Deeds of devotion and small-town quirks in Greencastle
Charles J. Arnold shares anecdotes from Greencastle praising a husband’s surprise birthday dine r and a wife’s steadfast plan. He notes local figures Mayor McGaughey and Owl Drug clerk Paul Wright, who handles a counterfeit dollar incident. The column highlights Nurse Carol Schultz’s relief work for a destitute Fern area family and ends with a Christmas Santa scene and a light New Year’s resolution on hunting licenses.
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Greencastle
Indianapolis
Paul Wright
Owl Drug Store
Paul
Putnam County
Carol Schultz
Fern
Medical Society to Elect Officers Tonight
The Putnam County Medical Society meets at 6 o’clock tonight at the County Hospital. A dinner will be served and several medical papers read. An election of officers will also be held.
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Putnam County Medical Society
County Hospital
Commercial Place Boy Breaks Wrist
A boy from Commercial Place, Elwood Waddle, age 17, suffered a bad fracture to the wrist and was brought to Dr. McGaughey’s office for treatment. He resides in Co Place.
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Sur- Elwood Waddle
Dawn Plane Missing Pilot Omdahl After Six Days
No confirmed word has reached authorities since The Dawn departed Roosevelt Field New York six days ago. Pilot Oskar Omdahl is aboard the trans Atlantic plane and search efforts continue along expected flight path across the Atlantic.
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Oskar Omdahl
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Institute at Portland Mills January 5 Farmers Institute and corn show
The thirteenth annual Farmers Institute and corn show at Portland Mills church will be held Thursday January 5. A basket dinner at noon is featured and the program lists officers James Taber chairman Harry McCabe vice chairman Laverne Spencer treasurer Carl Clodfelter secretary and music coordinators Margaret Allen and Josephine Clodfelter. C Fisher of Winchester will discuss an ear of corn and its growth with a farm safety talk by Essie Filler. Corn exhibits offer prizes for white and yellow corn with ribbons for top places and a noon music segment follows with sessions on swine care and home economics.
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Portland Mills Church
James Taber
Harry McCcabe
Laverne Spencer
Carl Clodfelter
Music Comm
Margaret Allen
Josephine Clodfelter
C. C. Fisher
Winchester
Ind
Essie Filler
Fairbanks
County Clerk Sells 1928 Hunting Permits in Progress
The Putnam County Clerk reports that 623 of the 1928 hunting permits have already been sold even though licenses become valid January 1. Sales began December 15 as weather notes show cloudy skies and sunset times.
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Putnam County
Adams and Gurley Named on Nation Honor Roll for 1927
Indiana editors Thomas H. Adams of Vincennes Commercial and Boyd Gurley of the Indianapolis Times are listed on The Nation's Honor Roll for 1927 for bold actions against state corruption. Other honorees include Don H. Mellett, Victor H. Hanson, J. B. Powell, and Henry Ford for Model A and advertising influence.
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Indianapolis Times
Adams
the Nation
Indiana
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes, Ind
Boyd Gurley
Don H. Mellett
Canton, Ohio
News
Victor H. Hanson
Birmingham
Alabama
Age-Herald
Montgomery
Henry Ford
Smoking stove damages residence on Martineville Street
Smoke from a stove explosion harmed furnishings at the home of Mr and Mrs Sherman Early on Martineville Street while they were away. They operate a Bloomington and Broadway groceries and returned late in the afternoon.
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Mrs. Sherman
Sherman Early
Martineville Street
Early
Bloomington
Broadway Streets
E B Taylor Hosts High Point Oil Co Dinner At Elms Inn
E B Taylor entertained fourteen members of the High Point Oil Co at dinner Wednesday evening at the Elms Inn. The gathering discussed 0.1 Co policies for the year and other matters relating to maintaining high class service. Guests included Ed Brockway Benton Curtis Roy Christie Richard Taylor C E Collins Harold Collins Lowell Collins Fred Braden Ott Braden Robert Bryan Ralph Hill Charles Blue Fleming Templeman and C D Conklin.
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E. B. Taylor
High Point Oil Co
Elme Inn
Mr. Taylor
Ed Brockway
Benton Curtis
Roy Christie
Richard Taylor
C. E. Collins
Harold Collins
Lowell Collins
Fred Braden
Ott Braden
Robert Bryan
Ralph Hill
Charles Blue
Fleming Templeman
C. D. Conklin
Abductor McClelland Seeks Return Of 11-Year-Old Evelyn Smith
A manhunt across Southern California targets Robert E. McClelland, paroled convict who abducted Evelyn Smith from Oakland last Sunday and kept her at Emma Spencer’s Redlands home. The girl, unharmed, claimed the abductor is her brother and warned of harm if her identity is revealed.
