Local murder crew unfounded in Greencastle case linked to Watson death
Indianapolis detectives traced a possible Greencastle connection to the killing of Robert Watson but found the lead unfounded. Cyrus O’Hair said a youth matched the suspect’s description rode with him from Plainfield to Greencastle, while other tips failed to ID the killer.
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Indianapolis
Greencastle
Robert Watson
Cyrus O’hair
Putnam County
Plainfield
Watson
O’hair
College Avenue
S. F
Arthur
Michigan Street
Rowland Craw
Oxford
Benton County
O'Hair
Craw
Joe Hammond
Technical High School
DePauw University
Morrison Reunion at Hoosier Highlands
The fifteenth Morrison reunion will be at Hoosier Highlands summer resort near Reelsville on Sunday September 2. O Morrison owns the resort and will host attendees for the annual gathering with fellowship and activities planned.
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Morrison
Hoosier Highlands
Hoosier
O . Morrison
Reelsville
Union Services to Close Sunday Night
The final union service of the season will be at College Avenue Church Sunday night at 7 30. Speaker W A Pierson of Indianapolis will address the crowd, sharing a message for all to hear as he leads the men’s Bible class.
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College Avenue
W. A. Pierson
Indianapolis
Coach Buss Returns as Detroit High School Athletic Director
Coach Buss, longtime athletics leader at DePauw, has accepted a position as Athletic Director of a newly built large high school in Detroit. He will oversee all athletic activities and physical training at the school, the city’s largest.
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Detroit
Coach Buss
DePauw
Buss
DePauw to Begin Football Practice September 8
Athletic director James Ashmore announces DePauw University will start football practice on Saturday September 8 with a staffed coaching team ready. Freshmen will not be eligible for varsity this season, and a freshman coach will guide the freshman squad while Harold Erickson arrives soon to assist.
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James Ashmore
Depauw
DePauw University
Ashmore
Harold Erickson
Maynard, Minn
Erickson
Hog Receipts Advance Prices At Indiana Stockyards
Indiana stockyards report hog receipts 6500 with gains 1 to 15 cents as light hogs lead the advance. Hogs top $10.00 since October, with extremes from $8.75 to above $10. Pigs up 25 with sows 25 higher. calves steady at 13 and sheep steady with best lambs around 12.50. Also notes a Clinton Township wedding for Nellie Bock and Glen Flint. two local visits and Crescent Rebecca Lodge No 769 meeting planned.
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Indianapolis
Specials Out to Avenge Former Defeat in Rockville
Greencastle Specials plan a Sunday return game against Rockville at Greencastle after a recent defeat. A regular big league pitcher has been signed to start, with an assured top hurler on the mound. Manager Curry offers a prize for the first Greencastle home run to boost offense.
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OTT Webbs Baseball
Rockville
Greencastle
Preaching Services At Christian Church Sunday
There will be preaching services at the Christian Church Sunday, both morning and evening.
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Christian Church
The
Local Produce and Poultry Prices and Rentals
Local dealers quote Saturday prices for produce poultry butter and eggs. Mentions roosters and other items with varied cents figures. Mrs Wesley Stewart widow of the county farm superintendent rents the Hirt property on West Poplar street and will move in. Mr and Mrs Robert Bryan will visit Labor Day with Mrs Lawton and Mr Shame and family.
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Dumavstien
Wesley Stewart
Fillmore
Daniels
Indianapolis
Hirt
West Poplar Street
Elmer Blue
Robert Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
R. A. Lawton
Edgar
Camden Couple Guests Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Will Shamel and family of Camden Indiana are the guests of Mr and Mrs Edgar Shamel and family over the weekend.
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Will Shamel
Camden, Indiana
Edgar Shamel
Electrician Otto Vonnesaek and brother visit Chicago weekend
Otto Vonnesaek an electrician at the Indiana Portland Cement Plant and his brother Claude Vonnesaek of Chicago have driven to Chicago for a weekend visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Jacques Vonnesaek. Mr Vonnesaek plans to return Tuesday. Mr and Mrs George Weber and daughter Sarah and Mrs Stanley Davis drove to Indianapolis for a reunion at the School for Deaf. Mrs William Kocher and daughter are visiting relatives in Indianapolis.
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Otto Vonnesaek
Indiana
George Weber
Sarah
Stanley Davis
Indianapolis
School For Deaf
William Kocher
St Louis Ball Team to Play Greencastle Exhibition
The St Louis National League team led by Roger Hornsby will tour Greencastle on Thursday September 27 for an exhibition against the Greencastle specials at Zinc Mill Diamond. Manager Ott Webb must guarantee $500 to bring the Cardinals here with a rain contingency of $250. Webb accepted the offer after a letter from the Cardinals manager confirmed an open date.
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Greencastle
Ott Webb
St. Louis
Roger Hornsby
Zinc Mill
Cardinals
Webb
DePauw University expects freshman class of 500
DePauw University projects a freshman class of at least 500 for this fall. Over 600 have already indicated intent to enter as freshmen and at least 75 more are expected to apply before enrollment ends. Rector scholars number 170 among current applicants, and officials warn capacity limits may force denial of some applicants.
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Depauw
DePauw University
Local Families Visit and Relatives Gather in Indiana
A flurry of visitations and family gatherings occurred across Indiana towns including Lena Eminence Coatesville Indianapolis and Green Castle. The pattern shows relatives from several households meeting at various homes and attending a Campbell reunion and other social visits over the past week.
