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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
6
Report from Old Orchard Beach notes crowds awaiting the Yellow Bird crew at the field as police bolster security. The plane's pace, weather, and a 22-year-old Portland stowaway Arthur Schreiber are cited as factors potentially affecting a Paris arrival at Le Bourget later today.
The piece notes nine successful Atlantic flights by 1930s era aviation figures. It lists eight west to east crossings including Alcock Brown Lindbergh Chamberlin Levine Byrd Schlee Brock and Amelia Earhart, along with east to west attempts by Nelson Smith von Huenefeld Koeh and Fitzmaurice.
Glen Brown of Coatesville was arrested on malicious trespass after refusing to yield a farm west of Coatesville. Central Trust Co. foreclosed, property sold to Daniel W. Tibbs, who faced Brown’s eviction refusal. Hendricks circuit court ordered Brown to stop. affidavit cites trespass and damage to doors and casings.
Hogs sold 160-250 pounds at 11.25 to 11.30, down about 20 cents. Steers steady, heifers steady to weak. Wealers 50 cents lower at 13 to 15. Sheep and lambs steady to weak at 14.50 to 15, fat ewes 4.50 to 6.50.
Putnam County Farm Bureau members who patronized the Indianapolis Producers Commission Association will receive refund checks of about $1,000. The association, led by Scott Meiks, reported May sales of 992 cars of livestock, 33.87 percent of market receipts, and a record $167,324.50 in one day on June 4.
Washington June 14 An investigation of the shooting by customs patrolman Emmet J. White near International Falls Minnesota shows he apparently acted within his authority under the law Assistant Secretary Seymour Lowman announced after receiving the Minnesota report White has a perfect defense to charges leveled against him
Purdue University reports May conditions for Indiana crops as of June 1 with winter wheat at 4 percent of normal. Decline in the southwest due to pest pressures contrasts with gains in the east. Forecast 1929 production 27,324,000 bushels vs 9,450,000 last year. Rye at 85 percent of normal. Hay and pastures above average. apples, peaches, pears show favorable prospects. Farm labor supply declines while demand grows. supply to demand ratio is 101.
On the eve of the Northern Baptists convention the removal of Bishop Francis J. McConnell from keynote speaker status was reversed with Rev Avery A Shaw taking the spot. McConnell arrived in Denver and declined to comment on the changes or charges of modernism. Arizona fundamentalists lost a fight over the convention motto as Beavan of Colgate University prepared a Sunday address. About six thousand Baptists had arrived for the opening.
Aaron Golstein of Louisville Kentucky a Negro truck driver pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor and was held in the Putnam County jail. Sheriff Eitelforge and deputy Bryan took him into custody after the National Road crash west of Stilesville. The truck carried household furniture from Louisville to St. Louis and other crew members continued the trip.
A new treatment claims to remove corns instantly using white blood corpuscles to granulate the root. Dr Stickel is credited as the discoverer, with a safe flesh friendly method. The ad promotes a $1 Corn Fly kit from Owl Drug Store Ady with powder refills and a money back guarantee.
The article lists the Greencastle Herald profile with details on its establishment as Star and Democrat, postal handling as second class mail, Charles J Arnold as proprietor, City Editor WADA, and manager. It also notes publication schedule, address 17 19 South Jackson Street, Greencastle Indiana, and subscription pricing by mail and carrier.
Bus schedule fragment shows travel between Greencastle and Bloomington with times 8 45 A M and 12 45 P M and 4 10 P M. Contact number 573 appears for Arrive Bloomington.
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