Moss Markets Fancy Cattle at Chicago Market
In Chicago this week Mr. Moss sold 18 head of beef cattle fattened on ensilage corn and cotton seed meal earning a good profit. A second herd of 78 head is being fattened on grass for September market with plans for a fancy price. He notes two year olds yield better returns than three or four year olds. The Brazil News notes thanks to local helpers after James Paxton’s illness and death.
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Chicago
Mr. Moss
Ashboro
Moss
Brazil
Cattle sale nets near top price on Chicago market
Congressman Ralph W. Moss reports from the Chicago market that he sold 18 Thoroughbred cattle this week. The cattle brought about 100 hundred dollars, near the market top, with a total weight of 24 420 pounds averaging roughly 1 850 pounds per head.
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Ralph W. Moss
Chicago
Orchard expert says local apples above average
Purdue University orchard specialist C B Durham visited area orchards on Thursday and reported the fruit quality is better than he has seen this summer, calling the crop above average for the region.
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C. B. Durham
Purdue University
Purdue orchard experts to demo apple care Monday
Purdue University specialists C B Durham and J H Batch visited Putnam County orchards on Thursday to assess crops and pest threats. They praised the Carver orchard and Grimes Golden and Delicious crops, announced a Monday demonstration at Carver orchard with pruning and spraying tips, and invited all orchardists to attend, including Greencastle Orchard Company partners.
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Putnam County
Indiana
Carver
C. B. Durham
Purdue University
Greencastle Orchard Company
Grimes
Mr. Durham
Hazelett
R. A. Ogg
McFarlane
Joe Allen
Purdue
Monon Trains To Stop At Putnamville Flag Station
Under an order by Monon general passenger agent E P Cockrell the north and southbound through trains will stop at Putnamville only with passengers. The noon and 2 50 pm arrivals are the schedule stops, midnight trains will not stop. The change aims to improve State Farm service and reduce automobile transport of prisoners. Mrs Olive Dixon visits then heads to Roachdale before returning to Anderson.
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E. P. Cockrell
Monon
Putnamville
State Farm
Greencastle
George J Bittler Drives Indiana Democratic Club Expansion
George J Bittler an early booster and former Indiana state treasurer remains active in the Indiana Democratic Club. He helped secure home ownership for the club and now promotes remodeling and enlargement to seat growing membership. He also advocates recruiting Democrats from across the state to use the Indianapolis club as a headquarters with inducements for membership.
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George J. Bittler
Indiana Democratic Club
Indianapolis
Butler
Fort Wayne
Hugh Price Escapes Disaster Through Family Visit
Hugh Price son of Dr and Mrs E O Price works for Western Electric in Chicago. He came to Ladoga to visit his mother and newborn niece rather than join the Western Electric excursion boat trip. News of the Eastland disaster reached Ladoga and friends learned he was safe at his parents home in Ladoga. Price is a former DePauw student and well known locally.
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Ladoga
Hugh Price
E. O. Price
Western Electric Company
Chicago
Murray
Western Electric
Eastland
Hugh
Frats Exempt From Taxation Rules Questioned
The State Board of Tax Commissioners considers a Putnam County appeal challenging a county tax board decision. The case questions whether fraternities qualify for tax exemption under applicable statutes as the board reviews prior rulings.
State Board grants De Pauw fraternities tax exemption
The State Board of Tax Commissioners unanimously granted the appeal for fraternity houses owned by De Pauw University fraternities, removing them from tax duplicates. The decision follows an opinion from the attorney general interpreting the law to exempt the fraternity houses from taxation. The Putnam county board’s assessment was unchanged except for the fraternity houses.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
DePauw University
County Board of Equalization
State Board
James Houck
Greencastle
Houck
Campaign Push Aims For New High School Building
City school board has secured satisfactory arrangements with the state board of education for use of the high school building next winter. The board then shifts focus to the movement for necessary improvements.
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City School Board
State Board OF Education
City and township debate funding for a new high school building
The local school board seeks state approval to use the current high school building for the next term while debating two building plans. One would be city controlled, the other jointly with township. City bonds and a city election are likely steps, with petitions circulating but not yet submitted.
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State Board of Education
Man About Town mentions Apollo and the county seat move
The column notes a 1906 model county seat Apollo leaving town and includes the line you never can tell by the noise they make. Dr. J C Branham of Hebron Indiana, formerly of Cloverdale, visits Cloverdale on his way home with his mother today.
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Apollo
George Ade
Mr. Ade
J. C. Branham
Hebron
Ind
Cloverdale
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Lee Paxton
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Iste
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Thanhouser Drama
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Superba Comedy
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Majestic Comedy
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Fatty” Arbuckle
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James Newman
William H. Parish
Lena Figg
Roachdale
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George Bittler
Democratic Club
DePauw
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Attorney General Rules
Nelson
the Pride of America
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Hanna
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Cloverdale, Ind
Lyric
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Harry Morley
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Lubin
Crescent Club
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