Greencastle Herald history and notices archive
Old Greencastle Herald page notes its origin as Star and Democrat in 1858 and lists publisher Charles J Arnold with office at 17-19 South Jackson Street. It also outlines rates for subscriptions in and outside Putnam County and daily publication except Sundays, plus obituaries and card of thanks charges.
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Greencastle Herald
The
Star & Democrat
South Jackson Street
Greencastle
Indiana
Telephone
Local Visits Highlight Weekend in Canaan Area
Charles Lisby and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Meek in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lobdell visited Mr. and Mrs. Lester Miller Sunday afternoon. Emery Ader Joe Morphew and families called at Add Huber's Sunday. Wells family visited Cecil Miller and family. Vivian Minter visits grandmother in Coatesville. Hardis Miller spent last week with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wells. Virgil Ader and family visited Add Huber Monday. Grover Rogers recently ill in Alabama returned to his parents in town.
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Charles Lisby
James Meek
Indianapolis
Charles Lobdell
Lester Miller
Emery Ader
Joe Morphew
Add
Huber
Wells
Cecil Miller
Vivian Minter
Coatesville
Hardis Miller
Virgil Ader
Add Huber
Grover Rogers
Alabama
Corn Stalk Valley Social Notes Pass Weekend Visits
Mrs Myrtle Storm and son Harold spent Sunday with Lester Storms family in Indianapolis and remain a few days. Memorial services were held at New Providence Church with Mr Phillips of Terre Haute addressing G A R and Rev Neadrick of Indianapolis addressing Odd Fellows. Henry Jackson and family of Fillmore visited Melvin Ruark and family. Mr and Mrs John Masten visited E E Buis and family. Edgar Lechman visited Ansel Lechman and family.
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Myrtle Storm
Harold
Lester Storm
Indianapolis
Storm
Our Valley
New Providence Church
Mr. Phillips
Terre Haute
Neadrick
Odd Fellows
Henry Jackson
Fillmore
Melvin Ruark
John Masten
E. E. Buis
Edgar Lechman
Ansel Lechman
Family
Garrett children spend summer at home in Malta
The Garrett children from Indianapolis are visiting parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Garrett for the summer. Various locals visit relatives and attend events. Alberta Heavin improves after rheumatism treatment. Families from Anderson Coatesville Fillmore and Indianapolis are noted in visits and gatherings.
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Garrett
Indianapolis
Lewis Garrett
Alberta Heavin
Mt. Jackson
Claude Duncan
Anderson
Glen Duncan
Duncan
Local Social Notices Reach Across Towns
Mrs. Eric Duncan and Miss Margaret Campbell visited Mrs. Anna Hunt last Tuesday. Jacqueline Nichols visits aunt Grace Morehart. Claude Phillips Frank Girton families shop in Greencastle last Saturday. Joe Garrett and family visited Frank Garrett and daughters. Leonard Heavin traveled to Indianapolis. Mrs. Ebbie Smith Illinois and Mrs. Katie Smith Fillmore spent Tuesday with Mrs. Erie Duncan and Miss Margaret Campbell.
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Morgan
Eric Duncan
Margaret Campbell
Anna Hunt
Jacqueline Nichols
Grace Morehart
Claude Phillips
Frank Girton
Greencastle
Joe Garrett
Frank Garrett
Fillmore
Leonard Heavin
Indianapolis
Ebbie Smith
Illinois
Katie Smith
Erie Duncan
Social Notes From Greencastle and Nearby Towns
Roachdale Miss Ella Walsh spent the weekend with cousins the Miss Lovetts in Greencastle. Mrs. Alice Meachum visited friends in Greencastle Sunday. Mrs. A C Lockridge and daughter spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Russell Cook in Danville. Mr and Mrs S B Hostetter and Mr and Mrs E D Hutchins attended the alumni banquet at Wabash College Saturday evening. Fred Tobin and parents visited Mr and Mrs Matt Murphy in Greencastle Sunday. Ed Click returned to work in Bainbridge last week. Mrs Ina Merritt of Indianapolis is visiting her uncle Albert Taylor. The Home Economics Class held its closing meeting of the year with a good program and refreshments in the library Saturday afternoon. The year books were given to the members. Mrs Alice Hicks attended High School commencement at Greencastle Friday evening when her niece Miss Martha Shannon was graduated. Miss Fern Puth, math teacher at St Charles High School in Illinois, returns home the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Fay Anderson, English teachers at J Sterling Morton High School in Cicero Illinois, will visit home folks this Saturday before leaving Wednesday for Indiana University.
