Spectacular daylight bank holdup in Toronto robs $130,000
Fourteen messengers and guards were held up in Toronto's financial district as six armed bandits seized $130,000 from currency pouches. Bank employees David Campbell and A F Duck were critically wounded, James W Harris shot. two guards also shot. Robbers fled in a maroon car. police search for gang of jewel robbers.
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Toronto
Ontario
Financial District
Jordan Street
David Campbell
Sterling Bank
A. F. Duck
Union Bank
James W. Harris
Bank of Nova Scotia
Standard Bank
Bank of Nova
Detectives shot in arrest attempt disrupts diamond theft ring
Two city detectives in Little Rock were shot during a raid on a home linked to diamond thieves. Detective George W. Moore was killed and L C Hay was seriously wounded as officers identified suspects Arthur Lange, an Oklahoma bandit, and a Kansas City saloon keeper known as Diamond Joe. The pair escaped.
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Little Rock
Ark
City
George W. Moore
L. C. Hay
Moore
Hay
Arthur Lange
Oklahoma
Diamond Joe
Kansas City
Band Concert Here Thursday Evening at Court House Lawn
A weekly Thursday band concert on the Court House lawn draws many spectators as beginners perform. Court C. Gillen will give a three minute talk beloved for his engaging speeches. The program starts about 8 o clock with Washington State March and other selections, featuring marches by Sousa and McFall, a Sousa intermission, and a dance number. Mrs. Pamelia Deerdake of Laporte visits her father C. W. Ellis.
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Court House
Court C. Gillen
Gillen
Washington State
Young
Billings
C. Gillen
Pamelia Deerdake of
Laporte
C. W. Ellis
Cow and Calf Gift to Orphans Shocks Greencastle
Rev. W. F. F. Smith a retired Methodist minister from Brooklyn delivered a Jersey cow and calf to the Methodist Children's Home in Greencastle. The gift, made Wednesday in a surprise, pleased the home children and founder Miss Angie Godwin.
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W. F. F. Smith
Brooklyn
Greencastle
Methodist Children’s Home
Angie Godwin
Annexation ordinances pass add 500 residents to Greencastle
Three ordinances authorize annexation of Fairview, Plummer, and Melville B. Cox additions by Greencastle City Council. Regularly platted, improved territory in the southwest part of the city will be brought within the corporate limits after two weeks notice. Population and property values are expected to rise with the expansion.
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Fairview
Plummer
Melville B. Cox
Grencastle
Greencastle
Legal fight looms for Valparaiso U in lease dispute
Valparaiso Ind July 24 The Cook laboratories of Chicago filed a lease for the university building and grounds in Porter Circuit court The lease to Valparaiso Realty Company runs seven years from August 1923 Trustees say the lease is invalid and vow to keep the university operating They argue the Wild Companys notice and Indiana law require ten days notice before lease termination and moved to block the Cook laboratories possession next month as a likely new legal battle unfolds The university founded by Henry Baker Brown is in its fifty first year with Brown later serving as president and the Realty Company securing $125 000 in stock backing from J F Wild Company of Indianapolis
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Valparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso University
Cook Laboratories of Chicago
Porter Circuit Court
Valparaiso Realty Company
Cook Laboratories
Henry Baker Brown
Henry K. Brown
Brown
J. F. Wild Company
Indianapolis
Wild Company
Veo
Marriage Licenses and Social Update
Miss Edna Kirk of Danville and Samuel Daugherty of Danville obtained a marriage license. Mrs John Hamm and her daughter Mary returned Tuesday night from Indianapolis where they had been guests of relatives for several days.
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Edna Kirk
Danvile
Samuel Daugherty
Danville
John Hamm
Mary
Indianapolis
Speed Maniac Running Wild on Indiana Highways
Indiana state motor police chief Robert T. Humes reports a surge in highway speeding. Officers sworn as deputy sheriffs in Marion county and others in the Horse Thief Detective Association patrol roads with 22 patrol cars and 3 investigators. They focus on arrests, stolen vehicles, titles, and registration enforcement while addressing rural outrage at reckless drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Robert T. Humes
Humes
Marion
Horse Thief Detective Association
Large Wheat Yield At Harshbarger Farm Near Ladoga
Seventy eight acres of Red Rudy wheat on the Charles Harshbarger farm six miles southeast of Ladoga averaged 31 percent bushels per acre. The crop, threshed by Hill and Boyd, yielded 2454 bushels with 60 percent test weight and brought 87 cents per bushel. Two fields were sown in fall. the later sowing yielded more. Also notes a Christian Church meeting at Mrs. B. B. Stringer’s home on South College Avenue Thursday at 2:30, with talent money expected.
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Ladoga
Charles Harshbarger
Hill & Boyd
Rudy
Section Four
The
Christian Church
B. B. Stringer
South College Avenue
Flinn and Wilson Tie The Knot In Danville Parsonage
In Danville on Saturday evening at six the marriage united Miss Mary Wilson oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Wilson of Flinns Danville with Cleo Flinn of Danville Indiana. Mrs Flinn is popular locally and attended Hillsdale College while Mr Flinn serves as a Danville mail carrier. After August first they will reside in Danville Indiana.
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Roachdale
Danville
Mary Wilson
John L. Wilson
Cleo Flinn
Flinn
Hillsdale
Mich
Quincy Picnic Adds Fair At August Gathering
The annual Quincy Picnic, now featuring a fair aspect, will be held August 9 in the shady grove near Quincy. Residents of south Putnam and Owen Counties expect a large crowd despite weather. Farm displays, amusements, music, and speeches are planned with George G. Knoy of Cloverdale and L. A. Dakin of Quincy as managers.
