Former Elkhart County resident a mystery figure
Fred Schoomaker 35, assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Three Rivers Mich, found dead at his cottage on Fisher Lake after his April disappearance. The inquest probes a bank shortage of 50775.445 and other irregularities. Survived by wife and three children, with details of family connections and a farm purchase witness testimony. The story notes his Three Rivers reputation and unresolved estate bequest from great-uncle Philip Nye.
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Fred Schoomaker
First National Bank
Three Rivers
Mich
Fisher Lake
Elkhart County
Philip F. Nye
Goshen
Federal
Schoomaker
Fisher and
Clear Lakes
Hettie Catherine Edmands
Cant
Corey Jake
Shhoemaker
Philip Fo Nye
Schoemaker
John Pollock
Farut
Gaoshen
Millersburg
Negro Who Escaped Georgia Mob Is Re-captured
Jima Denison, 20, sentenced to hang for attacking a white woman, was recaptured after escaping a mob that removed him from Wilkinson County jail. Deputies rushed him to Macon by automobile as the manhunt extended south of Irwinton amid shattered mob records.
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Georgia
Associated Press
Macon
Irwinton
Jim Denison
Denison
Miob
Board of Works Meeting Tonight
The regular meeting of the board of public works will be held this evening to discuss ongoing municipal projects and related approvals. Officials will review contracts, budgets, and likely schedule future sessions and decisions.
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Board OF Works
Board of Public Works
New Indictments Return Against Chicago Labor Heads
Chicago authorities pursue murder charges against labor figures in what police call a labor war. Indictments name Big Tim Murphy Con Shea Fred Mader and five others with murder over the death of Police Lieutenant Terrence Lyons during a labor dispute. The case aims to cure earlier technical defects to hold the defendants.
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Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Con” Shea
Fred Mader
John Miller
Margaret Hoamimell
Charles Duschkiwski
Stanley Bullok
Daniel McCarthy
Plumbers Union
Terrence Lyons
Mail by Airplane Indianapolis Flight Start Date
Indianapolis will receive mail from Chicago by airplane starting May 27, with service inaugurated to speed mail delivery between the two cities.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Esther O'Keefe Stresses Woman's Role Beyond Home
Esther O'Keefe, Democratic candidate for Indiana 13th district, spoke in Elkhart at the YWCA arguing women share in industry and politics. She cited thousands of employed women, living wages, and the Mother Love ideal guiding civic work toward broader freedom. She received a warm reception during her brief Elkhart visit.
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Esther O'Keefe
Indiana
Elkhart
O’keefe
America
O'Keefe
Wheat Prices Fall Six Cents On May Deliveries
Chicago May 24 Wheat on the exchange collapsed after weeks of instability in May deliveries. The May contract dropped six cents as trading dampened by concerns over deliveries.
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Chicago
City National Bank to Begin Building Project in Goshen
City National Bank will start construction of a 60 000 dollar two story brick building at Main Street and Lincoln Avenue on June 15, with completion planned by November 1. The bank plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 1922, having been founded in September 1872.
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City National Bank
Main Street
Lincoln Avenue
Bank
Homer E. Johnson
East
American Hay Company
Johnson Concern
City National
Chauncey S. Haseall
Goshen
Indiana
Daniel Lower
Lower
Waterford
Hascall
Alderman & Brown
General Merchants
Haseaul’s
K. M. Vitzthum & Company
Chicago
Henry H. Hitchcock
I. Q O. Wood
F. BE. C. Hawks
W. H. Charnley
Claude E. Cornell
Charl J. Garvin
Ten Sailors Die in Submarine Collision Near Lassitz
Berlin dispatch reports the German battleship Hanover collided with the submarine 8 18 during night maneuvers near Lassitz. Ten sailors aboard the submarine were killed in the accident.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hanover
Lassitz
Goshen Picnic Set for Exposition Park Los Angeles
The annual Goshen picnic will be held Sunday June 4 at Exposition Park in Los Angeles California. James A Arthur of 1785 West Jefferson Street Los Angeles formerly of Goshen is in charge.
