Akron Building Unique Hangar for Dirigibles
Akron is constructing one of the world’s largest airship docks, hosting two navy dirigibles larger than Graf Zeppelin. The shelllike structure spans 1,200 feet in length, 325 feet wide, and 211 feet high, covering eight and a half acres near Akron, designed with no interior supports. It draws parallels to Friedrichshafen and dwarfs major landmarks like the Woolworth Building and Washington Monument in scale.
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America
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Monument
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Holdreith Uncovers Massive Steel Structure Weight
Holdreith reports the completed structure will weigh about 15,700,000 pounds after final assembly.
Delivery man runs runaway horse down in Hartford City
Harry Randall, a grocery delivery man, chased and stopped a wild runaway horse in Hartford City. Spectators cheered as he tackled the horse within a couple of blocks and returned it to the store, earning local sports fans to back him against great sprinters like Paavo Nurmi and Charles Paddock.
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Hartford City
Ind
Harry Randall
Randall
Paavo Nurmi
Charles Paddock
More Ponds Added to State Hatcheries
Four additional rearing ponds are being added to the state fish hatchery at Riverside park Indianapolis, bringing the total to thirty and making it one of the largest hatcheries in the country. Across five state hatcheries the total pond count reaches seventy seven, up from twenty nine in 1919. State wardens report 223 arrests in July with 214 convictions and fines totaling 5424.25 dollars, all funding county school funds. Leading offenses include hunting and fishing without a license, taking undersized fish, illegal nets, killing squirrels in closed season, rabbits in closed season, mussels without a license, grappling hooks, and exceeding bag limits.
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Riverside Park
Indianapolis
Indiana to Meet Wabash and Ohio in Doubleheader
Indiana University opens the 1929 football season with a Memorial Stadium doubleheader against Wabash and Ohio U. The Scrappin' Hoosiers, in their 44-man squad, will host the contests as substitutions are expected. The Wabash band will visit, the I U band will perform between halves, and the 1:15 p.m. kickoff will be broadcast on WKBF.
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Breed of the Sunsets opens at Voncastle tonight with Bob Steele
One of Bob Steele's top westerns Breed of the Sunsets begins a two day run at the Voncastle theatre. A brave American bucking horse champion loves a Spanish senorita whose father forbids the match and arranges an unhappy marriage to a villain. Clair Hulls Band to entertain Sunday and Monday evenings around 8:45.
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Bob Steele
Voncastle Theatre
California
Corn Stalk Valley C C Club gathering and visits
The C. C. Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Hunter. Families and friends visited Sunday with numerous local residents including the Hammonds, Cox, Newman, Bryan, and Higgins households. The club and families enjoyed a weiner roast at the Buis home Saturday evening.
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C. Club
Mary Hunter
Oran Buis
N. L. Hammond
Ernest Cox
S. N
Dent Larking
A. E. Lambert
Elien Newman
Ida Newman
J. R. Cox
Robert Storm
Coatesville
C. C. Club
Subscrive For The Herald Subscrive For The Herald
Old typeset listing for The Herald in Greencastle Indiana announces the paper’s origin as Star and Democrat 1868 with staff names Charles J Arnold LeRoy Bee Roy Evans and location at 17 19 South Jackson. Subscription rates show Putnam County 3.00 yearly others 5.60 and 14 week Greencastle carrier.
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Greencastle
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LeRoy Bee
Oseese eCity
Roy Evans
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Indiana
Putnam County
Whispers Winds at Granada features Tiffany Stahl romance
The Granada theatre presents the love story Whispers Winds starring Patsy Ruth Miller Malcolm McGregor and Eve Southern on Saturday with talking sequences and musical score. Added to the program is The Delightful Rogue an all talking pirate sea film featuring Rita LaRoy and Rod La Rocque plus usual short subjects.
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Granada Theatre
Tiffany Stahl
Patsy Ruth Miller
Malcolm McGregor
Eve Southern
Rita LaRoy
Rod LaRocque
Submersible Light to Aid Net Search by Conserv. Dept
The Indiana Conservation Department will use a Weiss submergible light to locate abandoned and sunken nets and to uncover nets hidden by fish pirates in Hoosier waters. George N. Mannfeld, chief of the fish and game division, says the light, recently purchased, may lead to more units if successful, with prior use for locating drowning victims near Indianapolis.
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Move to Greencastle News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Ross Hood are moving to Greencastle. Mrs Forest McFarland and children spent Tuesday in Fillmore visiting Mrs Len McFarland. Mr and Mrs Orla Vanlandingham and son Bobby spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lige Baldwin. Mr and Mrs Tra Arnold and daughters of Worthington will be weekend guests of Mr and Mrs John Lyon. Mrs Arnold is John Lyon’s sister and formerly lived here.
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Ross Hood
Greencastle
Forest McFarland
Fillmore
Len McFarland
Orla Vanlandingham
Bobby
Lige Baldwin
Tra Arnold
Worthington
John Lyon
Arnold
Lyon
Hawkinson Confesses to Double Murder Overplot of Death
In Galesburg Illinois Hawkinson admits killing his wife Mary 42 and George Martin 22 of Dayton Ohio after overhearing a plan to kill him for insurance. He says he shot Martin then nearly severed his head with a razor and then killed his wife when she tried to intervene.
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Galesburg
Ill
Hawkinson
Mary
George Martin
Dayton
Martin
Child Swallows Pin and Dies After Failed Removal
Anna Elizabeth Crawford age 2, Evansville, daughter of Mr and Mrs William B Crawford, died today at a local hospital after swallowing a pin lodged in a lung. An operation to remove the pin was unsuccessful.
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Evansville
Ind
Anna Elizabeth Crawford
William B. Crawford
Re-roof Now Pay Later Offer by Sears
Sears Roebuck offers asphalt roofing in rolls or shingles with a 17 year guarantee. J M Jones, salesman, Greencastle R R 3 Commercial Place 367 Y phone.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
J. M. Jones
Greencastle
Rail safety editorial notes pedestrian danger at crossings
A public editorial argues railroad crossings are dangerous and emphasizes pedestrian fatalities. Citing Moosier State Automobile Association and Hoover statistics, it stresses driver error as a major cause and warns most accidents occur away from crossings, urging broad attention to all road safety factors.
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Moosier State Automobile Association
United States
Hoover
Mae Ry Ee
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