Stilesville Man Acquitted Amid Reward on Slayings Tale
Reports from Allivan Indiana describe Edgar Maple 45 vice president of the People’s National and Trust Company shot dead amid a murder or possible robbery. A $5000 reward is posted for the slayer by the bank’s board while officials debate whether Coroner’s theory of foul play holds. The Shelburn bank forgery case links to a confession about fake notes worth 85000 and two accomplices. Maples funeral occurs with roads blocked and interment delayed for arrangements.
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Allivan
Ind
INS
Edgar Maple
People’s National and Trust Company
Cor William McGrew
Sullivan
Opin
Jesse E. Bedwell
Sulinty
Bedwell
Jessup Bol
Shelburn
Peo- National Bank and Trust
Barr
42Nd Street
Indianapolis
Surbank
Teir
First Bank of Shelburn
Iuneral
Barbed Object Removed From Child’s Throat
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Brooks of Waveland was treated after a barbed object lodged in her throat. The physician successfully removed the obstruction about one and a half inches long. It was placed there while the child played on the floor. The family expects no lasting harm.
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Mer Brooks
Waveland
Crawfordsville
Sister seeks $10,000 from doctor in fatal operation case
Miss Charlotte Cottingham sues Dr. Ezra Plenk for $10,000 damages over a fatal operation on her sister Lucille Cottingham. Named in the suit is Fred Lutz, the deceased girl’s sweetheart, who accompanied her to the doctor’s office where she died, in Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Charlotte Cottingham
Ezra Plenk
Lucille Cottingham
Fred Lutz
Reelsville’s 106 point win tops Indiana hoops mark
Reelsville defeats Gosport 106 to 11 on their floor as Lewis and Max Kinder combine for numerous field goals, coach Melvin Hedge letting regulars pour in points. In related news a deadly tornado hits Indiana causing nine deaths and many injuries with destruction from Cape Girardeau to Maunie and the Ohio River capsize fatalities.
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Reelsville
Indiana
Gosport
Lewis
Max Kinder
Melvin Hedge
Seconds
Manhattan
Fort Branch
Ind
Cape Girardeau
St. Lawrence River
Cement Worker William Kingery Dead at 42
William Kingery a cement worker at the Limedale plant died at home in Knightsville after a three week illness of dropsy and pneumonia. He was 42 years old and leaves a widow Eva Jane and six children Florence Everett Mary Margaret Catharine and Rose Marie all at home. Survived by a brother Frank of Clinton. Funeral at Knightsville Christian church Sunday at 2 pm with burial at Croy Creek cemetery.
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Mary Nolan
Fort Branch
Maunie
Ill
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Marnie
Dorothy May Handley
Bernice Tucker
Amos Newman William Thrasher
Indiana-Kentucky
Louisville
Roy Liter
Clinton Mahoney
Ohio River
Marjorie Hargraves
Buddie Hargraves
Cape Girardeau
William Kingery
Limedale
Knightsville
Eva Jane Kingery
Florence
Everett
Mary
Margaret
Catharine
Rose Marie Kingery
Frank Kingery
Clinton
Christian Church
Croy Creek
Program Arranged for Baptist Young People
Professor Truman G. Yuneker of DePauw University will speak to the First Baptist Church youth Sunday evening from 6 50 to 7 30 on Trees. The program includes opening songs, Scripture Psalms 19 1 6, vocal solos How Beautiful Upon the Mountains by Strain and Trees by Dorothy Deemer, a poem A Chant Out of Doors by Helen Weber, an address Trees by Yuneker, and benediction.
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Truman G. Yuneker
DePauw University
First Baptist Church
Grace Pierce
Yuneker
Helen Weber
Dorothy
Allee Sues Bertha for Divorce in Putnam Court
Albert W. Allee of Greencastle area sues Bertha D. Allee for divorce on abandonment grounds. They wed October 19 1898 and separated October 25 1925. He says she refused to live on his farm and perform house work, forcing him to maintain a separate Greencastle residence.
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Albert W. Allee
Greencastle
Putnam
Bertha D. Allee
Senator to push flare rule for stalled vehicles
James J. Nejdl a veteran Republican senator from Lake County plans a house bill requiring motor trucks and buses to place a flare at least 100 feet from a stalled vehicle on country roads at night to protect other motorists.
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Indianapolis
INS
James J. Nejdl
Lake County
Poor Man's Law Aims To Ease Tax Burden In Indiana
Indianapolis Jan 18 A proposal by Rep Thomas A E Cantwell would grant a blanket $200 exemption from assessed valuation and remove poll tax for anyone with $200 or less in property or no real estate. Cantwell says about twenty percent of tax roll names linger uncollectible, costing counties time and money.
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Indianapolis
Thomas A. E. Cantwell
Terre Haute
Cantwell
Unsettled Weather Forecast with Snow Likely
Unsettled conditions persist with snow probable in the south tonight and Sunday. The north portion analyzed to see snow on Sunday with colder temperatures expected Sunday.
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South Portion
North Portion
Truck Smash Slows Coatesville After Pole Strike
A National Raking company truck from Indianapolis hit a telephone pole in Coatesville early Saturday, severing trunk wires and cutting the town off from outside lines. The vehicle left the road into a ditch, then pulled free and reached the city with minor damage.
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National Raking Company
Indianapolis
Coatesville
Founders and Benefactors Day Address Planned at Bowman Memorial
Dr Ernest Clyde Wareing editor of the Western Christian Advocate will deliver the principal address on Founders and Benefactor's Day and the fourth Alumni Conference in Bowman Memorial Building on February 22. Sessions begin with an Alumni Council meeting at 9 am with G Bromley Oxnam presiding and Wilfred B Shaw speaking at 2 pm in Evan's Hall. lunch follows at Longden Hall.
