Gift ensemble brings laughter at Greencastle birthday party
A downtown Greencastle scene ends with Simpson Stoner receiving a shirt ensemble gift from a secret admirer. The item includes a detachable shirt front, a Chicago World's Fair style collar, and a fireman style necktie delivered in a pink ribboned box. Meanwhile distant astronomical notes report five solar eclipses in 1931 and a wary weather forecast notes unsettled skies and possible rain with a low around 44.
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Simpson Stoner
Greencastle
Union Service to Feature Dr Guy H Black Theme Home Character
The four congregations unite at the Christian Church on Sunday evening for a family service titled Character and Religious Training in the Home. Dr Guy H Black delivers a five minute talk during morning worship and a full union service sermon follows. Supper training conferences run all week with church ladies hosting each evening. In gathering Day for new members is Sunday January 18.
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Guy H. Black
Christian Church
Baptist Church
The
Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist
Death claims woman after brief illness near Waveland
Mrs. Mary Florence Myers 49 of near Alamo died Friday at four a m after about a week of illness from diabetes. She was born February 22 1890 near Alamo the daughter of John S Sanders Gray and Susan C Gray. Survived by husband Alva Myers two daughters Esther Lucille 16 and Alice May 13 a son Raph G Myers 5 a brother Homer Gray of near Alamo father John S Gray and step mother Efe Gray of Waveland. Funeral at Myers Lutheran church Sunday at two with Rev. Donaldson in charge burial at church cemetery.
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Waveland
Mary Florence Myers
Alva Myers
Esther Lucille
Alice May
Raph G. Myers
Homer Gray
Alamo
John S$. Gray
Efe Gray
Myers Lutheran Church
Donaldson
New Year Church Services Inform Parishioners
The notice lists Sunday School at 20 00 and worship at 11 00 with evening service at 19 00 led by Rev. R. B. Baldridge. It notes Mrs. F. Shoptaugh traveled to Indianapolis to visit Inerson A. G. Shoptaugh.
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R. B. Baldridge
F. Shoptaugh
Indianapolis
Inerson
A. G. Shoptaugh
Purdue extension short course features Miss Aneta Beadle
Miss Aneta Beadle from Purdue University extension workers leads four nutrition classes at the upcoming Purdue short course to be held Tuesday and Wednesday. Her topics include Caring for the Sick in the Home Feeding Children for Growth and Vigor The One Dish Meal and Planning Preparing and Serving the Meal. Beadle is well known to Putnam County women for her county home economics projects across the years.
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Aneta Beadle
Purdue University
Purdue University Putnam County Short Course Talent Show
Green Castle hosts a free public show at the high school gymnasium Tuesday and Wednesday featuring the Putnam County Orchestra with about 200 musicians, the K R K Trio led by Vera May Knauer Mary Gregg Bruner and Elizabeth Knauer, an Old Time School by Warren township Home Economics club, a Style show by New Maysville club, plus singing dancing and a blackface dialogue.
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Purdue University
Putnam County
Greencastle
Putnam County Orchestra
K. Ri. K
Vera May Knauer
Mary Gregg Bruner
Elizabeth Knauer
Warren Township
Home Economics Club of
New Maysville
Few Auto Licenses Seen On Streets In County
Only 249 licenses sold since December 26 as the bureau opened. With about 5,000 cars in Putnam county, the license numbers started at 591-601 and progress remains slow though a slight uptick occurs in recent days.
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Putnam County
Mrs Ralph Moss Critically Ill In Ashboro
Mrs Ralph W Moss widow of former Fifth district congressman was stricken with paralysis at her Ashboro home Wednesday evening and is reported in critical condition. She is described as weaker today and near death.
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Ralph W. Moss
Fifth District
Ashboro
Lawsuit Over Mechani c’s Lien Against The Club Golf Course
Walter R Heath owner of the Heath Building is named as defendant in a Putnam circuit court suit to foreclose a mechanic s lien filed by Guy D Salee doing business as Consolidated Spray Painting System. The Club miniature golf course opened in September and closed in December after limited business.
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Walter R. Heath
Muinature
Guy D. Salec
Consolidated
Putnam Circuit Court
Thomas H. Futz, Jr
Salee and Futz
Salee
Moore Electric Company
Elmer Sechman Seeks Divorce From Ethel Sechman
In Putnam circuit court Elmer Sechman a shovel engineer files for divorce from wife Ethel Sechman on grounds of cruel and inhumane treatment and desertion. He says they married in July 1907 and separated in October 1927 after she deserted him and refused to live with him. He alleges she nagged him about money matters.
