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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
1
A reader’s column notes a local push to fill Putnam County’s quota for the Military Training Camps at Ft. Benjamin Harrison with ten representatives, praising the outing and military training, while recounting town anecdotes about friends, a rain revival, and a roadside eating house.
DePauw University announces an innovative commencement program with Professor Francis Calvin Tilden delivering the commencement address and Dr Lemuel H Murlin giving the Baccalaureate sermon as he retires. June 8 to 10 feature class exercises procession, degrees for 308 candidates, and dedication of the Lucy Rowland hall dormitory funded by Edward Rector and wife.
The Community Board of Religious Education held its last meeting of the year on May 16. A report notes 700 to 750 pupils in the city’s first six grades attended biweekly ten week classes under DePauw and Dr. Bartlett era. The board advocates extended year round religious education and a five day training school in Green Castle, and remains opposed to Greencastle theaters opening on Sunday.
Five women from Newark allege they contracted radium poisoning while painting luminous watch dials for the United States Radium Corporation. They seek $250,000 in damages, arguing the injury occurred eight or more years ago, and face a two year filing limit as the company contests. Attorneys report the case as a lengthy, ongoing battle with uncertain relief.
Mrs Mary Ellen Day aged 79 died Thursday at County Hospital after four days of heart trouble. Born in Lexington Kentucky she moved to Putnam County after the Civil War and lived near Belle Union. Survived by husband Henry A Day five children and several siblings. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Me Curry Funeral Home with Rev. Bruner. interment Forest Hill Cemetery.
Petitioners led by James E. Hall seek incorporation of Stilesville. County commissioners set a May 26 election from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to vote on the proposal. Territory spans 155.50 acres with 108 families and population 308, including 192 qualified voters and 69 resident owners.
The forecast calls for unsettled weather with moderate conditions. Sunrise is at 4 27 and sunset at 6 66, indicating long days but unusual sunset notation.
The Italian North Pole exploration balloon Italia commanded by Gen. Umberto Nobile landed safely at 10 a.m. local time near Nicholas II Land after a successful flight over uncharted regions. Nobile and crew conducted valuable scientific studies but found no new land.
A Tokyo dispatch states Japan will disarm all Chinese Nationalist troops entering Manchuria and sent the notice to both the Peking and Nanking governments. This confirms prior INS reports that Japan would resist invasion by South China forces.
FE M Bowman head of the Indiana polis Cloverdale and Terre Haute Traction company says he has the franchise and will begin constructing a line from Mooresville through Cloverdale to Brazil at once. Birch Hughes Ward Christie and Clifford Allen played main roles in the class day exercises for the class of 1908. Miss Bertha Thornburgh celebrated her 11th birthday with friends this afternoon. Mrs Conrad Gentry of Monrovia visits Mrs C A Kelly. Miss Lela Crosby of Roachdale visits Greencastle today.
The Greencastle High School senior class presents The Family Upstairs a three act comedy Friday May 25 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Ticket sales begin next Wednesday at Stevens Drug Store. The cast includes Joe Heller Emma Heller Martha Shannon and Willie Heller with Mary O Rea r Charles Grant Duane Longden Helen King Francis Hamilton and Joan Durham among others.
Mrs Flossie Wright Gardner aged 49 or 59 years, wife of George Gardner of Manhattan, died at home Friday morning after a four week illness. She leaves a husband two small children her father Frank Wright of Manhattan two brothers James Wright of Peoria and William Wright of Pekin and a sister Mrs James Tate of Greencastle. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 at the Manhattan Church with burial in Manhattan cemetery.
Two time bombs exploded near midnight at the Richmond Hill residence of Robert Elliott the New York state and regional executioner. Elliott his wife two children and a guest escaped injury as police and bomb squad investigated a red car seen fleeing the scene. Elliott helped oversee Sacco and Vanzetti's execution and had received anonymous threats in the past.
Bishop George Grose spoke at the general conference in Kansas City on The Mind of Jesus and Present Day Problems. A Pekin resident and former De Pauw president, Grose recently completed Edward Rector biography, a major Rector Foundation donor, and urged stronger church support for theological institutions.
Indiana dispatch reports a Delaware County protest over Delaware chair and a deadlock in the Second district between Claude Gregg and Peter Schloot as the state committee prepares for the June convention. Lewis Aker protests Albany chairman Linebeck with Dale and Frederick factions opposing. Mrs Flynn slated for vice chair. Williams same role.
The will of Alfred Hirt, a prominent resident who died Wednesday morning, was filed for probate in Putnam Circuit Court. The codicil of December 21, 1927 adjusts main provisions. the widow Laura B. Hirt receives household goods, $500, $1,500 in Liberty bonds and use of West Poplar Street property, conditional on terms of the will. Sallie A. Hirt receives Bloomingon and Seminary Street residence and furnishings, $600 in ...
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