Bridges to be Let on May 26 in Indiana Counties
Bids to reconstruct fourteen bridges on state and US highways totaling about 300000. Structures include a 265 foot three-span steel over Big Raccoon creek near Holandsburg and a grade separation at Wanatah over Pennsylvania railroad tracks. Projects span Cass, Pulaski, Parke, Putnam, LaPorte, Knox and other counties.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
John J. Brown
Commission
Brown
Logansport
Winamac
Cass
Pulaski
Tippecanoe River
Rockville
St Parke
Putnam
Big Raccoon Creek
Holandsburg
Little Raccoon Creek
LaPorte
Wanatah
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bicknell
Knox County
Kirkland murder trial jury prospects brighten in Indiana
In Valparaiso Indiana the second Kirkland murder trial shows renewed hope for a jury as 40 fresh veniremen report for examination. Chief deputy Underwood and defense counsel Thiel say a jury should be seated by Friday as 252 of 85 veniremen have been drawn to date.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Virgil Kirkland
Gary South
Arlene Draves
John W. Underwood
Oscar B. Thiel
Greencastle to Pace Spencer Nine in Afternoon Tilt
Greencastle high school baseball team was set to meet Spencer high school at Handy's field south of town this afternoon. In a prior clash Spencer edged Bausman by 13 to 11 at Spencer.
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Greencastle High School
Spencer High School
Handy's Field
Spencer Nine
Bausmanites
Spencer
State Senior Golf Meet At Greencastle Country Club
The Greencastle Country Club will host the senior golf association annual tournament on Wednesday May 27. Members must be at least fifty and clubs from across the state will be represented. Sayers leads the arrangements and a dinner will follow the tournament in the evening.
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Greencastle
Senior Golf Association
State Golf Association
Sayers
Putnam County Institution Observes Hospital Day
National Hospital Day will be observed at Putnam county hospital next Tuesday May 12. Mrs Eva Milburn superintendent and the board of directors plan the observance. Open house will run in the afternoon inviting Greencastle and Putnam county residents to visit the hospital.
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Putnam County Hospital
Eva Milburn
Greencastle
Putnam County
Kokomo Glass Worker Loses $4000 in Envelope Game
In Kokomo May 7 Christ Sproff a 35 year old glass worker was duped by two confidence men. They claimed a packet with 1200 dollars was for the poor and asked him to hold it. He withdrew 4000 dollars and placed it in a metal box with the packet. The box was locked and the men took the key. Investigators say the box later revealed only four dollars.
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Kokomo
Christ Sproff
Sproc
Sproff
Proff
Piercy Addresses Indiana Alumni Meeting Banquet
Professor W. J. Piercy head of Indiana University journalism spoke at a banquet for alumni in Anderson. He defended IU officials amid publicity of a coed disappearance and DePauw president Oxnam controversy. DePauw graduate Piercy praised Oxnam and other speakers included Stoessel and Ogg. Louis Dirks elected Putnam county Alumni president and Stoessel secretary treasurer. Meetings marked the 111th founding of Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Piercy
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Anderson Tea Shop
Indiana University
Piercy
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
W. P. Evans
Indianapolis
Oxnam
Plercy
DePauw
Frank Stoessel
R. A. Ogg
Greencastle
Louis ,Dirks
Indiana
Putnam County
Weather Outlook: Fair Skies With Light Frost Tonight
The forecast calls for fair conditions with a possible light frost tonight and warmer temperatures expected on Friday. Local wind and humidity levels remain mild as high pressure dominates the area.
Grand Jury Adjourns as Testimony Continues in Putnam County
The Putnam county grand jury adjourned without indictments after hearing twelve witnesses about April 29 fights near Maple Heights school. Isaac Rogers and March Hamilton are expected to face charges when the panel reconvenes Monday. Hamilton remains hospitalized with knife wounds. jail and farm inspections were also announced.
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Putnam County
Isaac
Ike Rogers
Near
Stilesville
March Hamilton
Bloomington Street Road
Maple Heights
Isaac Rogers
Rogers
Fox Ridge
Greencastle
Edgar Stevenson
Mareh Hamilton
Hamilton
Stileaville
Annual piano recital and concert at DePauw Meharry Hall
Prof Vernon Sheffield of the DePauw music faculty presents his faculty piano recital in Meharry Hall on Tuesday May 19. The university orchestra performs Thursday May 21 with Sheffield and bass-baritone Prof Mark B Johnson as guest soloists. Dean McCutehan announces Sheffield will teach in the summer school offering pianoforte and theory courses.
