Putnam County Hospital Opens With 53 Beds In Green Cast
The magnificent Putnam County Hospital in Greencastle opened Sunday for inspection drawing over eighteen hundred visitors. The three story red brick facility on Northwood plans a future nurses home and features an X Ray room, operating theater, and five bed nursery. Miss Mildred Allen leads the X Ray department while Dr. Gillespie and county officials spearheaded the project which cost $95,000 after a 1920 election authorized the hospital’s building.
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Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle
Putnam County
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Northwood
Orson Shirley
Mildred Allen
D. Allen
Wesley Hospital of
Chicago
Miss Allen
Hopital
Indiana
Andrew FE. Durham
J. F. Gillespie
Andrew B. Hanna
Wm. A. Kreigh
D. B. Hostetter
Roachdale
Jesse E. McCoy
Cloverdale
Putnam County Assessments Approved by Board of Equalization
The Putnam County assessments are approved with no horizontal increases this year. The State Tax Board, via its secretary, has notified the county auditor of approval of the equalized assessments. Historically the State Board has ordered increases on many local assessments.
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State Tax Board
Board OF Review
Putnam County
County Board of Equalization
Miscellaneous Shower Honors Mildred Gardner Before August Wedding
Mrs. Fred Long hosted a shower for Mildred Gardner at Berry Street, centered on a rain barrel gift reveal. Guests included out of town visitors Mrs. Ida Rush and daughter Mary Jane of Rockville, Mrs. Anna Scott, and Mrs. William L. Everett with Indianapolis ties.
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Fred Long
Berry Street
Mildred Gardner
Miss Gardner
Perry M. Rush
Doris Long
Charlotte Donnahue
Juliana Gardner
Mildred Caviness
Julianna Gardner
Charlotte Donnohue
Virginia Donnohue
Ida Rush
Mary Jane
Rockville
Anna Scott
William L. Everett
Indianapolis
Death of Greencastle Councilman Oscar Williams
Oscar Williams 50 prominent Greencastle resident dies after months of illness at his Bloomington Street home. He served on the city council and was active in local Masonic and fraternal orders. Funeral Wednesday at 3 PM at the Christian Church with Rev. Levi Marshall. burial Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Greencastle
THE
Christian Church
Oscar Williams
Bloomington Street
Williams
Crescent Rebekah Lodge
Temple Lodge
Eastern Star
Maxine
Eva Williams
Hazel Williams
Indianapolis
Charles Jacobs
Townsend
Clyde
Paul
Lee
Levi Marshall
Forest Hill Cemetery
New Floor Being Laid in Deer Creek Bridge
The State Highway Commission started work on a new floor for the Deer Creek Bridge about five miles south of Greencastle on the Cloverdale road. The bridge floor is in deplorable condition. A double floor is being installed with the first layer across the bridge and heavy boards added lengthwise on top.
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The
State Highway Commission
Deer Creek Bridge
Grencastle
Cloverdale Road
Brazil Colored Giants Defeat Cloverdale Sluggers 5 to 4
The Brazil Colored Giants beat Cloverdale 5 to 4 in a Sunday game at Morrison Park. A large crowd watched an evenly played contest with Jones and Williamson as Cloverdale’s battery.
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Cloverdale Sluggers
Cloverdale
Morrison Park
Jones and Williamson
Ford Sedan Crashes Into Telephone Pole Near National Road
A Ford sedan driven by Raymond Cochenour of Cloverdale crashed into a telephone pole on Cloverdale road about a mile south of the National Road near 8 o clock Sunday morning. Cochenour, who delivers a Sunday rural route, was not injured though the front end suffered heavy damage.
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Raymond Cochenour
Cloverdale
Joseph Cochenour
Young Cochenour
Greencastle
Codeneur
Breeders 10 Picnic At Tara Hill August 5
Airdale Fanciers of the county and surrounding counties host an all day picnic at Tara Hill the home of Mr and Mrs John McCabe on Sunday August 5. Breeders are invited to bring a basket for a noon basket dinner and social gathering with the aim of forming an annual event.
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Airdale
John M’cabe
John McCabe
Tara Hill
God Fellowship
McCabe
Airdales
Train Kills 13 Autoists in Two Wrecks
Thirteen autoists died when a Pennsylvania eastbound passenger train hit two cars within 100 miles of each other in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday afternoon. In Highland Illinois four occupants perished when a car was struck. At Liggett eight miles west of Terre Haute nine were killed as the car stalled on the tracks and was struck at speed. The train, delayed by an earlier Highland crash, left two engines pulling a fast limited service. the crew was held blameless.
