Electric iron starts a fire at Randel home
A fire on East Washington Street started by an electric iron left on ignited a rear room causing damage to a sewing machine and wall. Mr and Mrs Randel were away when Fred Jordan alerted the fire department. Damage ran to hundreds and was insured. A second fire at Garment Factory on North College Avenue involved a trash pile briefly threatening the building.
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James L. Randel
Blaze
Fred Jordan
Washington Street
Randel
North College Avenue
Specials Beat Ft Harrison Team 21 to 0
The Greencastle Specials overwhelmed Ft Benjamin Harrison in a Sunday game winning 21 to 0. Greencastle dominated both offense and defense before a large crowd as visitors struggled to score.
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Greencastle Specials
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Greencastle
Divorce Suit Withdrawn Over Misstatement Corrected
The divorce action by Walter F. Young against Cecil Young was withdrawn after differences were settled and the couple resumed living together. Young said the allegation that Cecil was unfit to have custody of their children was a misstatement and not intended for the complaint.
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Walter F. Young
Cecil Young
Diorce
Young
Fillmore Woman Dead and Other Local Notices
Mrs. Royal Bastian of Fillmore died at J Anthony's Hospital Terre Haute after spinal trouble. Survived by husband two daughters Lucille Katherine son Willis mother Mrs MacNeal Fountainette one brother two sisters. Funeral plans not set. Jay B Carver of Rockville dead. Ralph Randel drove to Bloomington. Mrs Sarah F Davis seeks divorce from ill M Davis. attorney Charles McGaughey. S C C Club to meet with Miss Ruth Stewart.
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Royal Bastian
Fillmore
J. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Bastian
Thurly
Illis
Lucille
Atherine
Mac ‘Neal
Fountainette
Sarah F. Davis
Roaddales
Putnam Circuit
M. Davis
Cider Makers Allowed Without Permit Under New Rules
Washington July 23 regulations issued by Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau authorize manufacture of cider and other non intoxicating fruit juices without a permit but require preservatives to prevent further alcoholic fermentation. Fruit juices cannot be used for beverage purposes after becoming intoxicating.
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Washington
Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
Former Greencastle Woman to Be Principal Speaker
Mrs. E. Jean Nelson Penfield of New York will headline the Woman's Lawyers Association annual meeting in Minneapolis August 28 and 29. An Indiana native, she won state and intercollegiate contests, led New York suffrage efforts, and now argues her own cases in court. Mayor Zeis arrested three motorists for driving over a fire hose for the fire at James L. Randell’s home. They promised to appear for trial. fines may follow for future violations.
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E. Jean Nelson Penfield
New York
Woman's Lawyer's Association
Minneapolis
Minn
Penfield
Greencastle
Indiana College
Indiana
Woman's Suffrage Party of
International Committee On Marriage and Divorce
Charles Zeis
James L. Randel
Frances Miler
Lafaytte
Harold Flint
Brick Chapel
Roy Buis
Zeis
Dawn to Dusk Flight Called Off for a Year
The Army Air Service announced no further daylight to darkness cross continental flight this year. Lieut Russell L. Maughan had failed twice, and officials believe shorter daylight periods during another preparation phase would likely prevent reaching San Francisco before dark.
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Washington
Army Air Service
Russell L. Maughan
Air Service
Maughan
San Francisco
Herald Vacation Follow Up To Home News
Readers planning summer trips are urged to have The Herald follow them away. Notify any news value promptly by telephone to keep in touch with events at home.
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The
Herald
the Herald
Hog Prices Rise at Indianapolis Stock Yards
Hog prices gained about 25 cents with wholesale ranges from 7.40 to 8.25 as buyers took nearly 3 000 hogs early. Sow values slipped. pigs and light sows fell, while calves advanced one dollar and good lambs sold around 12 dollars. Steers and cows stayed steady with common steers down.
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Indianapolis
Girl engaged to be wed drowns in Indiana quarry
Miss Rebecca Ellen Elkins seventeen year old daughter of Willis Elkins of Smitherville died while swimming with Hobart Todd to be married next Saturday. The tragedy occurred in Adams quarry lake thirty feet deep as her fiancé and sister watched. Fifteen minutes after the drowning the body was recovered and life could not be saved. The Elkins family had moved from Jackson county three months ago to Bloomington area.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hobart Todd
Rebecca Ellen Elkins
Willis Elkins
Smitherville
Here
Adams Quarry
Louis Thomas
Indianapolis
Dynamite Fisherman Killed Near Newark
Ralph Watkins aged 30 of Newark Greene county died at City hospital from a premature dynamite blast while blasting for fish in a stream near Newark. A large charge exploded as he failed to escape, tearing and mangling his body. one arm was blown off. Survived by widow and one child. Employed by the Vandalia Railroad near his home.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ralph Watkins
Newark
Greene County
Watkins
Vandalia Railroad
Plan to Withdraw 200 Million Bushels of Wheat
President O. E. Bradfute of the American Farm Bureau Federation outlines a plan to remove 200 million bushels of wheat from the market by warehousing on farms. The project would be financed under the Intermediate Credit Act, with an estimated 660 million dollars in lending support and 150 million needed to store the wheat.
