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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1929
Page
1
A column by Charles J. Arnold invites readers to consult Mayor Charles McGaughey for information on city duties and candidacy. The piece notes his legal background and potential fees. It also includes oblique anecdotes on gifts and sports, ending with a brief oddball note about Butler beating DePauw by 15 points and a short story teaser.
In Greencastle, Bence Daggy describes aging and a comical crash when he tried one hand driving, steering into a ditch and overturning his new car while attempting to strike a match. He jokes about the mishap as readers learn of local quirks and his candid wit.
Cleve Thomas remains in very serious condition at his home on Bloomington Street with pneumonia developing after influenza. Dr. John Cunningham of Indianapolis and Dr. W. M. McGaughey were consulted Tuesday in the case.
Indiana Bankers Association gathered at the Claypool hotel where A G Brown of Greencastle presided. Eugene P Gunn of Oklahoma City described harsh bandit prevention in Oklahoma. A legislative report urged four bills. Speakers included W F E Delvin Frank W Simmonds M E Watkins Dr Harold Stanier and Charles T Evans. Governor Harry G Leslie spoke briefly as DePauw University choir performed.
Remodeling of 632 East Seminary Street into a modern apartment house is near finish. Four units arranged two on each floor include four rooms with bath in two downstairs and one upstairs, plus a four room combo unit. Gas range, telephone, water and heat provided. porches and a large shaded yard planned. Exterior work to start when weather allows.
A bill introduced by Senator William Doogs of Cannelton would make theft of any fowl a felony with fines from 100 to 500 dollars and a prison term of one to ten years. Convictions on a second offense would bar suspended sentences. Another Doogs bill requires fertilizer makers to tag products with ingredient disclosures.
Senate poll shows 59 senators pledged to enact the cruiser bill with the time limit, opposed by Coolidge and Hoover. The plan keeps keel laying for 15 ships, five in 1929, five in 1930, and five in 1921, with a carrier started by June 30, 1930. Debate continues as an early vote is seen by week’s end.
An explosion of soot from a stove at Vandalia restaurant near the cemetery crossing and Pennsylvania Railroad station caused extensive interior damage. Believed due to a closed chimney damper, the blast left soot everywhere but did not ignite a fire. Owners Elmer and Mrs. Ader worked overnight to clean up. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Caroline Lawler, 80, mother of William H. Lawler, with burial in Jamestown.
A gang of traction company workmen under Lawrence Graham remove several large trees in front of the Mrs W F Swahlen and Charles J Arnold properties on Cast Seminary Street. The trees had grown into the Interurban high tension wires. topping damaged beauty and led to decay and danger.
Terre Haute Indiana January 29 Chief Smock orders officers to search every house as the kidnap inquiry enters its second day. Edith Mae Dierdorf 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Dierdorf West Terre Haute has been missing since Sunday morning. A mysterious call to an aunt raised questions about the child’s whereabouts and safety. Detectives on the case WBOW radio broadcast a description but no clues emerged. Police weigh kidnapper prank or possible accident as searches continue.
From the Herald files 20 years ago, carnation day honored President William McKinley. Elmer Thomas of the Oklahoma Senate nominated blind Senator T. P. Gore for re election. An interurban sub station was set to be completed next week to speed travel between here and Brazil. Miss Blanche Alspaugh and her mother visit George Ensign and family.
Eddie Howard 19, a brick worker on the new Methodist church on Locust street, fell about 35 feet from a wall while wheeling brick. He suffered fractured legs both below the knees left arm fracture skull fracture and severe scalp wounds. He was taken to County Hospital by McCurry ambulance and remained gravely injured. He lives with sister on East Poplar Street. father in Chattanooga Tennessee.
In Florida Al Smith called on President-elect Hoover at Belle Isle. The defeated candidate wore his Brown Derby and the two men spoke for about twenty five minutes in the sun parlor. The rare encounter marked a dramatic post election moment as Smith congratulated Hoover on the victory.
Judge Willard Gimmell of the Indiana Supreme Court and attorney Charles Richards arrived in Greencastle on Tuesday to formally accept the Delta Upsilon fraternity house from the contractors.
The Commerce Department outlines fifty years of U S wealth growth from 1880 to 1929 with gains in national wealth, farm output, manufacturing, mineral production, bank deposits, and foreign trade. Telephones, messages, motor vehicles, radios, and appliances surged. education enrollment rose in public and higher education.
Mrs. Flossie D Patterson 52 wife of Earl Patterson of Cloverdale died at home Monday at 4 50 pm from influenza after about two weeks illness. She graduated from Cloverdale schools and studied nursing at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis. Survived by husband father George Schwemeyer and a sister and brother of Cloverdale township. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm from residence with Rev Long of Quincy officiating. Burial in Cloverdale cemetery.
Mostly cloudy conditions persist tonight with a slow temperature rise into Wednesday. Overnight low and Wednesday highs trend upward as a gentle warming pattern continues.
Indiana Governor Harry Leslie asks the state budget committee for a 150000 appropriation to build a new gubernatorial mansion and 4500 for a new official automobile. The current mansion at Fall Creek Boulevard and 27th Street is eight years old and was vacated by Governor Ed Jackson.
William J. Robinson owner of a 325 acre Floyd township farm sues John W. Cope current occupant over a two year tenancy ending January 14 1920. Robinson seeks a restraining order to bar interference with the new tenant Elaworth Rode damages for timber cutting and feeding poultry misused grain and alledged wrongful restraint of access to the property in a Putnam Circuit Court suit.
Christ Rudy, an 88 year old farmer near Ladoga, was badly hurt Saturday when a horse drawing a wagon bolted. He suffered a compound leg fracture and a broken collar bone and was hospitalized in Culver with a fair prognosis reported on Sunday.
George Sulzer was sentenced in Terre Haute to two to twenty-one years for manslaughter in the July 4 death of Jesse Voris. Voris was killed with an ax after a jury verdict reached after a hushed trial opened only after a juror fell ill.
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