Local residents travel for business and leisure
Rev. William McKeehan of near Rockville was in Greencastle on business. J. L. Randel, cashier of the Central National Bank, visits his daughter in Hammond for two weeks. Mrs. Wm. Vandevier and son Charles spent Wednesday in Indianapolis and saw George Arliss in The Merchant of Venice at English's.
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William McKeehan
Rockville
Greencastle
J. L. Randel
The
Central National Bank
Hammond
Naomi Cook
Wm. Vandevier
Charles
Indianapolis
George Arliss
Local notices list illness visits and probate happenings
Clarence Hollick confined at home due to illness. Oscen Page of Brazil visited Mrs. H B Werneke on east Anderson. First Christian church board to meet at 7 30 PM. Mrs. Thomas Howlett of R R 1 hospitalized with pneumonia. Mrs. H M Monnett travels to Roachdale to visit sister Mrs C N Stroube. Archie Reynolds and Edward Gorrel of Greencastle depart for Houston Texas for work. Hugh Hammond recovering from appendicitis operation at county hospital. Doris Stroube ill with stomach inflammation. John Hardwick fined for intoxication and released after paying $45. Misses Varietta Gail Katharine Judy and Herman Washburn of Indianapolis guests of the Judy family in Brick Chapel. Mrs. C C Hurst recovering at home after major operation. Lizzie A Sherrill’s will admitted to probate. estate left to Henley A Sherrill who is named executor. Spencer Evening World becomes a four page daily independent Owen County paper. Dairy farmers urged to contact county agent by February 18 for B & O Dairy Sire train arrangements to Russellville on April 10 with bull options.
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Trai
Russellville
Indiana sheriff salary hike bill withdrawn in committee
Indiana legislators signaled restraint as the county salary bill for sheriffs in 85 counties was withdrawn. The county and township committee recommended postponement, delaying any pay increases for officials in the 76th biennial session.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
General Assembly
Alliam C. Babcock, Jr
Rensselaer
Hog and cattle market report from Indianapolis
The Indianapolis hog market rose with 10 to 300 pound hogs up 15 to 25 cents, bulk 160 to 300 pounds at 10.15 with loads at 10.25. Cattle were dull, with four loads of beef steers at 12.50. Wealers up about 50 cents to 17.00, lambs around 17.00 amid light activity.
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Indianapolis
Stage Fight Over Man's Dead Body in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on February 7, Dewey Robinson a 27 year old Indiana Power and Light employee died after contact with a live wire on a transformer platform at Liberty and Wabash. Four coworkers frantic attempts to revive him preceded arrival of a City Hospital ambulance and Dr. R. S. Clymer. When the doctor urged turning the body over the men resisted and one struck him. Police later arrested Fred Box Charles King Francis Rowe and Virgil Kuehl on assault and battery charges. Deputy Coroner Bakemeier said Robinson had been dead before aid began.
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Indianapolis
INS
Dewey Robinson
Indianapolice Power & Light Company
Liberty
Wabash
Robinson
City Hospital
R. S. Clymer
Governor General Stimson to Leave the Philippines
Manila February 7 Senators Quezon and Osmena will travel to Washington to discuss a successor to Governor General Stimson. He announced he would leave for a Hoover administration post, widely expected as Secretary of State. Stimson sails February 23 aboard the President Pierce and will await Hoover’s official word.
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Manila
INS
Quezon
Osmena
Washington
Stimson
Hoover
Pierce
Mr. Hoover
Want ads list rentals and services in Greencastle
Classified notes show rentals including a six room modern home with sleeping porch available January 1 and four room apartments available February 1. Also offers radio service by Kenneth Day and Indiana coal prices plus farm seeds and supplies from Sara Commission Co. in Greencastle with shipping from Indiana or Kentucky.
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S. C. Sayers
Central Trust Co
Greencastle
8. C. Sayers
Sudan
Miller
Indiana
Kentucky
Sara Commission Co
Salina
Kansas
Society Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings and Weddings
Society news covers Eas tern Star lodge and Horn Economies Club meetings with officer elections and social hours. Roachdale wedding of Lucile McFerran and Leland Stringer is recorded, plus Tri Kappa, Friday Circle, Foreign Missionary Society events, Crescent Club gathering, Triangle Club meeting, and a Valentine luncheon bridge hosted by Mrs. A A Brothers and Walter Crawford.
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Eastern Star Lodge
A. R. Chenoweth
Horn Economies Club
Grace Denny
Purdue
Mary Edith Lockridge
Georgia Hanna
Cora Goslin
Hazel Lovett
Retta Sylvy
Ella Walsh
Lynn
Mary O’connor
Anna Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Irwin
Vera Hostetter
Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
A. T. Briggs
J. M. Hellinger
Henry McLean
R. T. Stephenson
Lester N. Jones
Friends of
Briggs Murder Trial Stalls in Second Jury Pool
In Fowler Indiana the trial of Clarence Bruce Briggs of Williamsport for first degree murder searched a second venue of thirty for jurors but exhausted the pool with no selection. Eleven jurors were tentatively accepted before Judge Snyder adjourned to tomorrow morning as a third venue of thirty reports. Most excused jurors opposed capital punishment and all parties pursue careful questioning amid a likely bitter contest.
Shumaker's Son Robbed in Indianapolis On Street
Albert Shumaker twenty seven, son of E S Shumaker Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent, was robbed by two bandits at Nineteenth street and Park avenue. They took his watch worth 27 dollars 50 cents in change, removed watch chain and pocketbook found empty.
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Indianapolis
Albert Shumaker
E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Nineteenth Street
Park Avenue
Shumaker
Broadway
Epworth League Institute
Central Avenue
M. E
Age Pension Bill Rejected by Indiana Senate
The old age pension bill failed in the Indiana Senate by a 25 vote on reconsideration. Senator Alonzo K. Lintley faced charges the measure was socialistic while supporters called it a humane plan to provide $25 monthly to aged or infirm residents six years of age or more across counties.
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Senate
Indianapolis
Alonzo K. Lintley
Kingman
Appenls
Ents
Reed Must Serve Private Sentences in Pleasent Hill Case
Springfield reports Hiram Reed of La Salle county faces mandatory time for bombing the lift country school house at Pleasant Hill in an attempt to avoid marriage to his 5 teacher. The Supreme Court denied petition for a hearing, affirming the high court verdict.
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Springfield
Ill
Hiram Reed
la Salle County
Pleasst Hill
Supreme Court
High Court
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