Local notices and incidents from Greencastle area
Bona The King Builders of the Chii will meet at the church tian Church proon at 4 o'clock Monday afte Mrs. Rence Dagey entertained at her home on Highland avenue Friday afternoon at a bridge party. Out of town guest Mrs. W. P. Koehler of Jacksonville Miss. Claude Johnson and Paul Burton penal farm escapes sentenced to 1 to 5 years in Michigan City state prison by Judge James P. Hughes. Two men escaped from the farm Wednesday. County Sunday School workers plan county convention September 24 and 25 at the local Baptist Church. Delta Theta Tau meets Monday 7:30 in Phi Delta Kappa hall. Modern Priscilla Club meets with Miss Ammerman Monday 2:30. Country Reading Club all day at Mrs. Frank Busby Eagles September 14. members to bring a dish. Miss Margaret Emily McGaughey teaching at Hagerstown visits parents in town. Roy L. West returns to Chicago after brief campus visit. Plane from Ontario to England considered lost. Mrs. Mary C. Hurst and Lafe Steel married at Presbyterian Manse. will live in Green castle. Dick Carroll visiting Greencastle. school heads outline plans. new policy remarks deferred. Putnam County Institutes begin. monthly sessions planned. D. E. Denny wins state fair silver Wyandotte cockerel prizes. Buick roadster ditch near Greencastle. occupants uninjured. Virgil Tharp loses control of Ford Coupe near town. minor damage.
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Claude Johnson
Paul Burton
Michigan City
James P. Hughes
Putnam
Colorful card offer for beginners at 110 W. 42nd St New York
An addressed envelope invites beginners to a five hundred color experience payment, promising no selling. The notice mentions Culats Rey Art at 110 West 42nd Street New York and appears as a solicitation to participate in a color activity.
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Rey Art
New York
Notice to Gas Consumers in Greencastle
Last day for discount on B bills. Office will be open until 9 tonight. Greencastle Gas Company.
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Greencastle Gas Mpany
Ironical Hand of Fate Revealed in Indiana Scandal Letter
Indiana Attorney General Gilliam released a 1926 letter from Governor Ed Jackson urging a thorough investigation of political corruption charges that led to the governor's indictment. The disclosure supports Gilliam’s claim that hiring special counsel for the grand jury investigation was legal despite accusations by Vincennes publisher Thomas H. Adams that Ralph Kane and former Judge Fred C. Gause were improperly hired from Jackson's contingent fund.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Arthur L. Gilliam
Ed. Jackson
Jackson
Gilliam
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Ralph Kane
Fred C. Gause
Woman check forger pleads guilty in Lafayette court
Adah B Kerr of Attica pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses after signing the name of Arthur McGahan to checks totaling 50.85. She was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to 60 days at the Indiana woman's prison.
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Lafayette
Ind
Adah B. Kerr
Attica
Indiana Woman's Prison
Arthur McGahan
Hoadley to Wed Helen English at Oak Park Saturday
John Hoadley son of Mr and Mrs Bert G Hoadley of north Walnut street will marry Miss Helen English Saturday at 4 30 PM in Oak Park Chicago. Miss English a DePauw graduate has been stenographer for Dr Clarence E Flynn pastor of First Methodist Church here. Hoadley will join his father in the local stone business with Herrick Young serving as usher, Bloomington World.
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John Hoadley
Bert G. Hoadley
North Walnut Street
Oak Park
Chicago
Helen English
DePauw University
English
Clarence E. Flynn
First Methodist Church
Hoadley
Herrick Young
Bloomington
County adopts 30 cent tax rate for next year
The county fixes the next year tax rate at 30 cents per 100 in assessed valuation, announced by the County Auditor. The original budget proposed 87 cents levy, but the county council trimmed several amounts this week from the budget. The present rate stands at 28 cents.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meeting at Baptist Church
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting at the Baptist Church on Monday afternoon at 2 30. All members are urged to attend due to important business to be transacted.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
Canadian plan to halt trans Atlantic flights floated in Parliament
Ottawa faces a wave of protests demanding government inspection and hours of trial flights for oceanic aircraft before any further Canada to United States flights. Premier King hints at legislation to halt Atlantic crossings, with possible Newfoundland cooperation to allow Harbor Grace departures. Canada urges safer seaplane use and notes recent losses including Old Glory and Sir John Carling incidents.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Government Air Board
Atlantic
King
Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
United States
J. A. Wilson
Phil Payne
London
John Carling
Tully
Medcalf
Duke Schiller
Phil Wood
Windsor
England
Ontario
Former local man seeks healing at Martinsville
Frank Skinner, a longtime proofreader for the New York Telegram and son of Indiana Methodist minister Dr. Clark Skinner, seeks renewed strength at Highlands Sanitarium in Martinsville. His lineage includes Revolutionary War ancestors and a diary published as Leaves of Antiquity, with ties to Greencastle and Valley Forge.
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Martinsville
Highland Sanitarium
Frank Sewell Skinner
New York Telegram
Scherer
Skinner
Clark Skinner
Indiana Methodist Episcopal
Philadelphia
Bishop Bowman
Greencastle
Old Asbury
DePauw
Robert
Maj. Jos. Clark
Valley Forge
Jersey
Martinsville Poet Mr. Skinner Plans Old Home Tour
The Martinsville Reporter notes Mr. Skinner born on the Wabash banks in Martinsville and fondly recalls the shade of the Sycamores. He contrasts metropolitan life with his hometown and plans a visit to Greencastle South Bend and other former haunts before returning to New York.
