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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1927
Page
1
The column blends personal vignettes and odds and ends from Greencastle and nearby towns. It cites George Remus verdicts, high school pranks, a bootlegging incident, weather jabs, and James Bridges reaching ninety with no illness and a $3 doctor bill.
Newcastle Indiana December 21 In Henry County the county clerk Clark Reece reports a sharp drop in marriage licenses with last week yielding only one, and he warns they are running 50 or more licenses a week behind last year's pace. He cites lurid divorce stories as a factor.
Guy T. Harris of Reelsville Indiana, a Purdue freshman in agriculture, is chosen vice president of the Purdue Egg Show committee for the Twenty Fourth Annual event to be held in May. The show attracts entries from across the United States Canada and foreign countries with cash prizes silver cups medals and ribbons across many classes. The committee consists of poultry specializing freshmen and the 1928 team aims for a record showing.
The Greencastle Telephone Company held a Christmas party in the rest room last night at 8. Forty to fifty attendees included employees and their families. The evening featured a play with impersonations, a reading by Miss Mary Ann Hamm, songs by Miss Virginia Pitts, a cafeteria supper, and a surprise appearance by Santa Claus identified as local guest Mr. K. K. Crane with Mrs. Drane.
Garfield Berry of Clinton township was injured Wednesday when a truck he was cranking moved forward and ran over him. He sustained four broken ribs and severe bruises. Dr. A. E. Ayler treated the victim as the motor started firing and the clutch engaged.
George Remus, acquitted on insanity grounds in the murder of his wife, plans to lecture nationwide and write The Life of George Remus. Bail is sought today as he awaits probate court to determine his mental state. three alienists found him sane, while supporters celebrate the verdict in Cincinnati.
City pupils will be dismissed Thursday afternoon for Christmas holiday. City schools resume Tuesday January 3. County pupils finish first semester exams Thursday and Friday and holiday dismissal occurs Friday. County schools resume Monday January 2. Second semester begins after holidays.
Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness and likely unsettled night in the south portion. Temperatures remain steady with no decided change.
Treasury bonds valued at 1,050,000 were found in a sidetracked mail car by repairmen. They had been stolen en route from Washington to the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. thief left the non negotiable bonds in a drawer. Miss Gertrude Hammen of Syracuse University pleaded not guilty to petit larceny.
In Paris the French Senate ratified the Chamber of Deputies adoption of the naval building program by 27 to 20. The plan includes 15 new war ships as the second installment of a long term construction scheme with 150 million francs to be spent in 1928. Construction is expected to begin immediately.
Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh and her pilot Harry Brooks departed Tulsa at 7 45 this morning for San Antonio en route to Mexico City The flyer and her mother anticipate a luncheon in Dallas as the next stop on the journey
Bodies of three miners were recovered from the Stiritz Coal Co mine near Johnston City Newfoundland and Labrador with four more believed dead. Officials denied two additional fatalities reducing the count to seven missing workers from the blast. In Washington Senator Andrieus A Jones of New Mexico died at his home from a heart attack ending his long illness. His death may shift Senate balance with Republicans ahead of Democrats 46 to 47 with one Farmer Labor seat.
Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach, convicted of manslaughter in the murder of Dr. A William Lilliendahl, were moved from the county jail to start a ten year hard labor sentence in state prison at Trenton.
Fortified by a rescue fleet, the S-4 submarine off Provincetown is presumed sunk with forty sailors believed dead. Six crew members aboard the S-4 reported fleeting taps, but no life signs have emerged as 72 hours elapsed. The S-8 sister ship reports possible taps but remains unable to contact the sunken vessel. The sea temperature hovers near freezing, deterring diving operations while officials await a breakthrough.
The Junior High School collected broken and unsold toys, repaired them under Harold Stewart, and donated them to the Board of Charities to be given to city children. Kenneth Paxton of Trick Brothers contributed some toys. The effort aims to bring joy to children on Christmas morning.
Two bandits in raccoon coats robbed 200 Hyde Park residents during a one hour spree in Chicago. A sport coupe carried them as they targeted lone pedestrians and fled, their tally reaching twenty cases in the hour in the University of Chicago district.
The Greencastle High School senior class presented The Goose Hangs High by Louis Beach to a crowded audience. The three act comedy shows a middle class family facing college costs as Christmas scenes unfold with students choosing work to help their parents.
In Los Angeles a theory emerges that at least three men killed Marion Parker and dismembered her body. Edward Stelzried and his wife testified they saw Hickman and two others leaving a building with a suitcase shortly before the kidnapped girl’s body was found. The city presses on with a police order to bring Hickman in dead or alive as he faces charges of heinous murder.
Police describe William Edward Hickman as five feet five inches tall about 140 pounds and over 20 years old. He is American with suavity gentle manner soft hands a modulated voice and piercing hazel eyes. At last sight he wore a brownish gray overcoat ringbone design and a pearl gray Fedora hat.
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