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Vernon Sheffield
Pee
DePauw School of Music
Meharry Hall
University
Sheffeld
Mark B. Johnson
R. G. McCutehan
SheMet
DePauw Musale
Masonic Lodge 47 Calls Meeting Friday Evening
Temple lodge No. 47 announces a called meeting at 7 15 PM Friday for the F C degree. R P Mullins serves as W M and E E Coldwell as Secretary.
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Temple Lodge No
F. C
R. P. Mullins
Greencastle Golfers Defeat Crawfordsville at Home
The Greencastle high school golf team beat Crawfordsville by a narrow margin on the Greencastle Country Club course. Individual scores include Hammond and Allan from Greencastle and Kirkpatrick from Crawfordsville, with several close figures listed amid errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle High School
Crawfordsvill High School
An & To
Greencastle Country Club
Hammond
Greencastle
Andrews
Crawfordsville
Breck
Allan
Brown
Kirkpatrick
Hurst
Stump
Judgment of $30,000 Sought Against Dr Zaring
In Putnam circuit court Fred W. Thomas and Willbur Donner for New East Shenandoah Company of Florida seek a $30,000 judgment against Dr C T Zaring of 110 South Vine Street. The complaint claims 21 paragraphs allege Zaring issued twenty notes for $900 each at 8 percent interest payable at Bank Bay Biocayne in Miami Florida and that all notes are unpaid. Cosigner Louise Be Zaring is named. $2,500 is sought as attorney fees.
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Florida Company
C. T. Zaring
Putnam
South Vine Street
New East Shenandoah Company of Florida
Putnam Circuit Court
Fred W.thomas
Will Bur Donner
Com
Zaring
Bank Bay Biocayne
Miami
Florida
Louise BE. Zaring
Asa
DePauw Head Receives Honorary Degree
Dr. G Bromley Oxnam president of DePauw University received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Southern California. The degree was conferred by Dr. Rufus Von KleinSmid who spoke at DePauw chapel recently. Oxnam plans to return for May Day and to deliver the Mother's Day sermon in Bowman Gymnasium. His son Phillip recently had major appendicitis surgery in Indianapolis and is reported improving.
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G. Bromley Oxham
Lof
DePauw University
University of Southern California
Oxham
Southern Calfornia
Rufus von KleinSmid
DePauw
von KleinSmid
Oxnam
California
Bowman Gymnasium
Marriage License for Greencastle Pair
Harry Godfrey aged 19 and Elizabeth Calloway aged 19, both of Greencastle, laborer and at home, obtained a marriage license.
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Harry Godfrey
Greencastle
Elizabeth Calloway
Greencastle Briefs and Local Notes From May 1911
Twenty years ago in Greencastle a blacksmith Fred Weik aged 75 fractured ribs after falling across a bucket in his shop. Cc Gillen W B Peek and George Wilson attended an I A DePauw baseball game in Bloomington. Louis Hays returned home after teaching at Romney for the summer. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes spent a few days at DePauw before leaving yesterday.
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Fred Weik
Greencastle
C. Cc. Gillen
W. B. Peek
George Wilson
Bloomington
I. A. DePauw
Louis Hays
Romney
Edwin Holt Hughes
DePauw
Former DePauw President to Address Students Friday
Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the New York area will speak at a DePauw University chapel service Friday morning. The former president and longtime board member is joining three other ex-presidents at the Methodist Church Board of Bishops meeting in Indianapolis with extended chapel time planned.
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Methodist Episcopal
New York Area
Depauw University
Board of Bishops
Capital City
Francis J. McConnell
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
McConnell
DePaauw
DePauw
Indiana Conference
Milwaukee
The
Methodist Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chicago
George Ro Grose
Pekin
China
Farmer Jesse L. Nelson Found Dead in Bed
Putnam county farmer Jesse L. Nelson aged lived alone on state road 36 east of Morton. He was found dead in bed this morning by his son Fred Nelson of Bainbridge. Cause of death was a stroke of paralysis after living alone since his wife’s death two years ago. Surviving are sons Fred Nelson and Raymond Nelson and daughter Mrs Frank Miller, plus a brother Samuel Nelson.
