Greencastle Airport Hopes and Local Sketches
Greencastle considers building an airport joining a regional trend as towns like Bloomington and Muncie expand air facilities. The piece also recaps local chatter about Charley Lloyd and Celia visiting Florida and Michigan for winter plans, a cold remedy quip, rental of summer clothes, and a Leaning Light Post novelty in Greencastle.
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Anderson
Bloomington
Cambridge City
Columbus
Connersville
Crawfordsville
Elkhart
Evansville
Fairmont
Gary
Hartford City
Huntington
Indianapolis
Lafayette
la Porte
Lebanon
Logansport
Marion
Martinsville
Muncie
Newcastle
Plymouth
Richmond
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Kiwanis to Seek Rural Members Across Regions
Chicago December meeting of Kiwanis International ended a constitutional restriction to permit clubs in small communities. The amendment keeps the 200 member limit from any one profession, while 1929 aims focus on underprivileged child assistance citizenship instruction business standards urban rural relations vocational guidance and leadership growth.
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Chicago
Kiwanis International
Council of Kiwanis International
Influenza Epidemic Hits Anderson City
An influenza epidemic is increasing in Anderson Indiana with seven deaths from flu pneumonia in the past week. Visiting nurses logged 478 calls in November, a new record, aiding stricken families as school attendance fell sharply.
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Anderson
Ind
Bovine TB and Its Effect on Humans
The article explains that 6-10 percent of tuberculosis in humans originates from cattle. It notes cows’ milk and dairy products as transmission sources and highlights cattle testing and milk pasteurization as key controls.
DePauw Swimmers Defeat Evansville Y M C A 44 to 25
DePauw swimmers beat Evansville Y M C A 44 25 after the DePauw Rose Poly game. Doo little set a DePauw 160 yard relay record 1 22 7 and a pool mark 19 8 in the 40 yard dash. Richmond Y M C A visits Friday December 14.
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DePauw
Evansville Y. M. C. A
DePauw-Rose Poly
Doolittle
Richmond Y. M. C. A
de- Pauw
Marlatt
Cram
Appleby
Grefe
Wurst
Miller
Wnnegar
Morrow Passes Through City Enroute to New York
Dwight Morrow United States ambassador to Mexico and family traveled through Greencastle on Friday en route from Mexico City to New York in a private car named Marco Polo. The vehicle departed St. Louis on a Big Four train and later joined a train bound for New York.
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Dwight Morrow
United States
Mexico
Greencastle
City of Mexico
New York
Marco Polo
St. Louis
Indianapolis
New Library Adds Notable Titles in Latest Shipment
The Public Library announces a fresh batch of fiction and non fiction from popular writers. Highlights include Hounds of God Joshua's Vision The Gate Marked Private The Silver Thorn Harriet's Choice The Log of Bob Bartlett The Interpreter's House The Tannahill Tangle The Intruder The Father Beneath Tropic Seas Surrender The Mesa Tamercane The Giant Killer The Matriad Stone Desert Marsh Fire Mr Blattsworthy on Rampole Island The Double Life and Times of Peter Stuyvesant Harbor Lights of Home Rasputin Roamin in the Gloamin and The World Does Move.
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Joshua
Murphy Store Set to Reopen December 12
The G. C. Murphy Five and Ten cent store will reopen on Wednesday December 12 at 7 PM after remodeling. The store will be closed Monday Tuesday and Wednesday until opening that evening. Clair Hull and his Wanderers will provide music from 7 to 9 PM for the informal opening.
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G. C. Murphy Five and Ten Cent
Clair Hull
Wanderers
Ex-Local Boy Heads Society
Willis L. Vermillion of Aetna Insurance Company Washington D C was elected president of the Claim Adjuster’s club of the District of Columbia a new group formed to foster closer cooperation among Washington insurance claim adjusters Vermillion son of Mr and Mrs 8 A Vermilion Poplar and Jackson streets a DePauw University and Indianapolis Law School graduate well known in the city where he spent early life
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Willis L. Vermillion
Aetna Insurance Company
Washington
I. C
District of Columbia
Vermillion
8. A. Vermilion
Poplar and
Jackson Streets
DePauw University
Indianapolis Law School
Havens Bros Fur Theft Reported in Clayton Indiana
Havens Bros station at Clayton Indiana was robbed Thursday night of furs bought from trappers including 55 skunk 39 opossum 36 muskrat 1 mink 2 coon and 16 weasel Local officers were asked to watch for the pilfered pelts.
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Havens Bros
Clayton
Indiana
Mrs Molter Dies at 82 in Indianapolis Funeral set for Sunday
Sophie Frakes Molter of Indianapolis died Friday from pneumonia at age 82. She formerly lived here and was sister to Nancy Williams and Hiram Heady. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Little Walnut Baptist Church with burial in Hamrick Cemetery.
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Sophie Frakes Molter
Indianapolis
Nancy Williams
Hiram Heady
Little Walnut Baptist Church
Hamrick Cemetery
Boy Shot While Hunter Tries To Hear Bullet
Donald Graham sustained a calf wound in Indianapolis after he provoked his hunting companion Charles Spence to shoot at a tree. Graham stood behind the tree and asked to hear the bullet coming, graham said, his calf protruded and stopped the bullet.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Donald Graham
Charles Spence
Troyer to Judge Putnam County Corn Show
C E Troyer of Lacontaine who won the world corn title at Chicago will judge the Putnam County Corn Show December 14 and 15 at the First National Bank. He will judge exhibits December 14 and plans to bring his son Ralph, the junior corn king, to speak on prize winning methods.
