Claims Allowed By Commissioners October 1920
Auditor records list claims approved by Putnam County commissioners for October 1920. Names include Harry W. Moore Paul Jackson Gladys Rogers R. E. Knoll Otto G Webb C A Carver C J Arnold and many others with salaries, supplies, and road and bridge expenditures approved and entered in the official account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Moore
Sal
Paul Jackson
Gladys Rogers
Helen Buis
R. E. Knoll
Otto G, Webb
Treas
Dunlavy & Stoops
Ola T, Ellis
Ree
Howard Harris
Frank Wallace
Chas
J. Arnold
Paul F. Priest
C. J. Arnold
C. T. Zaring
Riley & Werneke
C A. Carver
Chas, Daggy
Larkin
John H. James
Maude Snider
W. J. Hood
Tucker
Tp Poor
Fred Todd
Poor
Jackson Supp Co
Ge. Water Works Co
H. L. Jackson
C. H
Putnam Electric Co
B_E, Lemmon
Lab
Glen Hammond
Sherod, Cummings
Walter Campbell
Macos Financi
Ssh
George W. Cummings
Godbee Ak
Ces Oponic
Boll Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital
Julia E
C_ J. Arnold
Hanna & Huffman
Geo
Raines
D. Beanblossom
Biebe
Chastain
Once Eyes
P. Koehler
Eng
Brde
Brdg
Joe L. Rogers
Sch. Jung Ap
OS Teese de Saae
BRUTY
Oro Vee
Rae Miguts O O Niss
C.J. Arnold
Central City Pub. Co
Indiana Daily Times
Harry M. Smith
T. J. Nixon
Hubbard & Williamson
W. H. Hall
Emery Nichols
MUNGY
Mid-west
George E Thomas eGet Cay
Aifted Cooper
Joe Hall
Boro A. G. Sutherlin
Popafoe
S. T. Johnston
James Rollings
David Skelton
Albert Shuey
Orval Boling
Beretty Apowror
Tncese
Chiam
Guise
Jackson
Tl Net
SWANS
Visscessesse
W. F. Cricks
Eae Haris Milling Co
Thohn D Welchs
James Hamilton
Aldoli, Moose
Edie Ey Og
Paul Albin Os
Cass
Glenn H. Lyons
George A. Dobbs
Sai T. Fahnaton
Clarence Rowings
Philips B. Watcheson
Phodi Boge
Sock
Hubert Morrison
pGernie Tis Meriens Desea Niss
Otto M Stewart
R. Fe, Knoll
Putnam County
Cleanup sale at John Sweeny farm near Greencastle
An auction lists horses cattle hogs and farm implements from the late John Sweeny farm six miles west of Greencastle. Included are mares, milch Jersey cows, Shorthorn heifers, Black Face sheep, Poland sow with pigs and Duroc hogs plus wagons cultivator and harness. Terms offer six months with interest and 2 percent discount for cash. Dinner to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sweeny
Greencastle
Poland
Surfr Tyme
Special Session on Election Expense Held by Commissioners
A special session of the commission and court focused on election expense matters occurred on October 4. Officials discussed budget and oversight procedures related to campaign financing and compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Undefined Item Prices
Fragmentary OCR lists food items and prices with inconsistent words. It mentions Friday and Saturday, bananas, dried beef, minced ham with price cues like 1249¢ and 600, but lacks clear context or complete details.
American Brigadier General Sweeny Fights for Poland
Brigadier general Charles Sweeny an Irish American who joined the Polish forces after West Point. A former U S Army officer and Legion veteran he recruited 200 Americans for Poland and earned the Legion of Honor and other decorations after service in Mexico South America and World War I. He later helped train the Eighth Division at Camp Lee before returning to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
South America
New York
Fton
Charles Sweeny
Isisqd
Sweeny
U.S. A
Coenr TV
Alene
Washington
Idaho
West Point
South
Central America
Europe
United States Army
General Staff
Paris
Poland
Paderewski
America
France
Corsionel Sweeny
Madero Aair
Foreign Legion
Legion of Honor
Prench
United States
Ambassador Sharp
Eightieth
Camp Lee
Argonne
Poincare Urges German Learning For French Strength
Paris reports former President Poincare advises French to learn German to dominate German science and keep French literature strong. He says German should be studied by those administering occupied regions and to restore French in Alsace and Lorraine. Army officers urged to learn German. language reinstated in officers training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Poincare
Association of Language Professors
Germany
M. Poincare
Alsace
Lorraine
Young Captain of Industry in Denver Boy Crayon Maker
George Gardens, a thirteen year old student at Manual High School in Denver, houses a 24 hour charcoal crayon operation on a vacant lot. He built a small oven after shortages hit stores and now sells a high grade crayon to fellow students, earning a tidy sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
George Gardens
Manual High School
George
Young Gardens
Boy halts charging bull with brick in Indianapolis tragedy
In Indianapolis a mob scene ends when a small boy hurls a brick at a charging bull, killing it. The startled youth flees the scene after the strike, leaving the improvised act to save a bystander named Robert Williams. The report notes the bull gored no one else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David and
Goliath
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Williams
U.S. Shipping Surges Past 12 Million Tons in 1920 Ranking
