Jackson Lists Advantages of State of Indiana
Governor Ed Jackson outlines Indiana's historic, scenic, industrial and agricultural strengths while tracing the state's early history from Vincennes to Indianapolis. He highlights soil, coal, forests, oil and natural resources, notes infrastructure growth, and praises state departments for conservation and transportation support.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Provence
United State
Ed.ackson
WMAQ
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
America
Ndiana
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Gig
LaSalle
Vincennes
Vincennes Arm
Corydon
Ohio
Indias
India
Clarksville
Frenceburg
Dison
New Albany
Ing Sun
Indipolis
Kings
Overnor Jackson
Oth
Greencastle Progress Forecast Sees City Revived in Five Years
Greencastle expects dramatic growth over five years with $400000 in new buildings including Masonic Temple Alamo building Miller apartment high school gym Luetckes store Moran building two Cash confectioneries and multiple service stations. Street paving and sidewalk projects underway plus new Methodist Church site and expanded University facilities with sister Greek houses and dorms advancing.
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June Landis
Greencastle
Masonic Temple
Washington and
Vine Streets
Alamo
Vine and
Poplar Streets
Mr. Miller
Vine Street
East Walnut Street
Luetckes
College Avenue
Hanna Street
Harry Moran
North
Jackson Street
J. E. Cash
Locust and
Chestnut Streets
Walnut Street
Sprin Avenue
North Jackson Street
Nichol’s
High
Ridge Avenue
West Walnut St
Beveridge Street
North Indiana Street
Sycamore Street
Spring Avenue
Greenwood Avenue
Berry Street
Chestnut Street
Ohio Street
Locust Street
Howard Street
Erry Rush Named Soloist at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
M. Rush has accepted a post as tenor soloist at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis. The church, located at Forty fourth and Central Avenue, is known for reading churches and is furnished by a quartet.
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M. Rush
Taberle Presbyterian Church
Indi- Polis
Ty-Four
Central Avenue
Reading
Messia h Bass Soloists Remembered in Greencastle
Fred Newell Morris directed forty mixed voices and sang the bass solos in this year s Messiah in Greencastle. Mr Rush sang in Terre Haute two years and at Sun Christian Church six months. He works at The First National Bank and will continue there while singing Sundays in Indianapolis. Mr Finney, a capable telephone man, formerly with Greencastle Telephone Company, is praised for service.
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Fred Newell Morris
Mr. Morris
Greencastle
Mr. Rush
Mrs Sarah Sherrill Dies in Lewisville Ind at 90
Mrs Sarah Sherrill formerly of Stilesville died Monday afternoon at 2 oclock in Lewisville Ind at age 90. She was predeceased by husband David Sherrill and survived by brother H H Parker of Coatesville and sister Mrs Martha Dorsett of Eminence. Funeral services Wednesday at 11 at Mill Creek Church with Rev W E Gill officiating. Burial will be in Stilesville.
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Sarah Sherrill
Stilesville
Lewisville
Ind
David Sherrill
H. H. Parker
Coatesville
Martha Dorsett
Eminence
Mill Creek
W. E. Gill
DePauw Orchestra Records Science Record Debut
Claire Hull and His Wanderers, a campus dance orchestra at DePauw University, made a recording test at Starr Piano in Richmond during a Forest Hills engagement. Their version of Nobody's Sweetheart was successful and slated for release on a Gennett Record with date to be announced. The group, organized last fall, has played widely in Indiana Illinois and at DePauw and Indiana universities. Members include Claire Hull piano trumpet, Harry Bailey piano, Bill Hadley alto sax, Harold Keating tenor sax, Floyd Call banjo, Jack Drummond string bass, and Johnnie Spears drums and manager.
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Claire Hull
Wanderers
DePauw University
Starr Piano Company
Richmond
Forest Hills
Gennett
Indiana
Ilinois
DePauw
Harry Bailey
Indianapolis
Bill Hadley
Danville
Ind
Harold Keating
Cincinnati
Ohio
LaPorte
Floyd Call
Roachdale
Jack Drummond
Indianapoli
Johnnie Spears
Brazl
Fruit Growers Invited to Spencer Meeting
A one day fruit disease and insect school for Owen and surrounding counties will be held at the Spencer Court House starting at 9 30 Friday February 3. Speakers include Dr. C S Gregory and Monroe McCown. Putnam County fruit growers urged to attend per County Agent R H Stevenson.
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Owen
Spencer Court House
C. S. Gregory
Monroe McCown
Putnam County
R. H. Stevenson
Finney Gains Control of Pine Village Otterbein Boswell Exchanges
Lawrence H. Finney, manager of Wabash Valley Telephone Co., has added Pine Village and Otterbein to the company’s holdings and now oversees all three newly acquired systems. The Boswell exchange was also added, bringing the total to nine exchanges under Finney’s active charge.
