Halloween Decorations and Nightingale Serenades Shock Northwood
The Wrights' lawn in Fillmore showcases two draped junk cars on a maple tree amid fodder and pumpkins. Don L. McLean and John Cartwright perform under moonlight. a Northwood couple considers further serenades while rain and mud dampen town sidewalks and civic concerns.
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Willis Wright
Fillmore
Hallowe'en
Marion Township
Wright
Jack Deweese
Deweese
Hallowe'en Passes Quietly in Greencastle with Minor Damage
Hallowe'en went quietly in Greencastle while other towns faced epidemics of flat tires and vandalism. No serious damage was reported as residents lit windows and rang bells. County roads saw a few gate and limb blockages cleared without accidents amid celebrations.
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Hallowe'en
Greencastle
All Saints
Former Greencastle Resident Michael Stack Buried Here
Funeral services for Michael W. Stack 75 of Chicago will be held Saturday morning at St. Paul Catholic Church with interment in Forest Hill cemetery. He died at his son Wayne's home in Chicago Thursday. The body will lie in state at Lakin Funeral parlors until the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael W. Stack
Chicago
St. Paul Catholic Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Stack
Nellie O'Connell Stack
Greencastle
Wayne
Oakdale Avenue
Lakin
Putnam Schools Offered Aid in Net Game
Putnam county schools receive a new instructional aid in basketball. Indiana University coach Everett S. Dean and the state university visual education bureau prepared 74 color lantern slides showing fundamentals and styles of play. A 14 page booklet with details accompanies the slides. The series includes Big Ten plays and forms of offense and defense illustrated by Dean and his team.
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Bloomington
Ind
Putnam County
Everett S. Dean
Indiana University
Bureau of Visual Education
The
State University
University Extension Division
Dean
Grid game postponed to Monday between Greencastle and Crawfordsville
The Greencastle and Crawfordsville football clash at Blackstock Field is moved to Monday due to wet field conditions. The game will start at 2:30 PM with Coach W. E. Bausman confirming the schedule. The Cubs then have a night game at Jasonville next Friday and the Greencastle hoops season opens a week later against Roachdale.
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Greencastle High School
Crawfordsville High School
Blackstock Field
W. E. Bausman
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Cubs
Jasonville
Roachdale
Weather Brief: Cloudy and cooler tonight Saturday fair
The forecast calls for cloudy and cooler conditions tonight with improved conditions Saturday as sunshine returns and temperatures rise. Local readers should plan for a mild weekend with no precipitation expected.
Gillespie Rites Held For Putnam County Farmer
The body of Richard A. Gillespie 76 a well known Putnam County farmer was found on his Walnut street road Greencastle farm. He likely died of heart disease sometime that morning. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm with Rev C Howard Taylor officiating and burial at Forest Hill cemetery. A large Gillespie family survives including brothers Dr J F Gillespie and Dr R J Gillespie and sisters Mrs Josephine Meeking and Mrs Alice Pletcher.
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Richard A. “Dick” Gillespie
Putnam County
Greencastle
Walnut Street
Gillespie
O. W. “Bob” Hill
Walnut Street Road
Poplar
Indiana Streets
Thomas
Elizabeth S. Farrow Gillespie
Josephine Meeking
Alice Pletcher
Iowa
Elizabeth Hathaway
Anna Robe
J. F. Gillespie
R. J. Gillespie
Daniel Gillespie
Logansport
William Gillespie
Indianapolis
Margaret Gillespie
Ohio
Kentucky
C. Howard Taylor
Forrest Hill Cemetery
Fincastle Woman Jane Bridges Dies at 81
Mrs. Jane Bridges 81 died Thursday at her Fincastle home from a fractured hip after a fall two weeks earlier. Survived by husband William and three children Mrs. Oliver Pickel Ladoga Mrs. Frank Davis Roachdale and Homer Bridges Fincastle. Funeral Saturday 11 am Universalist church Fincastle Rev Ollie McGaughey of Veedersburg presiding Interment Roachdale cemetery. Cars belonging to W P Sackett and W L Heavin brushed fenders at Walnut and Jackson streets. little damage reported.
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Jane Bridges
Fincastle
William Bridges
Oliver Pickel
Ladoga
Frank Davis
Roachdale
Homer Bridges
Universalist Church
Ollie McGaughey
Veedersburg
Roachdale Cemetery
W. P. Sackett
W. L. Heavin
Coatesville
Walnut
Jackson Streets
Indiana anti saloon league chief Shumaker dies
Dr. E S Shumaker 62 superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League died last Friday and left a small estate with only the family home a private library and an automobile. The will filed for probate lists the home at 2232 Broadway and all belongings go to widow Flora M Shumaker. attorneys E A Miles and Jesse K E Martin filed the document.
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Shumaker
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti- Saloon League
Flora M. Shumaker
E. A. Miles
Jesse KE. Martin
Broadway
Escapes Injury as Interurban Hits Car on Seminary Street
Mrs. Ernest A. Browning of east Washington street was confined to her home with shock after her auto collided with the Highlander T. H. I. E. interurban on east Seminary street Thursday afternoon. The Interurban, in charge of Harry Hemphill and EF Runyan, scraped paint on its side. She suffered back injuries bruises and severe shock but no broken bones.
