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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
3
Police found Joseph Aranesic, 32, dead in his Indiana home on July 10. The widow’s boarder Steve Chotocish was arrested after allegedly confessing to a fight with the husband and the killing.
Bobby Doyle sentenced to twenty years for killing a policeman is aided by his fiancée Beebe Barrett and ally Johnny the Hoy in a jail escape plan. Don Wilkes pressures Beebe and Johnny for Doyle’s location while inspector Wilmot and detective Biff Myers watch, as Johnny senses pursuers closing in.
Johnny dodges a prowling Biff Myers through streets and a church stop before slipping back to his room. Beebe Barret secretly visits, while Johnny plans to keep Beebe and Bobby safe as police close in.
Social note lists visits in New Maysville with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Isenberg and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Modlin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grantham and daughter, plus gatherings with Mrs. Luna Perkins, Lulu Weller, and Opal Cassity. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. Jim Springer of Indianapolis and Mr. Ed Gates of Batesville.
Putnamville The Ladies Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon at Miss Bessie Jones home. Mrs Walter Sublett and son visit Decatur Illinois. Ezra Cooper is under treatment at a Martinsville sanitarium. David Scroggins of Detroit visited his parents last week. Children exercises at M E B Church Sunday at 8 p m. Marie Boesen entered Riley hospital Indianapolis for treatment. Jim Costin family of Florida visiting Mrs Minervia Cooper. Jas Reeves hosts Rev Arthur Swearns Sunday.
The assistant secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman announced that liquor exports from Canada to the United States through the Port of Windsor fell from 470 038 gallons in June 1928 to 112 878 gallons in June 1929. The Canadian revenue collector provided the figures and officials expect overall Dominion June totals to show a sharp drop.
Dr. B E Ash of Goshen Indiana learned his bottle dropped in July 1928 on the Atlantic voyage to Europe was recovered in Iceland on March 26 1929. The bottle contained his business card a prescription blank and a $1 bill later returned by Mrs. Ash with a note about U S currency inflation.
Albany Indiana July 9. Floyd Stoner 33 alleged bootlegger sat in his car near Underwood when Federal Prohibition Agents Farris Jay Warren Allender and James Lavely approached him He allegedly sold the trio a gallon of liquor then surrendered after displaying badges He was jailed awaiting a federal charge of transporting liquor.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Lowery motor to Barberton Ohio to visit Mrs Lowerys friends and relatives. Miss Louise Brown and Miss Geraldine Brown return home after visiting Miss Eva and Miss Esther Hedge. James M Hedge visited Brazil Friday and guests came to Sunday at the Hedge home.
Russell Alexander of Newcastle and Rushville Daily Republican staff has been appointed publicity director of DePauw University and will begin August 1. He succeeds Professor L B Mitchell, now head of Redlands University journalism, who handled DePauw publicity.
Mrs. James Evans and son Billy of Indianapolis visit Mr. and Mrs. Whittey. Mrs. Leonard McCoy and Reed and Beulah also stay in town. Several Indianapolis guests join gatherings at various homes including Branneman and Rogers households. Homer Broadstreet, who lost a right foot in a scaffold fall ten days ago, lies seriously ill at Long Hospital in Indianapolis.
George Mosher a 15 year old from the west side died after a three week battle with kala azar at the seaside hospital in Staten Island Doctors were mystified by the dread disease as reporters noted the fatal case in New York on July 10.
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