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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1928
Page
2
Local notes report Christmas plans for Tros Camden and DePauw staff, patients and illness updates across town. Obituaries recall Bernard Austin and Harley Nichols, with hospital and funeral details. Community events include Kiwanis party timing changes and church school gathering.
Noblesville Indiana officials close all churches and schools for two weeks due to influenza. About seven hundred residents are listed as sick. Public gatherings are prohibited to curb the outbreak.
The federal Bureau of Mines reports six miners are entombed after a gas explosion at Black Diamond mine near Drakesboro Kentucky. Rescue teams are positioned within 75 miles with cars and a safety station ready from Evansville Indiana and Southern Illinois to reach Central City ten miles from the blast site.
Continuation reports LB W Sudbury of Bloomington re-elected president of Monroe county tax board. James W Elder Marion county assessor chairs legislative committee and says the panel may consult Lawrence F Orr chief examiner of the state board of accounts about a proposed salary increase. Orr plans a uniform county salary scale bill.
Livestock prices fell with hogs generally 25 cents lower. Bulk hogs from 160 to 300 pounds brought about 8.75 dollars. Cattle market remained slow and steady with beef steers under 12.50. Vealers ranged 15 to 14 dollars as sheep and lambs held steady with lambs 13.00 to 14.25 and fat sheep 5 to 6.50.
Want ads offer a strictly modern six room residence with a sleeping porch and garage available around January 1. Hardwood floors furnace electric lights gas and excellent location listed by S. C. Sayers at Central Trust Co. Coal for sale includes No. 5 Indiana 6 inch lamp or two tons delivered at 4.75 and 9.25 respectively and West Virginia Island Greek 6 inch lump at 6.75 from Greencastle Canning Co. Phone 805-Y.
Washburn Chapter D A R met at Mrs Erma Ellis home with Miss Sara Bridges as assistant hos tess. A silk flag gift from Mrs Prosser Timmons and her niece Miss Josephine Rubush was presented. Members reported magazine subscriptions and charitable donations to Carr Creek Kentucky and Tamassee Industrial School. Genealogy work on Putnam County history progressed with copies placed in City and State Libraries. Efforts to locate unmarked Revolutionary graves were noted.
Miss Edna Lane of Indianapolis Teachers College returns home to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Lane on South Indiana Street. The college was closed Monday due to the influenza epidemic.
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