Dinner table with Greencastle women stirs town gossip
SAY! recounts a Chamber of Commerce dinner at the country club in Greencastle. The author lists three prominent local women and notes their roles in business and health. The piece shifts to a misadventure about a cow themed "get rich quick" talk by C M Long of Chicago and ends with a humorous account of a waiters union led by Paul Rusty Cook at the same banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Case
Beck Sales Co
Helen Black
Chamber of Commerce
Carol Schoultz
Country Club
James P. Hughes
Greencastle
Miss Case
Chevro Jet Auto Agency
Miss Black
Greencastle Credit Association
Miss Schoultz
Putnam County
C. M. Long
Chicago
Long
Chi
Paul
Rusty
Cook
Jacob Eitel
John Carl- Wright
Perfume Power Proves Colorful Water Makes Gift
In Indiana University psychology lab students tested smell memory. Perfumes labeled Geisha and English lilacs were actually colored water. One coed identified the odor in 15 seconds before learning the setup. The lesson: scent is suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Dee
INS
Indiana University
Japan
Psychology Department
Institute 10 Be Held Here On Saturday
Putnam County teachers schedule December Institute at Greencastle High School with sessions on extension work character education art history music local history and citizenship. The program lists Dr Williams Prof Bartlett Miss Ziegler Sanford Romine Avis Knetzer Roy Jones and H eight sections across morning and afternoon blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute
Putnam County
Greencastle High School
John C. Vermillion
Dr. Williams
Prof. Bartlett
Indiana
Sanford Romine
Avis Knetzer
Roy Jones
Zero Weather Predicted for Indiana By Tomorrow Evening
Government forecaster J. H. Armington warned Indiana will be enveloped by the first zero weather of the winter. Temperatures are expected from zero to five below in the north to zero to ten above in the south with a central thaw elsewhere. The frigid wave moves from the northwest at about 26 miles an hour and will reach the state late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
J. H. Armington
Armington
Tax reduction capped at 225 million says president
President Coolidge declares tax reduction should be held to 225 million in his budget message to Congress for the year ending June 30 1929. He warns further cuts could unsettle federal finances. House Ways and Means leans near his figure, with a movement to raise it on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Congress
Kenneth Clark
International News Service
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Mr. McBride
Limedale
Trhfigonacre Utalestae Itauler
Greencastle
McBride
International Cement Corporation
Federal budget estimates for the year ending June 30 1929
The chief budget estimates list total federal expenditures at 4 258 793 765 with declines in many departments. White House and Senate show reductions while Navy and Post Office rise. Key figures cover Treasury War Justice Labor Commerce Agriculture Interior and other agencies with shifts in spending and debt interest noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dee
INS
White House
Senate
House
Commerce
Post Office
Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
Veterans Bureau
Bureau of Prohibition
1929 postal figures show a billion-dollar shortfall
The 1929 revenue total is 3 809 497 314 versus 4 075 598 091 in 1928, a decline of 266 100 777. Figures exclude postal revenues and expenditures paid from them and omit flood control funds except a 10 million fifth-year allotment in a six-year plan under Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con
Senate Denies Oath to Senator-Elect Smith of Illinois
The Senate rejected Senator-elect Frank L. Smith by an 82 to 50 vote, barring him from taking the oath of office and delaying his seating. Meanwhile, the Sinclair Burns case proceeds with six defendants facing charges of criminal contempt for an alleged jury surveillance conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate
Smith
Mrs Louis H Call Dies After Two Years Illness
Lenna F E C Call 52 wife of Louis H Call of Monroe Township died at home Wednesday morning after a two year illness. She had been bed fast for three weeks. Survived by husband daughter Mrs Ivan Proctor of Floyd township and seven nephews and seven nieces. Funeral at Brick Chapel Church Friday at 11 conducted by Rev Chapman. Interment Brick Chapel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenna FE. C. Call
