Craver Accepts Position With Wabash Valley Electric
Local news notes Herbert L. Craver has joined Wabash Valley Electric Company. Visitors from Fillmore include Mr and Mrs Cecil Arnold and Mr and Mrs Cleo Arnold. The Christian church choir plans a Thursday evening 7 PM meeting. Purdue threshing crew radio program and Purdue band broadcasts announced with schedule through Friday night. James Frank of Indianapolis underwent leg amputation surgery after a prior auto crash near Fincastle. his wife died in the crash. he remains critically ill with brother Clay Frank by his side. The youngest Bryan child near Fillmore is ill with scarlet fever. Rev and Mrs F F Travis of Nebraska are expected to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs William Day of Putnamville. Travis is a former DePauw graduate. David A. Haggart assumes management of his father’s confectionery and restaurant on feast National Avenue and remains Poultry Farm manager at the state penal farm.
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Nebraska
William Day
Putnamville
Travis
DePauw
James Frank
Indianapolis
Putnam County
Methodist Hospital
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Fincastle
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Clay Frank
Brick Chapel
David A. Haggart
Feast National Avenue
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Furious sleet storm cripples Indianapolis roads and lines
A violent sleet storm descended on Central Indiana with freezing rain and near zero temperatures by nightfall. Traffic halted and communication lines feared damaged as Armington warned of a ten day cold spell and widespread snow into Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Indiana
J. H. Armington
Indianapolis
Armington
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Lake Superior
Omaha
Neb
Kentucky
Tennessee
Native of county dies at Hoosierville
Mrs. Melvina Whittington aged 80 years 11 months 15 days died at 6 30 this morning at her home south of Hoosier ville after months of paralysis. Born in Putnam County she moved to Clay County at 18 and lived in Jackson township. A 45 year member of Union LL Church she was revered by neighbors. Survived by husband two sons William R and Elmer Whittington daughter Mrs Hannibal Fisher eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Four children preceded her in death.
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Joseph FE. Whittington
Hoosierville
Whittington
Putnam County
Thomas McCullough
Brazil
Death of Mrs Addie O Montgomery at Lizton
Mrs Addie O Montgomery 60 wife of E D Montgomery and mother of Herschel Montgomery of Greencastle died at home in Lizton late Tuesday. Funeral will be Thursday at 2 PM at Liston Christian Church with burial at North Salen.
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E. D. Montgomery
Herschel Montgomery
Greencastle
Lizton
Teesday
Liston Christian Church
North Salen
Prison reforms praised in national report
The National Society of Penal Information released a third edition of the Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories praising Indiana Wisconsin Nebraska Michigan and Minnesota for advances in prison administration. Indiana is commended for a women’s prison and Pendleton reformatories, Michigan City plant quality, and suppression of political influence in Minnesota.
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Wisconsin
Nebraska
Michigan
Minnesota
National Society of Penal Information
Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories
Michigan City
Poultry School Planned in Court House Friday
Putnam County poultrymen will gather Friday from 10 to 3 for a Poultry School in the Court House. Leon Todd, extension poultry specialist of Purdue University, will speak on feeding costs diseases parasites and other topics of interest to poultry raisers.
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Putnam County Poultrymen
Court House
Leon Todd
Purdue University
Bloomington Sued Over Death Of Young Officer
Otis and Ethel Pogue file a $5,000 damage suit against the City of Bloomington over the death of their son Ralph Pogue who was killed November 24, 1928 during a liquor raid. Dewey Boshears, the killer, is imprisoned for manslaughter in Michigan City after conviction in Owen County. The suit claims Pogue was underage when hired as a special policeman and lacked knowledge of police procedure.
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Otis
Ethel Pogue
Ralph Pogue
Dewey Boshears
Boshears
Michigan City
Owen County
Spencer
Pogue
Pence Visits Locals After Corn Show Appearance
M. O. Pence of Lafayette spoke at the Corn Show conducted by the First National Bank and spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bush on South Indiana Street.
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M. O. Pence
Lafayette
First National Bank
E. E. Bush
Indiana Street
Furnished Room for Rent with Private Entrance and Garage
Jan 1 furnished room for rent for man and wife or two ladies. Private entrance heat lights and garage space. Semi modern $20.00. Address X care Herald FOR SALE Child's Bed Call 537 K.
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Care Herald
Blizzard Closes Midwest Travel Lines and Glazes Chicago
A severe blizzard centered on Chicago paralyzed Midwest transport and air mail. Temperatures near zero followed as several planes were forced down at Fond du Lac Manitowoc and near Milwaukee. Communication lines were blown down and many areas were out of touch with the outside world.
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Middle West
Northwest Airways
Minneapolis
Cudahy
Milwaukee
Fondulae
Manston
Wis
Midwest
Chi
Snowstorm Near Chicago Triggers Multiple Accidents and Cold Snap
A severe snowstorm paralyzed traffic in Chicago with numerous major and minor crashes along car lines. Winds from Lake Michigan reached 45 miles per hour, battering shore walls and causing unknown damage. Frigid air bounded in at zero temperatures as drifting snow complexed the scene.
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Cago
Lake Michigan
Sid Houle
Miners Entombed After Gas Flood Traps 62 Deep
About 1 000 relatives gathered at the mine mouth through the night as 43 bodies were recovered from the shaft. Rescue crews faced dense gases and damp in lower levels making further rescues unlikely. Officials say 50 of the entombed workers are black or Mexican and 48 have families.
Birth Announcement Roachdale Tricia Ann Lawler
Mr and Mrs Ross Lawler announce the arrival of an eight and a half pound daughter named Patricia Ann in Roachdale on December 17.
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Roachdale
Ross Lawler
I'gtricia Ann
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