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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1927
Page
2
Central Trust Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at its Greencastle office in the Central National Bank Building on Tuesday January 10 1928 from 2 to 4 PM. Directors will be elected for the ensuing year and other business may be transacted. F L O hair president and S A Hays vice president 31Dec 9 16 23.
A Indianapolis man Frank Cooper credits Konjola with curing 25 years of stomach trouble. He reports relief from vomiting cramps indigestion heartburn gas and breathlessness after starting the remedy. The ad notes Konjola is sold at Ow Drug Store in Greencastle and by druggists nationwide.
Fifty white wood crosses are being created under Indiana state police chief Robert T. Humes to mark locations of fatal motoring accidents. Twenty crosses will be placed on North Emerson Avenue in Indianapolis at the site where Grotto members and friends were killed or injured in October, with more markers to follow as reminders of careless driving.
The steamship Eberstein will depart from New York on its maiden voyage chartered by Studebaker to carry 500 American cars uncrated to Europe. This marks the first wholesale automobile shipment by sea without boxing or crating, promising savings on cargo handling and reassembly.
DePauw edges Richmond YMCA 383 to 39 at local pool. Richmond won two events the 160 yard relay and dives with Bond taking the diving win. DePauw captured the 100 yard breaststroke Wurst, 40 yard dash Marratt, and 220 yard race Crain in a pool record time.
An old advertisement touts Lea's Hair Tonic as a safe tonic to revive inactive pigment glands and restore natural hair color without staining the scalp. It claims gradual changes, home use, and that gray hair can be eliminated in bobbed or long hair, with results guaranteed.
Doolittle of DePauw won the 100 yard back stroke in 1 18 with Reynard second and Englebert third. Appleby led the 100 yard free style in 1 05 8, Cartwright second and Marratt third. DePauw won the 300 yard medley relay in 3 39 with Doolittle Wurst and Sassamori swimming. The DePauw team showed marked improvement and eyes turn to a December 15 meet at Purdue where stronger opposition is expected.
The Clayton A. Sanders Evangelistic Party announces a revival meeting in Belle Union Hall starting Monday evening December 11 1927 Delegations from nearby churches are invited W E Bilyou will direct a large choir and booster band The program features instrumental and vocal solos duets and trios with nightly readings and children’s stories Sermons address topics from The Old Rugged Cross to The Unpardonable Sin and The Lord's Supper Singers from neighboring churches are welcome to join the choir
In Rockville Indiana the state wraps its case in the first degree murder trial of John Schmidt, accused of shooting his wife near Shepardsville Vermillion county. Nearly twenty witnesses have testified and Jula Schmidt, the defendant's alleged love interest, is a key witness as crowds gather.
A self consuming electric motor that runs without batteries or external aid wows local experts in Boston. Known as the Self Regenerating Motor it creates a spark with a magneto and uses special material to convert AC to DC and amplify output. Invented by Henry W. Lavigne of Worcester after 15 years of experiments with plans for automotive airplane and foundry uses.
Shelbyville Indiana December 8 Charles Herndon 22 and Roscoe Holcraft 24 both of the city found guilty by a circuit court jury of grand larceny. Each will serve from one to ten years in the Indiana reformatory for a series of jewelry thefts in houses here recently.
Continuation notes C E Troyer of Wabash County earns Indiana Champion and World Champion honors at the International Corn Show for yellow dent corn. The piece lists numerous exhibitors across Yellow Class 1 and 2 and Boys and Girls classes from Greencastle to Russellville, including Harvey Britton and Alton Hurst among others.
In New Albany Indiana on December 8 M Bert Thurman collector of internal revenue was formally endorsed for the Republican nomination for Governor at a Third District banquet Chester V Lorch Floyd County prosecutor praised a need for new party leadership and a governor who will serve Indiana with honor and progressive ideas.
The Epworth League of the Methodist Church presents a pageant titled Indiana Admitted to the Union to celebrate Indiana as a state. The event occurs Sunday December 11 at 6 30 P M in the Social Room of the church with all parents and friends invited.
The choir of the Christian Church will rehearse Friday evening at 4 50 o clock at the parsonage with Mrs Burner.
The first annual DePauw Athletic banquet will be held in Longdon Hall on December 12. DePauw students faculty members and local businessmen will attend. The program includes awarding football sweaters and freshman jerseys and the election of a football captain. Prof. Walter Bundy is toastmaster.
An advertisement touts Havana Ribbon cigars offered for five cents after years of selling at four nickels. It urges customers to try one with a match, claiming high quality from the first puff and boasting past large sales to justify the new low price.
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