Telephone Employes to Attend Hosea Convention at Martinsville
Four Greencastle Telephone Co. workers will represent the firm at the Hosea Telephone Companies convention in Martinsville at the Home Lawn Hotel. The 10 o clock morning session will host an employee school to discuss telephone problems and broaden knowledge and ties with peers from other companies. A previous local school drew about 150 attendees.
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Greencastle Telephone Co
Hosea Telephone Companies
Home Lawn
Martinsville
Cit
Say! A Greencastle column rounds up odd notes
A Greencastle column by Charles J. Arnold touches on varied topics from mail flight improvements for Havre to New York and local chatter about Prohibition plans, threshing at a farm, a self defense claim in Indianapolis, a nosy litmus test joke, and plans for a fish market near the university. It also notes Rotary menus and the return of DePauw ROTC head Captain Bernie McMahon, greeting him and his family.
Impressive Rites for Roachdale Boy Winston Ashby
Roachdale Aug 13 One of the saddest funeral services in years was held for Winston Ashby 15 son of Mr and Mrs Howard Ashby drowned Friday while swimming in Lake Michigan at Chicago. Dr G L Mackintosh former Wabash College president preached a tribute noting the boy as a popular local youth. Burial followed at Oak Hill Crawfordsville. The bereaved father stationed in Chicago is said to be seriously prostrated. Winston was a charter member of the Ishem Floyd chapter of the Children of the American Revolution, the Crawfordsville chapter organized three years ago.
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Roachdale
Winston Ashby
Howard Ashby
Lake Michigan
Roachdale Presbyterian Church
G. L. Mackintosh
Wabash College
Mackintosh
Lee Street
Chicago
Ishem Floyd
The
Children of the American Revolution
Crawfordsville
Escape Stirs Search for Marshall County Farmer
Federal and local officers hunted Aug 14 for Albert Anderson a 54 year old Marshall County farmer who escaped from Logansport Northern Hospital for the Insane after being committed for writing a letter threatening President Coolidge. Police tracked him toward South Bend or Plymouth as the manhunt continued.
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South Bend
St. Joseph
Marshall Counties
Albert Anderson
Marshall County
Northern Hospital For
Logansport
Plymouth
Gillen to Address Democratic Club
The Democratic Club holds its regular meeting in the Court House assembly room on Saturday at 2 50 in the afternoon. C C Gillen will address the club and attendees are urged to attend.
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Gillen
Democratic Club
Court House
C. C. Gillen
Mighty Indus Flood Threatens Frontier Region in India
A shattered ice dam on the Shyok River in the Karakorams unleashed a massive flood racing toward Skardo and the Indus frontier. Villages evacuate as engineers rush to reinforce the Attock bridge and authorities warn residents along the Indus Valley. Royal air force aviators assist with warnings.
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Simla
India
INS
Indus Valley
Shyok
Karakoran
Frontier
Skardo
Attock
Indus
Peshawar
Royal Air Force
Kabul Valley
Bomba
Leh
Himalayas
Shyok River
Kashimir
Glacier Lake
DePauw Grad George W. Julien Laid To Rest In Delphi
Funeral services were held in Delphi for George W. Julien a 73 year old Carroll county attorney and civic leader. A DePauw University graduate of 1881 and Cincinnati Law School 1884 he practiced law in Delphi for 44 years and is survived by his widow and several relatives.
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Delphi
Ind
George W. Julien
Carroll County
Bar Associations
Caroll
Julien
Asbury University
DePauw University
Cincinnati Law School
Don Julien
Brooklyn
N. M
Taylor Julien
Tucomeari, N. M
Arthur Gros
Lindbergh Impostor Boards Plane at Hoosier Airport
In Indianapolis a stranger named Charles Lindbergh asked for a flight. The attendant, unsure, confirmed no kin to the famed pilot. Pilot Harold C. Brooks gave him a ride free of charge after the man claimed to be Lindbergh.
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Indianapolis
INS
Hoosier
Charles Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindy
Charles T. Lindbergh
Harold C. Brooks
Putnam County Sees First 1928 Child Health Clinic
The first 1928 Putnam County Child Health clinic held in Reelsville was highly successful. Examinations for children up to school age are free, run by Dr. Moriaty of the University of Minnesota with county nurse Carol Shoultz and nurse Maude J. Welsh assisting. The schedule includes Putnamville on Tuesday and Cloverdale at the high school on Wednesday for Cloverdale and Jefferson townships families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Reelsville
State Board of Health
Moriaty
University of Minnesota
Carol Shoultz
Maude J. Welsh
Husband of Former Bainbridge Girl Dies
Eugene M. Reid 22, Chaumont apartment Indianapolis died of heart disease after a minor operation at Indiana Christian Hospital. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. at McNeely & Sons Chapel. Survived by widow Mary Black Reid, parents John S. and Mrs. Reid, and brother Stuart. Mrs Reid is Bainbridge granddaughter of John and Mrs Black.
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Indianapolis
Eugene M. Reid
Chaumont
Eleventh Street
College Avenue
McNeely & Sons Funeral
North Meridian Street
Reid
Indianapolis News
Indiana Christian Hospital
Mary Black Reid
John S. Reid
Stuart Reid
Dalby heads to Roundhouse for Baptist meeting
Elder J. N. Dalby travels to Roundhouse Missouri for an old Baptist gathering. Dr. W. M. McGaughey is named pension examiner succeeding Dr. Hanna. Virgil Grimes and Milton Wyatt attend the Quincey picnic. Mr. and Mrs. David Badger and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merkel camp on Big Walnut west of town.
