Local notes from Greencastle and nearby townships
Multiple brief items record local movements including Edgar Prevo traveling to New York for business, John Best visiting Greencastle, Arthur and Lisby family weekend plans, a new birth east of Greencastle, visits by Miss Sarah Ellen Elsbury and Mrs. Harris, and a church discussion on early Christianity. Also noted are funeral services for Jack Gorman, a lawsuit by King-Morrison-Foster Co. against Orville O Neal, golf matches between Greencastle and Clinton, patient transfers, and various family travels and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King-Morrison-Foster Co
Putnam
Orville O'Neal
Glenn H. Lyon
Glaze Elwell Marriage at Court House
Charles Clayton Glaze of Montezuma wed Dora Elwell of Hillsdale Saturday morning at the county clerk's office in the Court House. Mayor Charles McGaughey conducted the ceremony with Conrad Gautier as witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clayton Glaze
Montezuma
Posey Glaze
Dora Elwell
Henry Elwell
Hillsdale
County Clerk's Ofce
Court House
Charles McGaughey
Conrad Gautier
Indiana oil revival gains pace across twenty counties in July
Indiana shows renewed oil activity with July output exceeding a quarter of a million barrels. Kingsbury reports 28 wells drilled in July, 15 producing oil, four gas, nine failures, and August already sees 31 new wells. Notable producers include the Dave Hutchinson farm in Gibson County yielding 100 barrels daily and a 60 barrel well on Clark Stanley’s site in Adams County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Indiana
Marshall County
Spencer County
Dave Hutchinson
Gibson County
Clark Stanley
Adams County
P. EB. Shattuck
Vigo County
Lee Carlton
James Lindy
Pike County
Gas Struck At Shallow Depth Near Plymouth
Gas drilling on the Frank Lamon farm east of Plymouth, Ind, struck limestone at 283 feet. A flame burst from the well opening for several seconds as Arco Gas & Oil Company crews tested the well. Hundreds of visitors gather as oil fever grips the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ind
INS
Arco Gas & Oil Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Lamon
Here
Lamson Farm
Heeney claims Tunney fouled him in eye injury claim
Tom Heeney tells the Daily Express he was fouled miserably by Gene Tunney when his eye was injured in the eighth round. Heeney says the punch cut his eye and caused bleeding, and he argues the bout might have gone longer if not for the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
London Daily Express
Heeney
Eddie Kane
Sammy Mandell
Express
Daily Express
Tunney
Evanston police hold one suspect in Constance slaying
Evanston police confirmed John Burke 50 an odd jobs man as the main suspect in the murder of Miss Jennie Constance a 42 year old Peoria schoolteacher found killed behind a hedge at George H Peaks home Burke after hours of interrogation admitted nothing and insisted on his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
TNS
Science
John Burke
Jennie Constance
Peoria
Burke
Constance
George H. Peaks
Miss Constape
Harold Sears Receives Suspended Sentence On Non Support Charge
Harold Sears of Limedale was given a six month suspended sentence and fined $5 and costs by Judge James P. Hughes on a non support charge filed by his wife Bula Sears. The affidavit alleged failure to provide food clothing and medical care for his wife and six children including a three week old youngest child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sears
Limedale
Indiana
James P. Hughes
Bula Sears
Sears
Limb Miracles at Berne Draw Crowds as Woman Sees Healing
Miss Bessie Stucky 52 of the Defenseless Mennonite sect reports a vision Monday night that her right leg, shortened since infancy from paralysis, grew inch by inch and is now only 2.5 inches shorter than the left. She wears normal shoes and predicts full healing soon as family and community witness her progress and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Ind
Bessie Stucky
Miss Stucky
Mrs. Stucky
Corporation Assessments by Putnam County Townships
County Auditor lists fixed corporation valuations across Putnam County townships led by Greencastle and Bainbridge with totals for Jackson Franklin Roachdale Monroe Bainbridge Knox Clinton Marion Jefferson Cloverdale Madison Washington and Cloverdale towns and their assessed values. The figures reflect assessments fixed by the Board of Review and State Tax Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Greencastle Township
Bainbridge
Local Board of Review
State Tax Board
Jackson
Franklin
Roachdale
Bee Neal
Masseuving
Kchinton
Caer
Marion
Greencastle Two
Greencastle City
Madison Two
Washington Two
Malton Pwd
Defferson
Cloverdale
Cloverdale Town
Siamese Twins Await Report on Separation
Mary and Margaret Dibb of Holyoke Massachusetts wait at Park West Hospital for X ray results ahead of a risky operation to sever their cartilaginous connection. Dr Francis P Weston believes they have a fifty fifty chance though other physicians warn the odds are not favorable. Death or crippling outcomes loom as moral and personal stakes rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary
Margaret Dibb
Holyoke
Mass
Exclusive Park West
Francis P. Weston
Margaret
Marriage License for Glaze and Elwell in Hillsdale Montezuma
