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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1924
Page
1
More than 450 attend the Putnam County Farm Bureau banquet at the court house lobby, far exceeding the 250 seating. Attendees enjoy cafeteria service, entertainment, and a program featuring farm women roles. Prof. Piercy, Indiana University journalism head, addresses the Press Club after a DePauw graduate background.
The DePauw Press Club meeting is postponed to next Wednesday December 10 due to Prof. J W Piercy's unavailable. Prof Piercy attends Indiana University faculty dinner in Bloomington tonight. meeting will be in Dickey Hall West College at 7:30 with Piercy speaking Indiana Men Who Have Become Famous in the Newspaper World. Admission is free.
Ed Gates aged 12 of Seelyville was killed in a hunting accident when a double barrel shotgun discharged as he sat on a log. His companion Fred Kirkman fled to summon help. Gates leaves brothers Nelson and Clarence and grieving parents Mr. and Mrs. Grant Gates.
A light rain that froze on contact created icy road conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Vehicles slid into ditches with minor injuries reported. Clint Whittaker and Frank Welch escaped serious harm after their Fords tumbled down a 20 foot embankment near Mile East Farm. W A Corns wrecking crew aided them. a sedan near Deer Creek Hill escaped without injuries.
Detective Guy Bolin reports twenty Wabash College students may be responsible for paint vandalism on DePauw University buildings the night before a key football game. Damages around $2,000, with workmen unable to restore all surfaces. University officials have not made a public action decision.
Hog receipts at the Indianapolis stockyards totaled about 18 000 with prices holding steady from 9.10 to 9.75 as trading opened lively then slowed. About 16 000 hogs had been sold by midmorning with pigs at 7.75 and sows at 8.75. cattle prospects steady, calves 11.50 down, sheep steady with best lambs at 14.00 down.
Batavia December 3. Nangi Joloredo in Kedu district is destroyed by a series of shocks that began Tuesday. It is feared the death toll may reach ninety as natives inhabit the town.
Members of the Putnam County Medical Association and Hospital Board of Trustees attended a 6 o'clock dinner hosted by Eva Milburn, hospital superintendent, with Dr. James Taylor of Indianapolis giving a talk on diseases of children. Attendees included doctors from Greencastle, Cloverdale, Bainbridge, Coatesville, Bell Union, and Roachdale, plus hospital board members.
The Postmaster General and First Assistant urge Americans to mail gifts between December 10 and 20 to avoid end of year congestion. They emphasize greeting cards require earlier handling and note rural carriers will not deliver on Christmas Day while city workers finish by noon.
DePauw prepares for a Danville visit as Morrison and Gipson drill the Tiger squad for the opening game against the Teachers. Freshman turnout hits a record with nearly seventy hopefuls, led by McCarty Marshall Christie and Mertz, while Kern emerges as back guard prospect.
A fire started by an electric fuse in the breakfast room of Jr. W. M. McGaughey on East Seminary Street about 6 o clock Wednesday morning. Curtains caught fire and burned a large hole in the floor covering. the blaze went out on its own before being found a couple of hours later.
The Putnam County Grand Jury is summoned to convene Thursday per Prosecuting Attorney Glen Lyon. The session is hinted to be eventful with several matters to be investigated. A school truck driven by Alys Broadstreet of Cloverdale slid on slick roads and overturned on Higgins hill two and a half miles east of Cloverdale. no children were aboard and Broadstreet was uninjured.
A modest audience attended Tuesday evening’s 7 30 pm Green Castle Boy Scouts exhibit at the High School gym. Eugene Volz and Lawrence D Coley led knot tying rope slicing semaphore wigwag signaling first aid and life saving demonstrations including bandaging hemorrhage checks and resuscitation using the Schaefer method.
Coach W E Bausman drills a faster five for the Friday home game against Columbus High School. Injuries shuffle the lineup with Riggs Willis Masten Tate Crawley Ader in new spots. Masten may return at running guard if used. A preliminary junior high game Brazil versus Greencastle starts 7 45. Vandivier of Martinsville referees.
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