Service Progress Special train to tour rail history exhibits
A traveling railroad museum train named the Service Progress Special will tour on New York Central lines starting June 18. It arrives in Green Castle October 12 from 8 am to 2 pm, featuring historic locomotives, moving pictures, and tax awareness exhibits for farmers and the public.
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Service Progress
New York Central
Greencastle
United States
American Farm Federation Bureau
National Grange
Agricultural Organization
Presiden Smith
Middle West
Great Interchange
Seaboard
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Ernest Warther
Empire State Express
DeWitt Clinton
New York State
DeWitt
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
New York Cen
Ser
Vice-Progress
Post Office Workers Count Mail to Justify Extra Staff in Greencastle
Greencastle postoffice employees count and weigh every piece of incoming mail this week to provide definite figures for a request to hire an additional clerk and carrier. Increased University activity and DePauw enrollment have swollen parcel post and first class mail, prompting past needs to extend to eight hours daily. The postmaster seeks authorization for a regular clerk and carrier to meet growing business.
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Greencastle Postoffice
Postoffice
DePauw
Greencastle
Jones Operated For Tonsil Removal At County Hospital
Dennis Jones son of Mr and Mrs David Jones Commercial Place underwent tonsil removal surgery at the county hospital this morning and is reported doing nicely Rev Brengle D D a noted Salvation Army leader will speak both morning and evening at Locust Street Methodist Church Sunday Rev Brengle a DePauw University graduate
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Dennis Jones
David Jones
Commercial Place
8. Brengle
Salvation Army
Locust Street
Brengle
DePauw University
Tri Kappa Pledges $25 for Greencastle Putnam Centennial
At a Tri Kappa meeting at Mrs. James Bittles home twenty five dollars were pledged to the Putnam County Historical Society to fund the Greencastle and Putnam County Centennial celebration. Tri Kappa becomes the first organization to contribute.
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Tri Kappa
James Bittles
Putnam County Historical Society
Greencastle
Putnam County
Greencastle Hosts Busy Schedule of Local Events
A Greencastle notice lists upcoming happenings including the Federal Farm Loan Picnic on Sept 22 and the Putnam Farmers Picnic on Sept 27 at Penal Farm. Also on Sept 27 a St Louis Cardinals versus local Specials game, plus a Pig Club show on Sept 28 and sale on Sept 29 at the courthouse square.
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Greencastle
Federal Farm Loan
Putnam Farmers
Penal Farm
St. Louis Cardinals
Court House Square
Farmer's Federation
Big 4 Railroad
Ruth Barr and Morphew wedding in Cloverdale Indiana
Miss Ruth Barr of Cloverdale and Villa Morphew of Danville Ind were married at the Christian parsonage Friday afternoon at 1 45 o clock by Rev Levi Marshall. The couple will live in Danville where the groom is employed.
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Ruth Barr
Cloverdale
Villa Morpheuw
Danville
Ind
Christian Parsonage
Levi Marshall
Morphew
Greencastle Court to Convene Regular Session Tonight
Greencastle Court Tribe of Ben Hur meets in regular session tonight with business of importance. Funeral services for Robert S. Woodall, 79, will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at his home south of Putnamville. Rev. John Hawkins to officiate. Interment Forest Hill Cemetery. Theta Alumni Club to hold first meeting of the year at 2 15 p.m. Saturday at Mrs W M McGaughey's east Seminary Street residence.
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Greencastle Court
Ben 'Hur
M. A. ‘Kiefer
Robert S. Woodall
Putnamville
John Hawkins
Forest Hill Cemetery
Theta Alumni Club
Frank Jones
W. M. MecGaughey
East Seminary Street
Leo Mace Returns to Lead DePauw Football Team
Leo Mace, former DePauw full back, entered DePauw and reported for football practice boosting prospects for a strong season. He sat out last year to work and save money, aiming to return this year. Two years ago he was a standout on the DePauw squad and never left the field.