Charles Clayton Glaze aged 28 of Montezuma and Dora Elwell aged 24 of Hillsdale obtained a marriage license. The filing notes the couple planning a future ceremony and residence changes as applicable to the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clayton Glaze
Montezuma
Dora Elwell
Hillsdale
Local Socials Highlight Otis Concert Series
Northwood hosts a Russian pianist Henry Smith-Gregor with C W Otis family as sponsor and Michael Wolfe supplying a piano for the event. The second in the series is planned at the Otis home this evening. Various club meetings and social gatherings are noted across Northwood including a Bee Hive Rebekah Lodge and Stadler Reunion at Bainbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Otis
Northwood
Henry Smith-Gregor
Otis
Michael Wolfe
Harvard Commission Advises Doctors on Paralysis Serum
The Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission releases guidance to physicians on convalescent serum use for infantile paralysis. Despite promising early results, dosage and administration remain experimental. only commission staff administer doses. Massachusetts doctors can obtain service via the State Board of Public Health or the Commission office 9 to 5. Early diagnosis is crucial as serum is ineffective in later stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Boston
Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission
Lloyd Aycock
FE. H. Luther
Massachusetts
State Board of Public Health
Office of the Commission
Commission
Peeper Panic In Shelbyville Spreads Fear
A mysterious peeper unsettles Shelbyville women as police hunt in vain. The first sighting came from a Walker Street resident who could not describe the intruder. Mrs. Ralph Rouse reports two peeper sightings at her bedroom window on West Pennsylvania Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouse
Glen Piper
A. D. Roach
South West Street
Shelbyville
Ind
Walker Street
Ralph Rouse
West Pennsylvania Street
Young Couple to Wed This Saturday in Ladoga
Thomas Bullerdick 29 and Ruth Pitts 18 plan to marry in Ladoga this Saturday afternoon. Ruth is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Pitts of Putnam County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Hunt
Ethel
Maple Avenue
Willoughby
Ohio
Clifford Hunt
Cleveland
Will Crimmell
Young People’s Pleasure Club
William Morgan
Limedale
Geo. White
Danville
Ill
Clarence Ewing
Roosevelt Gines
Indianapolis
Robert Newgent
Effie Newgent
Anderson Street
Goldie Newgent
Ross Runyan
H. H. Runyan
Indiana Street
Thomas Bullerdick
Ruth Pitts
William Pitts
Putnam County
Ladoga
Public Sale Notice for Farm Assets near Cloverdale
The partnership dissolution prompts a public auction at Frank Morrison farm located five miles north of Cloverdale five miles southwest of Belle Union and two and a half miles east of State Road 43. Sale details include the farm equipment and real estate to be liquidated to settle partnership affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison
Cloverdale
Belle Union
Livestock Auction Lines Up Huge Farm Sale
On Thursday August 16 1928 at 10 30 a m Frank Morrison Cloud Allen O G Rector Auctioneer offer 3 horses 8 cattle 13 sheep 25 hogs plus farm implements and hay with notes terms cash under 10 dollars else nine months on bankable notes 8 percent interest 2 percent discount for cash Dinner served on grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison-Cloud Allen
G. Rector
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgar Prevo
John Best
Washington Township
Greencastle
Mrs
Arthur Lisby of
Fillmore
Hoosier Highlands
Roy Tharp
Sarah Ellen Elsbury
Thomas Harris
Champaign Lll
Charles McCurry
Harris
McCurry
Methodist Sunday School
Dr. Tilden
Fillmore Christian Church
Jack Gorham
Clinton
Ora Moffett
Moffett & Dobbs
D. W. Moffett
Robert Long Hospital
E. R. Bartlett
Charles Beck
Charles Gardner
Joe
Julianna
Pacific Coast
Jesse Grogan
Los Angles
Cal
Yellowstone National Park
Hilda Cooper
Fred Cooper
Freedom Public Schools
Cooper
DePauw University
Phil Maxwell
Park
Freedom In
Miss Cooper
Perry M. Rush
William Shonkwiler
Rockville
Dalby Collings of
Ernest Snider
Muncie
L. D. Snider
Louis Wagner
Vine Street
Graysville
D. S. Phares
Tipton
Ernest Stoner
Mary Tilley
Ola
Ben
Houston
Texas
Mary Gregg Bruner
B. H. Bruner
Bethany Park
Warren J. Yount
Bloomington
Indiana University
Frank Webster
Alvin
Fincastle
C. W. Tice
Billy
Roanoke
J. B. Henry
R. R
J. H. Webster
Margaret Murphy
St. Paul Catholic Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Weber
Glaze-Elwell
Sullivan
Vigo
Mount Olympus
Gigson-Pike County
Hee
Princeton
Spencer, Ind
By Davis J. Walsh
N.S
Ogien Goelet
Harvard
Park Avenue
Louise Groody
Goelet Pere
Rover Trictirng
Jersey
Herald Office
Greencastle Canning CO
Isaac Herbert Farm
J. A. Spaugh
Reichner
Jake Martin
Clinton Falls
Kress
Tribune
Black Grove
Edmon Marshall
Societys2
Floyd Township Home Economics
Floyd Township
Home Economica Club
Center School House
Leona Greenlee
Bee Hive
Rebekah Lodge
Stadler
Bainbridge School Yard
Young People’s Club
Mr. and
Mrs. Washburn
N. T. Washburn
Mr. Washburn
Max H. Wall
Shaw
Paul Haltom
South College Avenue
Harvard Commission
State Department of Public Health
George EH .Bigelow
State Health Commissioner
Peeper
Farrow
Poland
Veeere Grimes
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