Negroes on van train arrested here
Sheriff and deputies detained two negro men found on a west bound Vandalia freight train at the local station. They claimed different origins but were held as officers investigate a Bridgeton girl assault linked by Timore reports. Local officers doubt these are the fugitives sought.
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Howard Harris
Gliff Lancaster
Marshall Henry Jair
Bridgeton
Texas
Burnett
Indiana
Marion
Plis
Relt Line
Infianapolis
Luke W. Duffer
Marion County
Bridgeport
Mr. Duffey
Opal Duffey
Heath Chaims George White Prominent Man
George White aged 81 died at his home after an extended illness. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at First Street Church with burial in Hill Cemetery. Survived by his widow. three daughters Mrs G L Newby Mrs Frank Peek of Indianapolis and Mrs George Gibson of this city.
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George White
Is City
Enday
1Ist Street
V. Clippinger
G. L. Newby
Frank Peek
Indianapolis
George Gibson
Real Estate Transfers and a Long Automobile Drive
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels: Frank Edwards trustee to James Allen Bainbridge tracts. Mary Ellen Reeves to Phil H Ad hison Madison township. Samantha O Nea l to John FE O real land Warren township. Fred F Todd to Josephine E Shep Floyd township. John N Niswonger to S R Pur fil Clinton township. Frank Edwards to Andrew Hick tracts Bainbridge. Fred L Garnett to Frank Downs Jefferson township. United States to Abraham Meek Floyd township. United States to James Job Floyd township. United States to Abel Wilson Floyd township. United States to Thomas M Job Floyd township. E Arlie Priest et al Bainbridge land $2000. A long automobile drive by Charley Moffett and J A Skelton goes 240 miles from Greencastle to Mahomet Ills. They left at 7 o'clock and returned by afternoon.
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Frank Edwards
James Allen
Bainbridge
Mary Ellen Reeves
Phil H. Ad_ hison
Madison
Samantha O'Neal
John FE. O
Warren Tp
Fred F. Todd
Josephine E. Shep
Floyd Tp
John N. Niswonger
S. R. Purfil
Clinton
Andrew Hick
Fred L. Garnett
Frank Downs
Jefferson Township
United States
Abraham Meek
Floyd Township
James
Job
Abel Wilson
Floyd
Thomas M. Job
Arlie Priest
Bainidge
Charley Moffett
J. A. Skelton
Mahomet
Ills
Greencastle
Iles
Greencastle Ly
Marshall Family Reunion Held Here At Carver Home
The Marshall family gathered for a two day reunion at 422 Anderson Street hosted by Mrs. Belle Carver. Attendees included M. M. Marshall and Flor ence Marshall McGinnity of Seattle, James F. Marshall of Montmorenci, Wallace Marshall of West Lafayette, Mark Westfall of Oklahoma City, and Edgar Carver of South Bend. Mrs. McGinnity plans to travel to Brooklyn to visit sister Clara Marshall Sawyers, confinement preventing her attendance due to illness recovery.
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Marshall
Belle Carver
Anderson Street
M. M. Marshall
Florence Marshall McGinnity
Seattle
District Conference Held at Brazil in Greencastle Church
The Greencastle district Methodist Episcopal conference will meet at the Brazil Methodist church on September 8 and 9. The program includes devotions, addresses by Rev. Charles Guthrie and Bishop Frederick D. Leete, Epworth League sessions, church education topics, centenary subscriptions, ministerial endowment fund, and reports from foreign and home mission societies. Adjournment followed by supper.
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Greencastle, District
Charles E. Guthrie
Chicago
Epworth League
A. G. Abbott
O. V. Jackson
Benjamin Rist
W. L. Absher
S. A. Bender
W. F. Carpenter
C. C. Ford
O. R. South
A. C
Foreign and Home Missionary Societies
Commission Prepares to Fix Indiana Coal Prices
Indiana coal and food commission plans to set coal prices within ten days after a federal court upheld the state's authority to regulate the coal industry. Chairman Jesse E. Eschbach says the full commission will meet soon to review the situation and fix prices. Governor Goodrich and Otto L. Krauss, auditor of state, sit on the board of accounts which forms part of the coal and food commission.
