Newcastle Fire Ravages Rose City Complex
A trash pile ignition at the Rose City Transfer and Storage building in Newcastle Indiana ignited a blaze that spread to adjacent structures, causing estimated losses between 60 000 and 75 000 dollars. Bowyer Construction Company and Newcastle Tobacco Company sustained the heaviest damage along with a residence and other dwellings. Firefighters from Muncie aided local crews, preventing total spread to nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Rose City Transfer and Storage Company
Bowyer Construction Company
Newcastle Tobacco Company
Everett Lowery
Tobacco Company
W. A. Brown
Bowyer Company
Newcastle Casket Company
Muncie
Newcastle Produce Company
Howard Elliott
Bowyer
Elliott
HOUNDS OF ALL AGE AT FOX HUNT FOR WILLS
Hounds of all ages and conditions gathered at Beechwood Park for a fox hunt staged for Harry Wills and Fred Hellman. About a hundred hounds participated as fox hunters from across the county joined the effort, divided to avoid congestion and ensure a lively chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville Tribune
Beechwood Park
Harry Wills
Fred Hellman
Indiana
Wallace Baker
Putnam County Men Seek Clemency From State Board
Dewey Snider and Jesse Kerr, convicted in Putnam Circuit Court for robbery, petition the state pardon board for clemency. Snider was arrested after numerous robberies in Putnam and neighboring counties, including the Artie Call home in Madigan township. Evidence from Snider’s room in Conmercial Place links him to additional Clay County robberies. Kerr is tied to the same offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Snider
Jesse Kerr
Putnam
State Pardon Board
Snider
Artie Call
Madigan Township
Flora Belle Snider
Conmercial
Clay County Postores
Kerr
Our
Burglary Convict Transferred to State Prison
On September 1920 Jesse Kerr of Putnam County was sentenced to ten to twenty years for burglary and committed to the reformatory before transfer to the State Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Kerr
Putnam County
State
Fred V. Thomas Admitted to Putnam County Bar
Fred V. Thomas of the Fred V. Thomas Corporation has been admitted to the Putnam County Bar. He will practice law in the Thomas Building on South Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Thomas
Putnam County
Fred V. Thomas
Fred V. Thomas Corporation
Thomas
South
Jackson Street
Auto bandits planned 10 kill jailer in escape plot
Two youths Harold Singnatus and Vernon Jones allegedly planned to kill the Clay county jailer to free themselves. Companions George Granger and Sam De Maria confessed to Sheriff Weber. The four, all teens from Canton and Cleveland, were arrested for car theft and sent to reformatories or prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Clay County
Weber
Harold Singnatus
Canton
Vernon Jones
Cleveland
Indiana
Jones
Milk Cows Sell Strong at $97 Average in Putnam Auction
The dairy cow sale by Hurst Vaughan at the Dan Mouett farm west of Mt. Meridian drew a large crowd with over 25 cows sold at an average of $97 per head. A top price of $140 was paid for one cow, and a Plainfield buyer bought 13 cows for more than $1,200. A second sale is advertised for Greencastle in James Barn on Saturday October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst Vaughan
Dan Mouett
Mt. Meridian
Plainfield
Hurst & Vaughan
Putnam County
James Barn
Greencastle
Big Community Sale to Be October 12
A community sale is scheduled for Friday October 12 at the Stock pens in Fillmore. Residents of Fillmore Marion Township and nearby areas may bring items to sell with auctioneers Cols Hunter and O J Rector and clerk Paul Albin. Listings include 13 sheep, 8 cows with calves, 2 mules, 1 horse, 2 sows with pigs, 300 bushels of corn, wagon and other articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore
Marion Township
Cols
Hunter
J. Rector
Paul Albin
New York Hearse Decorated With Chimes Costs 20000
A $20,000 hearse with thirty five wooden angels and chimes to play sacred music appeared on the lower East side. It also features a talking machine and amplifier to carry music to the grave side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lower East Side
Four Bank Robbers Strike Farmers and Merchants Bank
Four masked bandits robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank at Coal City Indiana taking about 5000 dollars in cash. Witnesses described two entering bandits and two accomplices in a stolen Studebaker touring car. Police hunts span Sullivan Jasonville and Brazil as posses scour the area for the robbers and loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Ind
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Coal City
John G
Jack) Bryson
Brazil
Putnam Electric Company
Greencastle
Indiana
Sullivan
W. C. McCarty
Oscar Garrard
Switz City
Clyde Martin
Jasonville
Terre Haute
Five Miners Rescued After Nine Days Buried
Five miners, entombed for nine days in a Falkirk coal pit after an explosion, were rescued today and brought to the surface in fairly good condition. The escape raises hope for relatives of others still imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkirk
Scotland
Tigers Meet Indiana in Opening Season Game
DePauw football coach James Ashmore led the squad to Bloomington for an opening game against Indiana. A large DePauw delegation rode the 8:45 train with hundreds more driving to the city. Ninety tickets were sold for the Bloomington morning train. Both teams had not played yet this season, but DePauw was viewed as having an equal chance to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
McKeen Field
James Ashmore
Bloomington
Tigers
Indiana
Ashmore
Erickson
Kirk
Wabash
Hanover
Crawfordsville
Bobby Gipson
Butler
Bloomington to Erect Costly Masonic Temple
Bloomington officials announce a new Masonic temple costing 200000 dollars will be built next year on the northeast corner of College avenue and 7th street. M L Borden, building committee leader, says about 120000 dollars in stock pledges have already been secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Masonic Temple
College Avenue
7Th Street
M. L. Borden
Roachdale Residents Attend Moves and Visits Across Indiana
Roachdale community notes show Alice Kent moving to Indianapolis, Ester Campbell visiting her father M T Campbell, and several Indianapolis visitors staying with Roachdale families. Town residents travel to Indianapolis for winter plans, with multiple social calls and a pastor’s meeting set for October 1 in New Martinsville.
