Many Greencastle residents attend State Fair and church events
Oscar Rector and others from Greencastle visited Indianapolis Wednesday for the State Fair. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eitel, Miss Mary Burk, Miss Mary Torr, and Mrs. Juanita Vandiver with Mrs. Cora Shelton. The Christian Church board meets Thursday at 7 30 PM, and the Kiwanis Club and Rotary feature local guests and speakers at noon events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Eitel
Henry Marshall
West of
Greencastle
Indianapolis
Albert Daggy
California
8. C. Sayers
F. C. Tilden
Daggy
Arthur Hamrick
Clayton
George Morris
D. Miller
Terre Haute
William Koehler
Vicksburg
Anti Hoover Farm Group Opens Office in Indianapolis
Indiana farm politics split along party lines as Democratic and Republican farm groups announce campaigns on labor issues. The Independent Equality for Agriculture Club opens offices in the Hotel English to oppose Hoover, while Democrats name J. R. Riggs to head a militant farm drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Frank C. Dailey
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana Federation of Labor
Evansville
Democratic Farm Advisory Committee
J. R. Riggs
Sullivan
Wilson
G. O. P. Farm Committee
Herbert Hoover
Cedar Rapids
anti-Hoover Farm Organization
English
Independent Equality For Agrculture Club
Hoover
Agricultural Club
George W. Trautman
Sunman
Claude Rankin
Bloomington
Local notices list estate, lawsuits in Putnam Circuit Court
Elder J N Dalby travels to Plymouth on business. Miss Catherine Stoner and Simp son Storer return from Gary and Chicago. Will V Barker named administrator of Columbus C Barker estate in Putnam Circuit Court. T Mortimer Collins sues Charles A Edwards and Laura A Edwards to foreclose a note and mortgage demanding 741 dollars. Phillips & Weaver represent plaintiff. Clyde Hershman files for divorce from Ella Hershman citing quarrelsome abusive behavior and locked home returns. Theodore Crawley represents plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will V. Barker
Columbus C. Barker
Putnam Circuit Court
T. Mortimer Collins
Putnam
Charles A. Edwards
Laura A. Edwards
Phillips & Weaver
Clyde Hershman
Ella Hershman
Theodore Crawley
Sale Postponed In Belle Union Community Event
The Belle Union community sale moved from Saturday September 15 to Thursday September 27 due to the County Fair being held that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Union
Greencastle Band Announces Rescheduled Fair Week Appearance
The Greencastle Band will not perform Thursday evening this week. The next concert is planned for fair week with both afternoon and evening performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area Early Morning
Residents of Los Angeles and nearby cities felt a light tremor that began at 6 42 a m and lasted several seconds. No property damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
Workmen Buried Under Train Wreck Near Lyndon
Frantic rescue efforts continue after nine freight cars derailed at Lyndon twelve miles east of Milwaukee. One man about 20 is dead and nine others are seriously injured at a Milwaukee hospital. Four more workers are known to be pinned beneath the wreckage. Early reports said about twenty men were aboard the middle car, with ten more in following cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Lyndon
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Here
Alley Inn to Open September 12
The Alley Inn ice cream parlor and confectionery owned by William Pavlos of The Hut will open September 12 in the former Varsity Tea Room space on South Vine Street. It seats about fifty with green umbrella canopies and green and black decorations, and targets student trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pavlos
South Vine Street
Varsity Tea Room
Stunt Seen In Movie Suspected in Death of 15-Year-Old
Relatives of James Dunwell, 15, found hanged by a belt from a rafter at his parents home in Warsaw Indiana. They believe the boy was attempting a movie stunt and did not intend self harm. The parents say he seemed cheerful when last seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
James Dunwell
Charles Dunwell
Mary Ellen Martin
E. Arvo Lehti
St. Louis
Jesse Martin
East Washington Street
Attica
DePauw University
Greencastle
Mt. Carmel
Lehti
Yale University
Art School of New York
Livestock Prices Rally in Indianapolis Market
Indianapolis hog prices rose 10 to 15 cents from Tuesday with 150 to 300 lb hogs bringing 12.50 to 13.00. Cattle were steady with beef steers 15.75 to 16.75 and bulk above 16. Vealers jumped about 6.5 dollars to 18.00. Sheep and lambs steady, good lambs 14.00 to 14.50, fat ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Destructive blast malforms Mansfield Hall on DePauw campus
Continuation C Mansfield Hall, among DePauw's oldest buildings and used as a women's dorm, suffered extensive damage as bystanders gathered. Walls cracked, furniture wrecked, plaster debris strewn, a roof hole and a broken light table indicate a violent blast. Door transom glass embedded in the opposite wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
DePauw
Farmer William Ziegler Dies By Own Act At Idaho Farm
In Nashville Idaho on September 5 1934 William Ziegler 55 a farmer was found at his farm home with a bullet wound to the head. Coroner Joshua Bond ruled the death a suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
INS
William Ziegler
Joshua Bond
County Levy Fixed at Thirty Cents for 1929 Budget
The County Council fixed the 1929 levy at 30 cents per $100 valuation and set the gravel road repair fund at 2.14 cents per $100. The 1929 levy matches 1928, while gravel road repair rose 2% to offset reduced property values. County Poor Fund trimmed to $5,000. township assessor appropriations reduced. Greencastle trimmed to $1,000 for assessment. No action on curb removal funds. office appropriations kept minimal.
