Greencastle Fair Week Highlights and Air Tour Planned
Saturday promises crowds at the County Fair with praise for safety and community support. Hoosier State Automobile Association signs warn of curves, while 4-H sewing receives a $50 donation from J C Penney through C D Chapman. An All Indiana Air Tour lands near Bridges Farm next Thursday with 25 to 35 planes arriving at 3 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney
C. D. Chapman
Putnam County
Greencastle
Bridges Farm
Brothers to get degree work Saturday
The conferring of the Master Mason degree on three brothers by the Knightsville lodge of Masons was delayed and will be given Saturday evening at Lodge No. 409 in Knightsville. George James and Charles Hoskins, sons of George A. Hoskins, of near Reelsville, will receive the degree work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knightsville
Russellville Band Delights County Fair Audiences
The Russellville Band led by J. M. Spencer drew large crowds at the County Fair. With twenty two pieces the group performed lively selections in the morning on the Square and again in the afternoon near the horse show on the north side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
J. M. Spencer
James Hurst DePauw Grad Dies at 82
James Knox Polk Hurst 82 a DePauw University graduate and long time Putnam County resident died at his home near Belle Union Pridey evening. Funeral at Hill Creek Church Sunday 11 conducted by Rev C L Airhart. Interment Cloverdale. Survived by widow two sons Forrest and Edgar and two daughters Mrs Frank Reed and Mrs Emory McCommack. He married Alice Smith January 3 1875 and belonged to Phi Delta Theta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Knox Polk Hurst
DePauw University
Putnam County
Belle Union
Hill Creek
C. L. Airhart
Crawfordsville
Cloverdale
Hurst
Forrest Hurst
Edgar Hurst
Frank Reed
Emory McCommack
Mr. Hurst
Phi Delta Theta
Alice Smith
Brick Chapel Home Coming at Brick Chapel Methodist
Brick Chapel Methodist Episcopal church hosts a full day program on Sunday September 15 with all day meeting Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Devotions lesson music and sermon follow. Dinner at noon with baskets. An afternoon service at 2 p.m. features and outside speaker and 3:15 to 7:30 intermission. Evening roll call at 7:30. Members urged to attend or send scripture verse. Charles Hendrick superintendent and Charles R. Query minister.
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Brick Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Brick Chapel
Divorce Sought by Clara B McCammack Against Oral V McCammack
Clara B McCammack seeks divorce from Oral V McCammack with custody of their son and $5000 alimony. She accuses him of habitual liquor use and a high temper, including threats to kill, assault, and verbal abuse. A restraining order is requested. she resides in Coatesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara B. McCammack
Oral V. McCammack
Plaintiff
Coatesville
Danville
Putnam County Fair Ends Amid Petitions For Next Year
Crowds at the sixth annual Putnam County Fair signed petitions seeking a county council grant for 1500 to fund next year’s premiums. The council refused the 1000 asked this year. The fair featured a horse show, Russellville Band, livestock and women’s 4-H displays, and a potential last county fair in Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
General Assembly
Council
Russellville
Student refused at IU will enter Loyola
Bloomington Ind Sept 14. Arthur W Schaible 21 Wanatah was refused admission to Indiana University because of a liquor violation conviction. Governor Leslie learned that Schaible would likely enroll at Loyola University Chicago after IU officials refused admission. A transcript of Indiana credits has been obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
INS
Arthur W. Schaible
Wanatah
Indiana University
Harry G. Leslie
William Lowe Bryan
I. U
Schaible
Loyola University At Chicago
Indiana
Bryan
Chicago
Great Lakes
Fire Loss Put At 65000 In Evansville blaze
Evansville officials estimate the September 14 fire that destroyed the building housing the Automobile Electric Company caused 65000 dollars in damage. The loss figure was announced by authorities investigating the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Automotive Electric Company
Bainbridge Woman Dies At Home In Local Tragedy
Mrs. Manda Arnold wife of William Arnold died at her Bainbridge home Thursday night at 10 oclock Funeral services will be held in Bainbridge Monday morning at 10 followed by burial in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manda Arnold
William Arnold
Bainbridge
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Aerial Festival Promises Spectacle At Lafayette Airport
Lafayette Indiana hosts a major aerial program at Shambaugh field next Sunday with 30 to 40 planes, including the loop by Freddy Lund and a parachute jump by Sergeant Cox. The event is educational, free to the public, funded by passenger flights, and coordinated with radio coverage from Station WLW.
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Lafayette
Ind
INS
Indiana
Shambaugh Field
Freddy Lund
Cox
Indiana National Guard
Battery C
WLW
Cincinnati
L. le Aretz
Stanolind
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
20 Years Ago In Greencastle
Wire destroyed the new home of Alva Lisby at Fillmore last night delaying his family move in. Pocahontas lodge members held a hayride near Brick Chapel at the Sears home. Rev J G Campbell DePauw graduate named superintendent for Greencastle Methodist district. C L Jones and Andrew Black headed to Colorado for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire
Alva Lisby
Fillmore
Pocahontas Lodge
Leslie Sears
Brick Chapel
J. G. Campbell
DePauw
Greencastle
Methodist Churches
Lake steamer Andaste sinks with all hands in Lake Michigan
Searchers comb waters fourteen miles south of Holland for the crew of the lake freighter Andaste after it foundered with twenty five on board while carrying 1900 tons of gravel. Naval seaplanes join the hunt as families receive word of no survivors.
