Fair kicks off with cow incident at Greenview Farm exhibit
Charles J. Arnold writes from the County Fair describing a playful yet chaotic scene. A cow kicked him as they loaded it for a buggy ride to the fair, yet the animal is settled in the big cow tent supervised by Bob Stevenson. Arnold invites visitors to the tent to meet the herd and notes Simpson Stoner’s busy role as county fair secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Stevenson
Mgr
Greenview
Simpson Stoner
Simpson
Quarry Accident Ends Life At Indiana Stone Yard
Alva Skinner, 53, was killed and Nelson Hacker and Onis Ferguson were seriously hurt when a heavy rock mass collapsed at the B. G. Hoadley stone quarry in Bloomington Indiana. Officials said loose rocks likely started the slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
INS
Alva Skinner
Nelson Hacker
Onis Ferguson
B. G. Hoadley
Viewers Favor Road Improvement Link Between Pleasant Hill and Fern
Madison township viewers named by the county commissioners favor planning a new road linking Pleasant Hill and Fern. County engineer Orville O Neal and viewers Atlas Philips Marion township Reason Larkin Jefferson township will draft plans for county approval. Opponents threaten a remonstrance and possible appeal to the state tax board to block the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HC. Cox
Madison Township
W. E. Gill
Atlas Philips
Marion Township
Reason Larkin
Jefferson Township
Orville O'Neal
Ohe State Tax Board
Pleasant Hill
Fern
Bald Hill
Long Branch
Indiana Republicans back Emison for Federal Court of Claims
The Republican State committee meeting at Alen Country Club in Lebanon Indiana voted unanimously to sponsor Ewing Emison of Vincennes for appointment to the Federal Court of Claims in Washington. The committee also decided that the 1931 Indiana legislature will pursue reapportionment reducing Congress members from 13 to 11, while Judge James P. Hughes continues a two day stay in Madison and will return Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Republican State Committee
Indorsing Ewing Emison
Vincennes
Federal Court of Claims
Washington
Alen Country Club
Emison
Indiana
Freshmen Begin Year at DePauw University Orientation
Freshmen at DePauw University begin week with enrollment and housing assignments in the Administration building. Dr. Henry B. Longden welcomes students in a chapel session. Faculty counsellors meet afternoon, with President Oxnam at 3:00 to 5:00. Evening receptions and teas accompany activities through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePauw
Henry B. Longden
Phew
Mcplarry Hall
Oxnam
Bowman Memorial Gymnasium
Bowman Gym
Liberal Arts
Music Hall
Music School
Dirks
Association of Women
Rector Hall
Meharry Hall
Greencastle
Speech Hall
Dean Dirks
Reetor
Longden
Bowman Gymnasium
DePauw Grants Eleven More Rector Scholarships
Eleven students received Rector Scholarships from the Edward Rector Scholarship Foundation at DePauw University, bringing total scholarships this year to 265 and expected undergraduate recipients above 700. Recipients include Delbert Hiatt Farmland Charles Neimeyer Clayton Charles Kinder Boonville Harley Jackman Washington Arthur Hoffman Clinton Sidney Allen Uniondale Armin Wilcoxln Linton Clarence Harris Chrisney Howard Aiken Dugger Robert Hunt Camden Arthur Fear Fairmount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rector
Henry B. Longden
Edward Rector
DePauw University
Delbert Hiatt
Farmland
Charles Neimeyer
Clayton
Charles Kinder
Boonville
Harley Jackman
Washington
Arthur Hoffman
Clinton
Sidney Allen
Uniondale
Armin Wilcoxin
Linton
Clarence Harris
Chrisney
Howard Aiken
A G Brown Speaks at Indiana Banker Meeting in Evansville
A. G. Brown of Greencastle opened the thirty third annual Indiana Bankers Association convention at the Hotel McCurdy Evansville. Governor Harry G. Leslie and Dr G Bromley Oxnam also spoke. Brown urged bankers to raise standards and maintain services, noting Indiana’s relatively low bank failures and the profession’s crucial role in the state’s prosperity. The two day session included leaders from the New York Stock Exchange and the American Bankers Association with a continuation on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Brown
Greencastle
Indiana Bankers Association
Association
Evansville
McCurdy
G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Bank
Harry G. Leslie
Mr. Brown
E. H. H. Simmons
New York Stock Exchange
R. C. Stephenson
South Bend
American Bankers Association
Brown
Indiana
Hoosier Commonwealth
America
Dooley
Banker's Arrest Ends Nationwide Chase in Wyoming
Denver dispatch reports CTD Waggoner a banker from a small town was jailed in Newcastle Wyoming after evading a nationwide manhunt for over a week. He is charged with swindling six of New York's largest financial institutions out of 500000, identified by his car license at a Telluride bank president's camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
CTD
Waggoner
New York
Newcastle
Wyo
Telluride Bank
More prizes added to dog show on courthouse lawn
Dog Show entries surpass previous years with wide breed variety. Local merchants and the Fair Board donate prizes including cash, boxes of candy, barber work, and colored camera in a drive to fund a silver trophy for best in show. Open entry day of event, leash required, multiple classes, mayor and professionals contributing trophies. Also report of stolen chickens from Oden McClain. no suspects identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Haggart
Court House
Fair Board
Browning & Hammond
Tara Hill Stock Farm
Airdale
Jack Davis
Boston
A. Fleenor
T. A. Sigler
Geo. Finney
Gardner Bros
Greencastle Herald
South Side Dairy
R. P. Mullins
Adam Wagner
Greencastle Banner
W. D. James
Kocher's
Leon Welch
Peningee
Old Gold Pool Room
Mayor McGaughey
C. C. Gillen
Glen Lyons
M. D. Abrams
Dogs Kill Many Sheep on Greencastle Farm
