Records of a sun scorched summer and boxing notes
The column blends heat waves and a boxing report. It notes a hot spell with no beer, a Zeppellin trip start, and a boxing commission visit to Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Royal Cox defeats a New York rival in a windup bout and plans a bass fishing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastles Boxing Commission
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Commission
P. S
Royal Cox
New York
Royal
Greencastle
Play Days for Court
A postcard from Court Gillen to a lawyer compares hot weather downstate with cool Lake James. The note expresses willingness to rest in the cool while the recipient works in the heat. The light verse frames a vacation scene and friendship across locations.
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Lake James
Court Gillen
Rocking Marathon Set To Start At Boston Arena
The Rocking Marathon will begin at 2 p m on August 1 in Boston arena with Professor Alexander Meyer of Latvia defending his title as rocking chair world champion against fifty challengers.
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Boston
Alexander Meyer
Latvia
Charles Cox Ill With Kidney Trouble
Charles Cox of R. R. 4 is very ill at home due to kidney trouble.
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Charles Cox
State Starts Probe of Rockville Plant
Attorney General James M. Ogden dispatched Deputy Charles Edwards to Rockville to probe irregularities in the sewer and sewage disposal plant project. Edwards will meet deputies Merl M. Wall and George W. Trufsmith, while the latter two investigate mine disturbances at Dana in Vermilion County.
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James M. Ogden
Charles Edwards
Rockville
Mr. Edwards
Merl M. Wall
George W. Trufsmith
Dana
Vermilion County
Prominent Crawfordsville Lawyer Robert Williams Dies
Robert H. Williams aged 54, senior partner of Williams & Murphy, dies at his Crawfordsville home after a brief illness. He led in fraternal and church circles, Republican politics, and was first president of the Rotary Club here. Funeral at First Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon. He is survived by his widow and one son. Williams attended DePauw University and played on the football team.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Robert H. Williams
Indiana
Williams
Williams & Murphy
Craw Lfordsville Country Club
Rotary Club
Putnam County
Fincastle
First Methodist
John B. Murphy
M. J. Murphy
DePauw University
Death of Richard Morlan on anniversary of wife's death
Richard Morlan 82 a lifelong Putnam County resident died at 1 AM at his daughter Mrs John R Hutch econ's home in Washington township after three years of illness from a stroke. His wife died eight years ago today. He leaves one daughter, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral set for Friday at 2 PM at Antioch Church Hamrick Station with burial Boone Hutcheson cemetery.
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Richard Morlan
Putnam County
John R. Hutchecon
Washington Township
Morlan
Antioch Church
Hamrick Station
Boone-Hutcheson Cemetery
Trojans Lose Twilight League Clash at McKeen Field
The Greencastle Colored Trojans were defeated 18 to 2 by the Business Men in a Twilight League game played on McKeen Field last evening.
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Greencastle
Trojans
Business Men
McKeen Field
Rail workers Byron Stewart and Jean Leinberger named
Byron Stewart age 30 and Jean Leinberger age 31, both residents of Greencastle, are identified in the report as railroad employees.
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Byron Stewart
Jean Leinberger
Greencastle
Red Day Riots Loom as Police Band Together
Across Chicago Boston and New York authorities mobilized thousands of officers behind machine guns and riot gear as 900 communists and tens of thousands of sympathizers prepared to protest the founding of Soviet Russia. Police warned of possible park clashes and attacks if crowds broke through cordons. In Boston a thousand officers guarded Chelsea after Israel Pizer's arrest for obstructing the sidewalk amid a large rally.
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Chicago
New York
United Soviet Russia
Union Square
Soviet Union
Boston
INS
Israel Pizer
Chelsea
Pizer
Dock Hurst Dies Sudden Heart Attack Farmed on National Road
Dock Hurst age 70 prominent farmer on the National Road south of Greencastle died suddenly at 1:30 PM of heart disease after being stricken at the dinner table. He was born in the county and widely known. Survived by widow three children Glenn of the county Mrs Walter Williams of Greencastle and Mrs Rollie Dobbs of Rolling Prairie a sister Mrs D W Moffett of Clover Dale and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Dock Hurst
Greencastle
Hurst
Mr. Hurst
Glenn
Walter Williams
Rollie Dobbs
Rolling Prairie
Girl 21 Puts End To Life Over Orphanage Rule
In Lafayette Indiana on July 31 Frances Dvorak 21 took poison after fearing return to an Evanston Illinois orphanage following a circus outing with a young man. She died hours later in a local hospital. Dvorak stayed with Mr and Mrs Ora Duncan near Odell.
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Lafayette
Ind
Evanston
Ill
Frances Dvorak
Spanish War Veterans Picnic Set in Rockville Park
About three hundred veterans from Greencastle and Crawfordsville camps of the United Spanish American War Veterans will hold their fifth annual picnic at Rockville Park on Sunday August 4. The Earl Fiske camp and the Frank Britton camp organized the event with many members expected. A noon basket dinner will be in the park auditorium. Rep Johnson of Terre Haute Fifth district and Herbert Spencer department commander of Huntington will speak. The outing aims to foster friendship between camps and show strong attendance.