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Putnam and Owen County
Shady Grove
QuiNcy
Putnam
Owen Counties
George G. Knoy
Cloverdale
L. A. Dakin
Telephone 60 Alarms Proposed For Greencastle Square
Greencastle officials consider a $2 monthly fee from the Greencastle Telephone Co for fire alarm boxes on the square linking to the fire department. Underwriters threatened higher insurance rates unless a downtown alarm system is installed. A full individual system would exceed $1,000 plus annual maintenance. City to save by turning off lights to American Zinc mill during inactivity. lights to return when the mill restarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwriters Association
Greencastle Telephone Co
Greencastle
Telephone Co
Johnson Street
American Zinc Products Co
Hamblen divorce suit filed in Putnam Court
Mrs Arminta B Hamblen through Harvey Ferrand sues Carl Hamblen in Putnam Circuit Court seeking a divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed in 1921 and she seeks custody of their child James Oliver Hamblen. She is a minor, daughter of Harvey and unnamed mother. Attorney F M Lyon represents her. Also noted: John Ellis of Washington visiting Mr and Mrs Louis Stevens, visiting his brother C W Ellis ill at home. condition improved Wednesday morning.
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Arminta B. Hamblen
Harvey Ferrand
Putnamvile
Putnam Circuit Court
Carl Hamblen
F. M. Lyon
Hamblen
John Ellis
Washington
Louis Stevens
Mr. Ellis
C. W. Ellis
Cloverdale Sluggers to Play the Brazil Giants
The Cloverdale Sluggers schedule a Sunday July 29 game against the Brazil Giants from Clay County at Morrison Field Cloverdale. Both teams have played well this season and the upcoming matchup promises excitement.
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Cloverdale Sluggers
Brazil
Brazil Giants
Clay County
Morrison Field
Cloverdale
Man faces insanity inquest over five Greencastle fires
Bernard Craig representing Mrs. William Lybarger arraigned with Prosecuting Attorney Glenn Lyon in Greencastle to seek an insanity inquest for Donald McPherson 26 who started five fires at Mrs Grady’s home He admitted starting the blazes saying he wanted the fire department to respond His mother says his mentality has never been normal If found insane he will be sent to the state hospital and the incendiary charge dismissed
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Bernard Craig
William Lybarger
Donald McPherson
Grady
Greencastle
Glenn Lyon
McPherson
Craig
Lyberger
Brazil
Squire Newgent
State Hospital
Miss McWethy to Entertain Bridal Party
Miss Jeanette McWethy daughter of Mr and Mrs C N McWethy whose marriage to Mark Bills will take place Thursday afternoon is entertaining at a bridal dinner party this evening at 630 o clock at The Elliott in honor of her attendants Decorations of yellow and orchid will be used The table for the bridal party will have a center piece of Ophelia roses Mr and Mrs C N McWethy parents of the bride and Rev and Mrs J C Bills of Lewisville grand parents of the groom will be seated at a side table Those in the bridal party are Miss McWethy Mr Bills Miss Annabelle MeWethy Murray Mendenhall Newcastle Miss Mary Ellen Bills Lewisville Lee Winterburg Edinburg George Scott Greentown Jen Smith Noblesville Frank Lightfoot Rushville Miss Caroline Gould Crawfordsville and William Blanchard this city
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Jeanette McWethy
C. N. McWethy
Mark Bills
C. N. MeWethy
J. C. Bills
Lewisville
Miss MeWethy
Mr. Bills
Annabelle MeWethy
Murray Mendenhall
Newcastle
Mary Ellen Bills
Lee Winterburg
Edinburg
George Scott
Greentown
Jen Smith
Noblesville
Frank Lightfoot
Rushville
Caroline Gould
Crawfordsville
William Blanchard
This City
Hoosiers Seek New Plan for Sale of Wheat
Indiana Farm Bureau board adopted a resolution asking the American Farm Bureau to help establish a national cooperative grain marketing agency. The plan aims to steady grain flow, maximize federal loan benefits, keep Indiana grain in state use, and let United States Grain Growers members benefit without extra costs. A committee will be formed to develop the plan with Purdue and railroads to follow. A separate conference discussed broader limestone use on farms with Purdue, the industry, and railroads to occur August 1.
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Indiana Farm Bureau
National Association
Indiana
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau
United States Grain Growers, Inc
William H. Settle
Farm Bureau
Agricultural
Purdue University
Agricultural Limestone
Railroads
Indianapolis stock yards hog prices slip on big receipts
Receipts at Indianapolis stock yards reached hogs 11 000 cattle 1400 calves 800 and sheep 700 with about 3 300 layovers from yesterday. Hogs fell 25 to 40 cents with sales 7.00 to 7.85 and general 7.35 to 7.75. Pigs and sows about 50 cents lower. light demand kept pigs at 6.50 and down. Heavy sows and lighter hogs also declined. Cattle bidding eased and calves 50 cents lower to 12.00 and sheep steady to 50 cents lower, lambs best around 12.00.
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Indianpolis
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Beyer High School
Sousa
McFall
W. M. Talbott
Miller
Washington Post
Valparaiso U
Flinn-Wilson
Ike
Donald Mpherson
Miss M’wethy
Elliott
James Samuel Sweet
Seymour
Thomas Sweet
Frank Talbott
Hanna Street
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