Greencastle Gas Co Hearing Set for October 14
The Public Service Commission of Indiana schedules a hearing Friday October 14 1921 at 10 30 a m in Greencastle Council Chamber to consider continuation of current gas rates. City officials will argue for rate reductions aligned with lower coal and labor costs. The notice cites Cause No 5661 and is signed by L C Laughry Secretary.
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Greencastle Company
CITY
Council
the Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Greencastle Gas Co
Greencastle
Council Chamber
Public Servce Commission
State OF
Public Service Commission of
Indianapolis
Ind
Greencastle Gas and Electric Company
City Hall
Community dance and reception marks new factory opening
A Greencastle community dance and reception Wednesday at the Garment Factory on north College avenue celebrates a new industry opening. The event honors the factory floor praised as one of the first in the state by judges and is hosted by the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce with a one dollar admission per couple to cover expenses.
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North College Avenue
Greencastle
Birthday Dinner for Mrs Coffman at Park Coffman Farm
A birthday dinner was held Sunday at the Park Coffman farm northeast of town to celebrate Mrs Coffman's birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Park Coffman, Mr and Mrs Witt Wright, Mr and Mrs Ollie Wright, Mr and Mrs Albert Priest, Mr and Mrs Thomas Williamson, Mr and Mrs Milt Brown, Mr and Mrs Clarence Crews, Miss Ruth O Clair and Miss Effie Reeves.
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Earl Coffman
Park Coffman
Coffman
Witt Wright
Ollie Wright
Albert Priest
Thomas Williamson
Milt Brown
Clarence Crews
Ruth O'Clair
Effie Reeves
Reelaville's Uriah Gasaway Noted as Indiana's Last Mexican War Vet
Uriah Gasaway of Reelaville, age 94, praised by the Indianapolis News as possibly Indiana’s last surviving Mexican War veteran. Aged veteran, once with mounted riflemen Company D, enlisted in Kentucky 1846 to 1848, now living with daughter Mrs H Morton Smith in Reelsville Thd, frequent Greencastle appearances. He attended the G A R convention last year.
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Uriah Gasaway
Reelaville
Greencastle
Putnam County
Indianapolis News
Mr. Gasaway
Indiana
G. A
Casaway
Kentucky
H. Morton Smith
Reelsville
Gasaway
Arbucke Manslaughter Hearing Set in California Court
Roscoe C Fatty Arbuckle facing manslaughter charges in San Francisco in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. The case was assigned to Superior Judge Harold Louderback with arraignment set for Wednesday. A grand jury indictment is pending and trial is expected in November. Federal prosecutors plan to present liquor suppliers suspected of selling to Arbuckle at the party.
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San Francisco
Cal
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Court of Superior
Harold Louderback
Arbuckle
Louderback
Cloverdale jeweler sentenced after liquor raid
Frank L. McKee, 54, a Cloverdale jeweler, received 60 days on the state farm and a $100 fine after a midnight court session following Sheriff Sears raid on his home two blocks from the Ford Garage. A still and five gallons of liquor were confiscated behind a basement wall. McKee confessed making whiskey for personal use. Local reactions criticize the leniency of the sentence.
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Frank L. M’kee
Cloverdale
State Farm
Frank L. McKee
Bartley
Sears
Jude” Bryan
Prohibition Enforcement
Ralph Donnahue
Fay Hamilton
McKee
Greencastle
Warning To Drivers Of School Wagons In Townships
County Superintendent Frank Wallace warned township trustees about new rules for school vehicle operations and the Teacher’s Pension law. Drivers must stop at railroad crossings, flag by a reliable person, and no vehicle may pass a school wagon when children are boarding or alighting. The meeting also covered attendance enforcement, license checks, scarlet fever notes in Marion township, and ongoing school supervision.
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Frank Wallace
Wallace
Sylvanus Vermillion
Marion
Car Plunges Off Embankment injuring four near Valley Junction
William A. Trotter aged 61 of Fredericksburg Indiana was likely fatally injured and three family members lightly hurt when their car was driven off a fifty foot embankment on Kilby road one mile west of Valley Junction Kentucky while traveling to Dayton Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
William A. Trotter
Fredericksburg
Ind
Dayton
Kilby Road
Valley Junction
County Superintendent Wallace Plans Regular School Visits
County superintendent Wallace announced to trustees that regular visits to county schools will begin Tuesday. He will visit each school and inspect the work of every teacher in the county.
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Wallace
Premium list for fall festival in Greencastle mode
The Greencastle premium list outlines prizes for the fall festival with exhibits of farm products hogs seeds grains vegetables fruits flowers and canned goods plus a baby show Masque revel and at least ten White Way Shows. Prizes include cash hats lard gold and phonograph records across grains seeds vegetables fruits meats jellies and baked goods with entries due by October 12 at donor stores and local merchants.