Thonner Returns to Boston After East Tour With Tucker Family
E. C. Thonner, father of Mrs. C. C. Tucker, accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Tucker home from an east tour and has returned to his Boston home.
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E. C. Thonner
Professor Knudson to Deliver Mendenhall Lectures
Professor Albert C. Knudson of Boston University School of Theology will deliver this year’s Mendenhall lectures, a five-lecture series on the Divine Origin, Inspiration, and Authority of the Holy Scriptures. He holds a Boston University doctorate and studied in Jena and Berlin in 1897-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University School OF Theology
Albert C. Knudson
Mendenhall
George R. Grose
Bishop McDowell
DePauw
Knudson
Boston University
University of Jena
Berlin
Delta Upsilon
Phi Beta Kappa
Athletic Clinic Brings Indiana Officials to Greencastle High
Putnam County and nearby counties host an athletic clinic at Greencastle High School with A L Trester Indiana High School Athletic Association secretary James Ashmore DePauw University athletic director Roy Julian State Board of Athletic Control member and Greencastle Principal F L Busenburg. Discussion covers physical education in schools basketball rule changes scheduling limits from 20 to 24 games and Oct 1 post season prohibition. Thirteen high schools attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Greencastle High School
A. L. Trester
Indiana High School Athletic Association
James Ashmore
DePauw University
Roy Julian
Gosport
State Board of Athletic Control
F. L. Busenburg
Miss Leaning
Finkel
Trester
Busenburg
Liquor raid ends in fatal ambush near Lodi Indiana
Tom McGuire, 23, a Clinton mine employee, was shot and killed Thursday afternoon while leading prohibition officers to hidden whiskey stills near Lodi Parke county. Leo Dooley was arrested nearby. coroner J W Hatton was injured en route to Rockville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
Tom McGuire
Lodi
Parke County
McGuire
Will Hays
Roy Wright
Walter Willis
Julius Bryan
Greencastle
Leo Dooley
J. W. Hatton
Rockville
McHatton
Cayuga
Joe Stith
Dooley
Boom Nebraska Governor as Democratic Nominee
Lincoln Nebraska October 5 Governor Charles W Bryan of Nebraska has become a national figure. W E Quigley of Minneapolis says a movement is under way in several central west and Northwest states to make him a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924. Quigley is a former Nebraska resident and was connected with the Nonpartisan League and has been active in the Farmer Labor party in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
W. E. Quigley
Minneapolis
Minn
West
Northwest
Quigley
Nonpartisan League
Farmer- Labor Party
Minnesota
Hutcheson Dinner Hosts Relatives From Several Towns
Mr and Mrs James A Hutcheson entertained a group of relatives and friends at dinner on Sunday Those from afar included Clyde Hutche mand family of Greencastle Mrs ames P Bence and son Ernest Averill of MWamrick Rev Walter King and family of Indianapolis and Ross Hutcheson and family of Brazil Mrs Sarah Grose spends the week in Greencastle Joseph Hutcheson and family Mrs Sarah Gose and J W Gose of Brazil visited Mt Meridian with Mrs Margaret Day and her son Thomas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Hutcheson
Clyde Hutchemand
Greencastle
Ames P. Bence
Ernest Averill
Mwamrick
Walter King
Indianapolis
Ross Hutcheson
Brazil
Sarah Grose
Joseph Hutcheson
Sarah Gose
J. W. Gose
Mt. Meridian
Margaret Day
Thomas
Knoll to Spend Weekend with Camden Parents
Andrew Knoll of Camden Indiana will spend the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs A J Knoll who reside on North Madison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Knoll
Camden
Indiana
Mrs
A. J. Knoll
North
Madison Street
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