Wheeler Dies at Sanitarium After Long Anti Saloon Fight
Wayne B. Wheeler longtime general counsel of the Anti Saloon League dies at a sanitarium in Ohio following heart trouble and a long career promoting the Eighteenth Amendment. His life began on a Brookfield farm and he rose to steer one of the country’s most influential temperance movements.
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Eeler
Columbus
Ohio
Howard
Wheeler
Ife
Little Sable
W.B. Wheeler
United States
Coley Wtion
Brookilel
Young Wheeler
Fler
D Colege
Stu
Howard Rus
Anti- N League
Russell
Rugee
Nat’s Road Traffic Heaviest In History
Traffic on the National Road is heavier this week than at any time since its construction. The surge is tied to rising automobile travel and the State Fair in Indianapolis. A Greencastle resident reported that his usual drive to Indianapolis expanded from about an hour to two hours and a quarter due to congestion.
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Indianapolis
Greencastle
Moffett Critically Ill After Bainbridge Bank Closure
Charles Moffett former Green Castle businessman and president of the Farmer's State Bank in Bainbridge is reported critically ill at his Bainbridge home. Officials closed the bank last Saturday prompting a nervous breakdown after a year of strenuous effort to save it and repay depositors.
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Farmer's State Bank
State Banking Department
Charles Moffett
Greencastle
Bainbridge
Moffett
Evening Appeal editor dies from auto crash injuries
Gerald F. Doyle dramatic editor of the Evening Appeal Memphis died from injuries after an auto accident late last night. His home was Denver and he joined the Commercial Appeal at its morning publication start.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gerald F. Doyle
Evening Appeal
Doyle
Denver
Colo
Commercial Appeal
Ice Truck Crashes Into Lamp Post Then Tree
A Gardner Bros ice truck collided with an iron light post at Franklin and Vine streets near 8 am Tuesday. The radius rod broke causing driver Gene Haskett to lose control. the vehicle demolished the post and struck a maple tree. Haskett was not injured.
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Gardner Bros
Franklin and
Vine Streets
Gardner Bros. Company
Gene Haskett
Hasket
Electric Light Post
Degenerate Gunman Killed After Evansville Siege
Evansville police end two hour standoff as Wesley Cooksey barracks in his home and opens fire. Officers and spectators wounded as tear gas and fire end his resistance with the house engulfed and a fatal shot from police. Cooksey earlier attempted to kill his wife and had a history of insanity.
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Evansville
INS
Wesley Cooksey
Cooksey
Edward Sutheimer
Ray Langford
Putnam County Schools Open for Seven Month Term
Putnam County schools began a seven month term with pupils and teachers meeting at various buildings to set opening plans. DePauw University freshmen arrived and started familiarizing themselves with courses, while city schools prepare enrollment as university registration proceeds.
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Putnam County
DePauw University
DePauw
Wife seeks divorce from Walter Zimmerman over bread throwing
Edith A. Zimmerman of Rochester charges Walter E. Zimmerman a Newcastle township farmer with throwing bread at her during meals and shoving her from the dining room. She seeks $1,000 alimony.
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Rochester
Ind
Edith A. Zimmerman
Walter E. Zimmerman
Newcastle Township
Miners Union Denies Chicago Conference on Strike
Officials of United Mine Workers of America District 11 denied knowledge of any conference of miners and operators from Illinois Indiana and Ohio reportedly called in Chicago to settle the long running strike in the bituminous area.
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Terre Haute
INS
United Mine Workers of America District 11
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Chicago
Taxpayers meet over Greencastle poor fund deficit
Only eight to ten people attended the Greencastle meeting called by the Putnam County Taxpayers Association. Paul Albin township trustee said four years without a poor fund levy left Greencastle outside the needed funds, creating a $5000 deficit and necessitating a new levy to cover the shortfall and current year needs. Representatives plan talks with the county council and commissioners.
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Paul Albin
Greencastle Township
Putnam County Taxpayers Association
Court House
I. L. Wimmer
Albin
Greencastle City
The
Tax Association
County Council
Son of Former President Dies at 81 in Virginia
D Gardner Tyler, 81, son of John Tyler tenth president, died at his Sherwood Forest summer home. He served two terms in Congress and later as judge of the U S Circuit Court, fourteenth circuit. Born 1846 in East Hampton, he spent most of his life in Virginia.
