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Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1929

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Sausage Chain and Barbecue Reflections

A humorous verse about a wife who avoids cooking and a stubborn husband who learns to dine out. The column then recalls Knute Rockne and Coach Walker at DePauw Loyola and a costly scouting plan involving motion pictures and a stray expense of twelve thousand dollars.

Knute Rockne Notre Dame Walker DePauw Athletics DePauw Drury College Loyola College Louisiana

Petitions to Confront New Farm Board Seek Emergency Measures

Washington July 13 The new Federal farm board prepared for its first meeting faces petitions for emergency action to stabilize prices of this season's farm commodities. Wheat states push for measures as price drops loom amid wheat market demoralization. Large wheat pools aim to form stabilization bodies financed by a 500 million dollar revolving fund. Hoover discussed wheat issues with railroad leaders and shipping officials to move old grain abroad before the new crop. Drastic action by the board is considered doubtful.

William S. Neal Washington Federal Farm Board Congress Hoover Shipping Board

Putnam Native Dies at Ladoga

Daniel W. Bymaster, a Putnam county native, died at his Ladoga home Friday at 4 25 am after a four week illness. Born November 16 1866, he married Lillie Burk October 9 1890. eight children survived, with Marie Clyde preceded in death. Funeral at How Creek church Sunday at 2 30 pm.

Ladoga Daniel W. Bymaster Here Putnam County David L Sidney J. Clark Bymaster Lillie Burk Marie Clyde Eve Zimmerman Roy Bymaster Lela Trosper Hallie Bymaster Ruby Bymasser Lillian Marie Paul Robert Zimmerman Damon Eugene Trosper Marjorie Glenn William Bymaster How Creek

Chamber Dinner Monday Night at Country Club

The Chamber of Commerce will hold a dinner Monday at 6 30 PM at the Country Club. All members are urged to attend to discuss important matters. Those without tickets should see Miss Helen Black early Monday morning.

C of C Country Club C. of C Chamber of Commerce Helen Black Mornig

Roachdale Student Wins DePauw Rector Scholarship

Harry Eggers of Roachdale high school is awarded a Rector scholarship at DePauw University confirming a notable local achievement.

Harry Eggers Roachdale High School DePauw University

Two Greencastle youths named in local report

Mary K. Jones age 19 and Jesse D. Person age 19 both of Greencastle are noted in a local report as residents involved in an unspecified matter at home.

Mary K. Jones Greencastle Jesse D. Person

Record-Setting Endurance Flight Ends With Landing

Pete Reinhart and Loren Mendell completed a record endurance flight over Los Angeles after 246 hours 43 minutes 32 seconds. A prolonged refueling stint kept them aloft for ten days, but fabrication failure forced an emergency landing yesterday.

Pete Reinhart Loren Mendell Los Angeles

Putnam County Horticulture Society Plans Fruit Sales

The Putnam County Horticulture Society will meet next Wednesday July 17 at 7 oclock to present plans for disposing this years fruit crop. Growers will sell their own crops directly while surplus will go to a society sales agent. The group will launch a low cost advertising campaign and procure packing and grading equipment through the society at savings for buyers.

Putnam County Association

Purdue Scholar Named From Cloverdale County

Dale Goodman of Cloverdale township, a Cloverdale High School graduate, was named a Purdue Scholar by the county commissioners. Four other county applicants seek the remaining scholarship. Each year the county commissioners appoint two Purdue Scholars who study at Purdue University with no tuition or matriculation fees.

Dale Goodman Cloverdale Township Cloverdale High School Purl Board of Purdue Purdue University

Moonshine Substituted for Whiskey In Peoria Raid

Prohibition agents seized forty five barrels of moonshine whiskey in a Corning warehouse as part of a Chicago led operation. Administrator E C Yellowley said a vast syndicate siphons good whiskey from government stocks and substitutes moonshine. The raid followed a Chicago Sibley warehouse loss discovery. William Stiles and Mary Frances Cooper plan upcoming vacations.

Peoria INS Corning Prohibition E. C. Yellowley Chicago Yellowley United States Sibley

Grizzly bear hunt draws Oregon man to Alaska

Twenty years ago in Greencastle the files note W A Bill Hillis of Portland, a former resident, journeyed to Alaska for an extended grizzly bear hunt. A tornado like storm battered Putnam Clay and Vigo counties with heavy rain and wind. The county reported multiple deaths from tuberculosis and heart disease last year.

