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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1928
Page
2
The Greencastle Herald published in Greencastle Indiana provides obituaries at 2 1/2 cents per line with poetry add on. The paper lists address 17 19 South Jackson Street and telephone 65. Subscription rates vary by location with annual and weekly options.
Edward Chew, trustee, presents a detailed annual financial report for Washington Township Putnam County Indiana. It lists receipts from auditors, banks, state funds, and transfers, plus disbursements to teachers, providers, and contractors, with final balances across Township Road and other funds and certificates of acceptance by the advisory board.
Cred itors heirs and legatees of Susan Nancy Hibbs deceased must appear in Putnam Circuit Court at Greencastle Indiana on January 30 1928 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Ferd Lucas notes the date.
In Peoria Illinois on January 19 the La Salle First Baptist Church voted to withdraw from the Northern Baptist Conference citing modernization and drift from the Deity of Christ. The vote was near unanimous as over 200 members attended and a committee was appointed to draft a letter detailing the reasons.
Dr Taylor will preach Sunday evening on a communication from Mr Will H Hays about the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism seeking to ban religious pictures from the screen. He notes attacks on The Ten Commandments King of Kings and a forthcoming film The Atheist and will read Hays reply to the four A’s protest.
Mrs Busenburg will entertain friends with a bridge party at her home tonight. The Century Club meets Saturday afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs Russell Brown at her Northwood home. A birthday surprise party for Mrs Edward Shields was held at her Putnamville home last evening with relatives and friends attending. Women of the Martinsville Spencer Greencastle Roachdale Jasonville districts met Tuesday noon and afternoon at State Park Spencer. luncheon by Inn Hotel staff, program led by C M Poor on cooperation. Miss Galloway hosted. next meeting set for Spencer in March.
Frederick W. Enwright a Lynn and Boston publisher and his wife and 19 year old daughter were under guard after a kidnapping complaint. Enwright said thugs led by a former columnist coerced him to Nahaut camp for a $25,000 ransom and released him after a $1,000 life payment. Chauffeur Frederick R. Dutton, 25, was arrested on five charges as police search for the columnist known as Cannonball and another man called The Snake.
A modest turnout attended both sessions of the annual Farmers Institute in the Court House on Thursday. Speakers F. G. King from Purdue University and Mrs. W. C. Roberts of Heltonville presented their topics well, with local high school musicians providing music. Sufficient members from Greencastle Warren and Madison townships signed up to ensure another institute next year.
Bloomington Indiana January 20 INS Professor Hugh F E Willis of Indiana University School of Law argues against capital punishment saying it fails to deter crime. He proposes three reforms including segregation medical treatment and reformation to replace the present punitive system.
Dr T A Sigler former president of American Veterinarian Association will travel to Columbia Missouri next Monday for a four day Special Short Course for Graduated Veterinarians. He is on the program for four lectures during the meeting.
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