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Wabash Valley Telephone Co
Lawrence H. Finney
Pine Village
Otterbein
Mr. Finney
Boswell Exchange
Inauguration Of Pittenger Set For Feb Second
Plans for Lemuel Arthur Pittenger to become president of the Indiana State Normal School eastern division are underway with a Feb 2 ceremony in Assembly Hall. The day features a library and dormitory dedication, a symposium on professionalizing subject matter, and remarks by state and college leaders including IU and Purdue presidents. Lucina Hall honors Lucina Ball, who died in Egypt, and the Gothic buildings anchor a growing quadrangle.
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Muncie
Ind
Lemuel Arthur Pittenger
Indiana State Normal School
Assembly Hall
Luccina Hall
Lucina
Ball Brothers
Lucina Ball
Egypt
Sanford M. Keltner
Board of Trustees
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Edward C. Elliott
Purdue University
Linnaeus N. Hines
Terre Haute
Louis Hopkins
Wabash College
Lemuel H. Marlin
DePauw University
David M. Edwards
Earlham College
Jonathan Ligden
Danville Normal
Homer Rainey
Franklin College
William P. Deering
William P. Dearing
Oakland City College
Helen Benbridge
Charles F. Miller
Indianapolis Public Schools
Roy P. Wisehart
W. W
Local school leaders named for state groups
Borden of South Bend, president of the state association of city superintendents, K. L. Hemmer of Evansville, president of the state association of county superintendents, Otto Jensen of Arcadia, president of the state association of trustees, and L. C. Ward, superintendent of the Fort Wayne public schools.
One Person to Direct Charity Work in Township
A board meeting led by trustee Paul Albin decided to centralize charity work under a single director to avoid duplication. Mrs. John Allee will serve as secretary and investigate cases. A committee of three women will lobby commissioners and council to prioritize jobs for the needy over food, fuel, or clothing provisions.
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Board of Charities
Paul Albin
John Allee
C. C. Hurst
Ernest Stoner
R. G. McCutchan
Courtty Commissioners
Jackson Street Paving Planned Next Spring
City council adopts majority ordinance to pave south Jackson Street from Walnut to Hanna, with bids opening February 14 estimated at 18185 dollars for concrete paving. The measure follows earlier paving on north Jackson and Locust streets despite remonstrances.
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South Jackson Street
Walnut Street
Hanna Street
North Jackson Street
Locust Street
W. P. Sackett
Allen
Big Four
Stoner Golf Inks
Paul T. Allen
Lawrence Lt. Allen
Sackett
Brown
Harris
James
Haymaker
Murlin to Explain Retirement Plan at DePauw
Dr and Mrs Murlin outline post retirement plans after leaving DePauw University with travels in the Holy Land next year and residence in Boston. The President will end a thirty four year tenure as college president after leading Baker University for seventeen years and Boston University nearly fourteen years before joining DePauw, his alma mater.
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Murlin
DePauw University
Holy Land
Boston
Baker University
Boston University
DePauw
Huge shipment of catalogs distributed locally
A mail order concern paid 111.60 postage on sixty two sacks of catalogs sent to Greencastle Post Office for distribution. The sacks held 1,240 catalogs with nine cents postage per item. The firm appears committed to advertising, sending similar shipments periodically to reach prospective customers in the area.
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Greencastle
Parents of Mrs. Bausman Die in Crash
In Lafayette Indiana on January 25 three people died at a Nickle Plate crossing near Dayton when a westbound freight hit the automobile they rode in. Victims were F T White of Russiaville John Sites of Dayton and Mrs John Sites. White had been buying timber near Dayton. Sites worked as a log hauler. The group likely traveled from Lafayette to the Sites home near Dayton. White’s watch stopped at 9 15 indicating accident time. Mr and Mrs Sites were parents of Mrs W E Bausman. The Bausmans left for Lafayette after hearing the news.
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Lafayette
Ind
INS
Dayton
Here
F. T. White
Russiaville
John Sites
White
Sites
Arne
Murlin denies looming resignation at DePauw
Following a trustee meeting in Indianapolis on January 20 rumors spread that President Lemuel Herbert Murlin would resign in June due to ill health. Marlin refuted the claim, saying he is in excellent health and not pushing any successor, offering only an unbiased assessment if asked.
