Burglary Attempt Intrudes Stoops Home in Broad Daylight
A would be thief entered the Stoops residence at corner of North West and Chicago streets between 9:00 and 9:30 AM, ransacked upper rooms while family sat outside, fled unseen as Miss Dess Stoops drew curtains and street light illuminated the bed area. No valuables missing, suspect described as a small man, likely the same intruder active in the neighborhood this week. Police pursued but the escape route remains uncertain. Separate break ins earlier that day targeted Guy Davis on Chicago and Meridian streets, with intruder fleeing before capture.
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G. W. Stoops
North West
Chicago
Stoops
Ivor Stoops
Claude Stoops
Miss Stoops
Polies
Guy Davis
Meridan Street
Mr. Davis
Iron
Louis Ackerman
Ackerman
Davis
Wabash Valley Sanitarium
Senate passes Panama tolls repeal bill heads to House
The Senate voted 50 to 35 to repeal the Panama canal tolls exemption, sending the bill to the House for action on Senate amendments. The Sim mons Norris amendment was adopted, with President Wilson expected to accept the compromise. If House agrees, the bill goes to the President. if not, conferees must reconcile, renewing tense debate.
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International News Service
Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Governor Ralston to Speak at Kokomo Chautauqua
Governor Samuel R. Ralston will deliver the principal address at a Kokomo chautauqua in City Park from August 8 to 16. He agreed after committee effort, drawn by Kokomo familiarity and his old congressional district ties, to speak Sunday August 9 to neighbors.
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Samuel R. Ralston
Kokomo
Ralston
Ninth district GOP convention eyed for June in Kokomo
The Noblesville Ledger notes a June 18 convention in Kokomo to nominate a congressman and that Howard county backs Conrad Wolf. It hints Hamilton county should unite behind a home candidate, with Neal listed as a possible entrant. Jim Statesman continues campaigning as multiple candidates arise.
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Kokomo
Hamilton County
Noblesville
Neal
Flower Mission Day Observed by WCTU at Methodist Church
The local WCTU observed its annual Flower Mission Day with readings on the department's work. Dorothy Stephenson recited Give Your Sunshine to the Living. Bouquets were tied with ribbons and sent to the sick, shut-ins, hospital, and county farm inmates, who were grateful for the flowers.
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Methodist Church
Flower Mission Department
Dorothy Stephenson
Narrow Escape In Caped Dray Runaway Collision
Washington June 12 Majority Leader Oscar Underwood and other congress members narrowly escaped serious injury when a runaway dray teetered into a street car. Glass shattered, crushing the front of the car while Underwood, seated at the front, shielded his face with arms. Both horses were killed in the incident.
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Washington
Oscar Underwood
Congress
Underwood
Despondent Passenger Jumps Overboard From Mauretania
Despondent over a love affair Edna Speck a second cabin passenger leapt into the sea from the Mauretania on the Atlantic voyage. Her brother accompanied her and a boat will be lowered to search for the body which was not recovered.
Man Charged in Cunard Extortion Plot
Henry Joseph Burton of New York is to be turned over to federal authorities after attempting to extort 10000 dollars from Cunard by threatening to dynamite a liner. A decoy package halted the Buffalo express near Bogota as detectives trailed. Burton claimed different names and cited his sick mother and sister as motive. He was arraigned and held without bail while awaiting grand jury action.
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Big Ocean Greyhounds
Buffalo Express
West Shore
Bogota
Henry Wescott
Henry Joseph Burton
Justice of the Peace
Platt
Cunard
Burton
George Mayer Hurt by Sickle Injury
George Mayer a local blacksmith sustained a severe cut on the second joint of his left index finger when a mowing machine sickle pulled by a motor driven wheel caught in a belt. The wound led to infection and blood poisoning threatening his hand.
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George Mayer
Mayer
Kirklin Boosters Promote Booster Day in Lebanon
A Kirklin delegation toured by automobile to Lebanon to advertise Booster Day on the 20th. They left Kirklin in fifteen machines but only twelve reached Lebanon. The trip went via Sheridan, accompanied by a band of eighteen princes.
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Kirklin
Agron
Lebanon
Sheridan
Governor Praises Disease Prevention Day Plan
Governor Ralston received a letter from Nathan Straus of New York praising Indiana's plan for Disease Prevention Day next October. W. D. Thurber of the State Anti-Tuberculosist Society presented the idea, and a proclamation will urge communities to focus on public health. The note emphasizes that prevention benefits Indiana's 2,790,000 residents and hopes the idea spreads nationally.
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Ralston
Nathan Straus
New York
Indiana
W. D. Thurber
State
Straus
Mr. Straus
Union
Whites Town Man Bitten by Rat on Thumb
C G Campbell of Whites Town was bitten on the thumb by a large rat two weeks ago. The wound was treated and healing, with no unusual complications reported this week.
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C.G. Campbell
Unusua
Om Monday
Thia Wack
Robe
Indiana Condensed Milk Plant Sinks Big Reservoir
Excavations for foundations of the condensory plant will start soon as the Indiana Condensed Milk Company builds a large reservoir on its newly purchased ground near the Indestructible Wheel Works. The reservoir will be nineteen feet across and about thirty feet deep, with a seventeen inch brick wall. J. E. Mann of Sheridan leads the project and eight inch wells will be sunk to supply water. Ground clearing is complete and canal building work has not yet begun. Next week may see the start of structure work.
