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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
4
Tokyo dispatches report the Japanese steamer Wagu Maru was destroyed by fire off Kamchatka on May 28. Seven hundred people are believed dead with the vessel sailing from Vladivostok and the fire’s cause not yet known.
A Richmond resident Ralph Brumley reports five years of digestive and kidney troubles eased by Konjola. He says his stomach now functions normally, energy returned, and his wife also benefits. Konjola is sold at Owl Drug Store in Greencastle and by local druggists.
A Purdue University under the Nutrition Project hosts a leaders training meeting at the County Agent's office starting 10 am Friday. The agenda includes buying foods, a meat market demonstration on cuts, a grocery discussion on brands canned goods and cereals, and grocery operation costs. Two leaders from each of eight township clubs attend, with Purdue representation guiding discussions.
Corinne Griffith takes a powerful lead as Miriam in the modern First National film adaptation of Outcast. Hubert Henry Davies created the stage success and Agnes Christine Johnston adapted it for the screen. Edmund Lowe appears opposite Griffith in this dramatic production.
Leader of the Labour Party to form a new government to succeed the Conservative ministry headed by Baldwin, who resigned. The move signals a shift in postwar British politics as Labour seeks to assemble a cabinet.
King George the sixth, while ill at Windsor Castle, formally commissions J Ramsey MacDonald to form a new labor cabinet. MacDonald, accompanied by his son Malcolm, arrives as the Baldwin conservative ministry resigns. Labor gains give the most seats but not an absolute majority in the new House of Commons.
A Children’s Day program is planned at Big Walnut Baptist Church on Sunday evening. Readings, songs, solos, recitations, a flag drill, and an address by Rev. J. M. Cauldwell will constitute the program with additional performances by children and the Young People’s Class. Mrs. Grace Pollom is noted for the benediction.
Baseball scores show American Association games with Indianapolis 7 over Toledo 1, Columbus 5 over Louisville 2, Kansas City 13 over St. Paul 8, Minneapolis 9 over Milwaukee 7. American League results include New York 4 over Chicago 2 and Detroit 8 over Philadelphia 4 among others, while National League games feature Chicago 10 over New York 9 and St Louis numbers against Brooklyn and Philadelphia with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati also winning.
Advertisement urges fortifying the system against colds influenza and grippe with Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets. Claims to improve blood and resilience for exposure to harsh weather. Mullins Drug Store promotes daily use with emphasis on ease of take tablets and fishy taste removed.
Baseball fans witness a surge of power as 18 homers on a single day push the season total to 408. Major League hitters set a pace toward a 1,500 total while a few sluggers like Gehrig Ruth Simmons Fox and Hack Wilson drive much of the output. Cubs rally to beat the Giants 10 9 as sluggers spark an action filled day.
Rev. James H. Mohorter 68 head of benevolence for the United Christian Missionary Society died at his desk in Indianapolis from acute dilation of the heart. He will be buried in St. Louis, with funeral at Union Avenue Christian church. Born Stanton Delaware, he graduated Hiram College Ohio and served pastorates in Cleveland Boston and Pueblo before joining missions.
Attorneys said increased water rates will take effect in Vincennes within days under a modified order by the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. Excess collections are to be impounded until the Supreme Court rules on Vincennes petition for certiorari. The Indiana public service commission valued Vincennes Water Supply at 725 000. the appeals court set 1 032 000 but deferred the mandate. If the final ruling allows the higher valuation the impounded funds stay. otherwise refunds go to customers.
President Hoover must appoint a new head of the Republican National Committee after Dr. Hubert Work announced his resignation. Work, 69, said he will relinquish the chair early this fall and did not want to lead the next campaign. Ralph Williams of Oregon and Rep. Franklin Fort of New Jersey were named as possible successors. no election will occur until fall.
Hogs on the Indianapolis market were steady to 10 cents higher with most pigs weighing 160 to 275 pounds trading from 10.90 to 11.00. Cattle were steady with some beef steer unevenness and early sales from 14.10 to 14.75, light weights up to 15. Weaners 50 cents higher at 15. Sheep and lambs remained steady with better grade lambs at 15 to 16 and fat ewes from 4.50 to 6.50.
Bloomington Indiana June 5 Paul Harrell Indiana University slugger and Big Ten batting leader will play with the Cincinnati Reds. Harrell led the conference in batting for three years and hit .541 last season. He won freshman numerals in baseball and football and has six major I's in both sports. He is known for fast baserunning and quick to first. A minor league team asked Russ Paugh to sign for the summer but he has not yet accepted.
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