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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
3
A passenger arriving from Europe on the Albert Ballin carried a bottle of Napoleon Brandy more than a century old hoping it would be exempt from prohibition. The liquor was not exempt and the man faced consequences.
Wallace Beery discusses his approach to bad men drawing on real life figures like Jesse James. The cast includes Jean Arthur and Fred Kohler in Stairs of Sand based on Zane Grey and shot at the Aviona desert with Otto Brower directing.
The body of Margaret Lawrence, famed stage actress, was shot in her roof top apartment by Louis Bennison. Bennison then killed himself. Autopsies show both were intoxicated. Authorities doubt suicide pact and explore jealousy over rivals as motive. Lawrence to be buried in Germantown, Pennsylvania per Quaker rites.
Mt Summit high school, Mt Summit Ind, placed on probation by the Indiana High School Athletic Association until June 1, 1930. The move followed attempts to make Verrollton Shaul eligible to play basketball after his father moved to LaFountaine. An injunction suit against Shaul's ousting was deplored by officials.
Fred Zacher, 25, lay two days in a wooded area near his father's farm after shooting himself with a revolver. A note found on him read health issues forced the act while regretting his actions, as two brothers discovered him nearly dead. He had recently worked in Gery and lived with a sister at 4625 Lincoln street.
Joliet prison inmate Richard A. Loeb spent his 24th birthday inside the Joliet Penitentiary carrying errands as he serves a life sentence with Nathan Leopold Jr. for the Bobby Franks murder in Chicago.
Russellville residents spend weekends visiting relatives in Peru Indianapolis and Newman Illinois. Local funeral attendance for Harvey Hall and Miss Mildred Goff’s bridal shower highlighted by handkerchief gifts and refreshments. A Franklin deputy shoots and wounds two suspects in a related St. vicinity incident.
Irene Ahlberg an 18 year old New York stenographer won the title Miss United States from four rivals in Galveston Texas on June 11. The new queen has blonde hair blue grey eyes weighs 125 pounds and stands five feet seven inches. She aims for a stage or screen career.
Captain Albion Ahrenberg, a Swedish aviator, and two companions started from Reykjavik at 8 41 a m Iceland time toward Ivigtut Greenland but aborted the flight and turned back. It marks the fourth attempt since yesterday morning in the Iceland to Greenland trans Atlantic endeavor.
The Putnam County Bankers Association met at Central National Bank to discuss reforming the Vigilantes committee and to strengthen its countywide role in bank robbery response. Robert Stevenson and Simpson Stoner were named leaders with deputizing authority. representatives from Cloverdale and Bainbridge banks attended.
Mr and Mrs Waldo Mickel and Mrs Perter Smith of Indianapolis spent Saturday night and Sunday with M E Smith. Mrs Will Evans and friend from Indianapolis visited Sunday with Mrs James Hylton. Otho Ader and son Raymond from Indianapolis called on Alpha Haynes Sunday evening. Marve Baker of Indianapolis stayed with Clifford Shinn and Charles Baker and Edna. Charles Hodson visited Henry Osborn Sunday afternoon. Cecil Knauer and family spent time with his father near Greencastle. Charles Miller and Bert Miller with their daughters visited Carol Summers. Miss Aline Goodwin stayed Saturday with her aunt Mrs Flossie Weaver. Mrs Fred Beck and daughter Marie called on Mrs Kate Timmons in Bainbridge Wednesday afternoon. Lester Walton's children have the Whooping cough.
D W Boyce, 70, former publisher of the Indianapolis Times and noted big game hunter, died in Chicago today. After retiring he traveled Africa and South America and wrote several travel books.
United States senator James E. Watson and seven other Hoosier Republicans were named as defendants in a $50,000 damage suit filed by William M. Rogers, a former Ku Klux Klan organizer. The case alleges conspiracy to damage Rogers reputation through forged affidavits and threats, linked to a federal inquiry into Indiana corruption.
American Association games included Indianapolis 6 against Kansas City 3 and Toledo 4 versus Minneapolis 8. Louisville 7 8 and Milwaukee 5 7. St Paul 3 5 and Columbus 2 7. In the American League Philadelphia 14 over Chicago 3. New York 11 over St. Louis 5. Washington 13 over Cleveland 3. Detroit 5 over Boston 3. National League Pittsburgh 3 over Brooklyn 2. New York blank Cincinnati 0. St Louis 10 over Philadelphia 3. Boston at Chicago postponed by rain.
John B. Webster of San Diego California was selected as the honor man of the graduating class after leading his class each year since entering the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland.
Mrs. Gladys Harrison of 1369 Oliver Street Indianapolis reports dramatic relief from stomach trouble gas pains breathlessness and weight loss after using Konjola. She gained from ninety four to one hundred four pounds and notes improved digestion sleep and daily energy. Konjola is sold in Greencastle at Owl drug store and by druggists across the region.
The Herald in Greencastle Indiana lists its founding as Star and Democrat in 1858 with Charles J. Arnold as post office entry and LeRoy Bee as proprietor. It publishes weekdays at 17 19 South Jackson Street with postal rates 3.00 yearly in county 3.50 elsewhere and 10 cents weekly by carrier. phone 665.
Greencastle Bloomington bus line announces departures from Greencastle at 8 45 AM and 12 45 PM with service times 4 16 PM and 7 00 PM from Crawford Hotel.
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