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C. BE. Troyer
Lacontaine
Chicago
Putnam County
First National Bank
Troyer
Mr. Troyer
Ralph Troyer
R. H. Stevenson
Silent killer roams Walnut Township sheep killings
About 35 sheep were mysteriously killed in Walnut township over the past week as farmers report losses. No killer has been seen or heard, with suspicions pointing to a wolf or a police dog due to the silent nature of the attacks.
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Crawfordsville
Walnut Township
Dinner honors Dr Ayler birthday in Greencastle
Mrs. A FE Ayler entertained at dinner Saturday night in honor of Dr Ayler's birthday anniversary. The Christian Sunday school members presented a program last night with Goldie Newgent Margaret Callendar Vera Kelly and Hazel Rambo participating. William Helton of Fern spent the day here. Jacob Kiefer is off duty today from the Palace restaurant.
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A. FE. Ayler
Dr. Ayler
Jacob Kiefer
Palace
The
Christian Sunday School
Goldie Newgent
Margaret Callendar
Vera Kelly
Hazel Rambo
William Helton of
Fern
Weather outlook shows fair skies this weekend
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with milder temperatures. Not as cold tonight in northern and central areas as a warmup begins Sunday.
Condition of King Still Uncertain as Illness Persists
London dispatch reports King George VI remains with a fever and weakened condition due to a chest infection. Doctors note sleep improved but overall status unchanged and avoid surgery, while pleural fluid was withdrawn with a surgical needle and Novocaine used for nerve relief. The royal family maintains contact as the Prince of Wales heads home from Cairo and the Duke of Gloucester sails toward England.
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Harry R. Flory
M. S
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Lord Dawson of Penn
Sir Stanley Hewitt
Sir Standley
Palace
Prince of Wales
Port Said
Egypt
Brindisi
Italy
Enterprise
Cairo
Duke of Gloucester
Cape Town
South Africa
England
Balmoral Castle
Ex-Resident Cassie Talbott Dies in Indianapolis
Ex-resident Cassie Talbott of Brick Chapel died Friday evening at 7 in Indianapolis, after declining health. She was 74, lived with brother Robert until his death last year, and leaves relatives in the area. Funeral at Brick Chapel Church Sunday at 2 30 with interment in Brick Chapel cemetery. body at McCurry Funeral Home until services.
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Cassie Talbott
Brick Chapel
Margaret Cook
Indianapolis
Robert Talbott
Perry Wright
Madison Township
McCurry
Meeker Relative in Russellville Ties to Pioneer Ezra Meeker
Russellville reports a long distance kinship to Ezra Meeker the famed pioneer trail blazer who died in Seattle at age 97. His relative in Russellville is Mrs. Mont Hazlett who is described as Meeker briskly being her great uncle through her great grandfather.
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Ezra Meeker
Seattle
Wash
Russellville
Mont Hazlett
Meeker
Fillmore to Face Tiger Cubs Despite Illness
Fillmore travels to Greencastle tonight at 8 p.m. to take on the Tiger Cubs with a weakened lineup as illness hits the Cardinal squad. The Green castle Juniors meet Broad Ripple Juniors at 7 p.m. in a preliminary.
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Fillmore
Tiger Cubs
Cardinal
Greencastle Tiger Cubs
Greencastle
Broadripple
Indianapolis
W. E. Bausman
Tiger Cub
Evan Crawley
Hank Stone
Brown
Tobin
Gene Crawley
Patricksburg
Bryan
Husky
Purcell
Kersey
Phillips
Zeiner
King Named Secretary of Public Service Commission
Fred St. King, attorney for the State fire marshal, was chosen secretary of the Public Service Commission to replace Reid McCain of Delphi, who resigns January 1. King is an Indiana University graduate with 20 years of law practice in Wabash County and former editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer. He was Republican floor leader in the 1909 State House.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dec
INS
Fred ST. King
Public Service Commission
Reid McCain
Delphi
King
Indiana University
Wabash County
Wabash Plain Dealer
House of Representatives
Thaden Claims New Altitude Record For Women Flyers
Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden 22 of San Francisco says she climbed to more than 28 300 feet in a 180 horsepower biplane over Oakland airport. Her flight of 1 hour 35 minutes reportedly shattered the recent record set by Lady Heath of England with two altimeters reading 23 100 and 28 400 feet.
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Oakland
INS
Louise McPherridge Thaden
San Francisco
Thaden
Lady Heath
England
Seek Slayer Of Two In Silver Home Burglary
A man hunt is under way for a burglar who shot Dr. H W Silver and his wife Mrs. H W Silver in their Silver home. Mrs Silver died instantly, and Dr Silver was wounded but not expected to recover after the intruder fired on them as a flashlight shone in the bedroom.
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Dr. Silver
Mrs. Silver
Two Bandits Killed In Indianapolis Store Shootout
In Indianapolis two bandits were killed and two officers wounded in a morning showdown at the F. W. Hohlt Dry Goods Store on West Kentucky Avenue. Police ambushed a three-man gang after a Marmon Motor Company payroll, with officers Porter, Fletcher, and Pope exchanging fire as the pair Price and Kithrell fell. One captured bandit gave the name Lloyd Amos. Officials credited Marmon Motors with tips leading to the ambush.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dee
INS
F. W. Hohlt
West Kentucky Avenue
Claude Worley
Hohlt
Marmon Motor Company
Otto Price
Carl “Slim" Kithrell
Roy Pope
Herbert Pletcher
Lloyd Amos
Marton Motor Car Company
Marmon
Worley
Pope
James Whitson
Hohit
Detective Fletcher
Lieutenant Pope
Price
Kittrell
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Drake
Baumgartner
Klein
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Marratt
Winegar
Murdoch
Scott
Cummings
Morrow
City Enroute
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Local Boy Heads Society
Clayton, Mnd
C.E. Troyer
Ember
Cardinals
William Rugenstein
Archie Ball
Harry Trick
Arthur Fields
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