Deadly storm sweeps Indiana district causes widespread damage
A devastating storm in Evansville and surrounding counties leaves one man dead and two injured, with extensive destruction across Vanderburgh Posey Spencer Pike Perry Daviess and Warrick counties. Fires lightning strikes and washed out tracks collapse homes and bridges cut power and flood roads.
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Evansville
Ind
Ralph Anderson
Oakland City
Naomi Turner
Cannelton
Leon Hitchcock
Anderson
Twitchell-Me-Fadden Syndicate
Vanderburg
Posey
Spencer
Pike
Perry
John Turner
Michael Murphy Oil Company
Southern Railway
Spencer County
Louisville
Henderson
Ohio River
Warrick County
Charles Jiemenway
William Gentry
Balter Foeller
Jess Harpole
J. KE. Madden
Jesse Harpole
Daviess County
Perry Sigieton
Veale
John Smith
Stricken Man Lays in Sun All Day in Indiana Woods
Frank Sheck of Union township, struck by an acute Jumpago attack while walking to work, crawled and dragged himself through sunlit woods for hours. He crossed a fence by removing rails, reached the road but could not cry out, and lay unconscious until a search found him.
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Huntington
Ind
Frank Sheck
Union Township
Cheap Typewriters Spark Gary Arrest
Frank Pesak is under arrest in Gary Indiana after his firm Henry Rostow & Co. advertised cheap typewriters at 1.25 dollars causing several hundred Poles and Hungarians in Gary Hammond and South Chicago to send money for stamping outfits. He will be tried in Hammond before Judge A B Anderson in the U S district court.
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Gary
Ind
Henry Rostow & Co
Hammond
Chicago
Frank Pesak
A. B. Anderson
United States District Court
Wedding Eve Tragedy: Man Shoots Self Before Marriage
Wayne Indiana July 29 Edgar H Shreck 25 of Fort Wayne shot himself in the head on the eve of his wedding to Miss Mary Butler of South Norfolk Virginia and died instantly Friends say he had threatened suicide several times over troubling circumstances he hoped to end by death
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FY. Wayne
Ind
Mary Butler
Norfolk
Edgar H. Shreck
Ft. Wayne
Sbrock
Indiana swine breeders to hold 22nd annual meeting
The Indiana swine breeders' expert association will hold its twenty second annual meeting in Crawfordsville on August 5. The event aims to develop expert judging of swine with well fitted animals from the four breeds Poland China, Purebred, Berkshire, and Hampshire entered for scoring.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Mayor Fixes Park Kiss Price in Hoosier Tale
KOKOMO Ind July 29 Mayor Puckett sets price at 11 to kiss a woman in the city park. Miner Sewell is fined for kissing Ida Vice and for propositioning Bertha Gerbert. Sewell appeals and posts 25 bond for circuit court hearing.
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Kokomo
Ind
Puckett
Sewell
Ida Vice
Bertha Gerbert
Picture in Paper Wins Her Husband in Indiana
Miss Carrie Loser of Crawfordsville earned a husband when her business college graduation photo appeared in a newspaper. She married Forest Graves, city clerk of New Ross, after he saw her picture and wrote to her. Graves also attended a business college and the couple planned a Niagara Falls honeymoon.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Carrie Loser
Forest Graves
New Ross
Graves
Dozen Counties Discuss Good Roads Meeting
A dozen Indiana counties send large delegations to a Northern Indiana Good Roads association meeting in Elkhart with speakers including Mo Whelredge a federal roads expert, State Senator Robert E Proctor, and mayors Chester and Darrow.
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Elkhart
Ind
Northern Indiana Good Roads Association
Mo. Whelredge
Federal Department of Agriculture
Robert E. Proctor
Wikhart
Chester
Darrow
Laporte
Ohio river bridge to receive $16.9 million overhaul plan
A $16,900,000 portgage is issued to improve and rebuild the Kentucky and Indiana bridge across the Ohio river and to connect railroad and freight terminal upgrades in Louisville. Backers include the Southern, Baltimore and Ohio, and the Monon, which control the bridge company. Louisville claims only $2,000,000 will be spent on the river bridge, a plan that stirs interest in commerce and rail at Louisville and beyond.
