Coroner's jury begins inquiry into hospital fire
Chicago December 28 United Press eighteen persons known dead and thirteen missing in the blaze at the Chicago State Hospital for the Insane. Coroner Oscar Wolff selects a six member jury to hear evidence and determine the cause amid blamed flimsy construction and inward swinging doors. The coroner vows thorough investigation to hold the state responsible for care of the mentally ill especially veterans.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago State Hospital
Oscar Wolff
Cook County
Wolff
Longtime Hamilton County Widow Dies On Farm
Mrs Sarah E Kistler widow of David Kistler age 90 died Thursday afternoon in Noblesville Ind She was among the oldest women in Hamilton County and spent sixty six years of marriage on a single farm Surviving children are Mrs Samuel Webb Cicero and Mrs D S Foutz Altamont Kan A Timea Special report notes.
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Noblesville
Ind
Sarah E. Kistler
David Kistler
Hamilton County
Samuel Webb
Cicero
D. S. Foutz
Altamont
Kan
Lydia Hobbs
Jacob Hobbs
Noel Beeson
White River Township
Christmas Thanks From Sisters of the Good Shepherd
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd at 111 W. Raymond St express heartfelt gratitude to friends including the Knights of Columbus Elks market people tradesmen bakers commission merchants grocers and all contributors who aided orphans and other children during the year and this joyful season. They ask for Christ Child blessings and a bright New Year with daily prayers.
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Sisters of the Good Shephards
W. Raymond St
Knights of Columbus
the Elks
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Man Injured by Auto Driver Under Arrest
James W. Short, 78, of 624 N Alabama St, is recovering at the city hospital from head shoulder and side injuries after a car driven by L G Rice, 1029 N New Jersey St, struck him on Massachusetts Ave near Alabama St. Rice was charged with assault and battery. Police learned no details of a second accident at Madison Ave and McCarty St where an elderly woman was struck. E W Bryan, 4033 Park Ave, told police three men in an old car.
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James W. Short
Alabama St
L. G. Rice
New Jersey St
Massachusetts Ave
Alabama
Rice
Madison Ave
McCarty St
E. W. Bryan
Park Ave
Man Assaults Woman Then Threatens Hospital Transport
A man hits a woman, lifts her off her feet, and declares they are being taken to the city hospital. Police or bystanders likely intervened as authorities investigate the incident and seek details of the assailant and whereabouts of the victim.
Embezzler Lantz Posts Bond in Anderson Case
H. W. Lantz former manager of the International Rubber Works in Anderson Indiana surrendered to the sheriff and was released on a five hundred dollar bond. He is alleged to have embezzled company funds and faces two charges filed by the president of the firm.
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Times
Anderson
Ind
H. W. Lantz
International Rubber Works
Republicans Seek Way To Keep Office Plums
Republicans seek to block two county posts as Democrats take control on January 1. Health officer Mason B. Light is under a four year contract signed January 3, 1923. They plan to appoint Albert W. Hiller of 1541 Union Street to the job if possible.
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John Kitley
John McCloskey
Mason B. Light
Kitley
McCloskey
Albert W. Hiller
Union St
Schmellinger to Replace Engleke as Juvenile Court Prosecutor
Albert E. Schmellinger will relieve John Engleke, Republican, as prosecutor-investigator of Juvenile Court. Republicans continue to shape the office as the party confirms the transition and notes ongoing investigations.
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Albert E. Schmellinger
John Engleke
Mandamus Filed Against Big Packers in Chicago
Government seeks to force Swift & Co. Wilson & Co. and Cudahy Packing to open books for audit. Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty filed the mandamus suit Thursday, directing inspection of records by the Department of Agriculture in Chicago.
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United Press Chicago
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Harry M. Daugherty
Administration Anniversary Observed With Banquet
The city marks the second anniversary of the present administration on January 3 with a banquet at the Columbia Club attended by over 100 city officials and their wives. City Attorney James M. Ogden will review departments, with department heads presenting reports. Plans for the 1924 city program will be discussed, and City Controller Joseph L. Hogue handles reservations.
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Columbia Club
James M. Ogden
Joseph L. Hogue
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