Doctor Pioneers Auto Use In Greencastle Area
Charles J. Arkold recalls Dr. C T Zaring pioneering automobile service in Greencastle and Putnam County during the late 1890s. The piece notes a sped journey at 15 to 19 miles per hour, a torn hat, and a patient with a chigger bite. It also mentions his wife Mrs Zaring, and mild local anecdotes about weather and a Greencastle businessman who remembers faces but forgets names.
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Greencastle
C. T. Zaring
Putnam County
Herald
Zaring
John
Marriage License for James Cannon and Kathryn Call
James Be Cannon aged 51 of Greencastle and Kathryn Call a Gary housekeeper are issued a marriage license.
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James BE. Cannon
Ees
Greencastle
Kathryn Call
Gary
Fear Smallpox Epidemic in Greencastle
Fear of a smallpox outbreak grows in Greencastle after two new cases at the Ben Turner boarding house on North Jackson Street. Levi Carpenter and George Shepard are quarantined upstairs with Bert Steele, already ill. Local health officials vaccinated twenty exposed residents and urged immediate precautions. The upstairs boarding house section was quarantined per state guidance.
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Ben Turner
North
Jackson Street
Greencastle
Levi Carpenter
Lone Star Cement Co
George Shepard
DePauw University
Bert Steele
Steele
W. M. McGaughey
Paul Ream
McGaughey
State Board of Health
Tuuner
Putnam County
Greencastle Band Opens Summer Concert Tonight
William Blanchard will conduct the Greencastle Band in a summer opening concert on the south side of the square this evening at 8. The program features marches overtures and waltzes including On the Square In Honor Bound Memory's Garden King Lear Men of Valor Spirit of Independence Repaes Band Love Me Washington State Mayflowers and Be Pluribus Unum.
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William Blanchard
Greencastle
Lone Star Cement Co
Panella
Kiefer
Hazel March
Klohr
Holzmann
Sweeley
Mackie Beyer
Washington State
Young
Laurens
Jewell
Pike County Wheat Ready for Harvest
Petersburgh Ind June 18 Wheat harvest will start in Pike county on sand farms about the middle of this week. The crop promises to be fair with failures in river bottoms where flood waters covered fields. Purkoff and Purkel varieties expected to yield well aided by milder winter.
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Petersburgh
Ind
Pike County
Doctor Blames Sheik Motorist for Coed Murder
Columbus police and papers report discrepancies in the night of Miss Theora Hix murder. Dr. James H. Snook and Marion T. Meyers are held for investigation as Snook offers an alibi and claims Hix favored rides from strangers.
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Columbus
INS
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
Snook
Marion T. Meyers
Dr. Snook
Dr. Shook
Miss Hix
Dr.Snook
Coffman Trial Date Set for June 28
Otho Coffman of Madison township near Oakalla faces a petit larceny charge in the Putnam Circuit Court. Bond is $600. The case stems from stolen chickens traced from Ed Stone’s farm southwest of Greencastle to a Cloverdale poultry dealer and Coffman’s identification by poultry records.
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Otho Coffman
Oakalla
Madison Township
Putnam Circuit Court
Coffman
Ed Stone
Greencastle
Coffsman
Cloverdale
Grand jury called in Cassler murder case
In Valparaiso Porter Circuit Court a grand jury was ordered to meet Thursday to weigh charges against Mrs. Catherine Cassler of Chicago accused in the slaying of Cameola Soutar whose body was found in a swamp south of Hebron on May 30.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Porter Circuit Court
Catherine Cassler
Chicago
Cameola Soutar
Hebron
Cost of High School Shows Drop of Over $2,000
A city report from the superintendent shows total costs for high school events decreased by more than two thousand dollars in the past year. Enrollment figures for the schools are provided in the same report.
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Greencastle City
Greencastle City and Township
Warren J. Yount
Seiceessenepeses
Suddnas
Bek Eerats
Dawes Urges United Move Toward Naval Disarmament
Ambassador Dawes told a London crowd that nations should reject individual treaties in favor of a unified push for disarmament. He said lasting peace comes only after agreeing on naval reductions and then applying shared standards to measure parity.
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Great Britain
Harry R. Flory
Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossismouth
Scotland
United States
France
Germany
Japan
Belgium
Brazil
Italy
Roachdale student wins Wabash College scholarship
The Merald reports Stuart Hostetter of Roachdale received a scholarship from Wabash College. Mrs. J. G. Dunbar was elected president of the Woman's Home Missionary Society. Asbury Manuel and family left for Merom for a large farm. George Landes, Greencastle township trustee, plans a new house on Larrabee Street.
