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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
1
The Senate agreed to consider Roy O. West of Chicago for secretary of the interior on January 18 at 3 pm. Senators Deneen and Glenn urged quick action but opposed colleagues pressed for delay, leading to postponement until the set date.
Charles Landers, 22, barber of Fayette and Fannie Gentry, for Lafayette, plan a Saturday noon ride on a Vandalia rattler from Green Castle to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. He jokes about friends, old and new, and outlines companions and prospects for the trip. He promises daily letters and notes about unfinished business and community ties.
County Clerk Ford Lucas filed his annual report showing 161 marriage licenses issued in 1928 and 33 divorces granted. Civil cases pending Dec 31 1928 were 148 following 295 filed during the year and 180 disposed or venued elsewhere.
Articles of Incorporation filed for Western Indiana Realty Company by Olive A Day Mary J Day and Cecil P Day of Indianapolis. Purpose to purchase fee simple real estate in Putnam County for rental operations with capital stock of 30000. Incorporators are Day Construction Company members. contract for Erecting L H Chevrolet building on North Jackson Street.
Mrs. Sarah B. Cofer 61 wife of Sylvester Cofer died at home 30 West Jacob Street Thursday night at 10 40 after a two year illness. Survived by husband three children William V. Greencastle Jesse G. Cloverdale township and Mrs Emery Boswell 303 West Jacob Street. Funeral from McCurry Funeral Home Sunday 11 o clock Elder L H Athey officiating. Burial Forest Hill cemetery.
Col Robert W Stewart known as The Fighting Colonel will oppose John D Rockefeller Jr as he seeks to oust him from the Standard Oil of Indiana board chair. Rockefeller asks Indiana stockholders to vote against Stewart’s re-election citing past testimony and a promise to resign.
Mrs Mary E Stultz 79 died at her son Roy Stultz home in Fincastle after pneumonia following influenza. Funeral at Fincastle Universalist Church with Hartman cemetery burial. Born April 4 1849 Putnam county. Survived by six sons Bert Guy Alva John Ray a daughter Mrs J R King and others.
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with a chance of snow in the Northwest. A cold wave brings temperatures from zero to five below zero tonight. Saturday turns colder in the East and extreme South portions of the area.
The DePauw Theta Sigma Phi sorority hosts its annual matriix table and razz banquet in Lucy Rowland hall with about 100 coeds and women faculty attending. Awards include the grind for best line and the kiddie car for social success, with Miss Virginia Harlowe delivering the return razz. Alumnae guests Margaret Macy and Dorothy Peterson of Indianapolis and delegates from Butler and Indiana chapters will attend.
Double funeral services will be held at the M E Church in Cloverdale Saturday at 11 for Mr Emmett Hunter and his wife Mrs Cecil Hunter both dead of influenza pneumonia Rev Deris Denny to conduct the rites Interment will be in Cloverdale cemetery Mr Hunter 28 Mrs Hunter 33 survived by children Coleene 8 and Freeman 5
Two bandits robbed a taxi on South Lake Shore Drive, taking jewelry fur coats and cash valued over 50000. A matched pearl necklace worth 40000 was seized from a passenger. Victims include Mr and Mrs C H Murphy of Detroit and Dr and Mrs F E Pierce and Mr and Mrs L S Hammond of Chicago.
Melvin Edward Strain infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis V. Strain died at 11 o clock on Wednesday night at their home four miles east of Harmony Putnam County from an acute intestinal flu attack aged 11 days He was the couple's only child Funeral services were held Friday at 2 o'clock at the residence Rev Davis of West Terre Haute presiding Burial followed at Croy Creek cemetery
From the files of The Herald 20 years ago in Greencastle, a report recalls the Indianapolis inaugural ball of Thomas R. Marshall. Attending couples included Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Denman, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Randel, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. Drake Brookshire, Mr. and Mrs. George Irwin, and Rep. and Mrs. David Hostetter of Roachdale. The event was described as very enjoyable.
Frank Allee 68 city councilman of the Second Ward died Friday at his son in law Frank Wallace’s home after influenza and a heart attack. Survived by daughter Lessie Wallace two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Sunday 10:30 from the home with burial in Forest Hill cemetery. Council to elect a successor at a special meeting.
Dr. D. J. Briceland, 88, a longtime Spencer dentist and community figure, died at Bloomington Hospital after a December injury from a fall at his home on North Montgomery Street. He practiced rural dentistry by riding to farmers’ homes across Owen, Putnam, and Clay counties. Survived by wife, two sons Howard and Joe, granddaughter Eudora, and a broken arm injury to his spouse.
The 1929 Indiana state fair will run eight days from August 31 to September. The board referred decision on a possible automobile race for the final day to its executive and finance committees. Architects plans for a new Indiana University building and grandstand were approved.
The annual report of Mrs. Leona Kelly Cooper shows mortgages on farms and city lots totaling 1 094 986 26. total mortgages satisfied amount to 1 004 070 19. It lists deeds and liens by type with counts and dollar values, omitting railroad and utility mortgages.
In Indianapolis a Municipal Court judge transferred custody of Bennie London alias Jack London to Clinton police for trial on a $460000 bank robbery charge. Louisville authorities pursue 13 robbery counts and one grand larceny. Indicted for a $60000 Clinton bank robbery, London faces multiple cases.
Indiana braces for subzero weather as a cold wave, stretched from Canada through the Mississippi Valley, aims to plunge temperatures from 30 to 35 degrees by nightfall. Meteorologist J H Armington warns of northwest winds and possible light snow flurries with radiators needing non freezings.
The Terre Haute grade crossing in front of Rose Polytechnic Institute near the campus, scene of Dr. Frank C. Wagner's fatal Nov. 21 crash, saw a new collision endangering Richard Biller. The 19 year old Rose Poly student suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Union Hospital after an eastbound traction car struck his vehicle.
DePauw lists mid year graduates including Ralph Alkire Monticello Howard Ellis Dana Darold Fleming Rensselaer Esther Hackman Peru Paul McCormick Finch Mont Wayne Patmore Chrisney Mora Prosser Muncie Mildred Read Washington Robert Reen Lagro Helen Stokes Boston Mass Dorothy Strong Crown Point with hometowns and institutions attached.
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