Postal Group Names Bartley Vice President
Greencastle reports Postmaster E R Bartley elected vice president of the Tri State postmasters association at the Ackland Kentucky convention. William Morgan of Stanford led the Tri State postmasters as president. Toledo Ohio chosen as 1922 convention city for postmasters. Bartley served as Indiana district chairman guiding first and second class postmasters.
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Greencastle
E. R. Bartley
Tri State Postmasters Association
Ackland
Ernest Stoner
Bloomington
Greencaste
William Morgan
Stanford
al Resher
Anderson
Toledo
Ohio
Bartley
Indiana
Arch Coleman
Washington, D. C
William Woods
Washington, D.C
John Melvern
Cincinnat Elerk
Kentucky
Minna Mae Bartley
Helen Brothers
Walter Brown
Presbyterians Observe Children's Day with Services
Children’s Day was observed at the Presbyterian church with a morning service and a program of recitations, exercises and songs by all divisions. The church was decorated with abundant flowers. A preparatory communion service is planned for Thursday evening, and the Lord’s Supper will be observed Sunday morning, June 28, with a union service in the Presbyterian church that evening featuring Rev. B. H. Bruner.
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Presbyterian Church
B. H. Bruner
Freydis Talbott Files For Divorced Decree Today
Freydis L Talbott files in Putnam circuit court for a divorce from Chester Talbott. She asks to restore her maiden name Freydis L Cox. The couple married in April 1980 and separated in May of this year.
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Freydis L. Talbott
Putnam Circuit
Chester Talbott
Freydis L. Cox
Edmund White Surrenders Ahead of Putnam Trial
Edmund White a 25 year old Russellville resident charged with assault and battery surrendered to Sheriff Alva Bryan in Putnam circuit court today. He plans to plead guilty at a 9 am Tuesday trial. The charge stems from an alleged April 10 attack on Noel Nicholson Russellville High School basketball coach who filed the affidavit. White had fled last spring upon learning of the charge but returned this morning ready to stand trial.
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Edmund White
Russellville
Putnam
Alva Bryan
White
Noel Nicholson
Nicholson
Death claims aged resident of Cloverdale
Aaron Sandy aged 89 died Sunday at 2 30 PM at his son Bert Sandy’s home on North Lafayette Street Cloverdale He had suffered debility of old age for eight months He was the last of his family survived by four sons two daughters a half sister and twelve children Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3 PM at the Bert Sandy home with burial in Cloverdale cemetery conducted by Rev W E Gill
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Aaron Sandy
Son
Cloverdale
Bert Sandy
Lafayette Street
Putnam Town
Mr. Sandy
William
Abbie Sandy
Putnam County
Arthur Sandy
William Sandy
Martinsville
Raips Sandy
Mary Sandy
Milas Grace J Sandy
Bandy
W. E.gill
Greencastle
Summer Chautauqua Opens at Winona Lake
Winona Lake Indiana opens its Chautauqua season on June 28 with free grounds admission last year repeating this year. Admiral Richard Byrd appears July 4 in a patriotic program with the American Legion, while Dr G Campbell Morgan preaches opening Sunday. Louis Thomas Neese born today to Ora Neese of Reelaville.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Lake Chautauqua
Winona Management
Winona
James Heaton
Richard KE. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
American Legion
G. Campbell Morgan
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
DePauw Leader Longden to Speak in Weekly Radio Talks
Dr Henry B Longden veteran DePauw University faculty member marks fifty years of service with a weekly radio series on WFBM Indianapolis Each Thursday at 7 30 7 45 p m he discusses college life for high school graduates and parents Topics cover scholarship finances athletics and student life highlighting his experience and alumni interest
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WFBM
Indianapolis
Longden
Edward Reetor
DePauw
Johnny
Dr. Longden
iDePauw Alumni Association
Chicago
Londgen
DePauw University
Putnam County Board Opens Bids for Farm Supplies
The Putnam county board of commissioners will receive bids for farm supplies at their July meeting on Monday July 6. The bids cover supplies for the county farm east of Greencastle and were announced today.
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Putnam County Board of Commissioners
Putnam County
Greencastle
Weather outlook for tonight and Tuesday
Mostly fair conditions in the south with possible showers or thunderstorms in the north tonight or by Tuesday. Warmer tonight in the northeast and east central portions and the north part Tuesday.
Thieves Steal Baskets and Flowers From Williamstown Cemetery
Complaints about thefts of woven iron baskets with flowers on graves at Williamstown cemetery west of Billtown along the National road are being heard. Several family burial plots report missing baskets and flowers and authorities suspect thefts for resale in larger cities. Watch is being kept at the cemeteries.
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Williamstown
Billtown
Greencastle Young Woman Dies After Illness
Miss Cecil Frances Roach aged 22 daughter of Mrs Join Roach of Jacol street died Sunday morning at Putnam County hospital after surgery for a ruptured appendix. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at McCurry Funeral Home with burial in Clinton Falls cemetery. Survived by mother and brother Orville Roach. pallbearers named.
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Cecil Frances Roach
Join ‘Roach
Jacol Street
Putnam County Hospital
McCurry Funeral Home
W. J. Crowder
Beuler
Clinton Falls
Miss Roach
Greencastle
Orville Roach
Louise Cox
Maud Cox
Fannie Cox
Betty Stites
Evelyn Godwin
Denver Baxton
Rules for Administrator in Will Case Today
Judge James P. Hughes ruled real estate willed to Mrs. Orlena McCammack in fee simple, to be used to pay debts of her estate. He settled disputes with heirs who claimed only a life estate, after arguments by Gillen and Lyon for the heirs and Marshall D. Abrams for the administrator.