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Richmond
D. Gardner Tyler
John Tyler
United States
Sherwood Forest
Tyler
Congress
U. S
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
East Hampton
S. 1
Virginia
Marriage license for Paul Babcock and Eva Sullivan
Paul Babcock of Alexander and Eva Sullivan of Greencastle provided marriage license details. W Gale and his daughter Miss Pear ies attended the State Fair on Monday. Miss Cole serves as deputy county clerk.
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Paul Babcock
Alexander
Geneva Sullivan
Greencastle
W. Gale
Miss Pearies
Miss Cole
World Flyers Arrive in Calcutta and Early Flight News
World flyers reach Calcutta as Sir John Mayhop previewed. Old Glory departs Old Orchard Beach for Rome with pilots Bertaud Hill and Payne aboard. Adverse weather halts Levine Columbia hop off to New York. Pride of Detroit team arrives in Calcutta after Allahabad departure.
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Old Glory
Lloyd Bertaud
James DeWitt Hill
Philip A. Payne
New York Daily Mirror
Maine
Bay of Fundy
Cape Sable
Bordeaux
Alps
Eteraa
Sleaford
England
INS
Charles D. Levine
New York-to
Atlantic
Levine
Hinchcliffe
Miss Mabel Bell
Rochester
N. Y
Mine Agreement May Be Reached At Conference
Chicago Sept 6 The coal strike delaying soft coal mining in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania may end tomorrow after a conference between mine operators and the United Mine Workers Union. A new wage deal based on the Jacksonville scale is said to be in sight with tentative accords reported by both sides though settlement was denied by C B McLaughlin secretary of the Illinois coal operators association.
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Chicago
INS
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvana
United Mine Workers Union
Jacksonville
C. Be, McLaughlin
Ilinois Coal Operator’s Association
Long distance flight updates from Europe to India and beyond
The International News Service reports delays and starts across long distance routes. Levine postpones a flight from England while Royal Windsor and Old Glory prepare to depart Old Orchard Maine. Courtney waits in Spain for better weather as MacIntosh faces headwinds in Ireland. Brock and Schlee fly to Calcutta from Allahabad. Sir John Carling hopes to depart for England today. No trace of Redfern.
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Levine
England
Royal Windsor
Old Glory
Old Orchard
Courtney
Spain
MaclIntosh
Ireland
Brock
Schlee
Calcutta
Allahabad
Sir John Carling
Redfern
Institute at Greencastle High School Saturday
The Putnam County Consolidated teachers institute convenes at Greencastle High School on Saturday September 10 at 9 a.m. Prof E R Bartlett Dr Oscar Williams and Miss Zeigler of DePauw University lead the morning program on Art Education Character Education and Teacher Research. Afternoon features general session and sectional meetings for Primary Rural and Intermediate grades with local educators.
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Putnam County
Bartlett
DR. Williams
Miss Zeigler
Putnam County Consolidated Teachers Institutes
Greencastle High School
E. R. Bartlett
Oscar Williams
DePauw University
Jehu
Miss Zegler
Prof
Mrs Corson Starts English Channel Swim From England
Dover Eng Sept 6 Mrs Mille Gade Corson known as the first mother to swim the English Channel began from south Foreland at 850 am hoping to swim about eight hours with a convoyed boat pilot to judge whether conditions permit continuing. Two miles out she swam steadily under a light fog while seas were smooth.
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Dover
Eng
Mille Gade Corson
English Channel
South Foreland
Here
Channel
Corson
Cape Griz-Nez
France
England
County Council Cuts Proposed Tax Budget in Morning Session
The Putnam County Council met in the courthouse to review the tax budget for the coming year. Major cuts included removing 1500 for an assistant county surveyor salary and reducing the surveyor milage from 1500 to 750, with other reductions in bridge repairs and school fund loans.
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Court House
Quarrel Over Shirt Triggers Fatal Family Shooting
At the Kindley home near Newcastle Indiana James Kindley 30 killed his father 57 then shot his brother 31 who survived and was hospitalized. James then killed himself 3 bullets to the head leaving sister Theodosia 14 unharmed. William Kindley in fair condition after five rifle wounds.
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Muncie
INS
William Kindley
Newcastle
Ind
James Kindley
Joseph Kindley
Kindley
William
James
Theodosia Kindley
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William Randolph Hearst
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Channel Try
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Los Angeles
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Myre, Hathaway
Parke County
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Ciiatun
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Putnam County Hospital
Holmes Craver
New Highland Sanitarium
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I.L. Wimmer
Putnam County Tax Association
John Sinclair
Marion Township
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