Chautauqua Opens With Great Senso off in Linton
Opening evening of the Mutual Morgan chautauqua in Linton features the Connor Smith duo Kellner impersonator and Willoughby orchestra. Junior Town forms with officers elected, a pageant planned, and daily 9 am meetings for local children.
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Mutual-Morgan Chautauqua
Chautauqua
Connor-Smith
Linton
Margaret Cooper
Sara Nelle McIntosh
Esther Shaw
Sarah Bohley
Joe B. Kelly
Beverly Hixson
Robert Wells
Junior Anderson
William Pirtle
James Wells
Wendell Perkins
Robert Laffoon
Rennis Wolfe
Irma Pearce
Vera Wolf
Yell
Helen Hilgediek
Zellner Imitations Delight Juveniles With Lively Skits
A performer charmed a crowd with lifelike impersonations of Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Abe Lincoln Grant and biblical figures Peter Judas and Moses. Full costumes and swift character shifts kept audiences amazed and moved by the dramatic and humorous sketches.
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Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
Abe Martin
U. S. Grant
Robert
Abraham Lincoln
Peter
Judas
Moses
Zellner
Truck Driver Held in U S Mail Robbery Case
Joseph Jackson, a government mail truck driver, was jailed after confessing to robbing a sack of registered mail late yesterday. He allegedly hid the sack and falsely claimed a young man forced him to drive to a car and surrender the mail. The sack reportedly contained several thousand dollars.
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United Prisss Dispatch
Joseph Jackson
Jackson
Arrest of Linton Man May Be Far Reaching
Ralph Tincher of Terre Haute is held on manslaughter charges after his car struck Ruth Brooks in Danville. Federal probe is planned into bootlegging routes between Terre Haute Danville and Chicago, announced by Louis Bemer assistant state's attorney. Tincher, once a Linton resident nicknamed Casey, is at the center of the case.
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Linton
United Press Dispatch
Danville
Ralph Tincher
Terre Haute
Ruth Brooks
Tincher
Chicago
Louis Bemer
Casey
Smallwood Wins Bedford-Linton Bus Line Controversy
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports the public service commission revoked the beginners' bus certificate for J. W. Bilger and Hugh Pritchard on the Bedford to Linton line and granted the certificate to John Smallwood for service starting September 1. Smallwood had been first to file his petition, but an eyesight issue led to the Bilger and Pritchard award before the decision was reversed.
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Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
J. W. Bilger
Hugh Pritchard
Bedford
Linton
John Smallwood
Smallwood
Bilger
Pritchard
Trio Dagger Girls Leave Dugger For Detroit Flat World View
Three Dugger girls Evelyn Collins Inez Robinson and Hazel Richardson ran away in a Ford with 5.75 to explore Detroit and other cities seeking the big world. Detroit police detained them at a women’s detention home while their fathers prepare to bring them home.
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Goldie Stubbins
Roger Bean
Dugger
Detroit
Fisher Avenue
Evelyn Collins
Frank Collins
Inez Robinson
William O. Robinson
Hazel Richardson
W. O. Richardson
William Dodd
Shelburn
Terre Haute
Robinson
Toledo
Ohio
Inez Collins
Monroe
Main Street
Death penalty sought for teen killer in tourist murder
Sedalia Mo Aug 14 Prosecutor Roy Ricker will ask for the death penalty for Everett Adams a 17 year old Wilmington Ohio youth who confessed to killing Aden R Clawson a New York school teacher who had given Adams a ride Adams was brought to Sedalia yesterday for arraignment as the case was committed in this county His mother is en route from Wilmington per Henry Adams the slain boy s father
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United Press Dispatch
Sedalia
Roy Ricker
Everett Adams
Wilmington
Ohio
Aden R. Clawson
New York
Adams
Henry Adams
Bandit Robberies End in Shootings Across Two Cities
United Press Dispatch reports a masked bandit robbed the Dayton Trust Company branch and escaped with 20000 dollars in Dayton Ohio. In Chicago a bandit was killed and another captured by police during a florist shop burglary.
