Desiring a Pleasant Lobster of Food and Folly
A Green Castle hostess plans midnight chicken salad for six friends and fruit salad for sixteen bridge guests, only to have her husband serve the entire spread. The column later riffs on a Lima bean booklet and a police case about bricks through a mother in law’s window, ending with a weather note and a puzzled memory of Lahore.
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Greencastle
Hubby
Chicago
Roberts Gentzel
William O'Grady
O'Grady
Gum Chewing Champion Now Buying Cigars
Gary Indiana report notes Mitchael Miller once a gum chewing championship aspirant is buying cigars after becoming a father. Miller says his daughter will not share the gum chewing habit, predicting she will chew her own gums at teething time.
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Gary
Ind
Mitchael Miller
Miller
DePauw Day celebration highlights Rector endowment impact
Dr William W Sweet keynotes Hoosier Salon event praising the Rector Scholarship Foundation of 2 250 000 with annual income over 100 000 and noting growth from 47 Indiana scholars in 1919 to 632 today. He links the gift to higher standards and more DePauw graduates pursuing advanced study in higher education.
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Chicago
DePauw
Hoosier
Rector Scholarship Foundation
Edward Rector
William W. Sweet
Institute of Research In
University of Chicago
Sweet
Indiana
United States
Asbury College
Edward Beccor
C. B. King
Rector
State Tax Board Rep to Meet Greencastle Assessors
A representative of the State Board of Tax Commissioners will visit Greencastle on Thursday February 23 to meet township assessors and discuss issues with the 1928 assessments. County Assessor Charles Marshall has called the meeting for that day.
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State Tax Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Greencastle
Charles Marshall
Second Letter Clue in Hunt for Officers
A mystery letter leads Indiana authorities to a hay mow clue as two deputy sheriffs vanish. Samuel Baxter and John Burns, suspected convicts, are believed connected to the case after a staged escape during transfer to Pendleton Reformatory. Police search Attica to Rob Roy area and review a blood stained coat found west of Leban on.
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ST. Louis
INS
Samuel Baxter
John Burns
Lafayette
Ind
State Reformatory
Jacl Here
Edwardsville
C. M. Johnston
Attica
Rob Roy
Fountain County
John P. Grove
Wallace
Bill) McClure
Pendleton Reformatory
Johnston
Pendleton
Otto Garrison
Arnold Short
Columbia Street
Frank McCormick
Lebanon
Jack Beasley
William Hyatt
Tiger Cubs Fall to Shelbyville 32 27 on Friday Night
Greencastle Tiger Cubs defeated by Shelbyville 32 to 27 with Tobin and Masten sidelined. Longden and Lear led the Cubs while Walton and Patterson starred for Shelbyville. The game featured a 23 19 Shelbyville halftime edge and rough forward play from both sides.
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Tiger Cubs
Shelbyville
Tobin
Masten
Greencastle Tiger Cubs
Ree
Longden
Lear
Cubs
Walton
Patterson
Tiger Cub
Crawley
Kerr
Brown
Trans Atlantic Flyer Ruth Elder Forced Down in Indiana
Ruth Elder the trans atlantic aviatrix and four companions landed at 7 45 p m in Hartford City Indiana after a stay as guests of the town. The Stinson Detroiter monoplane was forced down on the Joseph Wise farm a mile and a half north of the city when Eddie Stinson diverted to escape fog near Detroit Michigan. In Timmins Ontario two rescue trains carry a mine rescue car gas masks and firefighting gear head for Hollinger mine where six men are dead and 47 trapped by fire.
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INS
Ruth Elder
Stinson
Timmins
Ont
Toronto
Pittsburgh
Hollinger Mine
French Aviators Reach Unell Field After Paris to New York Flight
Lieutenant Commander Joseph Le Brix and Lieutenant Dieudonne Costes arrived at Unell Field New York from Washington completing their Paris to New York flight via Africa and South America.
