Optimism in Fillmore Farmlands and a Plow Sale
A Fillmore farm chat includes a potato price flip from 50 cents to $1 and a tale where Doc Clark sells a plow to Shorty Campbell for 35 after a public sale, which then brings 45. The writer jokes about giving an unprepared speech at a chicken dinner and recalls a humorous verse about writing, ending with Still Your Neighbor.
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Fillmore
Doc” Clark
Shorty” Campbell
Shorty
Campbell
Doc
DePauw to Celebrate Twentieth May Day Festivities
DePauw University marks its 20th annual May Day festival dedicated to the coed with lantern parade, Swing Out dinner, May Queen Miss Margaret Rohwedder of Davenport Iowa, and Miss Mary Frances Page of Connersville Indiana. The celebration includes Mortar Board pledges, senior junior ring ceremony, May Day pageant The Patsy, and a campus chorus of over 400 students. The events run Friday evening through Saturday with a lantern parade banquet and pageant staged near Rosa Bower and Longden Hall.
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DePauw University
DePauw
Margaret Rohwedder
Davenport
Iowa
Mary Frances Page
Connersville
Ind
Theta Sigma Phi
Rector
Mansfield
Old
Mortar Board
The
Betty Neely
Sturgis
Mich
Rosa Bower
Longden Hall
College Avenue
Rohwedder
Miss Page
Dell
Patsy
Berniece Campbell
Lewisville
Hollis Hall
Death of G. B. Carrington in Los Angeles
A message from Los Angeles reports the death on Thursday of George B. Carrington, once a Chicago resident and a well known Greencastle figure. He and his wife were longtime friends of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Arnold, and they had visited Greencastle often.
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Los Angeles
California
George
Carrington
Chicago
Greencastle
F. A. Arnold
Two Youths Die Under Blazing Car After Crash
In Indianapolis area two youths, Raymond Ealy and Lester Wilkerson, were killed when their car burst into flames with them trapped underneath. Miss Etta May Wilkerson suffered injuries while Miss Betty Meadows had minor bruises and nervous strain. A separate incident in Owensville saw Roy Wallace 7 die from asphyxiation after a cave-in at a sand bank where his brother was buried but survived.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mns
Michigan Road
Shelbyville
Raymond Ealy
Lester Wilkerson
Etta May Wilkerson
Betty Meadows
Ed Boyd
Shelby County
Ealy
Miss Meadows
Owensvilile
Roy Wallace
Charles F. Wallace
Bankers Group Five Meet Set in Brazil June 4
Western Indiana bankers from Group Five will convene in Brazil on Tuesday June 4 for the Indiana Bankers Association annual meeting. About 125 banks in the district are represented with expected attendance around 250 bankers. The district includes Clay Putnam Vigo Vermillion Parke Montgomery Clinton Tippecanoe Fountain Warren Benton and White counties.
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Brazil
Indiana
Indiana Bankers Association
Group Five
Clay County
Clay
Putnam
Vigo
Vermillion
Parke
Montgomary
Clinton
Tippecanoe
Fountain
Warren
Benton
White
Marion man jailed for masher charges after police crackdown
Charles Peoples age 36 was sentenced to sixty days on the penal farm and fined 30 dollars plus costs after three women identified him as a masher. The action followed a city police campaign against masher activity on Marion streets. Judge James H. McConnell presided.
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Marion
Ind
Charles Peoples
James H. McConnell
Peoples
Kurrie Promises Victory in Monon B&O Merger Fight
Bloomington April 26 Harry G Kurrie declared public support would oppose the Baltimore and Ohio merger with the Monon railway. He said the Monon will win the fight and that the public interest will be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Bloomington
Monon
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Harry G. Kurkie
Indiana
Interstate Commercce Commission
Kurrie
Middlewest
Sheffield program outlines student recital by Vernon Sheffield
Prof. Vernon Sheffield will give a piano recital Sunday afternoon in Meharry Hall at 3 45 oclock. The vesper concert features Beethoven Op 101 The Nightingale Alabien Lisat Chopin Op 26 No 1 Scherzo Op 20 5 Stoessel La media noche Scriabine Poeme Op 32 No 1 Rubinstein Etude Op 23 No 2 D Ind y The program begins at 3 45 but will not be broadcast until four.
