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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1930
Page
4
An old English advertisement promotes Radox corn remover claiming fast, painless results within days. It touts ease of use for hard corns, soft corns, calluses, and heel skin, with a claim of improving foot appearance in a week and invites buying at Mullins Drug Store or any drugstore.
Purdue University reported total expenditures of 4 070 816 74 for the last fiscal year with state appropriations of 1 632 733 5 64. The university holds land and equipment valued over 6 700 000 and total assets near 9 515 770 14, including gifts surpassing 2 600 000. Athletics and campus operations spanned numerous facilities and departments, with significant payrolls and a Memorial Union gift exceeding a million dollars.
Indiana entomologist Prank Wallace says drought has wiped out about ninety percent of the usual summer mosquito crop in the state. Hot dry weather dried breeding pools and ditches leaving few places for skeeters to multiply, with Noblesville the only troublesome spot reported.
Wallace downplays fear of a skeeter plague noting growth and health officials have remedies. He says the mosquito population can rebound in about thirty days across two generations. He adds he’d rather live with mosquitoes than see crops buried.
Notice to taxpayers of Greencastle Indiana dated July 22 1930 announces purchase plans for a city aviation field. It details option deeds plats cost and payment plan and notes funds may come from general funds taxes bonds or donations. Residents may file a remonstrance by Sept 23 1930 if five percent of census opposes the plan.
Night football makes its debut in the Calumet district as Washington high school to host Friday night games at Washington Field. The Senators open September 15 against Bowen of Chicago and September 26 against Mooseheart with 14 flood lamps of 36 000 watt power. The lighting system on steel poles will cost about 1200 dollars.
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