W. A Bill” Hillis Portland Oregon Greencastle Alaska Putnam Clay Vigo

Record flight ends after hatch fouls Angeleno tail

Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart completed a 246 hour 43 minute globe flight at Los Angeles then landed when a hatch cover flew off and fouled the tail. The Angeleno’s motor remained smooth but tail flutter forced the end of the mission. Both flyers were hospitalized for rest after a brief medical check.

Los Angeles Cal INS Loren Mendell Pete” Reinhart Mendell Reinhart Menedis Culver City Commmunity Hospital

Angeleno's Endurance Flight Sets Record Figures

Culver City July 12 In a long endurance flight the Angeleno logged 246 hours 4 minutes 82 seconds in the air covering an estimated 19 760 miles with thirty seven refueling contacts noted.

Culver City Cal

Thief Steals Spare Tire From DePauw Coach

Mrs. Wendell Rynerson reports a Goodrich balloon spare tire stolen from her Chevrolet coach in front of Mansfield hall. The tire had 10 000 miles and was not locked. Police notified. the Rynersons arrived from Indianapolis for a Greencastle visit.

Wendell Rynerson Indianapolis DePauw University Mansfield Hall Rynerson Goodrich Greencastle Mr. Rynerson DePauw Indiana University Law School

Local thundershower and cooler conditions forecast

The Weather Office expects a local thundershower tonight and again Sunday. Cooler air moves in from the northwest tonight and across the north and central portions on Sunday.

Northwest

Ideal summer clothing for men in 1920s New York

Dr. Thomas Darlington, former health commissioner, urged men to wear a simple garments ensemble including a cotton union suit, socks, shoes, trousers, a thin coat with detachable collar and no shirt. He compared male attire to women’s fashion, noting women once used wool from four sheep per person and now require only silk products from one silkworm.

New York Thomas Darlington

Suspected bank robber held at Muncie

In Muncie Indiana cashiers J W Ball and Lucille Nesbitt of Gas City State Bank were robbed of 25000 yesterday. Suspect Jesse Brinkley of Muncie held as possible driver of getaway car as gang of three fled after wreck near Eaton. Guns and securities bearing Gas City bank stamp found in wrecked vehicle.

Muncie Ind J. W. Ball Lucille Nesbitt Gas City Eaton Delaware County Grand Jury Jacob Campbell Grant County Delaware County Brinkley Gas City Bank

Bloomington Kiwanis Inter Club Meet at Country Club

The Bloomington Kiwanis Club plans an inter club meeting at Bloomington Country Club next Thursday night with Kiwanians from Greencastle Crawfordsville and Hedford. The Bloomington Club will hold its regular weekly meeting at the same time.

Bloomington Kiwanis Bloomington Kiwanis Club Greencastle Crawfordsville Hedford Bloomington Country Club

Double Parking Arrest In Terre Haute

A. G. Morris of the Ward Cake Wagon was ticketed for double parking on east Washington street by Marshal Paul Grimes. After a warning he was found double parked again and arrested for no license on the 118 truck. Arraigned before Justice Robert H. Newgent, Morris paid $11 in fines. The ban covers the north side of Washington between Vine and Jackson and the angled parking around the square.

A. G. Morris Ward Terre Haute East Washington Street Paul Grimes Morris Washington Street Vine Jackson Streets

Trans-Atlantic Air Race Under Way From Le Bourget

French entrants in the trans Atlantic air race started from Le Bourget and both planes were reported making good progress four hours after takeoff. The Breguet monoplane Question Mark with Costes and Bellonte passed Santander at 9 30 a m local time while the Polish Marshal Pilsudski sent a brief status.

Bordeaux INS le Bourget Dieudonne Costes Maurice Bellonte Atlanta Santander Spain New York Marshal Pilsudski Idzikowski Kubala Cape Ferret Bay of Biscay

Trans Atlantic air race opens from Paris with Polish and French crews

Two teams begin the first non stop Paris to New York flight. Polish aviators Major Kasimir Kubala and Leon Idzikowski fly the Ampit bi plane while French pilots Lieut Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte ride the Breguet monoplane Question Mark. Both leave Le Bourget at dawn amid cautious optimism.

LE Bourget New York Paris Kasimir Kubala Leon Idzikowski Lieut Die Costes Bellonte

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Atlantic Charles J. Arnold Four Corners Lizzy Model A Cross Roads Hurst NEW Farm Board C.F C Putnam County Horticulture Society The Putnam County Horticulture William Stiles Central National Bank Mary Frances Cooper Merald Emma Miller Mabel Hurst Hazel Sheets Irene Sinclair Opal Grimes Ralph Dimmitt Adla Grissom Jessie Gill California Jesse Brinkley Justice of the Peace Robert H. Newgent Ocean Paris Flying Field Frederick K. Abbott
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