Dope Monopoly Exposed In Midwest Crime Ring
Chicago reports detail a midwest narcotics monopoly run by the “Big Sixty” leaders who control dope supplied criminals, enslaving hundreds of addicts and driving 80 percent of regional crime. Kitty Gilhooley, a noted dope queen, was arrested with narcotics and jewels. Col Will Gray Beach and aides face arrest as leads link stolen property to the ring.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Washington
United Press
Midwest
Pretty Kitty Gilhooley
Kitty
Col. Beach
Will Gray Beach
Crime Trust
Colonels
Justice Department
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Patrick Roche
Middle West
Roche
French Worried By Cruse Revolt in Syria
London based Central News dispatch from Adana says the Druze revolt in the French Syrian mandate is spreading with fears of Arab tribesmen risings. Druse clansmen reportedly defeated a battalion of five hundred Armenian volunteers as Damascus remains disquieting. French Algerian troops at Beirut mutinied and were reembarked.
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London
Central News
Constantinople
Adana
Damascus
Bierut
Soft drink price raise short lived in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Aug 18 the cost of living did not rise as soft drink dealers attempted a five cent price hike on all drinks but several dealers declined to join the pact, leading to a brief price increase that did not hold.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Inheritance tax cuts affect Rector DePauw gift
Indianapolis August 13 William Harrison of the National Tax Association said nearly half of the 2 300 000 gift from Edward Rector Chicago will be paid as inheritance taxes Illinois and Michigan double levy will take 42 4 percent leaving 1 324 800 for DePauw University Harrison notes Rector resided in Illinois and left most of his estate in Burroughspring Machine Company Michigan firm
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Indianapolis
William Harrison
Inheritance Tax Committee
The
National Tax Association
DePauw University
Edward Rector
Chicago
Harrison
Illinois
Michigan
Rector
Burroughspring Machine Company
Belgium debates new debt funding plan with U S
Washington April 13 Belgians asked the American debt funding commission to lower accrued interest to 4 1 4 percent from 5 percent and adjourned a debt meeting to report to their government. An agreed brief moratorium is discussed while Belgium seeks more time to stabilize finances as both sides await full government positions.
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Washington
American Debt Funding Commission
Belgium
Wisconsin G. O. P. Seeks Harmony Convention Summary
Oshkosh Wis Aug 13 Republicans met to restore party power and unite conservative factions. The main task was selecting a U.S. Senate candidate to counter liberal factions led by Robert M LaFollette Jr and Governor John Blaine.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
John, J. Blaine
Storm Strikes Lebanon Area Causing Minor Damage
A severe storm struck the Lebanon area Wednesday evening causing limited damage. Widespread effects included broken window lights fallen trees and downed wires. A Finch farm barn was destroyed by lightning as an electrical storm caused eerie red glow before sunrise.
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Lebanon
Finch Farm
Mr and Mrs Asbury Williams Host Sunday Gathering
Mr and Mrs Asbury Williams and their children entertained guests on Sunday. The visit included Mr Warren Smith and his daughters Jeanette and Moscelyn, who joined the hosts for a family afternoon.
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Asbury Wiliams
Warren Smith
Jeanette and
Moscelyn
Sunday Schools of Boone County Meet Aug 18
The forty second annual Boone County Council of Religious Education convention meets Aug 18 at Dover church west of Lebanon with sessions morning afternoon and evening. Miss Nellie Young and Harry G. Rowe headlined a program with pastors and Sunday school workers from county churches. A noon pitch-in dinner and public attendance are invited. Glen Cruse presides.
