Crippled farmer dies defending home in two-robber attack
William H. Newhouse, 62, a crippled farmer near Lawrence, is beaten to death by two robbers after they ask for water and plan to steal his farm proceeds. He kills one assailant and wounds the other before succumbing. Mrs Newhouse escapes to alert neighbors. the robbers, Roy and Thomas Hall, are identified and pursued. The elder Hall dies from shotgun wounds and a later throat wound. investigations highlight local ties to Millersville and Indianapolis.
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William H. Newhouse
Lawrence
Millersville
Indianapolis
Newhouse
A. M. McMillan
Irwin 0. Spahr
GL. Spahr
McMillan
Zionsville
Boone County
Indianapolis Star
Roy Hall
Thomas Hall
Halls
South
Noble Street
Hall
City Hospital
Young Hall
Portteus
Durham
Marion County
Halli
C. E. Day
Mr. Newhouse
Kitty Newhouse
Nellie Newhouse
Mira
Mr. Werhe
W. F. Werbe
R. W. Lugar
Everett Davis
Walter Ayres
Walter Werbe
Jed Werbe
Bert Davis
South Noble Street
Aer
Greencastle
Noble
Lawrence Township
Board Employs a New Mathematics Teacher
The school board at a special meeting hired Miss Gretchen Ritchie to teach mathematics at the local high school. Loie Slagle is advanced to head the department, replacing Miss Grace Norwood. Ritchie, a Lebanon native, studied at Vassar after Lebanon High and Tudor Hall, and will begin with the 1924-25 term on September 7 as Stokes and other school buildings near completion. Joseph W. Witt retires from the board, with John C. Perkins named as his successor. The board also appointed Miss Zella Bratton as director of music for the coming year.
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Gretchen Ritchie
W. &. Ritchie
Loie Slagle
Grace Norwood
Miss Ritchie
Lebanon
Lebanon High School
Tudor Hall
Indianspolis
Echool
Stokes
Central School
Joseph W. Witt
Witt
John C. Perkins
Zella Bratton
Lebanon Hih
Professor Donnelly
Indianapolis
David Baxter
American Institute of Normal Methods
Northwestern University
Thorntown
Miss Bratton
Beaman and Heath Families Plan Fifth Annual Reunion
The Beaman and Heath families from Boone Marion and Hendricks counties will hold their fifth annual reunion at the Lebanon fair grounds on the third Sunday in August the sixteenth. Rev. John T. Beaman of Greenfield serves as association president Willard Beaman of Fayette is treasurer and Mrs Dora Ellis of Lebanon is secretary.
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Beaman
Zionsville Mian Ships Two Porkers to Argentina
The Zionsville Times reports S. DT. Ghere shipped two 600 pound yearling boars to Argentina, via New York, with certificates of health. the voyage costs near $200 and the buyer is W. Beints Le California, Las Rosas, Argentina.
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Zionsville Mian
Argentina
Zionsville Times
S. DT. Ghere
Poland
W. Beints le
California
Las Rosas
Argentine Republic
Mazda Arabian fir hotel opens with new name and manager
The former Central Hotel reopens as Mazda Arabian fir hotel under Harry G. Kersey, former Le Boone restaurateur. Refurbished inside out with new furniture, dining starts at noon with 25 and 15 cent lunches. The piece also recalls Grace Gardner Bigham’s 1856 visit to Arcadia and a vivid frontier memory of Eagle Village.
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Mazda
Central Hotel
Harry G. Kersey
le Boone
Grace Gardner Bigham
Arcadia
Wis
Eagle Village
Saga the
Zionsville
Gardner
Indianapolis
Lafaycette
Wisconsin
Indiana
Albert Thayer
Found Dead in Bed Mrs Gifford Passes at 65
Mrs Julia Gifford widow of George Gifford was found dead in bed Wednesday morning at Zionsville. She had suffered a stroke of paralysis last spring and never fully recovered. Aged 65 she leaves a husband and several children. Funeral held Thursday afternoon at the family home in Eagle Creek neighborhood with interment at Little Eagle cemetery.
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Julia Gifford
George Gifford
Zionsville
Gifford
Eagle Creek
Little Eagle Cemetery
Fire damages summer kitchen on Chicago street
Sun day morning the fire department responded to a blaze at the home of Ote Johnson on Chicago street. The summer kitchen caught fire from the fire and burned rapidly before the department arrived. The roof was badly damaged but the fire was soon controlled.
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Ote Johnson
Chicago Street
Horses Aged 23 27 Run Away Near John Small Farm
An elderly team of horses aged 23 and 27 bolted near John Small’s farm on a Thursday evening. Dr Airhart intervened with a roadster, the wagon overturned, Small escaped with minor injuries, and the horses eventually calmed after a half mile chase on the road.
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John Small
Enrollment at Indiana Baptist Assembly Surges
The fourth day of the Indiana Baptist Assembly finished with enrollment over 175, surpassing last year by about 25. Dr D H Jemison of Cincinnati spoke on the boys organization Kappa Sigma Pi at Velovk. Moody Institute’s Dr George Guile addressed Exaltation of Christ. Rev William E Chalmers of Philadelphia spoke on Falling Over Yourself as Euclid Avenue Baptist church members attended in a body.
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Indiana Baptist Assembly
Evelock
D. H. Jemison
Cincinnati
Boys’ Organization
Kappa Sigma Pi
George Guile
Bible Extension
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
William E. Chalmers
Philadelphia
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Indianapolia
Thirsty boy milks cow leads to jail term
Virgil Blankership, sixteen, is serving thirty days in the county jail in Macon Missouri for milking a cow on John Smith's premises west of town. Returning from a blackberry excursion, he drank after milking the animal amid reports of past trespass on Smith's farm by others and a missing pail incident.
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Macon
Virgil Blankership
John Smith
Smith
Virgil
Reorganized School Board Names New English Teacher
The Greencastle board reorganizes for the year with John C. Perkins as president Frank Hutchinson secretary and S N Cragan treasurer. Miss Jennie Farmer of Greencastle is hired to fill the English vacancy, bringing a DePauw AB and three years in Anderson. All city teaching positions are filled except Stokes sixth grade, with plans to add a seventh grade if enrollment warrants.
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John C. Perkins
Frank Hutchinson
S. N. Cragan
Jennie Farmer
Greencastle
Miss Scatten
Farmer
DePauw
Anderson
J. P. Pearcy
Miss Farmer
Stokes
H. G. Brown
E. G. Walker
Cora Doehleman
Grace
IS 70TH BIRTHDAY RELATIVES GATHER AT HIS HOME
Sylvester Cunningham aged seventy celebrated with relatives at his home south of Lebanon on Saturday night. Refreshments were served and many family members attended including Groover Weaver Ross Roberts Woodard Cunningham and Kelly families plus others from Arcola and local friends. Mr Cunningham received several nice presents.
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Sylvester Cunningham
Lebanon
Cunningham
George Groover
H. T. Weaver
William Ross
Isaae Roberts
Ora Woodard
Philip Cunningham
James Cunningham
Baren Cunningham
Bert Cunningham
Frank Kelly
Russell Kelly
W. G. Cunningham
A. T., Groover
Misses Iwinta
Daisy
Investigating Elevator Fires Across Town
Detectives have been assigned to probe recent elevator fires in Renssaleer and Fowler after two incidents within a week. Authorities visited Whitestown and surrounding areas to gather details and identify potential causes, with continued monitoring planned.
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Renssaleer
Fowler
Whitestown
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Dica
Siter
J. W
Heath
Sam
New York
Baptist Summer Assembly
Prankfin
Jobn C. Perkins
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