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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
1
A noisy local column quotes Say remarks on baseball and the World Series while detailing a peach orchard adventure near Greenview. It describes Judge Hughes and Judge Slick visiting an orchard, a council plan to repave Bloomington Street, and a humorous recipe for peach butter from the Greenview peach farm.
Bainbridge residents will pay 54 cents per hundred dollars of taxable property value next year, as set by the town board in the proposed budget. Town expenses total 1600 dollars, requiring a rate of 54 cents, with the budget detailing the funding plan.
Fair tonight with possible unsettled conditions Saturday. Extreme north portions expect chillier air, while east and west regions may find warmer winds and variable skies through the day.
Richard Sandy of the Home Steam Laundry ran a one dollar bill through a hot wash to prove the bill would not fade. He says the absence of acids and use of soft water reassure customers that new money left in clothes is safe.
A major Indiana construction industry event is set for October 21 to 26 at the State Fairgrounds Manufacturer's Building. The Indiana Building Congress will host the convention for more than 36 000 members with a Trade Show showcasing building materials tools and equipment. Local firms listed include H H Ellis L P Crawley H R Callender C G Evans Walter R Heath among others.
The Joy Theater in Cloverdale Indiana will install talking picture apparatus signaling progress in this small town. The move shows that even small theaters must keep pace with latest developments in the motion picture industry.
Union church services Sunday evening will be held at the Presbyterian church at 7 30 o'clock Rev B H Bruner pastor of the Christian church will preach.
Graf Zeppelin nears the Siberian frontier on an eastbound flight from Friedrichshafen. Radiograms report all aboard well and gusts moderate as the airship approaches the Ural Mountains and aims for the trans Siberian region.
Orva Keller, Belle Union store keeper, announces another corn show this fall ahead of the First National Bank Show. Last year’s prelimin ary event attracted strong community interest as a boost to better corn growing.
In Indianapolis on August 16 an alleged confession tied Joseph Costello a 17 year old Pittsburgh National Guard member to stealing 12 automatic pistols from the Pittsburgh Armory. Police say Costello admitted to burglary during a burglary attempt at the Peerless Wallpaper Company and was found with a 38 caliber revolver. He faces charges of burglary and carrying concealed weapons.
The Putnam County Fair Board splits its finance committee into eight divisions to canvass merchants. Each division has two farmers and one business man and aims to secure advertising by next Tuesday for the fair catalog press. Committees include Captains McCabe Ruark Dills Jones Hunter and Dicks with respective members listed.
The 24th annual New Maysville Picnic will be held next Wednesday, August 21, in Summers Grove at New Maysville. The community event is a celebrated homecoming in this section of the state, on par with the Quincy picnic in Owen County.
In Greencastle 20 years ago, B. Nelson and Grafton Johnson sold their stake in the O. & S. Stone Quarries. Sem inary street sidewalks draw criticism for uneven edges and poor grading. Warren Newgent sold a 68 acre Clinton Township farm to William Perkins of Morton for 90 dollars per acre. Minnie Buster resigns from Vermilion posts to teach in the Second Ward School this fall.
Pearl Tongret age 33 of near Cloverdale is jailed on liquor charges after a raid in which deputies found three pints of home brew four stone jars of brew and a five gallon jar of wine. He pleaded guilty in Putnam Circuit Court and was fined 100 dollars and 90 days on the Indiana State Farm.
Relatives urge police in multiple cities to locate Leroy Donehew a 15 year old from Russellville Putnam County Indiana who disappeared June 15. He lived with his aunt Mollie Dryden and is described as 5 ft 3 in 180 pounds with light brown hair blue eyes and a nervous eye twitch.
Leighton Dorsett a 24 year old Hall resident was injured when his car overturned while avoiding a truck entering a driveway on the National road a mile east of Plainfield He was taken to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis for treatment.
Deputy Sheriff recovered items believed stolen near Amity Church by workers cleaning the church yard. The haul included an overcoat several other coats a belt a revolver holster two cartridge containers and three magazines for a Colt 45 caliber automatic.
Four motorists from Mankato Minnesota died instantly when their car collided with a New York Central passenger train at an unprotected grade crossing on the Dunes Highway near Ogden Dunes Indiana. The victims were Fred Torgler and his wife and Torglers son and daughter in law. The wreckage and a log of the trip were found in the vehicle and the bodies were taken to Chesterton Indiana.
In Columbus Ohio Aug 16 attorneys for Dr James H Snook moved for a new trial claiming juror prejudice and outside influence as well as insufficient prep time The judge will decide Monday If overruled the case likely proceeds to the electric chair within 100 days and an appeal is planned
Miss Louise Johnston 16 and truck driver Paul Daugherty were found in Indianapolis after taking about 100 dollars in receipts. The girl left the money behind at the Oakley store. authorities anticipate release as no charges are filed. Father hunted for pair with shotgun. girl reportedly left home over day off.
Oscar Olson, arrest in Duluth, confesses to abducting and killing 12 year old Dorothy Aune, saying he beat a man with a rock, robbed him, and left the girl's body in a gutter behind her home after tying wire and gunny sacks, then attempted suicide by hanging in a water hole near Minneapolis. He traveled from Minneapolis on a freight train to Duluth where his mother lives.
Ivory Wiley twenty one of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in Putnam Circuit Court to intoxication after a truck he rode in collided with two cars on the National Road at Manhattan Wednesday night. He was fined ten dollars and costs and jailed for failure to pay. Authorities say the truck was stolen in Indianapolis from in front of a store where a son had left it briefly. Wiley claimed he left Indianapolis the same day to hitchhike to St Louis and said a Ford passenger gave him liquor. Police say there is no testimony that he drove the truck. Wiley’s home is 328 Noble Street, Indianapolis.
Police and vigilantes hunted a lone bandit near North Vernon Indiana after he held up B W Lowry cashier of the Paris Crossing State Bank at Paris Crossing Jennings County and escaped with 750 dollars. He wore overalls and fled in a brown roadster.
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