Say! column notes and readers’ items jumble
Fragmentary page notes from Say column by Charles J. Arnold. Mentions delayed reception of Say column, a child’s dream referencing Charley Arnold, a post card from Jib Clodfelter in Clarksville Tennessee, and a quip about a Louisville Federal Land Bank. Concludes with assorted weather remark and social maxims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Jib’ Clodfelter
Federal
Louisvilleederal Land Bank
Wib
Arksville
Death Notice for Ichabod Lynch at City Hospital
Ichabod Lynch 67 died at 12 12 PM after abdominal surgery at City hospital. He lived at 1030 West 6th Street. Survived by wife Laura, sons Emery of Greencastle and R K Lynch of Anderson, stepson Virgil Catt and stepdaughter Mrs Fred Barringer. Funeral arrangements pending. Emery Lynch not listed in city or county directories.
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Bloomington
Ichabod Lynch
City Hospital
West 6Th Street
Lynch
Laura Lynch
Emery
Greencastle
R. K. Lynch
Anderson
Virgil Catt
Fred Barringer
Farmers Urged to Attend Big Meeting Here
Putnam County Farm Bureau conducts a day long session in the Assembly Room of the art House starting at 10 o clock to explain Indiana Farm Bureau acts. A free luncheon is provided at noon for visiting farmers. Speakers include Nevins of Farm Mutual Finance Co. Briggs from the farm bureau Purchasing Department Board, Len Giglor state tax director, and W T Martindale Farm Bureau director.
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Putnam County Farm Bureau
Indiana Farm Bureau
Art House
Nevins
Farm Mutual Iinance Co
Briggs
Farm Ieau Purchasing Department
Lenglor
Tax
Deaa
W. T. Martindale
Farm Bureau Organition
Odd's Togger y Closes Doors in Bankruptcy
Odd's Toggery on Washington street closes in voluntary bankruptcy. Proprietors IT Todd and Ken Todd pursue future plans as proceedings continue. The store opened less than a year ago after relocating from the square.
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Odd
Roachdale Boy Dies in Indianapolis Tuberculosis
James Dale Kiser age 21 former Roachdale resident died of tuberculosis at his father’s Indianapolis home. Born November 7, 1907 in Putnam County he attended Roachdale High School before illness halted his studies. Survived by father stepmother brother William and four half-siblings. Grandmother Mrs. William Kiser of near New Ross. Funeral Thursday at 1 PM in Roachdale Christian Church with burial there.
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James Dale Kiser
Clarence Kiser
Roachdale
Indianapolis
Putnam County
William Kiser
New Ross
Roachdale Christian Church
Thuready
Bloomington Druggist Held for Ginger Sale
H. B. Adams operated a drug store on south Walnut Street opposite the high school and faced a police court charge of possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. Officers raided the store and seized 121 bottles labeled containing 78 to 84 percent alcohol. Police say an 18 year old bought ten bottles in one day. Adams pleaded not guilty and trial set for next Wednesday with attorney Simpson Robertson.
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H. B. Adams
South Walnut Street
Adams
Atty
Simpson Robertson
Christian Church to Elect Officers
The First Christian Church of Greencastle will hold its annual business meeting and officer election Thursday evening January 17. A 6 30 pm pitch in supper in the dining room precedes the meeting, with reports from church groups and a brief session to organize the new board afterward. All members are urged to attend, with others arriving by 7 30 pm for the meeting.
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First Christian Church of
Greencastle
Red Hot Exposure Promised in Ruth Custody Battle
Boston dispatch reports attorney William J Woodford brother of Dorothy Ruths late mother promises a red hot exposure as custody petitions for eight year old Dorothy Ruth move through court. Ruths family prepared to seek guardianship arguing Ruth unsuitable due to travel eight months a year amid estate implications under Massachusetts law.
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Boston
INS
George Herman
Babe” Ruth
Joanna McCarthy
Ruth
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dorothy
Academy of the Assumption
Wellesley Hills
Alice Harvey
Edward H. Kinder
Waterton
Wm. J. Woodford
New York
Bambina
Massachusetts
Babe
Mrs. Ruth
Watertown
Kinder House
Father dies and fraud charges dismissed in court
Mrs. Maynard Newgent of Anderson street received a Wednesday death notice for her father Ernest C. Richter of New York and then traveled to her parents' home. An affidavit charging Charles Query with a fraudulent $5 Spencer Bank check to W. Tribby was dismissed in Putnam Circuit Court after Query arrived and made good the check.
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Maynard Newgent
Anderson Street
Ernest C. Richter
New York
Newgent
Charles Query
Spencer Bank
W. Tribby
Putnam Circuit Court
Query
DePauw Trustees Meet with Oxnam in Indianapolis
DePauw president Dr G Bromley Oxnam travels to Indianapolis for his first board meeting with trustees Roy O West absent. Oxnam will present a report of his observations and decisions. He is accompanied by Vice president H B Longden and trustee Charles H Barnaby.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw
Indianapolis
DePauw Board of Trustees
Roy O. West
Dr. Oxnam
H. B. Longden
Charles H. Barnaby
May next Tuesday to name second ward councilman
A special city council meeting is likely next Tuesday after the regular session to select a successor to Frank Allee who died last week. Indiana law requires a special meeting within fifteen days of a member’s death, and officials may combine it with the regular meeting to avoid a second gathering. No candidates have been discussed yet.
