Crum Suit Seeks 100000 Damages Over Alleged Alienation
Evansville Ind October 9 Trial opened in Vanderburg probate court in the suit of Mrs Ethel Montgomery Crum of Indianapolis seeking 100000 from John E and Pauline Montgomery and family Posey county residents over alleged alienation of the affections of Crums daughter Mary Eloise Montgomery age seventeen. A jury of four women and eight men was selected. The case traces a custody and kidnapping history involving Crums former husband Wilbur Montgomery and the child now with the grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ethel Montgomery Crum
Indianapolis
John E
Pauline Montgomery
Posey County
Debs to Run Again in 1924 Presidential Race
Eugene V Debs of Terre Haute Ind a five time Socialist Party presidential candidate will again seek the presidency in 1924 Otto Branstetter party secretary announced Debs said I have been a candidate for President five times and have been in jail five times and I am not so anxious to be a presidential candidate next time
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Omaha
Neb
Eugene V. Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Branstetter
Deb
Mullins Sells New Receipt For Home Made Liquor
Greencastle druggist R P Mullins issues a humorous home made liquor receipt defended as popular. The recipe includes steps like chasing wild bullfrogs, adding tan bark, shellac, soap and grasshoppers, then curing for 36 hours and filtering before bottling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Mullins
Greencastle
Innocent Men to Suffer Damage From Raid on Floyd Farm
Report states that the Floyd township F. S. Snedegar farm suffered damage from a sheriff posse raid seeking a hidden still. The raid damaged floors and stairs and the property owner mortgage holders bear the loss while arrests were made but convictions unlikely due to lack of evidence.
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F. S. Snedegar
Floyd Township
Farm Mortgage Loss Leaves Snedegar at Risk
The farm was bought by Snedegar who gave a mortgage to secure payment. The property cannot fetch a sufficient sum to cover the mortgages, so the mortgage holders will bear the loss rather than Snedegar.
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Ong
Snedegar
Steel workers halt vault door work at Central Bank
The United Steelworkers of America halted a vault door installation at the Central National Bank after non union labor moved the 18 ton door. The Mosler Safe Co. superintendent resumed with union help once two workers arrived to assist Greencastle site crews.
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Steel Workers Union
Central Bank
United Steel Workers of America
Central National Bank
Mosler Safe Co
Indianapolis
Union Steel
Greencastle
Thurssey
Greencastle Canning Plant Closes Tomato Season
The Greencastle Canning Plant ended its tomato season last week after purchasing and canning about 750 tons at 10.00 per ton. This year’s crop was higher quality but fewer tons than last year. Next week the plant begins canning pumpkin at 5.00 per ton.
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Greencastle
Wiggins and Hutch Neal Must Serve Prison Terms
Indianapolis boxer Charles F. Wiggins and Herschel Neal of Greencastle were affirmed guilty on escaping from the state farm by the Indiana Supreme Court. They left the farm with permission claimed from a guard and were captured at Neal's Greencastle home during a Sunday dinner. Conviction carries two to five years, threatening Wiggins with loss of October fights including bouts in New Orleans Hot Springs and Jaurez and a possible match with Gene Tunney. Police will detain those free on appeal once notice is received.
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Indianapolis
Charles F
Chuck) Wiggins
Herschel Neal
Greencastle
State Farm
Supreme Eport
Putnam Circuit Court
Wiggins
Neal
Wiggin
Limedale
Putnamville
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Hot Springs
Ark
Jaurez
Mexico
Gene Tunney
New York
Pioneer Roachdale Woman Bridget Kirby Walsh Dies
Bridget Kirby Walsh aged 85 a longtime Roachdale resident and widow of Thomas B Walsh died Thursday evening after more than two years of illness due to old age. Funeral services were held at St Pauls Catholic Church on Saturday at 10 o clock with burial in the family lot.
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Bridget Kirby Walsh
Roachdale
Thomas B. Walsh
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Walsh Woman Pioneer of County Dies in Roachdale
Bridget Kirby Walsh born in Kerry Ireland on December 15 1837 died at her Roachdale residence after a long role as a county pioneer. Survived by son Thomas Walsh and four daughters Mrs Henry Anderson Mrs Mary Anderson Miss Ella Walsh and Mrs W K Franklin. Funeral in Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Forest Hill
Thomas Walsh
Ella Walsh
Henry Anderson
Mary Anderson
Roachdale
W. K. Franklin
Danville
Bridget Kirby Walsh
Kerry County
Ireland
Indianapolis
Put‘nam County
Six Die After Poisoned Liquor In Illinois Parlor
Six men die and three others are seriously ill after drinking liquor described as the color of whiskey at a Parlor in Pana Illinois. Victims include Dwight Eilers George Baldwin Maurice Clark Edward Gaughan Charles Gaughan Edward Biehl and Edgar Rayhill. Inquest found death from fuel oil and wood alcohol poisoning linked to beverages bought by John Tokoly at Maton s place.