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DePauw University
Indianapolis
Lemuel Herbert Murlin
Marlin
Greencastle
Family of Roy Clark Injured In Greencastle Train Crash
A Ford sedan carrying Roy Clark, his wife and three young daughters was demolished by a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight engine at State Road 43 crossing in south Greencastle at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs Clark suffered fractures of both hips and may be crippled for life. Mr Clark fractured left arm. One child lost two front teeth and suffered facial cuts. another had scalp wounds. a third escaped with minor injuries. All were drenched by water from a broken tank as the car was thrown into a water tower. quick aid saved the children from drowning. Ambulances carried the injured to the County Hospital.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
South Greencastle
Roy Clark
Illinois
Clark
Fox Ridge
Crossing Crash Leaves Woman Crippled For Life
Mrs Clark is badly injured in a crossing accident blamed on Mr Clark’s alleged caution failure. She sustains two fractures in the hips and will be in a plaster cast for months. The freight train halted within about fifteen car lengths. The Clark family, including a small girl, was treated and discharged from the hospital.
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M. McGaughey
A. E. Aylee
Mrs. Clark
Fritz
Ernest Frazier
Clark
Married One Month Divorce Suit Filed in Putnam Court
Thomas Turley, a Greencastle laborer, filed for divorce from Josephine Turley in the Putnam Circuit Court on grounds of desertion after a December 10, 1927 marriage and January 11, 1928 separation. He alleges she left him due to dissatisfaction with surroundings and asks the court to grant a divorce through attorney F. S. Hamilton. The plaintiff had recently been remarried after a prior local divorce from Ada Turley.
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Thomas Turley
Greencastle
Putnam
Josephine Turley
Hamilton
Ada Turley
Russellville Institute Success Highlights Local Exhibits
Russell Township Farmers Institute held January 18 at the gym with Romulus Boyd as chair and a program featuring Purdue University speaker F G King and Mrs W C Roberts. Exhibits in baking and corn were judged with multiple winners named, and the evening program included school songs and recitations.
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Russellville
Ind
Russell Township Farmers’ Institute
Romulus Boyd
Edward Clodfelter
Oscar Clodfelter
Frank Everman
W. C. Roberts
Heltonsville
F.G. King
Purdue University
Lafayette
Spelling Contest Caps Waveland Russellville Institute Night
An 8:00 program featured orchestra music followed by a spelling contest with ten Waveland students ten Russellville students and twenty audience members. Mrs Guy Sutherlin was named best speller. New officers for the 1928 institute were chosen: President Floyd Gardner vice president Mrs John Myers treasurer John Carrington secretary Robert Goff.
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Waveland
Russellville
Guy Sutherlin
Floyd Gardner
John Myers
John Carrington
Robert Goff
Funeral and burial noted after typhoid death in Clinton Falls
Clinton Falls reports David Corder died Thursday morning at Putnam County Hospital from typhoid fever. His funeral and burial occurred near Bloomington Saturday morning. Social notes mention visits by Will and Allen Noble to their mother Margaret Newgent, Emily Boswell with daughter Eula Stages, and a church meeting closing with four new members. The Ladies Aid plans a Thursday gathering with Ira Millie Goddard on February 2.
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David Corder
Putnam County Hospital
Bloomington
Will Noble
Allen Noble
Margaret Newgent
Emily Boswell
Eula
McCeslin
Wilmoth
Arvel Roach
Berth
George Pierce
Ladies Aid
Ira
Millie Goddard
Rural Dispatch From Putnam County Notes Local Incidents
Local items describe community happenings in Putnam and nearby areas. Poultry testing planned for Robert Irwin's flock. Ben King's car accident in mud. timber work by Ray Dickey and Lemuel John. Dillinger sawmill moves to Mrs. Gardner's farm. Willard Wells under treatment in Greencastle. Austin Dillinger ill with eczema. Shumaker farm fire leaves Gilberto family homeless. Annie Mae Johnson ill and missing school. Harold Head's family laundry loss tied to fire. county trucks to repair mud-hole. Alvin Ellis ill. Typhoid fever confinement of Sylvan Glover. residents attend Haw Creek Church and visit relatives.
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Madison Center
Amelia Elling
Fred Johna
Paul Thomas
Sherman
Greencastle
Lemuel John
Little Walnut
Carey Dillinger
Brunerstown
Ella Gardner
Austin Dillinger
Shumaker
Michael Gilberto
Aston Dickey
Andrew
Kenneth
Putnam County
Alvin Ellis
Jess Ellis
Harley Head
Fates
Haw Creek Church
Ladoga
Sylvan Glover
Extensive 4-H Club Program Planned for Youth
The new 4-H Club program for the coming year will enroll girls aged 10 to 18 as members. Miss Hazel Arbuckle and Miss Ader, with Miss Carol Shoultz, lead the work under the National extension system to improve agriculture and home economics, fostering head heart and health. Four girls from the local club won state prizes last year.
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Hazel Arbuckle
Miss Ader
Carol Shoultz
Arbuckle
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