Genial Harry Bee Featured In Greencastle Notes
Folks About Town profiles Greencastle resident Harry Bee who runs the Owl Drug soda fountain and drives a fast Ford roadster. The column also notes Otis Matthews, a Ford salesman, and jokes about a crossroad shooting and a trip by vigilantes to Indianapolis. It mentions Capt Allan Buchanan, a DePauw alumnus, and quips about Bartley down in Democratic South Fort Smith Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bee
Harry
Greencastle
Owl Drug Store
Bart
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Rug Case Moves To Putnam Circuit Court
Mrs. Flossie M. Storey of Spencer sues A. Roy Phillips, Spencer jeweler, for 1500 dollars claiming rugs sold as Oriental were cheap imitations worth no more than 100 dollars. The suit, with venue changes from Owen to Morgan counties, will be filed in Putnam Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie M. Storey
Spencer
A. Roy Phillips
Spencer Jeweler
Morgan County Court
Owen County
Spencer World
Putnam Circuit Court
Storey
Phillips
DePauw Honors Three with Degrees at 90th Commencement
DePauw university conferred honorary degrees on Dr. William Niles Wishard Bishop Edgar Blake and George Throop at the ninetieth annual commencement. Blake a Boston educated Methodist bishop serves Indianapolis from Paris France and Throop is chancellor of Washington University. Wishard a longtime physician and educator chaired medical programs in Indianapolis and led nursing training initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Niles Wishard
Edward Blake
Indianapolis
George Throop
DePauw
Edgar Blake
Washington University
St. Louis
DePauw University
Methodist Episcopal Church
Salem
N. H
Lebanon
Manchester
Board of Sunday Schools
M. BE
Blake
Wishard
Greenwood
Ind
Wabash College
Indiana Medical College
Miami Medical College
New York
London
Indianapolis City Hospital
Indiana State Medical Association
Mississippi Valley Medical Associations
American Urological Association
American Medical Association
Two Local Students to Graduate From Purdue
Marion Maxfield son of Mr and Mrs William Maxfield and Orville Mathews of Putnamville are among local students graduating from Purdue University Tuesday morning. Mr Maxfield specialized in aeronautics and has accepted a position with Martin & Company at Baltimore MD and will start June 24. Attending the exercises will be Mr and Mrs William Maxfield Mr and Mrs Walter Gardner and Mrs W A Kiessling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Maxfield
William Maxfield
Orville Mathews
Putnamville
Purdue University
Maxfield
Martin & Company
Baltimore
Walter Gardner
W. A. Kiessling
Brother of Mrs Wimmer Killed in Marshall Accident
Marion Hathaway aged 79 of Marshall was killed instantly when struck by a car driven by Dr Francis McIntyre of Marshall as he crossed the road to fetch mail near his home two miles from Marshall. He died at the scene. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church with burial nearby. He leaves a wife and son Frank and three sisters Mrs Greer Mrs James Miller and Mrs Wimmer and brother Wesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Hathaway
Marshall
Lincoln Wimmer
Francis MclIntyre
Mr. Hathaway
Presbyterian Church
Frank
Greer
Glendora
Cal
James Miller
Brookville
Wimmer
Wesley
Parke County
Death of James F Hill in Indianapolis
James F. Hill aged 89 a Greencastle native died in Indianapolis Sunday from complications of diseases. The funeral will be in Indianapolis Wednesday at 1 pm, with burial in Forest Hill cemetery Greencastle at 3:30 pm. He leaves a son Paul Hill now in Texas. Hill was a pioneer Greencastle merchant who ran a music store and sewing machine agency and owned the building later sold to an oil company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Hill
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Forest Hill Cemetery
Hill
Paul Hill
Texas
High Point
Oil Company
Bankers Vigilantes shoot at Fort Benjamin Harrison
The State Bankers Vigilantes shoot was held at Fort Benjamin Harrison today attended by Joe Cros by Donald Riley Jerome Welch Don McLean and Charles Crawley of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bankers
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Joe Crosby
Donald Riley
Jerome Welch
Don McLean
Charles Crawley
Marriage License Pairs Listed For Kerr Kingston and Davis Malicoat
John Francis Kerr 22 a student of Aurora wed Ruth Adelaide Kingston 5 Stilesville R 2. Robert Davis 27 a laborer of Indian apolis married Ruby Malicoat 19 at home Bainbridge.
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John Francis Kerr
Aurora
Ruth Adelaide Kingston
Stilesville R
Robert Davis
Indianapolis
Ruby Malicoat
Bainbridge
Weather Forecast Mostly Fair With Tstorm Risk
Mostly fair conditions in the south with partly cloudy skies in the north. Thunderstorms possible tonight or Tuesday. Warmer tonight and again in the south on Tuesday.
