Officers Make Two Arrests In Cloverdale
Late night raid in Cloverdale led Sheriff Leslie Sears Deputy Braden and Sheriff McCarty with Owen county officers to arrest C A Pratt on gambling charges and Harold Smith on bootlegging charges. Pratt and Smith were found in an upstairs Cloverdale room. Pratt was brought to Greencastle and Smith to Spencer. Pratt ill on trial day. a physician was summoned and likely unable to stand trial for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Pratt
Greencastle
Harold Smith
Spencer
Pratt
Cloverdale
Leslie Sears
Braden
McCarty
Owen County
Smith
Sears
Cunningham
South Greencastle
Zeis
Japanese Sailors Die in Yokosuka Torpedo Boat Collision
In Yokosuka harbor two torpedo boats attached to Warship Nagato collided and sank off Tokigahana Point. About 200 sailors returning from shore leave were aboard. scores were drowned in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagato
Yokosuka
Tokio
Yokosuka Naval Harbor
Tokigahana Point
Government to Furnish Pyrotol Free for Stump Blasting
The U S Department of Agriculture Extension through Purdue University proposes distributing a car load or more of Pyrotol surplus war explosives for stump and rock blasting if demand exists. Minimum load is 16 000 pounds net with only cartridging boxing freight and handling costs. County agents will collect orders, with Putnam County residents urged to respond by September 15 to County Agent H McNary to gauge interest and finance later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agricultural Extension
Department of Agricultural Extension
Purdue University
Purdue
Putnam County
H. McNary
Fox Hunters Plan Field Meet and Outing in Indiana
The Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois Fox Hunters Association schedules its second annual field trials at Andrew Robbins farm four miles north of Marshall Indiana on State Road 10 starting September 15 for a full week. Members are to bring tents bedding and hound dogs and enjoy a week of sport with meals on the grounds and a noon barbecue on Friday September 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Eastern
Illinois
Fox Hunters’ Association
Andrew Robbins
Marshall
Ind
Booze Makers Given 60 Days on State Farm
William Smith and John Brooks of Washington township were sentenced by Mayor Zeis to sixty days on the state farm after pleading guilty to manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Each was fined 100 dollars and costs. Smith was arrested Tuesday and Brooks Wednesday. Sheriff Leslie Sears and Prohibition Officer Julius Bryan testified they found 136 pint beer bottles at Smith’s home and twenty gallons of mash at Brooks’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
John Brooks
Washington Township
Indiana
Zeis
Smith
Brooks
Leslie Sears
Julius Bryan
Locust Grove Homecoming Brings Alumni Reunion Spirit
Nearly two hundred attended Locust Grove former pupils and teachers second homecoming. A bountiful picnic followed an afternoon program with prayers, songs, and readings. Distinctive guests from Champaign, St. Louis, Chicago, Iowa Falls, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Terre Haute, Crawfordsville and beyond shared reminiscences and plans for the 1925 picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Grove
O. F. Lane
America
Lucille Hillis Mangan
California
C. C. Wysong
Chester
Claude York
Milt Brown
C. C. Knauer
Underwood
Paul Heaney
Laura Boardman
Macey Watkins
Zelma Ellington
Clarence Wysong
Priest
Mollie Priest Stephenson
Champaign
Ill
Elizabeth Colliver
St. Louis
Carroll Brown
Chicago
Frank Bracken
Carlos
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Macy Watkins
Alfred Reeves
James He
Mrs James Cannon Heads to Watauga to Visit Mother
Mrs James Cannon departed for Watauga South Dakota to spend several weeks visiting her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon
Watauga, S. D
Cement Club to Play Lena Next Sunday
The Indiana Portland Cement Company baseball team travels to Lena for a return contest after beating Lena at Hoosier ball park. Cementers recent wins over Greencastle Specials and Seelyville bolster confidence for another Lena victory. The manager also seeks a September 21 game with the Brazil Elks to boost local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Lena
Cementers
Hoosier
Greencastle
Seelyville
Gasoline price drops three cents at Indianapolis stations
Gasoline prices fell three cents overnight in Indianapolis. Standard Oil of Indiana cut Red Crown Gasoline to 17 2 10 cents, with independents following. Higher test grades remained above 17 2 10 cents, but all saw the three cent reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Hog Receipts Rise at Indianapolis Stockyards
