Time Brings Many Changes In This County
SAY! by Charles J. Arnold recounts a Jefferson township boy shooting a rare white crow near the William Allee farm, noting white crows and white mules as household rarities. The piece then recalls Neely O’Hair meeting a stranger revealed as Bob O’Hair of Los Angeles, illustrating how time changes.
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Neely O’hair
First National Bank
Mr. O'Hair
Neely
Robert O'Hair
Robert
Bob) O’hair
Greencastle
Los Angeles
Bob
Republican National Convention Opens Under Butler in Kansas City
The opening day program of the Republican National Convention is outlined with M. Butler of Massachusetts presiding at 11 A.M. CST. Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio named temporary chairman. Madame Schumann-Heink leads the audience. sessions will set up platform and committees. adjournment set for tomorrow at 10:30 A.M. Burkhalter remains local manager as Midland Utilities purchases Greencastle Gas & Electric and Rochester Gas and Fuel from J. Gordon Martin holdings.
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Kansas City
INS
M. Butler
Massachusetts
C. Patridge Episcopal
Madame Schumann-Heink
Butler
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Fess
Greencastle Gas & Electric Company
Midland Utilities Company
Chicago
J. Gordon Martin
la Porte and Associates
Rochester Gas and Fuel Company
Mr. Martin
Midland Utilities Co
Indiana
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
H. BE. Burkhalter
The
Coolidge Favored as 1928 Standard by GOP Keynoter
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio opened the Republican National Convention in Kansas City with a general prosperity theme. He praised Calvin Coolidge but did not nominate him, leaving doors open to a draft. Fess said Coolidge’s leadership and public duty stand out, calling him the greatest personal and political force in the world today.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Calvin Coolidge
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Fess
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Lincoln
Ile
Feas
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Hoover
the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
William M. Butler
National Committee
Hoover Butler
Butler
Mellon
Night Horse Show Planned for Putnam County Fair
The Putnam County Fair board plans a special night horse show at the 1928 fair, open to all horse owners. Premiums totaling about 400 dollars will be distributed. Entries previously limited to county owners, but a special fund will be raised to create an attractive night program after the State Fair.
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Putnam County Fair Board
Putnam County
Grand Jury in Putnam County Completes Probe
The Putnam County grand jury ended a multiday session Tuesday afternoon after a brief finale. Indictments are anticipated but details and counts were not disclosed as warrants must be issued and served by the County Sheriff before public release.
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Putnam County Grand Jury
Children’s Day Services at M. E. Church
The Methodist Church hosts a Children’s Day worship next Sunday at 10 40 am. Primary Department children will sing and other youths join in. A class trained since Easter will join the church. Baptisms may be presented by parents. A children’s sermon will cap the service.
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Methodist Church
Mabel Bell Sails Toward Transatlantic Flight From Rochester
Mabel Bell launches from Roosevelt Field on the first leg to Europe in the Columbia monoplane loaned by Charles Levine. She is accompanied by Oliver Le Boutilier, Arthur Argles, and Andy Saurini. The team plans a fuel stop at Old Orchard or Newfoundland and aims to beat Amelia Earhart’s North Atlantic crossing. Weather is reported spotty with headwinds as they head toward Harbor Grace Newfoundland.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
INS
Mabel Bell
Columbia
Europe
Rochester
Oliver le Boutillier
Arthur Argles
Andy Saurini
Queen of Diamonds
Old Orchard
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Miss Bell
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Aviatrix
Trepassey
N. F
Charles Levine
Ocean
Harbor Grace
Atlantic
Collision with cow damages Oak land coupe near Cloverdale
Charles Hess of Consolidated Battery Company reports his new Oak land coupe sustained about 125 in damage after colliding with a cow on State Road 4 a mile north of Cloverdale Saturday morning. The cow died from a broken leg and was killed by its owners Frank Barr and Ralph Sandy. Hess says cows blocked the road and he could not stop within the speed limit. he escapes injury. Hess had just had appendicitis surgery.
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Charles Hess
Consolidated Battery Company
Cloverdale
Frank Barr
Ralph Sandy
Hess
Trials of a Motorist Trap Greencastle Travelers
Twenty years ago in Greencastle a Brazil man Henry Morgel and his party faced a series of tire failures on the way to dinner. A blown tire forced repairs, a second explosion, and a flat return trip. In Manhattan Superintendent Fletcher loaned a tire, but his tire blew out too. they limped home arriving at 4 30 this morning.
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Henry Morgel
Brazil
Morgel
Greencastle
Manhattan
Fletcher
Anti-Saloon League Talks Heard Here
Major F B Ebbert and "Pussy foot" Johnson addressed a large audience at First Christian Church on modification of prohibition law. Ebbert explained proposed changes would redefine non intoxicating beer as 2.75 percent alcohol by weight, equating it to 3.5 percent by volume, risking removal of age and sale restrictions. He argued this would allow intoxicating beer to be sold nationwide with no limits.
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F. B. Ebbert
United States
Major Ebbert
Ebbert
Washington Township Farmer Missing From Reelsville Area
Authorities search for Joe Boswell a Washington township farmer last seen leaving his home Wednesday evening. He was found in Brazil Thursday morning cashing a $131.95 check and carried $10 from his son. foul play or mental distress suspected. Boswell is described as six feet tall with a stoop, black mustache, gray-tinged hair, and a blue suit with white stripe. He recently moved from Greencastle and has several children.
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Joe Boswell
Washington
Brazil
Reelsville
Boswell
South Bend
Stop 35
Washington Township
Charles Eitelforge
Greencastle
Tent meetings continue on Commercial Place
Services at the tent on Commercial Place east of town will continue this week. Mrs Grace Black, in charge, says gatherings occur each evening at 7 30 o clock.
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Commercial Place
Grace Black
Weather Forecast Showers Mod Easing
A weather forecast calls for showers and moderate conditions. Sunrise is at 4 15 and sunset at 7 13 with calmer expected skies later.
Delegations Move Hoover Past Nominating Threshold
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania delegates caucus to Hoover boldly pushing his line beyond 545. Secretary Mellon and Chairman Butler urge their states to support Hoover, signaling strong Republican backing and possible Coolidge endorsement shift.
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Charles J. Arnold
Russell Coleman
Paul Coleman
Broadpark
Jefferson Township
William Allee
Jim Watson
Nerbert Hoover
Midland Utility CO
Insull
Burkhalter
M. BE
Mabel Boll
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Major F.B. Ebbert
Orient
JOE Boswell Institute
Mass
Penna
Secretary OF Commerce
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