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Vernon Sheffield
Meharry Hall
Chopin
la Media Noche
Stoessel
Scriabine
Rubinstein
Vaughn elected to fill Huffman's term in Third Ward
From the files of the NERALD report: Jewell H. Vaughn of Cloverdale elected to complete the unexpired term of John J. Huffman as principal of the Third Ward. Arthur Reat of Mt. Meridian buys a Reo roadster. Lee Herbert of Cloverdale injured when his horse bolt breaks loose yesterday.
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Jewell H. Vaughn
Cloverdale
John J. Huffman
Arthur Reat
Mt. Meridian
Lee Herbert
Senior Class Play Pleases Big Audience at Green Castle High
The Green Castle high school senior class presented Billy a comedy in three acts to a large audience in the school auditorium last night. Roland Campbell starred as Billy Hargrave with Ardith Moore Evelyn McCullough Mildred Caviness and Lloyd Thomas in leading roles. The plot centers on Billy’s sensitiveness about four false teeth and a shipboard caper ending with an auction of the teeth and a happy reunion for Billy and his sweetheart.
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Billy
Greencastle High School
Roland Campbell
Billy Hargrave
Ardith Moore
Alice
Evelyn McCullough
Mrs. Sloane
Mildred Caviness
Beatrice Sloane
William Bishop
Graydon Graham
Leslie McCollum
Florida
Haviana
Mrs. Sloan
Sam Eustace
Mr. Sloane
Two Boys Disappear From White Institute Near Wabash
Two 15 year old boys Charles Shoe maker and Frank Mije disappeared from the White Institute private school near Wabash Indiana per local reports. A flue fire at H M Monnett residence 402 East Hanna Street triggered firefighters call early Saturday but caused no damage.
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Wabash
Ind
INS
White Institute
Here
Charles Shoemaker
Frank Mije
H. M. Monnett
East
Hanna St
DePauw University Singers in Sacred Concert
The DePauw University choir will present a sacred concert at 7 45 tomorrow evening at Broadway M E Church in Indianapolis. Choir director R G McCutehan leading with soloist Margaret Pearson soprano and Van Denman Thompson organist assisting.
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DePauw University
Broadway M. E
Indianapolis
R. G. McCutehan
Margaret Pearson
van Denman Thompson
Two Smale Boys Found Help After Long Journey
Clinton boys Frank and William Brock aged 14 and 9 rode a bicycle home after a week on the road. Police officers Paul Grimes and John Hamm plus firemen Harry Ragsdale and Brice Brown organized food and lodging, collecting donations to send the boys on their way with meals and a room at Crawford Hotel.
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Clinton
Greencastle
Grimes
Harry Ragsdale
Brice Brown
Hamm
Crawford Hotel
Putnam County Youth Freed Under Bond
Elwood Pollom a 17 year old from Manhattan was freed on bond after the Clay County Circuit court jury failed to reach a verdict on manslaughter in the death of Clarence Gilbert near Brazil last New Year’s Eve. A new trial likely in June due to difficulty securing a jury amid spring farm work.
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Elwood Pollom
Clarence Pollom
Manhattan
Clay County
Hutchinson
Pollom
Clay County Grand Jury
Clarence A. Gilbert
Brazil
Clay
John W. Baumunk
John M. Rawley
Gilbert
Helen Miller
Ruth Tolson
James Glidewell
State Farm
County Council Approves 10000 For Reelsville Bridge
Members of the County Council at a meeting today appropriated 10000 from the county general fund to finance the building of the Reelsville bridge. The county commissioners at their May meeting will likely advertise for bids after the old bridge was demolished by a truck.
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County General Fund
Reelsville
Weather forecast shows showers likely tonight and Sunday
Forecast indicates probable showers starting tonight or Sunday with little temperature change. Rain chances rise, affecting outdoor plans. The outlook suggests a cool, unsettled weekend with light winds and brief showers.
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Charles J. Arnold
L. C. Ogle
Bob Dills
Fred Ford
Spic and Span
Pitman’s Pond
G. 8
Cal
Monon Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Sheffield
Nerald
Evelyn M'Cullough
Lloyd Thomas
Depauw U. Singers IN Sacred
Putnam County Teberculosis Association
Putnam County
American Child Hygiene Association
Mary Emma Jones
Delilah Miller
Martha Ridpath
Maple Heights
Washington
Walnut Streets
Walnut
Poplar
Seminary
Washington Street
Indiana Street
Franklin Street
Jackson Street
Vine Street
Vine
Court House
SMALE
James M. Hunter
Fountain Counties
Asbury
DePauw) University
Warren County
Attica
Central State Bank of
West Lebanon
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