Putnam Circuit Court Hears Defrauding Board Case
In Putnam Circuit Court Ray Bland of Fontanet Vigo County faces a charge of defrauding a board bill as stated in an affidavit by Carrie M Brown. A warrant for Bland's arrest has been sent to Vigo County. Funeral services for David Kennedy were held in Cloverdale with Rev W E Gill presiding. James A Best was found insane and in need of hospital care and committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Branaville. Cars sold include an Essex Sedan to Frank Jones and trucks to Harry Morgan and Harry Crawford. Prudential Foreclosure suit against Mary Taylor et al. resulted in a $5,415.17 judgment for the plaintiff. Nathan Call named receiver with bond.
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Putnam
Ray Bland
Fontanet
Vigo County
Carrie M. Brown
Bland
Brown
West Columbia Street
Robert A. Best
James P. Hughes
James
Best
Branaville
Mt. Olive
Greencastle
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Mary Taylor
Mary B. Taylor
Fred Taylor
Sidney Aughinbaugh
Ine BE
Aughinbaugh
James T. Stewart
Nathan Call
Mr and Mrs Roy Hillis and Mrs Lee Reeves in Indiana polls
Mr and Mrs Roy Hillis and Mrs Lee Reeves spent Friday in Indiana polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hillis
Lee Reeves
Indiana
Williamses welcome son Donald Wayne in Greencastle area
Mr and Mrs Ernest David Williams of Greencastle township announce the birth of a son, Donald Wayne, born Friday. A local thermometer recorded a Friday night low of 9 degrees. The divorce case of Mary Leon Brown versus Harold D Brown was dismissed at the plaintiff’s cost in Putnam Circuit court. The defendant pled guilty to bigamy and received a 2 to 50 year sentence at Indiana State Prison. the marriage prior to the divorce meant the suit had no grounds for dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest David Williams
Greencastle Township
Donald Wayne
Mary Leon Brown
Harold D. Brown
Putnam
Indiana State
Brown
Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Wallace Long Saturday
Mr and Mrs Wallace Long are named as the proud parents of a baby girl born at County Hospital on Saturday with no complications reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Long
County Hospital
Local residents share visits across towns in Sunday gatherings
A string of weekend visits links Indiana and Michigan residents. Christie and Treated guests merry at Ben Davis. Darling and Boots family hosted by Grover Boots. Various locals attend church events and meetings in Lowell Indianapolis Mishawaukee and Greencastle.
Court Dismisses Case Over Contract Breach Claim
The National Salesman’s Training Association suit against Elmer O Young for damages over a failing contract for a correspondence course was dismissed on motion of the plaintiff at plaintiff’s cost in the Putnam Circuit Court. A 1926 Chevrolet coupe owned by Sgt. George J Conners of the DePauw ROTC, left on North Capitol Avenue, was stolen in Indianapolis Sunday. the car was insured.
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National Salesman's Training Association
Elmer O. Young
Putnam
George J. Conners
DePauw R. O. T. C
Indianapolis
North Capitol Avenue
Sgt. Conners
Local residents noted in Greencastle and Indianapolis
Greencastle residents and visitors are listed with moves, appointments, and social visits. Fred Hosea and Fred Snively attended the Indiana Theater in Indianapolis Sunday. Gordon Prevo was in Terre Haute on business Monday. W D Lovett and family moved from Vine Street to a farm near Roachdale. Mrs Robert E Longden and daughter Antoinette attended the Indianapolis theater Sunday. O V Smythe of Cloverdale visited Greencastle Monday. W O Clodfelter and Rt L Howlett traded business in Indianapolis and Clinton township respectively. Benjamin Rufe from Akron, Ohio, will teach English and mathematics at Peru High School. Hiram Callender recovered from a recent accident. Mrs Claudia Carswell remains in Indianapolis hospital improving. Sheriff Edward Eitelforge took James Best to Evansville hospital for the insane. Sarah Montgomery returned to Indianapolis after weekend with kin. W D Lovett visited Greencastle. Charles Marshall assesses Reed estate. Mr and Mrs Charles Kerr visit in Tower.
Hellingers Visit Terre Haute While Local News Highlights
Mr and Mrs John Hellinger visit friends in Terre Haute on Sunday. The still born infant of Mr and Mrs Frank Clark of Greencastle was buried Sunday after birth. City workers repaired signals on the square due to a short circuit. Prank Spiegel and Harold Brown were sent to Michigan City State Prison to serve sentences after recent court actions.
