SAY! The Spencer World and Beyond in One Letter
Reader notes Phil Maxwell leaves Spencer World for the Chicago Tribune and mentions H Weir Cook visiting the Rotary Club. He jokes about threshing clover seed, praises farm workers, comments on the World Series and Babe Ruth, then previews Old Gold Day football with Balham and Coach Bish Hughes.
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Phil Maxwell
Spencering
Spencer World
Spencer
Phil
The
Chicago Tribune
Balham
Bish Hughes
Tigers
Hughes
Morgan County farmer shot by mistake in Indiana
Rice McCormick a farmer near Wilbur in Gregg township was accidentally shot this morning by Otis Bryant who owns the adjoining farm. The charge struck McCormick in both legs and his injuries are painful but not serious. Bryant said he mistook McCormick for a groundhog.
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Martinsville
Ind
Rice McCormick
Wilbur
Gregg Township
Otis Bryant
McCormick Farm
McCormick
Bryant
Mrs Oxnam Improves After Indianapolis Hospital Observation
Mrs G Bromley Oxnam wife of DePauw University president returned home after a stay in an Indianapolis hospital where a needed operation was thought possible. Improvement in her condition made the operation unnecessary, hospital attaches reported.
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Oxnam
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Indianapolis
Wa Bash Coach's Mother Injured in Fall
Mrs Ella M Vaughan mother of Robert E Vaughan Wa bash college coach is hospitalized in Culver Ind with a broken hip after a fall at home. The elderly woman was described in fair condition as coach Vaughan returned from a Danville football game.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Ella M. Vaughan
Robert E. Vaughan
Wabash College
Culver Hospital
Vaughan
Danville
DePauw to Lay Cornerstone on Old Gold Day
Old Gold Day at DePauw University features cornerstone laying for Asbury Hall a $300000 recitation hall amid a full program. Attendees include Dr G Bromley Oxnam Roy West Dwight Ritter and Dr Byron H Wilson with Lilienthal as speaker.
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DePauw University
Asbury Hall
West College
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw
Roy 0. West
Chicago
Dwight Ritter
Indianapolis
Byron H. Wilson
Greencastle
Edward Rector
Old Gold Day Chapel
David E. Lilienthal
Earlham
Blackstock Field
William Eads Dies at 49 in Indianapolis Hospital
William Eads 49 of 918 East Forty sixth Street died after an appendectomy at St. Vincent's hospital. An auto mobile tire salesman born in Montgomery county he had lived in Indianapolis twenty years. Survived by widow Daisy Eads two sisters Sallie Sanders and Hazel Lovett two brothers Roy and Frank and stepmother Cornelia Eads. Funeral plans not announced.
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Indianapolis
William Eads
East Forty Sixth Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Eads
Montgomery County
Center Lodge
F.end A. M
Daisy Eads
Sallie Sanders
Weather forecast small town region
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with light frost in the northeast. Warmer weather in the southwest. Wednesday should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the southwest.
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South West
Kiwanis Club Banquet to Be Held at Russellville Church
Greencastle Kiwanis Club members and wives will travel to Russellville Thursday evening for a community meeting hosted at Federated Church. About fifty Russellville residents and around forty Greencastle members are expected. the dinner and program aim to strengthen ties between the two communities. Regular Greencastle Kiwanis meeting is canceled. attendees report to Mullins, Brown, Crosby, or Bruner.
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Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Russellville
Federated Church
Kiwanis Club
Greencastle
R. P. Mullins
Milt Brown
Joe Crosby
B. H. Bruner
Demented Man Held in Jail After Escape
John Coats age 26, Auburn resident, held in County Jail awaiting disposition from Illinois authorities. He was captured at Ora Neese’s Manhattan home after escaping a furniture truck driven by William Parrish of Auburn. Coats had fled following an incident in Columbus where he and Parrish removed furniture. He reportedly tried lifting the cell door all night. Sheriff Edward Eiteljorge filed the capture after Parrish alerted authorities. A large crowd gathered at the Neese home after Coats’s appearance.
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John Coats
Auburn
Illinois
Coats
Ora Neese
Manhattan
Edward Eitelforge
William Parrish
White Mule
Columbus
Parrish
Eiteljorge
Brazil
Neese
Morgan County Trustee: Carl Wilhite Elected
County commissioners of Morgan county named Carl Wilhite, Republican, as successor to Mitchell Williams, trustee of Gregg township who vanished September 20 after selling hogs in Indianapolis for 469 dollars. Office declared vacant to ensure township business continues.
