Say! Insanity defense amid Remus murder trial and Lindbergh praise
Charles J. Arnold outlines Georg Remus defending insanity after a violent outburst during his Cincinnati trial for his wife’s murder. The column also highlights Lindbergh’s Washington to Mexico City flight and a Greencastle resident’s late night misadventure blamed on Joe Bamberger. It argues for farm aid, Christmas shoppin g, and criticizes the Second Ward School building’s condemnation and Quebec fire disaster context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georg Remus
Pootleg King
Cincinnati
Remus
Lindy
Washington
Mexico City
Calles
Lindbergh
Fire proof clothes for Santa Claus in Indianapolis
Indianapolis December 16 INS Santa Claus will wear fire proof garments this year after the state fire marshal’s office warns that powdered cotton fuzz and Santa beard can ignite. Chief inspector Cash M. Graham urges reindeer to visit homes but not fire trucks. Trees should be electrically wired and lit with lights in good condition to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Santa Claus
Indiana
Cash M. Graham
East Road To Open Next Week After Unpaved Span Rocked
County Engineer Orville O Neal says a 571 foot unpaved section of the east road will be rock surfaced and opened for travel next week. The public will travel at their own risk due to incomplete shoulders and ongoing winter work. Contractors prepared to finish Friday but a cold wave halted operations until spring. Paving on South Indiana Street between Interurban tracks will finish this week as traction workers relocate the tracks to the new concrete base. final paving will occur despite freezing weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville O'Neal
C. W. Bridges
Indiana Street
Traction Company
Former Putnam Woman Dies at Crawfordsville
Elizabeth Kelly Hart age 89 mother of Clement E. Kelly president of Irvington State Bank died at 9 am at the Crawfordsville home of her daughter Mrs J J Wingert. Survived by three daughters Mrs Wingert of Cloverdale Mrs Fox of Reelsville and Mrs Hart Canton Mt Vernon son Joseph E B Kelly of Mt Vernon two sisters Miss Nannie Litten and Mrs William Fisher of Clayton Funeral service will be at Cloverdale Methodist Church tomorrow at 10 am with burial in Cloverdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Kelly Hart
Clement E. Kelly
North
Delaware Street
Irvington State Bank
J. J. Wingert
Crawfordsville
Methodist
Cloverdale
Hart
Spencer
Kelly
Wingert
William P. Wingert
George Fox
Reelsville
Joseph EB. Kelly
Mt. Vernon
Nannie Litten
William Fisher
Clayton
County Net Tourney Here Next January 28
The Putnam County high school basketball tournament will be held in Greencastle on Saturday January 28 with all county schools eligible. Greencastle and Bainbridge likely will skip to avoid conflicts, while Cloverdale Reelsville Putnamville Fillmore Russellville Roachdale and Clinton Center are slated to compete and officials will be named January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Greencastle
Bainbridge
Indianapolis
Noble Vaughan
Albert Heaving
Cloverdale
Reelsville
Putnamville
Fillmore
Russellville
Roachdale
Clinton Center
City School Board Faces Condemnation Decision On Second Ward School
Fire marshal Alfred Houston informed city school board secretary Paul Albin that the Second Ward school must be repaired or rebuilt. Repairs to meet state code would cost about 20 000, but the old structure would remain obsolete. Remodeling would require a state order, while a new building costs around 45 000, suggesting condemnation over remodeling. The Martha Ridpath school also needs extra fire escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Ward
Greencastle
Alfred Houston
Paul Albin
Martha Ridpath
Two Men Executed in Electric Chair at Sing Sing
Two men, Peter Seiler and George Rice, were executed at Sing Sing Prison after the Prison Municipal Comedy The Sweet Little Devil. They were subjected to three hours of forced laughter from 600 inmates before the electrocution. Edmund Watts showed slight improvement at County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing Ossining
N. Y
INS
Peter Seiler
George Rice
Sing Sing Prison
Putnam County Seeks $1200 Salary for Health Nurse
The Putnam County Tuberculosis Association asks county commissioners to appropriate 1200 to pay Miss Carol Shoultz, county health nurse. She was brought to Putnam County by the association and has done efficient work protecting school children’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Carol Shoultz
Miss Shoultz
Putnam County
Tuberculosis Association
Five Armed Bandits Rob University of Chicago Office
Five armed men raided the University of Chicago business office and terrorized ten women employees, escaping with $20,000 intended for payroll after delivering the money at the office just 15 minutes earlier. Authorities pursued the bandits as the investigation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
University of Chicago
Reiselt Retains World Three-Cushion Title In Tight Duel
Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia defeated Allen Hall 300 to 281 in a 300 point three-cushion billiards match. Reiselt led early and held on for the world title despite Hall’s late rally in the decisive blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Otto Reiselt
Allen Hall
Reiselt
Hall
Landis Salary Cut In World Series Revenue Share
The joint committee of the major leagues votes to reduce the baseball commissioner's World Series share from 15 percent to 10 percent. Landis and all office expenses will be paid from the 10 percent. The move notes larger park receipts and higher prices justify the smaller allocation to run the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Bowman awarded damages for back injury in Putnam case
Robert F. Bowman by guardian Benjamin F. Bowman was awarded 100 damages in Putnam Circuit Court. He claimed a back strain from lifting radiators while working for W. H. Johnson & Son Co during February 11, 1927 at Longden Hall. He says he was 17 and lacked an underage certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Bowman
Benjamin F. Bowman
Putnam
James P. Hughes
W. H. Johnson & Son Co
Longden Hall
Cloudy Sky Brings Warmer Day Forecast
A weather forecast notes cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. Sunrise is at 7 01 AM and sunset at 4 21 PM, shaping a mild day with increasing warmth.