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Redlands
California
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Robert E. McCleland
Evelyn
Frank Smith
Hazelton Man Killed When Hit by Train
In Hazelton Indiana Paynton Johnson a Hazelton man was struck by a southbound train and killed instantly while picking up coal along the tracks. He lived alone and is survived by a daughter and two sons in Indianapolis.
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Vincennes
Ind
Dee
Paynton Johnson
Hazelton
Johnson
John Dean
Spencer
Clarence
Charles
Indianapolis
Weather Forecast Calls for Fair Skies Tonight and Friday
Forecast indicates mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions with a cool to cold spell. Pleasant today may give way to a chilly night and a colder Friday across the region.
Hope for Safety of Dawn Flyers Fades in Storm
New York December 29. Hope for the safety of Mrs Frances Grayson and three men aboard the Dawn in the Atlantic flight faded. Six days since leaving Roosevelt Field for Harbor Grace Newfoundland the trio and crew are feared lost unless stranded inland. Search by five destroyers off Newfoundland continued with no signals from the Dawn.
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New York
INS
Frances Grayson
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Harbor Grace
Fred Koehler
Suit Against Bainbridge Men Dismissed in Putnam Circuit
The suit by Bainbridge store owners Johan F. Curran and William Colliver to enjoin a fire marshal order condemning their building was dismissed after Alfred Houston and other state officials failed to answer. The court found for the plaintiffs but the case was stricken from the docket due to nonappearance. The enjoinment action was filed September 15, 1926, alleging clandestine motives.
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Alfred Houston
Putnam Circuit Court
Johan F. Curran
William Colliver
Bainbridge
James P. Hughes
Harry N. Styner
John B. Ray
Earl Evans
Gladys Snively Injured by Two Playing Dogs
Miss Gladys E. Snively is in serious condition at her Columbus home from a concussion after being knocked down by two dogs playing on a sidewalk. Her head struck the cement walk.
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Columbus
Ind
Gladys E. Snively
Objections to Probate Watts Will Filed
Myrtle Stroube objects to admitting Edmond F Watts will for probate. Judge James P Hughes names Citizens Trust Company of Green castle special administrator with $20,000 bond. Will dated December 14 1027 leaves cash to sister Effie Herbert and to nephews and nieces with funds held in trust for two brothers.
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Myrtle Stroube
Edmond F. Watts
Citizens Trust Company of
Greencastle
James P. Hughes
Putnam
A. G. Brown
Citizens Trust Co
Trust Company
Effie Herbert
Cravens to Lead Bloomington Bank as Rawles Retires
Charles L. Rawles, longtime president of Monroe County State Bank, will resign at the January 5 meeting. Oscar H. Cravens is expected to be elected to fill the vacancy after returning to Bloomington from the West. Cravens previously sold the Bloomington Evening World to Purcell Publishing and is tied to local finance through his brother Arthur Cravens at Indiana Trust Company.
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Bloomington
Ind
Charles L. Rawles
Monroe County State Bank
Oscar H. Cravens
Cravens
Indiana Trust Company
Indianapolis
Mr. Rawles
Dean W. A. Rawles
School of Commerce and Finance
Indiana University
Lincoln Wimmer family visits son in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Wimmer have returned from a visit with their son in Indianapolis reaffirming family ties and travel routines.
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Mrs
Lincoln Wimmer
Indianapolis
Hickman Confesses Second Murder. Accomplice Arrested
Los Angeles wired dispatch reports William Edward Hickman, the kidnapper and killer, admitting a Christmas Eve 1926 murder of Ivy Thoms, a druggist, and implicating Welby Hunt as his accomplice. Hunt was arrested in Alhambra as Hickman recounts a string of holdups and robberies.
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Los Angeles
Cal
INS
William Edward Hickman
Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Eugene Biscailuz
Frank Dewar
Welby Hunt
Hunt
Alhambra
Marion Parker
Ihis
Biscailla
Dewar
Thomas
Huntington Boulevard
Rose Hill Drive
Thoms
Parker
Rose Hill
Don J. Oliver
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Perry M. Parker
Marion
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Clem Larue
Calder
Thomas Adams
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High Point
Elms Inn
Odessa
Moscow
San Francisco
Cozzio
Glencoe
Ill
Alexander Maitland
Robert Case
North Shore
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Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Mellon
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Frances Grayso
Brice Goldsborough Conternational Newsreel
Brice Goldsborough
WATTS
Citizens Trust Company
Bloomington Bank
Ivy Thomas
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