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Frank Allee
Allee
Mrs. Mariah Larkin Dies at 87 in Indianapolis
The death of Mrs. Mariah Larkin age 87 occurred at her daughter's home in Indianapolis on Tuesday morning. She was mother to Mrs. Leona Kriel of Indianapolis Mrs. Hattie Hill of Los Angeles and Hiram Larkin of Belle Union. Funeral set for Thursday at 11 o'clock at Union Valley Church.
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Mariah Larkin
Indianapolis
Leona Kriel
Hattie Hill
Los Angeles
Cal
Hiram Larkin
Belle Union
Union Valley Church
Kiwanis Club to Hear Alarm Clock
The Green Castle Kiwanis Club will meet at First Christian Church on Thursday at 12 15 p m The club bought a new alarm clock set to ring at 1 20 p m every Thursday to signal the speaker time and to wake any members sleeping so they leave the church promptly The program committee promises a good program this week.
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Greencastle Kiwanis Club
First Christian Church
20 Years Ago in Greencastle Herald File
In the coming local option campaign the wets claim there will be no whisky or money used to coerce votes. Ezra Champer represents the wets and is quoted on the issue. Mrs. D L Anderson will host a dinner tonight honoring Mrs. Floyd Newby of Knightstown and her mother, former Greencastle residents. Lacy Watkins of Roachdale visited Greencastle today.
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Ezra Champer
Wets
D. L. Anderson
Floyd Newby
Knightstown
Three Die In Terre Haute Gas Explosion
Three men died and six were injured when the Don Roberts Building on Second Street collapsed after a gas explosion. Firemen searched the wreckage as witnesses recalled the blast across downtown Terre Haute near the Vigo County Court House.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County Court House
Ind
INS
Don Roberts
Beulah
Nasser
Brook
Habeeb Nasser
F. D. Sherman
Oak Park
Roberts
Sherman
Lloyd
Union Hospital
Brooks
Gaddis
Annis
E, Be, Hoffe
Walter Bradfute Refuses Illness Hope in Bloomington Publisher
Walter Bradfute long time publisher of the Bloomington Indiana Telephone remained in very serious condition with influenza at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis. Little hope was held for his recovery as reports from the hospital stated.
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Indianapolis
INS
Walter Bradfute
Bloomington
Ind
Methodist
Bradfute
Snow probable in north and central portions tonight
Snow is probable in the north and central portions with rain or snow in the extreme south tonight and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to rise slowly through the period.
Youth 18 Dies During Basketball Practice in Bluffton
John Leverton aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Leverton of near Bluffton died during basketball tryouts for the Bluffton Moose lodge team. Dr Max Gitlin attributed the death to a heart attack after he began practice tonight.
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Bluffton, Ind
John Leverton
Charles Leverton
Near Here
Leverton
Bluffton Moose Lodge
Max Gitlin
DePauw Student Rush Thwarted at Local Theater
After a DePauw basketball win over Wabash, students attempted to storm the Vancastle theater. Police and fire department were called to quell the disturbance. They forced entry from the rear, damaged exit doors, broke a box office window, and disrupted local business.
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DePauw
Wabash
Vancastle
Walter Bidwell
Convention of Young People in Greencastle Feb 1 2 3
The sixth annual convention of the Putnam County Council of Religious Education will be held in Greencastle February 1 2 and 3. Sessions take place at the high school and city churches with Dr E T Albertson as principal speaker and Miss Newman and Dr Hildebrand also on the program. Delegates from thirty eight churches are expected and registration may top two hundred.
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Young People's Council of Religious Education of
Putnam County
Greencastle
Jane Farmer
E. T. Albertson
Indiana
Miss Newman
Plymoth
Hildebrand
DePauw University
Bank Head Ends Life Tragedy Shocks Sullivan County
In Sullivan County Indiana on January 16 Edgar Donald Maple 45 vice president of the People’s National Bank & Trust Company was found dead with a bullet wound near a vault amid a bank merger. Jessup S Bollinger president of Shelburn’s First State Bank attempted suicide by carbon monoxide fumes in Shelburn. The Shelburn bank closed as a state examiner took charge and officials noted different banking incidents within a year.
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National Bank
Sullivan
Jessup
Bollinger
Shelburn
Sullivan, Ind
INS
SuLlivan County
Edgar Donald Maple
People's National Bank & Trust Company
People’s Bank & Trust Company
Jessup S. Bollinger
First State Bank
C. D. Bollinger
Shelburn Bank
State Banking Department
James M. Lang
Citizens Trust Company
Lang
Train wreck in Romania leaves fourteen dead
At Prusnila near Turnu Severin two express trains collide after the Temesvar Paris Express derails. The Temesvar Bucharest Express crashed through danger signals and fire followed. Investigators suspect the Bucharest engine driver was intoxicated. Separately, four‑H Club girls from Indiana won prizes at Purdue University in clothing, food preparation, and baking exhibits.
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Bucharest
Prusnila
Turnu Severin
Roumania
Paris
Purdue University
Harriett Heaney
Greencastle
Charlotte Etter
Audra Chenoweth
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Charles J. Arnold
Ditor
Say
Charley Arnold
Emery Lynch
Ree
Court House
Roachdale Boy
Capitol City
Christian Church
Little Dorothy Ruth
William J. Woodford
George Brugey McGrath
George L. West
Middlesex County
Kiwanis Club
THE
Herald
Lacy Watkins
Alex Lloyd
Kashkey Nasser
Habeeb
George Brooks
Barber
G. W. Gaddis
Hosea Annis
Fred Fuller
Virgil Bauth
2Nd and
Wabash Street
City
Vigo County
Shelburn Banker Critical
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