Walnut Street Improvement Nears Completion
The Walnut Street block between Vine Street and College Avenue will be finished Thursday and opened later in the week. Roemac binder, demonstrated by a Canadian Roemac representative, is used with city materials and labor to seal the road. The binder, mixed with stone dust and laid on rock, has seen seven years of success in Canada and is now being tested in the United States.
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Walnut Street
Vine Street
College Avenue
Roemac
Roemac Company
Canada
United States
Greensville Booster Club Plans Fun Fest Banquet
Preliminary plans for the Greencrest Booster Club second annual banquet are under way with two months remaining. Officials promise the event will feature the best food Putnam area has to offer.
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Greencastle Booster Club
Putnam
Banquet Plans Draw Green Castle Boosters
Prominent Greencastle Boosters plan a November banquet expected to draw three to four hundred attendees from business, professional, and academic communities. Last year’s event drew men only. this year officers plan to invite wives and friends. The exact date will be set after the first week of November elections.
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Gerencastle Boostter Club
Greencastle
Putnam County
Booster Club
Maple Oil Company elects directors in Kentucky meeting
Stockholders of the Maple Oil Company elected directors and officers for the coming year at a meeting in Christie’s Shoe Store. They will continue drilling on the oil field near Irvine, Kentucky.
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Maple Oil Company
Christie's Shoe Store
Irvine
Kentucky
Maple Oil company reelects officers at stockholders meeting
At the Christie Shoe store meeting of Maple Oil stockholders, C. R. Dulin was reelected president A L Miller of Terre Haute vice president and J Talbott Christie secretary treasurer. The Irvine Kentucky field shows 29 producing wells drilled in a year with one dry. Directors elected include Dulin Miller Freze Hays and Christie.
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Maple Oil Company
Christie Shoe
C. R. Dulin
A. L. Miller
Terre Haute
J. Talbott Christie
Irvine
The
Greencastle
William Freze
Casey, Ill
Jesse Hays
J. T. Christie
College women employment notice by Y W C A bureau
Persons wishing to hire college women for the coming year should notify the Y W C A Employment Bureau at once. Phone 496.
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Y. W. Co. A. Employment Bureau
Carl Butler Allowed to Return Home After Court Leniency
Carl Butler of Aurora Indiana, arraigned before Judge James Hughes on escape from the State Farm, was permitted to return home after the judge showed leniency. He had been ordered to serve the remainder at the State Farm and received word his child was seriously ill. The judge commuted and suspended the Michigan City sentence.
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Carl Butler
Aurora
Ind
James. Hughes
Putnam
State Farm
Hughes
Michigan City
Butler
County Council raises taxes by three cents at annual meeting
At the annual meeting the county council set the coming year's tax levies increasing county revenue by three cents while reducing the courthouse bond levy. The move lowers bonded indebtedness and signals tighter fiscal outlay for the coming year.
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Court House
County Council Fights Frat Tax Breaks and Sets Levy
The county council and commissioners fixed next year’s levies and appropriated 69,000 for expenses. Revenue tax rose from 24 to 27 cents per 100, with the courthouse bond levy down 1 cent for a net 2 cent raise. An additional 500 was set for mandamus action against the State Tax Board over eight DePauw fraternities tax exemption. Officials plan to challenge the ruling in court.
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Court House
County Council
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Tax Board
DePauw University
Greencastle
DePauw Hires Coach Expected In City Tonight Or Thursday
Ralph Young the new DePauw football coach is expected to arrive in the city tonight or Thursday morning from Crown Point Ind He will issue a call for practice upon arrival and the Old Gold candidates will begin on McKee field Friday for the first practice of the season Only a few players are likely to suit up initially with over fifty candidates entering next week Prospects for a winning season look bright despite several veterans graduating.
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Ralph Young
DePauw
Crown Point
Ind
Young
McKeenfield
Appoint Appraisers to Value Sewer Benefits in Greencastle
Judge James P. Hughes of the Putnam Circuit Court appointed James McD. Hays C. C. Hurst and William Kreigh as the board of appraisers to estimate the benefits of the Greencastle sewer improvement to DePauw University property. The panel will report soon. Salem B. Town filed a petition asking reassessment of college property sewer benefits claiming the tax rate is too high. The university contends much campus land gains no benefit and notes residential rates differ from real estate rates.
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James McD. Hays
C. C. Hurst
William Kreigh
Board of Appraisers
James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
DePauw University
Salem B. Town
University
Putnam Court
Double Wedding Performed by Rev A M Hootman in Indiana Street
Rev A M Hootman conducts a double wedding at the Christian church parsonage on Indiana Street at 10 this morning. The couples are James Louis Dellameter of Rich Hill Missouri and Mary B Humphreys of Nevada Missouri, and James Cornell of Terre Haute with Lilly M Cornell of Terre Haute. The Cornell pair were previously divorced in 1914 but proceed with the ceremony. Dellameter and Mary will live in Rich Hill while the Cornells reside in Terre Haute. A post sale and lawn fete by the Ladies Union of the Christian church is planned for Tuesday September 14. Section Four of the Ladies Union will meet Thursday at 2:30 p.m. All members urged to attend.
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Christian Church
Indiana Street
A. M. Hootman
James Louis Dellameter
Rich Hill
Mary B. Humphreys
Nevada
James Cornell
Terre Haute
Lilly M. Cornell
Ladies’ Union of the Christian Church
Grant Scott
Trombone Special Features Downtown Concert
A concert Thursday evening on downtown streets will showcase a trombone specialty piece titled Lassus Trombone. Director H J Werneke Elmer Sellers and Robert Ewing lead a trio with the full band providing support.
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H. J. Werneke
Elmer Sellers
Robert Ewing
Greencastle Band Plans Carnival Concert
The Greencastle band under Booster Club sponsorship schedules a Thursday concert featuring trombone specialist acts by Director Henry S. Werenke Elmer Sellers and Robert Ewing with full band support. A Lassus Trombone trio highlights the program along with other new numbers. The group also eyes a May downtown street carnival with an external carnival company to provide amusement for a summer crowd.
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Greencastle
Booster Club
Henry S. Werenke
Elmer Sellers
Robert Ewing
Lassus
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Central National Bank
Central Trust Co
Unite Central Capital
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Banking House
Tary
Hank
United States Depository
National Roll OF Honor
Central Trust Company
Capital
R. L. O’hair
F. A. Arnold
8. A. Hays
J. L. Randel
F. L. O'Hair
Marshall & O’hair
Indiana
Walnut and
Vine Streets
Rev. Hotman
Ladies’ Union of Christian Church
Cammack Studio
Peteeotetecatesteteetee
Opera House
Universal Gold Seal
Phillips Smalley
Reliance
Irene Hunt
Charles West
Nestor
Dan Cupid
Fixer
Jack Dillon
Billy Rhoades
Earl OF Pawtuclet
Luis
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