Vincennes photographer seeks Greencastle moving pictures
Clarence Johnson of Vincennes, author of The Hoosier Girl, visits Greencastle to film basketball and football in action. He plans to capture DePauw and Greencastle High School teams, local industries, the DePauw campus, and Centennial events for a community film booster project. He also supports the Paul Dreser Memorial campaign and will donate proceeds from his song sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Johnson
Vincennes
Greencastle
Johnson
DePauw
Barnaby Mill
American Zinc Products
Grencastle
Mr. Johnson
Paul Dreser
Dresser
Terre Haute
Wabash
Ferd
Blood Transfusion Sought to Save Kenneth Masten
Kenneth Masten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Masten, lies in critical condition at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. Doctors plan a blood transfusion today, hoping to strengthen him after an intestinal obstruction and two operations. Frank Masten, a brother, may donate the blood as family stays at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Masten
Fred Masten
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Masten
Frank Masten
Mrs
Farmer Severely Injured In Hog Attack
Gilbert Prichard, a farmer near Belle Union, was badly cut in the right arm when he tried to separate two fighting hogs. The hog tore an artery. Dr. Moser of Belle Union treated him with Dr. McGaughey assisting at Putnam County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Prichard
Near Belle Union
Moser
Belle Union
Prichard
Putnam County Hospital
McGaughey
Pretty Party Honors Miss Meek and Miss Welch
Miss Olga Pfahler hosted a farewell and engagement party at her Seminary street home for Ruth Meek who leaves for nurse training September 17 at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis and Irene Welch whose marriage to Glen Crawley is planned next month. Guests enjoyed a six o’clock lawn picnic supper and a decorated dining room with maize and orchid bridal colors. The centerpiece featured orchid flowers with a basket of maize and yellow heart favors tied to streamers revealing Irene and Glen September 1923 when drawn. The gathering included Neva Phillips Emma Johnson Alta Plummer Mabel Williams Myrtle McFarlane Zella O'Hair Ella Vestal Myrtle Frye Parl Scroggins Bert Wright and the two honorees. The evening ended with dancing with their gentlemen friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Pfahler
Seminary Street
Ruth Meek
Irene Welch
Miss Meek
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Miss Welch
Glen Crawley
Irene
Glen
Neva Phillips
Emma Johnson
Alta Plummer
Mms
Mabel Williams
Myrtle McFarlane
Zella O'Hair
Ella Vestal
Myrtle Frye
eParl Scroggins
Bert Wright
King's Heralds Present Mother Goose Playlet
The King's Heralds of College Avenue Church will present a playlet titled Mother Goose and her children at the Church on Friday afternoon August 31. Admission is free and the public is invited. This will be the last meeting of the year for the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Heralds of
College Avenue Church
Mother Goose
College Avenue and Locust Street
M. E
College Ave
Fred O Hair to Speak at Concert Tonight
Fred L. O'Hair president of the Central National Bank will speak at the weekly band concert tonight. He is described as an able speaker and his talk is expected to be interesting. The band will perform its usual program of fourteen numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. O’hair
The
Central National Bank
O’hair
Dr Gillespie Donates Peaches To Methodist Home
Dr J F Gillespie presented the Methodist Children's Home with a fine bushel of peaches on Wednesday. A Monon Freight train incident led to three Bloomington boys being stopped. one was captured and returned home while two escaped. Charles Ellis remains in a Indianapolis Methodist hospital, visited by Rev Clippinger and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Gillespie
Methodist Children’s Home
Bloomington
Monon
John Ham
Staggs
Louis Stevens
Robert
H . C. Clippinger
Indianapolis
Charles Ellis
Methodist
That City
Greencastle
National Road Brick Paving Nears Completion
The National Road from Mt. Meridian to Cloverdale State Road No. 32 has brick laid and should open late Thursday night or Friday. Last bricks placed this week, enabling direct Indianapolis traffic from Green Castle via the Cloverdale road. Workmen remove the temporary distribution track as westward sections remain unfinished.
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Cloverdale Pike
Indianapolis
Mt. Meridian
Cloverdale State Road
No. 32
Indianapolis Trafic
Greencastle
Cloverdale Road
Hog Receipts Steady to Higher at Indianapolis Yard
Indianapolis stockyards report hog receipts at 8000 with 3800 layovers and prices steady to 10 cents lower. Sales ranged 9.00 to 9.75 with pigs half price and few above 8.50. Cattle steady. calves up 50 cents to 12.50. lambs 25 cents lower to 12.00. quality weak and outlook poor for clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Infant dies of spinal meningitis near Cloverdale
The infant Mary Todd age 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Oren Todd residing five miles south of Cloverdale died Wednesday around 9 30 am from spinal meningitis following typhoid fever. Funeral services will be at Amity Church near Cloverdale conducted by Rev E R Carswell with burial in Cloverdale cemetery.
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Mary Todd
Oren Todd
Cloverdale
Amity Church
E. R. Carswell
Cloverdale Cemetery
Fatal Hunting Accident Widens Shadows Over New Maysville
Paul Riddle age 16 son of Mr and Mrs William Riddle of New Maysville was killed when a loaded shotgun discharged at a neighbor’s farm. The gun slipped from a wagon wheel hub striking his neck instantly. He died shortly after at the Dickson residence after a squirrel hunting trip.