Twenty years ago in Greencastle reports state dogs killed many head of sheep on the S. A. Hazelett farm last night. Miss Jessie Gill of Cloverdale visits friends in Greencastle. Fred Thomas leaves Hurst Buggy Company to teach at Limedale this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Hazelett
Jessie Gill
Cloverdale
Greencastle
Fred Thomas
Hurst Buggy Company
Limedale
Indianapolis Driver Fined in Court for Reckless Driving
Lawrence Wiggins, an Indianapolis driver, was fined 28.90 in Justice J. J. Kauble's court for reckless driving linked to an accident on the National Road. He pleaded guilty after being arrested and returned from Indianapolis. Mrs. Edward Wishmier, driving another car, was crowded off the road. her vehicle damaged and her young son unharmed. Wishmier was hospitalized with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wiggins
Edward E. Wishmier
Indianapolis
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Kauble
Edward T. Wishmier
Wiggins
Alva Bryan
Evansville
Wishmier
Beekeeping Exhibit At Greencastle Draws Crowds
Putnam County Beekeepers Association hosts a top exhibit in Greencastle Court House assembly room with C. O. Yo chief state inspector and B. H. Wilkins state inspector of apiaries in charge. Three dealers C. M. Scott A. I. Root of Indianapolis and Mr Nixon of Cloverdale present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County Beekeepers’ Association
Greencastle
Court House
C. O. Yo
B. H. Wilkins
C. M. Scott
A. I. Root
Indianapolis
Mr. Nixon
Cloverdale
Greencastle Kiwanis Club Sets Key Convention Plans
The Green castle Kiwanis Club meets Thursday at noon at the Christian Church to appoint committees for the Terre Haute convention on September 24 25 and 26. The club aims to establish Terre Haute headquarters and push for Milt Brown as Lt Governor of Indiana Kiwanis Third Division. An exhibit is planned to promote Greencastle, and the convention week meeting will be in Terre Haute with most members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle Kiwanis Club
Christian Church
Terre Haute
Milt Brown
Indiana Kiwanis
Greencastle
Instruments Displayed For Greencastle High Band
Band instruments used by Greencastle high school were shown in the Moore and Cook shoe store window today. Donated anonymously, the instruments will support the organization of the high school band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle High School
Moore & Cook Shoe
County Conference of Christian Churches in Greencastle
The County Conference of Christian Churches in Putnam County will be held at the First Christian Church in Greencastle on Wednesday September 18. President Charles McGaughey will preside with Rev. Cecil Franklin directing part of the work. Sessions at 10 a m and 2 p m with meals at noon and 6 30 p m, and an evening session at 7 30 p m. The women of the Greencastle Church will provide meals and each member is asked to bring a dish. The conference marks the nineteenth hundredth anniversary of Pentecost in 1989 as its theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Conference of Christian Churches
Putnam County
Greencastle
Charles McGaughey
Cecil Franklin
Christian Churches
Indiana
DePauw Welcomes Freshmen as Week Opens
Dr Henry B Longden vice president welcomed new students at Freshman chapel in Meharri Hall at 11 o clock. He noted campus life mirrors life beyond college and urged moral conduct. He paraphrased a European count urging students to awake for great deeds. Upperclassmen begin registration Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Longden
DePauw University
Meharri Hall
Longden
G. Bromley Oxnam
Evansville
State Bankers Convention
Reelsville Woman Dies in Indianapolis Obituary
Mrs. Annabelle Hutcheson wife of Joseph Hutcheson of near Reelsville died Tuesday afternoon in Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday from the home. Burial will be in Boone Hutcheson Cemetery near Hamrick Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabelle Hutcheson
Joseph Hutcheson
Reelsville
Indianapolis
Boone-Hutcheson Cemetery
Hamrick Station
Weather outlook for tonight and Thursday
Fair tonight with rising temperatures. Thursday will be warmer with higher readings, especially in the northwest portion tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Alleged 10 Hijack Arrest Sparks Attorney Contempt
John Brown Indianapolis attorney announced plans to file direct contempt charges against L A Bryan deputy sheriff of Putnam County. The case involves Lawrence Wiggins who was arrested on reckless driving and allegedly hijacked from an Indianapolis court to Greencastle. Wiggins was fined in Greencastle court this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
John Brown
L. A. Bryan
Putnam County
Lawrence Wiggins
Paul C. Wetter
Wiggins
Greencastle
Bryan
Brown
Charles Russell
Emerson Ruark Death in Fillmore Cancer Claims Life
Emerson Ruark of Fillmore died Tuesday evening at 10 30 due to cancer. He leaves a widow and three children Chester and Fred in Fillmore and Mrs Herschel Crist of Indianapolis, plus two sisters and two half sisters. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 PM at the Fillmore Christian Church with burial in Fillmore cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Ruark
Fillmore
Ruark
Chester
Fred
Herschel’ Crist
Indianapolis
Laura Bunyan
Charner Buis
Alice Cline
James Brattain
Greencastle
Fillmore Christian Church
Fillmore Cemetery
Putnam County Fair Exhibits Rapidly Filling All Departments
Sixth annual Putnam County Fair sees departments rushing to open with workmen preparing concessions on Washington street and tents for industrial auto show cattle poultry and hog exhibits filling with animals and demonstrations set to function tonight.
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Putnam County
Washington Street
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Charles J. Arnold
H. C. Cox
Indorse
James P. Hughes
Madison
Gov
Leslie
Oden McClain
Clinton Township
Edward Eitelforge
Capital City
Kiwanis Club
CO. Conference OF Churches Here
Charles M’gaughey
Rev. Franklin
Alva
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