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James P. Hughes
The
Putnam Circuit Court Today
Orlena McCammack
James McCammack
Hughes
Gillen and Lyon
Greencastle
Marshall D. Abrams
Two Divorces Granted in the Circuit Court
Charles Bradtke was granted a divorce from Irene Bradtke for cruel and inhuman treatment by Judge James P. Hughes in the Putnam circuit court. Judge Hughes also granted Hester Jackson a divorce from David R. Jackson on similar grounds.
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Charles Bradtke
Irene Bradtke
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Hughes
Hester Jackson
David R. Jackson
Trade sought for pot and wagon in Greencastle item
A brief Greencastle note dated June 21 1911 mentions a person wanting to trade a typewriter for a pot and wagon. James Zeis County Health Officer Jerome King and Tind Peck traveled to Belle Union to pick a site for a new Jefferson township high school. Peck is the township trustee. Gene Hammrick William Kreith and J L Hamilton were in Indianapolis.
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James Zeis
Jerome King
Tind Peck
Belle Union
Jefferson Township
Mr. Peck
Gene Hammrick
William Kreith
J. L. Hamilton
Indianapolis
Road yields clew in the Brown case
Nashville Indiana June 22 Deputy prosecutor John B Wright and associates followed an Indianapolis informant tip to a trail near the Brown farm. They traced a car and tracks to an abandoned orchard and log cabin, where gangsters allegedly planned to rob Lee Brown and divide spoils. Authorities believe Mrs Brown was killed later and the sedan carried away the body. The informant’s identity is protected.
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Nashville
Ind
John B. Wright
Brown County
Indianapolis
Lee ‘Brown
Paul Brown
Brown
la Point
Wright
Lee Brown
Helmsburg
Les Brown
Lfe
Chester Bunge
Mr. Brown
Needmore
Trevinc
Browns Home
James H Collins and Mary Ann Hamm Named in Greencastle Notices
James H Collins aged 22, of Greencastle, and Mary Ann Hamm aged 20, of Greencastle, are listed in a local Greencastle notice as involved in a service station employment and sales position respectively.
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James H. Collins
Greencastle
Mary Ann Hamm
Crawfordsville Hoodlum Is Sentenced to Prison
Charles Edwards aged 38 of Crawfordsville was sentenced by Judge James P. Hughes in Putnam circuit court to 1 to 5 years in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City for escaping from the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville. Edwards, then serving a city court sentence, fled in March 1928 and was recaptured and returned by state farm agent Gilbert R. Snider. He was transported to the Michigan City institution today by Deputy Walter Bryan and Officer Thomas Morgan.
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Charles Edwards
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Michigan City
James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit
Putnamville
Edwards
Gilbert R. Snider
State Farm
Walter Bryan
Thomas Morgan
Greencastle Golfers Top Bloomington In Early Match
Greencastle Country Club golfers beat Bloomington by three points in a 18 hole season opener. Twenty five and a half to twenty two and a half. Thirty two players competed. A noon luncheon supported visiting teams. Return match scheduled for August 16.
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Greencastle Country Club Golfters
Bloomington
Greencastle
Lightning hits Mace farm burns barn shed and haystack
A 1 o'clock Sunday thunderstorm struck the L. Mace farm near Manhattan. Lightning first hit the Mace home causing minor damage, then ignited the barn. The fire spread to a nearby shed and haystack, destroying the barn and its contents despite neighbor efforts. total losses not yet estimated.
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L. Mace Farm
Manhattan
Heat Wave Expected Across Midwest to Rockies
The Weather Bureau forecast a new heat wave stretching from Illinois toward the Rockies. In Indiana temperatures rose on Monday suggesting the front may pivot. Sunday’s cool spell with a 22 degree drop around noon brought brief relief, with mostly fair weather seen for the night and Thursday.
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Illinois
Rockies
United States Weather Bureau
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Legionnaires Attend Fifth District Meeting at St Berniece
A large turnout from Putnam Post No 58 at Greencastle attended the fifth district Legion meeting held Sunday at St Berniece. Fifth district commander Wilbur Donner presided over the session.
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Putnam Post No. 58
The
American Legion
the Legion
St.Berniece
Wilbur Donner
Greencastle
Poison Enters Sandwiches At Reunion Fatal for Two Girls
In Indiana a family reunion near Lebanon ends in two deaths and three serious illnesses after pressed chicken sandwiches were doped with poison. Officials suspect strychnine as capsules were inserted in some sandwiches.
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Lebanon Park
Lebanon
Boone
Hancock Counties
Ind
Simmons
Mensor Lal Park
John Simmons
G. A. Owsley
Tee Union
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Ashland
Bryan
Ora Neese
R. R
Reelaville
Louis Thomas
Dirests
Henry B. Longden
Te- Vauw University
Henry B
Longnes
Cecil Roach
Greencastle Golfers
Bloomington Greencastle
Wn. Kryney
T. Nicholson
Lyon of
M. Morris
Osbt
B. Taylor
B. Nowark
McCutcheon
Thomas
P, Graves
J.C. Winkler
Dr Egan
M Abrams
W. May
G. Starr
C McGaughey
E. Coffman
R.C. Buley
Legionaires
Reunion
Alice Jean Simmons
Greenfield
Virginia
John W. Simmons
Lester Carr
Horace N. Jackson
John W
Carrie) Simmons
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