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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1928
Page
4
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces gold buttons for officers and employees with fifty years of active service or those on the Roll of Honor under pension rules. A total of 954 eligible recipients include 224 active staff and 730 on the pension list. Presentations will be made by division superintendents or other officers.
An all day Baptist meeting and basket dinner are planned at the Johnny Woods place in Madison township on Sunday July. Five preachers will attend, and a big day is promised.
The Putnam County Child Health Board will hold a meeting in the Court House Friday July 6 at 2 P M. Plans will be discussed for health conferences for preschool children to be conducted in August under the State Board of Health and the County Nurse. Officers will be elected. Members and others interested in children's health are urged to attend.
Jake Holsapple was arrested Sunday afternoon in Martinsville and jailed on intoxication charges after an attempted kidnapping of Betsy Jane Breedlove, granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Breedlove, near her North Sycamore Street home. Neighbors intervened after the girl screamed. Holsapple was captured on North Jefferson Street and identified by Chief of Police Newman. He claimed the name Johnson and Paragon origin, with further charges possible after investigation.
Clinton Indiana July 2 Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Freddie B Potter of Summit Grove who was killed yesterday when struck by a C I passenger train north of Clinton. He was sitting on the track asleep. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs Emmer Potter, two sisters, four half sisters and one half brother.
Eugene Ford 35 once thought drowned near Thornapple lake Lansing Michigan reappeared in South Bend Indiana living as W L Forbes with Lena Martinas 19 a Lansing girl Detective L E Cole escorting Ford’s wife staged the confrontation Ford feigned amnesia and waived extradition Ford’s hat and fishpole floated, Miss Martinas letter to Ford revealed plans to join him. she was released.
The American League races tighten as every club except the Yankees eyes second or third place at the halfway point. Artie Nehl’s pitching and Hack Wilson’s bases loaded double highlight a Cubs win, while Garland Braxton beat the Yankees for the third time this season. Lefty Grove shut down the Red Sox, and Chicago’s White Sox swept two from the Browns as Cleveland fell to Detroit.
Indianapolis July 2 The local weather bureau reported June as the coldest month on record here with an average 65.4 degrees and the wettest since 1882 at 8.77 inches. Sixty days of rain fell across 21 days in June, with Paducah Kentucky also reporting a record 18.8 inches.
Local families gather for a Sunday visit, listing the Martins Carmichaels Staggs Reed Brattain Crodian Goddard and others. A community ice cream supper is planned for Saturday night July 7 on the church lawn with open invitation. Also noted are visits to Goddard and Pierce households and family members staying with relatives.
Joan Burroughs daughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs and James Babe Pierce of Glendale announce their engagement. Pierce a former Indiana football star and current coach of the University of Arizona grid team, officiated in the West.
Detroit officials report Ferdinand Eimermacher aboard the Munster may have landed in a small inland village delaying telegrams. Eleven of twelve balloons have landed with Blanchard of France in North Carolina and others in Virginia and West Virginia. The U S cup hopes fade as Kepner’s army balloon landed near Ken Ridge Virginia.
Yesterday's results show St. Paul 7 over Minneapolis 2 and Kansas City 9 over Milwaukee 2. Philadelphia 9 beat Boston 2 and Detroit 7 over Cleveland 3. Chicago 7 9 over St. Louis 1 8 and Washington 4 over New York 2. In the National League Boston 4 5 lost to Philadelphia 3 4 in 14 innings. Chicago defeated Cincinnati 8 to 2.
The Postoffice will be closed all day Wednesday to observe the Fourth of July. There will be no city or rural deliveries but mail will be received and dispatched as usual.
Professor Albert A. Michelson of the University of Chicago collapsed at University Hospital and is seriously ill at age 75. Friends fear overexertion from a tennis match contributed to his anemia and stomach trouble, though his work on light transmission supported Einstein's theory.
A Washington reporter used Western Union time as a reference and checked 20 locals watches. Fourteen of fifteen men and five women showed times from half a second slow to ten minutes fast, with most insisting their time was correct. The cheapest watch stood closest to accuracy at 98 cents, while a jeweled wristwatch was ten minutes fast. The Court House clock had stopped twelve hours before the test.
In Paris July 84 an architect and chief designer of France's memorial arch to the Lafayette Escadrille has died. A dedication ceremony for the arch is announced to follow.
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