Judge Loses Confidence After Ram Attack on Sheep
A humorous rural column recalls Judge James P Hughes who is described as trusting in sheep yet assaulted by a ram in his Putnam County farm. The piece blends anecdote with a light dig at the judge and notes the judge’s reduced faith in sheep and in the “Mary Had a Little Lamb” tale. It also hints at local satire about derby hat fashion and Joe Crosby’s cautious stance on lending hats.
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James P Hughes
Putnam County
Judge Hughes
Joe Crosby
Central National Bank
Joe
Condition of accident victim continues serious
Hubert Aubrey 11 son of Mrs Jesse Hinton remains in County Hospital after a Ford truck wheel passed over his chest. Doctors fear lung injury while the boy rests fairly easily. Evelyn Ames 18 daughter of Mrs Jesse Hinton will have funeral services Sunday at the residence with Rev B H Bruner. interment in Forest Hill cemetery.
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Hubert Aubrey
Jesse Hinton
Evelyn Ames
West Franklin St
B. H. Bruner
Forest Hill Cemetery
Pettis Dry Goods Store Safe Robbery Linked to Eleven
Indianapolis police file affidavits charging eleven men with auto banditry burglary grand larceny and conspiracy after the Pettis store safe robbery on December 27. Seven men are in custody four fugitives, with prisoners including Thomas Hindman who confessed the plot. he says Chicago gangsters stole the loot and double crossed local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
INS
Claude Worley
Pettis
Chicago
Hindman
Hamilton
Ohio
Martinsville Dentist Dr Willard Kinneman Dies by Suicide
Dr Willard L Kinneman 59 a longtime Martinsville dentist retired last November after health problems died by hanging in his basement early today He practiced 32 years including a year in Indianapolis Survived by widow daughter Mary two sons Paul and Robert sister Mrs Blanche Wagner and brothers Dr John G Kinneman Goodland and Charles Kinneman Logansport Funeral at 2 Sunday at Wilhite Funeral Home conducted by Rev P H Canary with Masonic lodge in charge of burial service
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Martinsville
Ind
Willard L. Kinneman
Kinneman
Indianapolis
Mary
Paul
Robert
Blanche Wagner
North Liberty
John G. Kinneman
Goodland
Charles Kinneman
Logansport
Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
The
Eastern Star
Wilhite
P. H. Canary
Organist Leo Bath Improves After Barbitol Attempt
Leo Bath local organist attempted suicide Thursday by swallowing ninety grains of barbitol. He showed slight improvement by Saturday at the County Hospital with consciousness returning though still drowsy and groggy. doctors warned of possible complications and a chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Bath
County Commission Board Sets Monday Session
The county board will meet Monday in its first session of the year with members Ora Day M E Cooper and James G Brittan all Democrats. Brittan replaces Frank Davis. reorganization and county attorney appointment are top items. Regular claims and other matters are expected on the agenda.
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James G. Britton
Frank Davis
Board of County Commissioners
Ora Day
M. E. Cooper
James G. Brittan
Brittan
Transcript Filed in Indiana Estate Case and Appeals
The transcript in the Estate of Indiana versus Eli Chambers, Cloverdale man, convicted in city court for selling liquor, was filed in the Putnam Circuit Court. Chambers was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 90 days on the state Farm. he appealed. Also appealing to the circuit court are the State of Indiana against O L Goodlander, former local movie manager, with a January trial date likely at the opening of the January term.
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Estate of Indiana
Eli Chambers
Cloverdale
Putnam Circuit Court
Chambers
State Farm
Charles McGaughey
Chamber
State of
Indiana
O. L. Goodlander
Cold Wave Sweeps Indiana Forecasts Frigid Temperatures
A new arctic disturbance moves in from the Northwest with rain ahead of it. Western and Northern Indiana may see zero weather while Central, Southern and Eastern areas are expected to reach 10 to 20 degrees above zero, according to government meteorologist J. H. Armington.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Indiana
J. H. Armington
Crawford to marry Douglas Fairbanks Jr in June
Hollywood announces that film star Joan Crawford will wed Douglas Fairbanks Jr in June and then travel to France and Italy for their honeymoon. The couple plans a early 1940s style ceremony and long voyage following the wedding in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks JR
Hollywood
Cal
Today
France
Italy
Palls In Boiling Water At Farm Farm Accident
Willard Shrader 58 of Miami Indiana was critically burned after stumbling into a 30 gallon kettle of boiling water on the Earl Shrader farm two miles east of Winamac Indiana. He lay at death’s door with terrible scars. Investigating details were not released.
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Winamac
Ind
INS
Willard Shrader
Miami
Earl Shrader
Here
Louisiana Hanging Postponed In Dramatic Death Row Case
In Franklin Louisiana Sheriff Pecot postponed the noonday execution of Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Dr T E Dreher convicted of conspiracy in the murder of Leboeuf's husband James L Leboeuf. Governor Ruey P Long ordered a reprieve after a telephone call, ending the immediate hanging as judges disagreed on a lunacy decision. Funeral services for Mrs Mary Elizabeth McCammack of Jefferson township set for Sunday at Union Valley Baptist Church with interment in Mill Creek cemetery.
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Franklin
Charles Pecot
Ada Bonner Leboeuf
Peeot
Louisiana
Pecot
O'Neill
Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Long
Supreme Court
James Simon of
James L. Leboeuf
Morgan City
Here
Mary Elizabeth McCammack
Jefferson Township
Union Valley Baptist Church
Mill Creek
Reuben Masten
Question Mark Still Aloft Over Los Angeles Amid Record Flight
At Los Angeles International Airport the army airship Question Mark remains airborne for its 94th hour with Major Carl Spatz at the helm. The crew pushes toward 118 hours to surpass the endurance record set by the French dirigible Dixmude, aided by midair refueling of 2060 gallons.
