Putnam County Peach Growers Meet To Address Marketing
Putnam County peach growers will meet Friday afternoon in the County Agent's office at the court house to discuss marketing problems. With an expected crop over 100 000 bushels and Indiana output down, futures look promising as first grade peaches may fetch about 3 50 per bushel. Also notes warn readers to light fireworks safely for the Fourth of July as poppers go boom.
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Putnam County
Court House
Indiana
Junk From The Junkers At Greencastle
Humorous column notes weather delays for Greencastle merchants closing on a rainy day. It mentions barber shops staying open, plans for July Fourth disappointment, a dinner invitation from Bob Dills, and a lighthearted mishap with toothbrush and toothpaste causing bubbles during a morning routine.
Boys Escape At Plainfield From Indiana Boys' School
Two inmates, Robert Bolen aged 16 from Crawford County and Lawrence Kesterson aged 15 from Kansas City, escaped yesterday from the Indiana Boys' School at Plainfield. City Marshal Paul Grimes was asked to watch for the youths after they went out to milk and did not return.
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Indiana Boys’ School
Plainfield
Paul Grimes
Robert Bolen
Crawford County
Lawrence Kesterson
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Cloverdale Gray's to Meet Cady's A C's in Putnam Showdown
The Cloverdale Gray's fast stepping Putnam County baseball aggregation will play Cady's A C's of Indianapolis on Cloverdale grounds next Sunday afternoon. The game is expected to be one of the best scheduled by the south Putnam team this season.
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Cloverdale Gray's
Putnam County Baseball Aggregation
Cady’s
Indianapolis
Cloverdale Grounds
Quiet Fourth of July in Greencastle Puts Town On Standby
The Fourth of July in Greencastle will be very quiet with no celebrations planned. Most businesses close, fireworks sales banned, and few displays expected tomorrow night while surrounding towns host all day events and fireworks. Many residents may travel to state parks or nearby cities for the holiday.
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Greencastle
Rockville
Brazil
Danville
Crawfordsville
Montezuma
Fires Ravage Mill Valley and Surrounding Regions
Flames from Mount Tamalpais engulf Mill Valley California destroying hundreds of homes and threatening the business district. No deaths and mostly minor injuries reported as residents flee and aid stations are set up. Separate fires in Santa Cruz mountains Santa Clara and Madera counties burn thousands of acres and destroy homes and ranch buildings.
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Mill Valley
Cal
Mount Tamalpais
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Clara County
Madera
Hildreth
No Herald Tomorrow Due to Fourth of July Holiday
The Herald will not publish Thursday because of a legal holiday for Independence Day. Employees will receive a holiday to celebrate the country’s birthday.
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Herald
Father of Wm Koehler Dies
Funeral services for Christ Koehler 73 father of William Koehler of Jackson Miss formerly city engineer of Greencastle will be held from the home north of Center Point in Clay County Thursday morning at 10 o'clock He is survived by another son Herman and a daughter Miss Emima both at home A resident of Clay County for sixty years he was a prominent farmer and leader in the Democratic political organization there He served two terms as Democratic county commissioner Heart trouble caused his death.
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Christ Koehler
William Koehler
Jackson
Miss
Greencastle
Center Point
Clay County
Herman
Miss Emima
Phi Delts Host Ten Jasonville Visitors at Club Feed
Phi Delta Kappa members entertained about ten visitors from Jasonville at the west side club room last night. A big feed was the main feature of the evening's entertainment.
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Phi Delta Kappa
Jasonville
Pentecostal Services Schedule This Week
Evangelist Mrs. Jennie Dawes of Orleans will lead Pentecostal services at Stevens' Drug Store hall with sessions Thursday and Saturday at 7 45 pm Sunday 2 30 pm and 7 30 pm Friday 2 30 pm at 109 West Columbia Street home of Mr and Mrs Wes Sears Services hosted by the Stevens location and the Dawes family.
