Local notes on residents and events in Greencastle area
Walter Woodrum resumes rural mail carrier duties on route 3 after illness. Numerous locals attend church and social events including Ladies Aid at Crogs Creek. County records note July marriage licenses, with plans for school board reorganizing and budget discussion. Also reported are travels to Washington and Cedar Lake, new business openings, medical updates, and visits among residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Woodrum
Snake story ends with well pulled reptile tale
Indiana headlines turn strange as Mrs. Clarence Rheinhardt of Evansville pulls a two foot long snake from her water well. She notices the pump laboring and, after a struggle, the creature emerges and is killed.
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Mrs. Rheinhardt
Corn Borer War Opens Near Calumet District
The federal corn borer quarantine reaches the Calumet region as 32 inspectors halt westbound traffic on Dunes Highway near Michigan City Indiana. Cars are searched for corn only and no liquor shipments are checked. About 70 dozen cars containing corn were seized among the first 4 000 inspected. Entomologist Frank M. Wallace notes moths travel 30 to 40 miles. The station operates 24 hours under FE N Bennett.
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Michigan City
Ind
INS
Calumet
Dunes Highway
FE. N. Bennett
J. C. Krysl
Federal Department of Agriculture
Irank M. Wallace
Graf Zeppelin Sets Sail Ahead of Gale to Detroit Trip
The Graf Zeppelin departed with 666 beings aboard including two monkeys two doves and six hundred canaries from the Hartz mountains. An aerial hitch-hiker was suspected after a man seen to fall from the roof beams vanished in a ventilator shaft but was not found aboard or in the hangar area. Dr Hugo Eckener pushed a rapid start at 2 45 a m to beat a violent gale off Ireland and avoid a weeklong delay. Mr and Mrs J H Pitchford have left on a trip to Detroit Michigan.
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Hartz Mountains
English Channel
Hugo Eckener
Dirigible
Ireland
Eekener
Kurgatren
Opal Cole to Wed Decatur Ill. Orval Eagles
A Miss Opal Cole will marry Orval Eagles of Decatur Illinois soon. A misc shower hosted by Miss Alta Kerr featured dancing with high scores by Norvetta Green and Pearl Cole. Dorotha Smith violinist and Norvetta Green pianist performed. Guests wore orchid and maize corsages and a golden thread gift reveal. Out of town guests attended from Oxford Ruthven Dunlavy Fillmore and Brazil.
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Alta Kerr
South
Jackson Street
Opal Cole
Orval
Eagles of Decatur
Ill
Danco
Norvetta Green
Pearl Cole
Dorotha Smith
Mesdames
William Johnson
Paul Fox
Kenneth Sweet
Claude King
C. W. Cole
Frank Roach
Charles Kerr
Irene Roach
Mary Pursell
Sylvia Noe
Maude Sutherlin
Norvetta Greene
Tessie Davis
Amy Huggard
Oxford
Ruthven Dunlavy
Fillmore
Brazil
Flyers to dlog Refueling Exhibition in St Louis
World endurance flyers Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brien prepare a city spectacle in St Louis with parades a hall reception and a theater appearance to raise funds. They will move their Lt Louis Robin to Chicago for a refueling demonstration over Lake Michigan with Major Vassar Shorty Chaffe and a sponsored flight crew. The original engine with 420 hours will be replaced and shipped east for tests while Arthur Nutt handles the motor swap.
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ST. Louis
Spartan
Hall
Ball Fame
Sportsman Park
Municipal Theater
Dale
Red’ Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Chicago
Historic Lake
Vassar
Shorty” Chaffe
Robertson
Arthur Nutt
Mansion owner and chauffeur badly hurt in highway crash
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Marmon 80 of Indianapolis and her chauffeur R L Finney of Culver were hospitalized in serious condition after their Marmon sedan at 50 mph collided with a loaded gravel truck on U S Highway 31, north of Rochester. The truck driver Harley Nellanns of Rochester survived with minor injuries.
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Rochester
Ind
Elizabeth C. Marmon
Indianapolis
Daniel W. Marmon
R. L. Finney
Culver
Woodlawn Hospital
Here
Marmon
Lake Maxincuckee
Arthur B. Stonex
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Earl Frazier
North Indiana Street
Ladies Aid
Crogs Creek
Alva Lisby
Hoosier Highlands
Mildred Pitchford
Davenport
Iowa
Albert Templeman
Wabash Valley Electris Company
Canada
Putnam County
Warren J. Yount
Connellsville
Washington, D. C
Jack Davis
Cedar Lake
Royal Davis
Goodyear Rubber Company
Akron
Charles Lemmick
R. R
Wilna Hunt
Rushville
H. B. Walls
East Seminary Street
Clyde Gray
Cloverdale
Moffett Buick Agency
Irene Huestis
South College Avenue
Martinsville
Elmer Sharp
Board of Officers of
The
Christian Church
Nellie Chadd
Greencastle
Louise Chadd
Martinsville Street
Dorothy Smith
Smith
DePauw University
Clarence Albright
County Hospital
Karl Ruddell
C. B. O’brien
Edwin Pest
Ruth Post
Bay View
Michigan
Mervin Decker
Gettysburg
Ludeke
Krider
Indiana Dental College
First National Bank
T. E. Evans
Hanna Street
C. C. Brinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kentland
W. T. McCray
Orchard Lake
Mr. Mce- Cray
J. F. Hirt Electrical Appliances For
Hoover
Philco Radios
Frigidaire
Mazda
Universal and Hot Point Electrical Appliances
Gardner Bros
Ead
Kelvinator
Wabash Valley Electric Company
Evansville
Indiana
Edinburg
Colfax
Dublin
Clarence Rheinhart
J. H. Pitchford
Detroit, Michigan
Xsociete
Hutcheson
P. B. Hutcheson Grove
Hamrick Station
Paul Albin
Martha Washington Club
Sarah Gardner
Shirley Brown
Joseph Moore
Bernice Brown
W. R. C. Silver Tea Meeting
WeJneday
Red Men Hall
Woman's Relief Corp
Lillie M. Ashton
Corp
Simpson Hirt
Meredith Reeves
Dorothy Arnold
Madeline Hussman
Paul Davidson
Alice Butler
Culcogy
Elizabeth Marmon
Indiana Loan Co
E. Wash. St
Allen Property
W. Franklin St
Belle Union
Thomas Hill
Hamilton, Spencer
Indiana Street
J. B. Harris
Carmen
Burbank
Buchheit Orchard
Central Trust Company
S. C. Sayers
Mullin’s Drug Store
Gus Williamson
Bloomington
Walnut Streets
Central Trust Co
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