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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1924
Page
3
Green Castle area residents share visits with relatives and join Salvation Army campaign via Elks lodge. A hospital operation for William Kirkpatrick and a fatal stroke claim Mrs. Allee. Weather brings heavy rain and a 1.75 inch Sunday storm followed by wind and cold. Multiple car incidents, horse collision, and various weddings and community events noted.
Multiple property transfers reported including Bainbridge Cemetery Trustees to Sara C Hubbard for a cemetery lot at 45 dollars. Benjamin P King to Madison E Masten for 4 acres in Greencastle township at 1 dollar. Louis Morrison to Chris Morlock for a Hoosier Highland lot at 1 dollar. Scott Browning to W A Browning for 157 acres in Greencastle township at 932 dollars. Additional transfers include Louisa C Hamilton to Mary A Grismer for one acre in Greencastle township at 1 dollar. Roachdale Cemetery Association to William D Lovett for a Lebanon Cemetery lot at 100 dollars. Citizens Trust Co Trustee to William H Cunningham for a Greencastle lot at 1 dollar. Citizens Trust Co Trustee to Flora B Cunningham for two Green castle lots at 500 dollars. Velma D Sallust to Fred O Ford and others for 31 acres in Russell town.
Mamie A. Biederstadt through attorney Theodore Crawley files for divorce from Otto A. Biederstadt alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Married December 22 1923 and separated September 16 1924. Seeks divorce, $500 alimony, and funds to prosecute the case.
Uncle Sam's round-to-world fliers completed another lap in their long journey landing at the Tucson aviation field at 1 18 mountain time after an uneventful flight from El Paso Texas. They plan to fly to San Diego on Monday.
Mrs. Herbert Sheets of Quinton New Jersey has used the same stove since 1863 to prepare three meals daily for her husband five sons and five daughters and a growing clan of eighty grandchildren and great grandchildren. The old Philadelphia cast stove fuels with coal or wood and remains polished bright as new.
For sale 150 single comb brown leghorn hens and 160 pullets listed by Ros Coe at Hurst Midway Station Junction Bloomington Road National Road. Mrs Be Fry dress maker moves to 910 Lincoln Ave. Kappa Alpha Theta seeks donated salable second hand articles this week. phone Mrs Hammond at 80 to arrange pickup Wednesday.
Marriage license notices show Claral Shinn and Ruby Hutcheson of Reelsville paired with R J Joseph V Mooney and Mary Louise Hirt of Greencastle. Douglas Crow of Plainfield with Cath arine Underwood of Cloverdate. Harry D Emerich of Evansville with Ida Williams of Greencastle.
The first session of the newly organized Methodist Sunday School held Sunday morning. Thirty two classes were present with well organized department superintendents. O ge’s class filled to capacity as the school showed enthusiasm and good music from the orchestra. The little rooms drew many pleasing incidents and the coming of the new pastor is anticipated after the third quarterly close next Sunday.
Nine teenagers dead and at least ten injured as tornadoes and windstorms struck Minnesota and Wisconsin last Sunday. Reports place fatalities in Thorp and surrounding areas, with six killed near Sanborn and one in Milwaukee, plus unknown totals. Damage runs into hundreds of thousands as wires fail to reach the affected zones.
A lone robber entered Farmers State Bank at noon and took a $500 bundle from the vault during a two minute lapse. He fled through the back door but was captured in a nearby cemetery after pursuit by citizens. The money was found hidden in leaves. the suspect named Walter Grant of Detroit. About $10,000 remained in the vault.
The Rev. Lawrence M. Hight confessed to poisoning his wife to “relieve her sufferings” and to poisoning Wilford Sweetin at the Sweetin home to ease his pain. He gave statements to authorities outlining the two slayings and his mental state at the time.
Miss Althea Stone Stoneman a University of Oregon summer student serves as a school nurse in central Oregon. The district’s schoolhouses travel with logging camps from Bend area pine forests to new sites as timber works shift, moving on Saturdays or Sundays despite scarce water for hundreds of children under her care.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Putnam County Indiana announces A G Harman as administrator of Sheldon Waggoner late of Putnam County, deceased. The estate is believed to be solvent. Dated September 10 1924. St Sept 12 19 26.
Old Tepee remains a popular landmark near Ratonville Washington. Built in early pioneer days from cedar strips and rock poles, the 50 foot tall tepee forms a drafty central fire pit. Hiv tourists daily gather around the council fire.
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