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Boone County Council of Religious Education
Cora Hartman
Hazelrigg
Dover
Lebanon
Nellie Young
State Children’s Department
Harry G. Rowe
Young People’s Division
State Sunday School Association
Glen Cruse
Zionsville
Fred Gregory
Wyatt
Owen Gates
Milledgeville
Wife Kills Mate and Shoots Children in Boston Tragedy
Boston, Aug 18 Mrs May Eva Curtiss 43 believed to have snapped under stress shot and killed her husband George likely fatally wounding their son George Jr and their 17 year old daughter Marjorie A second daughter Dorothy 18 escaped harm by delaying after being summoned to come down The family also included John Curtis 21 a marine corps member stationed at Lakehurst N J who was away from home The tragedy was told to police by Dorothy The mother reportedly was partly paralytic and had a recent slight shock The scene showed the father dead on the bed the mother slain on the floor and two children wounded in their rooms
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Boston
Mass
May Eva Curtiss
George
George Jr
Marjorie
Dorothy
John Curtis
Soa
Marine Corps
Naval Flying Field
Lakehurst
N. J
Island Volcano Sparks Panic on Santoria
London reports Santoria, a Cyclades island off Greece, becoming active after a long dormancy since 1886. Evacuations surge as eruptions enter their third day, with earthquake shocks at Smyrna ten days prior viewed as potential precursors.
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London
Santoria
Exchange Telegraph
Athens
Smyrna
Three Men Killed in Oregon Prison Break
Salem Oregon Aug 13 A daring Oregon state penitentiary break left two guards and one convict dead and three convicts missing after a 35 member posse hunted. Victims were guards J E Holman and John Sweeney and outlaw Bert Oregon Jones. Escapees James Willes Tom Murray Ellsworth Kelly fled via Willamette River bridge in a commandeered auto. They seized rifles in the Arsenal after slipping from their cells and scaling to the roof across the yard.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Marion-Polk County
Willamette River
James Willes
Tom Murray
Ellsworth Kelly
Mess Hall
Riots Quell Klansmen Clash in Reading Mass
In Reading Massachusetts a two hour clash between Klan and anti Klan factions ended when state police under Captain George A Parker dispersed the crowd. Fifteen arrests were made including Louis Davidson of Malden and Harry Martin of Groverland on dangerous weapons charges. Martin allegedly drew a club during custody.
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Reading
Mass
George A. Parker
Louis Davidson
Malden
Harry Martin
Groverland
Road dispute ends in shooting affray in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Ind Aug 13 Daniel Booe 60 Montgomery county farmer was arrested today charged with shooting Clyde McCormick 40 a township board of trustees member. McCormick's condition is serious. The men quarreled over action taken by McCormick in a road construction deal.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Daniel Booe
Montgomery County
Clyde McCormick
Township Board of Trustees
eCormick
Seri
Ous
McCormick
Meet Here First Time in 27 Years Reminisce of Old Soldiers
Clay Rosencrance and Ora Hollingsworth, once inseparable comrades from the Spanish American and insurrection wars, met in Rosencrance's Rosencrance office after twenty seven years. Hollingsworth, visiting from near Elizaville with his father George Hollingsworth, is still in the service with the same regiment now at Camp Knox. He will return to Fort Benjamin Harrison before hiking back to rejoin his unit in southern Indiana.
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Clay
Resencrance
Lebanon
Philippine Islands
Ora Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Rosencrance
Indianapolis
George Kollingsworth
Elizaville
Camp Knox
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Barn Struck by Lightning Burns Farm Barn
A large barn on Mrs. Jennie E. Finch’s farm, two and a half miles northeast of town, was destroyed by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. Losses totaled about 2,500 for the barn and 1,500 for contents, largely covered by Home Insurance Company of New York. Roy Finch witnessed the blaze. most hay, oats, straw, and tools burned, with only a few items saved.
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Jennie E. Finch
Home Insurance Company of New York
Roy Finch
Finch
Girl Scouts Camp Plans Here Near Indianapolis
Lois Higgins reports from Ada Boy Holliday Camp as Lebanon Scouts enjoy a weeklong vacation. The letter notes bridge tournament led by Miss Stevens, Mary Eleanor Grant’s fall and recovery, and Miss Mary Schudel’s instruction. Activities include a beefsteak hike to Broad Ripple, stunt night, a four mile hike, and tests with a Saturday court.
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Girl Scouts’ Ca
Ada-Boy-Holliday
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Oer Ant Lois Higgins
Soe Stevens
Mary Eleanor Grant
Bytes Cannon
Mary Schudel
Broad Ripple Fool
Examination for Advance Post Office Vacancy Announced
The United States Civil Service Commission will hold an examination at CrawfordsVille to fill a fourth-class postmaster vacancy at Advance, 11 miles southwest of Lebanon. Obtain blanks from the Advance postmaster or the Commission in Washington. due by September 9, 1925. Salary last fiscal year was $854.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Crawfordsville
Advance
Lebanon
Washington
Advance Post Office
Brothers Reunited After Forty Six Years In Indiana
South Bend Indiana records two brothers, John Frits aged sixty eight and his sibling, who had been separated during military service in Germany forty six years earlier, reuniting today after long loss of contact in the United States.