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
INS
Carl Spatz
Wright
Fokker
High School Youth Held on Banker's Blackmail Charge
Ed win Sabinske a 17 year old Chester ton high school senior was charged with blackmail by Chesterton banker J Oliver Johnson who said a letter demanded 15500 and threatened dynamite to blow up the banker's home Sabinske admitted writing the note and said he used the name black Donald from a wild West novel Police noted a similar letter had been received two years earlier with no arrests.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Edwin Sabinske
Chesterton High School
J. Oliver Johnson
Chesterton
Sabinske
Johnson
Black Donald
Sabinska
Farm in Reelsville first Putnam County record
Abstract for a farm at Reelsville now owned by Van Huffman notes it is the first Putnam County record by Jas Athey in December 1818. George and Talbott Christie join their father in partnership. Bascom O Hair couple head south for winter Florida Cuba trip. Frank Allen and James Mahoney travel east on the Big Four.
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Reelsville
van Huffman
Putnam County
Jas. Athey
Lawrence Athey
Frank Allen
James Mahoney
Child Dies After Swallowing Poison Tablets
Vincent E. Wethington Jr a 17 month old child of Mr and Mrs Vincent Wethington farmers living six miles south of Lebanon Indiana died today at the family home in convulsions after swallowing 70 strychnine and bella donna tablets.
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Lebanon
Ind
INS
Vincent E. Wethington, Jr
Vincent Wethington
Here
Wethington
Dr George H Roberts Dies at Purdue 64
Dr George H Roberts 64 a associate professor of veterinary science at Purdue University died of influenza at St Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette Indiana He was a founder and long time leader of the Indiana Veterinary Medical College in Indianapolis spanning 1890 to 1921 He also served as assistant state veterinarian 1901 13 and headed bio chemical work for Pitman Moore Serum Company 1913 18 before joining Purdue in 1918.
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Lafayette
Ind
George H. Roberts
Purdue University
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Roberts
Indiana Veterinary Medical College
Indianapolis
Pitman-Moore Serum Company
Purdue
Weather forecast calls for rain and snow tonight
Rain turns to snow tonight then clears to generally fair and colder Sunday. A moderate cold wave moves through the west tonight, bringing much colder conditions overall.
Putnam County Credit Association Set to Meet Monday
The annual meeting of the Putnam County Credit Association is scheduled for Monday evening January 21. Directors met Friday at the College Inn to discuss plans and will announce the meeting place later.
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Putnam County Credit Association
College Inn
Snow Storm Disrupts Midwest Traffic Across States
A major snow storm born in the Canadian Rockies blankets six inches of snow in Cay town and across Minnesota Kansas Missouri Illinois and Indiana. Rain to snow by nightfall brings freezing temps and widespread highway and rail disruption.
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International News Service
Canadian Rockies
Middlewest
Caytown
Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Pat
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
No County Net Tourney Canceled In Putnam County
Putnam County school officials announced there will be no county basketball tournament this year. The decision, made by vote last fall, eliminates the January event which duplicated the sectional at the end of February. Last year Cloverdale beat Bainbridge to claiming the county title.
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Putnam County
Cloverdale
Bainbridge
Jungle Park Fox Farm Opens With Silver Foxes
The Jungle Park Fox farm south of the Park opens to the public. On Monday owner Earl Patgett received 10 pairs of silver foxes valued at 1400 dollars a pair. The animals are in first class condition and housed in new pens at the farm, the first of its kind in the region.
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Jungle Park
Earl Patgett
Rockville
Bus Fares Hiked Between Indiana Polis and Terre Haute
The Indiana Motor Transit Company wins a public service commission order granting a fare increase of 3 cents per mile for travel between Indianapolis and Terre Haute. The carrier cited inadequate current fares to cover operating costs and provide a fair return on its investment after a petition and hearing.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Indiana Motor Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Two Influenza Deaths Reported Near Cloverdale
Two additional influenza deaths are noted near Cloverdale with Dudley Lasley of Poplar Grove and Henry Allen west of Cloverdale among the victims. Cloverdale schools remain closed and weather is said to aid spread as the county reports more illness and funerals.
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Dudley Lasley
Henry Allen
Cloverdale Township
Cloverdale
Poplar Grove
Lasley
Fred Lasley
Indianapolis
William Alkire
Emmett Hunter
William Cunningham
Madison Township Woman Dies at Home of Nephew
Mrs. Elizabeth Myers aged 1 years died at the home of her nephew Charles Smock in Madison township at 6 30 Friday evening. Death was caused by complications of diseases from advanced age. She had lived with nephews for several years and is survived by several other nephews. Funeral arrangements include interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Elizabeth Myers
Charles Smock
Madison Township
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Petition Seeks Highway Improvement in Jefferson and Cloverdale
A petition signed by 271 freeholders in seven townships asks the county unit road law process to upgrade a highway from State Road 43 east to Belle Union Quincy road then north to Orva Keller road in Belle Union. Led by Everett N. Larkin the group seeks stone paving to 14 feet wide and one foot deep with the right of way widened to 36 feet along the old alignment.
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County Auditor's
Jefferson
Cloverdale
Belle Union
Quincy
Orva Keller
Everett N. Larkin
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Charles J. Arnold
Tor
Lis
Dewey Bryant
Martin
Dick) Prater
James Burke
Benjamin Selkem
California
Ay James Martin
James Wilson
Folsom
W. L. Kinneman
Amy
Wang
Greencastle
Tremerald
George and
Talbott Christie
P. R. Christie
Mrs
Bascom O’hair
Florida
Cuba
George Roberts
Middle West
Iowa
Elizabeth Sherrill
George Arendt
Jesse Exgera
Madison
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