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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1930
Page
3
Describes Gertrude Ederle once world famed Channel swimmer now a Rye N Y swimming teacher as her hearing declines and earnings have been spent on restoration. The piece lists various Commissioner’s allowances and county expenses in a battered late 1920s filing.
Items list payments and wages to numerous individuals and firms including Red Dennis Mathews 15.00, Isaac Skelton 2,000.00, J N Washburn 40.00, Phillip Hutcheson 9.00, and firms like Sweet & Wright totaling thousands. Names include Fred K Hensell Levi Williamson Hugh Burdett Arthur Eggers and Verner Houck with various small sums. road repair and rail-related expenses noted.
The Herald Charles J. Arnold publisher notes the paper’s 1858 origin as The Press and its Greencastle Indiana office at 17 19 South Jackson Street. Subscription by mail in Putnam County is 3 dollars yearly, outside Putnam 3 50, Greencastle carrier 10 cents weekly.
The appointment of Nicholas Raoucevit as Vice-Governor of the Philippines stirs protest in Manila and Washington. Critics cite Roosevelt’s past remarks and oppose granting independence for generations, arguing the move signals unfriendly U.S. stance toward Philippine affairs.
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