Edison’s Golden Jubilee Banquet Honors Edison and Ford
Henry Ford hosted a banquet honoring Thomas Edison with President Hoover and John D. Rockefeller Jr. in attendance. Graham McNamee struggled to keep the program lively as Berlin sent a speech in German. A DePauw University exhibit marks Light’s Golden Jubilee with replicas of the Edison era equipment. Edison later demonstrated a crude incandescent lamp at Independence Hall while officials and 500 guests watched.
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Graham McNamee
Graham
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Graham | McNamee
Mr. Young
Edison
Hoover
Berlin
Germany
One Stein
Graham McN
DePauw University
Minshall Laboratory
Philadelphia
Dearborn
Mich
Thomas A. Edison
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Einstein
Prince of Wales
London
Byrd
South Pole
Joel T. Boone
Ford
Greenfield
Herald
DePauw Quarterback Out After Purdue Clash
Guernsey Van Riper senior of De Pauw suffered an arm injury in the Purdue DePauw game. An X-ray at Putnam County Hospital Monday showed a slight fracture to the wrist bone. Van Riper, De Pauw quarterback, will be sidelined for an undetermined period.
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Guernsey van R Per
DePauw
Purdue
Greencastle Enters Indiana State Debating League
Greencastle high school joins the Indiana State Debating League and will seek the District Championship in the 5th district during January and February 1930. Coach William Bishop guides teams as they prepare for the statewide forensics race on the pension issue. A November 23, 1929 coaches conference will set district schedules amid a cloudy night with rain and cool temperatures along Lake Michigan.
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William Bishop
Greencastle High School
George Beauchamp
Manchester College
Indiana
Greencastle
Greencastle Scouts Plan Banquet For Fund Drive
About thirty men gather at the Presbyterian Church in Greencastle to plan financing the local Boy Scouts area fundraising quota estimated between eight and nine hundred dollars. Leaders and supporters list community and regional towns involved, aim to expand camping facilities, Court of Honor events, and trained Scout Executive guidance.
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Greencastle
Boy Scouts of America
Presbyterian Church
Lic
Grastle
Terre Hau
Sullivan
Rockville
Brazil
Linton
Jasonville
Clinton
Chicago
Terre Haute
Bloomington
Bedford
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
England
L. H. Dirks
C. H. Taylor
W. J. Yount
Sam Hanna
EF. R. Bartlett
C. H. Smith
A. G. Brown
H. E. Allan
Jacob Eitel
R. P. Mullins
Roy Evens
James Zeis
V. L. Raphael
Milton Brown
Ralph Etter
Gray Potter
C. D. Chapmnan
Frank Scheenman
C. C. Gillen
Joe Bamberger
Otis Gardner
J'emer Morrison
Orville Stewart
A. J. Duff
Roy Abrams
C. J. Arnold
C. B. Haveur
B. B. McMahon
Paul Cook
Russell Brown
O. W. Hollowell
E. C. Hamilton
J. FE. McCurry
H. R. Wicholas
Bernard Handy
Fire Destroys Home. Couple Escapes in Night Attire
Mr and Mrs Elmo Hall of South College Avenue escaped a burning home last night in their night clothes. The house, owned by Ewing McLean, sustained fire damage. In a separate incident Mrs Henry Ostrom hosted Mrs Davidson of Parkersburg at a social gathering. Robbers fled when Mrs Hughes fired a revolver at their residence on South Indiana Street.
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Henry Ostrom
Mrs. Davidson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Forest Hughes
Indiana Street
Hoover Speech Opens Ohio River Development at Eden Park
President Hoover spoke at Eden Park Cincinnati marking the opening of the nine foot channel for Ohio River navigation from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi. He praised engineers and officials, noted absence of Senator Burton, and credited Roosevelt era waterways work and Longworth's role with the Ohio Valley Improvement Association.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Cincinnati
INS
Eden Park
Hoover
Ohio” River
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Ohio River
Louisville
The
Ohio
Col
William EB. Merrill
William B. Rogers
Theodore Burton
Washington
Historic Inland Waterways Commission
Roosevelt
Longworth
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Rotary Club Moves Luncheon to Country Club
The Rotary Club votes to change its meeting place from the Christian Church to the Country Club for weekly Wednesday noon luncheons starting tomorrow. Robert Kimberlin, a DePauw student, will speak about the Geneva Switzerland School of International Studies attended last summer.
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Rotary Club
The
Christian Church
Country Club
Robert Kimberlin
DePauw
Geneva
Switzerland
School of International Studies
Putnam County Taxpayers Urged to Pay Fall Installment
Over ninety percent of the fall tax installment remains unpaid as eleven days remain before the first November deadline. County Treasurer Alva B. Lisby warns of ten percent penalties for late payments and notes lines at the courthouse as taxpayers rush to meet the due date. Only about $59,000 of the roughly $500,000 owed has been paid so far.
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Putnam County
Alva BK. Lisby
Sionday
Cout House
District T B Session Today in Indianapolis
Putnam County Tuberculosis Association sends delegates to a district conference in Indianapolis with thirty seven central and southern Indiana county associations. Indiana Tuberculosis Association sponsors six district conferences to discuss holiday seal sales and county organization for winter drives. Murray Auerbach presides at the Hotel Lincoln with several attendees from local groups.
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Putnam County Tuberculosis Association
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Murray A. Auerbach
Hotel
Lincoln
Farm Home Burns in Roachdale After Day Trip
Miss Ella Walsh returning from Greencastle discovered her Roachdale farm house ablaze on Thursday afternoon. The dwelling carried only a small amount of insurance.
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Ella Walsh
Roachdale
Greercastle
O Dd
First Snow Flakes Fall in Michigan City
The first snow flakes of the season whirled down today in Michigan City as autumn weather brought early snowfall to the area.
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Michigan City
Tiny Monoplane Hops Off for London Today
A. F. Diteman launched from Harbor Grace Newfoundland at 12 15 p m in a Barling monoplane with 165 gallons of gasoline en route to London about 2100 miles away. The flight, inspired by Lindbergh, began with little publicity and only a few witnesses watching as the small craft headed east over the sea.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
A. F. Diteman
London
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Diteman
Russellville Man Assaults Town Marshal in Grain of Conflict
Carl Murray of Russellville, 32, was jailed on assault and battery charges after allegedly striking town marshal George Potter and knocking out his false teeth. Potter warned Murray about cleaning up the area, leading to the confrontation. Murray pled guilty, paid 39.50 in fines, and received 60 days on the Indiana State Farm, suspended.
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George Potter
Russellville
Carl Murray
Edward Litelforge
Murray
Potter
Muray
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Kauble
Indiana
Dornier Do X Carries 170 Passengers in Record Flight
Dornier announced that in a record breaking flight the Do X carried 170 people, not 169 as previously stated. The 170th passenger was 4 year old Hans Bauer, son of an engineer, as Dornier praised the craft ahead of planned trans Atlantic trials expected in January.
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Friedrichshafen
Morris Dornier
Hans Bauer
Dornier
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LIGHT
Wabash Valley
Yo-Yo
OLD Gold
Lake Michigan
BOY Scouts
To Bo
Putnam CO
T. B
Edward Eiteljorge
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