Engagement and several local weddings draw attention
Miss Delia Pearl Wysong of Portland Mills announced her engagement to Fred Oberst of Iowa City and said the marriage will be August 31 at her mother’s home. Other local events include the Alpha Gamma Delta picnic and marriages of Lenora Clodfelter to Harold Harpold, with placements in Greencastle and Putnamville.
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Delia Pearl Wysong
Portland Mills
Fred Oberst
Iowa City
Iowa
James Taber
Miss Wysong
Clinton Center High School
Texas
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Washington Street
Lenora Clodfelter
Ross Clodfelter
Russellville
Harold Harpeld
Clarence Harpeld
Louis
Christian Church Parsonage
B. H. Bruner
Greencastle
Harpold
Putnamville
Judge forgives bread thief in Indianapolis case
Municipal Judge Paul C Wetter fined Fritz Keenan one dollar plus costs after he pleaded guilty to stealing a loaf of bread to eat. The sentence was suspended and the judge added three dollars from his own pocket. Keenan, unemployed for three months, said he had nothing to eat yesterday. The piece contrasts with Jean Valjean’s fate.
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Indianapolis
Paul C. Wetter
Fritz Keenan
Keenan
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
Ghere to be returned to Indianapolis in extradition
Lawrence Ghere, sought for the alleged slaying of Wilkinson Haag during a holdup, will depart San Francisco for Indianapolis in custody of two detectives after a prolonged extradition fight. Haag owned a chain of drug stores and the case has dragged for nearly two years.
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Indianapolis
Lawrence Ghere
Wilkinson Haag
San Francisco
Cal
Seven-foot Black Snake Killed Near Cedar Ford Bridge
Shelbyville farmer Richard DeMott killed a nearly seven foot black snake east of town on rural route 6 near the Cedar Ford bridge. Authorities believe it is the largest snake ever killed in the county.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Richard DeMott
Here
Cedar Ford Bridge
Miss Martha Novelius Sets New 400 Metre Freestyle Mark
Miss Martha Novelius of New York wins the 400 metre freestyle heat at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam breaking the world and Olympic records. Her time 5.46 2-5 shatters the world mark previously 6.58 1-5 and improves the Olympic best set by herself at 6.02 1-5. Also notes Don Misner visiting relatives in Indianapolis.
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Amsterdam
Martha Novelius
Women's Swimming Association
New York
Gertrude Ederle
Novelius
Layman land sold for 22600 to Hirt and McLean
The Layman farm of about 455 acres at the National Road and State Road 48 corners sold by Central Trust Co. as executors to Andrew Hirt and Don McLean for 22600 in two parcels of 80 and 351 acres. Roscoe Hurst leases one corner for a year. buyers plan no definite use yet but note potential for filling station hotel or barbecue stand at the prime site.
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Four Corners
The
Central Trust Co
Andrew Hirt
Don McLean
the Trust Co
Roscoe Hurst
Herald
Hirt
McLean
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Tunney Retirement Not Caused by Injury Says Doctor
Gene Tunney retired for money, not injury, his physician Dr. Robert Shea told International News Service. Shea, who treated Tunney since 1916, said the amnesia rumor from the Dempsey bouts was bunk and that Tunney never suffered lasting ill effects.
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Davis J. Walsh
International News Service
Sports
New York
Gene Tunney
Robert Shea
Tunney
Dempsey
Bernard Gimbel
Merchant Prince
Shea
Greencastle News Briefs of Local Residents
Local notes report many residents traveling and visiting relatives including Jesse Coffman in Greencastle on business Ona E. Trout heading to Oklahoma Miss Ethel Ader driving a new Nash coupe and others making trips or returning home from Chicago Martinsville Anderson Indianapolis and Bloomington Hospital updates include Lynn McFarlane very ill of typhoid fever and an appendicitis operation for Alton Murphy An insanity inquest at the Indiana State Farm and a sixty day sentence for Charles Bridges in Russellville for intoxication.
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Lynn McFarlane
Fillmore
Alton Murphy
Carriver
Cloverdale
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Charles Bridges
Russellville
State Farm
Edward Kitelforge
Charles McGaughey
Bridges
Social notes from Putnam County weekend visits and licenses
L D Snider visited his brother in Muncie over the weekend. Local residents returned from a Wisconsin motor trip while others hosted guests from Muncie Hamburg Gary Steubenville and Rockville. A Putnam County hunting license was issued to Foster Pickett aged 82. The Herald corrected a car accident report stating Albert Miller drove the other vehicle. Mrs Whitted remains ill and Miller picked berries on the Whitted farm.
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Putnam County Clerk's Office
Foster Pickett
Reelsville
Pickett
the Herald
The
Herald
William Whitted
W. E. Bausman
Bausman
Albert Miller
Thunder showers end Chicago heat wave record run
Thunder showers broke a two day heat wave in Chicago and nearby areas with a 94 degree high for the season. The period caused about 60,000 seeking beach relief and six drownings. A man was electrocuted by a downed high voltage wire as storms flooded streets.
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Chicago
Mercury
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Knickerbocker Hospital
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Alpha Gamma Delta
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