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Indiana
Jesse E. Eschbach
Indiana Coal and Food Commission
Eschbach
Goodrich
Otto L. Krauss
State Board of Accounts
Coal and Food Commissions
County commissioners appoint engineers viewers for Croreo Petro road
At a Monday meeting the county board named W. P. Koehler as engineer and John Sigler and Thomas Bettis as viewers on the C. W. Petro road in Monroe township A remonstrance from Walter F Allee and others led to the vacation petition in Jefferson township being stricken as most signers asked to remove their names The board will reconvene Saturday to allow the registration board claims
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W. P. Koehler
John Sigler
Thomas Bettis
C. W. Petro Road
Monroe Township
Walter F. Allee
Jefferson Township
Registration Board
Duroc yearling wins at Danville fair champion class
Earl Bunten raised yearling Duroc sold to S O McHaffie near Stilesville. The pig won first in Junior sow first in Senior sow and first in Grand champion sow at the Danville fair last week.
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Duroc
Earl Bunten
Greencastle
S. O. McHaffie
Stilesville
Danville Fair
Dempsey Knocks Out Miske In Third Round Title Fight
Jack Dempsey heavyweight champ defeats Billy Miske in the third round at Benton Harbor. The bout lasts ten rounds with Dempsey showing the punch that made him champion. Miske is knocked down three times, the final blow ending the match as Dempsey claims a $50,000 to $100,000 gate share. Crowd described as orderly with women in bright attire near ringside.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jack Dempsey
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Toledo
Miske
Yemasey
Streightoff Appointed Assistant Professor in Indianapolis Extension School
J. J. Pettijohn of Indiana University announces Frank H. Streightoff will join the new extension school of commerce in Indianapolis as assistant professor of economics. Streightoff, author and former head of economics at DePauw, brings experience from Western Electric and Phoenix National Bank and will teach capital labor transport trade and credit with courses in accounting auditing investments statistics.
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J. J. Pettijohn
Indiana University
Frank H. Streightoff
New Extension School of Commerce
Indianapolis
Streightoff
Western Electric Company
Phoenix National Bank
New York City
New York State Department of Labor
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Indianavoolig News
Crusoe's Island as a Park in Hawaii Plan
Professor Bryan of the Hawaiian Histories Society says Chile may create a national park and tourist resort on Jose Fernandes island, famed as Crusoe’s home of Alexander Selkirk. Plans envision modern hotels and sleeping quarters for travelers, with Selkirk’s cave explored recently. He also pursues evidence for a submerged Pacific continent.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
AL Bryan
Ece
Hoawstian Histories Society
Prov
Bryan
Jose Fernandes
Alexander Selkirk
Mway
Daniel Defoe
Bia Wave
Fawallian Islands
Prof
Selkirk
South Seas
Pacific
Gompers Backs Cox In Labor Day Speech
At Columbus Ohio Labor Day rally Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor backed Governor Cox for President. He praised Cox voting record in Congress and as Ohio governor and contrasted Senator Harding as a respectable but inactive figure in contrast to Cox.
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Mbus
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Governor Cox
Cox
Congress
Ohio
Senator Harding
Mr. Gompers
New Light on Aztec Pueblo Dwellers Unearthed at Aztec
American Museum of Natural History archaeologists report a sealed room at Aztec New Mexico with plastered walls white and red borders a sacred serpent carving on the ceiling and rope strands over steel centstone slabs. Fire damage reveals cedar ceilings collapsed and bodies found in lower rooms while east and north sections show empty spaces and intact rooms with utensils left undisturbed.
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Aztec
N. M
Wisster
Est
Hog Receipts and Prices Rise at Opening Hog Market
Indianapolis market reports 9,000 hogs with 1,900 cattle 800 calves 1,400 sheep. Hog prices up 25 cents at opening after Labor Day recess with overall sale range 16.25 to 16.50 and top 16.65. Heavyweights pigs and sows mostly steady to 1 lower. packers bought 2,000–4,000, rest to outsiders. Cattle top steady, others lower. calves steady with best around 17. lambs at 11.50.