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Leo Mace
DePauw
Mace
Will Dismiss Affidavit Against Abbott In Farm Still Case
Prosecutor Glenn Lyon plans to dismiss the affidavit against William Abbott after no evidence ties him to the still or the car. Abbott, a Dayton Ohio government inspector, was jailed on a $1,000 bond following his Saturday arrest at the T. B. Snedegar farm in Floyd Township. The Studebaker and its seized contents await claimant action as Abbott faces a hearing before Mayor Zeis set for Saturday.
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Glenn Lyon
William Abbott
Snedegar
Floyd Township
Sears
Abbott
Studebaker
Government
Dayton
Ohio
Abott
Zeis
Delta Theta Tau Meeting With Miss Woitynek Scheduled
Delta Theta Tau will meet this evening at 7 30 with Miss Florence Woitynek. All members urged to be present. George Wood is critically ill at his east Elm Street home after months of declining health.
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Delta Theta Tau
Florence Woitynek
George Wood
East Elm Street
Mr. Wood
Studebaker Agency Planned for Greencastle
A State Studebaker distributor representative has been in Greencastle for days as plans take shape for a new Studebaker agency. Tenative plans include erecting a garage and sales room to be run by a capable automobile salesman. Studebaker has sought an agency in Greencastle for years.
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Ernest Warther
Dover
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Sir Isaac Nwton
New York Central
Studebaker
Greencastle
Death of George Wood at 76 in town
George Wood aged 76 died Friday afternoon at 12 50 near his home at 505 Elm Street after several months illness. He leaves a daughter Florence at home. Funeral arrangements are not yet made. Woods had lived on Elm Street two weeks after moving from a nearby farm east of town.
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George Wood
Elm Street
Florence
Woods
Doctor Hurst Tops Squirrel Hunt Record in Cloverdale
Dr. E. M. Hurst of Cloverdale, a physician who enjoys hunting, records an extraordinary season. He reportedly bagged 82 squirrels in one day and followed with 18 more a few days later, having hunted only half a day.
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E. M. Hurst
Cloverdale
Wiley
Hurst
Fillmore Boy Tours with Marines in Virginia Maneuvers
Lloyd F. Arnold, 21, of Fillmore Indiana, serves with the East Coast Expeditionary Force of the U S Marine Corps on maneuvers through Virginia from August 27 to October 7. The route covers Waynesboro Winchester and New Market with Civil War re enactments and athletic displays before returning to Quantico. More than fifty Indiana Marines participate in the circuitous 300 mile journey.
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Lloyd F. Arnold
Virginia
U.S. Marine Corps
Washington
U. S. Marine Corps
Fillmore
Putnam County
Ind
Quantico
Waynesboro
Winchester
New Market
Virginia Military Institute
Shenarcoah Valley
Arnold
Ollie A. Arnold
Marine Corps
Indianpolis
Ffty
Indiana
Farmers 10 Frolic Saturday At Greencastle Picnic
Brown & Moffett promote an all day Farmers Picnic in Greencastle on Saturday for the Federal Farm Loan Bank. Contests, prizes, music by the Greencastle band and a Rube Band, a noon basket dinner, and speeches are planned with a large crowd expected.
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Federal Loan Bank
Brown & Moffet
Farm Loan Association
Brown & Moffett
Putnam, Clay
Hendricks, Parke
Owen Counties
Federal Farm Loan Bank of
Louiville
Greencastle
Court House
Basket Oeners
Milt Brown
Charley Moffett
Locust Street Epworth League Social Friday
The Locust Street Epworth League hosts a social in the church parlors on Friday evening. Students are especially invited to attend.
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Locust Street Epworth League
Pensions Granted to Berlin Actors as Summer Stock Fails
Dozens of actors and actresses who joined the Deutsches theater summer stock in Berlin now receive municipal unemployment pensions after the venture collapsed. With no new management in sight, humorists and performers face idle months as Berlin stages overflow with musical shows and reviews awaiting fall openings.
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Berlin
Deutsches Theater
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Studebaker Auto Agency
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J. T. House
Nebraska State Normal School
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Hugh Glass
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