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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1929
Page
1
Herb Elmore guides a narrator to Barnaby’s Mill where they discover two elm trees fused at ground level forming a cross bar. The remarkable natural join resembles Siamese twins and is described as a genuine, nature-made connection in Greencastle’s City of Opportunity.
Mort Marshall of the Marshall Cement and Grain Co plans to establish a hunting preserve on Vine and Walnua streets in Greencastle. He offered decoyed ducks to a reader for a duck hunt on Vine street by his store beside a pond. The piece blends letters and anecdotes from local readers about hunting trips, Will Rogers, and golf humor with no clear external confirmation of plans.
Thomas Batman eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Batman living southeast of Roachdale is forced to quit school due to a nervous breakdown. He is in the fifth grade and has suffered nervousness for seven years and recently had a tonsil operation. He is under care of an Indianapolis specialist.
Mrs Lemira Barrett Goodhue mother of Mrs Calv in Coolidge died at 80 after a two year struggle with influenza and age. She will be buried in Burlington beside her husband Captain Andrew L Goodhue with funeral services planned at the Coolidge house on Massagoit street. The former president and Mrs Coolidge aided by hospital visits shared in the mother’s passing.
Dr Edward B Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon League was reported very low after a bad night and continued weakness from a malignant tumor. Simpson Spurlock Mrs Fred Spurlock and son of this city and Mrs Mary Hedrick and grandson of Owensville Ky visited the Fishers on rural route 7 Thursday evening.
Coast guard crews from four Lake Michigan cities search for the Milwaukee ferry crew after the ship foundered in a fierce storm. Five bodies recovered off Kenosha and Racine with more debris sighted. officials doubt the vessel is afloat and casualties likely total 52. Damages run into millions across Chicago Milwaukee and nearby shores.
Mrs. James Knight 86 died at her Bridge ton home Thursday evening at 7 30. Funeral services will be at Pleasant Valley church Sunday at 10 30 conducted by Elder L Airhart Crawfordsville. Burial will be in the nearby cemetery. She was mother of R O Knight of this city.
Capt B B McMahon instructor at DePauw ROTC was elected commander of Greencastle Post No 58 American Legion. He succeeds W S Donner and will lead a 200 member drive with plans for a membership push. Evens and Crump re elected with Hufferd and Grimes taking new posts.
Joe Skelton faces reckless driving charges in a Putnam Circuit Court affidavit filed by Emma Figg of Mt. Olive. The affidavit cites an October 2 accident on Manhattan road as the basis for the action.
Excavation on the Vine Street south section resumed today as a concrete mixer is set to begin pouring on the north end. Last week’s wet weather delayed the street improvement project by several days.
Tenday Rose Poly defeated DePauw 8 to 5 in a football game at Terre Haute with two carloads of supporters from Greencastle. The issue followed school events as Nellie Van Gorder and Neel H. Blackard wed yesterday afternoon, and a local boy, Thomas Nelson, cut his face at First Ward School. Members from Greencastle also attended a State Federation of Clubs convention in South Bend.
Fair tonight and Saturday with unsettled conditions in the north. Warmer tonight and warmer in the south on Saturday.
Twenty one Putnam county students study at DePauw University during the tenth anniversary of the Edward Rector Scholarship Foundation. The program now funds more than 270 freshmen and six senior fellowships while dormitories honor Rector and Longden.
The Boy Scout hike scheduled for tomorrow is postponed because rain hinders repairs on the Cabin at the Scout reservation. A rescheduled date will be announced soon.
Harry Allan, finance committee chairman, announced the present drive for Boy Scout funds has $557 pledged. Of the 107 pledge cards issued, 70 have reported and $222 in cash has been paid on the pledges.
Putnam County residents anticipate a large turnout for the county corn husking contest on Cornie Buis’s farm near Belle Union. Prizes of 15, 10 and 5 dollars, plus a path to the state and national contests, are awarded to the top husker who piles the most ears in 1 hour 20 minutes with minimal husks. Walter Olson of Illinois was the 1928 Midwest champ with 26.62 bushels. entrants may secure entry blanks from County Agent Floyd Miller.
Beginning Sunday evening the church restarts its monthly musical services with quartet selections and organ numbers by Prof G O Arle. The pastor will give a brief meditation. H Weir Cook of the Curtiss Flying Machine Company demonstrated a Curtiss Robin cabin plane in Greencastle. Mr and Mrs Conrad Shinn announce a son born Friday. Frank Sharp of Quincy visited Greencastle today. Mrs Sharp prepares for major operation in Indianapolis. Dr and Mrs W R Hutcheson return from Chicago after a Monon surgeons meeting.
Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of taking a $100,000 bribe from E. L. Doheny in exchange for a naval oil reserves lease. Jurors spent 25 hours and 60 minutes in reaching the verdict, recommending mercy with the verdict. Doheny faces bribery trial next year.
Willis A. Miller of Greencastle is sued for $5,000 in Putnam Circuit Court by William O. King of Brazil through his father Edward E. King after an automobile collision on the National Road at Mt. Meridian last July 14. The defendant says he suffered permanent injuries.
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