Local social notes and events around Greencastle
Mrs S C Prevo hosts guests from Chicago as Mr and Mrs Arthur Irwin visit. Frank Wallace weekend in Chicago with J A Welch. Dan Donnahue and daughter Joanna travel to Newcastle. Greencastle band plaque shown at Sam Hanna’s Books. Fern Rose Sears ill from abscess in left hand. Mathes family back from St Wayne visit Stoessels. Douglas McDonald of Princeton visits. Michigan law student and DePauw graduate Phi Delta Theta member. Children’s Day at Presbyterian church with baptism program. Edward Stevenson Jr and Mrs Stevenson visit from Frankfort. Mrs Frank T Cowan and Colorado relatives join week’s visit. Mrs W M McGaughey, Lela Walls, Mrs Charles J Arnold and Mrs J B Trimble return from trip to Madison and Mammoth Cave. Kauble buys 408 West Franklin home. Gillespie, Emily Jackson, Charles Smith of Indianapolis visit Ruth Sublett in Fillmore. Ruth Sublett nursing student at Coty Hospital spends vacation with Sublett family. Don Bailey of G C Murphy away in Pennsylvania. Graydon Herod fills store. Mary Case to witness start of air tour from Mars Hill Airport. Elmer Norris of Indianapolis and Clem Hammond visit Mrs Joseph B Hammond in 507 South Indiana. Lucy Hutcheson of Reelsville suffers fractured hip from cow attack. hospitalized in Putnam County. Robert Gose, 19, of Manhattan loses sight in right eye after elder branch strike. surgery to save eyeball underway while cutting weeds at George Skelton’s farm.
Indianapolis livestock market report from June 14
Hogs 8,500, holdovers 290, market steady to higher. Bulk lts $10.55, 300-350 lbs $10.15-$10.25, 100-130 lbs $9-$9.50. Cattle 100, calves 200, beef steers about 5c lower, stockers 50c to $1 lower, packing sows $8.50-$9.25.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported Across Cities
Reports from Boston Terre Haute and Chicago recount a string of incidents. A Fairfax-Pinthis disaster blamed on lifeboat shortages and missed SOS. Bert Connelly Newport attorney dead by self-inflicted gunshot at a local hotel. LaFontaine Telephone rate request denied and three bus lines suspended in Indianapolis. Obituary notes Miss Mary Adaline Denny’s death. A Bank robbery in Chicago yielded $4,500 with the bandit keeping $700. A memorial project for Bobby Franke’s murder victim begins construction in Chicago.
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Terre Haute
Ind
INS
Bert Connelly
Newport
Connelly
Samuel J. Hill
Vermillion County
Indianapolis, Inc
Public Service Commission
LaFontaine Telephone Company
Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad Company
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Rushville
Connersville
Ohio State Line
Chicago
Bobby Franke
Flora Franks
Jacobi Franks
Franks
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Acquittal Sparks Dog Racing Track Activities in Indiana
Jefersonville report states Joseph H. Adama and four aides cleared by Clark County Circuit Court jury on operating a gaming house at the track. Attorney General James M. Ogden vows continuing action to curb track gambling masked as dog auctions. In Indianapolis Kiowa City beat local team 4 2 in 10 innings before a 12 000 crowd as parking woes kept many away. Lebanon man Karl Ox arrested after shooting a sapsucker used as fishing bait.
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Jefersonville
Ind
Joseph H. Adama
Clark County Circuse
O Atttorney
James M. Ogden
Indianapolis
Indianapolis American Association
Kiieus City
Alligator Catches Fisherman in Indiana River
Huntington Ind June 14 A fisherman on the Wa bash River reeled in a 14 inch alligator likely swept north by tourists from Florida. The incident followed a prior fine of 33 dollars for a migratory bird law violation by jborn of Thorntown.
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Jborn
Thorntown
Huntington
Ind
INS
Wiley Goforth
Wabash River
Folrida
Hag
Second Decatur Bank Closes Doors On Saturday
Decatur Indiana reports the Old Adams County bank closed after a run, while the People's Loan and Trust Co a half million institution shut its doors at noon today leaving it cashless. A run on the First National Bank a three million dollar bank is ongoing this afternoon with cash rushed from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago by airplane to meet demand.
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Decatur
Ind
Adams County
People’s Loan and Trust Co
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Gigantic still raided by federal officers near Attica
Federal agents and local officers seized a three story still with an estimated 15 000 gallon daily capacity and 35 000 gallons of mash on a 12 acre farm four miles south of Attica Indiana. Attendant Marion Terrenda 20 from Danville was arrested while another attendant fled amid gunfire.
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Attica
Ind
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate in Putnam Circuit Court
Creditors heirs and legatees of George M Miller deceased are summoned to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana on July 5 1930 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness the Clerk FERD Lucas June 14 1930
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George M. Miller
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Ferd Lucas
Golfers to clash as Crawfordsville hostsGreencastle Sunday
The Crawfordsville country club hosts its first inter city match of the season Sunday afternoon with Greencastle Country club visiting. Golfers should report by 1 PM and a noon hour dinner will be served. The rivalry promises a hotly contested eighteen hole affair opening Crawfordsville’s inter city season.
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Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Country Club
Greencastle Country Club
Crawfordsville Club
Greencastle
Local Ads and Classifieds From Greencastle and Danville
RAE Ess OLD MATTRESSES restored and box springs rebuilt. Feather beds and roll mattresses. Greencastle Mattress and Upholstering Co. 118 West Franklin. FOR RENT Langmoor, furnished one and two room apartments with kitchenette. Phone 193 K. 309 E Franklin St. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Art Craft Inn for sale or rent due to other interests. See Roscoe Hurst. FOR SALE 1927 Chevrolet school truck 11,000 miles, $200. Maurice Sotherlin Coatesville Ind. MANAGER Greencastle branch office. No experience needed. honesty required. $250 plus per month, $600 security. Write E J Wall, Danville 816 Chandler St. TABLE GARBAGE hauled free. Phone 700.
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Greencastle Mattress and Upholstering Co
West Franklin Street
Art Craft Inn
Roscoe Hurst
Maurice Sotherlin
Coatesville
Ind
Greencastle
E. J. Wall
Chandler St
Danville
Til
D A R Flag Day Picnic and Local Events Summary
Washburn chapter D A R met on the lawn at Mrs. W O Timmons Northwood Friday. Miss Sarah Bridges announced the second volume of Genealogy. The Better Flims committee recommended Lovin the Ladies True to the Navy Border Romance Such Men are Dangerous for local theaters.
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Washburn
W. O. Timmons
Northwood
Sarah Bridges
William Sherman
D. A. Rt. Congress
United States
D. A. R. Better Flms
Mary E. Peck
Shearer
World War Veteran Dies After Poison Pact Frustration
Ralph R. Oliphant a World War veteran died at his Jameson Indiana home after ingesting strychnine in a suspected act of despair. The 1919 veteran had been due for surgery next week at Great Lakes Navy Training Station hospital. His mother Elizabeth Oliphant witnessed the attempt and a physician tried to aid him but he died shortly after midnight. Oliphant enlisted April 1 wartime service ended January 9 1919 as a sergeant with no overseas deployment.
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Lebanon
Ind
Ralph R. Oliphant
James
INS
Oliphant
Great Lakes Navy Training Station
Jamestown
Elizabeth Oliphant
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