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South Bend
Ind
Germany
John Frits
Former Local Girl Buried in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Miss Virginia Olive Wagoner twenty years old formerly of this city were held at her parents home in Indianapolis Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery Death was due to acute pulmonary tuberculosis Surviving are her parents four brothers and two sisters all of Indianapolis
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Virginia Olive Wagoner
Indianapolis
Oak Hill
John W. Wagoner
Kathleen B
Martha I
Calf Show Judging Under Way At Memorial Park
Hundreds gathered at Memorial Park as the Boone County Guernsey Calf Club staged its annual picnic and show. Judging noon to afternoon featured Purdue’s Prof. L A Fairchilds awarding cash and ribbon prizes, with winners announced Friday.
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Memorial Park
Boone County Guernsey Calf Club
L. A. Fairchilds
Purdue University
Boone County Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Park Tennis Courts
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Lowell Wilson
A. R. Kennedy
Marion Moore
J. W. Moreland
Indianapolis
Harry Foster
Flora
Harvey Moredock
Sheridan
Lincoln's Mother Burial Ground Expansion Planned
Lincoln City Indiana August 13 Richard Lieber director of the State conservation department said a move to acquire forty six acres adjoining the Nancy Hanks Lincoln burial ground to enhance the resting place of Abraham Lincoln's mother will be made soon Lieber intends to pursue a nation wide project and may ask Governor Jackson to appeal to governors of other states
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Lincoln City
Ind
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Department
Lieber
Jackson
Pardon Sought for Eugene V Debs by Ohio Labor Group
Steubenville Ohio August 13 resolutions urged President Coolidge grant a full pardon to Eugene V Debs the Socialist leader jailed at Atlanta during the war The Ohio State Federation of Labor called for restoration of full citizen rights at its forty second annual convention and backed Debs pardon efforts
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Steubenville
Ohio
Coolidge
No V. Debs
Atlanta
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Mary Freed Of Auto Theft Charge In Circuit Court
Albert Shall of Indianapolis faced auto theft charges in a bound over to the circuit court case involving Charles Bagley’s automobile. Emmett Macy of Frankfort reportedly had no involvement, and witnesses were unclear about the alleged connections.
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Mary
Albert Shall
Indianapolis
Charles Bagley
Emmett Macy
Frankfort
Countywide tax study aims to cut local expenditures
Addison Drake of Sullivan, a state tax and farming official, met Boone County leaders in Lebanon to form committees under E. W. Ellis to study local tax budgets. They seek a detailed program of action to reduce tax expenditures, with committees from the Chamber of Commerce and Boone County Farm Bureau to review funds and public outlays. Drake warned against tax changes that raise property values or taxes beyond sacrifice of values. He served in the state legislature in 1923.
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Lebanon
Boone County
Addison Drake
Sullivan
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Purdue University
Drake
West
Indiana
State Farm Bureau Federats
State Taxpayers’ Association
John Huber
Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Ellis
Thorntown
Boone County Taxpayers’ Association
L. W. Ross
Boone County Farm Bureau
Mm Huber
Mbe of Commerce
Ellis
Tax Association
Pr Tvalues
McCray Seeks Clemency to Win Parole or Pardon
Washington August 13 former Governor Warren T McCray asks clemency from the Attorney General to gain parole or commutation and eventually a full pardon. A delegation of friends says his aim is to leave prison and settle debts, restoring citizenship.
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Washington
Warren T. McCray
Sarcae
eCray
McCray
Althey
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Syrian Mandate
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U. S
Senate
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Ora McDaniel
Advance Township
Miss Young Music
Frank C. Huston
Miss Young
Cyclades
Greece
Witl, Vineyards
OPERA
J. E. Holman
John Sweeney
Bert
Oregon
Jones
Girl Scouts
Guernsey
Young Club
Lincoln's
Eugene V. Debs
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