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Ella Walsh
Miss Lovetts
Greencastle
Alice Meachum
A. C. Lockridge
Russell Cook
Danville
Hostetter
E. D. Hutchins
Wabash College
Fred Tobin
Matt Murphy
Ed Click
Bainbridge
Ina Merritt
Indianapolis
Albert Taylor
Alice Hicks
Martha Shannon
Fern Puth
St. Charles High School
Illinois
Fay Anderson
J. Sterling Morton High School
Cicero
Indiana University
Notice of Administration for Oliver H Arnold Estate
The undersigned appointed by the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana as administrator of the estate of Oliver H Arnold deceased. The estate is said to be solvent. Elisha L Cowgill Administrator June 5 1928 Charles McGaughey Attorney St June 7 14 21
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Circuit Court
Putnam County
Indiana
Oliver H. Arnold
Elisha L. Cowgill
Charles McGaughey
New Vondera Theatre Planned in Crawfordsville
The Vonderschmitt Amusement company will build the Vondera, a 1,200 seat motion picture theater on South Washington Street in Crawfordsville. Three retail spaces, Italian interior style, Spanish main entrance, a 38 foot lobby, mezzanine stairs, rest rooms and phone booths are planned. Runways will access balconies and a large pipe organ will be installed. The project, directed by H P Vonderschmitt of Bloomington, follows existing theaters in Bloomington, Greencastle, Washington and Bedford.
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Crawfordsville
Vondera
Vonderschmitt Amusement Company
South Washington Street
O. L. Goodlander
Johnson Clore
Goodlander
Vonderschmitt
H. P
Road project damages farm in Montgomery court ruling
The state of Indiana damaged John Hendricks farm in Hendricks county by 3000 dollars in a condemnation suit heard in Montgomery Circuit Court. The case originated from Hendricks county over the old Dixie highway becoming state road 34 between Crawfordsville and Indianapolis. Appraisers had initially found benefits equal to damages and awarded nothing.
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Indiana
John Hendricks
Hendricks County
Montgomery
Hendricks
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Crawfordsville Journal
Local Family Updates Share News of Visits and Illness
James Grider works on a carpenter job for Emma Kelly at her place north of town. Cilla McGaughey visits her aunt Manda Johnson as Manda cares for her health and others. Family members travel to Indianapolis and Missouri for patient care while several are sick or staying with relatives.
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James Grider
Emma Kelly
Cilla McGaughey
Manda Johnson
John Fry
Kate Grider
Mollie Batman
Tine Taller
North Salem
Crawfordsville Lady Attends to Very Poorly Mrs Jeffers
A Crawfordsville woman comes to care for Mrs John Jeffers who is very poorly. Mrs George Jeffers, confined at home, was able to attend church Sunday. Mr James Owsley remains, and T. D. Young is no better at this writing.
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Crawfordsville
John Jeffers
George Jeffers
James Owsley
T. D. Young
Gaucho romance starring Douglas Fairbanks at Granada
Douglas Fairbanks appears in The Gaucho at Granada Theatre a United Artists romance set on the South American pampas with gauchos riders and a clash between banditry and conquest. The tale centers on a dramatic shrine city capture near a dictator as a spectacular prologue unfolds.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Granada Theatre
Fairbanks
United Artists
Pampas
Laugh Clown Laugh at Voncastle with Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney stars as a clown in the new Voncastle Theatre production Laugh, Clown, Laugh adapted by MGM from the stage play. Loretta Young Nils Asther and others join Chaney in a romance set behind theatre scenes and involving a grim sacrifice for love.