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Ernest A. Browning
East Washington Street
Highlander T. H. I. & E
East Seminary Street
Browning
Interurban
Harry E. Hemphill
Indianapolis
EF. A. Runyan
Plainfield
School Closed by Smallpox Epidemic Near Cross Roads
The Cross Roads one room school on the National road near State road 43 closed due to an epidemic of smallpox. Several pupils are ill and all others exposed. Miss Bernice Lewis teaches the school.
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Cross Roads
Bernice Lewis
Armistice Day Proclamation Issued by Indiana Governor
Governor Harry G. Leslie issued an Armistice Day proclamation urging all business and traffic to stop at 11 a.m. on November 11 and to observe a solemn silence. The notice from Indianapolis dated October 31 urges nationwide participation.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Harry G. Leslie
Saloons Close in Greencastle After 20 Years
Twenty years after the first saloon era began in Greencastle, both remaining establishments will shut their doors tonight. Mrs. Ralph Ricketts of Plainfield visits the city as guest of the M. D. Ricketts family. F P Moffett of Bainbridge visits auditor D W Moffett. Mrs. W M McGaughey and daughter Margaret Emily return from Boone Iowa.
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Greencastle
Ralph Ricketts of
Plainfield
M. D. Ricketts
W. M. McGaughey
Margaret Emily
Boone, Iowa
Seven Die As Lake Steamer Sinks In Fog Crash
A collision between the lake steamers Senator and Marquette in Lake Michigan left captain George Finch and first mate John Nielsen dead. Eighteen crew members were rescued, with seven others missing amid dense fog and rising water.
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Port Washington
Wis
INS
Lake Michigan
Marquette
Milwaukee
Senator
Delos Smith
George Finch
John Nielson
Finch
Nielson
Minnie Gormley
Mathew Gormley
Thomas Walters
Three Men Fined Heavily For Offseason Fur Possession
Three men Thomas Rogers Emil Wilcox and Henry Walters were fined by Justice of the Peace Robert H Newgent for possessing fur out of season in Putnam County. Rogers faced three charges totaling 18 50 per charge for two opossums and a raccoon Wilcox paid 18 50 per charge for possession and killing a raccoon and Walters 18 50 for an opossum. The six charges totaled 105 with fur forfeited to authorities.
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Justice of the Peace
Robert H. Newgent
Thomas Rogers
Emil Wilcox
Henry Walters
Putnam County
Rogers
Wilcox
Walters
Mrs Julia Starr to be buried at Bainbridge
Funeral services for Mrs Julia Springer Starr widow of Dr George W Starr Bainbridge druggists will be held at the M E church in Bainbridge Saturday at 10 AM Rev E R Bartlett of Greencastle officiating Interment will be at Bainbridge She was the daughter of Riley and Susan Stringer and had lived in Bainbridge since her 1877 marriage to Dr Starr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Starr
Bainbridge
Julia Springer Starr
George W. Starr
Roy M. Eads
M. E. Church
E.R. Bartlett
Greencastle
Starr
Riley
Susan Smith Stringer
Dr. Starr
City election looms as candidates stay inactive
Voters prepare for the Greencastle city election next Tuesday with light campaigning. GOP mayoral candidate is the only one to publicly declare a platform while polling locations and precinct boundaries are stated, and ward voting sites are listed for residents to cast ballots.
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W. L. Denman
Greencastle
Denman
First National Bank
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Party
Herald
First Ward
Frank Wells
West Liberty Street
Fred Masten
East Elm Street
Justin Godwin
South Indiana Street
Crawford Hotel
R. R. Employee James H. Moore Retires After 43 Years
James H. Moore of 206 West Washington Street retires from the Big Four railroad after more than 43 years in service. He began August 1, 1886 at Fern and later became section foreman in Greencastle for over 35 years. He was 70 on October 16 and notes being never seriously injured and enjoying good health.
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James H. Moore
West Washington Street
Big Four Railroad
Fern
Greencastle
Moore
First Cabinet Officer Given Prison Sentence for Bribe
Albert B. Fall former Interior secretary was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 100000 for taking a 100000 bribe from E L Doheny after leasing the Elk Hills oil reserve. The judge said the prison term may not be served due to appeals and health, marking the first such sentence against a cabinet member for a felony. The District of Columbia will be the confinement site. the fine was set at 100000 instead of the possible 500000 maximum.
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Washington
INS
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
E. L. Doheny
California
Elk Hills
William Hitz
Fall
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Atlanta Federal Prison
Ford price cuts cut across all Ford models
The Ford Motor Company announced a general price reduction on all models, with roadster prices down by 15 dollars to 435 and the town car or limousine cut by up to 200 dollars, bringing the roadster to 435 f. o. b. Detroit and the town car to 1200. President Henry B. Ford said the move aims to sustain business nationwide, with dealers passing discounts to customers. The company reported a steady cash balance and daily production at 7,500 cars, and wired full page ads to newspapers nationwide.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Fdsel B. Ford
Ford Company
United States
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Don L. McLean
John Cartwright
Hallowe
Adeline
Northwood
Nature
Court House
Putnam
Richard A. Gillespie
Torse
Bob” Hill
F. P. Moffett
D. W. Moffett
S. S. Senator
R. R. Employe
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