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John Hellinger
Terre Haute
Frank Clark
Greencastle
Clark
Prank J. Spiegel
Harold D. Brown
Michigan City
Edward Kitebjorge
Spiegel
Putnam
State Farm
LaPorte
Brown
Water rate hearing in Elwood attracts mayor’s attendance
Mayor Charles McGaughey visited Elwood Wednesday for a water rate hearing before the Public Service Commission. Citizens oppose a rate increase mirroring the local water company’s proposed rise. Meanwhile Rev and Mrs A T Brigg travel to Daytona Beach for a visit. Miss Mary Hunter of Indianapolis spent Tuesday in Greencastle on business. Lois Arnold of Fillmore bought a new Chevrolet from Beck Sales. Susie Woodward and children returned home to Clayton New Mexico after visiting Mrs Woodward’s parents, the Frank Butlers. Fire crews responded to a flue fire at Harry Bohard’s home on East Franklin Street with no damage.
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Charles McGaughey
Elwood
Public Service Commission
Mary Hunter
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Susie Woodward
Clayton
New Mexico
Harry Bohard
Franklin Street
Rotary Club program captivates with guest storyteller
The Wednesday noon Rotary meeting, directed by Vincent Newcomer, featured Charles E. Evans of Little Rock, vice president of Home Insurance Co. and former club president, as guest storyteller. Music by William Blanchard, James Bittles, and Floyd Call on saxophone, accordion, and banjo complemented the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Evans
Little Rock, Ark
The
Home Insurance Co
Indianapolis
Dean
R. G. McCutchan
Vincent Newcomer
Little Rock
the Home Insurance Co
Centerville Couple Change Residence and Roles
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bryan have moved to Centerville where Mr Bryan serves as cashier of the local bank and Mrs Bryan works as assistant. The notice notes a family relocation and professional appointments in the new town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bryan
Centerville
Mr. Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Mrs Roy Bray Returns Home From Princeton Visit
Mrs Roy Bray has returned home after visiting her husband in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bray
Princeton
Penitentiary Escapeer Returned to Reform School
Earl Keller aged 26 was captured by Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan and returned to the State Reformatory in Pendleton to serve a 1 to 5 year term. Keller had escaped on September 5 while serving a Greene county sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Keller
Pendleton
Alva Bryan
State Reformatory
Keller
Greene County
Miss Kathleen Taylor Undergoes Mastoid Operation
Miss Kathleen Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Taylor of east Washington street underwent an operation at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday morning for mastoid trouble.
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Kathleen Taylor
E. B. Taylor
East
Washington Street
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Funeral services for W. W. Glover held Tuesday
Funeral services were conducted at McCurry Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev J E Harmon of Cloverdale presiding. Burial followed at Forest Hill cemetery. The body arrived at 12 o'clock aboard the Big'ur from Dayton Ohio where death occurred. Mr Glover formerly resided in Warren township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia A. Dwyer
Roy Abrams
Lowell
Indiana
Lowell Cemetery
W. W. Glover
McCurry Funeral Home
J. E. Harmon
Cloverdale
Forest Hill Cemetery
Dayton
Ohio
Mr. Glover
Warren Township
Lucy Rowland Hall to Feature Many Dormitory Additions
Lucy Rowland Hall, part of Rector gifts, will be completed mid April at an estimated cost of 250000 dollars. The dormitory will include two parlors on the first floor, a social director’s room, a matron’s room, and a sun parlor. It will have fourteen floors with single and double rooms for about one hundred girls, plus storage rooms, a recreation space, and a basement dining area. Occupation is planned for next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Rowland
Rector Hall
Pastor Tells Torture Tale To Authorities
In Los Angeles on January 25, Rev F E Webb pastor of Hoover Street Baptist Church told investigators he was abducted and tortured for refusing to perform a midnight marriage. He showed swollen fingers from an alleged medieval torture method and said he woke on a curb with a threatening note. Webb, formerly a pastor in Indianapolis and other eastern cities, came from Portland a year ago.
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Los Angeles
INS
F. E. Webb
Hoover Street Baptist Church
Dr. Webb
Portland
Ore
Indianapolis
Five Children Die in Tennessee Tornado Flash
Five children are dead and many injured after a miniature tornado swept across middle Tennessee late yesterday. Reports from Nashville indicate communication with rural districts near Sparta and DeKalb County had not yet been established early today.
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Nashville
Tenn
INS
Middle Tennessee
Sparta
DeKalb County
Democratic State Committee to Meet in Indianapolis
The Democratic State Committee will meet in Indianapolis on February 16, the birthday of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association winter meeting. Chairman R Earl Peters issued the call and said the platform advisory committee, appointed by him, will join the state committee to consider platform plank suggestions.
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Indianapolis
Democratic State Committee
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
R. Earl Peters
Peters
Goodyear Plans Zeppelin Factory in West Los Angeles
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced plans to build a Zeppelin type flying machine factory in West Los Angeles. The plant would cost 8 million dollars and employ about 2,000 workers, officials said.
