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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1928
Page
1
The piece mixes a light tale of a bumble bee feud and a hat theft joke with local places and a tour through the “Palace of Sweets” at Seminary and College Avenue. It ends by praising advertising as a steady force for business growth and progress.
John J. Raskob argues the full national vote excludes Indiana where no absentee voting law exists. Indiana lacked absentee voting and registration statutes repealed by the 1927 legislature, one of three states without such laws.
James Smith a south Greencastle man was injured about 6 o clock Wednesday morning when his Ford coupe collided with a Studebaker driven by O Garrett on Martinsville street Fox Ridge. Garrett employed at Gardner Bros ice plant. His car towed to Morrison Bros garage for repairs.
The forecast notes mostly fair conditions tonight with slightly warmer temperatures in the southern region. A dry, clear night is expected with minor temperature rise across southern areas.
In Crawfordsville on Tuesday a raid at 908 East Market Street netted one gallon of corn liquor 175 bottles of home brew three malt cans ten pounds of sugar and more than 150 empty bottles plus a bottle cork. Frank Gamble and Gertrude Evans were arrested after a staged chase with officers led to their capture. The liquor and equipment will be kept as evidence for trial.
Greencastle garage owner C. W. Tribby announced a taxi service expansion promising day and night operation. He started with a Studebaker sedan Wednesday evening and planned two cabs in service and a second car by Thursday, with his garage serving as the taxi line headquarters. Previously Harry Crawford operated the only taxi line in the city.
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, pilots of the Greater Rockford, rescued after two weeks in Greenland, prepare to sail from Mount Evans to Copenhagen via Holstenborg. They abandon plans to reach Stockholm and will come to New York after Copenhagen. The downed airplane may be left at Sukkertoppen with possible salvage later by Danish officials.
The Greencastle Chamber of Commerce promotes a county fair Dollar Day sale on Friday September 14 with most merchants offering special bargains to draw a large crowd during the fair. Local merchants prepare window displays and promotions to showcase Dollar Day bargains.
The will of Mrs Mary A Darnall dated July 31 1926 was admitted to probate in Putnam Circuit Court on Tuesday Nellie P Greene is named executrix Bequests provide for tombstones at graves of children and the deceased and for upkeep The DePauw Music School receives 50 in memory of Emma Miller Small cash bequests go to Nellie Greene Mary Kramp Glen Cooper and others The remainder goes to four nieces Nellie Greene Josephine Cooper Mary Cooper Strange and Lizzie Lymen
Estel Funkhouser 30 of Clay City confessed after arrest for holding up James Wilson, Brunswick merchant, last night. Accomplice Lessie Nichols 28 of Clay City denied the crime. The pair drove to Wilson's store, ordered bottles of pop, then robbed Wilson of $115 cash.
Local Knights Templar and Masons announce an all day picnic at Dills Grove on the farm of Mr and Mrs Robert Dills in Madison township next Sunday September 9. The sponsors invite all members families and friends to bring a basket and meet at the Dills Home five miles west of Greencastle at 10 oclock.
Margaret Gardner eighteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Gardner, died Tuesday morning after a short illness with intestinal flu. Her father is seriously ill with stomach ulcers. she was a Russellville High School graduate who planned to enter college in Indianapolis. Survived by parents and sister Jennice.
Jimmy Summers, a well known Indiana golfer who has taught here in the summer, will assume control of Greencastle Country Club starting September 6. He will manage the clubhouse the golf course and the swimming pool and he and Mrs Summers will run the dining room service for the club’s local members.
Miss Nellie Culter of Louisville is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Overstreet. Miss Bonnie Miller visits relatives in Brazil. Mrs. Heber Ellis and her young son return from Knightstown. The marriage of Charles Milton Hoagland and Miss Flossie Flora Vermilion was solemnized last evening.
A Waco biplane piloted by Albert R. Jacobs and passenger Sam Gordon led 38 Class A planes from Roosevelt Field at 6 45 am for the transcontinental race to Los Angeles with $5000 prize. Planes stop for refueling and adjustments at Harrisburg McKeesport Columbus and night stops.
Newly laid pavement on College Avenue opened from Seminary Street south to Olive Street. Although straw remained, traffic was allowed on the pavement Tuesday. The section south to Berry Street is to be opened this week.
In Brazil Indiana coroner T M Weaver ruled justifiable homicide in the death of Bethel Evans a Negro man shot by his wife after he severed her throat with a pocket knife. The couple had been separated for months.
Government scouts report the European corn borer in seven more townships across Indiana. Frank N. Wallace notes infestations now total 149 townships in eighteen counties, with new finds in Clear Creek Huntington Wabash Wayne Kosciusko Chester Nottingham Kankakee Laporte Greenfork Randolph townships and counties.
Putnam County teachers hold their first institute of the school year at Green Castle High School. Superintendent Vermillion announced the program with instructors Bartlett Williams and Morris. Morning extension work covers teaching of ideals and measurements. afternoon sessions include history of education, constitution, and sectional meetings for primary rural, rural and grammar, and high school sections.
In Pocatello Idaho on September 5 a tri motor Fokker piloted by Paul Wheatley of Salt Lake City crashed at the municipal airport. Wheatley and four passengers died at once and two more died later. Four additional passengers perished in transit to a hospital. The mail and passenger plane had six passengers aside from the pilot. authorities planned a joint state county investigation into the tragedy.
Porter County authorities hunt an unidentified prowler who spread green parts around John Fitzgeralds cattle pasture west of Valparaiso in an attempt to poison 35 head of cattle. The incident was reported September 5.
A boiler blast under Mansfield Hall at DePauw University damaged the dormitory, withés several thousand dollars in losses. Workers in the building were spared as the explosion tore through floors and walls and flooded the basement after filling a water heater.
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