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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1928
Page
4
A Haifa magistrate fines a tailor 30 shillings for spitting on a woman customer and suggests deportation to Hungary. Non citizens and those not naturalized face deportation for minor offenses while in Palestine.
Washington Ind July 10 Farmers in Daviess county spot a corn borer on the Owen Allison farm south of the town. The pest was identified by neighbor Joseph Franklin after destroying a corn stalk. Immediate eradication steps were taken and a survey of nearby fields will assess spread and impact on the season.
A 50 000 deal closes in Crawfordsville with Hoosier Realty Company John L McNeal and C E Hatton arranging the sale. John L Detchon of New Richmond gains possession of the Waveland telephone system. In exchange J E Conrad and J Carl Swain take a fine farm near New Richmond as part payment.
Harry Foshay alias Harry Stevens, 35, from Scranton Pennsylvania, promoter of the Indiana Kentucky million dollar exposition in New Albany, pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and received sixty days in jail plus a $25 fine. He was accused of selling $13.20 worth of prize fight tickets that did not occur. Judge John M. Paris appointed George Stephens as receiver for the exposition. the committee reports about $24.41 cash on hand with debts around $6,700.
North Pole explorers arrive in New York aboard the SS Stavangerfjord and plan an Antarctic expedition this summer. The welcome marks their launch point for a polar mission led by notable explorers as international press follows closely.
In Rockport Massachusetts on July 11 the coast guardsmen rescued 34 people including 16 girls from the pleasure yacht Connie which struck the unfinished Sandy Bay breakwater two miles from Cape Ann. Captain James MacDonald navigated a failing craft as crew and passengers wore life preservers and signaled for help. Coastguardsman Captain J. J. Glynn responded with improvised flashlight signals guiding the sinking vessel. The rescued include summer colony visitors from Cape Ann.
In Miami Florida July 11 Murray Hulbert of New York was unanimously chosen grand exalted ruler at the Elks sixty fourth annual convention Los Angeles was selected as next year’s host city by a 742 to 272 vote over El Paso Other officers elected include Miffling Potts Pasadena O L Hayden Alva OK John J Powell Wilmington Del J Edgar Masters Charleroi Pa Pred A Morris Mexico MO Thomas J Brady Brookline MA W H Mustaine Nashville Dwight K Birch Grand Rapids Andrew J Casey Newburyport Dwight E Campbell Aberdeen ND as grand forum members
Springfield, July 11. Heart disease caused the deaths of 15 044 people in Illinois in 1927, an increase of 329 from 1926, state health director Dr I D Rawlings announced. He said about 150 000 Americans live impaired due to the disease.
Indiana State Bar Association schedules its thirty-second annual meeting in Fort Wayne starting July 12. Officers James A. VanOsdel Anderson president Henry B. Walker Evansville vice president Joel Baker Indianapolis secretary treasurer. Judge John W. Eggeman to welcome, Frank Hatfield to respond.
Agnes Carroll a 14 year old from Arcadia was in serious condition after taking poison tablets following a scolding by her father Lewis Carroll in Noblesville Indiana on July 11 according to INS reports
Ashes of Dudley E. Swinehart, once a ranking general in Manchuria and military advisor to Chang Tso Lin, will be buried in Berlin Wisconsin. Relatives said today the body was moved from Yokohama after a suspected death in Manchuria. The consul reported the interment in Wisconsin follows a prior burial in Japan.
Results show American Association games with Indianapolis 7 over Milwaukee 1 and St. Paul 10 over Columbus 4. Kansas City 9 beat Louisville 6, Minneapolis 19 defeated Toledo 6. In the American League Washington 9 tied with nine runs, Cleveland 5 0, St. Louis 4 over Boston 2, Chicago vs Philadelphia and Detroit vs New York rained out. In the National League Cincinnati 12 over Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 6 over Philadelphia 5, Chicago 7 over Boston 6, St. Louis 5 over New York 1.
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