Prisoner Talkington Sentenced in Decatur Court
Gilbert Talkington pleaded guilty to forging two checks and was sentenced by Judge John W. Craig to one to five years at the Jeffersonville state reformatory plus a $100 fine. He was captured after a Cleveland pursuit and extradited to Indiana. Talkington, 74, World War veteran, had a troubled history including an escape and a marriage to a French woman brought to the U S after his return from France.
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Gilbert Talkington
John W. Craig
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Reformatory
Talkington
John W. Holcomb
Seymour
Harry Braden
George Franke
Cleveland
Frank Fowler
L. R. Ryan
Bheris
Braden
Gilbert Francis Stevens
Decatur County
Franke
Fowler
Holcomb
Decatur
France
Detroit
Special Train Planned for Eagles vs Shelbyville Ball Game
Shelbyville Indiana plans a special train to Greensburg on Sunday October 9 for a ball game between the Eagles and the Shelbyville Nationals at Eagles park. Nationals boosters will depart Shelbyville around 12 30 PM and reach Greensburg by 1 00 PM with a return at 6 00 PM. One hundred twenty reserved tickets and 500 general admissions go on sale locally. The local manager has reserved the entire third base section at Greensburg park.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Greensburg
Eagles
Shelbyville Nationals
Eagles Park
Nationals
Greensburg Park
Bluffton Man Dies From Accident Injuries
Bluffton Indiana September 23 George Gleim 71 died from shock after being struck by an automobile last week County coroner Thomas Will Fairwass2 reported the driver was a butcher and the incident occurred in Bluffton.
Chicago Police Bootlegging Scandal Details Multiple Thefts
Federal grand jury hears testimony from police officers about a widespread bootlegging scheme in Chicago. Witnesses describe bands using uniformed raids to seize shipments, run “protective” payments, and resell confiscated whiskey to saloons, with repeated takeoffs in one case.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Federal Grand Jury
Heszia
Couriers to Visit City for Indianapolis Exposition
The Cole Co. courier team arrives Thursday to invite residents to the Indianapolis Industrial Exposition. Co FE Stratton W J Holliday and Don Hobbs will meet citizens at city hall at 1 45 pm with the mayor business leaders and Rotary club welcoming them.
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Cole Co
Indianapolis Industrial Exposition
Co. FE
Stratton
W. J. Holliday
Don Hobbs
Rotary Club
State Inspector to Visit Decatur County Schools
State School Inspector E B Witherow and State Attendance Officer Blanche Merry of Indianapolis will visit Decatur County tomorrow September 29 to review school work. They will accompany County Superintendent Crawley and County Attendance Officer Martin to Mulhouse n for a 10:30 a m study of Marion township school problems.
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E. B. Witherow
Blanche Merry
Indianapolis
Decatur County
Crawley
Martin
Mulhousen
Marion Township
Batesville Braces for Sunday Showdown With Fresh Faces
Batesville readies for a Sunday game amid reports of a strengthened lineup. Boehler, a Lawrenceburg former Detroit Tigers pitcher, joins the Western League stint as the twin for the Greensboro Batesville game. Shoring up weak batting, the team adds two strong hitters as two losses and a Greensburg tie sharpen resolve to win.
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Batesvile
Lawrenceburg
Boehler
Detroit Tigers
Batesville
Greensburg
Wanderer May Yet Escape Gallows in Illini Case
Springfield Sept 28 The fate of Carl Wanderer who was to hang next Friday remains undecided after Governor Small withheld final decision following an eleventh hour appeal by Wanderer’s counsel. The pardon board had denied clemency earlier in the case. Wanderer was convicted of murdering his wife and a ragged stranger.
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Springfield
Carl Wanderer
Small
Wanderer
Moores Hill Buildings Deeded to Sparta Township
Dearborn county commissioners deeded the Moores Hill college buildings and campus to the trustees of Sparta township in Lawrenceburg Indiana. The vocational county high school will continue this year as enough students attend to sustain instruction.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Dearborn County
Moores Hill College
Sparta Township
Vocational County
Hich
Greensburg Boy Dwight Murphy Joins Indianapolis Choirs
Dwight A Murphy a Greensburg youth appears with the First Baptist choir of Indianapolis at the October 3 service. He studies under Glenn O Friermod and is finishing his eleventh year as bass soloist. He also belongs to the Mendelssohn Choir under Percival Owen and has sung Messiah solo parts for two years.