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Pana
Ill
Dwight Eilers
Tower Hill
George Baldwin
Maurice Clark
Edward M. Gaughan
Charles E. Gaughan
Blue Island
Edward Biehl
Edgar Rayhill
John Tokoly
Edward Gaughan
Maton's Place
Hundreds Attend Railway Exhibit in Greencastle
A New York Central Lines special train depicting 100 years of transportation progress attracted hundreds in Greencastle on Friday. School pupils accompanied by teachers visited the Big Four side track near Monon station to view the exhibit showcasing advances in travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Lines
Greencastle
Monon Station
Mother testifies in $100000 damage suit in Indiana
Mrs. Ethel Montgomery Crum of Indianapolis testifies in Vanderburgh probate court that the Montgomery family conspired to keep her daughter Mary Eloise Montgomery, seventeen, away since 1912 after a Posey county divorce decree. She describes trips to Florida, a Yucatan convent placement, and coded letters to undermine the bond with her daughter. A supplemental complaint alleges Wilbur Montgomery kidnapped the child from Indianapolis recently.
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Mee Montgomery
Crum
Florida
St. Augustine
Yucatan
Montgomery
Gibson Circuit
Indianapolis
Wilbur Montgomery
Defense Says Montgomery Won’t Appear in Florida Case
Florida defense lawyers state T Wilbur Montgomery will not enter an appearance in person or by counsel and that Montgomery has remarried and resides in Florida. They deny a conspiratorial plan by his family to alienate a girl from her mother, claim the child was kidnapped while defendants slept, and argue Indiana law does not cover compensation of love or affection.
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Florida
T. Wilbur Montgomery
Montgomery
John E
Pauline Montgomery
Charles
Stella Montgomery
Indiana
Prison vault door fitting keeps two workers inside for hours
Two steel workers were sealed inside a Central National Bank vault from 2 PM to 9 PM while a 1 ton vault door was fitted. The men, isolated in the vault, emerged unharmed as a crowd watched and cheered.
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Central National Bank
Bank
Weeping Wife Fails to Move Judge in Farm Runaway Case
Tears from Mrs. Franklin fail to sway Judge Hughes as Harry Franklin of Terre Haute appears on a charge of running away from the state farm. The court sets a term of two to five years in the state prison after the hearing.
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Hughes
Harry Franklin
Terre Haute
Franklin
Robbers Kill Three on Southern Pacific Train No 13
Posse from Oregon and California counties hunts a small group of men believed to be former railroad workers who held up train No 13 near Tunnel 13 seventeen miles south of Ashland. The attackers killed three trainmen and the mail clerk and wounded about twenty, after forcing entry into the mail car with an explosion. No loot was taken. Oregon national guardsmen are among the posse members.
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Redding
Cal
Siskiyous
Oregon
California
Southern Pacific
Oregon National Guardsmen
Tunnel 13
Ashland
Family welcomes Nebraska visitor during winter at home
Nebraska visitor returns home Saturday as parents accompany her for the winter. Mrs. Glen Burgess and children, Mrs. E. E. Buis and Mrs. Oran Buis visited Thursday with Mrs. Harold McNary of Greencastle.
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Raska
Glen Burgess
E. E. Buis
Oran Buis
Harold McNary
Greencastle
Local Social Notes From Malta Community
A series of short calls and visits are recorded with residents including Jess Elliott of Indianapolis building a barn for Marion Cline and families from Indianapolis and Greencastle. Several callers like Mrs. Eric Duncan and Mrs. Hazel Woods share afternoon visits as cutting corn remains the day’s work.
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Jess Elliott
Indianapolis
Marion Cline
Herbert Lawson
Allan
Alice Ransom
Robert Lawsons
Ted
Ray
Pauline
Will Shuck
Claude Lawson
Clyde Walls
Lueteke
Greencastle
Eric Duncan
Hazel Woods
Leonard Heavin
Henry Phillips
Gladys Morgan
Business College
Donald
Frank Garrett
Fillmore
Alberta Heavin
Clay
Emma Morgan
Margaret
Rebecca Shuck
Photograph Exhibit Wins Wide Praise in Greencastle
J O Cammack showcased life and character studies of children at his East Washington Street studio. More than 600 guests viewed three months of work amid a styled setting with dahlias and autumn leaves while DePauw Orchestra performed and cider wafers were served. The exhibit aimed to inspire bigger, higher quality photographs and drew high praise as a rare state display.
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J. O. Cammack
East Washington Street
Cammack
Ihe DePauw Orchestra
Greencastle
Thirty seven women complete health study in Putnam county
Thirty seven of fifty women who enrolled last June in Home Hygiene and Care of Sick classes taught by Miss Isobel Walker received certificates from the National Red Cross Association. Courses held in Reelsville Cloverdale and New Maynville covered fifteen lectures with final exam September 25.
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Putnam County
Isobel Walker
Red Cross
National Red Cross Association
Washington
Reelsville
Cloverdale
New Maynville
Miss Walker
Corn Stalk Valley Social News Flows
Mrs Elisha McAnnich and her mother visited Mrs Roy Buis and her children for two weeks and returned home Sunday. Almon Buis of Bloomington spent the weekend with family. Mrs Herbert Higgins and her son, visiting relatives of the Youngs in Nebraska, have been staying with her parents.
