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Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1928

Page

2

Numerous local residents ill or recovering at home

Wallace Long returns to post office work after influenza illness. Several others remain ill at home including A. M. Arnold, Mrs. Henry B. Longden, Dell Asher, and Ed. Jones family. Numerous travels and visits by residents mark the holiday season as community health concerns continue.

Wallace Long Henry B. Longden Taylor Place Dell Asher Bruce Shannon East Anderson Street

50 Percent Wet Street Arrest Shocks Indianapolis

Temperance Avenue in Indianapolis is 50 percent wet after police arrested Peter Estrate at 723 Temperance Avenue on a liquor charge. Officers found a dismantled still, about 150 gallons of corn mash, and 1.5 gallons of liquor at his home.

Indianapolis Ind Dee Temperance Avenue Peter Estrate Estrate

Alleged Bootlegger May Serve Sentence

George Smith age 31 was convicted in city court Tuesday of selling liquor and may be sent to the Indiana State Farm Monday for a six month term. He was fined 100 dollars and has not yet pursued an appeal to the Putnam Circuit court though he indicated a desire to do so. Smith, from a prominent Parke county family, has prior liquor conviction in 1926 in the local city court.

George Smith Indiana State Farm Smith Putnam Circuit Parke County

Heiress Catherine Spaulding Divorced in Chicago

Mrs. Catherine Barker Spaulding heiress to 50 million and Howard H. Spaulding son of a Chicago family were legally separated after Judge Joseph Sabath granted a divorce. Mrs Spaulding cited habitual drunkenness. Spaulding did not contest the suit.

Chicago INS Catherine Barker Spaulding Howard Henry Spaulding Spaulding Joseph Sabath John H. Barker Michigan City

Name Change for Local Cement Company Adopted

A special stockholders meeting approved changing the company name from Indiana Portland Cement Company to Lone Star Cement Company of Indiana, Inc. effective January 1, 1929. The shift follows the growing popularity of the Lone Star brand under which Limedale plant products are marketed.

Indiana Portland Cement Company Lone Star Cement Company of Indiana, Inc Lone Star Limedale

Contempt Case Tangles Indiana Court Officials

Continuations delay Dr Shumaker release as federal court weighs habeas corpus petition alleging biased judges and improper depositions. The petition argues two state supreme court justices harbor enmity, questions jurisdiction, and seeks bond to secure Shumaker’s liberty while contesting contempt findings and governor pardons.

Shumaker Roosevelt Building Rosener Hoosier Federal Court Ethan A. Miles League State Supreme Court Benjamin M. Willoughby Julius C. Travis Robert C. Baltzell Arthur L. Gilliam United States James E. Watson Henry Lane Wilson Mexico Gilliam Supreme Court Indiana

Voncastle Midnight New Year's Eve Show Promises Night Atmosphere

Voncastle Theatre announces a special New Year’s Eve midnight show for Runaway Girls directed by Mark Sandrich. The program starts at eleven with doors opening half an hour earlier and features three festive sequences set in a college party, a private orgy, and a top nightclub with Shirley Mason and Arthur Rankin in lead roles supported by Hedda Hopper and others.

The Voncastle Columbia Vancastle Theatre Mark Sandrich Shirley Mason Arthur Rankin Miss Mason Hedda Hopper Alice Lake George Irving Edward Earle

Man Receives 120 Day Term For Stink Bomb Incident

Busy Allen a Tulsa Oklahoma half breed Indian was convicted in Kokomo Indiana City court of placing stink bombs in a theater on December 5. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 120 days on the penal farm by Judge Joseph Cripe. The case followed a string of raids on local theaters amid labor tensions between operators and owners. Fred C Blacker a local operator was acquitted after Allen refused to testify or identify him as the man who hired him to plant the fluid.

Kokomo Ind Busy Allen Tulsa Okla Joseph Cripe Ey Fred C. Blacker Allen Chicago Ista

William W. Brothers Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral services for William W. Brothers will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. from his Gillespie street residence with Rev. C. L. Airhart of Crawfordsville in charge. Interment will follow at Little Walnut cemetery. He died suddenly Thursday afternoon after visiting his daughter in Muskogee Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dills arrived Greencastle Saturday morning.

William Orrel Walter Orrel Limedale Cloverdale Cemetery William W. Brothers Gillespie Street C. L. Airhart Crawfordsville Little Walnut Cemetery Mr. Brothers

Want Ads and Rentals in Greencastle and Valley

Classified notices offer January 1 rentals six room modern home with garage and Sayers contact. Apartments in Greencastle available February 1, including four room units with heat furnishings. Rio Grande Valley seven day trip package for two to $75 with Pullman dining car hotel and auto tours. Goose for sale and a lost black and tan spayed female hound near Mt. Meridian with Herald office reward.

S. C. Sayers Central Trust Co Greencastle 8. C. Sayers Rio Grande Valley Pullman Milton Brown Mt. Meridian Reward Herald Office

Miss Lorence Bore Visites Miss Julianne Gardner

Miss Lorence Bore of Coatesville is visiting Miss Julianne Gardner on South College Avenue during the weekend.

Lorence Coatesville Julianne Gardner South College Avenue

Roachdale Chapter to Install Officers Friday Evening

Mrs. Claude C. Crist of this city will install Roachdale Chapter O B. in December with Mr. and Mrs. Anger Mrs. Breaks and Mrs. McClelland in attendance This is her second year as installing officer. The event takes place Friday evening December 28 in Roachdale Crawfordsville By-view reports a marriage in Evansville December 24 uniting Miss Veny Job and Willam Moore of Muncie with William Moore of Newcastle.

Claude C. Crist Grand Esther Order of Eastern Star Roachdale O. B Order Crist Louis F. Anger Alvin Breaks Ie McClelland Crawfordsville Byview Veny Job Jans H. Job Reelsville Willam

Dogs Raid Large Sheep Flock in Clinton Township

On Thursday night dogs killed six sheep and maimed thirteen from Sanford Bock’s twenty two head flock in Clinton township. Only three sheep escaped the attack as farmers report increasing livestock depredations by roaming dogs.

Sanford Bock Clinton Township

Notice of Public Sale of Wrecking Vehicle

To satisfy a fee the wrecking service and storage bill of 45 dollars will be offered at public sale to the highest bidder on Saturday January 12 1929 at my garage corner Franklin and Vine streets Greencastle Indiana. The property is a Dodge touring owned by Robert Morgan with Greencastle Indiana address serial 665P motor A-108618 and license 456471 Ind No.

Franklin and Vine Streets Dodge Robert Morgan Greencastle Ind

Cough Relief Promises Instant Help With Thoxine

An ad touts Thoxine a physician prescribed cough remedy claiming instant relief. It says it targets the internal cause rather than throat irritation, provides quick soothing effect, and is safe for all ages. The product is priced at $1.00 and available at Stevens Owl and local druggists.

Stevens Owl Flee Ors

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