Indiana Bad Checks Scheme Destroys Merchants Profits
A 1920s Indiana investigation led by Lieutenant Edwin Schroeder exposes how bad checks, forgeries, thefts, and rackets drain merchants of millions. The piece describes professional check writers targeting small businesses, using passable schemes and concealed residences to dodge banks, with the public bearing the losses through higher prices and churned labor costs. The article also notes a related federal inquiry into post office and government record debts.
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Indiana
Jose
Edwin €. Schroe
Iadiana
Schroecer
Nina
Commencement honors at unusual university ceremony
Gov Welsh and Cardinal Ritter presided as Indian University alumni received degrees during a sprawling commencement weekend. Leland Haworth and Walds Lo McAtee earned science degrees, while a large 4228 graduate class heard President Henman Bees deliver the traditional benediction and charge. Alumni awards and remarks highlighted Cold War era politics and democratic ideals amid campus celebrations.
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Matthew FE. Welsh
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
Welsh
Cardinal Ritter
New Albans
Hansrars
Leland J. Haworth
JS. Megs Energy
Walds Lo McAtee
Luce Pamp
Henman Bees
Reid Fear
Finiahi
Aucad
Wells
Sar Pele
Emery
Ale
Mooroe
Debate on US and Russ Sef Press Policy Plan
A fragmented note mentions a forthcoming debate involving US figures and Russ Sef. The context is unclear with garbled wording but implies preparation or scheduling for a policy discussion or press event. No concrete dates or participants are verifiable from the readable text.
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Russ Sef
Goldfine Given One Year Term in Boston Roles
A Boston official named Goldfine received a one year term under unclear setting. The article mentions a disturbance around a protest or charge and references a Paperman entity. The exact roles, dates, and charges remain obscured in the OCR text.
Nun escapes crash into bridge near Goshen Indiana
Sister Gloria, a 22-year-old nun from Bronson Michigan, escaped with minor injuries after her car crashed into a bridge and plunged into a canoe downstream southeast of Goshen. She said she managed to exit the vehicle before it went into the water.
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Goshen, Ind
Gloria
Bronson
Mich
Rites Today For Miss Mary Cox Who Died Saturday
Miss Mary Cox age 82 died Saturday at her home in Frey Wise B. Shere after a brief illness. Funeral services are scheduled today at Saint Prakfort with burial in the West New Hireanwitk Cemetery. Local clergy will conduct the rites with arrangements handled by Prakfort Funeral Home.
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Mary Cox
Seared
Suepetit Streel
Eten
Mar Risch Surety Heyer
Prakfort
Frey Wise
Shere
Prman
Cems Bers
New Hireanwitk
July 4th Meet Tuesday Fund Drive Underway
Community event set for July 4 with a fund drive run by the Chamber of Commerce Office. Donations total $84.00 from multiple groups including Rotary. organizers list local pols and civic leaders inviting participation and support for the observance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Arbor Acres Plans School At Acres Farm Near Lebanon
An arcs text item describes Arbor Acres planning a school on Lotchery permensi near Lebanon with a Masse scheel. The article mentions dates Tuesday and Wednesday meetings at Acres Farm pending approval overseen by the general manager and project team.
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Lebanon
Matager
Laura Inman Claimed Today Obituary Notice Fragment
Laura Inman claimed today in a fragmentary obituary notice. The text references relationships and survivors including a daughter, a husband, and multiple grandchildren, with several names unclear due to damaged OCR. The piece mentions Richved and Thorntown locations, plus a son named Richard listed as deceased.
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Sawinaestit
Rirklit
Maren
Iat Richved
Amd
Sarah Hoberts
Hardesty
Mata
Wiliam Lanain
Beans Couey
Daeny
Gauchter
Deniison
Thorntown
Hichard
Board Of Review Opens 1961 Session At Lebanon
The Boone County Board of Review begins its 1961 session in Lebanon with Foster White and others appointed by the circuit judge. Charles F. Thompson chairs the panel alongside Robert McCann Vera Berry and Roblent Heckman. The board, authorized for a 30 day hearing period, will hear questions and complaints about assessments and discuss them with the assessors.