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Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Rockville
Earl Fiske
Frank Britton
Park
Representative Johnson
Terre Haute
Herbert Spencer
Huntington
Pierson Named Vice President at Lone Star Cement Indiana
G E Pierson, longtime manager and sales manager for Lone Star Cement Company Indiana, has been elected vice president. He remains manager while giving up sales duties. Pierson succeeded D S MacBride, who left Indianapolis a year ago to lead Lone Star Cement Company of Pennsylvania and has since severed ties with the Indiana operation.
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Lone Star
Cement Company
G. E. Pierson
Lone Star Cement Company
Indiana
Indiana Company
Pennsylvania
20 Years Ago in Greencastle and County Notes
Six hundred teachers have taken licensure exams in the county since January. Miss Jennie Crawley returns from Terre Haute visit. Clarence Horn and Myrtle Dorsett wed by Justice Ashton this morning. Miss Jennie Farmer hosts a slumber party last night.
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Jennie Crawley
Terre Haute
Clarence Horn
Myrtle Dorsett
Justice Ashton
Jennie Farmer
Siigler to Head Putnam County Fair Board for 1929
Dr. T A Sigler longtime Putnam County Fair booster was chosen president of the Fair Board for 1929 at a meeting with supporters. Harry McCabe was named vice president and Simpson Stoner secretary treasurer, succeeding retiring officers. Directors named were Kay Vaughn Lowell Dicks Mrs Morton Fordice John Sears Herndon Irwin and Dalby Collins. Next Monday night a County Agent office meeting will set superintendents site and date with several sites under consideration. The 1929 Fair aims for more educational content, greater youth club involvement, township entertainment, and a small admission fee to cover costs and entertainment features.
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T. A. Sigler
Putnam County Fair
Putnam County Fair Board
Fair
Harry McCabe
Simpson Stoner
First National Bank
Robert Dills
Lee Woods
Ray Fisher
Kay Vaughn
Lowell Dicks
Morton Fordice
John Sears
Herndon Irwin
Dalby Collins
Handy
Bloomington Street
Heat wave to continue in Indiana and Midwest
Indiana and the Midwest will face more scorching heat as temperatures rise after a cooler night. government meteorologist J H Armington said relief would only come as scattered local thundershowers, with heat wave conditions showing no abatement on today's map.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Middlewest
J. H. Armington
Armington
Weather forecast for tonight and Friday
Fair conditions are expected tonight and Friday, with possible thundershowers in the northwest portion. Warmer temperatures are anticipated Friday in the north and central portions.
City Proposes 84 Cent Tax Levy for Greencastle 1980
The Greencastle city proposes a 84 cent tax levy for 1980, per city attorney, down from 87 cents. The plan designates 82.14 cents to the general fund, 1 cent to the park fund, and 0.5 cent to the fire truck fund.
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Greencastle
Larry Downs Receives American Standards Association Directorship
L A Downs Purdue graduate and president of Illinois Central railroad named one of twelve directors of the American Standards Association. Downs, a Green Castle native, began as a Vandalia rodman and rose to head a major rail system.
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Greencastle
THE
American Standards Association
Lafayette
Ind
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central Railroad
Purdue University
Downs
Eld
Rodman
Vandalia
Fillmore Boys Given Long Terms in Reformatory
Albert and Earl Truesdel, Fillmore brothers, received sentences of 1 to 10 years in the Indiana State Reformatory after pleading guilty to vehicle taking in Muncie. They were arrested Sunday night by Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan in a car owned by H. R. Bard that had been stolen June 17 in Muncie. Both confessed in the County Jail and were sent back to Muncie for sentencing.
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Albert
Earl Truesdel
Fillmore Brothers
Indiana State Reformatory
Muncie
Fillmore
Alva Bryan
H. R. Bard
Double Lindbergh Lookalike Stirs Indiana Visit
Phillip DeVault of Washington Court House Ohio, a Lindbergh lookalike, tours Indiana visiting his aunt in Connersville. He rode in cars bearing the caption Phillip Lindbergh DeVault motion picture double for Colonel Lindbergh, who reportedly replied that capitalism ok if it doesn’t bother him.
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Connersville
Ind
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Phillip DeVault
Washington Court House
Ohio
Hollywood
Cal
DeVault
Mra
Edward Rector
Phillip (Lindy) DeVault
Lindbergh
Graf Zeppelin Presses Toward America in Headwinds
Graf Zeppelin shaves toward Spain from France under severe headwinds Aug 1 heading to the Mediterranean. Passengers rest after dawn departure from Friedrichshafen with life preservers added since prior trouble. Aboard, a bridge game entertains travelers as the airship charts a southwesterly course.
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Frank E. Nicholson
International News Service
Nimes
France
Spain
Orange
Marseilles
Friedrichshafen
Mediterranean
Graf Zeppelin heads for Lakehurst with 14 passengers
From Friedrichshafen Germany the Graf Zeppelin speeds toward Lakehurst New Jersey with 14 passengers and a stowaway aboard. A noon radiogram reports passage past Macon and Lyon with all aboard well as it presses down the Rhone Valley toward the Mediterranean.
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Otto D. Tolisch
International News Service
Riedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Rhone Valley
France
Mediterranean Sea
Macon
Lyon
New York
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Zeppelin Company
Lake Constance
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Robert Williams
National Road
Talat Merald
Fair Board
Larry Downs
Labove Dispatch
Earl and
Albert Truesdel
Dan
Lindy
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English
Istowaway
Graf
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