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Old Baptist
W. M. McGaughey
Hanna
Virgil Grimes
Milton Wyatt
Quincey
David Badger
Charles Merkel
Big Walnut
South Bend Man Kills Self as Police Enter Home
Austin Pavey, 38, suspected in the slaying of Mrs. Lillie Mae Carmean, 3, shot by a lone motorist earlier near Prairie avenue. Police traced him to his South Bend residence. as officers opened his bedroom door, Pavey used a gun to kill himself. Witnesses cited a car license connected to him.
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South Bend
Ind
Austin Pavey
Lillie Mae Carmean
Tavey
Pavey
Parrish Taken to State Farm After Fornication Conviction
Walter Parrish aged 26 of Greencastle is sent to Indiana State Farm for 20 days for fornication with potential 133 day maximum if fines and costs aren’t paid. Attorneys chose to accept the jury penalty. An affidavit charges Edith Browning, 21, with fornication and she is expected to plead guilty.
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Walter Parrish
South Greencastle
Greencastle
Indiana
Parrish
Edith Browning
Charles McGaughey
Property Transactions Shuffle Between Russellville and Crawfordsville
D L Watkins sold his Russellville residence to Frank McGaughey and bought property in Crawfordsville. The Watkins family will move there soon while Mr and Mrs Frank McGaughey will relocate from their farm in Russellville.
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Russellville
D. L. Watkins
Frank McGaughey
Watkins
Crawfordsville
Wounded Indiana bandit dies in Louisville
James Craycroft 19 of Logansport Ind died at Louisville City Hospital from a gunshot wound after a city police chase following a $60.85 filling station robbery. Clayton Freese 21 of Alverdton Ohio remained jailed on robbery charges in another case. Craycroft had confessed to several robberies before dying.
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Louisville
INS
James Craycroft
Logansport
Ind
Marvin Greenwell
Craycroft
Clayton Freese
Alverd Ton
Ohio
Feese
Weather outlook for fair night and warmer Wednesday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with a slight warm up. Wind and humidity levels are expected to remain low across most regions.
Beech Grove youths present A Poor Married Man farce
Beech Grove residents will stage A Poor Married Man a three act farce at Bellmore Community Hall on Saturday night August 18. Floyd Blacketer plays the poor husband with Mrs. W. P. Henryman as the mother in law Zoie is Freda Lawter and Harold Wilson the colored butler. Other cast members include Hazel Blacketer Lee Lowdermilk Frances McAlinden and Neil Stinson.
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Beech Grove
Bellmore
Floyd Blacketer
Hazel Blacketer
Lee Lowdermilk
Frances McAlinden
Neil Stinson
Young Spencer pastor unharmed on doom day in Spencer
The Rev. Frank Dewey McFadden 29 pastor of the split Baptist Church in Spencer Indiana survived a threated doom day after a blackmail letter warned him to quit his pulpit by Aug 13. An all night praise service attracted friends from Covington Kentucky and elsewhere as he preached on The Second Coming of Christ. The rebuilt church auditorium seating about fifty was crowded with parishioners and he planned weeklong services to mark the victory.
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Havre
France
New York
Prohibition
Spencer
Hell
Orville Kerr
Franklin
Ind
Jesus Christ
McFadden
Former Roachdale Woman Dies in Chicago Hospital
Lora Payne 44, a Roachdale native, died Saturday night in a Chicago hospital after an illness with complications. She was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M D Payne and lived in Chicago and New York since 1913 after her father’s death. Surviving are three brothers Fred Guy and Ralph of Chicago two half brothers Glenn of New York and Russell of Lafayette and her Roachdale stepmother. The body arrived in Roachdale Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday at three with burial in Roachdale cemetery.
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Lora Payne
Roachdale
Chicago
M.D. Payne
New York
Fred
Guy
Ralph
Glenn
Russell
Lafayette
The
Christian Church
Roachdale Cemetery
Bainbridge Conflagration Destroys Station House and Oil Truck
A back fire from an oil truck caused a massive fire in Bainbridge destroying a house, an oil station of White Oil Company, and an oil truck. Roy Eads suffered severe burns while attempting to extinguish the blaze as fire crews watched from a distance for fear of explosion. Safety valves in the large gasoline and kerosene tanks vented steam, averting a major explosion.
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Roy Eads
Bainbridge
Roachdale
Greencastle
Monon
Eads
Ead
True & True Lumber
Mr. Eads
Ida Rice
Central Trust Company
Roachdale Fire Department
John Goddard
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Philip Smith
Green Mill
Smith
B. Johnson
Seminary
Ollege Avenue
Leona Kelly
County Recorder
Cooper
Ooper
John Cannon
Greencastle Rotary Club
Annon
Rotary Club
Oon
Bernie McMahon
DePauw R. 0. T
Charlie
Bernie
Sevral
Frontier Region
Depauw Grad
Putnamville
Huband
Mrs. Reid
John Black
J. N. Dalby
Roundhouse, Mo
Self
Covington
Louisville, KY
Young Spencer
Owen County
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