SAY and Bainbridge News Mixed In A Local Column
A composite column notes a civil suit: an Indianapolis woman sues former gambler George Shockley for 14000 dollars, arguing he and associates won the money from her husband in 1926. The piece also covers Bainbridge High School’s winning record, Glad news of a 57 to 33 Bainbridge victory over Lafayette, and a debate over cattle serum safety. Also mentions Samson column gimmick, air travel notes, and sectional tournament sportsmanship warnings for Putnam County.
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Indianapolis
George Shockley
Greencastle
Shockley
Train Robbery Near Chicago Nets $100000
Six bandits armed with shotguns and dynamite ambushed a Grand Trunk payroll train at Evergreen Park Illinois blasting the end of an express car and escaping with about $100000 in cash after a running gun battle with police. They seized bags of registered mail and payrolls for large industrial concerns in Northern Indiana before fleeing in a high powered car. The blast drew police who fired as the bandits sped toward Blue Island. The robbery recalls a similar heist at the same site two years earlier.
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Evergreen Park
Ill
INS
Grand Trunk Railroad
Indiana
Police Department
Blue Island
Chicago
Port Huron
Mich
Illinois Man Has Car Wreck Near State Farm
E R Schernekan of West Salem Illinois with two others drove west on the National road about 1015 am when he passed a parked machine and skidded on slick pavement. His Star sedan side was caved in and the other car damaged. Both owners said no fault and each bears own damages.
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E. R. Schernekan
West Salem
Ill
Schernekan
City School Board Invites Teams to Use Gymnasium
The Greencastle school board announces the sectional tournament will be held here next week with high school gym practice slots arranged to avoid confusion. The move is praised as sportsmanlike. A Ford sedan driven by John Sinclair Fillmore and a city school truck were damaged in a head on collision near Flat Wood School Friday afternoon. no injuries reported.
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Putnam County
Alonzo Golds
Mr. Goldsberry
Goldsberry
City School Board
Greencastle
John Sinclair
Fillmore
Flat Wood
Court ends long custody fight over Eloise Crum
Indianapolis February 25 The Supreme Court refused $25,000 damages to Mrs E L Crum in the protracted custody dispute with her former husband T Wilbur Montgomery over their daughter Eloise. The 21 year old, teaching in Ft Lauderdale, had been separated through years of legal battles in Indiana Florida and beyond.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
E. L. Crum
Pennsylvania St
T. Wilbur Montgomery
Eloise
Vanderburgh Circuit Court
Posey County
Florida
Montgomery
Cuba
Mexico
Isle of Pines
Indiana
Reformatory
Cloudy Forecast With Warmer Temperatures Ahead
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Sunrise is 6 24 and sunset 5 32, with daytime temperatures rising modestly across the region.
Doctor Convicted of First Degree Murder in Sack Death
A West coast case jurors found Dr Charles M. McMillan guilty of first degree murder for the sack death of employer Mrs Amelia Appleby, a wealthy widow. The eight jurors were swayed by a strand of yellow thread woven into two canvas pieces that drew attention during trial. The jury recommended life imprisonment.
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Los Angeles
Charles M. McMillan
Amelia Appleby
Lindbergh Tests Fuelless Motor For Revolution In Transport
Col Charles A Lindbergh reportedly tested a fuelless motor using electro magnetism at Selfridge Field. Major Thomas G Lanphier and Lindbergh planned to travel to Mitchell Field to meet Guggenheim Foundation representatives to discuss the invention. In Indianapolis a bride of four weeks, Lucille Mulholland, reportedly poisoned herself after a quarrel with her husband and died in City Hospital.
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Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Selfridge Field
Lindbergh
Thomas G. Lanphier
Mitchell Field
Guggenheim Foundation
Indianapolis
Lucille Mulholland
Fairground
City
Missing Man Feared In Abandoned Mine
Brazil Indiana February 24 All efforts to locate Joseph Connett 60 who vanished from his Midland home a week ago continue. A nearby abandoned mine 225 feet deep may hide his body after a blizzard night disappearance February 17. He wore shirt sleeves without hat or cap and had recently cashed a $6 check and bought clothing including over alls jumper and cap though about $50 in bills remained in a billfold.