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PaUl Riddle
William Riddle
New Maysville
John Dickson
Dickson
Mr. Dickson
Young Riddle
McCray to Meet Creditors Over Farm Debts in Indianapolis
Governor Warren T. McCray has called creditors to the Hotel Severin on Friday at 2 PM to discuss an arrangement with notes for Orchard Lake cattle and Newton county farm lands. A trustee would manage assets for creditors with hopes of recovery and future reform of his finances. The move follows reports of financial trouble tied to low land and cattle markets and anticipated agricultural recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Warren T. McCray
Hotel Severin
McCray
Orchard Lake
Newton County
Kentucky Livestock Improvement Aims at Scrub Eradication
The Live Stock Improvement association in Kentucky, backed by the State College of Agriculture and the Louisville Live stock exchange, drives eradication of scrub sires and promotion of pure breds. Field agent Wayland Rhoads reports stronger participation, with 73 to 270 farms using pure bred sires in Union county during a ten day Better Lives Better Stock campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
State College of Agriculture
Louisville Livestock Exchange
Wayland Rhoads
Department
Union County
Raspberry health and site factors for long lasting crops
The article explains red and blackcap raspberries suffer from several diseases but can remain productive for years if healthy plants are secured. It notes failures often stem from unsuitable planting sites, poor drainage, and sandy soils with little humus or nutrients, underscoring careful care for good returns.
Cane Fruits Need Care After Crops Harvested
After blackberry raspberry or loganberry harvest, remove and burn old vines to prevent diseases. Burn any suspicious plants in patches. Continue summer pruning on young canes. pinch back when two to three feet tall to encourage laterals, trimming back if overly rangy in spring.
Nectarines urged for wider home orchards in New York
The New York agricultural experiment station urges farmers to plant more nectarines and promotes the Hunter variety. Described as large, vigorous, hardy, and productive, the fruit is noted as large and good in color and quality with potential for small scale commercial use.
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station
Two Strawberry Blossom Types and Pollination Roles
The text explains two kinds of strawberry blossoms: perfect or male and imperfect or female. Perfect blossoms produce pollen to fertilize both types, enabling fruit set. Imperfect blossoms cannot set fruit without pollen from perfect blossoms.
Public Service Commission Cuts Stone Freight Rates
The Public Service Commission granted a rate reduction on crushed stone shipments from Spencer and Greencastle to 211 Indiana destinations on eight railroads. The new rates take effect by September 20, with Indianapolis rates left unchanged as reasonable. The order stems from a petition by Midwest Crushed Stone Quarries Co. of Indianapolis, which operates quarries at Spencer and Greencastle and has ties to Lawrence B. Cartwright of the Republican state committee. The move targets road contractors and state highway needs, affecting 32 Greencastle and 179 Spencer destinations, all within Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Midwest Crushed Stone Quarries CO
Greencastle and
Spencer
Indianapolis
Spencer and
Greencastle
Midwest Crushey Stone Quaries Company
Lawrence B. Cartwright
Republican State Committee
Cartwright
State Highway Department
Indiana
Family return from three week Michigan motor trip
Mr and Mrs Ford Lucas and daughter Louise completed a three week journey through Michigan stopping at Bay View Grand Rapids and Ludington with a Bloomington party of fifteen. They traveled along the western coast into Canada and back through Central Michigan touring fruit and vineyard country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ford Lucas
Louise
Michigan
Mrs. Lucas
Bay View
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Bloomington
Canada
Good Bank Advertising in Greencastle Newspapers
The First National Bank of Greencastle runs ads in Greencastle papers promoting local growth and industry. The campaign aims to boost home pride and encourage residents to live and trade in Greencastle, viewing it as a positive community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil Times
First National Bank of
Greencastle
Basket Supper Tonight at the Baptist Church
Tonight the Baptist Church hosts its regular business meeting with plans for next year’s education and a workers conference. Supper in baskets at 6 p.m. followed by evening worship and the association letter preparation. Everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Lombard Plum Described As High Quality Yet Rot Susceptible
Lombard is a Domestica or European type plum regarded as a top quality variety. Its main drawback is susceptibility to rot, limiting commercial growing in southern and central states where brown rot is severe.
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Girton
Smiths Sdaughters Poy
Grogerie
KINGS
Fred O’hair
George Landes
Ohio
Gilbert Akin
Akron
Jess
Zanesville
Landes
Mr. Akin
C. C. Hurst
Claude Vonnesaek
Chicago
Otto Vonnesack
Portland Cement
Ivors Stringer
Linton
George Wilson
Bloomington Street
Wayne Crawley
Muncie
George Crawley
I.tiessees Wadeenes
Springers Eee
Roosters
Ike
Dee Ts
M’cray
Ethel Haag
Crawfordsville
S. A. Henry
Carrie
Madison Township
Ora Trail
Fincastle
Dean
Robert Guy McCutchan
McCutchan
Bay View Assembly
Good Bank Advertising
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