Community Notes From Greencastle And Nearby
Local visits include John Allen of Clayton in Greencastle and Miss Ann Cannon of Gary arriving for Christmas. A joint installation by Blue Lodge and Temple Lodge No. 47 occurred at the Masonic Temple. An 80 year old widow, Mrs. Ellen Newman, dislocated her shoulder at home near Mt. Meridian. Visitors include Mrs. T. L. Harris and daughter in Baldwin Kansas and Gilbert Hughes in Bainbridge Georgia. A court modified a divorce custody ruling giving the child to the mother and relieving the father of support obligations. Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet learned of her daughter Mrs. Roy Smithson’s death in Montana. A religious program “Memories of Bethlehem” to be held at the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Bessie Toney, formerly of this city, died in Jeffersonville of pneumonia, with several survivors. Civil cases include a railroad damage suit continued for final evidence and a foreclosure suit resulting in partial dismissals and a finding for the plaintiff against Charles Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sweet
Jackson Street
Roy Smithson
Harlan
Montana
Vs. Smithson
Ora Haymaker
Putnamville
Kenneth Sweet
Mullins Drug Store
Bessie Toney
Eugene Toney
Jeffersonville
Indiana hog and cattle market closes mixed amid storms
Indianapolis market report shows hog receipts 3,000 with 192 leftovers, prices 25 cents lower. Bulk hogs 160 to 800 pounds fetch 9.50, some butchers at 9.60. other weight ranges quoted. Cattle and calves steady to uneven, steers 12 to 14 and a half, plain killers 9.50 to 11.50, sheep steady with good lambs selling 12.50 to 19.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INIS
Alger Gets Fifteen Years For Bank Robbery
Gene Alger a former Butler University student from Indianapolis pleaded guilty to bank robbery with firearms in Henning County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 15 years in the State Reformatory. His wife Josephine Alger faces separate indictments for aiding his earlier Paris Crossing hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Gene Alger
Indianapolis
State Reformatory
Alger
Reformatory
J. R. Carney
Henning County
Butler University
Paris Crossing
Carney
Josephine Alger
Harry G. Leslie
Gene
Gail
Indianapolis Naval Reserve Training Station
Dies of exposure in Indianapolis
George Wicks aged 65 died at City Hospital from exposure after police found him at his home lying near empty cans of canned heat and denatured alcohol bottles with doors wide open amid near zero temperatures.
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Indianapolis
TNS
George Wicks
Wicks
Giant rail merger plan proposed by ICC
The Porter plan for consolidating U S railroads into a limited number of systems was issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It envisions 19 systems in the continental United States and two Canadian owned systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Continental
United States
Chicken thieves nabbed after 100 birds stolen near Bellmore
Local authorities report the 100 chickens stolen Thursday night at Bellmore were caught in Indianapolis while trying to dispose of the poultry. The suspects were to be returned to Parke County.
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Bellmore
Indianapolis
Parke County
Cold Wave Follows Bad Snow Storms Across Midwest
Indiana faces near zero temperatures as a blast grips the region with forecasts of little change through the weekend. Roads remain blocked by six foot drifts on U S 31 and officials warn travel will be hindered as cold drives continue. Chicago and Belgrade report extreme cold with deaths linked to the wave and temperatures dipping to near minus eight in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Indiana
J. H. Amington
Armington
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Georgia
Texas
Fort Wayne
Calumet District
State Highway Commission
South Bend
Rochester
U. S. Highway 30
Hamlet
Argos
Peru
Kentland
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Former French President Emile Loubet Dies at 91
Paris mourns Emile Loubet seventh president from 1899 to 1906 dying at his Montlimer estate aged ninety one. His key act was signing the Entente Cordiale with Great Britain in 1904, a move later linked to World War I alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
France
Emile Loubet
M. Loubet
Montlimer
Great Britain
Choir to Sing at Roachdale Sunday Night
The Christian Church of Roachdale will present a Christmas vesper service Sunday December 22 at 7 o clock featuring a choir of over forty voices. Miss Lillian Couchman and Miss Ellen Chastain solo and a group of high school boys will perform. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus closes the program with special lighting and evergreen decorations.
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Christian Church of
Roachdale
Clausen B.A. McKim
Ge. C. Ryan
Lillian Couchman
Shorewood
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Couchman
Ellen Chastain
DePauw
Famous Physicist Michelson Quits Chicago University
Prof Albert A Michelson world renowned physicist resigns as head of the physics department at the University of Chicago due to ill health. He celebrated his 77th birthday the prior Thursday and his recent light speed experiments drew global attention.
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Chicago
Albert A. Michelson
University of Chicago
Michelson
University Board of Trustees
No Cause Found For Fatal Plane Crash In Army Inquiry
Washington December 21 Amid gloom at Bolling Field an army board of inquiry probed the crash of the tri motor Fokker that killed Rep William Kaynor of Massachusetts and four others. Funerals arranged for Kaynor and Stanley Lowe. Capt Harry Dinger to be buried at Arlington Monday. Dinger described as the most experienced tri motor pilot. The board faces difficulty in pinpointing a cause with human error considered a major factor in similar accidents.
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Washington
INS
Army
Bolling Field
Fokker
William K. Raynor
Mass
Kaynor
Stanley B. Lowe
Springfield
Harry A. Dinger
Arlington National Cemetery
Arthur A. McGill
R. K. McGill
Boston
Vladimir Kuzma
Shelton
Dinger
Sure Way to Stop Night Coughs
An advertised prescription Thoxine claims to end night coughs within 15 minutes. Marketed as safe for all, the remedy is sold in 35¢ 60¢ and $1 bottles with a money back guarantee and is available through all druggists.
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John Allen
Clayton
Greencastle
Ann Cannon
Gary
Blue Lodge
Temple Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Ellen Newman
William Newman
Mt. Meridian
T. L. Harris
Mary Katherine
Baldwin, Kans
R. W. Shafer
East
Hanna Street
Gilbert Hughes
Bainbridge, Georgia
J. F. Willis
Florida
Hanna B. Bullerdick
Ray Bullerdick
Circuit Court
Fred B. Thomas
Bethlehem
Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Frank Donner
Matthew Furney
Ross Furney
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Montgomery
Velma D. Sallust
Fred C. Ford
Lilly Frances Ford
Urban Hedge
Olive Hedge
Charles Hughes
Grace Hughes
Putnam
Marshall Abrams
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co
Warsaw Post
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburgh
Poland
America
Hoover
Moore
Interna
Ralph Greenleaf
Frank Taberski
Detroit
Mich
Greenleaf
Valarnetional Netereel
Leslie
State Forest
Henryville
Gail Alger
Danville
John Buchanan
Marion
Joe White
Joe Taylor
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Jacob Campbell
White
Wasser
Gas City
Here
William King
Campbell
Kine
Giant Rail
Central West
Rockville
Columbia City
Central States
Miss. Helen
Chastain
Kent
East Seminary Street
C. J. Arnold
Herald Office
Radio Service
G.H. Mason
Anderson St
Sara Bens
Eitel
the Christmas Club
Citizens Trust Company
The
First National Bank
Greencastle, Indiana
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