Indiana State Fair Opens With First Day Attendance Record
Indiana state fair in Indianapolis starts with sunshine and sets a first day paid admissions record at 40 581. Observers note 46 000 Monday record in 1918 and 27 000 last year. Officials target Indianapolis Day with horse races airplanes bands and dense crowd plans. Minnie Williams travels to Crawfordsville for a teaching post after week end events.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Hoosier Capital
Royal Scotch
Indianapolis Military
Indianapolis News
Minnie
Lydia Williamst
Crawfordsvil
Montgomery County Teacher's Institute
Minnie Williams
Crawfordsville
Sunday Morning Back Door Conversation Candid Chats
A brief excerpt captures a rural kitchen exchange as neighbors discuss registering and voting. The dialogue reveals casual affirmation about participation and a humorous aside about breakfast biscuits smelling as a potential sign of activity. The tone reflects everyday civic talk in a small community.
Fred V. Thomas Reported in Indianapolis Today
Fred V. Thomas was in Indianapolis today, with observers noting his activities and engagements around the city. No further details were provided in the source excerpt.
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Fred V. Thomas
Indianapolis
Milk Used to Extinguish Fire on Colorado Roof
A blaze on a Cornwall ranch house near Gunnison Colorado was put out using milk. About twenty gallons at ten cents a quart were poured on the flames by ranch hands who had just finished milking as water was distant. The incident ended with the milk dousing the fire and the house saved.
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Cornwall Rough
Gunnison Col
Fear Impure Water Crisis Signals Health Alarm
Federal health officers warn that drinking water in many communities faces acute contamination risk due to inability to secure purifying chemicals like alum and chlorine. Emergency appeals stream from state and city health boards as supply chains strain and railroad freight bottlenecks delay shipments, prompting Surgeon General Cumming to stress summer vulnerability to waterborne disease.
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Washington
Tea State
United States
Public Health Service
Cumming
Court Declares Mines Subject to Regulation
In Indianapolis on September 7 the Indiana state police power to regulate coal mines was upheld by a federal court ruling. Judge Baker and colleagues denied an injunction sought by the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators Association to halt operation of the special food and fuel commission created by the Legislature to ease coal shortages and lower prices. The petition was dismissed without prejudice, establishing a precedent on state police powers in the coal industry.
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Indianapolis
Ind
I T
Baker
England
Admiral Hugh Rodman to cede largest sailor title
Seattle reports the Pyro naval ship crew has a new heavyweight contender Commodore the Newfoundland mascot at 276 pounds, surpassing Admiral Rodman as the Pacific fleet's biggest. Commodore, owned by Lieut. FL Sale, weighs more than Queen of New York, Newfoundland matriarch, with sire linked to Big Ben.
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Seattle
Wash
Hugh Roddman
Seacat Bremerton
Commodore
Lient, FL Sale
Queen
New York
Newfoundland
United States
Big Ben
Twins born to death row mother in Quebec jail
Marie Iioude Gagnon, condemned to death for murdering her young stepdaughter Aurore, gives birth to twins in the jail infirmary. The father Telaphore Gagnon is serving a life sentence in a penitentiary for complicity in the same murder.
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Marie Iioude Gagnon
Quebec
Canada
Aurore
Telaphore Gagnon
Tussle With Big Sturgeon in Travers City Michigan
Asa Curtis and his wife fought a two hour battle to land a six foot long sturgeon weighing 102 pounds in eight feet of water near Travers City. Curtis speared the fish after spotting it, yielding 11 pounds of meat and 2 pounds of roe for the couple.
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Travers City
Mich
Michigan
Florida
Asa Curtis
Curtis
Free Wedding and Rent Paid in Parish Offer
Father Albert I Rivers of the Church of the Assumption announced a marriage incentive: the first couple to wed in his parish after four years will have a free ceremony, an elaborate reception, and one year’s rent paid for any available residence selected by the couple, housing their nuptials. The program aims to remove rent worries for couples about to marry.
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Albert I. Rivers
Church of the Assumption
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