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Exposition Park
Los Angeles
Calif
James A. Arthur
Jefferson Street
Goshen
British Aviators Start World Trip From Croydon
Major W T Blake Captain Norman MacMillan and Lieut Col L K E Broome began a flight around the world from Croydon in a DH 9. They hope to reach American soil by August and complete the trek in about 90 days despite a limited crew and photograders. A cheering crowd saw them off on Hospirae day with mascots including a black cat and a rabbit foot. Messages from King George's secretary wished them God speed.
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Croydon
England
W. J. Blake
Blake
Norman MacMillan
L. KE. Broome
Athens
Major Blake
King George
Daugherty Accused of Hiring Sleuths to Track Senators
Senator Caraway charges Attorney General Daugherty with assigning secret service operatives to shadow congress members. He says a witness will testify that agents, including a black coachman, were tasked to trail members of the House and Senate.
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Daugherty
Associated Press
Washington
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
H. L. Scaife
Department of Justice
House
Secret Service
Boldt Takes Advertising Manager Role at Kalamazoo Store
Carence J. Boldt, after seven years as advertising manager with the Hudson company locally, accepts a similar post with a Kalamazoo, Michigan store. The Democrat notes this career move and its regional impact.
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Carence J. Boldt
Hudson Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Unsettled Indiana Weather Forecast
An unsettled pattern with showers possible tonight and Thursday. Temperatures stay nearly steady with little change through the period.
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Indiana
Watson McCray and Beveridge Talk 10 G.O.P.
Indianapolis May 24. Thirteen district conventions meet to elect members of the Republican state convention committees. Speeches by Gov McCray and U S senator nominee Albert Beveridge followed the keynote by E M Wasmuth. The convention adjourned to tomorrow with reports, nominations, and further addresses planned.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Resolutions
Lawrence Lyons
Frederick E. Nchortemeier
Daisy Douglas Carr
Newcastle
E. M. Wasmuth
Huntington
Watson
Gov. McCray
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Louise M. Dodson
Iowa
Shank
Jewett
Charles Sumner Williams
Indiana Republicans open state convention with Harding praise
In Tomlinson hall Indianapolis 11 o clock today Senator Watson opened with claims that efficient management of national affairs relieved eight years of Democratic misrule. Governor McCray and Albert Beveridge praised Harding and pledged party unity toward a November victory as nominations await tomorrow.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Watson
Harding
Washington
Warren T. McCray
General Assembly
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
America
Beveridge
McCray
Senator Watson
Warren G. Harding
National
Congress
Seyater
Paris Records Hottest May Day in 116 Years
Paris logged 94.110 degrees Fahrenheit at 3 45 p m marking the hottest May day in 116 years as a heat wave sweeps western Europe. Geneva reports similar heat with several readings at 90 degrees in the Alps region.
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Paris
Europe
Geneva
Alps
Father of Supt. Foreman Dies at Mattoon Illinois
William Thornton Foreman 78 of Charleston Illinois father of W H Foreman superintendent of Goshen city schools died Monday night in a Mattoon hospital after three strokes of paralysis. He had been ill two years. Survived by two sons one daughter and four brothers. Funeral services were held in Charleston today. Supt Foreman expected home tomorrow night.
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William Thornton Foreman
Charleston
W. H. Foreman
Goshen
Mattoon
Foreman
Supt. Foreman
Harding Faces Party Revolt Amid Pennsylvanian Defeat
Washington dispatch details a major GOP revolt as Indiana and especially Pennsylvania show a crushing defeat of the party machine. It cites graft in Philadelphia ward politics, Penrose's falling influence, and the Beveridge clash with Senator Bailey as flare points in the turmoil surrounding President Harding.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Harding
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Matain
Boss Penrose
Senator New
Railroad rates cut about ten percent nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an average ten percent reduction in rail freight rates effective July 1, dividing cuts by region: eastern territory about 14 percent, western about 14 1 4 percent, and southern, mountain, and Pacific groups around 15 1 10 percent. Passenger and Pullman charges unchanged as railroads seek a five and three fourths percent return on property value.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Territory
Western Territory
Southern
Mountain Pacific
Southern and
Mountain and Pacific
United States
New England
Railroad Labor Board
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The
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Beveridge On Harmony
Mattoon, Ill
Pinchot
Old Guard
Walace Bassford
Vincennes Sun
Vincennes Commercial
Will H. Hay
Wilson
Hays
Kaiser
Joe Bailey
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