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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
4
Granada Theatre announces two programs for the weekend. Too Young To Marry stars Loretta Young and Grant Withers opening today and running through Saturday. The Finger Points features Richard Barthelmess with a two day Sunday matinee run starting.
In the American Association St Paul beat Indianapolis 4 0 Louisville defeated Minneapolis 5 4 Toledo won over Milwaukee 13 4 Columbus played Kansas City on wet grounds. In the American League Detroit and Cleveland tied 4 4 New York thrashed Philadelphia 7 2 Chicago beat St Louis 10 4 in eleven innings. NL games saw New York beat Boston 2 1 Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati. Several matchups postponed or moved due to conditions with remaining interleague play noted.
A playful comparison notes that early humans resolved courtship by force, while modern civilization permits a cheaper, gentler approach through the want ad. It highlights societal restrictions and the convenience of classified notices for finding a mate.
Dayton rookie Marine Rove faces Terre Haute ace Ira Hall in a Sunflower Park dirt race duel. Rove, new to local speedways, already earns Ohio circuit praise as fearless. Hall and Rose each won a meet this year, with Rose holding multiple track records including a 25.45 second half mile at Hamilton.
Mary Jane Hurst born June 8 1865 Greencastle township Putnam County Indiana youngest child and sole daughter of Jefferson and Elza Hurst. She married Daniel V. Moffett in 1883 Kansas Illinois and widow since January 17 last year. She died peacefully after years of invalidism, member of Deer Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She leaves a son D O Moffett and granddaughter Mary Louise, stepmother Mary Montgomery, half brother Joseph B. Hurst, devoted friend Miss Stella Collins aided her in life and illness.
The roster lists Kenneth Eller and iene Longdon as second trumpet, Elmer Evans and James Roberts on trombones, Eugene Allan and Richard Whelan on baritone, John Bishop on sousaphone, Pay Jones and John Flemming on drums, Alvin Ellis and Bnd Binkley on timpany, Mary Gregg Bruner on piano, Betty Nichols and C. R. Young as directors with Marshall Howenstein as assistant director.
Dwight Priest of Greencastle about 40 was arrested by Sheriff Alva Bryan on a charge of defrauding a boarding house keeper. An affidavit by Mary A. Ellis claims Priest owes for board. The charges were not pressed as he arranged to pay the bill.
Hog prices rose early with sales of 150 to 250 pounds at 7.40 to 7.60 dollars, heavies and underweights down, sows down. Cattle were strong and calves steady at 8.50 lower. Sheep remained quotably steady.
David Foy aged twenty six, son of a Jackson family, was murdered after being robbed of eighteen dollars. An unidentified man forced him to drive, near Michigan Center, where a car ran out of gas and a bullet ended Foy's life. Police from city, county and state search for the slayer who fled into fields.
The W C T U Scientific Temperance Instruction department sponsors a high school essay contest in early May with topics for juniors and seniors on John Barleycorn and saloon effects, freshmen sophomores on sobriety and efficiency, and younger grades on abstinence and machinery control. Prizes range from 2 to 10 dollars, judged by Mrs W L Raphael, Mr Sam Hanna, and Prof Harold Zink, with 75 percent for subject matter and 25 percent for style.
A brief notice notes a telephone request to place a lost advertisement and urges readers to inquire at every door in town, adding that the cost is trifling.
Sheriff Alva Bryan announces a public sale under a 1921 decree in the Putnam Circuit Court case James Alexander v. multiple defendants. The auction, May 9, 1921, 10 am–4 pm, at the Putnam County Courthouse, offers rents and profits for up to seven years and the option to sell the fee simple if needed. parcel includes parts of Section 22 Township 15 North Range 3 West totaling about 36 acres.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Emma J. Dorsett to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Greencastle Indiana May 11 1931 and show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk John W Herod signs. Apr 18 1941 Apr 20-27 May 4.
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