Louis H. Call
Monroe Township
Ivan Proctor
Floyd Township
Brick Chapel
Chapman
Halliburton Delivers Inspiring High School Lecture
Richard Halliburton spoke at the Greencastle High School auditorium on Tuesday evening about The Glorious Adventure. He described fulfilling three dream feats Mount Olympus ascent Hellespont swim and Marathon run while recounting his travels and experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Halliburton
Ulysses
Mr. Halliburton
Mount Olympus
Hellespont
Solliburton
Seshlally
Lela Walls
Greencastle
Symms Seeks GOP Governor Nomination With Road Bond Plan
Arthur Symms of Linton announces for the Republican nomination pledging immediate completion of Indiana’s 4 000 miles of highways. He calls for private financing to issue bonds to build roads, lease them to the state, and pay 7 percent interest over 26 years and six months. Symms, 55, a Linton resident and former Linton Gas and Coke Company receiver, graduates from the University of the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Arthur Symms
Linton
Linton Gas and Coke Company
Symms
Symmes
University of the Northwest
Sioux City
Iowa
Final Purdue dinner plans announced with broadcast from WLS
Plans for a Purdue Agricultural alumni dinner in the county set for Friday December 16 from 6 30 to 7 30 pm in the high school domestic science rooms. The Purdue program will be aired from Chicago via WLS with speakers including Edward C Elliott Russell T Gray and John a McCutcheon. Also notes hospital discharge for Mrs J F Braden and daughter and Mrs Earl Davis and son returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
R. H. Stevenson
Purdue
Chicago
Cartwright Music Shop
Lafayette
Middle West
WLS
Sears- Roebuck
Edward C. Elliott
Russell T. Gray
Purdue Alumni Association
George Ade
Dean J. H. Skinner
G. I. Christie
Johna T. McCutcheon
Geneva man fined for intoxication and assault on 50th birthday
James McQueen of Geneva celebrated his fiftieth birthday by drinking and fighting a young man. He pleaded guilty and was fined 15 dollars and costs on charges of intoxication and assault and battery in Clinton Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
INS
James McQueen
Geneva
McQueen
Ford’s New Model Draws Huge Crowds at Salesroom
About 2,700 people visited the King Morrison Foster Co. salesroom to view the Sport Coupe shown from 7:30 A.M. to 10 P.M. Tuesday. Officials expect deliveries to begin around the first of the year as demand grows, with Ford’s overall ad campaign costing about 1.3 million dollars and extending to 1.7 million with dealer promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Morrison Foster Co
Frankfort
Attica
Henry Ford
United States
Canada
Health Nurse Outlines 1928 Work for Putnam County Schools
Introduced by Joe Bamberger at a Rotary luncheon Miss Carol Schoultz discusses plans for the coming year and her past achievements as the Red Cross nurse for Putnam County school children. She notes her Johns Hopkins training and a card index system that tracks health records for every child in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Schoultz
Rotary Club
Joe Bamberger
Putnam County
Red Cross Association
Rotary
Miss Schoultz
John Hopkins School For Nurses
Greenacastle Club Praised by the Mayor
Mayor Charles McGaughey lauded Greencastle Chamber of Commerce for a fuss-free approach aiding the good roads program. County officers and industry representatives gathered at the Greencastle Country Club to celebrate road improvements and cement industry developments at Limedale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Club
Greencastle Chamber of Commerce
Charles McGaughey
Chamber of Commerce
Greencastle Country Club
John H. James
Orville O'Neal Ora O. Day
Elmer Blue
Willis Gill
Alva Lisby
Fred L. O'Hair
A. G. Brown
Chamber of Commerce Good
Greencastle
Putnant
Manhattan
Mr. Brown
Putnam County
Indiana Portland Cement Co
Brown
D. 8S. McBride
Limedale
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Charles J. Arnold
Fred O’hair
C. of C
DePauw School of Music
Hoosier
State Department
Treasury
War
Navy
Justice
Halliburton
Lela
J. F. Braden
Elm Street
Earl Davis
Cloverdale
County Hospital
FORD
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