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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1930
Page
4
A Ford truck offers a four speed transmission that enhances speed and power with efficient use of engine power. It promises quick performance when time matters and strong pulling capability for heavy loads or soft ground, boosting overall reliability and value. Visit to see them.
A fire left only the smouldering ruins and a lone remnant of a home with the family left homeless and seeking shelter after the blaze.
Night Parade, one of the year’s outstanding dramatic films, opens Wednesday and Thursday at Granada Theatre with all talking sound. The story follows a young boxing champion and his complex ties in Manhattan nightlife, featuring Hugh Trevor. Also tonight The Vagabond King closes its run, in color, with Dennis King and Jeanette MacDonald. 4-H club enrollment deadlines and ward progress noted for the school program.
Alice White, the youngest Hollywood star, returns in The Girl from Woolworths a first National Vitaphone all talking picture opening at the Voncastle. The story follows a ten cent store clerk who aims for night club stardom and entangles with a subway guard ending in light romantic complications.
Mullins Drug Store reports brisk sales of Radox foot baths claimed to remove corns and soften hard skin. A customer letter from 1 November 1929 praises relief after several soaks, noting Radox combines four salts to deodorize antiseptic soften water and release oxygen for root penetration.
The 4 H club invites girls from Greencastle and Madison township to join the large national organization. Enrollment cards and literature are available from home economics teachers, ward principals, and junior leaders Mary Louise Talbott Meredith Reeves Charlotte Etter Dorothy Harlan Clara Lucille Conklin Letty York Mildred Gowen. A contest among units encourages enrollment this year.
The body of 9-year-old Evelyn Lee was discovered in a Des Moines wooded glade after she went missing Saturday. Police say she was choked to death, a crime described as the act of a fiend. State agents and Polk County officials joined the manhunt with Sheriff Findley deploying bloodhounds. autopsy confirms she died Saturday night.
Herald urges readers to call 65 with tips on deaths marriages embezzlement fires births divorces crimes or town moves to help make the paper more newsy. Reporters welcome any readable details about local events, incidents, or community changes.
The Flanders poppy will appear on city streets on May 24 as Jesse M. Lee Post No. 1550 conducts its annual appeal for disabled and needy veterans and dependents. Proceeds fund disabled veterans who craft pies, welfare work, aid to distressed comrades, and military funerals, with portions supporting Veterans Bureau offices and national liaison efforts.
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