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Los Angeles
Cal
INS
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Brooks Forced Down On Flivver Flight
Asheville N C Jan 25 Harry Brooks aviator flying one of Henry Ford s flivver planes planned to take off from here today for Washington He hopes to resume his lights to Detroit from Wa hing
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Asheville
N.C
INS
Harry Brooks
Henry Ford
Washington
Detroit
Brooks Forced Down From Detroit on Miami Flight Attempt
Brooks was compelled to land here while attempting a non-stop flight from Detroit to Miami, Florida, showing the challenges of long overwater routing and navigation in the era.
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Brooks
Detroit
Miami
Fla
DePauw Professor Leads Greencastle Better Homes Drive
Dr. Lillian Brownfield of DePauw University appointed by Herbert Hoover to head the Better Homes Campaign in Greencastle the week of April 22. She will be aided by Rev. Victor L. Raphael and others. full campaign details to appear in the Herald rater. Prof. O H Williams of DePauw will speak at Greencastle Kiwanis noonday luncheon January 26, at 12 15 p m at the Presbyterian Church on Indiana A Spiritual Heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Brownfield
DePauw University
Herbert Hoover
Better Homes
Greencastle
Victor L. Raphael
Frank Donner
Guy Black
W. J. Yount
Elizabeth Morrison
Harry M. Allan
Carol Shultz
Herald
O. H. Williams
Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Church
Indiana
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W. E. Gill
George Coffman
David Kennedy
Rev. Gill
M. A. Sherrill
Essex
Frank Jones
Harry Morgan
Coatesville
Harry Crawford
Lonorve Ruark
Ernest Stoner
Delta Theta Tau
United States Civil Service
Postal Service
E. R. Bartley
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Cincinnati
Edward R. Bartlett
Religious Education Department of
DePauw
South Bend and Mishawaka
Beck Sales Company
Pennsylvania Tracks
Frank Overhalser
Beck Sales Co
Chevrolet
George Hitt and
Indi
Mpowe
D. ©. Moffett
Albion
Minois
F. Epler
James Hardy
Chestnut Street
New York City
Hardy
Portland Cement Company
Loreal Company
Charles H. Barnaby
Howard Barnaby
Bloomington
Providence
Rhode Island
Daniel Holmes
Citizens Trust Company of
Charles H. Ashworth
Daisy Ashworth
Hays & Murphy
W. M. Sutherlin
Plaintif
P. R. Christie
Talbott Christie
Mrs
Frank Treat
Ben, Davis
Charles Darling
Jewett, Ir
Wib Johnson
Grover Boots
South Locust Street
Edgar M. Craver
South Bend
Belle M. Craver
Anderson Street
Mr. Craver
Dodge Manufacturing Corporation
Mishawaukee
W. L. Raphael
South College Avenue
Presbyterian Executive Committee
Joe Crosby
Bryan Reeves
Hammond
West
Mr. Reeves
National Coverall Company
Mrs. C. E. Jones
Alva Lisby
Dr. Everett Hurst
Ralph Howard
John
Purdue
Clarence Willman
Monroe Township
William Ader
New Maysville
Shirley Brown
F. E., Todd
Phillip Maxwell
Spencer
Mr. Maxwell
Spencer Evening World
Fred Hosea
Fred Snively
Indiana Theater
Gordon Prevo
W. D. Lovett
South Vine Street
Roachdale
Mr. Lovett
Putnam County
Robert E. Longden
Antoinette
West Washington Street
O. V. Smythe of
W. O. Clodfelter
Rt. L. Howlett
Clinton Township
Benjamin Rufe
Akron, O
Peru
Mr. Rufe
Hiram C. Callender
Adelaide Thomas
Rockville
Ralph A. Call
Missouri State Life Insurance Co
Brazil
Call
W. W. Carson
O. J. Rector Sales Company
N. M. Skinner
W. W. Tucker
Hiram Callerder, Sr
Claudia Carswell
Edward Eiitelforge
Evansville
James Best
State Hospital For the
Mr. Best
Sarah Montgomery
Charles Marshall
East Walnut Street
Sarah Reed
Reed
Charles Kerr
Mrs. Earl Lynch
Towa
Rev
A. T. Brigg
Daytona Beach, Florida
Lois Arnold
Fillmore
Beck Sales
Carrie D. Shoemaker
William H. Evans
Putnam Circuit
Fred V. Thomas
Joseph G. Phipps
Frankfort
Phipps
Ada Maude Kent
J. Frank Cravens
Bloomfield, Indiana
A. G. Brown and Family
Edward Eiteljorge
Charles Eiteljorge
Eiteljorge
Washington Streets
Timmon's
Ethel Ensor
Ray Ensor
Lucy Rowland Hall
F.E. Webb
Vernon Bitner
Sewville
Bitner
Tennessee
Zeppelin
Ireland
William T. Cussrave
Ivtch Free State
New York
Win
Mayor Walker
City Hall
Wewest
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Caternational Newareel
F. O. Overstreet
R. J. Overstreet
Offfice
Bence
Vine Street
Dr. C
Tucker
Physicians and Surgeon Office
Washington and Walnut Street
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