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George R. Harney
Chamber of Commerce
John Cook & Sons Co
Marshall & O
Christie & Son
Dunlavy & Soops
C. T. VanCleave & Sons
Trick Bros
J. F. Long & Son
Henry Werneke
The
Greencastle Banner
Herald
Greencastle Herald
Baby Show and Prizes at Court House
Seventeen year old contestants vie for prizes across bakery, photography, produce and domestic arts. Awards include cash, appliances, and savings accounts with multiple sponsors like Chas Kiefer Bakery Louis Hays Grocer Ernest Browning Mullins Druggist F J Thomas McCurry J H Pitchford Zeis Bazaar Central Trust Company and competitors compete for best angel food cake butter eggs bread and other items. Baby Show set for Thursday afternoon October 13 at the court house with top prize a $10 saving account.
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Chas. Kiefer
Louis Hays
Batavia
Ernest Browning
Reiva
F. J. Thomas
A. Kodak Jr
Mullins
McCurry
J. H. Pitchford
Zeis Bazaar
J. Sudranski, Company
C. Prevo & Son
Court House
Central Trust Company
Trave ling salesman killed by train at Connersville crossing
F C Reckert a Terre Haute Indiana traveling salesman aged about 50 was killed at 6 PM when his automobile was struck on a crossing by a westbound C I and W passenger train at the east city limits of Connersville Indiana. His body was rescued but engulfed in flames. The train crew identified him by papers found on his clothes.
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Connersville
Ind
F. C. Reckert
Terre Haute
Indiana
Reckert
Beckert
Mathew Mathews
Buckle Street
Indianapolis
Attorney Seeks Dismissal in Mary Pickford Divorce Case
In Carson City on October 3, attorney P A McCarran for Mary Pickford Fairbanks moved the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal from a judgment upholding her divorce from Owen Moore. The State's Attorney General Leonard Fowler filed the appeal. Deputy AG Richards urged review of the record to confirm regularity, noting a possible clerical error in timing.
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Carson City
P. A. McCarran
Mary Pickford Fairbanks
Owen Moore
State Supreme Court
Leonard Fowler
McCarran
Richards
Hays Car Recovered Unharmed After Indianapolis Theft
S A Hays traveled to Indianapolis to reclaim his Cadillac stolen Friday last week. Police found the car about two blocks from its parked location. It had likely been driven 50 to 60 miles and showed no damage or missing items besides a veil left on the seat.
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S. A. Hays
Indianapolis
Lillian Hays
Tragic Death as Train Hits Fillmore Driver
Miss Winona Cowgill 22, daughter of Elisha and? Cowgill of Fillmore, was killed when westbound Big Four train No. 41 struck her car at the Fillmore crossing. A freight train blocked the view. the machine was demolished and the body badly mutilated. The accident occurred around 1 pm near Fillmore, with the engineer Frank Bowers and crew reacting quickly. She left a sister Herschel Ruark and parents were away at Knightsville.
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Winona CowgiLl
Elisha CowgiLl
FiLlmore
Greencastle
Fillmore Station
Delmar
Miss Cowgill
George Owens
Owens
E. E. Garrett
Frank Bowers
Indianapolis
Richard Cowgill
Knightsville
Herschel Ruark
Bridges Washout Prompts Rebuild in Putnam County
Putnam County commissioners meet to order rebuilding of two washed out bridges the William Rooker bridge near New News ville and the John Baumunk bridge in Washington township. Viewers appointed R J Gillespie and William M Houck with Arthur Plummer as engineer. Bids for county house supplies postponed after bid form issue. Melrose Avenue improvement petition continued. rail crossings to get danger markers purchased by the state prison. railroads to transport and install.
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Putnam County
William Rooker
New Newsville
John Baumunk
Washington Township
Pleasant Garden
R. J. Gillespie
William M. Houck
Arthur Plummer
Elisha McAninch
Marion Township
Charley Kelley
Melrose Avenue Road
Sarah Brackney
FireDepartment Responds To Langdon Home Roof Blaze
Fire officials were summoned to J. K. Langdon’s residence on East Anderson Street near 9 30 this morning to extinguish a roof fire likely sparked by a chimney. A large hole burned through the roof. minimal other damage was reported.
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J. K. Langdon
East Anderson Street
Hazel Smith Visits Grace Ewing in Indianapolis
Miss Hazel Smith visits her sister Mrs Grace Ewing in Indianapolis on Sunday.
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Hazel Smith
Grace Ewing
Indianapolis
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L. GC. Laughry
Mrs. Coffman
the Herald
Arbucke
Agric Tore
Greencastle Merchan
Khevent
Brown & Moffett
J. F. Cannon & Co
J. L. Etter
Bicknell Hardware Co
J. E. Cash
S. C. Prevo & Son
J. L. Hamilton Music Store
Rector Brothers
Star Store
Wm. Litebjorg
Moore & Cook
Jonathans
Allen Brothers
Mazda
Putnam Electric Co
Mary Pickford
PWO
Langdon Home
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