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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1914
Page
1
Twenty two suits await action at Putnam County Circuit Court as the term opens next Monday. Lawyers anticipate the fall term for school case hearings and renewed public interest follows the docket growth.
Judge James I. Hughes will open court Monday for the September term with twenty two suits slated for hearing this fall. Ten civil, nine divorce and three criminal cases include the high profile injunction by Jackson Boyd against the city school board over the new junior high building. Criminals Ralph Boone Thomas Howard and John Weaver face proceedings. Grand and petit juries were drawn Monday with no trial dates set.
The Democrats of Marion township met at the Filmore high school and named a township ticket for the fall election. Emerson Ruark and George Welsh were named trustee and assessor, with Enoch Proctor Forrest McNary and L. C. Ogle on the advisory board. T W Siddons and W J Bunten named for justice of peace. Dora Ruark and F G Ruark named as constables.
Every voter must register if they intend to vote next November. Go to the registration place on Saturday September 5 to ensure eligibility for the state and county election. Mrs W C Barr and her children return home from visits in Hartford City and Muncie. Mr Barr works at Hub Clothing store.
Plan for an athletic union among Putnam County high schools led by principals and managers aims to organize Greencastle High School and to include all county schools. A countywide basketball schedule and a spring track meet are planned, with decisions pending on baseball and football schedules.
Miss Katherine Kingsley of DePauw faculty writes briefly to President Grose about conditions abroad. Cablegram reports September 10 as the day set for sailing.
Grains of description show a Greencastle youth reaching American shores after a summer spent in European war districts. He arrived with no funds and faced early struggles before settling.
Miss Katherine Kingsley director of physical culture for women at the university reports from Rome August 1 that Americans are stranded as transatlantic liners are full or sailing routes blocked. She notes closed banks crowded doors and possible warship movements while awaiting passage home via the Canopic sailing Naples September 10. The Kingsleys have spent ten weeks abroad starting in Germany then Switzerland before Italy.
A telegram confirms Greencastle resident Harry Mason has arrived in New York City after days detained in Europe due to the war. He was traveling home via Vandalia railroad and is expected to reach Greencastle Wednesday night with funds wired to cover the journey. His sister Miss Tona Mason and mother Mrs. Rachel Mason await his return in Greencastle.
Registration for the November election will be held next Saturday at each voting precinct with designated registration locations for voters.
Polls open at 6 AM for the November election as first voter registrations take place Saturday September 5 in Putnam County precincts Greencastle lists six registration sites with inspectors Charley Merkel Charley Huffman Clarence Vestal Dan O Connell Fey Hamilton and Dr Jerome King Booths stay open all day to register voters for the fall ballot Former registrations are void and all voters must register to vote this fall
Lieut. Governor ONeill, returning from San Francisco as Indiana Commission rep for the Panama Canal Exposition, says war preparations will not hinder the fair. Officials expect English and German nonrepresentation but France will attend. South American nations seek more space. Indiana building progresses well. Mrs. E R Lane of Fort Worth, formerly May Dillon of Greencastle, leaves Dayton after a visit.
KE. M. Stone of St Louis and Kenneth Dicks of Meanapolis visited H. S. Elliott and family on East Cece Street Sunday. Sprinkle was in Indianapolis on business Monday serving as section foreman for the T. H. & FE. Traction company here.
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