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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
2
Rates shown include by mail in Putnam County eight dollars per year outside Putnam County three sixty a year in Greencastle by carrier ten cents per week and weekly edition one dollar fifty cents a year Advertising rates available on application.
Betsy Patterson flirts with romance at Sweet Springs Inn as Jerome Bonaparte charms her from the shadows. Betsy dreams of a royal fate while Jerome hints at hidden loyalties and a France driven ambition.
Putnam County Indiana Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by June 9 1928 for improvement and construction of the L T Ray et al Road in Cloverdale Township Bid security bond forms required non collusion affidavit and local bonds optional Crushed Stone road estimated cost 7400 Workmen's Compensation certificate due before contract Work with right to reject bids. May 18 25 June 1.
Taxpayers of Jefferson Township Putnam County Indiana are alerted to a special meeting at 7 p m on Monday May 28 1928 at the School House to consider and approve additional 1928 appropriations including 100 for Advertising Fund 210 for Labor 300 for School Equipment and Furniture and 860 for Truck Chassis and School Truck Body totaling 1 470. Taxpayers may speak and ten or more taxpayers may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners if dissatisfied. Rh P Allee Township Trustee May 17 1928.
Public auction to be held June 20 1928 at the decedent Henry Carpenter estate near Happy Hollow School House Madison Township Putnam County Indiana. Tract 1 includes 48.0623 acres and Tract 2 the north half of the northwest quarter with one acre exception. Terms: one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months at 6 percent interest, mortgage security. Central Trust Company administrator with Hayes Murphy as counsel and C A Vestal as auctioneer.
Bruce Purcell Osborne born April 1 1866 at Pleasant Gardens died May 15 at his sister Mrs Charles Knight home aged 62 years 1 month 15 days. He was the son of George W and Helen M Purcell Os borne and leaves wife Pris cilla Downs father five sisters and a brother. Funeral at sister’s home Rev Dallas Rissler conducted burial beside his mother at Pleasant Gardens cemetery.
A First National Picture about show girls in The Heart of a Follies Girl. It portrays youth as central to chorus life and hints at romances with a poor man, centering on Miss Dove and Larry Kent in a tale of love and social games.
The article notes a vivid, humane performance that resonates with audiences as a character makes a meaningful sacrifice. The Granada Theatre hosts the film or play again today, continuing its run.
The Legion of the Condemned, a companion to Wings, screens at the Voncastle with Ary Cooper as a newsman and Fay Wray as the spy sweetheart. The unit of flyers on the French front faces danger as Cooper carries his ex sweetheart behind German lines.
The wedding of Purdue coach Ward Lambert and Grayce Ward took place Thursday at Trinity Methodist Church Lafayette with Rev E W Dunlavy officiating. The couple left for Chicago for their honeymoon and Lambert will attend a Big Ten athletic meeting. Grayce Ward serves as private secretary to Nelson Kellogg Purdue athletic director. Lambert formerly from Crawfordsville, is a Wabash graduate and Delta Tau Delta member and has coached Purdue basketball and baseball.
Karley Johnson aged 27 died at 9 15 a m in Bloomington hospital after a dynamite explosion Monday night. He lost his left hand and suffered severe powder burns. He is survived by his widow and three children Eunice Wilbur and Bertha.
History teacher Glen Skelton arranged a world war display in the high school gym with a water cooled German machine gun weighing about eighty pounds loaned by Joe Dodd. The exhibit included helmets, trench knives, hand grenades, wound badges, a gas mask and relics from earlier conflicts. The display featured war scenes and charts and was organized by Skelton and Sturgis with items loaned by history students.
Alvin Rockwell of Kalamazoo Michigan will receive the Margaret Noble Lee prize of 50 for the best delivery in the DePauw public speaking contest. The prize honors Edward T. Lee dean of John Marshall Law School Chicago and was first awarded in 1927. It will be awarded annually at the recognition service during commencement week.
Church and school note activities at Canaan Chapel. May social events include visits by Mr and Mrs James Beaman plus Terr Haute and Reeisville guests. Reported injuries from a broken glass incident and several local visitors and ill health updates.
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