Local News Notes From Roachdale and Surroundings
Robert Stevenson and Elvin Harlan were in Lebanon today on business. James Swift is critically ill at his home on state road 43 south of Greencastle. Mrs Belle Harris died near Danville. FE Duckworth bought the Paul A Grater grocery store in Roachdale and will reside there in spring. O K Galloway sold his garage in Waveland to Clarence Clodfelter and Leland Gooding with possession early next year. Robert Ryker of Indianapolis, DePauw senior, elected national delegate to Gamma Sigma, with Madison Wis convention. Wilbur Phillips ill at home in Fillmore. Oscar McKamey drives a new Ford. Mrs Olin Wright recovering from scarlet fever. Mr and Mrs Ora Day return from Rensselaer. Ezra Arnold driving new model sedan. Mrs Kate Campbell of Fillmore hosted a shower for Naomi Carpenter Poff. Will Glidewell’s heifer froze to death on ice. Buddie Bastin of Fillmore hospitalized for knee infection from basketball injury. Mrs Samuel Hazelett ill at Putnam County Hospital. John Young, 28, inmate at Putnamville Penal Farm, died of pneumonia following influenza. body to McCurry Funeral Home. man sentenced to the farm.
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Robert Ryker
Indianapolis
DePauw University
Gamma Sigma
Professional Sports Writers Association
Madison
Wis
Ryker
Indiana
Sigma Delta Chi
DePauw College
John Young
Putnamville
McCurry Funeral
Vare Denied Senate Seat After Slush Fund Controversy
In a three year contest over slush funds and ballot fraud, William S. Vare, Philadelphia Republican boss, is denied a Senate seat by the Senate. The action voids his 1926 Pennsylvania victory by an unofficial margin near 200,000. Democrat Wilson’s contest was rejected as well. The vacancy may be filled by Governor John J. Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Vare
Philadelphia
Senate
Vare
Pennsylvania
Wm. B. Wilson
Wilson
Pensylvania
John J Fisher
Four Hunters Die in Two Train Crashes While Hunting
Four men from Chicago die when their car skids onto Milwaukee Road tracks near Morton Grove Illinois and is hit by a passenger train. In Indiana a separate wreck near Lakeville kills three hunters from Detroit Worthington and Chicago on a hunting trip after their car is struck by a Wabash train.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Morton Grove
Nicholas Schmitz
Nicholas Krack
Nicholas Hansen
Michael Hansen
South Bend
Ind
Dee
James R. Gibbons
Detroit
Henry Gravenier
Worthington
Lakeville
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Stone Consul Building in Warsaw Riots Follow Notes
The American consulate building in Warsaw was heavily guarded after violent communist demonstrations. Protesters threw stones and shattered windows as tensions rose over the Sino Soviet notes between Secretary Stimson and acting Soviet Commissar Litvinov on Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
INS
United States
Stimson
Litinoff
Manchuria
Wanted Ads and Car Prices at L H Chevrolet Sales
Unusual values abound in the want ads with reconditioned cars ready for resale. Ford 4 door sedan $40 Essex 27 coupe $90 Chevrolet 28 coupe $150 Ford 26 roadster $50 Overland sedan $25 Ford 26 truck with body $50 plus other autos and a list of prices. Also auction sale notice for Sarah L Hood personal property at 310 N Indiana St Saturday Dec 7 at 1 p.m. with goods and appliances.