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Stuart Hostetter
Roachdale
Wabash College
J. G. Dunbar
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Bascom O'Hair
Asbury Manuel
Merom
George Landes
Greencastle Township
Larrabee Street
Weather Update Partly Cloudy Then Slightly Cooler
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible afternoon or tonight thunderstorms in the south portion. Cooler tonight in the north and west central portions.
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South
Rock Island Teacher Resigns to Accept Lansing Plant Post
L Courtney of Rock Island Illinois resigns after six years as a Rock Island High School teacher to take a new posting in Lansing Michigan. He will work in the printing department at his new job. Courtney is a DePauw University graduate and well known in Greencastle. The Rock Island Argus praised his success.
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L. Courtney
Rock Island
J. E. Courtney
South Locust Street
Lansing
Mich
Courtney
Greencastle
DePauw University
Rock
Towne Family Teatime Invitations Extend June 21
Miss Laura Towne along with sisters Miss Elinor Towne of Washington and Mrs. R O Kimberlin of South Bend will host friends of their parents Dr and Mrs S B Towne for calls Friday afternoon June 21 from three to five o'clock.
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Laura Towne
Elinor Towne
Washington, D. C
R. O. Kimberlin
South Bend
Ind
S. B. Towne
Wilson Birthplace Manse Sold in Staunton Shrine Plan
The old Woodrow Wilson birth house in Staunton Virginia has been bought by Mary Baldwin College for the First Presbyterian church. The $30,000 sale preserves the home as a Wilson shrine, continuing its use as a pastor manse in years past. Wilson's father once preached there.
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Staunton
INS
Woodrow Wilson
Mary Baldwin College
First Presbyterian Church
Wilson
Sudranski to Retire After 41 Years in Greencastle
Sol Sudranski, son of Julius Sudranski, announces the closing of J. Sudranski & Co after 41 years of operation in Greencastle. The Sudranski building on the West Side hosts the final sale and Sudranski’s retirement from active mercantile business. The downtown store once stood near the square after 1888. occupancy of the vacated room remains under negotiation.
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West Side Merchant
Greencastle
J. Sudranski
Bathers flock to Big Walnut Creek for relief
The present heat wave draws hundreds to Crow's Bridge near town for cooling. Many swim at Oak Hill park and nearby resorts while no bath house facilities exist at the bridge site.
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Big Walnut Creek
Crow's Bridge
Oak Hill Park
Mule collision damages auto near Attica
R. E. Richards of east Franklin Street damaged his car to about 100 dollars when it struck a mule on the road while enroute home from Attica yesterday. The driver was unhurt but the mule was so badly hurt it had to be killed.
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R. E. Richards
Franklin St
Mr. Richards
Attica
Paris Luncheon Serves Scented Sausage Tradition
In Paris on June 19 the Societe D'Accclamation featured a perfumed sausage with a light floral oriental scent as hors d oeuvres. The club, known for exotic dishes, has previously served ostrich knuckles stuffed lions tails and roast camel hump at annual luncheons, with no reported casualties and diners remaining healthy after.
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Paris
Societe D’accclimation
Lone Star Co Show Visitors Through Big Plant
Ten thousand to twelve thousand attend the Lone Star Cement Company barbecue at the Limedale plant with expectations of fifteen thousand registrants by day’s end. Visitors tour cement mills and quarries while guides direct excursions on two engines pulling gondola cars. The event runs smoothly with drills, meals, and ground shading as Greencastle closes shops for the day.
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Lone Star CO
Lone Star Cement Company
Limedale
Putnam County
Miller Murder Case Jury Fails To Reach Verdict
The Hendricks Circuit Court hears Levi Miller of Indianapolis charged with killing Louis Miller, night watchman at Cole Motor Car Company. After 24 hours the jury failed to reach a verdict and was recalled. Two ballots showed eight for acquittal and seven for conviction. Retrial is expected in September.
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Danville
Ind
Levi Miller
Indianapolis
Louis Miller
Cole Motor Car Company
Hendricks
Marion County
Tafts Celebrate 43rd Wedding Anniversary in Quebec
Chief Justice and Mrs William Howard Taft marked their 43d wedding anniversary at their Murray Bay summer home in Quebec. Messages and gifts arrived from Washington as the Tafts closed their silver anniversary in the White House years ago.
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Washington
INS
William Howard Taft
Murray Bay
Quebec
Tafts
White House
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Willis Wright
Fillmore
Thad
Court House Lawn
Terre Haute
Grace McGowan
Fern
Mia
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Shiekd
Cassler
Bebey Ge
Yount
IAL Wunlu
Charles G. Dawes
Ramsey MacDonald
THE
Merald
Wilson Manse
Sol Sudranski
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