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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
2
The Daughters of America announce a Saturday market at the Daily News office offering goods to eat and household items. Proceeds support their activities.
Western film The Sign of the Cactus shows at the Strand today. Jack Hoxie stars as a Robin Hood figure in a tale of a large irrigation company clashing with ranchers over sharp practices. Clifford Smith directs with a supporting cast led by Helen Holmes and Francis Ford.
William de Mille’s Paramount picture The Fast Set comes to the K of P Theatre tonight and Tuesday. Clara Beranger adapted from Frederick Lonsdale’s Spring Cleaning. a husband author saves his wife from a gay Lothario as boredom strains their marriage.
D W Hazelrigg announces a public sale of household goods in Adams Indiana on Tuesday July 28. The notice lists the sale action and location with no further details.
A community sale is set at the Gartin farm located one half mile south and one mile west of Burney and nine miles west of Greensburg. Listings may be made with R. O. Calvert or Chas. Gartin, the promoters.
Herman J. Selig offers an 80 acre farm for sale including tobacco and grain operations. Property lies four miles south and one mile east of Westport Indiana and borders the town of Pierceville. Auction date set for Friday July 31.
John W. Stapp location five miles south of Greensburg on the old Stapp farm is noted for an event scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 4, with details sparse in the transcription.
Nick Patterson and Criss Selke are at the Freed Hunter farm located about 1.5 miles north of Greensburg for the event noted in the brief item.
L S Barnard will auction at his residence 624 West North Street on Tuesday July 28 1925 at 1 30 p m. Items include rocking chairs dining chairs dining room table bed springs mattresses 3 burner hot plate oven rugs dishes cooking utensils garden tools 12 ft step ladder and many other articles. McGee and Son Auds Will Ryan Clerk. 178 it c
The Millhousen and Westport teams tied 3 to 3 after seven innings when an argument over a fair ball at third base led to players refusing to continue. Weaver and Feldman umpired. Millhousen led 3 0 before Westport scored three in the seventh amid heated rivalry. Millhousen had won three prior games this season.
The Indiana fish and game division reports a new June planting record with 571,224 advanced fry released into public waters. Hatcheries including Avoca and Riverside show strong outputs. arrests for fish and game law violations decreased from 1924 to June this year, with 196 convictions totaling 4,042.10 dollars versus 138 and 3,328.20 dollars.
Federal narcotics agent L. L. Ulmer reports a rising dope problem in Indiana with 2% of residents jailed or imprisoned in the past year for narcotics violations. Eleven doctors and druggists are among those sentenced or awaiting action, and 27 dealers remain under lookouts as druggists and druggists face increased scrutiny in Indianapolis.
Greensburg audience learns of five day program featuring Apollo Quartet and humorist Ralph Bingham plus plays Cappy Ricks and The Bubble Thavin and his band lectures music and Dusty Miller personal message Seeton ticket set at 2.00 or 12 cents per entertainment Ralph Bingham touted as worth the price.
The Adams Lutheran church in Ripley county held a Sunday festival featuring chicken dinner. More than eight hundred plates were sold, raising a substantial sum for the church, with most food donated by members and friends. Attendees came from Batesville Greensburg Sunman Osgood and nearby towns along with several visiting Lutheran ministers.
Classified snippet lacks full details but requests a nurse to call 1226 for placement. No names, dates, or organization provided.
Used Goods Store at 402 South Broadway advertises gas ranges chairs tables kitchen cabinets glass door safe and many other household articles for sale. Phone 1573. 1786tp CHAS. MeCUNE.
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