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South Portion
North
DePauw Graduation Echoes Paradox of Power Address
Rev Henry Hitt Crane spoke at DePauw University commencement replacing ill President Oxnam. Crane urged youth to grow as plants and pillars for a prosperous nation, citing power as paradoxical and spiritual, with lessons on jiu jitsu, salesmanship, and Judas. Degrees conferred by Oxnam amid prayers by Dr Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovien W. Fifer
Indianapolis Methodist Churches
DePauw University
Fifer
G. Bromley Oxnam
Henry Hitt Crane
Bowman Memorial Gymnasium
Wesleyan
Jon
Paul
Jesus
Judas
Crane
Christ
Judaa
William Warren Sweet
Edwin Post
Roy
West
Edgar Blake
Malone divorce suit filed in Putnam Court over desertion
Ina Malone sues Eugene Malone in Putnam Circuit Court for divorce on desertion grounds and seeks custody of two children. They married July 20, 1920 and separated September 20, 1926 when the plaintiff says he deserted her. she believes he is in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Malone
Putnam Circuit
Eugene Malone
Plaintic
Tennessee
DePauw VP Receives Doctor of Laws at Commencement
20 years ago in Greencastle Dr. H A Gobin vice president of DePauw had the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred at the commencement exercises. Edgar O Daniel of Cairo NL visits his parents A V and Mrs O Daniel. Delta Delta Delta celebrates its first anniversary banquet at the Belnap hotel. City council enacts a 10 mph speed limit for inter urban cars within city limits.
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H. A. Gobin
DePauw
Edgar O'Daniel
Cairo, NL
Mrs
A. V. O’daniel
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Belnap Hotel
Car Runs Loose Crashes Through Garage Wall
Mr and Mrs Philander Pruitt of 405 East Walnut Street had groceries when their car rolled down a hill after brakes loosened. It crashed through their stone garage wall tearing it out and landed in the alley before they could stop it. The car sustained damage from the wall stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philander Pruitt
East Walnut Street
Mr. Pruitt
Bandit Trail Traced Across Two States
Earl Spencer, 21, escaped inmate and Floyd Watson of Jasper County were tracked across two states after a sequence of car thefts and a highway chase. They stole cars in Crawfordsville and Lafayette, and forced victims Paul Thomas, Helen Simmerman, Leslie Churchill, and Evelyn Allison to drive them, ending near Greencastle. Police recovered the trail with descriptions matching Spencer and Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Spencer
Floyd Watson
Jasper County
Crawfordsville
Newt Busenbark
Leroy Clore
Paul Thomas
Helen Simmerman
Veedersburg
Danville
Thomas
Lafayette
Leslie Churchill
Longview
Evelyn Allison
Allison
Churchill
Miss Allison
Vecdersburg
Vernon Shields
Otto Biederstedt
Greencastle
Spencer
Funeral of Mrs Leatherman Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Leatherman wife of Alger Leatherman will be Tuesday at 2 30 pm at the Christian Church Rev B H Bruner officiating Interment follows at Little Walnut cemetery She had been seriously ill for two weeks from a complication of diseases and was 45 She is survived by her husband three sisters Mrs Fred Allen Mrs Fred Shau and Mrs Grace Woodall and two brothers John Jacob of New Maysville and Carl Jacob of Indianapolis.
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Anna Leatherman
Alger Leatherman
West Columbia Street
The
Christian Church
B. H. Bruner
Little Walnut Cemetery
Leatherman
One Man Killed At Cross Roads In Early Morning Gun Battle
Floyd Watson of Jasper County is identified as the dead man shot at Hanna Cross Roads north of Greencastle. Earl Spencer, an escaped state prisoner, was wounded after shooting at deputy Harold Cobb who, with Harry McMillen, confronted the car at State Road 43 and 36. Spencer was believed to be fleeing toward Greencastle after a bank robbery connection.
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Cross Roads
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Hanna Cross Roads
Here
Floyd Watson
Jasper County
Watson
Pendleton
Rensselaer
Chauncey Manning
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
McCurry Undertaking Establishment
Earl Spencer
Franklin
Indiana
Harold “Nubbin" Cobb
Johnson County
Cobb
Ton Spencer
Harry McMillen
Decatur
Frank Allen
State Reformatory
Vincennes
Spencer
Illinois
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Otis Matthews
Ford
Rogues
Hoover
Allan. Buchanan
U.S. N
Buchanan
Annapolis
Mary Goodwin
F. D. Leete
Paris
France
Bishop Blake
Gorman
Maine
Charles H
Abigail Blake
Boston School of Theology
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Middleton, Conn
Purdue
James F Hill
Orien W. Fifer
DR. Oxnam
Henry B. Longden
University
Oxnam
Salem B. Town
Univerisity
W. W. Sweet
Merald
Mrs. Leatherman
Pal
Harold Cobb
Bulletin
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