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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1928
Page
3
Sunday visits span West Union and Seymour with guests of Charles Prevo and R M Gorham. Illness in Putnam County prompts hospital transfers as locals attend events at Claypool and Bedford. A Will of Wil Danbury opens probate, and other residents face pneumonia and medical briefings.
Adrian Remley, a notable local figure, is named by Shell Oil to oversee the Greencastle district with truck duties and gas and oil distribution. The League of Nations is set for discussion by the Business and Professional Men's Class at the M E Church with an invited turnout for Sunday.
Inherits Fortune Lewis O. Braun, a 21 year old private in the U S Marines at North Island San Diego California, who seeks discharge to claim a $150 000 fortune left to him.
The article profiles Willie Haar of Savannah as the so called admiral of bootleggers. It details his rise from pre prohibition liquor dealing to leading a fleet shipping from Nassau to the southern United States. Haar claims he abstained from gun violence while bribing officials and evading federal agents. He operated eleven speed boats and inland depots, coordinating shipments to New York, Washington, and Georgia. Haar was jailed in 1924 for three years, released after eighteen months for good conduct.
Haar credits Mrs Willebrandt with sincerity and strict enforcement of the prohibition act. He notes if other enforcement officials shared her honesty, prohibition would be more effectively enforced. The piece also mentions George Connor, known as the prince of bootleggers who ran Death Valley Farm.
The three year old daughter of Mrs. Ray Ensor on West Franklin Street caught her right hand in an electric washing machine Friday. The arm was crushed and dislocated as she was pulled between rubber rolls. Mrs. Ensor released the girl, and doctors \(Dr W W Tucker and Dr W M McGaughey\) took her to County Hospital where she rested well on Saturday and doctors believed the arm would heal without further complications.
A storm system from the Rockies and Manitoba spreads eastward into Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas and Montana with rain in Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Indiana and surrounding states then heavy snow and freezing temperatures expected. Great Lakes shipping warned of storms.
Ed Coffman Reese Matson and Fred Snively attended the Bainbridge game at Bainbridge Friday night against Roachdale in a neighborhood matchup with local interest.
Classified notices urge women to sew for pay at home with several firms listing opportunities for plain sewing and apron production. Ads include Agee Dress Co in Philadelphia, Milo Garment in Bayonne, andHill Garment Factory in Auburn, each promising easy, spare time work and materials provided. One ad seeks contact from owners of unimproved farmland in Baldwin Wisconsin.
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