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Elisha McAnnich
Roy Buis
Myrtle Monday
H. B. Tincher
Almon Buis
Bloomington
Herbert Higgins
Young
Neb
List of Names Appearing in Local Notice
A sequence of names appears in a local notice listing women with surnames Gorham Maze Burks Bowman Modlin Carpenter Allen Dean Dobbins Dobbins Ader Miller Rogers Wilson Senter Kendall Alexander Miller and others. The fragment suggests a funeral or society roster from New Maysville.
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Hattie Gorham
Nannie A. Maze
Harriett M. Burks
New Maysville
Ruth Bowman Case
Jane Modlin
Effie Carpenter
Mary Allen
Mollie Dean
Anna Dobbins
Letha Russell
Dollie Ader
Irene Miller
Edith Rogers
Flossie Rogers
Jessie Wilson
Edna Allen Senter
Hattie Kendall
Eva Alexander
Loraine Miller
Fire drills urged in all Indiana public schools
Indiana fire marshal Newton T. Miller urges immediate fire drills in all rural and city schools after fall term openings. He calls for more frequent drills at term start, inspections by township trustees, and summer improvements to ensure safe, ready buildings for pupils. He aims to prevent fire disasters in public schools.
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Newton T. Miller
Miller
Indiana
Mr. Miller
Funeral of Mrs Bridget Kirkby Walsh
Funeral services for Mrs Bridget Kirkby Walsh 85 longtime Roachdale resident were held Saturday at 10 AM at St Pauls Catholic Church. Burial was in the family lot at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Honeywell Quits Balloons for Dirigibles in St Louis
Captain H E Honeywell a veteran balloonist from St Louis has retired from balloon racing after more than twenty years to study dirigibles and helium gas. He arrived from Brussels where his balloon was destroyed by gales in the Gordon Bennett trophy on September 28.
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ST. Louis
H. E. Honeywell
St.Louis
Capt
Honeywell
Brussels
Miss Mathew Triumphs in Northwestern Missionary Story Contest
Miss Gertrude Mathew daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Mathew near Putnamville and Greencastle High School senior won first place at Peoria Illinois story telling contest. Representing College Avenue Church she earned eligibility by local state and district victories with the story Givemona against six state entrants.
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Gertrude Mathew
W. C. Mathew
Putnamville
Greencastle High School
Peoria
Illinois
Miss Mathew
College Avenue Church
Terre Haute
Battle Ground
The
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
High School Basketball Schedule Out
Greencastle High School basketball coach Rhea speaks of nine returning boys vying for spots on the varsity team and a strong material pool for the season.
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Greencastle High School
Rhea
Indian High School announces annual basketball schedule
Coach Rhea announces an eight man regular squad under athletic rules. Twenty games are set with at least ten at home. Home and away opponents listed from Nov 2 Clayton Here Metcalf to Feb 22 Newcastle Here Vandiver plus a note that one game is not in season tickets and a tentative ticket ground. Players listed include Black Miller Duncan Austin Young Long Mastin Williams Hall Hurst Tate Flummer Ader Hamm Wright Lear King Schmidt Buster.
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Ules
Rhea
Clayton
Metcalf
Rockville
Cook
Crawfordsville
Bloomington
Martinsville
Jefferson
Miller
Black Miller
Duncan Austin
Young Long
Mastin Williams Hall Hurst Tate Flummer
Ader Hamm
Wright Lear
King Schmidt Buster
Greencastle to Host State High School Conference
Greencastle High School will host hundreds of visiting boys for a Thanksgiving week conference. Representatives from high schools across a four state region will attend with prominent speakers. The Martinsville-Greencastle basketball game will feature visiting youths as guests.
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Greencastle
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Bloomington
Bedford
Martinsville
Farm Home Conference Highlights Need for Better Farm Wife Support
At Purdue University today a farm home conference in Lafayette featured twelve speakers who examined farm home conditions and urged remedies. Mrs. C W Sewell of Otterbein warned that neglect harms the home and that divorces are not frequent because women bear heavy burdens. Mrs Alice Foster Mullins of Indianapolis urged more women lawmakers to advance women’s causes and lawmaking knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Farm Home
Farm Home
Purdue University
C. W. Sewell
Otterbein
Indiana ‘Farm Bureau Federation
Alice Foster Mullins
Indianapolis
State League of Women Voters
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Ethel Thomas
Rom
Debs
Hutch
Stella
Vanderburg
Mary Eloise Montgomery
Malta
Mary Burks
H. A. Timberman
Florence Fox
Kate Reel
Mary Reel
Margaret Donald
Irene Hinote
Lola Neese
Mae Terry
Zella Clearwater
Viola Gobel
Nellie B. Linley
Muriel Denny
Hattie McCoy
Beulah McCoy
Christine Burris
Minta Snyder
Madeline Long
Corn Stalk Valley
Walsh
Bridget Kirkby Walsh
St. Pauls Catholic Church
Coatesville, Indiana
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