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Pentecostal
Stevens’ Drug Store
Wes Sears
West
Columbia Street
Jennie Dawes
Orleans
Judge Hughes hears Spencer poison case over child custody
Loren S. Thomas of Spencer seeks modification of a custody order from Owen Circuit court claiming Ranche S. Thomas of Gosport poisoned a child in his care and poisoned relatives. Chemists testified the poison levels were not above typical amounts, suggesting possible dismissal.
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James P. Hughes
Putnam Circuit Court
Loren S. Thomas
Spencer
Ranche S. Thomas
Gosport
Owen Circuit Court
Thomas
Hughes
Wabash Valley Electric Company Wins Twilight League Opener
The Wabash Valley Electric Company defeats the Business Men 6 to 6 in an opening Twilight Summer League game at McKeen Field last night. Paris pitched for Electric Company with Krider catching. Harmon and Gasaway were Battery for the Business Men. The High School nine faces the Trojans this afternoon at five.
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Wabash Valley Electric Company
McKeen Field
Business Men
Paris
Electric Company
Krider
Harmon and Gasaway
Trojans
Roy Brackney Sustains Severe Left Arm Injury
Roy Brackney a farmer northeast of town was badly cut when a running wheat binder needle pierced his left forearm while he was underneath the machine. He received treatment from Dr. C C. Tucker and required several stitches to close the ragged wound.
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Roy Brackney
Mr. Brackney
C. C. Tucker
Postoffice to Close for Fourth of July Holiday
The post office will close all day Thursday with no city or rural route delivery. Mail will be received and dispatched as usual. Kiwanis luncheon moves to Friday noon. Rev. B H Bruner and Joe Crosby report on Kiwanis International convention in Milwaukee.
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B. H. Bruner
Joe Crosby
Milwaukee
Scholarships Awarded to Two Cloverdale Students
Meryl Michael and Barbara Dun, both of Cloverdale, were awarded scholarships to Indiana University for the next term under a Putnam County plan. County Superintendent John C. Vermillion announced the awards, noting they were the only applicants. Both will matriculate this fall with all fees paid. Ernest Cook remains in critical condition in County Hospital after a stroke.
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Meryl Michael
Barbara Duncan
Cloverdale
Indiana University
Putnam County
John C. Vermillion
Ernest Cook
Jail vacancy prompts sheriff to consider rental sign
Sheriff Edward Eitelforge notes the county jail has been empty for over a week the longest vacancy of his term and contemplates placing aFor Rent sign on the facility to reflect the idle status.
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Edward Eitelforge
Hastise
Weather outlook for northwest northeast and south regions
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions then thunder showers starting late tonight in the northwest and northeast, with warm spell tonight and in the south and east portions Thursday.
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Northwest
Northeast
20 Years Ago in Greencastle
From the Files of Merald. Miss Mary Voliva appointed Latin teacher at the high school. Miss Helen Hathaway buys the abstract business of A. J. Jacobs and will operate with her current business. Miss Irene Huestis leaves for a one month trip to Colorado. County Board of Review members dine with Assessor George Dobbs.
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Mary Voliva
Helen Hathaway
A. J. Jacobs
Irene Huestis
Colorado
County Board of Review
George Dobbs
Indiana Governor Denies Aid to Brother Family
Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie denies reports he refused help to his brother William Leslie's family. Edith Leslie died from blood poisoning from a kitchen injury while working in a Gary bakery. welfare group had assisted the family for six months due to unemployment.
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Gary
Welfare Association
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Wiliam Leslie
Mercy Hospital
Leslie
Harry
Mres
Edith Leslie
William Leslie
Sixth Ward Welfare Association
Tolleston
Agnes Boulton O'Neil Receives Divorce Decree
Agnes Boulton O'Neil former wife of Eugene O'Neill is in possession of her decree of divorce severing the marriage. The decree confirms the end of the matrimonial bond with the famed playwright.