Caraway Plan Could Split Farm Relief Fight in Congress
A southern challenge to the McNary Haugen equalization fee threatens a split in the Senate farm bloc. Senator Caraway's Ark plan would repeal tariff protections for agriculture by allowing duty free imports to offset surplus crops, risking a tariff war and a possible deadlock with the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate
Coolidge
Caraway
Ark
Federal Agricultural Relief Corporation
McNary-Haugen
United States
House
Congress
Local Shriners Attend Ceremonial at Capitol
Greencastle men O. J. Larkin Charles Huffman Kimber Gardner Emmet Greene John Wysong Robert Dills W. A. Grogan C. P. Broadstreet and T. F. Evans attended the Shrine Ceremonial at the Murat Temple in Indianapolis. A class of 116 candidates participated and a Christmas collection raised 1846.50 for food baskets to aid Indianapolis’s needy, distributed Christmas morning by Shrine members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Murat Temple
Indianapolis
O. J. Larkin
Charles Huffman
Kimber Gardner
Emmet Greene
John Wysong
Robert Dills
W. A. Grogan
C. P. Broadstreet
Stingy wife keeps man at Crown Point poor farm
Guy O. Clark, 60, a Crown Point resident, told Lake County poor farm officials he will not return home unless his wife supports him as he has been used to. He complained she now controls the family bank account and has refused to share it, saying he may stay at the farm until after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Guy O. Clark
Malcolm T. Hart
Clark
Third Man Is Arrested in Liquor Case
Ross Paris of Bowling Green pleaded not guilty to charges of transporting and giving away liquor at a Putnam Circuit Court arraignment before Judge Hughes. Bond was set at 500 dollars on each charge. Paris, linked to Cloverdale by Mr and Mrs Charles Paris, was transported from Clay County and held on bond, with trial date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Paris
Bowling Green
Clay County
Charles Paris
Cloverdale
Hughes
Putnam
Paris
Fred V. Thomas
Putnam County
Edward Eiteljorge
Alva Bryan
Brazil
Quincy
Rossa Paris
New Downtown Street Lights Ready Saturday Night
The Electric Light Company announces new downtown street lights will be complete and lit Saturday night. The system is described as more efficient and beautiful than the old cluster lights, with old fixtures and wiring torn down once the new lights are in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Light Company
City Sees 45 Degree Temperature Plunge
A cold wave pushed Thursday night temperatures from a high near 55 above zero to 10.5 degrees above zero. Snow flurries gave way to clear sunny conditions as warmer weather is forecast for Saturday. The government thermometer at the fire department tracked the drop.
Reelsville Farmer Shoots Self in Tragic Death
Charles Young a 44 year old farmer near Butler school house left home to walk to Reelsville and killed himself with a shotgun in woods about three quarters of a mile from his home. He was melancholic for days. survived by daughter Evelyn, parents, and four sisters. Coroner investigated. remains sent to Miller and Sons for burial. funeral to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Indiana
Charles Young
Butler School
Young
George W. Young
Butler School House
Reelaville
Evelyn
Jans Beaman
Richard Atkinson
Simpson Best
Rosé Hassler
Putnam County
Miller & Sons
Christmas Program at M. E. Church planned
The Methodist church lays out Christmas events starting Sunday with a pageant and tree in the Sunday School Intermediate Department. The Primary Department hosts a Friday afternoon party at 2:90 o clock. A 4:30 pageant of peace will be given by the Adult Department on Christmas Sunday followed by a Christmas music service and Henry Vanyke’s The Other Wise Man recital by Opal Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Henry Vanyke
Misa Opal Leavitt
Former Coatesville teacher Julia Harney dies in Danville
Funeral services for Julia N. Harney will be held Sunday in Lebanon. A longtime educator, she spent nearly fifty years in Lebanon schools and taught at Greensburg Stilesville and Coatesville. She also instructed at Danville academy. Her husband R H Harney was a veteran educator and city county official. A son Thomas Harney of St Louis survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Julia N. Harney
Danville
Harney
Greensburg
Stilesville
Coatesville
R. H. Harney
Thomas Harney
St. Louis
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Charles J. Arnold
Joe Bamberger
Wabash Valley Electric Co
Joe
Bamberger
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Quebec
Isaster
East Road
Edmund Watts
Lad
Mnary-Haugen
Capitol
Reelsville Farmer
Self
M. E. Church
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