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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1929

Page

2

Local notables travel and residents recover in Greencastle area

Local news notes many visitors and travels including Leon Welch in Lafayette and Mrs Curtis DeRodes in town. Ed Clark of Bainbridge shows slight improvement after a serious injury. Navy recruiting visits Greencastle on Aug 15 at the post office. Prison escapes sent to reformatory. Several local residents travel to Springfield and Indianapolis for events and family visits.

Ed Clark Bainbridge Greencastle U. S. Navy Navy

Mystery Lover Hitchcock Questioned In Furnace Case

Chicago Aug 14 Inspector reports Charles W Hitchcock known as the mystery lover in the Lake Bluff Furnace Murder Case was questioned about the death of Elfrieda Knaak of Deerfield TH. Knaak was found half burned beside the Lake Bluff city hall furnace and in delirium she repeated Hitchy before dying. Hitchcock had confessed to a two year old hardware store robbery.

Chicago Charles W. Hitchcock Miss Knaak Lake Bluff

Children Complete Reading Treasure Hunt at City Library

A city library treasure hunt lists ninety participants with thirty seven finished readings. Names include Elizabeth Yount Jean Stewart Nora Tharp Olive Dean Ruby Virginia Cowan Eugene Fulkerson Virginia Throop Jo Ruth Donnahue Elizabeth Varvel DeVota Floyd Esther Zook Dorothy Arnold Courtland Hutcheson Charles Hutcheson Hildegard Leslie Jeanette Paxton Agnes Baughman Ruth Ellington Mary Virginia Young and others. diplomas await finishers.

Library Extension Division Indiana University Elizabeth Yount Jean Stewart Enora Tharp Olive May Dean Ruby Virginia Virginia and Maxine Cowan, Eugene Fulkerson Virginia Throop Jo Ruth Donnahue Elizabeth Varvel DeVota Floyd Esther Zook Dorothy Arnold Courtland Hutcheson Charles Hutcheson Hildegard Leslie Jeanette Paxton Agnes Baughman Ruth Ellington Mary Virginia Young Frances Mathes Margaret Mitchell Gerald Weaver Marlyn Stewart Marcellus Hubble Marjorie Black Ferdie Stauch Mary Florence Landis Vietta Stites Nora Riggs Marquarette Brendle Mary Lucile Early Mary Stites Marjorie Shamel Barbara Betty Vane Yuncker

Two Die After Wild All Night Party in Love Nest

Gail Hamilton, wealthy New York agency owner, and his young mistress Mantell Mansfield were found dead in Poughkeepsie after an all night drinking party. Investigators believe both committed suicide.

Poughkeepsie N. Y Gail Hawmilton New York Mantell Mansfield

Knauer Reunion Slated at Bethel Methodist Church

The Knauer reunion will be held at Bethel Methodist Church on Sunday August 18. All relatives friends and neighbors are invited to attend and spend the day. Mrs. Prevo will visit in Texas traveling to Beaumont to visit friends.

Knauer Bethel Methodist Church Prevo Texas Henry Prevo Northwood Beaumont Carpentersville Elsie Brothers Nina Davis

Woman Thrown Into East River May Be Gangland Ruse

A 30 year old well dressed woman with a diamond was thrown into the East River near 103rd Street. Police report no violence marks and saw several men enter a car and drive away after her screams. Captain Karlson responded from his sand barge as dawn broke.

August Karlson 103Rd Street

Mrs C J Duncan Visits Aunt In Parkersburg

Mrs C J Duncan of Parkersburg West Virginia is visiting her aunt Mrs Nannie Hazel on South College Avenue.

Nannie Hatfield South College Avenue C. J. Duncan Parkersburg, W. Va Nannie Hazel

Stoner Family Reunion Elects Officers at Brick Chapel

Simpson Stoner elected president at the Stoner family reunion held Tuesday at Brick Chapel with about fifty attendees. The thirty-first annual gathering elected Mrs. Albert Stoner as vice president, Mrs. Olive Kelly secretary, and Lycurgus Stoner treasurer. A committee was named to plan next year's event, which will shift to the third Sunday in August.

Simpson Stoner Stoner Oscar O’hair Brick Chapel Albert Stoner Olive Kelly Lycurgus Stoner Nellie Stoner Mabel Stoner

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Leon Welch Lafayette Curtis DeRodes Toledo, Ohio Fred Cunningham Main Street Andy Woods Indianapolis Ida Allee Son Raymond T. M. Pierson Milton Pierson John Knight Elm Street Verner Houck Otto E. Shrigley John Allee Washington, D. C Fred L. O’hair The Central National Bank Land-O-Lakes, Wis Henry L. Young Charles Yount Illinois Wesleyan Mr. Yount DePauw Eastern University Ruby Wright Elmer Sulzer Sulzer University of Kentucky Dorothy Phipps Curtis Hughes East Seminary Street Ray Trembly Bloomington — Street Walnut and Indiana Streets Mr. Hughes Bainbridge Bank Mr. Trembly Edward Eitelforge Raymond Croft Burton Shafer John Rice Indiana State Reformatory Charles Eiteljorge Clarence Vestal Jacop Eitel Kenneth Springfield, Ill William H. Welch Central Avenue Springfield Ill Marjorie Jean Marvel Walter Nelson North Madison Street Elizabeth Brant Lawrence Brant Hill Street Fred Strange Muncie Forest Hill Cemetery Roy Oliver Strange Sly Greencastle Gas & Electric Light Company Aus East River Indiana Loan Co E. Wash. St South Haven Burbank FORD Chevrolet Dodge-Graham Bros N. Jackson Street East Seminary West Poplar Street N.C. O'Hair First National Bank of Herald Office Rhode Island D. W. Hurst & Son Beechwood Clara Lucile Emily Caroline Conklin Mary Jane Lynn Irvine Russell Pierce Frances Harris Martha Ellen Charles Rector Jo Ruth Dennehue Herman Phillip Beck Hobart Shumaker Harriet Heaney Stanley John Fisher Dorris Long Sam Hartley Mrs G. Will Conklin Frank Schatep Women of Domestic Science Club Dom Science Club Manhattan Milo West J. H. Pitchford Beulah Yeager F.’. Yeager Charles Crawley Rey, Gill Mesdames Marshall Detrich Connerly Potter Shoe Store ‘Shoes of
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