Indiana awards Clifty Falls as new state park site
Beautiful Clifty Falls near Madison in Jefferson County is donated and planned as Indiana’s third state park. The State Conservation Commission, led by William A. Guthrie, oversees development with an anticipated 20,000 dollars in improvements. The park sits a mile from Madison along the Ohio River and links to roads approved for state maintenance.
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Indianapolis
Clifty Falls
Indiana
Madison
Jeffrson County
Wiliam A. Guthrie
State Conservation Commission
Inter
Stu Falls
Elmer Scott
Joseph Scholl
William H. Miller
Department of
Ohio River
Goodrich
Jefferaon County
Ate Highway Commission
Park
Versailles
Madison Ad
Vernon
Madison Rad
Thefersonville
Switzerland
Vevay
Rising Son
Clifty
Seba
Turkey Run
Trick's Creek Canyon
Park System Expands Trails At Indiana Scenic Areas
The report highlights the 600 acre Clifty Falls area with serves and improvements at Turkey Run and McCormick's Creek Canyon. This year 5000 visitors went to Turkey Run and about 20000 to McCormick's Creek Canyon.
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Clifty Falls
Turkey Run
McCormick’s Creek Canyon
Hanover College Starts Endowment Campaign
Hanover College in Hanover Indiana announces a campaign to raise 500000 dollars to bolster its endowment. Officials say the funds are needed to keep education standards in line with modern requirements and to elevate the college’s reputation.
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Hanover Colege
Hanover
Ind
Hanover College
Election Returns At Court Room
County chairman Ott Dobbs has arranged to receive Putnam county State and National election returns at the court room of the courthouse The returns will be telephon ed to Greencastle from the out towns h ips as quickly as the tally sheets are completed and will be read in the crowd at the court room State and National returns will be received by telegraph and will be read in the court room This time the crowd may be seated and the returns read as they are received to avoid noise and disturbance
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Ott Dobbs
Court House
Putnam County
Greencastle
Halloween Pranksters Blockade Bainbridge Road
Monroe township residents report a Hallowe'en road blockade on Bainbridge Road as corn shocks, wagons, broken sidewalks, and barricades hindered travel Sunday evening until the party reached Greencastle. The group notes they did more manual labor than in days, while pranksters enjoyed their work.
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No Man's Land
Monroe Township
Bainbridge Road
T. A. Sigle
J. F. Gillespie
F.C. Tilden
James L. Randel
Mable Stoner
Bainbridge
Greencastle
Sigler
Gillespie
Prof. Tilden
Hallowe’en Pransters
Last Day of Tax Paying Draws Large Crowd
Crowds filled the county courthouse lobby as taxes were accepted before a penalty. County Treasurer Ott Webb was assisted by former treasurer Henry Runyan Charley Kelley and deputy Emry Collins. Mrs Lawrence Ash of North Greencastle fractured her wrist after fainting Friday afternoon. Mrs Patrick Callahan near Big Four Mills is seriously ill.
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Court House
Ott Webb
Henry Runyan
Charley Kelley
Emry Collins
Lawrence Ash
North Greencastle
Barnaby Mill
Patrick Callahan
Big Four Mills
Diptresia Cases Reported in Putnam County Farm
Diptheria cases occur at the Baird home five miles north of Greencastle with two Vermillion children aged 4 and 8 and a son of the Baird family ill. The fall brings numerous diphtheria cases in Putnam County, higher than usual.
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Mason Vermillion
Cos Baird
Baird
Greencastle
Putnam County
Mabel Haltom Hosts Halloween Party At Home
Miss Mabel Haltom entertained a group of friends at a Hallowe en party on Mast Anderson Street Saturday night. The house featured black and yellow decor and guests enjoyed games including a fortune booth with prizes for best costume. Attendees included Francis Forcum Carolyn Forcum Mary Francis Cooper Mary Elizabeth Peck Winnifred Boyle Beryle O Hair Christine Detrich Florence Helen McGaughey Donald Ellis Aubrey Cox Wallace Blue Archie Allen Eugene Petk Park Bryan Archie Duncan Gilbert Brown.
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Mabel Haltom
Mabel Halton
Mast Anderson Street
Hallowe’en
Francis Forcum
Carolyn Forcum
Mary Francis Cooper
Mary Elizabeth Peck
Winnifred Boyle
Beryle O'Hair
Christine Detrich
Florence Helen McGaughey
Donald Ellis
Aubrey Cox
Wallace Blue
Archie Allen
Eugene Petk
Park Bryan
Archie Duncan
Gilbert Brown
Doctor invents splint pads for adjustable bone alignment
New Hampshire surgeon creates a splint with spaced pads and adjustable arms held by threaded shafts. Pads on each side of fractures align bones by controlled tension, reducing the need for bandaging and enabling application to collarbone, rib, leg, or arm injuries.
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New Hampshire
Voting Opens in Putnam County for Election Day
At 6 o'clock Tuesday morning voting places in Putnam County's three precincts open for county state national and hospital ballots. Polls stay open till 6 PM with a rush of voters, many introducing the first opportunity for women to vote this fall. Extra booths arranged to speed voting. women urged to vote mid morning or afternoon to avoid delaying working men. Also notes local social items and a serious illness in the Taylor family.
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Putnam County
Real Estate Transfers in Clinton and Russellville
Effe Cricks transfers land in Clinton to William Shonkwilier for 1 dollar. F Goff sells a Russelville lot to Charles Scribner for 1 dollar. Laura D White sells a Russelville lot to Lee Printz for 550 dollars. Lee Printz transfers a Russellville lot to Rebecca Wilson for 550 dollars.