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George van Hall
Coast Guard
Andaste
Grand Haven
Mich
Chicago
Materials Construction Company of
John Hoskins
Sapa
Dairy Cattle Awards Made at County Fair
Awards in the dairy cattle department were announced Friday afternoon by Ed Gannon of Purdue University who judged the entries. Ribbons were given in three classes Jerseys Guernseys and Holsteins with winners including Robert Irwin and Sons Lee Bryan Jerome Austin Ray Vaughan C. J. Arnold and others. The report notes Best Heifer Over 1 Under 2 and a continuation on page 2.
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Ed. Gannon
Purdue University
Robert Irwin & Sons
Lee Bryan
Jerome Austin
Robert Irwin & Son
C. J. Arnold
Ray Vaughan
Sign Posting Wagon Visits Greencastle Again
The Hoosier State Automobile Association sign posting wagon visited Greencastle this week adding new dangerous curve and corner signs. Mr Gibson on site reported locating a good condition direction sign at the Greencastle Manhattan road junction with the National Road and removed a badly bent sign.
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Greencastle
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Gibson
Onsit
Greencas Tle
Manhattan
Wiere
Auto Crash Injures Charles Sharp Near Limedale
Charles Sharp, living west of Limedale, suffered a broken nose two broken ribs and a deep cut on the left arm when his car veered off the Manhattan road south of Greencastle and struck a telephone pole. The car was badly damaged and Sharp was taken to Dr. Ayler’s office for treatment after the collision near Limedale. He had just visited the doctor before starting home.
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Charles Sharp
Limedale
Manhattan
Greencastle
Sharp
A. E. Ayler
My Sharp
Quits Channel Swim Attempt Near French Shore
Mrs Myrtle Huddleston of New York abandoned her Channel swim when seven miles from the French coast after more than twenty one hours in rough seas and strong currents. She tearfully said she could have finished to win money for her son's college education while her son watched from a support boat.
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Dover
Ene
Myrtle Sfndeston
New York
Huddleston
Wilmarth Heads DePauw Freshman Kings
Raymond E. Wilmarth of West Barrington Rhode Island was elected president of the DePauw Freshman Kings. Jeannette Conley of Fowler Indiana was chosen vice president and Helen Marenda of Huntington was secretary. Roy Richard Williams of Chicago was elected class treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Wilmarth
West Barrington
Rhode Island
DePauw
Wilmarth
Jeannette Conley
Fowler
Ind
Helen Marenda
Huntington
Roy Richard Williams
Chicago
Williams
Delta Tau Delta
Marriage License for Homer McCammack and Helen Hunter
Homer Pleasant McCammack 17 a Zine Mill worker of Belle Union and Helen Irene Hunter 21 of Fillmore obtained a marriage license at home.
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Homer Pleasant McCammack
Belle Union
Helen Irene Hunter
Fillmore
The Weather Fair Tonight and Rise in Temperature Sunday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a rise in temperatures on Sunday. Expect gradually increasing warmth as the weekend progresses with light winds and no significant precipitation anticipated.
Chickens and Hogs Reported Stolen From Two Farms
Local officers investigate two separate thefts in the countryside. Harvey O'Hair reports thirty Rhode Island Red hens missing from his North Green Castle area farm. John N. Allee says eight Spotted Poland shoats valued around 100 pounds each disappeared from his Belle Union vicinity farm.
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Harvey O'Hair
Greencastle
Rhode Island
John N. Allee
Belle Union
O’hair
Bloomington
Guy Newkirk
Allee
Edward Eitelforge
Newkirk
Bill Southward
Murderer Escapes Jail in Versailles Indiana
Horace Peters, 19, escaped Ripley County jail during a meal in Versailles. A large search, aided by officers and posses, followed Peters after he knocked down two women and fled. He had shot Miss Mabel Van Osdel on April 24 for refusing to elope, then wounded himself. she died in July.
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Versailles
Ind
Horace Peters
Mabel van Osdel
Osgood
Ripley County
Albert J. Palsor
van Osidol
Grand Parade Highlights City Horse and Cattle Shows
A 1:30 PM parade featured entries from the Horse Show and Dairy and Beef Cattle shows led by the Russellville band. A large crowd gathered to view the procession and the bustling event in the city.
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Russellville
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Charles J. Arnold
Greencastle Carpenters’ Union
Edward Rector
Katherine Sprague Alvord
DePauw Universty
Lucy Rowland Rector
Rector
Lucy Rowland
James Hurst
Depauw Grad
Near Belle Union
Charles Hendrick
Charles R. Query
Operastoga
Fair Board
Simpson Stoner
Treaurer
L. H. Chevrolet
O. W. Hollowell
I, U
Loyola
Pmbry- Riddle Company
Paul Cox
Terre Haute Inc
Barling
Lee Brutus
Lund
H. Weir Cook
Curtiss Flying Service
Capital Airways, Inc
Ryan Brougham
Stout
Stowell
Watson
Morgan
Reynolds Carpenter
Capt. Smith
C. L. Jones
Andrew Black
Colorado
Lake Michigan
Dairy Cattle
O'Hair Farm
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