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Newspaper

Greencastle Herald

Location

Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1930

Page

2

Local Greencastle News and Stretches of Travel

Local society notes record members of Greencastle Encampment No 59 I O O F meeting Friday night and mention visits by Mrs Ernest Stoner Josephine Stoner and Mrs Jack Lynch in Indianapolis. Several locals travel to Bedford St Louis Washington Kan sas City and Bloomington with hotel stays and lectures noted. An Indianapolis student attends DePauw related events while others visit family and return to Chicago. Police report an abandoned speedster found with no license or lights tied to a Sunday crash. Fire department responds to a Gardner ice truck blaze with minimal damage.

Water Works Hill James Garage

Soctal Light's Plane Hes Escapes Injury

Mrs. Fanchon Zanders of Indianapolis visited here Wednesday. She graduated from DePauw in 1912.

Soctal Light Hes

High School Band Entertained by Rotary

Rotary club welcomed Greencastle school band members at a Wednesday noon meeting. Captain McMahon led, about 30 club members attended, and Warren J. Yount spoke on band value while Medford Maxwell discussed band organization. The band performed three contest pieces.

Rotary Club McMahon Greencastle Warren J. Yount Medford Maxwell

Farm Escape Suspect Given Prison Term By Court

Paul Fittenger aged 23 was sentenced by Judge James P. Hughes in Putnam circuit court to 1 to 5 years in Indiana state prison for a farm escape from the Penal Farm. The sentence was suspended. He allegedly escaped from Putnamville in 1928 and has since served 9 months at Pendleton reformatory. He was sentenced to the Penal Farm from Evansville.

Paul Fittenger Indiana James P. Hughes Putnam Circuit Court Fittenger Putnamville Institution Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton Evansville

For Rent and Sale Advertisements in The Herald

A collage of local listings includes for rent six and four room modern homes on East Seminary and Walnut streets, a piano, two brick veneer houses, second hand farm tools, chicks feed and farming gear, a poultry mash, an upcoming public auction of household goods, and a five room cottage on East Berry Street. Also notes lawn mower sharpening and repair services, mattress refurbishing, and a food market listing. The Putnamville Ladies Aid serves a dinner at the Court House.

Broadstreet East Seminary Street

Television as Modern Miracle Predicted in 1894

The article credits Noah Steiner Amstutz of Valparaiso Indiana with early two way television vision and the 1894 Electrical Journal descriptions of Visual Telegraphy detailing circuits lamps lenses and tuning forks for synchronized face and voice transmission over separate wires, decades before modern systems.

Electrical Journal Noah Steiner Armstutz Valparaiso Indiana Amstutz Wayne County Ohio Noah Steiner

Breakfast Bridge Hosts at Country Club Scene

Mrs. Donald McLean and Mrs. John Cartwright hosted a 10 o'clock breakfast bridge at Northwood Country Club for twenty eight guests. Tables were decorated with spring flowers and out of town guests from Indianapolis attended.

Donald McLean John Cartwright Northwood Country Club N. T. Washburn David Smith Davis Harrison Indianapolis

Amazing Epilepsy Treatment Offered Free to Sufferers

Advert an in The Herald claims a remarkable treatment stops fits. R Lepso, Apt 152 Island Ave Milwaukee Wis offers a free trial to all sufferers. write for details with age.

R. Lepso Apt Island Ave Milwaukee Wisc Adv

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Ernest Stoner Josephine Stoner Jack Lynch James Bittles Bedford Henry B. Longden St. Louis Kansas City Jefferson Hotel Mrs. Lee Dodge Norfolk, Va Washington, D. C Dodge O. H. Williams Columbus Bloomington Williams Urbana Ill Education Department DePauw William Haverly Jr William Haverly East Walnut Street Mr. Haverly DePauw University First Baptist Church M. Dinsmore Indiana Baptist Convention Brick Chapel Epworth League Arthur Swearings John Holmer T. H. I. & FE. Traction Company L. C. Brown Crawfordsville Northwestern T. H. l. & E. Traction Company North College Avenue Gardner Snider Grocery North College Robert Garl Emmet Scott T. J. Donelson W. F. Judy Brick Chapel Piet Tex Anding Gates Flying Service Long Island City N. Y Robert D. Huntington Vincent Astor Huntington, L. I International Newareel Mullins Drug Store Jackson St Greencastle, Ind Rotary Charles J. Arnold Herald Office Neely O’hair Fist National Bank Call Washington Street Tel Hanna Court Oliver John Deere Campbell Brothers North Jackson Street Trinity Mer Putnam County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Ass’n., Inc Old Big Four Mill Ass'n, Inc Greencastle Mattress and Upholstering Co West Franklin Street George Hoffman W. Franklin Street Court House Ind Checkerboard N. Jackson Street THE Ladies Aid of Putnamville East Berry Street Jacob Kiefer College Avenue Eitel’s Crosley Radios Geannin Bisc Ae Motor Legionnaires White House American Women’s Legion of the Hoover Washington Adherson Hassen Edward Campbell Shield Ational International Mewareel the Herald Breakfast Bridge Woman's Club Henry Ostrom J. C. Hearst Christian Church Heavenridge Frank Jones Prohibition Eugene Light Union Virginia Dorothy Owens Krehl Thad Jones Woman's Christian Temperance Union Ws C. T. U Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Anderson Clara M. Sears Mary Lewis Armour Billy Sunday Elizabeth Stanley Greencastle High School Charles R. Brown Harlan Hixon Mary Louise Kocher Cletis Dillinger Mary Rose Harlan Eugene Earley Grade Teachers Club Third Ward Mary Jane Wimmer Mrs. Sincoln Wimmer East Washington Street Oxnam G. Bromley Oxnamp Wood Street Walter H. Fisher Los Angeles California College Inn the Baptist Church Robert Quinton Women's Bible Club Women’s Bible Club of the Methodist Church Leonard Peck Charles Zeis Herbert Williams L. F. I’. Bridge Club Leonidas McNeely Ralph Morris Charles Howard Charles Crawley Semdac Jess Standard Oil Company
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