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Indiana Condensed Milk Company
J. E. Mann
Sheridan
Principal Offered Post at High School with Good Salary
Leland Burroughs of the class of 18 L. H. &., passed through Lebanon en route to Red Key Ind where he has been tendered a lucrative position as principal of the high school. Last year he taught Latin English and public speaking at Darlington high school. He graduated from Wabash College.
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Leland Burroughs
L. H
Lebanon
Red Key
Ind
Vincipal
Burroughs
Darlington High School
Wabash College
Eight Graduates at Big Springs Union Township Commencement
Eight graduates completed the township commencement at Big Springs Union Thursday evening. Harry G. Hill of Indianapolis delivered the class address, impressing listeners with an interesting and instructive discourse. Hill has spoken at numerous Boone county graduations recently, earning a reputation for notable ability.
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Big Springs
Union
Harry G. Hill
Indianapolis
Hill
Boone County
Two Men Die in Moundsville Storm Toll
NTRENATIINAL NEWS SERVICE reports a severe electrical storm near Moundsville West Virginia on June 12 killed J H Nanly 23 of Weston when he touched a live wire after leaving a street car. An unnamed man from Wheeling was struck by lightning and died. Dozens of cottages were destroyed and many buildings damaged in the Moundsville camp colony.
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Ntrenatiinal News
Moundsville
W. Va
J. H. Nanly
Weston
Moundsville Camp Colony
Nanly
Wheeling
Rail spread causes track damage on siding mishap
The Westbound local freight No. met a mishap on the siding between East and Meridian streets this morning while switching. The spread derailed the tender from the engine, tearing up about fifty feet of track before the wreck train was summoned.
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Tne
East
Meridian Streets
District Conference Set for Next Wednesday Meeting
Progressives of the Ninth district plan a conference here next Wednesday afternoon at 2 in the courthouse convention hall. Attendees include county chairmen committee members candidates and party workers with Albert J. Brucenae state chairman B Toner and district chairman Dye present to discuss district organization plans. Boone county committeemen and candidates named last Saturday on no ticket will hold a preceding meeting.
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Cragan
Boone County Republicans
Kokomo
Ninth Congressional District
Court House
Albert J. Brucenae
B. ©. Toner
Dye
Boone County
Impeachment Charges Brought Against WV Judge Dayton
Representative M M Neely of West Virginia calls for an investigation by the judiciary committee into alleged high crimes and misdemeanors by Judge Alston G Dayton of the Northern District of West Virginia. Neely cites numerous charges and urges action.
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International News Service
Washington
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
House Today
Alston G. Dayton
Neely
Judiciary Committee
J Dayton
Three-Legged Chick Attracts Attention In Mechanicsburg
John McMahan of Mechanicsburg raises a nine week old chicken with three legs. One leg anchors beneath the body while the other two project to the left. The remarkable bird is described as walking fast and could be a skillet prospect by late summer.
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John McMahan
Mechanicsburg
Lorimer Bank at Chicago Closed
State Auditor orders the Lorimer bank and three affiliated institutions closed in Chicago. Bank examiner Daniel Harkin took charge after an investigation since January 1, citing large deposit withdrawals and a demand for city funds. The Lasalle Street Trust, the Illinois State Bank of Chicago, the B State Bank, and the Ashland Twelfth State Bank were all shut. Official notes show prior assets and loans, with Lorimer as former president William Lorimer present during the closure process.
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Hinternational News Wayson
Chicago
LaSalle Street
Lassalle Street
Treat @ Savings Bank
Ilinois State Bank of
Chicory
B State’ Bank
Ashland Twelfth State Bank
Lorimer Institution
Brady
Loi
AIM Tm
Mantha
William Lorimer
B. Munday
Theo View
Dents
Long & Company broker closes and Street Trust bank failure
Chicago June 12 announcement says the Long & Company broker closes operations at the Board of Trade and the Street Trust & Savings Bank also closes. President J K Witzel states the firm is solvent, but margins were tied up in the Lorimer bank forcing a temporary shutdown. J G Munday, son of the Lorimer bank vice president, serves as president of the broker house.
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Istrenmeonal News
Mavior
Chicago
Board of Trade
The
Long & Company
Street Trust & Savings Bank
JK. Witzel
Lorimer Bank
J G. Munday
Youngest Class Picnic at Central Christian Church
The youngest class of Vacation Bible School for children up to ten years old will hold a lawn picnic at Central Christian Church on Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6. Everyone who has ever attended is invited for games and a toplow, with lunch to be served. If rain, the event moves to the church basement.
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Vacation Bible School
Avc
Central Christian Church
Four Men Injured When Frisco Freight Collides Near Springfield
Four men were injured, two likely fatally, when a Frisco special freight train struck a group of six pedestrians south of Springfield, Missouri. The victims include T. C. Wheel from Atlanta, G A, with crushed injuries. E. H. Hake of Collitaville with a skull fracture. K. from Atlanta with leg bruises. H. G. from Renton, Arkansas with leg bruises. Local authorities investigated the incident.
Conductor Ke Led In Indianapolis Fatal Fall
Curtis McCallip a Ban Hur interurban conductor died after a fall while on duty in Indianapolis on a Thursday evening. Police say the 52 year old man fell from a platform as inbound traffic neared. Further details are unclear due to transcription errors in the source.
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KE Led
Indianapolis
Ind
Curtis McCallip
KtiLap
Concord
West Berlin
Walnut Streets
Waheed Hteuck
Conan Ul Ad
Poly
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