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Turamee
Sarah L. Hood
Indiana St
C. A. Vestal
Inquest Opens Over Clippinger Death in Indianapolis
County Coroner C H Keever began an inquest into the death of Gil bert B Clippinger 41 Indiana and Kentucky manager for Dillon Reed and Co Chicago banker. Officials weighed whether he fell or jumped from the Fletcher and Savings Trust Co building amid health troubles and unclear stock market links.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
C.H. Keever
Gilbert B. Clippinger
Indiana
Kentucky
Dillon, Reed and Company
Chicago
Fletcher and Savings Trust Company
Clippinger
State Aid to Poor-Section Schools Focus of Indiana Meeting
State budget committee planned discussion on aid to poor section schools in Indiana. Monro e and Daviess counties faced possible school closures on January 1 due to funds shortages. A 49 county conference at Shoals will address the issue as Governor Leslie plans to appoint a commission to study the crisis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
State Budget Committee
Monroe
Daviess
Martin
Shoals
Harry G. Leslie
Crawfordsville Police Chief Named by Mayor-elect Cooksey
Crawfordsville Indiana Dec Harrison Young Republican city chairman was appointed chief of police for Crawfordsville by Mayor-elect Dr. Thomas L. Cooksey. He succeeds Verne Shields and takes office January 1 as the new Republican administration begins. Young is managing the American Security Trust Company. Cooksey also named William J as city attorney and Lex Clore city surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Harrison Young
Thomas L. Cooksey
Harrison
Verne Shields
American Security Trust
Cooksey
William J
Lex Clore
Fifth District Convention Chooses John G. Dunbar Candidate
Report notes Martinsville gathering where the Putnam County farmer and veteran John G. Dunbar is presented as the choice for Congress. Descriptions praise his labor stance temperance and character as fitting for all classes of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ation
John G. Dunbar
Putnam County
Jury Frees Morrow in Crawfordsville Auto Fatality Case
A Crawfordsville jury found Charles Morrow not guilty of criminal negligence in the death of Clow B. Jacks in an automobile crash on State Road No 41 near Rockville in October 1927. The verdict came after three days of arguments over a $19,999 suit by Jacks' administrator Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Maylery
Charles Morrow
Clow B. Jacks
Morrow
Marshall
Jacks
Rockville
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Elvin Harlan
Lebanon
Harry Wells
West Walnut Street
James Swift
Greencastle
Belle Harris
Bell Kent
Bobbie Britton
Danville
Roachdale News
FE. F. Duckworth
North Salem
Paul A. Grater
Roachdale
Mrs. Duckworth
O. K. Galloway
Waveland
Clarence Clodfelter
Leland Gooding
Russellville
Mr. Galloway
Wilbur Phillips
Fillmore
Oscar McKamey
Olin Wright
Albert Hughey
Shrigley
South Indiana Street
Ora Day
Rev
Mrs
Don Mullin
Rensselaer
Ezra Arnold
King, Morrison, Foster Company
Kate Campbell
Bill Poff
Naomi Carpenter
Will Glidewell
Buddie Bastin
Putnam County Hospital
Samuel Hazelett
Washington Street
M. A. Wolfe
Citizens Trust Company, Admr
Harding Star
Harvard
Yale
Victor M. Harding
Stillman Infirmary
Boston
Mass
Harding
International Newsreal
Washington
First National Bank
L. Marshall Vogler
Voglers
Pence
Mr. Gregory
Purdue
Flaming Youth
Sidney C. Borg
New York Conference of Social Workers
Albany
International Newarce
Stone Consul Bldg
L. H. Chevrolet Sales, Inc
N. Jackson
Kent
J. Arnold
H. Alverson
West Poplar Street
Jersey
Alva Layton
Greencastle R. BA
A. P. Sinclair
Cloverdale, Ind
Woman's Relief Corps
Electric Light and Gas Office
Alpha © Alliance
Court House
Christian Church
Call Herald
Franklin Street
A. C. PI
Kitel’s
Glascock
Claypool-Lacey Music Co
Crawfordsville, Ind
Baptist Church
First Ward
Parent-Teacher Association
Wabash Valley
Beaux-Cheveux Permanents
Paul A. Krause
Central Beauty College
Central College
Vancastle Theater
Depauw
Sieen
Newport
Austin
Aene
Clyton
H. M. Ferguson
Clinton
Ferguso
Eastman
R. P. Mullins
Kauble & Son
Lamb
Turkey
Indianalump
West Virginia
Greencastle Canning Co
Maple Avenue
Ian
Randel
Stark & Griffith
Indiana Street
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