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Unell Field
N. Y
Joseph Lebrix
Dieudonne Costes
Washington, D. C
Paris
New York
Africa
South America
Hickman Case: New Trial Requested as Sentence Delayed
In Los Angeles on February 11, counsel for William Edward Hickman asked for a new trial arguing a jury trial rights violation after his kidnapping and murder charge in the Maggin Marker case. Judge J. J. Trabucco postponed the sentence to Tuesday morning.
Farmer's Institute to Meet at Fillmore High School
The Farmer's Institute of Marion and Floyd townships will meet Thursday February 16 in Fillmore High School. Speakers include Mrs. Carl Tuttle of Pleasant Lake and L. B. Van Natta of Battle Ground. Three sessions feature talks on health, agriculture, and the 20th century woman. Special premiums will be awarded for farm products domestic science and art.
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Farmer's Institute
Marion
Floyd Townships
Fillmore High School
Carl Tuttle
Pleasant Lake
van Natta
Battle Ground
Oran E. Buis
A. O. Hunter
Jackson Trial Adjourned As State Weighs Witnesses
Indiana Governor Ed Jackson’s bribery case paused to Monday. Prosecutor Remy plans to use star witness D. C. Stephenson if Lyons cannot testify after an appendicitis operation. Lyons illness prompts clocked schedule, as eleven jurors remain, with one juror dismissed.
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Indianapolis
INS
Robert W. Lyons
Ed Jackson
Marion Criminal Court
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
William H. Remy
Remy
D. C. Stephenson
Lyons
Indiana
Stephenson
Washington
James A. Baird
New telephone rates approved in Indiana Greencastle plan
The Public Service Commission of Indiana approved a Greencastle Telephone rate schedule to take effect March 1, increasing local company income by 6500 dollars yearly. The changes raise several monthly fees for business and residence lines plus extensions and rural switching services.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Greencastle
Elephone Company
Car Was Fast But Skunk Was Faster
Greenfield Indiana February 11 CAINS A story from Jess Walker recounts a near collision with a woods kitty on the Fountaintown pike. The skunk reportedly paused and then darted back as Jess accelerated, resulting in the animal's death and the car left abandoned near an old apple tree.
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Greenfield
Ind
Cains
Jess Walker
Jess
Fountaintown Pike
Skunk
DePauw Beats Baptists 28 to 25 in Franklin Game
DePauw College basketball snapped out of a slow start to edge Franklin 28 25. Franklin led 17 15 at halftime before DePauw rallied behind Capt. Messersmith to take the lead and hold on. DePauw freshmen defeated Franklin freshmen 38 29 in the curtain-raiser.
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Franklin
Ind
DePauw
Baptists
Methodists
Messersmith
Baptist
Dailey Sentiment Strong in Putnam County
Greencastle Friday petitions to the Secretary of State seek placing Frank C. Dailey of Indianapolis on Democratic Governor ballots. Putnam County voters show strong support for Dailey, a former district attorney, with expectation of a large following and added ticket strength in the upcoming fall election.
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Greencastle
Secretary of State
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Dailey
Putnam County
Greencastle Board Approves Second Ward School V Building
The Greencastle School Board unanimously approved a plan to erect a new Second Ward school building on the current site. Estimated cost $50,000 to $60,000, likely about $55,000, with plans by McGuire & Shook. Construction to start soon for a one story basement school housing six recitation rooms and an assembly hall.
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McGuire & Shook
Indianapolis
First National Bank
Central National Bank
Brazil
Danville
Second Ward
Corwin & Gillen
Rustler of Cattle Still Being Sought
Authorities seek John M. Watson in a cattle theft from the Clark Sutherlin farm at Roachdale. Five steers were driven toward Ladoga and eventually sold through George Keller and Fred Endean to Newton Smith, with Watson blamed for the crime.
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Crawfordsville
Clark Sutherlin
Roachdale
Crawfordsville Review
John M. Watson
Denny
Sutherlin
Denny Barn
Watson
Mr. Denny
Ladoga
George Keller
Keller
Fred Endean
Endean
Newton Smith
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Lahore Tribune
Lahore
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