Hudson Coach Collision Near Cloverdale Road
A Hudson driven by Mr Richie of Robinson Illinois collided with a Studebaker Coupe about 3 miles east of Cloverdale on the National road. A front wheel and fender were demolished. the other car was less damaged. Wrecking crew to Greencastle for repairs. Mr and Ms Richie and daughter returned to Robinson by train. The crash occurred as both cars attempted to pass.
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Hudson
Richie
Robinson, Ills
Studebaker
Cloverdale Road
National Road
Franklin Street
Greencastle
Ritchie
Robinson
Express Co moves offices to Walnut Street location
The American Express Co. will relocate its east Washington street offices tonight to the John Dunbar room on Walnut Street opposite the post office. The new quarters are remodeled for express business with rear loading facilities. Ed Stone is Greencastle manager for American Express.
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Walnut Street
Post Office
American Express Co.—Gas Company
Washington Street
American Express Co
Greencastle Gas Co
John Dunbar
Express Company
Ed. Stone
Greencastle
Local Families Attend Visits and Picnics Across Community
Mrs Flossie Deisher Mr and Mrs Cecil Egger and family Miss Pauline Temple spent Sunday at Charley Temples Mrs Daisy Fitzsimmons and child ren spent week end with Mr and Mrs T J Shackleford Bertha Malayer spent Sunday with Mary Beam Mr and Mrs Dan Weller and daughter Helen spent Friday with Ben Weller and daugther Several from here attended the picnic held at the Baker Grove Saturday evening Several of the farmers attended the farmers picnic at Wheaton Wednesday Mrs Roy Chatham spent the last of the week with her parents Mr and Mrs John Kefauver They left Sunday for the city where they will make their future home Mrs John Springer and daughter Ola spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs Dan Weller and daughter
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Flossie Deisher
Cecil Egger
Pauline Temple
Charley Temples
Daisy Fitzsimmons
T. J. Shackleford
Bertha Malayer
Mary Beam
Dan Weller
Helen
Ben Weller
Daugther
Baker Grove
Wheaton
Roy Chatham
John Kefauver
John Springer
Ola
Local visits and reunion attendance gather in small towns
Miss Harriett Sheets of Chicago returned to her home Saturday after a week with Mrs. George Sheets and family on Central Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. John Sigler and daughter Lillian of Clinton Township and Mrs. Edward Brothers of Clinton Falls attended the Oly Settlers Reunion at Bowling Green on Saturday.
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Harriett Sheets
Chicago
John Sigler
Lillian
Clinton Township
Edward Brothers
Clinton Falls
Bowling Green
England’s third woman MP and actress profile
London Mail notes Mrs Hilton Philipson as England’s third woman MP and former London Gayety actress who has three children born during significant events. It compares other female MPs Mrs Wintringham and Lady Astor, and mentions Christabel Pankhurst’s postwar defeat and suffragist hunger march history.
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England
M. P
Hilton Philipson
London
Peter
Anthony
Rosemary
Phillipson
Sir Edward Grey
London Mail
Trustees to probe McCray trust plan creditors weigh action
A creditors committee of five Indiana bankers and attorneys will study Governor Warren T. McCray’s proposed trust arrangement to turn over most assets except his Kentland home for debt liquidation. The group, chosen at a Sept. 1 conference in Indianapolis, must report next Friday with recommendations for pursuing McCray’s liabilities estimated around 2.56 million while assets exceed 2.53 million by about 770 thousand.
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McKay
Goodrich
Indianapolis
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
Ind
Severin
McCray
James W. Noel
Elmer Stout
Fletcher American National Bank of
W. H. Arnold
American Trust Company of
Kokomo
F. H. Catshall
Old National Bank of
Fort Wayne
Charles Hubbard
Citizen's National Bank of
Martinsville
Kentland Bank
Indiana
Aetna Savings and Trust Company
James P. Goodrich
E. S. Goodrich
Aetna Company
Kiwanis Club to Resume Weekly Luncheons
The Kiwanis club will hold its first meeting after vacation next Thursday at 12 15 PM in the College Avenue Methodist Church dining room. Prof L R Eckhardt of DePauw, president, asks all members to attend.
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Kiwanis Club
College Avenue Methodist Church
L.R. Eckhardt
DePauw
Bay View
the Herald
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Nellie Bock
Sanford Bock
Glen Flint
Herman Flint
Locust Street
H. C. Clippinger
Pace
Brick Chapel
Bock
Clinton Center
Flint
Berry Street
Ilene Mundy
la Venne
W. A. Mundy
North Jackson Street
Bloomington
Crescent Rebecca Lodge No. 769
Ollie Terry
Ree
Sec'y
Pearl Scroggins
Noble Grand
Absard
Ko -Ooof
Rigkevs
Herald
Ike
eDescow
Malia
Ben Singleton
Near
Lena
Alberta Heavin
Emma Gohn
Frank Woods
Bert Lawson
Claude Lawson
Donald
Robert Lawson
Emma Morgan
Will Shuck
Morris Goodwin
Campbell
Gladys
Ruth
Margaret
Grace Morehart
Eminence
Elza Greenlee
Coatesville
Eric Duncan
Maggie Elliott
Lew’s Garrett
Jo Garrett
New Maysville
Fair Sex
Bankers On Committee
Linton A. Cox
Olis
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