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Lon Chaney
Voncastle Theatre
Herbert Gremon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Chaney
Loretta Young
Nils Asther
Bernard Siegel
Gwen Lee
Cissy Fitz-Gerald
Milton Brown Presents Kiwanis Loving Cup
In Indianapolis on June 7 Col. Andrew J. Dougherty commander of the 84th division said the government runs citizens military training camps each summer to instill good habits in young men.
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Indianapolis
Andrew J. Dougherty
84Th
Kiwanis Club Cup Tour Marks Attendance Honor
At the weekly Kiwanis luncheon in Claypool hotel Col Dougherty spoke on military training. Robert W Chambers district governor of Evansville donated a large loving cup to Indiana Kiwanis for attendance and interest. Milton Brown Green Castle presented it to J W McAdams Greenfield. the cup will visit each club before final award to Terre Haute.
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Kiwanis Club
Claypool
Col. Dougherty
Robert W. Chambers
Evansville
Indiana Kiwanis Club
Milton Brown
Greencastle
Julian Wetzel
J. W. McAdams
Greenfield Kiwanis Club
Greenfield Club
Terre Haute Kiwanis Club
Gambling debt eyed as motive in Martinsville double killing
In Martinsville Indiana the murder trial of Charles Blackstone opened with prosecutors arguing a gambling debt of Blackstone’s son Ben triggered the shooting of Edward Stewart and wounding of Wayne Stewart. Harold Tincher and Sam Coffman testified seeing the exchange and shots as police and witnesses described events. Wayne Stewart testified as the court adjourned.
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Martinsville
Ind
Charles Blackstone
Edward Stewart
Wayne
William G. Bray
S. C. Kivett
Blackstone
Ben
Austin Sweet
Wayne Stewart
Ed Stewart
Newman
Harold Tincher
Sam Coffman
Survival after death denied by famed British scientist
London reports Sir Arthur Keith, prominent British scientist, declares there is no survival after death marking a definitive stance by a leading authority. The International News Service note states Keith’s frank conclusion reflects a scientific viewpoint on life after death.
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Britain
International News Service
London
Arthur Keith
Scientific and medical men dispute spirit survival after brain death
In a Manchester University lecture the speaker argued that no evidence supports the survival of the spirit once brain function stops. He asserted that drugs can alter brain powers and consciousness can be suppressed or heightened, and that depriving the brain of oxygen ends its activity just as a fire dies without fuel or air.
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Manchester University
Insecticide Pioneer Promotes Fly tox for Household Use
Government studies show that under favorable conditions a breeding pair can multiply to a colossal fly population in a season, underscoring the need for FLY-TOX. Rex Fellowship at Mellon Institute developed PLY-TOX, with blue labeled bottles claiming to kill household insects.
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United States
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Rex Fellowship
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Charles J J. Arnold
Anager
Canaan
Corn Stalk Valley
Malta
Mooresville
Frank Waters
Marie Vice
Brazil
Will Shuck
Cora Nichols
Janet Campbell
Elza Greenlee
Buddy Greenlee
Lac-A
Uli
Ieee
Tur A. Burdsl
Dane
Purdsal
Wdomality
Mullins Drug Store
Roachdale
Ira
NEW Theatre
W. M. Sutherlin
Hugh Thomson
Matthew Acres
Martha Higgins
Green
Granada
Fairbanks Film A
Voncastle
Kiwanis
Delco
Scobee
Quincy, Ind
Indiana Loan Company
E. Washington St
Willys-Knight and Whippet Sales and Service
Tribby
Franklin and
Vine Streets
Patterson Sales Co
Greencastle Fertilizer Co
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