Picnic mischief and roasters at Greencastle gathering
Charles J. Arnold recalls a picnic incident where Reese Matson and Ed Coffman crash a parked car while a group of club members enjoy a supper under beech trees. The tale includes marshmallows, a missing Fred Hosea, and humorous digressions about Rotary, state farm management, and car speed quips.
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Reese Matson
Coffman
Country Club
Mr. Matson
Reese
Matson
Fred Hosea
Greencastle Telephone Company
East Washington Street
Fred
Rooster
Prominent Indiana farmer killed in auto accident
Hazleton Indiana September 3 Robert Jacobus 66 a leading farmer near Hazleton was killed when struck by an automobile driven by Clarence K Andrae Evansville business man A second car in the opposite lane may have caused the fatal injuries Jacobus had just returned from the Gibson county fair at Princeton with son in law Otto Witsman He is survived by his widow and eight children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Ind
Robert Jacobus
Near Here
Clarence K. Andrae
Evansville
Andrae
Jacobus
Gibson County
Princeton
Otto Witsman
Monon employee held after alleged attack
Noah Fisher a 44 year old Lafay ette locomotive engineer on the Monon railroad was arrested in Bloomington after being found wearing a full women's outfit and pearl beads. Police said a prowler had broken into a home Saturday and tried to assault two girls. Fisher denies trouble and says he masqueraded as a woman for fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Noah Fisher
Lafayette
Monon
South Washington Street
Fisher
Menon
Railroad Brotherhood
The
Manon
Greencastle Library Adopts New Numbered Circulation
Greencastle Public Library opens with a new numbered circulation system requiring patrons to re register at 10 am Wednesday. Each person will use a number and must present their card to loan books. The change, ordered by the state library board, has Trustees and Librarian Mrs Delilah Thomas overseeing the update. All books have been re numbered after weeks of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Public Library
Greencastle
State Library Board
Delilah Thomas
Rockford Flyers Thank Danish Government After Greenland Ordeal
Bert Hassell pilot and Parker Cramer co pilot of the Greater Rockford thanked the Danish government for a thorough search after their forced down voyage in Greenland. The pair reached Copenhagen from Mount Evans and plan to travel by steamer Disko. Their plane was left at Sukkertoppen and its fate remains uncertain.
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Copenhagen
Bert Hassell
Greater Rockford
Parker Cramer
Greenland
Hassell
Cramer
Mount Evans
Greenland State Department
Julianehaab
Sukkertoppen
Stockholm
Earl Harmon Charged With Child Neglect
Earl Harmon of Greencastle faces a child neglect charge in Putnam Circuit Court. An affidavit by Lydia M. Scott alleges the defendant failed to provide for his twenty one month old daughter from August 20 to the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Harmon
Greencastle
Putnam
Lydia M. Scott
Putnam County Poultrymen Win Big at State Fair
Six Putnam County poultry entries at the Indiana State Fair took five first prizes and one third. Robert Irwin of Madison Township exhibited White Plymouth Rock birds winning firsts with an old pen a young pen and a cock erel and placed third in the pullet class. Percy Sinclair of Cloverdale entered Buff Orpingtons winning first for a pullet and first for a young pen entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Sinclair
Cloverdale
Robert Irwin
Madison Township
Putnam County
Plymouth Rock
Weather outlook fair tonight into Wednesday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures edge slightly higher on Wednesday with warmer conditions across the northwest portion tonight.
Grand jury to probe murder in Delaware County
Prosecutor Joseph Davis said he will ask Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth to summon the Delaware County grand jury in a special session on September 12 to investigate the murder of 86 year old Mrs Myrtle Miller found slain in a ditch northwest of Newcastle. The move gives police more than a week to prepare evidence for presentation to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
INS
Joseph Davis
Clarence W. Dearth
Delaware County Grand Jury
Myrtle Miller
Newcastle
Gand
Davis
Insurance suit seeks recovery for dwelling fire loss
Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance Company sues W Alfred Cooper and two railroad firms in Putnam Circuit Court for 600 dollars with interest from 1922. Fire from locomotive sparks allegedly burned Cooper home at Limedale, insurer paid 600, seeks reimbursement plus interest. Slaymaker Turner Merrill Adams & Locke represent plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Alfred Cooper
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company
Putnam
Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Company
New York
Limedale
Mr. Cooper
Slaymaker
Turner, Merrill, Adams & Locke
Indianapolis
Labor Day Observed in Greencastle Amid Closures
Greencastle observed Labor Day with many stores Post Office banks and barbershops closed for part or all of the day. Few downtown activities were seen as residents traveled to Indianapolis for the State Fair. William Gillespy was jailed Sunday night for intoxication by Officer John Hamm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Indianapolis
William Gillespy
John Hamm
Old Jack Frost Appears as Greencastle News
Twenty years ago in Greencastle readers note the first frost of the season. The Glidewell farm west of town is sold to the Ohio and Indiana State Company for a planned mammoth stone crushing plant. Laura Dills leaves for Little River Kansas to teach. Elder J N Dalby buys Walter Heath property on Beveridge Street and plans to move.