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Carl Wilhite
Morgan County
Mitchell Williams
Gregg Township
Indianapolis
Williams
Fire Prevention Week Observed in Greencastle
Fire Chief John Goddard urged observance of Fire Prevention Week in Greencastle. He called for cleaning premises, replacing bad roofs with fire proof ones, and removing hazards. A city cleanup by the fire department already reduced local fire insurance rates and further savings depend on eliminating remaining hazards.
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Greencastle
John Goddard
Attendance 51 060 at Cubs World Series opener
In Chicago on October 8 a sensational figure was announced for the opening game of the world series. President Veeck of the Cubs projected the paid attendance at 51 060 grandmothers buried in the stands today as the first game unfolded.
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Chicago
Veeck
Cubs
Ex Chauffeur for Governor Gets Life Term
Henry Descamps once a chauffeur and cook for former Governor Ed Jackson was returned to Indiana state prison for life after parole. He had killed his wife in 1911 and fled a coal mine before capture. A later drunken driving conviction earned six months on the penal farm and a $500 fine.
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Brazil
Ind
Henry Descamps
Ed Jackson
Dunes Park
Jackson
Indiana State
Descamps
J. W. Lawrence
Indiana State Prison
Parole Board
Chamber of Commerce to Send Road Signs for DePauw Games
Directors agreed to place several road signs around Greencastle to advertise DePauw University football games. Signs will be at Stilesville Road and National, Manhattan Road and National, and Hanna Cross Roads. A DePauw painter will update weekly dates on the boards.
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Directors of
Chamber of Commerce
DePauw University
Greencastle
School
Stilesville Road
National
Manhattan Road
Hanna Cross Roads
de Pauw
20 Years Ago In Greencastle From the Files of Tom Merrald
Harold Sutherlin son of Mr and Mrs John Sutherlin and Mary Dresler of Plainfield were married in Plainfield. They are former DePauw students with Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa Psi affiliations. Drs Hutcheson Gillespie Hawkins and McGaughey attended Terre Haute State Medical Association meeting. Mrs Earl Ellis will host bridge club at her home west of town. Rome Dietrich has returned home from Yakima Washington.
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Harold Sutherlin
John Sutherlin
Mary Dresler
Plainfield
DePauw
The
Kappa Alpha Sorority
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
W. R. Hutcheson
Gillespie
Eugene Hawkins
McGaughey
State Medical Association
Terre Haute
Earl Ellis
Negro White Marriage Delayed In NJ Plans to Study at Oxford
Phil Edwards a Negro athlete and his white fiancée Edith Bedelschoff saw their wedding postponed by one week or ten days. Edwards said he will take his bride to Oxford after earning his NYU degree next June and then live in England or British Guiana.
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Oxford
Wephawken
N. J
INS
Phil Edwards
Edith Margaret Bedelschoff
Edwards
New York University
England
British Guiana
Cubs and Athletics Open 26th World Series in Chicago
Chicago’s Cubs face the Philadelphia Athletics in the opening game of the 26th World Series hosted in Chicago. Pitchers Root and Taylor start for the Cubs, Earnshaw and Cochrane for the Athletics. After five scoreless innings, Eng lish was the first Cubs batter to reach with a hit but was out at first. The game remained 0–0 through six innings before the Athletics pushed across a run in the seventh.
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Chicago
Cubs
Wee
Philadelphia Athletics
Root
Cub
Taylor
Chicago Battery
Earnshaw
Cochrane
Athletics
English
Costes and Bellonte Aim for Eastward Leg After Record Flight
French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte plan to depart from Visitihar Manchuria toward the East after setting a new non stop distance record of more than 5900 miles. The 5900 mile mark eclipsed the 4448 mile Rome to Brazil record by Ferrarin and Del Prete.
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Paris
Manchuria
Dieudonne Costes
Maurice Bellonte
Vsitsihar
Mukden
Costes
Bellonte
Arturo Ferrarin
Carlo del Prete
Rome
Brazil
Former World War Pilot to Speak at DePauw Chapel
H Weir Cook, vice president and manager of Curtis Flying Service of Indiana and World War I ace, will address DePauw chapel on Wednesday. He joined the air corps in 1917 and earned the Distinguished Service Cross twice for bravery in action as a member of the DePauw chapter of D K E B.
