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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1928
Page
1
Charles J. Arnold recounts radio commentary on Sharkey vs Heeney with muffled blow by blow counts and miscast referees. The piece notes a draw, Morgan Sharkey’s suspect vigor and a joking Dempsey reference plus political banter about governors and forest reserves.
A claim for 2100 dollars against the estate of a deceased uncle is moved to trial in Putnam Circuit Court. Lulu Wilson of Madison town appears as claimant with attorney Thomas representing the plaintiff.
Frank Nolan, 49, pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses in a local sympathy racket case. He visited merchants with an injured arm tale claiming tubercular bones to raise funds for Mayo Clinic expenses. He was sentenced by Mayor James A. Emmert to thirty days at the state farm and fined ten dollars plus costs.
The Frank lin Township Farmer's Institute program in Roachdale Hall on Tuesday January 17 features two speakers F G King of Purdue and Mrs W C Roberts of Heltonville. Sessions include youth citizenship cattle feeding hog feeding and multiple readings with a dinner at noon and premiums announced at 4:00 p.m.
Bertha Foster colored files for absolute divorce from Harry Foster in Putnam Circuit Court. They married July 8 1918 and separated January 12 1928. She cites cruel treatment lack of support and husband’s parole for liquor law violation along with immoral associations. Foster employed as a Greencastle cook with attorney Charles McGaughey listed.
Senators back Reed's call to center on corruption and special privileges in 1928 with aim to win an overwhelming victory. Democratic leaders across Congress endorse a platform prioritizing honesty in government and elimination of special privileges over prohibition and world peace issues.
In Chicago on January 13 a one and a half day old infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, died at 9 30 tonight after two days of life saved by a fire department palmotor squad and blood transfusions. The baby ceased to breathe Wednesday and was resuscitated earlier but the struggle ended as physicians could not avert death. The mother underwent two blood transfusions during the course of the emergency.
In Schenectady on January 14, a GE televisor demonstration showed a miniature moving picture of a radio announcer in another lab room, watched by over twenty people and three distant homes. The display linked sight and sound, including smoke from a cigarette and the announcer’s smile.
The special train carrying President Coolidge to the Pan American conference in Havana arrived in Jacksonville at 7 45 this morning and left for Miami after a brief stop. A fair sized crowd greeted the President and Mrs Coolidge, with a planned hour in Jacksonville on the return trip next week.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Roger Q. Williams landed at Mitchell Field New York at 2 04 p m failing by 25 minutes to equal the German endurance record a leaky gasoline tank blamed for the setback The American record previously held by Chamberlin and Bert Acosta was surpassed by their 51 hours 52 minutes aloft set in the same flight
Statewide search is under way for Alma Estep, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A W Estep of Peru Indiana. The girl failed to return home after a church entertainment and was last seen on a traction car toward Kokomo. With no money, her parents fear kidnapping.
Mrs Elizabeth Stanley state president of Indiana WCTU will deliver an address at Greencastle High School Auditorium Sunday evening January 15 at 7 30 o clock High School musicians directed by Prof Umfleet will provide music.
Dr. Wallace C. Miller of New Albany, candidate for Greencastle First Baptist Church pastorate, will preach Sunday morning and evening. The local pulpit has been vacant since Rev. I. H. Ferris resigned.
President Coolidge speeds toward Havana aboard the Presidential Special with delegates for the Pan American Conference. The trip aims to ease long standing tensions with Mexico and define U S policy in Latin America. Charles Evans Hughes leads the U S delegation, described as the most distinguished ever sent to a Pan American Conference.
Dr Charles A R Campbell of Dallas argues bedbug control will end smallpox and vaccination is useless. He cites bat-eating of insects and cites San Antonio and Texas bats protection laws as part of his Bat Man reputation.
The forecast predicts rain tonight and Sunday with a change to snow in the northwest portion. Colder Sunday and much colder late Sunday or Sunday night. Sunrise at 7 05, sunset at 6 43.
Andrew Peabody was seen driving erratically by Officer Earl Streitmatter and followed as he drove onto a railroad track. A switching freight train stopped within eighteen inches of his car. He was fined $25 and costs, niney days on the state farm suspended on condition he stop drinking.
Crawfordsville attorney Charles M. McCabe qualified as special judge to try Governor Ed Jackson Robert Marsh and George W Coffin on bribery charges set for February 7 in Indianapolis. He accepted the post after a state and defense list named him, with prior judge Oscar Montgomery removed for alleged bias. He planned to confer with Judge James A Collins before proceeding.
In Whitley County Indiana a white clad horseman appears nightly at Fisher's Corner six miles north of Columbia City. The legend centers on the Mosher murders of December 3 and the subsequent suicide of Newman Harper. The midnight rider, on a gray horse, is reported as a full spectral presence in this 20th century tale.
Greencastle will host both the sectional and regional high school basketball tournaments. Ten Putnam County teams play in the local sectional with Clinton Veedersburg and Crawfordsville winners advancing to the regional. Regional centers include Anderson Auburn Bloomington Columbus Evansville Fort Wayne Frankfort Gary Logansport Marion Mishawaka Muncie New Albany Rushville Vincennes and Greencastle.
Flint Michigan Jan 14 Despite intensified police action in Michigan to catch the fiendish slayer of five year old Dorothy Sehneider the killer remains at large. The body was found in a creek near Mt Morris three miles from her home. New clues prompt possible developments including questioning a former Detroit man recently on parole and arrested six times on statutory charges now residing near Lapeer.
A Purdue University drill hall worth 200000 dollars burned this evening in Lafayette Indiana. Fire of undetermined origin caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the building and its equipment. The roof was nearly ruined as flames raged through the massive structure. Suspected to have started from spontaneous combustion in the paint room at the north end.
Robert Bittle aged 20 and Mary Humphrey aged 18, both of Oakalla, obtained a marriage license.
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