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Chicago
O. E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Federation
Bradfute
Family heads west on two month trip
Mr and Mrs Ott Sherrill and daughter Truman McCammack of Cloverdale and Mr and Mrs A R Chenoweth and son and daughter of Greencastle left Monday for Yellowstone Park and California expecting a two month drive. The Christian Church Sunday School Picnic is set for Tuesday at 5 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Talbott with supper at 6 30 and invites all members and friends to bring baskets. Mrs George Wilson returns from a two week visit with Mr and Mrs M I Stringer of Linton, Delilah Wilson formerly.
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Ott Sherrill
Truman McCammack
Cloverdale
A. R. Chenoweth
Greencastle
Yellowstone Park
California
Christian Church
Frank Talbott
Bloomington
Hanna Streets
George Wilson
M. I. Stringer
Linton
Stringer
Wilson
Delilah Wilson
Cloverdale Road Widened To Forty Feet At Sheets Hill
The State Highway Commission widened the Cloverdale roadway at Sheets Hill about four miles south of Greencastle to a width of 40 feet. The hill had been the site of several accidents as cars went off the road and over a high bank. Widening eliminates much of the danger.
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State Highway Commission
Greencastle
Farm Fire Near Greencastle Destroys barns and equipment
A Sunday night fire at the Charley Broadstreet farm about three miles east of Greencastle on the Washington Street pike destroyed a large hay barn a sheep barn and the engine room with contents. Loss estimated near $5,000 with only $1,500 insured. About 35 tons of hay and straw plus farming implements harness and a span of fine mules burned. The engine room tools and gasoline engine were lost. The tenant noticed the blaze shortly after 11 pm before the team could be saved.
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Charley Broadstreet Farm
Charley
Southern California Shaken by Wide Earthquake
An earthquake lasting eleven to twenty seconds rocked southern California from Santa Barbara to the Arizona line. San Bernardino endured the heaviest damage with roofs collapsing and three men injured. Shocks were reported in Long Beach Glendale Riverside and many other towns across the region.
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San Bernardino
Tell
Los Angeles
California
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Imperial Valley
Arizona State Line
Long Beach
Glendale
Eagle’s Rock
Riverside
Monrovia
Pomona
Santa Ana
Ontario
Anaheim
San Jacinto
Hemet
Ventura
Redlands
el Centro
Arbel
Centra
Avon Head Springs
Mojave
Needles
DeRhodes Family Returns to Toledo After Visit
Mr and Mrs Curtis DeRhodes and their daughter return to Toledo after a several days visit with Mrs DeRhodes parents Mr and Mrs Fred Cunningham Mrs Dewey Bryant sister of Mrs DeRhodes accompanied them home for a short visit.
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Curtis DeRhodes
Toledo
Fred Cunningham
Dewey Bryant
DeRodes
31 Maniacs Break Out of Illinois Hospital
In Chester Illinois thirty one inmates overpowered guards and battered through bars in the bull pen at the Illinois hospital for the criminally insane. One inmate named Jackson was killed in a fight with a guard and twenty six inmates remained at large as a massive manhunt began led by guards local police and sheriff's deputies.
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Illinois
Chester
Ill
Ilinois Hospital
Jackson
Chicago
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Tron
Southern Illinois State Penitentary
C. W. Heine
Randolph County
Hospital
Body of Third Evansville Drowning Victim Found
The body of Mrs. Elmer Strasser of Evansville, drowned with two others in the Wabash River at Flint Friday, was recovered by Dr. George Baker of Odell. The remains, heavily decomposed, were found about a mile south of the drowning site near Buzzard’s Highland. The search team of about fifty had scoured the river in canoes since Friday. The victims were part of a picnic and bathing party and were taken to Evansville for burial after initial handling in Lafayette.
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Attica
Ind
Elmer Strasser
Evansville
Wabash
Flint
George Baker
Odell
Buzzard's Highland
Baker
Lafayette Undertaking
George Regener
Strasser
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FT. Harrison
Belle M. Carver
Jay B. Carver
Rockville
Ralph Randel
Tomorrw
Ruth Stewart
Ray McLure
Lawrence, Cummings
Roy McClure
Lawrence Cummings
Wno
W. S. Burris
C.divy
Ike
Farm Bureau
Leeuseets
Sheets Hill
Asylum
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