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Western Christian Advocate
Ernest Clyde Wareing
Bowman Memorial Building
Meharry Hall
Longden Hall
G. Bromley Oxnam
James M. Ogden
Dwight S. Ritter
Alumni Association
W. Henry McLean
Wilfred B. Shaw
University of Michigan
Evan's Hall
Withrow to Face Jury Four Times in Arson Case
Samuel Withrow former Parke county Ku Klux Klan official will be tried by a Vermillion county Circuit court jury on March 25 for arson in the Bridgeton schoolhouse fire. This marks his fourth trial after three prior proceedings in Parke and Vermillion counties ended with hung juries.
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Withrow
Clinton
Ind
Samuel Withrow
Parke County
Ku Klux Klan
Vermillion County
Bridgeton
Fire Hose Wagon Skids Over in Greencastle
From the files of The Herald 20 years ago in Greencastle Jim Graham and George Williams escaped injury when a hose wagon skidded and overturned at Walnut and Locust during a fire call. Mrs. J W Cole was installed as regent of the D A R with Mrs S A Hays as vice regent.
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Greencastle
THE
Herald
Jim Graham
George Williams
Walnut and
Locust Streets
J. W. Cole
Pearl O’hair
S. A. Hays
Indiana Legislature Opens With 84 Bills In First Week
The Indiana Legislature ended a dull first week with 84 bills introduced. A standout proposal would imprison bootleggers who sell to miners for 1 to 2 years. Debates loom over utility valuation, municipal control, and calls for a constitutional convention. Strong groups push income tax and road laws reforms while penalties for crooks tighten under Governor Leslie’s policies.
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Eugene J. Cadoll
N.S
Indianapolis
Indiana
Public Service Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Harry G. Leslie
Leslie
Carl M. Gray
Petersburg
Death of Uncle Eph Goodwin Civil War Veteran
Uncle Eph Goodwin 58 8% years died at his Portland Mills home Wednesday morning. Survived by widow and three daughters Mrs. George Abney Jamestown Mrs. Elmer Ball near Morton and Mrs. Charles Harbison who lived with him. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. conducted by Rev Sam Smith Ladoga. Interment at Seceder cemetery. Russellville News
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Eph" Goodwin
Portland Mills
Daugthers
George Abney
Jamestown
Elmer Ball
Near Morton
Charles Harbison
Sam Smith
Ladoga
Seceder Cemetery
Russellville
Train Wreck in Ontario Leaves Two Killed
Two trainmen died and the engineer was badly hurt when a Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo Express plunged down a 100 foot embankment near Stony Creek and Vinemount Ontario. Several passengers were injured and rushed to Welland hospital as rescuers scrambled with searchlights. The wreck was triggered by a track washout and a snapped coupling saved others from worse fate.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hamilton
Stony Creek
Vinemount
Ont
Mark L. Rickert
Thomas L. Sweeney
Express
Patrick J. Gant
Welland, Ont
Toronto
Putnam County Credit Association Dinner Monday Night
The Putnam County Credit Association will hold its annual dinner and meeting Monday January 21 at 6 30 PM at the Presbyterian Church. After the election of officers a good program will be rendered. All members are urged to attend.
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Putnam County Credit Association
Presbyterian Church
Cloverdale Man Richard Linville Dies at 90
Richard Linville known as Uncle Renney dies at home in Cloverdale after pneumonia illness. Civil War veteran, he farmed in Cloverdale township. Survived by son John Linville and daughter Mrs. T N Holloway. Funeral Monday 11 from Deer Creek Church. burial Deer Creek cemetery.
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Richard
Linville
Renney
Cloverdale
Birch McKamey
John Linville
T. N. Holloway
Cloverdale Township
Nichols Acquitted in Danville Murder Case
William Nichols 69 of Stilesville is acquitted by a Hendricks County jury of first degree murder in the September 23, 1928 shooting of Ora Whitten 67. Nichols claimed self defense after Whitten grabbed his rifle during a family dispute at the home. Whitten was known as quarrelsome and threatened Nichols. only sister Mary Whitten testified but was not called.
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William Nichols
Stilesville
Hendricks
Inlaw
Ora Whitten
Nichols
Whitten
Nichola
Mrs Amanda West Dies at Fillmore
Mrs. Amanda West, elderly, died at 11 a m Saturday at the home of her son Frank West southeast of Fillmore after a long illness. Survived by sons Roll Charles and William and daughter Mrs Robert Robinson all of Fillmore and Cowtesville. husband preceded her in death. No funeral plans were announced.
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Amanda West
Frank West
Fillmore
Roll
Charles
William
Robert Robinson
Cowtesville
Joy Cummings Trial Delayed In Putnam Circuit Court
Joy Cummings charged with larceny and embezzlement in four indictments has the Putnam Circuit Court trial postponed to February 1. The case involves withheld funds paid to him for road work for employer W. P. Lockridge. An ejectment suit from Hendricks County, Carter versus Hardin, is continued until Monday for final arguments.
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Joy Cummings
Putnam
Cummings
Grand
W. P. Lockridge
Samuel M. Carter
Emmett Hardin
Hendricks County
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Bost
Don Maple
Owen County
M. Kinder
Seeeene
D. Kinder
Peewee ” Fc
Duell
Emer
Rene
Zaring
Cote Eeeeeernes
Brown
Peer Eeeeens
M. Brown
Reann
Sette
Davis
Brazil
Deemer
E. C. Wareing
Genefred Harris
Marie Cook
Mabel Brown
Nina Cook
Nellie Leachman
Florence Jones
Edith Bastin
Robert Allee
Dan McLean
Glenn Tucker
Miss Pigman
Henry Prevo
Chicago
Eph” Goodwin
Ontario
WM. Nichols
Danville
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