Murder at bootleg liquor trap near Lafayette
In Putnam County Indiana Carl B Stierle 32 was shot and killed near Lafayette after a liquor trap to catch bootleggers was sprung Morris R Parks prosecuting attorney shot twice claiming Stierle drew a gun Authorities found eight gallons of alcohol in Stierle s car Stierle had served time at the state penal farm last year
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Lafayette
Ind
Carl B. Stierle
Morris R. Parks
Parks
John Lyle
U. S. Lesh
Lyle
Joe Jackson
Stierle
State Penal Farm
Local woman and poet earns feature in Hearst's International
Ethel Arnold Tilden of this city gains prominence as Hearst's International publishes her poem Enchantment with illustrations by Charles C Curran. Despite years of submission, her work appears under her name for the first time this summer, following broader acceptance by magazines such as Goal Housekeeping Woman Citizen American Poetry Magazine The Literary Digest and Ainsley.
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Ethel Arnold Tilden
Charles C. Curran
Hearst
International
Mrs. Tilden
Goal Housekeeping
The
Woman Citizen
American Poetry Magazine
Literary Digest
Ainsley’s
Hearst's International
Sea Scented Day Of Joy And Blue Dusk
A reflective, lyrical prose piece describes a long day at sea and shore. The speaker recalls doing nothing purposeful yet feeling immense glow from blue sky, blue seas, and gold sand. Music-like rhythm carries a magical calm and a soft dusk settles as joy remains.
Fire Threatens Cloverdale Saw Mill Thursday
A spark from the smoke stack sparked a blaze that damaged the roof over the boiler room at the J. B. Rickey Saw Mill in Cloverdale late Thursday night. Volunteers fought the fire with a gas line pump and a bucket brigade, keeping the flames from the rest of the roof. losses run to several hundred dollars.
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J. B. Rickey
Cloverdale
Deer Creek Bridge Nears Completion on National Road
The state highway commission reports the three span reinforced concrete arch bridge over Deer Creek east of Putnamville on the National road is near completion. Pavement work will begin soon and traffic may use the bridge by August 15. The Indiana National Road west to the Illinois line will be fully paved with only two grade separations remaining by that date.
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State Highway Commission
Deer Creek
Putnamville
John D. Williams
Commission
Indianapolis
Illinois State Line
Williams
Monon
Glenn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reelsville bridge project trims national road route
Opening of the Reelsville bridge shifts the National road to its 1875 path, abandoning the hazardous old route. The cut-off removes two Pennsylvania railroad crossings and the steep Reelsville Hill, shortening the drive by about three quarters of a mile. The old route will be abandoned around mid August after years of deadly accidents on the steep hill.
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Reelsville
Deer Creek
Putnam County
Highway Commission
Driver fails to make short turn as auto overturns near Greencastle
Mrs. H. T. Parrish of Arizona was badly cut and bruised when a Dodge Touring car carrying her family and Paul Eiteljorge overturned at the Cloverdale road and National road detour five miles south of Greencastle. Parrish’s husband 15 year old daughter and son 18 were slightly injured as Harrold Knoy and Harrold Gill helped at the scene.
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H. T. Parrish
Arizona
Paul Eiteljorge
Albert Eiteljorge
Indianapolis
Cloverdale Road
Greencastle
Parrish
Harrold Knoy
Harrold Gill
Cloverdale
Mrs. Parrish
E. M. Hurst
Parrish Party Resumes Trip After Car Incident
The Parrish family traveling from Arizona to Washington and a young Eiteljorge, son of Dr and Mrs. Albert Eiteljorge of Indianapolis, joined a ride back to Indianapolis after a car accident in Colorado. Mrs. Parrish was taken to Dr. Eiteljorge’s home to recover. the group continued their journey.
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Indianapolis
Young Eiteljorge
Albert Eiteljorge
Greencastle
Charles Eiteljorge
Ed. Eiteljorge
Indianpolis
Parrish
Two Die In Crawfordsville Auto Crash Near Here
Ora E. Gallup 40 and A N Eastman 59 of Chicago killed when their car overturned into a ditch two miles south of Crawfordsville Indiana. Lawrence Kayler 18 of Dayton Ohio was seriously injured. Eastman died five hours later. Gallup and partner returning from Commercial Law League of America convention at West Baden. Carl Noble also of Dayton shaken. Marmon roadster and side car riders involved.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Dayton
Carl Noble
Gallup
Eastman
Wreck Returns Body From French Lick Convention Route
Two southbound vehicles were in a collision as a motorcycle and an automobile traveling to verify the route for a convention party, with the missing car guiding Gallups’ body to the city and delivering the injured to the hospital.
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French Lick
Eastman
Gallups
Marriage Licenses for Dewey Williford and Ethel Hill
Indianapolis residents Dewey Williford and Miss Ethel Hill obtained marriage licenses in the city.
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Dewey Williford
Ethel Hill
Indianapolis
Receivers Named For Dollings Co In Ohio Case
In Columbus, July 20, Franklin County Court placed R. L. Dollings Co. of Ohio and its Dollings subsidiary International Mortgage and Note Co. into receivership. Appointed receivers were William C. Willard of Huntington National Bank, Samuel Kinnear former postmaster, and Paul Delftified public accountant, with bonds set at 50,000 dollars each.
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Columbus
R. L. Dollings Co
Ohio
International Mortgage and Note Co
Dollings
Franklin County Pleas Court
William C. Willard
Huntington Nationa
Samuel Kinnear
Paul
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Oldfield
A. R. Chenoweth
Franklin ST. Garage
Dollings CO
Ambulance Service
Coatesville, Indiana
Toledo
Sherrill Bros
Greencastle and
Indiana
J. H. Shollenberger
Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
Michikoff
Shollenberger
Russellville Flour & Feed Co
Russellville
Larkin & Denny
Harris Milling Co
Big Four Mills
Cagle & Gster
Poland
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