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County Council
County Poor Fund
Greencastle
Court House
Two Injured by Milk Cows in Indiana Farms
Two separate incidents near Noblesville and Washington report farmers injured while milking cows. Jesse Cox, 60, near Noblesville, suffered a broken arm, fractured leg and internal injuries and is near death. Mrs. Thomas Davis, near Washington, sustained three fractured ribs and severe cuts after being trampled and kicked by cows, with a near fatal outcome and miraculous escape.
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Noblesville
Ind
INS
Jesse Cox
Cox
Washington
Thomas Davis
Here
Marriage License Issued to Masten and Modlin
Cyril G. Masten aged 22 a laborer from Greencastle Route 3 wed Adele Modlin aged 21 a stenographer from Bainbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril G. Masten
Greencastle R
Adele Modlin
Bainbridge
Train crash kills Gary family in Indiana
James Boyer 41 his wife Betty 38 and daughter Betty Jane 8 died when Boyer drove into a South Shore train at an unprotected crossing on the Dunes highway near Gary Indiana last night. Several motorists witnessed the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
James Boyer
Betty
Betty Jane
Boyer
Dunes Highway
Sunday Wright and Johnson Family Reunion in Madison Township
A large Wright and Johnson family reunion gathered at L. Marion Wright’s home in Madison Township with baskets and a plentiful noon meal. Attendees included Bernard Bradfield and family, Mrs Fannie Sims, Alfred Johnson and family, Henry Andrews and family, John Johnson and wife, Mrs Eva Nicoson, Bernie Wright and family, Scott Irwin and family, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Marion Wright
Madison Township
Wright
Johnson
Bernard Bradfield
Fannie Sims
Rockville
Alfred Johnson
Terre Haute
Henry Andrews
Bloomington
John Johnson
Boyd-Rissler and Pollom
O. P. Wrightsgrove
Manhattan
Ralph Rissler
Ola Pollom
Jane Wright
Vergie Raab
Edythe G. Boyde
John Boyd
Rose Huffman
Clarence Wright
Valley Raab
Charles Evans
Tom Boyd
Frank Raab
Guy Kunkel
John A. Wright
Harold Wright
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Oscar Rector
Rector Sales Co
C. F. Overstreet
Frank Ashworth
C. C. Tucker
R. L. O'Hair
Cora Shelton
The
Christian Church
Mary Burk
Alice Murphy
Franklin Street
Mrs. Otis English
Eugene Hawkins
Charles C. Brown
James Brown
Kiwanis Club
Juanita Vandiver
Harrodsburgh, Ky
Albert Huey
East
Hanna Street
Mary Torr
East Franklin Street
Virginia Walker
Alyce Brown
Connersville
Ralph Allen
Timmons
Mr. Allen
M. I. Butterfield
Anderson Street
Knightstown
Edward Estes
J. A. Estes
Stillwater
Okla
Wistor L. Raphael
Marrie Hendrich
Wilson, Kansas
Hendrich
Presbytery
Pittsburgh
William Gillaspy
Charles McGaughey
Gillaspy
Alice
Florence Earle
Brazil
Alice Earle
Madison Wis
Bruce MclIntosh
Europe
McIntosh
Ethel Boyle
George Boyle
Forest Gardner
South Jackson Street
Andrew Miller
West Jacob Street
Earl
Rotary
G. Bromley Oxnam
Bernard McMahon
DePauw R. C. T. C
Earl Bowman
Department of Education
University
Anti-Hoover Farm Group
Dailey
Leslie
Elder J. N. Dalby
Plymouth
Catherine Stoner
Simpson Storer
Chicago
Amelia Pear O’hair
W. M. McGaughey
Seminary St
Greencastle Hatchery
Concord Grapes
Herald Office
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Fire Department
C. W. Sigler
George FE. Hazlett
J.E. Cash Music Shop
Swsocietys
Mrs. Handy
Missionary Society
W. T. Handy
William Herod
Paul Heaney
Jesus
Imogene Mullins
Imogene Pollom
Ira EF. Cowling
Henry Phillips
United Missionary Society
B. H. Bruner
Pollom
Cowling E
World Call
Woman's Study Club
Woman’s Study Club
J. W. McConnell
South College Avenue
Randall
Nellie Randall
Albert Houck
J. T. Clodfelter
Portland Mills
Evelyn Josephine
Arthur Nevins
Elizabeth Nevins
Lorna Alexander
H. O. Bratten
Doris Elaine Alexander
Virginia Buis
Retha Webb
James S. Sweet
E. V. Alexander
Alberta Alexander
Nevins
Lake Michigan
Mr. and
Mrs. Hanna
Samuel Hanna
Lester Richardson
Garrett
Richardson
Alice Hanna
Lawrence Surface
Darlington
Hanna
Surface
Reggie Daniels
This City
Roy
Stephen
Philip Boyd
Ray Herbert
Glenn
Jesse Williams
Esther
Walmeeta
Ross Runyan
8. C. C. Club
Metta McCoy
Margaret Atkinson
C. A. Atkinson
Edna Lane
Frank Lane
South Indiana Street
Indianapolis Teacher's College
Baptist Missionary Society
L. E. Mitchell
Olive Street
C. M. Ewing
Mitchell
Friends of Africa
Addie Strain
Mrs. Sayers
Scobee
William Arnold
Wabash Valley Electric CO
J. A. Bamberger
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