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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
1
A satirical correspondence laments and mocks sidewalk safety measures at the courthouse. A boastful fake explosive is described with claims of showing it in a drugstore window before the Fourth. The writer riffs on local events and personal notes while peppering in humor about peaches and society dinners.
Fred Lister a 24 year old coal miner and Hester G. Kirchner aged 19 of Clay county obtained a marriage license. Gilbert D. Rhea 31 a physician from Clayton and Genevieve Daggy 30 a teacher from Greencastle also received licenses.
Fair tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer readings in the north and central regions. Partly cloudy Sunday followed by thunderstorms overnight into the east and north.
Nunzio Frank Cancilla, wholesale fruit dealer, leases the room on the east side of the square formerly used by A P Store and will move to the new location within a month. The new site is two doors south of his current location, which he will keep for another month before the lease ends. Several firms seek to erase the vacated room.
Dr Be S Shumaker 58 superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League in Battle Creek sanitarium on leave of absence. If unable to return Samuel McNaught Iowa Anti Saloon League head would succeed him. Shumaker suffers complications blamed on 160 days at the Indiana State Farm for contempt of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Three Putnam County road improvement contracts await bond sales by the county treasurer before work can start. The Galen S. Irwin road in Roachdale, the Andrew Trester and others road in Washington township, and the Werley Greenlee and others road in Cloverdale township are awaiting buyers for bonds placed on sale weeks ago.
Marion O Neal 79 of Jefferson township Putnam County died Friday at Evansville hospital after three weeks of illness. Survived by five children and a sister. grandfather of Orville O Neal. Funeral Sunday at Providence Church with Rev. Reuben Masten officiating. interment in Providence Cemetery.
Frank Coble a 19 year old DePauw student from Richmond leaves with $100 cash for a sightseeing trip across France Germany Holland and Switzerland by bicycle. He travels by foot and train to Philadelphia New York and meets silk importers who consider sponsoring a voyage. Harold Frank offers a round trip ticket to Europe to keep him from working his way across the ocean.
Hubert Sherman proprietor of the Greencastle Hatchery moved his equipment from south Jackson street to the rear of the High Point Filling Station on east Washington street today. He plans a new incubator and notes the move provides more room and easier loading of chicken feeds.
Bernard Sturgis seventeen a Butler High School graduate was named Indiana winner in the national Edison contest to find a successor to Thomas A Edison He will go to New Jersey to face forty seven state winners for a four year Edison scholarship and receives an Edison radio phonograph set Richard Moss Boston Indiana was chosen alternate for the state prize Eight other finalists will receive scholarships to Indiana or DePauw universities plus the state committee will seek further aid from Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.
A 1928 Ford roadster owned by Donald Pursell of Fillmore was stolen from near Call's Cafeteria between 7:50 and 9:00 last night, according to a report to Sheriff Edward Eiteljorge by Mr Pursell.
Former local pastor and National Baptist editor Dr. A. M. McGuire will preach at the Baptist Church in morning and evening services. A basket dinner is planned at noon followed by a Union service at 7:30 p m.
E B Doll died at his home on Indiana street this morning. Charles Ammerman, recently teaching in St Louis, is visiting his sister Laura Ammerman. Curtis Hughes of the Central National Bank is taking a week’s vacation.
Vermillion County Sheriff Harry Newland singlehandedly dispersed about 2,000 rioting coal miners at the Bono mine near Dana Indiana. The mob attacked non union workers and looted the company safe as 60 miners faced danger with 20 still underground. Police expect a grand jury probe and affidavits were filed against several rioters.
Members of the Putnam County Wool Growers Association will deliver their wool to Green Castle Friday July 5 for the annual pool. It will be received by the buyer at the old Grubb Mill property north Jackson street, as in previous years. H N Little Co of Indianapolis purchased the wool at eight and one half cents per pound.
An eating house at the Four Corners near Greencastle will rise at the intersection of National Road No. 40 and Greencastle Bloomington Road No. 43. The 40 by 60 foot building will include lunch and dining rooms, kitchen, living quarters, a deep well and water system, a full basement, and modern heating. Architect Hiram Callendar is drawing plans with a September 1 start hoped for.
Mrs Gladys Carpenter Chadd 31 of Meridian died Saturday morning at County Hospital after major surgery. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs William Carpenter, survived by husband Cecil and four children William Jack Betty Jean. Burial at Forest Hill follows service at Presbyterian Church Monday at 2 30 p m with Rev Victor L Raphael officiating.
The Camp for undernourished children will open Friday July 5 instead of Monday to complete plumbing. Fourteen children are registered for the camp and others will join classes and exercises. Report next Friday morning between 9 and 11. Donations come from several clubs and individuals including Methodist Church and Veronica Club. Call Mrs. Frank Jones at 200-Y to donate.
Major Ramon Franco and three crew members believed lost after a week at sea were located safe near the Azores by the British aircraft carrier Eagle. The rescue, confirmed from the Eagle to Gibraltar and the admiralty, ends days of search across the Portugal Spain waters.
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