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Board of Review
Lebanon
Foster White
Rionsiilie
Ross Custer
Conner Township
Charles. F. Thompson
Boone County
Robert McCann
Siiiter
Vera
Berry
Rob
Lent “Heckman
Aup
JFK Reports Summit Talks to Macmillan
Fragmented report recalls summit discussions at Vienna involving Kennedy and Khrushchev on East West contacts and a cease fire. Leaders pledged to pursue peace and foster cooperation with five Soviet allies while seeking sustained communications and mutual understanding.
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JFK
Macmillan
Ee Caps
Pody
Roth
Scamer
Kheushoher
Khrnchehes
Sulars
Pereshan
Khrstchee
Renney Wold
United States
Soviet Union
Vienna
Jeailer
Daffynitions Telephone Operator Lum Bar Racket
A humorous note defines a woman as being in the lumber racket term used in a playful daffynition column. The item reflects period wordplay and social caricature characteristic of light newspaper humor.
Multiple Deaths After Crashes Increase Toll in State
The Associated Press reports a string of fatal crashes Saturday night raising the state's death toll to 17. A collision with a pickup truck occurred on a rural road east of Ness, with details limited but noting multiple vehicles involved.
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Ness
Supreme Court orders new trial for Leslie Irvin killer case
The Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Leslie Irvin a condemned Indiana killer accused in a spree that stretched through Tennessee and Kentucky He was sentenced to death in Gibson County Indiana for the shooting of Whitley Wesley Kerr at a station on December 23 The court considered pre trial publicity and venue issues citing extensive newspaper and TV coverage He had argued he did not receive a fair trial and the court denied his request to relocate the trial to another county The case centers on Irvin previously granted a change of venue from Vanderburgh County and is tied to Indiana law on venue and impartial jurors
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Washington
Leslie Irvin
Indiana
Tein Ae
Evansville
Tae Berdh
Tahana
Kentucky
Gitsom County
Orevit
Priceton
Ind
Whitley Wesley Kerr
Olling
Rat Sustion
Islear Land
Irvin
Het
Mdi
Trwe
Clark
Pyin Ae
Supreme Court
Ullal Court
Vanierburgh
Kerran
Prayer and faith guide busy lives in devotion
Fragmentary religious exhortation urges believers to lay up treasure in heaven and keep constant prayer to God through Jesus Christ. The text invokes Our Father and blesses the Redeemer, ending with Amen, reflecting early Christian devotional practice and emphasis on prayer during daily work.
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Matthew
Jesus Christ
Redeemer
Family Unhurt As Car Hits Utility Pole
A vehicle on SR 30 in Harton County veered off the highway and struck a utility pole after stopping briefly. The occupants escaped injury as the car slid and came to rest near the roadside. Emergency crews responded and cleared the scene with no serious damage reported.
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RG Lce
Harton
Jon
Local Driver Burns Fined For Speeding
Eugene B Burns of Lebanon, 44, at 33 North Grant Street, paid $18.75 in City Court for traveling 45 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone. Judge Eugene B Burns was questioned about jurisdiction as police Officer Ross Pauley noted the citation and an amended affidavit. Justice of the Peace Joe Cooper weighed legality of pleading guilty in his own court and called the issue unclear. Burns claimed he was advised of constitutional rights by both Burns and the judge.
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Eugene B. Burns
Eugene B.burns
North
Grant Street
Lebanon
Burns
Ross Pauley
Pauley
Justice of the Peace
Joe Cooper
Eri
Justice of the Peace Court
Cooper
State Pastor Dies Suddenly
An abrupt death struck a state pastor during a sermon as medical responders worked to revive him. The incident occurred on a platform in a church where bystanders reported the pastor collapsed midservice and appeared to suffer a heart attack before being pronounced dead. The church president expressed high praise for the delivered sermon.
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Mass
Catawba
Mags
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