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Glidewell
The
Ohio and Indiana State Company
Laura Dills
William Dills
Little River
Kas
J. N. Dalby
Walter Heath
Beveridge Street
Professor Williams resigns from DePauw faculty
Professor Oscar H. Williams acting head of DePauw University education department resigns to join Ohio State University's College of Education. He moves with his family to Columbus later this month after four years at DePauw. He helped raise teacher training standards in Indiana and authored a state government textbook.
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Department OF Education
College OF Education
Columbus
Ohio
Oscar H. Williams
DePauw University
Ohio State University
Williams
DePauw
State Department of Public — Instruction
Indiana
de- Pauw
College of Music
University of
Ilinois
Trojans Lose to Cloverdale in Labor Day Tilt
The Greencastle Trojans, a colored baseball club, were defeated 15 to 4 on McKeen Field in a Labor Day game against Cloverdale. A prior meeting at Cloverdale also ended with a 7 to 3 loss for the Trojans.
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Greencastle Trojans
Cloverdale
McKeen Field
Trojans
Darnall Rites Held for Mrs. Mary Darnall
Last rites for Mrs. Mary Darnall who died Sunday morning were conducted Tuesday at the Methodist Church with Rev. C Howard Taylor in charge. Interment followed at Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers listed: Elmer Sharp Frank Huestis Charles Huffman Dr W M Blanchard Henry Krehl and R W Shafer.
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Mary Darnall
Methodist Church
C. Howard Taylor
Muste
Ben Riley
Forest Hill Cemetery
Elmer Sharp
Frank Huestis
Charles Huffman
W. M. Blanchard
Henry Krehl
R. W. Shafer
Electrocution at Home Claims Gary Father
Gary Indiana, Sept 3. Martin Broetyis 27, father of two, was electrocuted in his basement while turning on an electric pump switch. His 3-year-old son witnessed the tragedy and, later, told his mother the father lay on the basement floor.
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Gary
Ind
Martin Broetyis
Broetyis
Putnam Girls Take Honors in Baking Show
Indiana 4-H club canning baking and clothing awards announced at the state fairgrounds. Putnam county led baking with seventeen entries across Green Castle led by Mary Louise Talbott Vera Grace Brown Charlott Etter and Anthus Hunter. Rush county dominated canning with twenty three of thirty seven exhibits earning places led by Joenita Burd of Manilla with nineteen places and seven blue ribbons. Two 15 year olds Robin Bland and Lois Drake of Sullivan county also earned a strong showing with twelve places.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Purdue University
Putnam Baking Best
Putnam County
Greencastle Club
Mary Louise Talbott
Vera Grace Brown
Charlott Etter
Anthus Hunter
Rush County
Tippecanoe County
Joenita Burd
Manilla
Canning Club
Robina Bland
Lois Drake
Fairbanks
Sullivan County
Judge Edward Gough Dies Prominent Indiana Figure
Boonville Ind Sept 3 Judge Edward Gough prominent attorney largest landowner in the county former Warrrick Circuit court judge former legislator and former president of the City National Bank died last night He was 84 His son Eugene H Gough is deputy controller of currency in Washington.
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Boonville
Ind
Edward Gough
Warrick
City National Bank
Eugene H. Gough
Washington
Miss Lenette Pickett Wins Indiana Beauty Contest
In Indianapolis at Walnut Gardens Miss Lenette Pickett of Cicero Hamilton County Ind won first prize a new coupe in the state beauty contest. Miss Anna Laughlin of Newcastle took second a diamond ring and Miss Arcelle Hayes of Marion third. Fifty one contestants entered.
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Indianapolis
Lenette Pickett
Cicero
Hamilton County
Ind
Walnut Gardens
Anna Laughlin
Newcastle
Arcelle Hayes
Marion
French Fliers Leave Paris on Atlantic Hop for New York
Adjutant Jean Assolant and Sergeant Rene Lefevre departed Le Bourget at 7 04 am bound for the Azores on a single motor Bernard monoplane Yellow Canary. The craft carried a full fuel load as spectators watched. A mystery passenger was rumored aboard the plane possibly Armand Lotti 51 hotel keeper’s son. The fliers hope to reach New York in under fifty hours with a 125 mph cruise and 5600 mile range.
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Paris
INS
Azores
New York
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
le Bourget
Assolant
Lefevre
Armand Lotti
Lefe
Indianapolis Baby Dies In Auto on Way to Doctor
Russell Edmund Smith seven months old, son of Mr and Mrs Edmund R Smith of 1119 West Twenty seventh street Indianapolis, died in the automobile en route to Dr F N Wright office in Stilesville Indiana. Autopsy by Deputy Coroner Ernest Cooper and Dr Wright reports death from acute enteritis. Body to be taken to Indianapolis tomorrow.
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Edmund R. Smith
Stilesville
Ind
Russell Edmund Smith
West Twenty-seventh Street
Indianapolis
Smith
F. N. Wright
Chrisney
Spencer County
Ernest Cooper
Plainfield
Wright
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Charles J. Arnold
Victor Raphael
Greencastle Rotary
C. W. Otis
State Farm
Ralph Howard
Numeous Industries
Howard
Cadillac
Ford
Rockford
Putnam CO
Grand Jury
Jack Frost
State Department of Public Instruction
Baby Son
Putnam Girls
Canning
Judge Gough
LE Bourget Field
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