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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1928
Page
1
The column blends holiday quips on winter daylight, local gossip, and humorous notes about Northwood delivery limits and fraternity house robberies. It mentions John Cartwright seeking Nights of the Parrot membership, Elmer Crawley in a new Derby, and a jab at liquor law enforcement funding.
Joseph Small aged 15 from Tipton Indiana died of hydrophobia at Riley Memorial Hospital. He was bitten by a stray dog last Thanksgiving and received Pasteur treatment but developed rabies. The dog's head showed a positive rabies case. Rev Bruner reported Harry Wells improving at Methodist Hospital.
Miss Ardith Moore solos at the morning Presbyterian service with the Taxis group singing carols in the evening. Prof G O Arlt plans organ and chimes pieces. At 7:50 p m stereopticon scenes of The Other Wise Man will be shown. Sunday School at 9 30 features The Star Leads to the Manger by Prof G B Manhart Sept.
Cloverdale resident C. C. Cassady, owner of several small theaters, signs to manage Spencer’s Viquesney Tivoli theater. He formerly operated the Joy theater at Cloverdale and is known for buying and booking big pictures, with his family moving to Tivoli Apartments to oversee operations.
A. M. Arnold of South Crown Street remained in a stupor for a day after a Sunday night automobile crash. By Friday his condition showed slight improvement while his wife Mrs. Arnold recovered rapidly from her injuries at home.
Patrick J. Maloney 64, a Big Four Railroad conductor from Cincinnati, collapsed from heart disease in Greensburg Indiana after sprinting to warn railroad officials that his train struck a car. The crash killed Chester Chambers 25 and his sister Gladys Chambers 47. Maloney’s body was sent to Cincinnati for burial.
Four men were jailed in Franklin Indiana on robbery and holdup charges as Sheriff Bowen questioned them about a suspected attempt to wreck the fast Pennsylvania mail train said to be carrying four million dollars from Chicago to Louisville.
Orla Nichols age 19 a farmer from Fillmore and Irma O'Hair age 17 residents wed at home in Briek Chapel taking out a marriage license through local civil procedures.
The forecast calls for mostly unsettled conditions with local snow tonight and Saturday. Temperatures rise gradually through the period.
Ruth McConnell, pursued by a Rochester doctor’s airplane, fled east to west to San Francisco amid rumors of ill health and a nervous breakdown. Her father declined comment while her mother blamed publicity and said Ruth is safe in San Francisco under care of a friend.
Firemen extinguished a minor roof fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Evans on West Walnut Street Friday morning. A chemical was used and the new fire truck arrived quickly on the paved road. Falling soot is blamed for the blaze.
The American freighter Westolant ran ashore on rocks at the Bangor entrance to Belfast Bay in ice and darkness. Tugs were dispatched for assistance as the vessel, en route from New Orleans to Glasgow, was reported in a dangerous position early today.
In Greencastle Sheriff Edward Kiteljorge and Deputy Alva Bryan urged more effective arms for officers after bank holdups in Clinton and Danville. They proposed high powered rifles at courthouse vantage points and fast bullet proof vehicles with protective vests to deter bandits and protect bank interests. They warned banks may be helpless in a surprise holdup without upgraded equipment.
The Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Co. files suit in Putnam Circuit Court against Clarence C. Crosby seeking $75 for livestock transportation from Norwich Kansas to Roachdale Indiana. The company says Crosby paid $176.60 but was under charged and refused to pay the remaining amount.
Edmund Lynch suffered serious injuries after falling from the second floor to a landing in his Greencastle home last night. The Rosebud Mine explosion trial, dating back to 1906, continues with Dr. W M Blanchard serving as expert witness at the court proceedings. Guests yesterday included Mr and Mrs Doe Hurst and Mr and Mrs Ben Curtis hosted by Mr and Mrs D V Moffett at Cloverdale, and Mr and Mrs Glen Owens of Fillmore visited John Williamson.
Indiana forecast shows a slow warming trend today and tomorrow with possible snow flurries as subzero conditions ease. Northern Indiana recorded 4 degrees above zero, Indianapolis 5, Evansville 18, while Miami Florida hit 80 above zero. Armington notes a history of few white Christmases in Indianapolis and describes a typical December 25 mainly cloudy with temperatures near 30 above zero.
Samuel Dickey age 21 son of Mr and Mrs Ben Dickey west of Green Castle was sentenced to 60 days in the Indiana State Farm by Judge Hughes in the local circuit court Friday on a forgery charge. He cashed a $2 check at Mullins drug store using Ira Moore forged name and admitted passing four other small forged checks signed with Moore’s name. Judge Hughes warned he must repay the other forged sums after serving his time or face re-arrest and new sentences.
London December 21 King George's progress continues with a restful night and no appreciable change noted in a Buckingham Palace medical bulletin signed by Sir Stanley Hewett Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson of Penn at 11:50 this morning
Treasury Department alert from Indianapolis lists a white male age 35 to 40, 6 feet tall 175 pounds with a medium complexion and prominent cheekbones. He wears a dark suit gray overcoat and brown hat turned down and passes counterfeit $20 notes, usually buying items for $1 or more. Notes are Federal Reserve Notes from the New York bank Series 1914 face plate A back plate 827. Frank White, Treasurer.
Police captured two Indianapolis men, Hugh Molden and Alvin Banks, after a Danville State Bank robbery attempt ended in gunfire with assistant cashier Raymond Pearce. A wrecked car, laundry marks, a 45 caliber revolver, and suitcases tied to an Indianapolis laundry were found as investigators followed clues.
Chicago aviator Leo McGinn perished while flying a mail run through a blizzard toward Huron Ohio. His plane struck a tree and barn, igniting fuel and fire as witnesses saw flames erupt from the wreckage in a night of severe weather.
President Coolidge signed the Boulder Dam flood control measure at the White House at 10 20 this morning in the presence of five witnesses. Rep Philip Swing of California directed its passage with Sen Johnson and others while Elwood Mead and W B Matthews attended. The pen, three in total, was used for the ceremony and a presentation to George Young of the Los Angeles Examiner was planned for tomorrow.
James H. Bridges, 24, of Indianapolis, was badly hurt when his car left state road 81 near Danville Indiana and plunged 15 feet down an embankment. He was found by Aaron Ensminger, treated by Dr. Harold Grimes, and transported to Indianaplis Me Dist Hospital. Bridges suffered a possible broken back and critical condition, following a prior eye injury at Prestolite. His parents Omer and ? Bridges, from Fincastle, were informed.
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