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Effe Cricks
William Shonkwilier
Clinton
B. F. Goff
Charles Scribner
Russelville
Laura D. White
Lee Printz
Lee Prinz
Rebecca Wilson
Russellville
Electric signal semaphores replace standard railway arms
A new system of black signals with white electric lights mounted on a backlit board replaces the old semaphore arms on the Pensilvania railroad. Two boards per track imitate the three semaphore positions horizontal diagonal and vertical for day and night use. The upper board is the stop signal and the lower board the caution signal, with block occupancy lighting the horizontal row on both boards.
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Peonsilisia
Town of Lights
Nigit
New Method Makes Body Transparent for Instruction
A New York medical college will start using a fluid from a French discovery to render the body transparent for anatomy study. Injected oils turn flesh into jelly, allowing students to view veins muscles and bones without dissection, hailed as a major medical advance.
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New York Medical College
Department of Anatomy
Putnam County Awards Lighting Contract to Swartz Electric
At a regular meeting the Putnam county commissioners awarded the lighting system installation for the county house to Swartz Electric Co. The complete plant costs 1738 dollars. Only two bids were received with Deler Co. bidding 1750 for an incomplete plant.
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Putnam County
Swartz Electric Co
Deler Company
Lawrence Browning Home From Logansport Visit
Lawrence Browning of Logansport returns home for the election. He is described as being in good spirits after the trip and plans to participate in upcoming voting.
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Lawrence Browning
Logansport
Interments at Forest Hill for October
Mollie Quarles age 69 from City with Apoplesy. Infant of Don Smith from City. John H. Sanders 32 from Putnam Co with Tuberculosis. Walter Hinton 22 from Putnam Co with Diabetes. Elsie Williams 1 month from Putnam Co with Heart Trouble. Harry Maxwell 54 from City with General Sclerosis. Jesse D. Tobin 1 year from City with Pneumonia.
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Mollie Quarles
City
Don Smith
John H. Sanders
Putnam Co
Walter Hinton
Putnam County
Elsie Williams
Harry Maxwell
Jesse D. Tobin
Love Feast to Follow Centre DePauw Battle
A love feast will follow the Centre DePauw battle on Saturday. DePauw athletic board hosts a dinner at Hotel Severin after the game. Mayor Jewett chairs the advisory board and asserts Indiana hospitality equals Kentucky.
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Centre
de Pauw
DePauw Athletic Board
Hotel Severin
Centre College
Hoosier
Kentucky
Jewett
South End Football Team Defeats Greencastle 6 to 0
A South End football team made of South Greencastle players defeated a Greencastle pick composed of former university and high school players at Commercial Place Sunday afternoon by a score of 6 to 0. A crowd of about 350 watched a hard fought game.
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South Greencastle
Greencastle
Commercial Place
Democracy Confidence Forecast For Indiana Victory
Democratic managers predict a large plurality for Cox in Indiana and a near certainty of Taggart defeating Watson. Putnam County backs the ticket by a wide margin, with 600 to 1,000 expected in the county slate, while Republicans resort to questionable tactics, seen as futile.
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Watson
SAPE
Indiana
Cox
Jim Watson
Thomas T. Taggart
Putnam County
Does Putnam County Need a Hospital
Mrs. Harry Moore wife of county clerk Harry Moore declares Putnam County needs a hospital after more than 700 people filed for absent voter ballots. About 600 claimed sickness or age kept them from voting, underscoring the argument for local hospital facilities.
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Harry Moore
Rev Hootman Conducts Manhattan Funeral
The Rev. A. M. Hootman was called to Manhattan Sunday to conduct the funeral of Alfred Sigman who died Friday. He remained for the evening sermon at the Manhattan Christian church. The funeral was held at the church with burial in Manhattan Cemetery.
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A. M. Hootman
Manhattan
Alfred Sigman
Democratic women of Limedale precinct meet for voting instruction
The Democratic women of the Limedale precinct plan a 7 o'clock meeting at Mrs Emmett Greens home on South Jackson Street for instruction in voting. Marshall Snider, moved home after hospital stay for war injuries from France, has been discharged and returned to his city residence. Mr and Mrs George Cook and twin sons visit Mr and Mrs James L Randel. Clyde Randel of Terre Haute also weekend guest.
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Mary Steele
Limedale
Emmett Green
South Jackson Street
Marshall Snider
L. D. Snider
Ft Sheridan
France
George Cook
James L. Randel
Clyde Randel
Terre Haute
Mrs. Randel
Indiana Democrats denounce eleventh hour Republican pamphlets
The Democratic state central committee and Marion county Democratic committee condemn the Republican State Committee for a last minute paid advertisement alleging Democratic ties to “Hardings Family Tree.” They pledge to counteract the gerry lous pamphlets and defend a campaign run on decency and fairness.
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Republican State Committee
Harding
Democratic State Central Committee
Marion County Democratic Committee
Benjamin Bosse
Reginald Sullivan
Bindiana
Republicans State Committee
Indiana
FE. G. Burkham
Dayton Ohio Journal
Burkham
Hardings
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Indianapolis
State Republican Committee
Hospital site offered by county road official
Dode Sweet, county road superintendent and local landowner south of Greencastle, stated he would donate a one acre tract adjoining the city for a hospital site if the proposed hospital project is approved at the election. He offers the land to the hospital commission to select the most desirable acre for the site.
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Dode Sweet
Greencastle
Hospital Commission
Coombs Couple Welcome Son In Greencastle Township
Mr and Mrs George Coombs of Greencastle township are the parents of a son born Saturday night. The couple initially considered James Cox but chose James Russell. Harry Weile visited Indianapolis Saturday.
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George Coombs
Greencastle Township
Coombs
James Cox
James Russell
Harry Weile
Indianapolis
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