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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1929
Page
1
The column prints Ott Webb denying a prior still hunt story and demands a retraction while a threshing dispute is noted. A laundry anecdote from Richard Sandy of Home Steam Laundry counters a warning about fading money in pockets. The piece closes with a humorous verse about expenses and a cold woman.
Roberta Marian Bobby Black seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Black of South College Avenue suffered a broken right leg Friday night when she fell from a four foot high porch. The fracture was about five inches above the ankle. Dr C B O'Brien reduced the fracture and the child was taken to County Hospital Saturday morning for an X ray.
Ab Hensley of the south town suffered a deep scalp cut when a sledge hammer struck him as Fred Williams and Hensley broke concrete in the alley behind Williams shop. Dr W M McGaughey treated the head injury at his office.
Elijah R. Arnold, a respected farmer of Jefferson township, died Saturday at 6 30 a m in the home of J H Runyan 504 South Indiana Street from heart disease He was 86 born in Burhan county Kentucky son of Perry and Evelyn Purser Arnold came to Putnam County as a child and lived here since He is survived by brother George Arnold Florence Colorado sisters Mrs Katie West Cleveland Ohio Mrs Sue Christenberry Independence Kansas and adopted son W M Arnold 209 North Vine Street His wife died November 30 1927 Funeral services will be Monday at 11 in the Mt Meridian Methodist Church with burial in Stilesville Cemetery
Miss Mary Emily Garrett daughter of Mr and Mrs George Garrett of Louth Indiana street has been employed by the school board to teach first grade in the Second Ward School. She taught at Attica last year and is a graduate of the normal course in elementary education at Indiana State Normal College Terre Haute. Garrett will succeed Nellie Lockridge who taught in the Second Ward School last year and has resigned.
Work on the Franklin township Irwin road through Roachdale is rapidly progressing. Contractors Sweet & Wright expect asphalt placement to finish in about ten days.
Fair tonight and Sunday with possible showers in extreme northwest. Warmer tonight and across the south and central portions Sunday.
James H. Alderman known as Miami liquor pirate was hanged at dawn in a Broward county courthouse hangar for the murder of coast guardsmen Sidney Sanderlin and Victory Lamby during a 1927 high seas gun battle. The secret trial and execution were tightly controlled with only four witnesses permitted.
ClintonInd police seized a third large still in two days and arrested three men who pleaded guilty and were released on high bonds. The device could produce 250 gallons of alcohol and over 7500 gallons of mash were destroyed. Warrants are out for others as the crackdown continues.
Two Fillmore youths Willis Bastin and Olyn Campbell both under sixteen remain missing after an all night search. Last seen about 5 30 pm in Fillmore the boys were together near the Campbell home where Campbell was mowing. Some witnesses thought they saw them in an automobile but were not sure. The Bastin boy carries a paper route and has a missing left hand finger. the Campbell boy is described as a blonde. Francesville report notes a dog bite incident on a 2 year old girl in August Moncue noted. dog killed and head sent for rabies testing.
Chicago August 17 In his overzealous belief that robbers deserve hanging Joe Curtis 41 of Nashville Tenn was jailed for robbery after police found Finley Hutton railroad ticket seller slugged and robbed and a search of Curtis yielded Huttons watch and money Curtis had been ranting that no punishment was severe enough and drew police suspicion with his behavior.
From the files of The Merald 20 years ago Mrs J C Graham purchased the Model Steam Laundry to be managed by Everett Harbison Professor Isaac Norris returned from Tay View Michigan where he had spent weeks Will Lockridge will take Christian Sunday school children to McLean Springs for a picnic tomorrow
Alexander Pantages, 94, faces assault charges after a preliminary hearing found sufficient cause for a trial. Miss Eunice Pringle, 17, testified of an alleged attack at his theater office, with three witnesses confirming her screams. The district attorney aims to move swiftly to arraignment and trial.
Lloyd Carson Milburn aged 18 months died from suffocation after falling into a vault in an outbuilding on a farm near Lapel Indiana. Parents discovered the child after he wandered from an orchard play area.
In Jeffersonville Indiana the American Legion dog race track won a suit that sought to stop betting at its plant. A judge dissolved a temporary operating order and refused an injunction after the state failed to prove betting occurred. Earlier a similar restraining order was dissolved in Hancock County.
Paoli Indiana August 16 Ora Marshall 40 employee of Paoli Tomato Products Company had his right arm caught in a seeder while operating a machine. The arm was mangled and amputated at the elbow after a half hour to remove the limb and machine disassembly.
Two Parke county youths came to Greencastle to party. One, Slye Van Alzen, 20, was arrested after fleeing a station with a revolver and liquor. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 20 days at the state farm. the weapon charge was dismissed on prosecutors’ recommendation. Alonzo Harney, 24, avoided punishment after surrendering to officers.
Putnam County Beekeepers' Association announces its annual gathering to be held Saturday August 24 at R A Ogg's orchard at Greencastle east edge. Officers Charles Pickett and Maud Arnold urge members to attend with lunch to share and questions for the box. Mrs. Mary J. Scott of Fillmore is ill with a heart attack.
Vernon Indiana August 17 A warrant was issued for Gene Alger 21 of Indianapolis charged with robbing the Paris Crossing State Bank of 750 on August 15 The cashier B W Lowrey identified pictures of the youth as the bandit Alger was paroled May 10 from the Pendleton reformatory where he served 2 to 21 years for manslaughter in Indianapolis 1926 Police traced the car license 82513 issued to Josephine Miller of Indianapolis who later became Alger s bride last month at Columbus Both Alger and his bride were reported missing from their Indianapolis address He had recently been fined 89 for reckless driving and speeding and had married prior to the incident.
William Schrader aged 83 years of Lafayette died at the county hospital at 11 50 today after internal injuries from being caught between a freight car and a conveyor at the Lone Star Cement plant Limedale. He underwent a major operation Tuesday night for a ruptured intestine in hopes of saving his life. He leaves a widow four children his mother Mrs Margaret Schrader of Lafayette and several sisters. The body will be returned to Lafayette for funeral service and interment.
Lonnie Nichols a Putnam County farmer faces charges of sale and possession of liquor in city court. He asked for a new judge replacing Mayor Charles McGaughey who will propose a panel of three attorneys for selection. Trial likely August 28. Nichols allegedly sold liquor to Walter Allee and Veto Curtis.
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