean
DePauw
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Pullen
P. Sullivan
C. Paris
Durable Cement Meets Putnamville Sunday
The Indiana Portland Cement Company baseball team faces Putnamville Sunday afternoon at the Cement Company grounds. Each club has won one of two prior meetings this year, with Alexander and Clark as the Cement battery and Sutherlin brothers handling Putnamville pitching and catching. Lineup features Hutcheson, Hubbard, McBride, Myers, Runyan, Steward, Gardner, Alexander, and Clark with Figg and J Hutcheson among substitutes.
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Indiana
Portland Cement Company
Putnamville
Cement Company
Battery
Alexander and Clark
Sutherlin Brothers
K_ Hutcheson
W Mubbard
McBride
Myers
Runyan
LF Steward
CF. Gardner
RF Alexander
P. Clark
C Butler
Figg
J Hutcheson
Named as postmaster Washington July 28
Jesse F. McGeehee was nominated to be postmaster in Washington. The notification lists McGeehee for the position pending confirmation and official status.
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Washington
Jesse F. McGeehee
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Chady
Pershing
ZINC
Brazil Giants
Richland Sunday School
Hillsdale Park
Turkey Run
Shrine Club OF
Turkey Run State Park
Shrine Club
Zorah Temple Band
Patrol
Bach County
Shriners
Yes
Fez
State Higway Commission
Blackstock Athletic Field
U. 8
ARMY
Clinton Falls
Malta
Mckeen Field
Ransey
Gardner
L. F. Galheries
P Clemons
Coffel
Ingersoll
R. F. Rutan
L. F
Durable Cement
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