Derby Week Misadventures at French Lick and Louisville
Baden Lick Indiana writer recounts travel with friend Red to race scene in Louisville. Rain drenched trip from Greencastle, linen-room misadventure at Homestead hotel, and fish-driving storms color a humorous diary. Two Greencastle residents join the party as Derby Day approaches.
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Baden Lick
Indiana
French Lick
West Baden
Red
Burford Thomas
Homestead
Greencastle
Louisville
al K. Hall
John Melville
Russell Brown
First National Bank
Reuben Smith Dies After Illness at 35
John Reuben Smith 35 died at his Martinsville Street home Wednesday night after a ten day illness due to complications. Born April 14, 1894, he was a Putnam county resident. Survived by widow, five children Arthur Pearl Alice Martha Robert, two brothers Henry and William, and sister Mrs Pera Butler. Funeral services at McCurry Funeral Home Saturday 10 20 am with Rev Bruner. interment in Putnamville cemetery.
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John Reuben Smith
Martinsville Street
Putnam County
Arthur
Pearl
Alice
Martha
Robert
Henry
William
Pera Butler
Roosville
McCurry
3. H. Bruner
Putnamville Cemetery
Pheasant Egg Distribution Planned in Putnam County
Two hundred pheasant eggs valued at over 60 dollars have been received by Hubert Jordan for distribution to county farmers. The eggs come from Wallace Evans Game Farm Alabama and are to be set on the ground to hatch naturally. The program aims to stock streams with game birds and later open a short hunting season once populations are established.
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Hubert Jordan
Putnam County Fish & Game Protective Association
State Department of Conservation
Indiana
Wallace Evans
St. Charles
Association ii
Local Game Association
Putnam County
Flsh
Fish & Game Protective Association
State Conservation Department
State Department For Conservation
Tornado Like Wind Damages East of Greencastle
A wind of tornado intensity struck east of Greencastle Wednesday night around 9. It unrooted parts of three homes, toppled many trees, and disrupted telephone service. George Webster and family escaped injury when bricks and plaster fell during the roof collapse. James Gregg and Paul Albin homes suffered partial roof damage. numerous trees and lines were down.
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Greencastle
George Webster
Charles Broadstreet Farm
James Gregg
Paul Albin
Graf Zeppelin Opens Commercial Transatlantic Flight
The Graf Zeppelin set off from Friedrichshafen toward Lakehurst with eighteen passengers and a crew of thirty on its second Atlantic crossing as a commercial air liner. Weather was unsettled yet favorable. three stowaways were arrested aboard. tickets averaged $2,000 with cargo including 4000 pounds of freight and a 550 pound mail load.
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Friedrichshapen
Ger
INS
Atlantic
United States
Lake Constance
Mary Pierce
New York
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
Eckener
Gibraltar
Loire
France
Naval Air Station
New Jersey
Putnam County Corn Clubs Draw Wide Interest
The First National Bank and Citizens Trust Company sponsor corn clubs in Putnam County drawing much farmer interest. Leaders among local agriculture have signed up, with county prosperity tied to the corn crop and knowledge of production conditions.
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Putnam County
First National Bank
Citizens Trust Company
Albaughs Return From Muskogee visit
Mr and Mrs Walter Albaugh returned home today from Muskogee Oklahoma where they visited Mr and Mrs Henry Albaugh the parents. The Gentlemen s Literary Club meets this evening at the City Library with a paper by John R Miller on Inter regnum. Greencastle township schools commence tonight at the Christian Church with Dr Francis McConnell delivering the address.
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Walter Albaugh
Muskogee, Okla
Mr. Albaugh
Mrs
Henry Albaugh
Gentleman’s Literary Club
John R. Miller
Greencastle Township
The
Christian Church
Francis McConnell
Weather Forecast: Frost Likely North and Central Tonight
Fair tonight and Friday with possible frost in the north and central portions. Temperatures rise on Friday.
Kiwanis Hold Razz Fest at Victory Dinner
Green Castle Kiwanis Club staged a razz fest during a victory dinner at the Christian church today. The meeting featured lively uproar as members teased others with playful insults while several songs were performed by the group.
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Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Christian Church Today
Masonic Notice and Lodge Meeting Announced
A call for a Friday 7 30 p m meeting of Temple Lodge No 47 invites M M degree candidates with R H Trembly as wardens. The vocational building hosts a school exhibit drawing large crowds with 4 H lamp shade demonstrations by Miss Charlotte Etter and Miss Meredith Reeves. Slides in history classes were shown under Glen Skelton supervision. The exhibit will reopen Thursday night.
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Temple Lodge No
R. H. Trembly
W. M
EB. Caldwell
Charlotte Etter
Meredith Reeves
Glen Skelton
Graf Zeppelin Returns to Germany After Motor Trouble
Graf Zeppelin halted its trans Atlantic flight to Lakehurst New Jersey at 6 35 p m after two rear motors were damaged an Eckener radio dispatch reported an accident slowed the airship making it safest to return to Germany for repairs the dirigible was over the ocean at the time of the incident
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Friederickshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Enumeration figures show Putnam County school age loss
Putnam County lists 4 970 children aged six to twenty one with 4 330 in school and 109 unemployed. Four townships gain while Greencastle city records the largest loss 48 and a township gains 31. Townships Greencastle Madison Marion and Warren show gains.
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Putnam County
John
Vermillion
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Greencastle City
Greencastle
Madison
Marion
Warren
Cleveland Clinic Disaster Claims Accident Cause
Coroner and officials describe the Cleveland Clinic fire and gas blast as a pure accident. Bromine gas from burning X-ray film-emulsions is cited as the likely cause, with investigations planned into storage practices and possible inquest. Condolences pour in as victims’ families are identified.
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Cleveland Clinic
Washington
Today
L. S. Bylor
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Jinie
Carl L. Turner
N. S
Cleveland
Crile
Pearce
Harris Milling Company Sale Reported in Greencastle
Negotiations are under way to sell the Harris Milling Company in south Greencastle to the American Milling Company of Peoria. About thirty elevators in Indiana may be affected. Edgar Harris confirms talks but says the sale is not yet final. retirement due to ill health is cited as a motive.
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Edgar Harris
American Milling Company
Harris Milling Company
South Greencastle
Indiana
Peoria
Harris
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Charles J. Arnold
Reuben Smith
Local Fish and Game Association
SIGAM
Giant Zeppelin
Kurgarten
Dr. Eckener
Earth
Mrs. Pierce
Canada
Tlantic
Ernst Lehmann
Wilkins
Graf Zeppelin
Sir Hubert
International Newsree
Bulletin
Clinton
Cloverdale
Floyd
Franklin
Jackson
Jefferson Madison
Marion Foeesereses
Monroe
Russell
Ohio
Indianapolis
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
W. W. Busby
East 55Th Street
Ferris Victor Langston
E. FE. Langston
Windfall
Ind
Indiana University School of Medicine
George W. Crile
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