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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1928
Page
2
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A scene at Sweet Springs Inn centers Betsy Patterson during a morning dueling subplot over a Betsy miniature. Betsy cajoles her father while tutors and suitors mingle as La Vert observes from the doorway, Betsy preparing for a French lesson.
Spencer Indiana May 17 workmen rapidly build a large cement pool at McCormick's Creek Canyon State Park near Spencer. The facility includes a 135 by 50 foot main pool with depths from 3 to 10 feet and a 20 by 20 foot child pool one foot deep. Water will be chlorinated and filtered for drinkable purity. The project, part of the state conservation department effort, aims to provide outdoor bathing and playground amenities, with hotel management now led by Mrs. Luna Richards serving meals of high quality.
Victor Aldridge star pitcher for the New York Giants is being sought in Indiana after he did not report to John McGraw. An emissary searches for him as the team needs pitching strength and a contract had arranged for him to join during the Chicago Cubs series. Aldridge, born in Indiana City, is believed to be in southern Indiana.
A Publicity Bureau bulletin from the Indiana State Medical Association urges starting hay fever prevention in May or late winter for spring and fall types. It recommends testing sensitivity to local plants, using targeted pollen extracts, and beginning hypo dermic injections months before symptoms appear to reduce allergic reactions.
Ray Richards and Eates Smith, both 20 and 21 from Evansville, were killed when their motorcycle collided head on with Miss Anna Hunt's car two miles south of Terre Haute Indiana. A car ahead braked forcing the swerving maneuver that led to the crash.
Maintenance forces of the States highway department prepare for Memorial Day traffic with unpaved road improvements. Superintendent A H Hinkle says crews must finish by one day before the holiday and emphasize marked hazards, filled ruts, shoulder dragging, mowing, and dragging gravel roads to ensure smooth surfaces for heavy travel and the Speedway influx.
Vincennes Indiana May 19 A proposed County Manager Form of government modeled on the City Manager system was urged by John Dyer to Rotarians The plan would elect five commissioners with two serving four years and three two years The city manager would run departments on merit and be liable to discharge and would avoid partisan politics The discussion included praise for the system and its potential to reduce local political frictions and improve progress The speaker also contrasted county manager plans with existing city arrangements.
Yale University stands as the backdrop for the Pathe DeMille film Hold em Yale starring Rod La Rocque with Jeanette Loff. Edward H. Griffith directs the colorful screen tale of college life and Yale traditions coming to the screen under Hector Turnbull supervision.
Herbert Brenon's film adaptation of Warwick Deeping's novel, starring Captain Stephen Sorrell and his son, comes to Granada Theatre for Monday and Tuesday showings. The veteran father battles hardship and social ingratitude while guiding his boy amid intertwining subplots and romances.
REELSVILLE MD residents and visitors report activities around town including cemetery fence construction to be finished by Decoration Day, Glenn Bridge project on the P C C and St L R KR east of Reelsville, and attendance at J A Best funeral at McCurry’s. Sunday school convention set for first Sunday in June at the M B Church with services May 20. new officers to be elected. Joe Hutchison visited Reelsville Thursday.
Edgar Franklin Roachdale and sister Margar et of Danville visited Mother's Day with their Walsh Anderson aunts. Afternoon callers included Charles Crosby and Fred Lewman. Bertha Hyten stayed with Hallie Sidener. John Walls moved to Gregory property on Walnut. Lois Greene to Toulon for summer. Robert Lockridge helped James Sharpe celebrate a birthday. Curtis Hudgens Greencastle and Leo Faller joined Arlie Faller for a Sunday visit. Galen Irwin works on his newly bought property.
Indiana reports 791000 acres of winter wheat left to harvest the smallest since the Civil War while 1569000 acres seeded have been abandoned. The 65 percent loss, caused by cold snaps, yields about 10 bushels per acre or 7900000 bushels versus 2762101 last year. Rye stands at 61 percent of normal.
William D. Haywood, founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and longtime Chicago labor leader, died in Kremlin Hospital after a second epileptic stroke. He was 66. His Russian wife, unable to speak English, was at his bedside as his condition worsened over weeks.
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