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Jesse L. Nelson
Putnams County
Morton
Fred Nelson
Bainbridge
Mr. Nelson
Raymond Nelson
Crawfordsville
Frank Miller
Samuel Nelson
Stilesville Independents to Host Chevrolet Six Sunday
The Stilesville Independent base ball team will meet the Chevrolet Six team, an aggregation of Indiana polis independent players, on the Gaileeville diamond Sunday. The Stilesville outfit is composed largely of ex college players.
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Stilesville
Chevrolet
Indianapolis
Gaileeville
Automobile Fire Causes Minor Damage at Hartman Home
A short in the wiring sparked a blaze in Chris Hartman's car in the garage at 604 East Walnut Street Greencastle around 6:45 this morning. Firefighters from Greencastle extinguished the fire using chemical agents.
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Chris Hartman
East Walnut Street
Greencastle
Joint meeting planned on County Line Road utility
Putnam and Morgan counties schedule a joint meeting at Amity Church to assess the utility of a proposed three quarters of a mile county unit road. The project would be funded by the entire county, not the involved township, with putnam favoring gasoline tax funds to avoid bond costs, while Morgan cites lack of funds and concerns over doubled overhead.
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Morgan and
Putnam Counties
Amity Church
Putnam
Morgan Counties
Amity
Putnam County
Morgan County Operals
Willis E. Gill
Putnam County Today
Five Rescued After Steamer Dredge Collision
On May 7 the coastwise steamer New York collided with the dredge Trimount in heavy rain one mile west of Rock Rock in Long Island Sound. Five dredge crew members were rescued. three men were unaccounted for and feared drowned as the Trimount sank en route to New York with a motor boat in tow. The New York headed for Boston after the collision. two coast guard vessels searched for bodies.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Eastern Steamship Lines
Coast Guard
Boston
Rock Rock
Coast Guards
Trimount
Trimount Dredging Company
New London
Cars Damaged in Greencastle Intersection Collision
Cars owned by Clay Lane and Jesse Minnick in Greencastle suffered slight damage in a two car collision at Market and Walnut streets. Lane traveled south on Market while Minnick headed east on Walnut.
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Clay Lane
Greencastle
Jesse Minnick
Market and
Walnut Streets
Lane
Market Street
Walnut Street
Central Trust Company Named Receiver in Indianapolis Case
A hearing before Judge James P. Hughes in Putnam circuit court led to the appointment of Central Trust Company of Indianapolis as receiver for the O'Hair property in the Union Trust Company of Indianapolis suit. The judge granted the request after arguments from the trust company to safeguard assets.
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James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Union Trust Company of Indianapolis
Cyrus O'Hair
Trust Company
O’hair
Hughes
Central Trust Company of Indianapolis
Commencement Speakers Named At Greencastle High
Dr. Homer Rainey president of Franklin College will deliver the commencement address to the Greencastle high school graduating class on Friday May 29 in the vocational building. Rev. B H Bruner pastor of the First Christian church will give the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday May 24 in the high school auditorium.
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Homer Rainey
Franklin College
Greencastle High School
B.H. Bruner
First Christian Church
Plan To Send Orchestra To National Meet From Greencastle High
Greencastle High School plans to send its orchestra to the national orchestra contest in Cleveland next week. The group won first place in the state meet at Lafayette and will perform pieces required for the contest plus numbers from the glee club and short stunts by physical education representatives. A concert Monday night in the new gymnasium will raise travel funds and showcase the year’s musical progress. Transportation will be by automobile with many local volunteers. Principal C R Young will lead the group on the trip.
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Greencastle High School
Cleveland
Lafayette
Glee Club
Physical Education Department
Mome
C. R. Young
Q Orchestra
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State Highway Body
Parke Counties
Hanna Crossing
Big Raccoon
Kirkland Jury
Louis H. Dirks
Pany
TMG
Merald
M’connell
Stilesville Independent Baseballers
Central Trust Company
B. H. Bruner
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