Sailor Suit for Judge Hughes in Deep Sea Tour
Fort Smith Arkansas June 22 WANTED a sailor suit and a pair of hip boots for Judge James P Hughes as an auto tour to Houston Texas turns into a water laden voyage. The group encounters a rising Shoal Creek river blocking the highway near Tipton Ford Missouri and is towed across. The narrative recounts Webbsterian travel from Springfield to Fort Smith with Ott Webb and Bill Kocher amid scenic Ozark roads and humorous exchanges.
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Houston
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Tipton Ford
Missouri
Judge Hughes
Will Kocher
Judge
Webb
Ott Webb
Ozark Mountains
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Kocher
Bill
Tooster
Harry Moore
Ott
Farmer plans Texas trip as telegraphs follow police
The speaker claims to be a farmer and says they leave tomorrow for Texas. They expect to reach Houston in a couple of days and request telegraphs or letters be addressed to the Chief of Police in Houston.
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Texas
Houston
Fellowship as Our True Relation to Others
Rev. C Howard Taylor spoke on Fellowship at a union service in the Christian Church. He urged fellowship as essential to welfare and described its presence on high moral planes, noting that true fellowship is with the Father and Jesus Christ and yields a growing sense of God’s Fatherhood. Continuation on page 2.
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Christian Church
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Methodist Church
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Jesus Christ
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Samson
John the Evangelist
Father
God
Philip the Apostle
Charles Toney Dies Suddenly Sunday at 71
Charles Toney aged 71, longtime Putnam County resident, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at his home 408 West Franklin Greencastle from heart disease. He leaves a widow and nine children, with funeral at Little Walnut Baptist Church Clinton township Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Interment in Little Walnut cemetery.
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Putnam County
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Chicago
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Earl
Gilbert
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New York
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Jeffersonville
Goldie Parrott
Westville, Ill
Frank
Joe Talman
Knoxville, Tenn
Little Walnut Baptist Church
Clinton Township
Jasper N. Dalby
Little Walnut Cemetery
Finance Committee Meeting on County Fair Funds
The finance committee of the Putnam County Fair Association will meet at 7:30 this evening in the county agent's office to review the fair's finances for the upcoming fall event. Members will report on the fundraising drives' success.
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Putnam County Fair Association
Rain Bow Special Derails After Rail Defect
A Missouri Pacific Rain Bow Special passenger train struck a defective rail near Durand Kansas and derailed, injuring at least twenty people with three feared dead. Two Pullman cars and a chair car plunged into a ditch after crossing a bridge.
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Durand
Expect 150 At Fair Dinner In Russell Township
An attendance of 150 is expected at the Russell Township Fried Chicken Dinner in Russellville gym Friday at 6 pm. Mrs. Clarence Gough reported over fifty tickets sold in Russell Township and that the township will provide at least half. Remaining tickets are sold in Green Castle to businessmen. Aiming for at least 75 from town. proceeds go to Russell Township’s pledged amount to the Fair Association.
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Russellville
Clarence Gough
Greencastle
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Grover Cleveland dies at Princeton home
Green castle item reports former president Grover Cleveland died at his Princeton home yesterday morning. Fire chief Hiram Callender resigns. Frank Roberts takes his place. Local leaders announce new sewer system cost around 75000 dollars. Weather outlook cloudy with unsettled conditions.
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Hiram Callender
Frank Roberts
German woman flyer aims to hop today in trans Atlantic effort
Curtis Field New York June 25. Miss Rasche the German aviatrix plans to depart from Hadley Field New Jersey today toward Old Orchard Maine on the first leg of a proposed trans Atlantic flight. An injunction sought by Hollis Corporation could delay the flight and Rasche says she would rather quit flying than fly for Hollis. Amelia Earhart in London yesterday showed improved piloting by flying a Methane plane at Croydon Field for about an hour. She then bought the plane and will ship it to the United States for her private use.
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Anne A. Stillman
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N. J
Old Orchard
Maine
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London
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Croydon Field
Miss Earhart
United States
Barber Charged With Interstate Auto Theft
D. D. Crawford, a local barber, was arrested last Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Alva Bryan and a Justice Department representative. He was taken to Indianapolis by a U. S. marshal on an interstate traffic of a stolen automobile charge. Crawford denies the federal accusation.
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Alva Bryan
U. S. Department of Justice
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United States
Crawford
Campaign to Stop Smith Gathers Momentum in Indiana
Houston dispatch reports Indiana delegates split on supporting Gov. Al Smith with 18 favoring Smith. Woollen remains committed to his campaign while others may back Smith on the first ballot. A separate note quotes a Maryland governor praising Smith and forecasting a Smith nomination and victory.
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Houston
Texas
INS
Indiana
al Smith
Evans Woollen
Smith
Woollen
Late bid to block Smith at Houston convention roils party
Beaten by time and factional strife the anti Smith forces race to halt Governor Smith at the Houston gathering opening tomorrow. Sunday talks extend to dawn as radicals McAdoo remnants and anti Tammanyites seek a path to stop the New York governor, but a Smith majority seems likely on first ballot.
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Tex
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New York
Soa
McAdoo
Dries
Rescue of Nobile Highlighted by Arctic Air Lift Feat
A dramatic air rescue saved General Nobile and Italia crew member Troiani from Arctic ice aboard the Quest. Captain Tornberg flew a Junkers to Nobile’s camp, then returned to lift the injured to the Citta Di Milano, while search teams in Norway Sweden Italy France and Russia probe for Amundsen and ten missing Italia crew members.
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Russia
Van Carter and Garnet Skaggs Legal Marriage Bond
Marriage license issued for Van Carter 20 laborer and Garnet Skaggs 19 hair shop employee in Indianapolis. The couple seeks formal matrimony with city records recording names ages occupations and residence.
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Fillmore
Garnet Skaggs
Indianapolis
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