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Highland
Ills
Ligget
Terre Haute
New York
Greencastle
Tere Haute
Kiggett, Ill
Ind
Liggett
Here
Pennsylvania
Ill
G. Gillishie
Liggett Telegraph Tower
Tragic Highland Indiana Train Crash Claims Several Lives
The wreck near Highland Indiana kills Mrs Velta Bostwick and two small children among a list of victims. Raymond Thomason drove the train involved as crews tried to make up time. Two babies Anna Leona Slavens and Clarence Slavens perish on the engine pilot. Seven bodies come to Terre Haute with a dog dying beside its owner's body.
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Velta Bostwick
Danville
Ill
Michael Bostwick
Clarence Bostwick
May Bostwick
Trilla Bostwick
Daugh Etta Malessa Bostwick
Ethel Slavens
Central Terre Haute
Anna Leona Slavens
Raymond Thomason
Highland
Highlands
John Sezs
Sera Danka
Joe Lengyle
Sezs
Danya
Lengle
Clarence Slavens
Terre Haute
Catch Nice String Catfish at Hoosier Highlands
Virgil Rogers and Harold Knoy of Cloverdale landed a nice string of channel catfish at Hoosier Highlands Friday night and Saturday morning. The young anglers landed fifteen channel catfish weighing 24 pounds.
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Hoosier Highlands
Virgil Rogers
Harold Knoy
Cloverdale
William S DeVaney Dies After Stroke Farm leader in Madison Township
William S DeVaney 64 prominent Madison township farmer died at his home from a stroke. Survived by widow two daughters Miss Ethel DeVaney and Miss Mary DeVaney of Indianapolis and two sons Albert and Frank. Funeral Tuesday at Union Cemetery in Hamilton county near Atlanta with departure from the home at 8 am.
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William S. DeVaney
Madison Township
Mr. DeVaney
Ethel DeVaney
Mary DeVaney
Indianapolis
Albert
Frank
Union Cemetery
Hamilton County
Atlanta
DeVaney
Wrecking Car Handles Busy Weekend Runs
The Franklin Street garage wrecking car responded to calls Saturday night and Sunday. It towed a Studebaker Sedan from a collision in Manhattan and attended multiple breakdowns including a Cadillac wiring fault in Stilesville, a Buick roadster in the Crawfordsville road ditch, an Overland with a broken axle near Cunot, and a Buick Touring car collision north of Greencastle involving Aaron Thomas.
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Franklin Street
Manhattan
Studebaker
Cadillac
Stilesvile
Buick
Crawfordsville
Cunot
Aaron Thomas
Greencastle
Marriage License Annotations for Indiana Couples
Miss Elsa Nugent and R R Stacy of Indianapolis received a marriage license. John M Fisher and Miss Gertrude Sheenan of Brazil also obtained a license.
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Elsa Nugent
R. R. Stacy
Indianapolis
John M. Fisher
Gertrude Sheenan
Brazil
Double Funeral Held For 8 A Victims Crowder Cartwright
A double funeral was held at Calvary Baptist Church for Charles Crowder nineteen and Miss Thelma Cartwright eight Carter apartments killed when their car was struck by a Vandalia train on the National road crossing near Reelsville Indiana. Crowder died in Paris Illinois burial there. Cartwright buried in Memorial Park cemetery. Crowder was L S Ayres manager. Cartwright worked at Real Silk Hosiery Mills.
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Indianapolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Crowder
Adams Street
Thelma Cartwright
Carter Apartments
College and
Massachusetts Avenues
Paris
Miss Cartwright
Memorial Park Cemetery
Crowder
P. L. Stoneburter
Illinois
Gladys Reagan
Crowd
Miss Mildred Long Appointed Over Other Applicant
Mrs Wilbur Arnold was the only applicant for Putnam county representative to the Home Economics school at the State Fair. She filed before noon Saturday but the appointment went to Miss Mildred Long of Greencastle who filed near 3 pm. Rules required noon Saturday filing. The Herald incorrectly reported Mrs Arnold's appointment.
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Wilbur Arnold
Putnam County
Mildred Long
Greencastle
the Herald
Arnold
Inquest on Mental Condition of Fire Bug Held
An inquest to determine the mental condition of Donald McPherson recently arrested for setting fire to Miss Jennie Grady’s home was held Monday before Squire Robert Newgent. The defendant’s mother and other Brazil residents testified about his sanity, with the mother described as of unsound mind.
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Donald McPherson
Jennie Grady
Indiana Street
Squire Robert Newgent
McPherson
Brazil
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Eva Milburn
Lebanon
Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis
Minn
Effie Stigleman
Methodist Hospital of
Minneapolis, Minn
Inez Holbrook
Wesley Hospital
Mildred
Putnam CO
Deer Creek
Ike
Maoe
W. S. Devaney
SEATH
Madisonownship
8. A
Charles Crowder and
Indi
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