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Dwight A. Murphy
First Baptist Choir
Indianapolis
Methodist Church
Greensburg
Mr. Murphy
Glenn O. Friermodd
Mendelssohn
Perceval Owen
Local Teachers Granted Licenses by State Board
The state board announced 540 licenses issued including 76 high school life 51 elementary life and 149 provisional elementary certificates and 64 provisional high school certificates. Milly Applegate and Edith Theressa Crane received elementary life licenses while Phoebe Bentley earned a provisional high school certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milly Applegate
Edith Crane
State Board
State Board of Education
Oscar H. Williams
Edith Theressa Crane
Phoebe Bentley
Defense ready to clear Roscoe Arbuckle in Delinquent Motion
San Francisco reports the defense for Roscoe Arbuckle plans to begin its case after the court resumed. Judge Lazarus denied a defense motion to quash the charge. prosecutors finished presenting evidence without calling the main witness Miss Bambina Delmont.
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San Francisco
Cal
Roscoe Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvain J. Lazarus
Bambina Maud Delmont
Rebekahs Urged to Attend Diana Assembly Meeting
The Fifth District meeting of the Rebekah Assembly Indiana will be held at Milroy with Milroy Rebekah lodge on Friday September 30. Opening session at 2 p.m. and evening session at 7 30 p.m. District President Mrs Will Ehrhardt urges all Rebekahs to attend.
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Rebekah Assembly
Indiana
Milroy
Milroy Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Will Ehrhardt
Indiana Day Proclaimed At Indianapolis Exposition
Governor Warren T. McCray issued a proclamation declaring Thursday October 13 Indiana Day at the Indianapolis Exposition. The fair runs October 10 to 15 with reduced railroad fares and an expected crowd over 200000 to visit the $10000 show under the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Indianapolis
Football Team Hounds In Form at Guard Drill
Captain Phil Stapp announced Colonel D Wray DePrez will inspect Company B Indiana National Guard next Tuesday night. The unit has returned from Camp Knox and shown progress in close and extended order drills. Coach Overman and Clare Dock noted padded practice and tackling work, with the team expected ready for a tough season opener.
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Phil Stapp
Perio
Company B
Indiana National Guard
D. Wray DePrez
Abolleyville
Camp Knox
Clare Dock
Overman
Typhoon kills hundreds in central Japan near Nagoya
By The Associated Press. In Tokio on Sept 28 a typhoon in central Japan, centering on Nagoya, left several hundred dead. A tidal wave destroyed crops and houses, several steamers were stopped, and many fishermen are missing.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Nagoya
Hongo
Oil well drillers near town reach depth estimates
Mc Laughlin farm six miles east of town reports the oil well down 1 160 feet today and aims to reach 1 290 feet within a week. Workers do not expect to drill deeper.
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McLaughlin
Things Going On in Greensburg Tonight
Regular weekly prayer services at Elks Lodge and Haymakers Lodge. Movies showing at K. of P. Theatre and South Side Theatre.
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Haymakers Lodge
K. of P. Theatre
Movies South Side Theatre
Indiana Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy tonight with warmer readings in the north and east. Thursday looks unsettled with a likely shower risk across the state.
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Indiana
Soldiers of 123rd Indiana Honor Reunion at Rushville
The 123rd Indiana regiment held a reunion in Rushville with Greensburg members prominent in officers’ elections for next year. Talks by Comrades from Greensburg Thorntown Harrison and other towns highlighted the program along with a court house banquet and a campfire musical closing. Several names from Decatur County served in the unit and nine men from the county died in action during the Atlanta campaign.