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Putnam
Elmer Sechman
Ethel Sechman
Sechman
Rev C M C Hammond Leads Week Long Revival at St Paul Church
Sunday school at 2 45 pm and evening worship at 8 pm announce revival services led by Rev C M C Hammond the new pastor from Terre Haute. Music will be provided by the choir and all are welcome.
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C. M. C. Hammond
Terre Haute
20 Years Ago in Greencastle
InGreencastle on Wednesday January 4 1911 Mrs Ida J Wright of Bainbridge wins a silver loving cup at the Terre Haute Poultry Show as sweepstakes prize for a pen of white turkeys Henry OHair takes first and second prizes on Indian runner ducks The thermometer drops to four degrees below zero last night George Christie hosts a dance for thirty five friends at Calumet hall
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Ida J. Wright
Bainbridge
Terre Haute
Henry O’hair
George Christie
Missing Greencastle Man Traced to Louisville
Relatives fear robbery or foul play as Millard Hamm age missing from Greencastle is traced to Louisville. Authorities consider the illness driven theory he may have taken his own life after boarding buses through Bloomington and Columbus. a bus driver recalled Hamm and a lost knife matching his description.
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Millard FF. Hamm
Greencastle
Indiana Street Road
Louisville
William Hamm
Brazil
Millard Hamm
Hamm
Memphis
Tennessee
No Radical Changes in Ford Automobiles
Ford Motor Company debunked rumors of radical changes to the Model A and displayed the full line at its New York exhibit at 1710 Broadway during the annual show. Company representatives stated no new models are planned beyond standard yearly improvements. Mrs. Edna Hamilton returned home from Indianapolis after visiting her daughter.
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New York
Ford Motor Company
Ford Moltor Company
Broadway
Ford
Edna Hamilton
Corner Locust and
Walnut Street
Indianapolis
Purdue Extension Worker Sets Four Short Course Talks
Keller Beeson from Purdue University will lead four instructional periods for Putnam County men as part of the Purdue short course to be held Tuesday and Wednesday. His topics include Practical Soil Maintenance, Determining Legumes in Crop Rotation, Legumes That Cannot Stand Acid Soil, and Legumes Adapted to Acid Soil.
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Keller Beeson
Purdue University
Putnam County
Purdue
DePauw Students Return for Spring Semester
DePauw University students resume classes Monday at 6 AM after a Christmas and New Year recess. President Oxnam stays in Chicago early in the week but will lead chapel services midweek and Friday. Indiana University president Dr William Lowe Bryan speaks Thursday. Final exams begin January 22, with the semester official end January 30.
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DePauw University
Oxnam
California
Chicago
L. Rt. Ekhart
VanDenman Thompson
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
DePauw
I. U
At & O
Carrie Hays Stricken by Pneumonia After Hip Injury
Mrs. Carrie Hays, previously injured in a Tuesday hip fracture, has developed pneumonia and remains in critical condition at Putnam County Hospital. Her son Louis Hays accompanied her as she was taken from the scene to the hospital after the luncheon incident near the Commercial Hotel.
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Carrie Hays
French Chief Joffre Dies After Prolonged Illness
Paris January 3 Marshal Joffre, last of France's great war leaders, died after a fortnight's illness requiring amputation of his left leg. He passed in a coma near noon, aged 78, with Mme Joffre, his son in law, and staff beside him. A hush fell as officials confirmed the death at Saint Jean de Dieu hospital.
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Paris
Joffre
Mme. Joffre
M. Lafile
Ferdinand
Issay
Staf
St. Cernin
Leriche
Boulin
Fontaine
Strassebourg
Parte
Mearshal
First Suspect Acquitted in Marion Lynchings Trial
Robert Beshire, 45 years old, was acquitted in Marion Indiana Circuit Court after a four day trial for alleged involvement in the August lynching of two Negroes. The jury deliberated 30 minutes.
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Marion Ind
Robert Beshire
Beshire
Marion
James M. Ogden
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Near Waveland
K. B.K. Trio
Ralph Moss
Consolidated Spray Painting System
Thomas H. Fittz, Jr
Ferrington Bridewell
ST. Paul
Colored Baptist Church
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Merald
Millard F. Hamm
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