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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Cod Liver Oil with iron to build strength and stamina, claiming improved blood and nerves. It pitches a fishy taste free oil extracted for vitamins, combined with Tron tablets, and urges orders through Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Tron Tablets via local druggists.
Ed Alvey, a Louisville race track operator, was kidnapped Monday night by six men who blindfolded him and drove him around before taking him to a house believed to be in New Albany Indiana. There they held him while seeking $50,000. the abductors abandoned the plan and released him unharmed.
President-elect Herbert Hoover, after a string of receptions in Callao and Lima, rests aboard the U S S Maryland as the ship sails toward Valparaiso Chile. A stop at Antofagasta is planned to host Bolivian officials. Hoover’s aviation link proposal aims to bond the Americas.
James Corbin and Otto Kain, game wardens for Bartholomew and nearby counties, were found guilty of extortion in Seymour city court. Each received a 100 fine plus costs and 60 days on the penal farm, with bond posted for circuit court. Justice L D Wilson was acquitted.
James Ferenson of the Robert Mitchell farm west of Waveland was bitten while shucking corn. The mule showed odd behavior and was shot. head sent to Indianapolis for rabies testing. Diagnostics confirmed rabies. Ferenson is receiving pas4tear treatment and recovering with no serious consequences expected.
DePauw’s 1928 football squad earns all-state honors with Everett Niergarth on the first team, Leonard Howell on the third team at center, and Brandenburg on the third team at halfback according to William F. Fox of the Indianapolis News.
The article outlines the Putnam County Tuberculosis Association free clinics at the local hospital with Doctor John Stygall from Indianapolis leading Indiana TB activities. About thirteen patients are examined per clinic, private exams after temperatures and weights, and reports shared with the family physician. The county association also runs school screenings and dental conferences with the Child Welfare and other groups, aiding welfare work and health education through public cooperation.
DePauw hosts Rose Poly Friday and faces Fillmore Saturday as Coach Tubby Moffett builds a disciplined lineup. Veterans Loveless Crawley Gunn Mountz lead a crowded group of contenders while Tiger Cubs coach W E Bausman drills for Fillmore with emphasis on sportsmanship amid a Big Ten anti booing campaign by George Huff.
At Franklin College Indiana President Homer Rainey required cheaters to apologize publicly to students and faculty or face expulsion. Five students confessed in chapel about stealing psychology exam questions from Prof H R Kent. The group lost the semester and will not be readmitted to the class. names not released.
Gordon Stewart Northcott, ill with influenza, faces murder charges in two California counties scheduled for consecutive trials. Riverside opens January 2 with Puente case next day, while desert search near Walnsville and Victorville resumes for possible grave sites based on a crude map rumored to reveal burial spots.
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