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Brazil
Ind
Joseph Connett
Midland
Connett
Fire damages Shafer home roof and plaster
Fire damaged the roof of James Shafer’s home on Saturday around 11 am when soot ignited. Estimated damage totals about $50, with water causing considerable plaster damage on the second floor.
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James Shafer
Indiana poet to lead Putnam County safety league meetings
Barton Reese Pogue, noted Indiana poet and chautauqua lecturer, will be the principal speaker at Putnam County Farm Safety League sessions on Tuesday March 6. Meetings will occur in Greencastle at 2 30 p m and Bainbridge at 7 30 p m as farmers organize to curb livestock and poultry thefts.
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Barton Rees Pogue
Indiana
Barton Reese Pogue
Indiana Farmers’ Guide
Putnam County Farm Safety League
Greencastle
Bainbridge
The
Safety League
Putnam County
Indiana Farmers
Indiana Reformatory
Lieut Irwin and Stoner Fly Over Green Castle
Lieut Frank Irwin and Lieut Stoner aviators from Selfridge Field Michigan staged an aerial exhibition over Green Castle Saturday afternoon. The pilots skimmed house tops as a crowd watched. Irwin’s telegram alerting his father Will Irwin brought family and friends to the scene. The flyer came to obtain a police dog from his father in law George Knoy at Cloverdale.
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Frank Irwin
Lieut
Stoner
Selfridge Field
Mich
Greencastle
Lieut. Irwin
Will Irwin
George Knoy
Cloverdale
Breach Between Italy and Austria Deepens in Vienna
Austrian government weighs mediation by England or France as the League of Nations may be asked to heal the rift. Italian envoy Signor Aurul recalled. Mussolini resists League interference while Italian anger grows over treatment of Germans in South Tyrol and recall of the ambassador.
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League of Nations
England
France
Vienna
INS
Italy
Austria
Signor Aurul
Europe
Mussolini
Greece
League
South Tyrol
Giornale D'Italia
Rome
Water Rate Hearing Set for March 5 in County Court
The Greencastle Water Works Co. petition for a rate increase will be heard Monday March 5 at 10 oclock in the Court Room of the County Court House. Commissioner Harvey Harmon will hear the evidence.
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Putnam County Court House
Greencastle Water Works Co
County Court House
Harvey Harmon
Democratic speakers to appear Saturday at Court House
Stump and Myers headline a Saturday evening gathering in the Court House at 8 o'clock on February 25. The program includes music by the High School band and a brief Democratic Club meeting at 7 16 in the Law Library with all members urged to attend.
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Stump and Myers
Court House
Democratic Club
Law Library
Bainbridge to face Greencastle in Friday sectional clash
The Greencastle sectional schedule lists Bainbridge meeting Greencastle at 8 30 p m Friday with eleven teams entered including Putnam County schools and one Parke County five Reelsville Roachdale open Friday afternoon at 2 p m with other first round games and winners advance to Saturday bouts culminating in the final.
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Indiana High School Athletic Board of Control
Greencastle
Bainbridge
Putnam County
Parke County
Reelsville
Roachdale
Russellville
Clinton Center
Belle Union
Putnamville
Stump and Myers to Speak at Putnam County Meeting
Albert Stump and Walter Myers both of Indianapolis Democratic candidates for the U S Senate will address a Greencastle mass meeting at the Court House this evening. The Putnam County Democratic Club arranged the event and a high school band will perform. The club will hold an earlier meeting to hear the two speakers.
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Albert Stump
Walter Myers
Indianapolis
United States Senate
Putnam County
Democratic Club
Greencastle
Court House
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Samson
Jefferson of
Lafayette
Adrian
John Winters
Lenawee County
Lenawee Farme Institute
Winters
James Helms
Dairy Commission
Dr. Winters
Winter
Itha D
Sydney
Australia
Albert Hinkler
England-to
Port Darwin
Camooweal
Queensland
Bainbridge High School
Trester
Brasil
Illinois
State Farm
Teapot Dome Oil Jury
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair Oil Co
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
District Court of Washington
Bellmore
Bainbridge Va
Tillmore
Daniel Guild
Walter Goldsberry
Stump
Myers
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