Local notices and social items from Putnam County
Miss Lizzie Farrow visited Danville this week. Mrs. Smythe has returned from Illinois. The Putnam County Teachers Institute convenes Aug 11. Five additions to Locust Street Church. Marriage license issued to Martin Funican and Alice Throop. The Christian Church lawn festival raised about $30. The Bank of Greencastle reports steady town activity and local fairs loom August. Multiple social calls, illnesses, and visits to family and neighbors noted.
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W. D. Allen
Battle Ground
Misa Coffin
Rockville
E. C. Hammond
Mias Stillwell
Missouri
E. D. Anderson
Putnam County Teachers’ Institute
Jennie
Dr. Farrow
garMre
H.C
Miss Knight
Brazil
Ida Williamson
G. H. Williamson
Petoskey, Mich
Blood and fire in South Green after Sunday night unrest
Jim Robinson escorted Mrs. Lane and Miss Brummett to church when Robert Lane fired on the group, wounding Robinson and Brummett. Lane waived examination and posted $100 bail. Brummett jailed for associated conduct. Later that night a fire at Depot and Ohio Streets destroyed a frame building housing Timmons grocery and Hice residence with losses totaling about $3,700, no arrests yet in incendiary case.
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South Greencastle
Jim Robinson
Robert Lane Asuda
Miss Brummett
Robert
Bob) Lane
Wroth
Chapin
Brummett
Depot and
Ohio Streets
Moses Bridges
Mr. Timmons
Hice
Death of Dr R R Town from Morphine Mistake in Indiana
Dispatch from Frankfort Indiana reports Dr R R Town a respected physician died after taking morphine mistaken for quinine in a drug error. The obituary notes his Greencastle origin and high standing, with funeral at Locust Street M E Church and burial at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Frankfort
Indiana
R.R. Town
Greencastle
Forest Hill Cemetery
Town
Woman Identified as Cusick Wife in Courthouse Letter
City Marshal J. A. Tornent writes from Braz to confirm the woman at Coulscott's is Jane Cusick. He cites clothing, jewelry, and a shawl match, plus inquest details from Greencastle. Sheriff Lewman seeks Terre Haute details on Cusick and possible disposition of his wife’s body.
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Braz
Ixp
M.T. Lenatran
Sin
Jane Cusick
Coulsbott’s
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Brummett
Brummetts
Kate Hogue
Coulscott’s
John Bain
Hue
Leo
J. A. Tornent
Hog and cattle market reports with California wheat note
Union Stock Yards reports dull hog trade with buyers seeking concessions but later selling all. Light hogs 180 to 200 pounds bring top prices. heavy hogs discounted. Cattle receipts 490 head. no shipping cattle. demand fair, better grades sell readily. California wheat export outlook tied to production costs and farm methods. disruption warned for Pacific coast farming patterns.
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California
Great Brittain
Liverpool
San Francisco Bulletin
Acme edition of Chambers' Cyclopedia of English Literature
The new Acme edition offers biographics of noted British and American authors with selections from their writings across about 3200 pages. Published in eight 16mo volumes with prices: paper $2.00, cloth $3.00, half morocco $4.75, four-volume set $3.75. Discounts: 10 percent before June 1 and an extra 10 percent for clubs of five or more. Sold direct to buyers, not via dealers.
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Ture
Acme
Chambers’ Cyclopedia of
Morocco
Man Hails Vicious Wind And Lost Whisky Jug
During yesterday’s high wind J Moorman Cutter set out with a half gallon of whisky to visit his sick mother on Virginia street. He was found hours later behind a hill fence in an incoherent state and later recovered enough to recall a windstorm that supposedly sucked the liquor from the jug and turned it inside out. No jug or liquor traces were found after he was picked up.
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J. Moorman Cutter
Virginia Street
Cutter
Reno (Nev
Virginia City
Nev
Novel Batting Contest Ends in Tragedy in Greenville
A publicized $450 purse boxing style batting match in Greenville pitted Charlie Burlington against Bob Brooks. The two black contenders dueled two hours, drawing hundreds of spectators. Burlington collapsed from exhaustion, was carried off, and died later. Brooks won the purse and faced possible arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
North Carolina
Charlie Burlington
Bob Brooks
Burlington
Brooks
Poison Tongue Poisoning and Distant Feats Across Town
A mixed column notes a near-miss beef tongue poisoning affecting the Green and Millhouse families, with vomiting and cramps. other items include a drunken pastor in Missouri Valley, Vermont’s precocious boy, Georgia governor preaching in Atlanta, and a riot at an Athens Alabama murder trial.
Glidden Frey Combination Returns to Opera House Tonight
Glidden Frey Combination plays at the Opera House tonight after a Tuesday show drew delight and requests for another appearance. Pendergast Bros. showcase striking, affordable photographs to astonish locals. Bass at rear of Darnall Bros Grocery store.
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Glidden
Frey
Opera House
Glidden & Frey Combination
Pendergast Bros
Bass
Darnall Bros
Glidden & Frey
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