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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1929
Page
1
A column mixes childhood baseball chatter with election talk and city notes. It quotes readers about scores on radio, comments on Albert Fall trials, a Greencastle bride seeking seating advice, and local campaign chatter alongside Connie Mack as a World Series figure.
DePauw University officials rejected a Texas students offer to supply a horned toad for placement in the cornerstone of Asbury Hall the universitys new 300000 recreation building. The ceremony and Old Gold Day homecoming events are set for next Saturday.
Mrs. Nettie Grimes moved her household goods from Tuscola to the Leonard property in Russellville on Saturday. She formerly lived in Russellville and has resided in Illinois for 35 years. her husband recently died.
R A masons state a convocation at Greencastle chapter number 99 on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The meeting will discuss the M E degree with R P Mullins H P and B Caldwell noted in the notice.
The city council approved Harry Crawford a permit to instruct an eight foot driveway across the sidewalk north of the Monon restaurant on Jackson street. The vote followed months of delay with Councilman Leslie Haymaker casting the deciding aye.
Mr and Mrs Lester Green of Binghamton New York were injured when he lost control of their Studebaker sedan on the National Road west of State Road 43 and the car left the road into a ditch. They were taken to County Hospital with bruises and shock but not seriously hurt. Mr Green left the hospital early today.
Foster Seaman reported to local police Monday night that thieves entered a hen house on his farm three miles south of town on Greencastle road and carried away 20 or 35 Plymouth Rock chickens. The marauders have not been located.
The forecast calls for rain tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures in the eastern portion.
The national crime conference convenes in Indianapolis with judges prosecutors sheriffs and officials attending. Governor Leslie and a state legislative bureau study show Indiana crime rose 75 percent from 1908 to 1928 while population grew 17 percent.
Henry Nichols, 24, of Fillmore, and Roy Scott, 23, of Greencastle, were sentenced in Clay Circuit Court to one year in jail and a $100 fine each on a guilty plea for carrying concealed weapons in an automobile. Officers found two .32 caliber revolvers after stopping the pair seen zigzagging early morning. Nichols claimed the guns were for protection at his filling station. judge Hutkinson suspended the sentence on good behavior.
J O Cammack secretary of the School Board hosted a morning chapel at the high school detailing improvements to the building. William Grogan sold his Belnap Hotel share to Warren Titus of Rome City and received a Noble county farm in return. Dr and Mrs Salem B Town hosted Ben Ayres of California and his daughter as guests. Ayres is a 1869 DePauw graduate.
Dr Edward S Shumaker longtime Indiana Anti-Saloon League leader is gravely ill with a malignant tumor doctors say little hope for recovery The League selects Dr C H Winders as temporary superintendent and withholds reports on dry standings for the upcoming municipal election Nov 8 Winders previously served on the League's headquarters committee and led local church federations before pastor roles.
In Gary Indiana city officials including a city judge and ten police officers were taken into custody as federal indictments accuse them of violations tied to vote fraud and narcotics law breaches. U S Deputy Marshal Harold Miner led warrants for thirty nine more alleged accomplices as a broad corruption probe unfolds.
Fifty thousand fans packed Wrigley Field for the second World Series game as a cold wind pushed coats high. Malone started for the Cubs and Earnshaw for the Athletics. Malone struck out three Athletics in the first inning and Earnshaw fanned two Cubs in the opening frame, but the first two innings remained scoreless. The score by innings shows Athletics 0 0 3 3 0 and Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.
The 16 year old Willa Rhoads, linked to the Great Eleven cult, lay buried under her foster parents Venice home since 1926. Investigators probe natural death claims and fraud charges against cult leader Mrs May Otis Blackburn and daughter Ruth Angeline Wislund while police search cult headquarters for more victims.
County Agent Floyd Miller urges Putnam county farmers who cannot spend four years in college to take the Purdue university six week short course from October 21 to December 19. The program covers soils field crops animal husbandry and more to improve farming efficiency and profitability. Students completing the course can operate their own farms more profitably and may become tenants or managers.
Federal authorities detained fight youths in Chicago after a large scale roundup by thirty internal revenue collectors targeting world series ticket scalpers.
Albert B. Fall, former Interior secretary, unable to attend due to illness after coughing blood, delaying the bribery trial linked to the Elk Hills lease. Doheny faces separate charges with doubt rising over his own trial prospects as the oil scandal saga winds down.
Fire Chief John Goddard warns Greencastle residents that leaf burning is allowed if leaves are piled and watched. He urges burning in the afternoon when piles burn quickest and stresses supervision at all times.
A Greencastle warning urged motorists to watch their speed near fire trucks after a near miss Saturday night when a speeding driver passed an emergency unit and narrowly struck a firefighter preparing to fight a short circuit fire. Firemen warned that reckless drivers may face county jail if such behavior recurs.
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