Lloyds Register shows U S shipping up over 500 percent since 1914 to 12,406,000 tons placing the United States second to the United Kingdom with 18,111,000 tons. Japan moves to third with 2,000,000 tons while France nears 2,063,000 tons. overall 52,905,000 tons afloat in June 1920 with war losses estimated at 8,416,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Register
Test Works All Right It Cost Tester His Hand
In Sacramento Harry Finegold a used gun dealer applied a net test to a shotgun offered for sale. After asking if it was loaded the owner hesitated. Finegold pulled the trigger, the gun discharged, severing most of his left hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal—h
Harry Finegold
Finegold
Finecold
The Man in Overalls Janes Joy Jeffreys
Janes Joy Jeffreys, known nationwide as the Man in Overalls and the Billy Sunday of the Railroads, is a noted leather evangelist focusing on citizenry health and spiritual life. He started in railroad work in Washington Iowa as a depot janitor and rose through multiple roles before becoming an evangelist in the 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Joy Jeffreys
Billy Sunday
Pacific Garde Mission
Chicago
Mel Trotter
Washington
Iowa
Iso
Rhode Island Red Rooster Risks Chick Welfare in Winsted Farm
A yearling Rhode Island Red rooster owned by Elmer Robbins on a Winsted, Connecticut, farm broods and tends a dozen chicks. The rooster guards the brood by covering them at night and eats any worm-covered chicks, revealing unusual maternal and protective behavior on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
Rhode Island
Elmer Robbins
Thrift Drive Expanded by Uncle Sam Campaign
Washington announces a $1,000,000 thrift campaign this year through the treasury savings division to promote thrift via Thrift stamps War Savings stamps and savings certificates. The drive prioritizes opening bank accounts and budget planning alongside stamp sales, with schools women clubs and industrial groups organized to support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Savings
Treasury
Star
Federal Reserve District
Savings Division
Liberty
Victory
O. C. Lester
Fight Against the Great White Plague Conference Beginnings
Washington hosts the first of nine regional health conferences authorized by the International Health Conference in Cannes. The session, held the week of December 6, is organized by the interdepartmental social hygiene board, the public health service, the American Red Cross, and the American Social Hygiene Association to review causes, treatment, and prevention of venereal diseases and to draft a three year program for North and South American participants. Prominent health officers and sociologists from the Americas will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Health Conferencen
Cannes
Public Health Service
Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board
The
American Red Cross
American Social Hygiene Association
Est her Cuneaz held for trial in licensing case
Mrs Esther Cuneaz of Royal Oak is held for trial in circuit court on a charge of operating a boarding house for children without a state license. It was shown she had been refused a license. Her husband recently sued for divorce claiming she took nine children under six as boarders in addition to their six own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Esther Cuneaz
Royal Oak
Cuneax
Miner Enters Hidden Volcano Cavern in Tonopah Nevada
A Tonopah miner descended into an underground cavern created by blasting at Volcano. Nev and explored the fissure ends, hearing stones drop but no bottom sound. Lights lowered revealed sparkling stalactites along cavern walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Nev
City Girl’s Gold Tipped Cigarette Rival in South
An Interchurch World Movement survey shows mountain residents adopting a “snuff stick” as an economical, long lasting substitute for city cigarettes. The bride photographed represents rural youth amid distressing ignorance and poverty. The report calls for a religious program linking Bible study with practical farming, schools, roads and community improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interchurch World Movement
Tennessere
Well known railroad man credits diet and Dreco remedy
A Terre Haute railroad employee, Tine Sheppard, reports a year-long strict diet failed to ease indigestion and liver trouble until Dreco treatment. He says digestion improved, gas pressure reduced, appetite returned, and kidneys and liver strengthened, with rapid relief. Dreco is sold nationwide through druggists and promoted locally by R. P. Mullins Devs Store in Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tine Sheppard
Whitcomb Heights
Terre Haute
Ind
Dreco
Greencastle
R. P. Mullins Devs
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Harry Rice Ee
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Cree Rene
L S. Moler
W. E. Etcheson
Fred A. Boatman
Albert Hinkle
Flisha A. Zeiner
s R . _ Cowgill
FE Frost Hurst
Glenn Stringer
Eddie Bus ‘ Bee Ereweeree
Gerald Bridges
Indiana Loan Co
Donner
Charles J. Arnold
Herald Office
Red Cross Macaroni
Lennox
Sas
F. E. Todd & Sons
O. L. Jones
Ibe
Sweeny, Millionaire
Battles For Cause of Freedom
U. S
Great Lakes
Rooster
Mother
Treasury Department
Uimeelf
H. Askew
Palmer Chiropractor
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