Hog receipts reached 11 000 with prices steady to 15 cents higher. By midmorning about 7 000 hogs sold, largely to outsiders and Kingan & Co. Light hogs drew top quotes from 10.15 to 10.50, pigs 50 cents higher at 10.00, sows steady at 9.00 down. Cattle and sheep held roughly steady while calves eased to 12.50 top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kingan & Co
Miss Ollie Terry Marries Then Returns to Treasurers Office
Miss Ollie Terry, longtime deputy county treasurer under Ott Webb Wilbur Clodfelter and Ruel Hainey, wed Aug 18 in Danville Illinois. The couple honeymooned two weeks then Mrs Terry resumed her Greencastle duties while Mr Hainey moved to Lafayette to continue work there. Dr and Mrs Eugene Hawkins and Mr and Mrs Harry Hawkins returned from Michigan City where they attended the Spanish American War Veterans encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Snively
Columbus
Ind
DePauw
Cannon & Co
Niles
Michigan
Greencastle
Snively
W. O. Timmons
Ollie Terry
Ott Webb
Wilbur Clodfelter
Ruel Hainey
Bainbridge
Lafayette
Danville
Ill
Miss Terry
Milwaukee
Hainey
Eugene Hawkins
Harry Hawkins
Michigan City
Officers for Consolidated Sunday School Meet and Elect
The College Ave and Locust St Sunday Schools held a Thursday meeting electing officers for the consolidated unit. Names include Gen Supt William Blanchard and Supts for adult intermediate primary cradle roll Home Temperance Missionary and other roles. A plan change will have each Sunday School meet in its place next Sunday to explain the new program effective Sept 21. Also noted is a court case Tri County Bank vs G W McHaffie et al with a finding for defendants and costs. venue changes followed Judge Bain’s death and subsequent appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Ave
Locust St
William Blanchard
William P. Sackett
J. E. Sharp
M. F_ Heavenridge
Ralph Howard
Bert A. Knight
Ben Curtis
Lelia Pickett
J. R. Eckhart
B. T. Riley
Home Dept
O. E. Badger
Temperance
J. P. D. John
F. P. Huestis
Asst
Thos. Fowler
Tri County Bank
Martinsville
Smoke At Ford Station Traced To Exhaust Fire
Greencastle firemen searched for a blaze at the Ford service station on West Washington Street Thursday afternoon. They found smoke emanating from a truck exhaust where a large piece of waste had caught fire after the engine started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Fire Department
Ford
West Washington Street
DePauw Opens Chapel Exercises With Messages
DePauw University began its first chapel exercises with a telegraph from Bishop George R. Grose in British Columbia and a wireless reply from the student body. The exchanges followed Grose boarding ship for China and greeted by outgoing acting president H. B. Longden and welcomed new faculty and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depauw
DePauw University
George R. Grose
Vancouver
George R. Marlin
Boston
H. B. Longden
Third Deaths in Road Battle Near Lafayette
The death toll from a midday shooting near Lafayette rises to three with Earl Leathers dying at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis. Ed D. Skiver and Edgar P. Walsh died in Lafayette area hospitals, while Gerry Gray is jailed as the sole survivor and faces murder charges. Miss Nellie Browning returns to her law office duties after a Phoenix visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Methodist Hospital
Earl Leathers
Plaza Hotel
Leathers
Ed D. Skiver
Ace
Keystone Avenue
White River
Edgar P. Walsh
Beech Grove
Walsh
Gerry Gray
Park Avenue
Gray
Mark L. Thompson
Tippecanoe County
Nellie Browning
Phoenix
Arizona
Corwin & Gillen
Defense Day Observed In Greencastle Amid Rainy Festivities
The Imperfect World Forces Defense Day observance in Greencastle under the American Legion with a rain-shortened parade. Rev Levi Marshall spoke at the Opera House urging patriotism as defense in a flawed world and calling for universal education and co operation among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Marshall
Opera House
Greencastle
American Legion
Levin Marshall
Christaan Church
Greencastle Man Attacked by Neighbor in Bainbridge
Milton Brown a Greencastle businessman was assaulted by Ben Harris in Bainbridge last Sunday evening and remained away from work until Friday. Brown’s left cheek showed swelling and facial bruising from the attack. Mrs Don Bruner of Wichita Kansas is visiting local friends this week and plans to return next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Brown
Greencastle
Ben Harris
Bainbridge
Mr. Brown
Harris
Don Bruner
Witchita
Kansas
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John Brooke
Cement Club
Limedale Aggregation
Parke CO
Brazil
ELKS
Standard Oil CO
Charles Barnaby
Barnaby
Lake Maxinkukee
Mr. Barnaby
Miss Ollie Terry
March
Danville, Ills
Fron
Gadorsers
Consolidated Sunday
W. H. Parnell
Bishop Grose
Beecher
Cleveland
United States
France
Farnee
McLean
Iowa University
Germany
Europe
England
Romagne
Champagne
Argonne
Jesus
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