Wabash First Hoosier City to Install an Electric Light
A historical account recalls Wabash Indiana as the first central Indiana city to adopt municipal electric lighting atop the county courthouse in 1880. The Brush Edison setup used a 12 000 candle power carbon lamp on a 259 foot tower, powering street lamps with a four foot dynamo engine.
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Central Indiana Power Company
Thiis
Wabash
Central Indiana
Siemens
Brush People
Trapped Miners in Sublet Mine No. 5 in Kemmerer
In Sublet mine No. 5 at Kemmerer Wyoming an explosion trapped 47 workers. Officials report 12 escaped unharmed, 3 confirmed dead, and about 23 more still inside the workings with 20 bodies recovered so far. Names of the deceased include William Hood Harry Bennett and Paul Bahem.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Sublet Mine No
Bhut
Kemmerer Coal Company
William Hood
Harry Bennett
Paul Bahem
Hood
Bahem
Bennett
Open Season on Ducks but There Are No Ducks
The state announces duck geese and brant season openings with varying end dates. Ducks geese and brant run until Jan 1 while other birds close Dec 20. Daily bag limits: ducks plover yellow legs fifteen. snipe gallinules coots twenty five. geese brant eight. rails season Sept 1 to Navy 30. woodcock Oct 1 to Nov 59 with six per day.
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George N. Mannfeld
Division of Fish and Game
State Conservation Department
Mr. Mannfeld
Navy
Best Town Opinion Pops Up as Preacher Moves On
Reverend H C Clippinger, longtime Locust Street Methodist pastor, calls Greencastle the best town to live in citing its citizenship, residences, industries, building boom, university, and location. He leaves for Greenwood Indiana to lead a new church near Indianapolis and to be near his sons and daughter.
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H. C. Clippinger
Locust Street Methodist Church
Greencastle
Clippinger
Greenwood
Indianapolis
Foster Clippinger
Gilbert Clippinger
Louisville
Dr. Clippinger
Missionary Society meeting on foreign missions program
The Women’s Home Missionary Society invites members to a September 17 2:30 PM meeting at 516 Seminary Street in the home of Mrs A V O Daniel. Mrs John Gray and Mrs Lee Reeves will present the program Foreign Missions in America and officers for the new year will be installed.
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A. V. O’daniel
Seminary Street
Foreign Missions
America
John Gray
Lee Reeves
New Maysville Methodist Episcopal Church Service
Sunday September 21 service schedule announced by Pastor Paul F. Vietzke. Union Sunday School at 9 50 AM, Morning Worship at 10 45 AM, Evening Service at 7 50 PM. Everyone invited.
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Methodist Episcopal Church Service
Union
Paul GC. F. Vietzke
Fog Delays Army World Flight Hop Off in Chicago
Fog halted the Army world girdling flyers from Chicago on the 440 mile leg to Omaha. Lt. Lowell H. Smith said the team could reach Ft. Crook in about six hours if they flew high, but the delay shifts departure to tomorrow with plans for the Chicago New Orleans and the Boston II to depart at 10 o clock.
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Maywood
United States Army
Omaha
Lowell H. Smith
Ft. Crookfield
Chicago
Chicago New Orleans
William Werneke Visit Noted in Indianapolis
William Werneke of South Jackson Street was in Indianapolis on business Wednesday, according to local transit records.
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William Werneke
South Jackson Street
Indianapolis
Sororities Pledge Day at DePauw University
Formal invitations were sent to prospective members this morning by DePauw University sororities. Acceptance will be shown by attending a dinner at the sorority house this evening. Those who attend pledge themselves to the sorority. those who do not attend do not accept.
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Sorority
DePauw University
Indiana warned of new insect pest invasions
Prof. J. J. Davis of Purdue University warns Indiana must bolster efforts to keep out invasive pests. The Japanese beetle threatens crops and ornamentals, the European corn borer nears the state line, and the Codling Moth appears in nearby states. The Mexican bean beetle has been found near the Ohio River and could affect soybeans and garden beans. control measures next spring aim to curb its spread.
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Lafayette
Ind
J. J. Davis
Purdue University
Indiana
New Jersey
Michigan
Davis
Ohio River
Jefferson, Clark and
Floyd
Madison
Marriage License For Willard Garrett And Loraine Williams
Willard Garrett and Loraine Williams, both of Greencastle, have been issued a marriage license.
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Willard Garrett
Loraine Williams
Greencastle
Tuberculosis Association Booth At Putnam County Fair
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association will operate a first aid tent at the fair on October 1 and 2 with two nurses from the hospital in attendance. Tubercular charts, exhibits, and educational material on prevention and treatment will be shown. An attendant will explain links between tubercular animals and humans.
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Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Putnam County Fair
Putnam Countyospital
Dr Colvin to Speak at Court House Tonight
Dr D L Colvin of New York City legislative superintendent of the Flying Squadron Foundation an anti liquor group will be the chief speaker at a 7 30 o clock meeting in the court house tonight The group plans weekly meetings each Wednesday and Thursday night to oppose repealing anti liquor laws and to enforce current statutes on sale and manufacture of liquor
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D. L. Colvin
New York City
Flying Squadron Foundation
Court House
D. Leigh Colvin
Washington, D. C
Colvin
Secretary of State Spends Much Money At Campaign Meetings
Flora Indiana reports Dr Carleton B McCullough addressing the first formal campaign meeting. He advocates early real estate reappraisal in 1925 to curb taxation and criticizes state office waste. He cites the auto license and auto theft departments as examples of extravagance and substation proliferation under the current Secretary of State.
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Flora
Ind
Carleton B. McCullough
Indiana
Secretary of State
Statehouse
Indianapolis
Marion County
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Hoosier City
Tower OF Court House
Brush and
Edison
Wyoming
H.C. Clippinger
Locust Street
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Goa
New Maysville
Fog
Cox
Tuberculosis Association
DR. Colvin
Flying Squadron
Oliver W. Stewart
Foundation
Stewart
Norma C. Brown
Secretary
OF State
Ralston
Department of State
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