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123Rd
Indiana Regiment
Rushville
Rport
Thomas Havens
Greensburg
Taylor Meek
James Black
Dave Lyons
William C. Morgan
Meek
W. P. Marlatt
Winchester
Harlan
Thorntown
John Coulthard
Harrison
Ohio
Ida Lee
Court House
Rose
Katherine Wamsley
Sone
America
L. E. Brown
Pusey
Kennedy
Innis
Sentman
Messrs
Grunden
Wamsley
Marion Wells
Rowena Kennedy
Reading
Karl Osborne
Mary Haceht
Holman Gir
Dhe Dalige
Wil M. Sparks
Brown
Groend
Jess Miller
Indianapolis
Ber
B. Jeral
Geo. Phillins
New Salem
Albert Johnson
Co. K
Yoway Cottrell
Terre Hattie
Mar. J
EB. F. Burner
Mersaall
Cl. Ave
Micksei Casey
Clinton
Co. C
Peter Cline
Mich
James Thompson
Rensselear
Ind
John W. Slain
Gaston
D. Lyons
Taylor F
Meex
Greensboro
Jacob Harlan
William Parvin
Liberty
Conrad Kitts
Osrood
Harvigan
James M. Youmans
W. P. Marratt
Atlanta
Decatur County
Death of Mrs Hillman in Lookout Mountain crash
Ex-Prosecuting Attorney J Henry Russe Sr learns his sister-in-law Mrs Rose Ransom Hillman died instantly in an automobile accident on Lookout Mountain Tennessee. 74 year old widow of Edward L Hillman she was postmistress and hotel operator and is survived by a son and two daughters. Body will be brought to the city for burial.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
J. Henry Russe
Rose Ransom Hillman
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
American Legion Annual Convention Plans In Wabash
Ocal Legionnaires and Legion Woman's Auxiliary members plan to attend the state American Legion convention in Wabash October 10 through 11 with reduced rates available by notifying the state headcharters. A separate notice lists a national convention rate of one cent per mile for Kansas City in October. The Watash program includes local welcome remarks, department leaders speaking, district reports, committee reports, and delegate elections.
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Ocal
Wabash
U. S
Na‘ional ‘Claennio At Kansas City
Hally Day Set for Sunday October OnD
A church event is planned for Sunday with a real rally day and the start of the new year. The Golay orchestra will play social music and an auto race featuring fourteen entrants will be announced. The school expects record attendance and will send telegrams to every family to boost interest.
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Christian Churen Bibl Sched
Teday
Golay
Engi
Wich
Connersville Man Charged With Fraud
Fred McCracken of Connersville surrendered to federal authorities after being charged with presenting a false claim to the war department in connection with his army discharge. His bond was fixed at $500. He allegedly listed Boston as his residence to get transportation to that city instead of Connersville, with about $46 in transportation allowance difference.
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Indianapolis
Fred McCracken
Connersville
War Department
Boston
Bank Robbery Foiled by Operator in Wisconsin
Miss Louise Breidenbach, a telephone operator in Fagle or FAGLFE Wisconsin, helped thwart five robbers trying to loot the Eagle Bank vault and safety deposit boxes. Citizens swarmed the bank after a running gun battle, saving about fifty thousand dollars in bank funds.
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Faglfe
Wis
Louise Breidenbach
Bank of Eagle
Miners’ Convention Orders End to Strike at Dean and Reliance
In Indianapolis on September 28 the United Mine Workers of America directed President Howat to order the Dean and Reliance mines to resume operations. Unofficial tallies showed a majority against Howat as Alabama delegates shifted to support the administration’s call for return to work, with about 600 votes left to count. The convention had not yet announced a final decision, and delegates remained unaware of the outcome as balloting continued.
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Indianapolis
Howat
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Dean and Reliance
Alabama
Veterans of Swing into Rank at G A R Parade
In Indianapolis veterans of the Union Army marching for the G A R encampment parade prepared for an inspection. Shoes shined rifles cleaned uniforms brushed and drum corps tuned as crowds gathered for the event.
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Indianapolis
Funeral for L. B. Doyle Held in Fairfield
Mrs. L. B. Doyle, born Lavina Quigley in Franklin county, died Monday evening. The funeral was held at the Fairfield Methodist church. Survived by husband L. K. Doyle and four children J. J. Doyle FP H Doyle Mrs. Ruby D. Eward and Mrs. Alton G. Trusler.
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Ruby D. Eward
Fairfield
Franklin County
L. B. Doyle
L. K. Doyle
J. J. Doyle
Chicago
FP. H. Doyle
Anderson
Greensburg
Alton G. Trusler
Premier Lloyd George Delays Reply to DeValera
London Sept 28 Lloyd George will not issue his reply to Eamon DeValera today and officials at No 10 Downing Street say there is doubt it will be ready tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Eamon DeValera
No. 10
Downing Street
Mrs Anna Ross of Westport Attacked in Sudden Illness
Mrs Anna Ross of Westport suffered an acute medical attack causing a sudden collapse. She received aid at the scene and was transported for further care. Local doctors reported the incident as an acute illness episode with ongoing observation.
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Anna Ross
Westport
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Thomas O. Havens
W. H. Lemasters
William Gordon
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Miners’ Convention
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