SayI Do and Banter From a Rural Column
A rambling self aware letter reports on a telegraph reply to a questionnaire about the Say column calling it superb and damgood. The author recounts a riding mishap with a three gaited horse, a limp foot, political notes about A G Brown and Ed Jackson, lawn care antics, and a closing remark about a bishop’s election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Isms
Phil Maxwell
Spencer World
Phil
Don Ford McLean
John Victrola Cartwright
Memorial Day program prepared for Forest Hill cemetery
The annual Memorial Day exercises will be held Sunday at Forest Hill cemetery at 2 PM. A procession forms from the gates led by Greencastle Band and G A R members, with Taps by the American Legion at the end. Rev B H Bruner presides with music by the Band, invocation by Rev C Howard Taylor, Gettysburg Address by Miss Caro Shoultz, a quartet, address by Hon. Clay Phillips, and Band selections culminating in The Star Spangled Banner and benediction by Rev Victor Raphael.
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Clay Phillips
Terre Haute
Forest Hill Cemetery
Greencastle
American Legion
B. H. Bruner
C. Howard Taylor
Misa Caro Shoultz
The
Star Spangled Banner
Benediction—Rey
Victor Raphael
Brown Named Delegate to Republican Convention
A. G. Brown, president of the First National Bank, selected as delegate to the Republican National Convention at the Fifth district meeting in Indianapolis. A. B. Hanna named alternate delegate. The article notes a fair and warmer weather forecast with sunrise at 4 22 and sunset at 7 01.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Brown
Indiana
Mr. Watson
A. G
Greencastle
Kansas
Andrew B. Hanna
First National Bank
A. B. Hanna
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Nobile Flies Over North Pole No Landing Planned
Italian dirigible Italia commanded by Gen Umberto Nobile reached the North Pole at 1 20 this morning but failed to land due to bad weather. Officials reported the flag and cross were dropped on the polar ice as the craft circled the pole before heading toward King's Bay Spitzbergen.
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King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
INS
Italia
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Nobile
Italy
Milan
Pius XI
London
Greenland
Pole
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Sunday School Convention Unites Canaan Groveland and Wesley Chapels
The Canaan Groveland and Wesley Chapel Sunday Schools host a township convention at Can aan starting at 10 a m with classes talks and discussion. A noon basket dinner follows. Prof. E R Bartlett and Prof. L E Mitchell speak in the afternoon with discussions. A memorial day sermon at Wesley Chapel at 7 30 p m features Rev Hansel H Tower on Heroes That Live.
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Canaan
Groveland
Wesley Chapel
E. R. Bartlett
L. E. Mitchell
Hansel H. Tower
Mrs Rector Presented to M E Conference in Kansas City
Mrs Edward Rector of Chicago was presented to the general conference of the Methodist Church at Kansas City on Wednesday. Bishop George R Grose escorted Mrs Rector to the platform, while her husband a former De Pauw trustee has established the Rector Scholarship Foundation which she endorsed.
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Edward Rector
Chicago
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Kansas City
George R. Grose
DePauw
Ohio River Collision Claims One Life Near Madison
One man is dead and two others injured after a collision on the Ohio River ten miles above Madison between the packet Cincinnati and the tug Belfont with a steel barge. Johnson, 25, died at a local hospital while the two injured were admitted for treatment.
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Madison
INS
Hlraer Johnson
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Belfont
Johnson
Wade Bishop Elect of Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr Raymond J Wade of Chicago was elected to the episcopacy by the general conference in Kansas City after a seventh ballot. Wade, a DePauw University graduate of 1898, served as secretary to the world service commission and as secretary of the general conference.
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Raymond J. Wade
Methodist General Conference
Kansas City
DePauw University
James C. Baker
Trinity Church of
J. M. M. Gray
Scranton
Chicago
Wade
Harold Paul Sloan
Haddonfield
N. J
World Service Commission
General Conference
John M. Farters
Portland
Senior flag pole raised on DePauw campus in Greencastle
Twenty years ago today The Herald notes the 127 foot flag pole erected this morning on the DePauw University campus by Green Parker and Supt Cosner. The P H C plans a social at their hall over Warden's Bakery with C H Tellman delivering degree work. Rev W H Brown and daughter Lois visit Gosport for a memorial sermon. Mrs Charles Porter and children visit brother Frank Donner and family.
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DePauw
Green Parker
Supt. Cosner
C. H. Tellman
Charles Porter
Frank Donner
Effects of Coolidge veto discussed in farm issue fight
Washington May 24 The Coolidge veto of the McNary Haugen Farm Relief bill sparks debate on party prospects. Republicans split over impact with claims of nominating prospects at Kansas City and a fierce intra party battle over farm policy and Hoover.
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Washington
Coolidge
Middle West
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Midwest
Hoover
Sophomore Girl Wins Essay Prize for Tuberculosis Sanatorium Need
Miss Katheryn Kelly, a Putnam County high school sophomore, wins first prize of $5 from the Greencastle Business and Professional Women's Club for an essay on the need of a tuberculosis hospital. Louise Johnston and Marie Wright take second and third.
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Kathryn Kelly
Louise Johnson
Katheryn Kelly
Greencastle Business and Professional Women's Club
Putnam County
Louise Johnston
Marie Wright
Miss Wright
Beryl O’hair
Mary Crawley
Louise Crawley
Esther Benefiel
Kelly
Women’s Club
Putnam
Lela Walls
Herald
Recalling Boyhood Memories at Newcastle Turtle Re-encounter
Newcastle Indiana May 24 Ollie Replogle recalls a shell carved with the initials S H T and the date Aug 31 05. The turtle brings back memories of his boyhood along with Ivan H Teeter now of Detroit who spent his youth in Newcastle.
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Newcastle
Ind
INS
Ollie Replogle
Ivan H. Teeter
Detroit
Francois the French Army Veteran Plans Sleep Demonstration
Francois, a veteran of the French army, is to perform a dramatic air tight sleep in a casket this weekend. The event spurs wild theories about how he stays alive for hours, with plans for a 6:30 pm lecture after the sleep and strict crowd control to ensure orderly viewing.
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Francois
Francoils
Frencois
Patrick
Question Looms Over Governor as Indiana GOP Meets
Indiana Republicans enter the second day of their state convention amid debate over Governor Ed Jackson's future role. Frederick E. Schortemeier leads on the governor ballot but falls short of nomination, while party leaders nominate Otto G. Fifield for secretary of state and select a slate of national delegates and alternates.
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Indianapolis
INS
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Schortemeier
Landis
Leslie
Eschbach
Jewett
Douglass
Lesh
Adams
Alva Rucker
Jay County
Charles Ewry
Portland
Ewry
Schottemeier
Jackson
Ind
Ed. Jackson
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M. E
R. J. Wade
Depauw Grad
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George RK. Holmes
Indianapolis News
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Delphi
Joseph Hutsell
Fort Wayne
David Scott
Linton
Willl R. Wood
Lafayette
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LaPorte
Ernest Tidrington
Evansville
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Martha Gold
Knox
Mark Nebeker
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Lebanon
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