24 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1928
Page
1
A jovial Christmas note from Charles J Arnold describes holiday cards from friends like H Phillip Maxwell and Will Hays, plus a personal verse and holiday wishes. He shares family news and lists gifts for his wife and son Jim, ending with warm New Year wishes.
Mrs. Ella Pullen wife of Charles Pullen longtime Jefferson township resident died Sunday night at 9 50 at her home near Mt Meridian cause heart trouble She came from Kentucky era long resident She is survived by husband a son in Seymour and a daughter in Terre Haute Funeral services announced later
Mrs. Anna Hunt aged 67 wife of Charles Hunt of Fillmore died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Sunday at 8 30 am after a year long illness Brights disease she was admitted December 17 Surviving are husband and three children Chester Hunt Indianapolis Mrs Evelyn Anderson San Francisco and Mrs Edith Hummel Blacksburg West Virginia Funeral services Tuesday at 10 am in Fill icience Interment will be More Cemetery
Mrs Rose Ann Harlan died at her home in Stilesville Sunday night at 11 after heart trouble five days after her husband Robert C Harlan died last Tuesday. Surviving are six children Dora Dicks Oklahoma W C Harlan New Mexico Minnie B Trester Brazil Elda Cooper Clayton Floy Hugg Texas and Elvin Harlan dairyman east of Greencastle. Funeral services were held at 2 30 PM at the Christian Church in Stilesville with interment in Stilesville cemetery.
The Herald will suspend Tuesday in observance of Christmas Day. Staff will join the global holiday pause while readers await updates after the break.
Walter K. Wilson a 19 year old inmate at Indiana State Farm told investigators that George and Howard Wetherington Logan Maines Jess Squires and Arlie Bryant were involved in a fatal holdup at Brown crossing Morgan County last September They planned the robbery drove to Mooresville and then to Indianapolis where they split the loot The five men were detained in Danville Martinsville and Hendricks County jails pending further evidence
Clay Bridges 65 prominent farmer living 12 miles north of Greencastle on Crawfordsville Road died Sunday night after over a year of stomach trouble. He leaves a widow four sons and one daughter. Funeral scheduled for Wednesday.
From the files of The Herald 20 years ago today Miss Tessa Evans planned Christmas with friends at Mt Vernon. Miss Bernice Craig teaching music in Athens Tennessee would return home to celebrate. The S C C girls held their Christmas tree at Miss Frances Walker's home with Miss Mayme Rogers of Roachdale and J Hymer Williams of Raccoon marrying this morning by Rev. J S Hoagland.
Pilgrims from America, Europe and beyond converge on Bethlehem to worship at the Church of the Nativity. They walk the fields of Boaz and Ruth, sing carols, and visit the grotto where Christ was born, with pilgrims leaving small mementos from the holy site.
C Alva Smith of Fillmore died Sunday at 2 45 pm at his home after several weeks illness from heart trouble He was 60 and survived by eight children including Mrs Lucy Bales Indianapolis Mrs Ethel Warvel Mrs Vernie Shuck William Smith Charles Smith Mrs Daisy Youngman Indianapolis Leona Smith Muncie and Avenue Smith at home His wife predeceased him Funeral services will be at the Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 30 pm led by Rev Towers Interment in Fillmore cemetery
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with some cloudiness. Temperatures are not expected to change significantly.
Dr. W. R. Hutcheson said Saturday marked the busiest day in his career with 121 patient calls. Most treated were influenza cases, and he noted flu patients appear to be increasing as colder weather arrives.
Indianapolis Dec 24 Oral arrangements in the suit of the Green Castle Water Works Company to obtain an interlocutory injunction against enforcement of an order of the public service commission were completed yesterday in Federal court. Three federal judges presided and will decide after Christmas holidays. Judges Baltzell Slick and Alschuler heard the case. briefs were filed by both sides.
Automobiles driven by Elmer Mc Gaughey and Ross Hood collided on north Jackson street Sunday. Both cars were damaged. Mrs. Hood was slightly injured. Hood, who works at Morrison Bros. in this city, was accompanied by his family while Mc Gaughey was alone.
The Putnam county hospital will observe a candle lighting at six this evening as a long standing Christmas custom. Candles in all windows create a festive view. Two Christmas trees donated by the Boy Scouts and First Ward school children adorn sun parlors. Glen Club and First Ward children contributed song performances for patients. Albert King, a local taxi driver, was fined twenty three dollars and fifty cents by Justice Robert H Newgent for assault and battery after a taxi war dispute with Lovell Knauer.
John M Coulter a former president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College Illinois died at his home Glenwood Lodge Yonk ers New York from arteriosclerosis He was 77 and had been with the Boyce Thompson Institute for botanical research since leaving the University of Chicago faculty in 1925.
Two bandits robbed the C E Zook filling station at State Road 48 and National Road early Sunday, taking 50.20 and a few cigarettes after forcing the clerk to lie behind the counter. They fled in an automobile, headed west, with police criticized for slow response. The robbers were described as a tall and a short man about 5 feet 2 inches who handled the pistol.
A car carrying seven people from Flint crashed into a ditch and tree near Holly Michigan. Five died at the scene and two were hospitalized with serious injuries including Earl Vallaire who was near death at Flint Hospital. The victims named include Jacob Adler Christopher Frisoger Charles Rada Adam Wolbert Eva Deroche.
Paraguay replies favorably to the Pan American Conference note on boundary dispute adjustment with Bolivia. Bolivia is expected to respond within two hours. Questionnaires from both nations to the Managua committee are needed before resuming peace processes.
William B. Moore a 21 year old machinist of Muncie wed Venus F. Job an 18 year old college student from Sant Ness Reelsville in a local marriage license filing.
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