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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1928
Page
1
A student column recalls a noon bell rumor about Prohibition at the college. The author and others search for clues, discovering misinterpretation after hours of asking faculty and locals. The piece ends with a light note on weather and a canceled family ride.
Police focused on a Bay City surgeon and ex cult leader after a 5-year-old girl was slain. A Port Huron prisoner Oscar Nelson 45 of Chicago was held, but sheriff Turbin doubted guilt. Commissioner Oscar G. Olander heads the central investigation for Gov. Green.
Robert Thomas north of Greencastle father of seven was found with three gallons of liquor at his home by Officer Paul Grimes. He led officers to a five gallon can with about two gallons more. Thomas admitted drinking and offered to plead guilty to drunk. Mayor McGaughey sent him home with a report due Monday with no charges filed yet.
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes head of Chicago Methodists and ex-president of DePauw will discuss What of Today at a Broadway M. E. Church dinner in Canapolis. About three hundred reservations have been made for the event.
DePauw faces one of Indiana’s strongest college teams as the Muncie Normal quintet visits Bowman gym Tuesday at 7 30. Captain Moulten Fulmer leads the Cardinal five and earned a silver basketball for top all around play in the state intercollegiate tournament. DePauw carries three wins and four losses.
The eighth anniversary of constitutional prohibition was observed in the high school auditorium on Sunday. The W C T U and churches joined in the service. The high school glee club, directed by Prof Umfleet, provided music as Mrs Elizabeth Stanley, a national conference worker and state W C T U president, spoke on the temperance movement history and impact.
At Curtiss Field New York on January 16 Clarence D. Chamberlin and Robert O. Williams prepare to resume the attempt to break the world endurance record for sustained flight. A new gasoline tank replaces a leaky one that thwarted their last flight ending within about thirty minutes of success.
Funeral arrangements progressed in Madison Indiana for Thomas J Thevenow Sr 63 father of St Louis Cardinals star Tommy Thevenow He died suddenly from heart disease with his son at his side at the moment of death.
LaPorte Indiana January 16 James Wilson 37 described as a former South Bend police officer is jailed on a 1500 bond charged with transporting intoxicating liquor after a high speed chase. His stalled car in a mud road led to a swift capture by local police.
The funeral of Mrs. Isaac Hammond was held Sunday afternoon at the home with Rev. C. Howard Taylor and Rev. Victor L. Raphael presiding. Out-of-town attendees included Dr. A. C. Bridges of New York City, Dr. W. M. Quay of Tiffin Ohio, and numerous Indianapolis residents among others.
An unsettled forecast predicts moderate conditions with variable clouds. Sunrise is 7 05 and sunset 4 45 as temperatures and wind shift through the day.
A two car collision east of the city near the County Farm left a young woman with a fractured leg and four others unharmed. The Ford coupe carrying Luther Franklin and Mrs. Hamm turned on its side. all escaped injury. Mrs Hamm had been visiting Clayton and was returning home with the Franklins when the crash occurred.
Lycurgue Stoner of Madison township was elected general manager of the Putnam County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association. He will serve one year and oversee buying and selling fertilizer feed and seed, recruit new members, and lead the drive clean-up efforts.
In Gary Indiana Charles Lassie keeps a police dog in his yard with a rope long enough to reach the sidewalk. A passerby W E Kidwell of East Chicago wore a new pair of pants that the dog bit. The rope was too short to reach the dog or stop the attack.
The annual Farmer's Institute will be held all day Thursday in the Court House lobby with speakers Mrs. W. C. Roberts of Heltonville and F. G. King of Purdue agriculture. The program includes music by high school pupils, cattle and hog feeding talks, a lesson on life’s garden, committee reports, and a noon community dinner.
Harold Doc Brown, former Indianapolis barber and defendant on major charges, surrendered to Sheriff in Greencastle after returning from Georgia and Florida. He was arraigned before Judge James P. Hughes, pleaded not guilty, bond set at 1000, jailed awaiting trial. An affidavit accuses him of marrying Sallie Blanche Frye Brown without divorce.
Miss Margaret Wells and Miss Alpha Robinson will join Mrs. John Ave on Tuesday in Spencer for a Wabash Valley Electric Company women’s meeting.
In Havana on January 16 President Coolidge heads to the sixth Pan American Conference amid a festive turnout. Half a million Cubans celebrate as the U S S Texas enters the harbor and Coolidge delivers a peace minded message stressing Pan American ideals and mutual understanding.
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