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Wabash
Indiana Political Corruption Probe Reaches Third Grand Jury
The article traces the continuing Indiana political corruption probe tied to Governor Jackson and indicted figures like Jackson Coffin and Maria. It details three Marion County grand juries spanning nearly a year, the role of D. C. Stephenson’s black boxes, and arrests of city officials for violating the corrupt practices act with trials set for September.
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Jackson
Coffin
Maria
McCray
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Klan
Indiana
Stephenson
Michigan City State Prison
Madge Oberholtzer
Butler College
Marion County
James J. Collins
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Collins
Adams
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Grand Dragon
The
Klan
Michigan City State
Grand Jury
Grand Juy
Claude Achey
James E. Armitage
Armitage
Achey
Emsley W. Johnson
John W. Holtzman
Johnson and Holtzman
John L. Duvall
William C. Buser
Duvall
Buser
Indianapolis
Johnson
Washington
Ind
Ed Jackson
Governor Jackson and Stephenson Inquiry in Indiana
The text recounts a rapid sequence of accusations and denials surrounding Governor Jackson over a horse payment to Stephenson, a bid to gain McCray’s prosecutor appointment, and revelations about Stephenson’s secret appearance before Marion County’s grand jury. It notes McCray’s appointment denial and subsequent jailhouse interviews.
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Stephenson
John J. Madden
Harry Wangelin
Michigan City
Hinkle Family In Car Crash In Weather Dense Fog
Mr and Mrs Hinkle and daughter Frances were injured when a Dodge drove west in heavy fog in Manhattan Bottoms. Mr Hinkle is in critical condition with internal injuries and several broken ribs. Mrs Hinkle and Frances have severe lacera tions and broken legs, Frances also has a fractured jaw. Doctors Workman Pell and Elliott of Brazil attended them at Community Hospital in Brazil.
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Brazil
Workman
Harry Pell
Harry Elliott
Hinkle
Frances
Big Four Railroad
Marines Guard Mail in Film Clip at Vocational Theater
A wartime Marine Corps mission protecting mail trains in transit is portrayed in the moving picture The Lost Mail Robbery. Leathernecks battle bandits in a remote mountainside siege, delivering a thrilling climax and honoring the Marines.
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United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Val Walle U. 8
Jjo
Esse
FBO
Vocactio Thesan ‘Otey
Leathernecks
U. S. Marine Corps
Want Ads Offer Loans and Goods Across States
Classified notices advertise auto loan up to 300 dollars from Indiana Loan Co at 241% E Wash, farming electric light and automatic water systems from R O Scobee Quincy Indiana, and opportunities for ladies to earn by making or coloring cards with addressed envelopes to receive fee instructions or particulars.
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Indiana Loan Co
E. Wash
R. O, Scobee
Quincy
Ind
Putnam
Owen Counties
For Sale Ford Touring Car in Public Auction
Public auction to satisfy a storage lien. Ford Touring car model 1922 with motor 7275369 Indiana license 503206 to be sold for cash for $39.75. Timberman Garage Reelsville Putnam County Indiana September 17 1927 at 10 AM by Robt Timberman.
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Indiana
Timberman
Reelsville
Putnam County
State of Indiana
Robt
Color ing card offer from Triangle 130 Platbush Ave
Advertisement announces payment of $500 color ing cards with no selling and requires an addressed envelope for particulars. It lists Triangle 130 Platbush Ave Dept 309 Brooklyn NY as contact.
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Triangle
Platbush Ave
Dept
Brooklyn
N, Y
For Rent Five Room House on East Washington Street
Duplex style notice offers a five room house for rent with two percent acres of ground on East Washington Street. Contact number 453 provided for inquiry.
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Washington Street
Handy men wanted for carpenter work at cement plant
Help wanted at Indiana Portland Cement Plant for yard foreman and skilled carpenter tasks. Apply in person to secure a position.
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Indiana
Portland Cement Plant
Sewing Apron Kit Ad From Mile Garment Bayonne
A Bayonne New Jersey notice offers home sewing jobs earning 16 dollars per dozen aprons. No experience needed as materials are cut and instructions supplied. respond with an addressed envelope to Mile Garment at 235 Broadway.
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Market
Paterson
New Jersey
Mile Garment
Broadway
Bayonne, N, J
Land for Sale Fall Delivery Seeker
Wanted to hear from owner of land for sale for fall delivery. 0. K. Trawley, Baldwin, Wis.
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K. Trawley
Baldwin, Wis
Ladies- Make $700 Gilding Christmas Cards
A mail order opportunity invites women to gild Christmas cards with no selling required. Send a self addressed stamped envelope to Lincoln Card at 160 Market St Paterson for free instructions.
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Washington St
Paterson
New Jersey
Lincoln
Market St
Death of Judge C. W. Vermillion in Iowa
Word reached here of the death on September 2 in Des Moines Iowa after an operation. Judge C W Vermillion of Centerville Iowa was a cousin of James E Vermillion and Claudia Hoagland and of E R Carswell. He attended DePauw University and belonged to Sigma Chi fraternity.
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C. W. Vermillion
Centerville
Iowa
Methodist
Des Moines
James E. Vermillion
Claudia Hoagland
E. R. Carswell
DePauw University
Sigma Chi
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