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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1928
Page
2
By mail in Putnam County the rate is 8.00 per year. Outside Putnam County it is 3.60 per year. In Greencastle by carrier 10c per 2 weeks. Weekly edition costs 1.50 per year. Advertising rates available on application.
A satchel of two hundred thousand dollars vanishes from Mercer National Bank amid gang plots led by the Professor. Rose Shannon, a cabaret dancer, becomes entangled as Chuck White seeks to protect her while the Professor arrives with his crew, threatening to expose the theft.
An all day meeting and basket dinner is set for Beech Grove Church three miles west of Clinton Falls on Sunday August 12. Invitations are extended to all. Local residents report visits among neighbors including Roe Hall and Paul, George Pierce with Rev. and Mrs. Kester in Covington, and Wiley Davis with Eula Staggs in Bainbridge.
Fred Reberger contacted Ray Henry Beaman on Sunday to seek a discussion or update on a matter of mutual concern.
The Treavers presents The Yellow Lily starring Billie Dove and Clive Brook. Dove plays a heroine who secretly loves Brook, an archduke, and the plot follows their dangerous affair with intrigue and a dramatic climax as the heroine defends her brother and wounds the archduke.
North Clinton Falls couples Mr and Mrs S O Ensor Mr and Mrs John Bee Mr and Mrs Thomas Holland Mr and Mrs Oscar Bell and Leola Moore and Della Davis traveled to Turkey Run on Sunday. Ethel Ensor and Goldie Bee visited Mrs Ora Thomas Monday afternoon. Arthur Shonkwiler and son and Violet Shonkwiler and son John spent Sunday with George Smith. Mary McNeff stayed Friday night with Estella and Opal Frank. Emerson Hart of Indianapolis visited Charles Hart weekend. John Bee and family were in Crawfordsville Saturday night.
A child health conference will be held in the Putnamville school house on August 14 from 8 30 until 4 00. Attendance is expected to be large and each child must be accompanied by a parent. The event targets infants through pre school ages. Miss Esther Whitaker attends a camp for older girls at Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Mrs Will Glidewell and son Robert visiting Dr Theodore S Jennings in Louisville Kentucky along with Mr and Mrs Ed Williams and Mr and Mrs C E Talkington of Columbus have returned home. Mr and Mrs Mike Finn and children are visiting in St Louis Missouri. Dr Ernest Wright and wife of Illinois visit his mother Mrs Sam Wright. Frank Sutherlin can be in the store part of the time.
Cana an Chapel reports a well attended Home Coming and a Sunday School convention with six churches represented. Local residents include Mrs. Alice Brooks improving after a broken arm and several visits among neighbors and relatives. Community notes mention trips, reunions, and hospital returns.
Ross Hutcheson and family hosted the Hutcheson reunion with a mixed program and dinner. New officers were elected: Bence Daggy president, Miss Francis Hutcheson vice president, Mrs. Edward Hutcheson secretary and treasurer. Several relatives from Greencastle Williamsport Ben Davis and Stop 34 attended.
The film adaptation shows a clever outlaw using disguises to elude a young sheriff. Ranger the dog, seeking revenge for his mate, pierces each disguise and closes in on the criminal. The chase exposes the outlaw as the ranch owner in a final reveal.
Miss Etta Head and Amelia Elling spent a pleasant afternoon with Misses Bessie and Lula Sigler last Friday. Ray Evens is papering the home of Everett Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wright and Miss Amelia Elling visited John Thomas at A J Johnson's last Thursday while he recovers from surgery at the Putnam.
The column lists frequent visits and gatherings from Indianapolis to Buck Creek and Greencastle. It notes Mrs Louise Payne visiting family in Indy, the Head reunion at Harley Head's home, Eva Nicoson visiting Brazil, and numerous kinfolk from Tipton Putnam and surrounding towns attending church, berry picking, and a Hutcheson reunion near Williamsport with relatives from St Louis Terre Haute and Clay City.
Miss Mary Hauck returns from a Wisconsin motor trip. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Aitchens on Tuesday night July 31. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reese of Middletown and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Reese of New Haven called on J. E. Hutcheson and daughters. Florence Hutcheson visited H. L. Morrigan in Greencastle. Several other neighbors and relatives, including Ambly Appel, James Bence, Ernest Avert, C. L. Girton and Gene, Addie Clifford, Bushall, Frank Collins, and Ferrand households, were mentioned in visits and entertainments. Mildred Hammond visiting Gretchen Pickett at Reelsville.
Mrs Paul Ram of Ft Wayne Indiana says Konjola cured her sharp back pains described as stab like. She reports immediate relief after completing treatment and praises the medicine as essential and effective. The ad notes Konjola being sold at Owl drug store in Greencast and by local druggists.
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