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Kentucky and Indiana
Ohio River
Louisville
Southern
Baltimore & Ohio
Monon
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company
Soldier Home Visit Ends With Shootings in Shelbyville
Russell Havens returning from service at Fort Benjamin Harrison on a 24 hour furlough fired shots in East Broadway, scattering fear before he and his younger brother Clarence were jailed. No injuries reported.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Uly
Russell Havens
Benjamin Harrison
Clarence
Hassell Haven
East Broadway
Faulkner Renominated for State Rep in Ind Hoosier County
In Michigan City Indiana on June 29 John B. Faulkner was renominated for state representative at the LaPorte county Democratic convention. Ames M Gablikher was named as judge nominee for the Thirty-second judicial district. The group endorsed state Democratic leaders.
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Michigan City
Ind
John B. Faulkner
Laborte County
Ames M Gablikher
Phirty-second Judicial
Wife of Erie trainman’s wife vanishing prompts hope
Huntington Ind July 20 Mrs red Hassloch wife of a former auditor on the TBL & CL road disappeared from the city about the same time as a wife of an Erie trainman left. She says her husband will return to her.
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Huntington
Ind
Red Hassloch
Erie
Time Near for LeMar to Test Aeroplane
Frankfort indirect aero firm plans a trial flight for its airship within ten days or two weeks if no accidents occur. The 35 foot spread craft, as large as some Indianapolis meet machines, is nearing completion at Cable Machine Works with Mr LeMar guiding the test. A crowd is expected to witness the first flight once the engine arrives.
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Frankfort, Ind
Frankfort Aero Company, Incorporated
Cable Machine Works
Indianapolis
Criticise Minister Triggers Man-Hunt in Dublin, Indiana
Special to The Sun. Dublin Indiana July 29. Since Lemuel McMullen, shot in the thigh, surrendered to officers ending the man-hunt Thursday night, sympathy has shifted. A citizen committee will question Rev Needham, a Campbellite minister, about charges he filed against McMullen that spurred the warpath. They claim the minister created unjust prejudice and cruelty to his son.
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Dublin
Ind
Lemuel McMnilen
A. Needham
McMullen
PITY FOR PARENTS WINS MAN PARDON
Gov Marshall granted clemency in Allen County pardoning Lloyd W Phierson who had served six months in jail plus a $509 fine for attacking a youth. Sympathy for his aging parents led friends to seek reduced punishment and the governor’s first Allen county pardon.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Marshall
Allen County
Lloyd W. Phierson
Phierson
Lewis couple to face trial over wire cage claim
Frankfort Indiana July 20 1931 The case of Mr and Mrs Ora Lewis accused of keeping their son in a wire cage will be tried before Judge Combs of the juvenile court next Monday.
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Frankfort
Ind
Ora Lewis
Doctor Die During Fish Trip in Connersville
Dr Walter Rowe died of sunstroke and collapsed while fishing on Thursday. He fell into six inches of water and remained there until evening when his body was found.
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Connersville
Ind
Walter Rowe
Gas Well Fire Burns at Twitchell and McFadden Site
In Oakland City Indiana on Thursday a gas well owned by Twitchell and McFadden was struck and set ablaze. The well continues to burn with flames visible at the scene.
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Oakland City
Ind
Twitchell & McFadden
Postal Savings Bank Planned for Gary
Gary Indiana postmaster John W. Call will apply to Washington in a few days to establish a postal savings bank in Gary, signaling a new local financial facility and federal support for the community.
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Gary
Ind
John W. Call
Department
Washington
Garr
Monument to fallen Woodmen to be unveiled in Anderson
The Anderson lodge of Modern Woodmen of the World will unveil a monument to its deceased members next Sunday afternoon in Anderson Indiana.
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Anderson, Ind
Air
Anderson Lodge of Modern Woodmen of the World
Winters brothers confess to stealing chickens in Marion
William and James Winters, Indians, confessed to stealing chickens from James H. Dove on the Wabash Pike. They hid the birds in a sack, returned at daybreak, claimed hard luck, and Dove gave them car fare to the city before they sold the chickens.
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Marion
Ind
William
James Winters
James H. Dove
Dove
Whiting High School Dedication Set for Saturday
Whiting Indiana prepares for the dedication of its new high school costing 108143 dollars. Congressman E D Crumpacker from the Tenth district will deliver the main speech at the ceremony Saturday afternoon.
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Whiting, Ind
Whiting
E. D. Crumnpacker
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