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Reno
INS
Agnes Boulton O'Neil
Eugene O'Neill
Warm Fourth of July forecast for Indianapolis and north
Government meteorologist J H Armington predicts a warm Fourth with some cloudiness and possible thundershowers in northern Indiana. The outlook calls for generally fair and warmer conditions tonight followed by increasing cloudiness and hotter weather Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
J. H. Armington
Armington
Endurance flyers Nomis and Morrison injured in crash
At Metropolitan Airport Los Angeles on July 2 a Cessna monoplane carrying Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison crashed during descent from 5000 feet after engine failure in heavy fog. Both pilots suffered cuts and lacerations while the plane was only slightly damaged. They said they will resume flights when airworthiness returns.
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
INS
Leo Nomis
Maurice Morrison
Nomis
Morrison
Federal Deputy Marshal Detained in Brazil for Intoxication
S. T. Hickman, a Federal deputy marshal from Indianapolis, was arrested in Brazil Indiana on July 3 for intoxication and violating state prohibition law. Police stopped a Reckless driver on the National Road near Brazil and found a pint bottle partly filled with alcohol on Hickman.
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Brazil
Ind
INS
S. T. Hickman
Indianapolis
Here
Hickman
Trustees Picnic At Kigers Woods North Of Indianapolis
Trustees of Putnam County and families join County Superintendent John C. Vermillion for an annual picnic at Kiger’s Woods near Indianapolis. Activities included swimming horseshoe pitching trapshooting and a fish fry with Frank Case winning the horseshoe tournament.
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Putnam County
John C. Vermillion
Kiger
Man shoots in Terre Haute court hearing
Wilbur Ross Gibbons, a barber, drew a revolver in an ante room during a divorce hearing in Terre Haute and fired twice at his wife Rose, hitting her shoulder and then fleeing. Deputy Horace Walsh and attorney Orpha Hall captured him. Gibbons was jailed. He had threatened to harm her previously and faced a murder charge last year tied to a killing near Collett Park.
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Terre Haute
Superior Court
Wilbur Ross Gibbons
Rose
John “Jack” Maloney
West Franklin Street
Chicago Plane Hops Off On Trip To Berlin
The Sikorsky amphibian Antin leaves Lake Michigan bound for Berlin via Milwaukee Greenland and Remi Lake Ontario with pilot Robert Gast and Dr Cramer. Historian Robert Woi accompanies as 6 000 spectators line the shore to watch the five day journey toward Berlin.
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Chicago
INS
Berlin
Greenland
Lake Michigan
Robert Gast
Parker Dr. Cramer
Rockford
Sweden
Robert Woi
Milwaukee
Soo
Remi Lake
Ontario
Great Whale
Hudson Bay
Governor orders probe into Bono mine riot in Indiana
Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie ordered a thorough investigation into the Bono Coal Company mine riot near Dana. He directed the attorney general to aid Vermilion County prosecutors with two special assistants after miners testified of brutal beatings by a mob of 1500 to 2000. The governor warned officials that if local officers cannot handle the disorder, higher authority will intervene.
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BONO
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Harry G. Leslie
Bono Coal Company
Dana
Co-Operative
James M. Ogden
Vermilion County
Harry Newland
Vermillion County
Homer Ingram
Newland
Leslie
Indiana
Big Bill Tilden Falls to Cochet at Wimbledon
America's last hope in men's singles, William Tilden, is defeated by Henri Cochet in straight sets 6-4 6-1 7-5 in Wimbledon. In women's singles, Mrs May Sutton Bundy loses to Joan Ridley of England in the quarterfinals 6-3 6-2.
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Wimbledon
Eng
America
Bill Tilden
Henri Cochet
France
May Sutton Bundy
Joan Ridley
England
Sunburned Chorus Girl Near Death After Beach Outing
Myrna Darby a chorus girl in Whoopee was reported near death in New York scene today after excessive sun exposure and vigorous exercise on the beach.
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New York
INS
Myrna Darby
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Indianapolis Ball Club
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WM. Koehler
PHI Delts Entertain
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Merald
Otto Braun
The
Gary Republcans
Braun
Baylar
Ridgelawn
Louise
William
Edward Hivon
Lafayette
O'Neills
Tere Haute
Parker D. Cramer
Sikorsky
Big Bill
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