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H. Weir Cook
DePauw
Curtiss Flying Service
Indiana
Rotary Club
Mr. Cook
Curtis Flying Service of
Cook
Air Corps
D. K. EB
Miners go on trial for riot at Bono Shaft
Clinton Indiana October seven. Fifty six men faced trial in Vermilion Circuit Court on riot charges stemming from the Bono mine near Dana on June 28. The affidavit named Clyde Shew and Pearl Minett as defendants, but the proceedings target the group of men arrested. Jury selection consumed most of the day with evidence expected to start tomorrow.
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Clinton
Ind
Bono Mine
Dana
Bono
Vermilion Circuit Court
Clyde Shew
Pearl Minett
Lebanon jail escape is recaptured and returned to cell
Charles E. Ottinger aged 34, who escaped Boone county jail eleven days after a ten to twenty five year auto banditry sentence, was recaptured in Clark county near Jeffersonville by Sheriff Al Hughes. He was taken back to Lebanon jail tonight and will be moved to Michigan City tomorrow. He revealed how he picked his cell lock with a wire makeshift key. Sheriff Sandlin received a $100 reward and Ottinger said he had worked on a Clark county farm during his liberty.
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Lebanon
Ind
Charles E. Ottinger
Boone County
L. M. Sandlin
Ottinger
Jeffersonville
al Hughes
Clark County
Hughes
Stanley Stoner
John Stoner
Michigan City
Bethlehem
Two Culling Demonstrations Announced At Local Farms
Two culling demonstrations are planned this week. On Friday at 9 a.m. at Robert Irwin’s farm a White Plymouth Rock flock will be shown with producers and lesser birds for visitors to handle. Afterward attendees should be able to evaluate their own flocks. A second session is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Charley Lobdell’s farm in Floyd Township near Center School where high producing White Leghorns will be showcased.
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Robert Irwin
Charley Lobdell
Floyd Township
Center School
West Point Graduate Assigned to Fort Benjamin Harrison
Lieut. Charles Howard Treat, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Frank Treat of near Indianapolis, a West Point graduate last June, has been assigned to Fort Benjamin Harrison and has reported for duty. Treat is well known locally, having lived here for several years and visited last summer after graduation.
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Charles Howard Treat
L. Frank Treat
Indianapolis
United States Military, Academy
West Point
N. Y
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Treat
Military Academy
Two Men Plead Guilty in Local Court
Two men from Kentucky pled guilty to second degree burglary in Putnam Circuit Court for stealing ten chickens from four Roachdale-area farms last Monday night. James Potts and Richard Everett were sentenced to 2 to 10 years in the Indiana State Reformatory with fines and costs.
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James Potts
Paducah
Richard Everett
Smithland
Putnam
Indiana State Reformatory
Roachdale
Jackson
Mich
Kentucky
Alva Bryan
Potts
Charles Frank
Indianapolis
Marshall Abrams
Buchanan
Indiana
Hughes
Jackson Steel Mills
Terre Haute Scouts Seek 900 Dollars For Local Campaign
At a noon luncheon at the College Inn D H Wilson scout executive outlined plans to raise 900 dollars for local Scout work. Finance committee members Harvey Allan A G Brown and Jacob Eittel will meet Tuesday night October 22 to plan the fundraising drive. All funds stay for local Scout activities.
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College Inn
D. H. Wilson
Terre Haute
Mr. Wilson
Boy Scout
Harvey Allan
A. G. Brown
Jacob Eittel
Indianapolis Couple Receives Marriage License
Charles E. Whitehead, 21, supervisor of 1939 Wilcox Street, Indianapolis, and Susie L. Knauer, 22, of 1927 Wilcox Street, Indianapolis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Knauer, Greencastle R, 4, awarded a marriage license.
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Charles E. Whitehead
Wilcox Street
Indianapolis
Susie L. Knauer
Joseph A. Knauer
Greencastle R
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Groundhog
Wabash
Mother Hart
Club
Morgan CO
Lend Road
Tom Merrald
Yeore & Tenday
Rome Dietrich
Yakima
Washington
Julius Bedelschoff
Alsace Lorrain
Bono Shaft
Howard Treat
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