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United Press Dispatch
Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Trust Company
Chicago
Weather Outlook Triggers Wheat Selloff On Chicago Board
Weather in the Northwest spurs heavy selling on the Chicago Board of Trade. September wheat falls by 4 1 4 cents to close at 1 60 5.
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Northwest
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Pardon Hopes Rise for Indiana Former Governor McCray
In Indianapolis on August 14, delegates presented Warren T. McCray’s pardon petition to Attorney General Sargent in Washington. William P. Evans stated hope for successful pardon action and McCray’s son in law James Noel predicted broad public support.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Sargent
Washington
William P. Evans
McCray
James Noel
Pickford Kidnap Plotters Sentenced in Los Angeles
Claude Holcomb and E. Stephens were to be sentenced today for attempting to kidnap Mary Pickford. They were found guilty here last night. Adrian Wood, the third defendant, was acquitted.
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United Press Dispatch
Los Angeles
Cal
Claude Holcomb
E. Stephens
Mary Pickford
Adrian Wood
Wisconsin Republicans unite to challenge La Follette in Senate race
Conservative Republicans of Wisconsin launched a united drive to undermine the La Follette regime and restore support for President Coolidge by backing Ray Wilcox in the race for the Senate against Robert La Follette.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
la Follette
President Coolidge
Ray Wilcox
Senate
Robert la Follette
Polish Heiress Countess Found in New York Stenographer
Victoria Augustynowicz, a modest New York stenographer, has learned she is a Polish countess and heir to vast estates in Lemberg once owned by her ancestors and seized by war.
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Victoria Augustynowicz
New York
Lemberg
Many New Complaints Filed in Circuit Court
Bloomfield August 14 The circuit court clerk lists numerous filings including accounts and notes. Parties include The H V Brentney Co versus Linton Harness Co Citizens Mercantile Co versus William and Carrie Cooper Nicholson & Co versus J B Yaum Isenogie versus Hensley Oeffer versus Campbell Smith versus Smith Padgett versus Stewart Humphreys versus Goodman note Humphreys versus Bailey Weaver Thompson Arthur Moffett versus Kim McKim Traction Co versus Berns Linton Trust Co versus Lexie and Claude Smith Smith Bras Baking Co Smith Sarah E Smith and others notes Craig minors devotion petition Emery versus Emery Rogers & Son versus Curtis Stough Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Building Savings Loan association versus Riddell Starkey versus Starkey divorce Humphreys versus Humphreys cruelty.
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Bloomfield
H. V. Br‘etney Co
Linton Harness Co
Citizens Mercantile Co
William Cooper
Carrie Cooper
Scott Nicholson
Martha Nicholson
Nicholson & Co
J. B. Yaum
Virgil O. Isenogie
Henry Hensley
Andrew Oeffer
Thomas B. Campbell
Janet Campbell
Floretta Smith
Edward Smith
John O. Humphreys
James Goodman
Bessie Goodman
James A. Padgett
Charles B. Stewart
John ©. Humphreys
Jacob Bailey
Thurman Weaver
Denver Thompson
Charley Arthur
Motor Finance Co
Chas. Watson
Sophia Hasler
Thomas Smith
Lexie Smith
Clyde Smith
Thompson Machinepo
Charles Craig
Amanda Craig
Mruice Sinders
Emma Ryan Emery
Nathaniel W. Emery
John Rogers
Virgil Rogers
Rogers & Son
Curtis Stough
Farmers & Mechanics Mutual Building, Savings & Loan Association of
Ind
John Riddell
Gay Riddell
Coda Starkey
Rex Starkey
Ray Humphreys
Mabel Blanche Humphreys
Judge Assumes Jurisdiction in Stephenson Murder Case
Rushville Indianas special trial judge Will Sparks assumed formal jurisdiction today over the D C Stephenson case with Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry as defense conference was delayed Eph Inman chief defense attorney did not attend and offered no explanation for the absence.
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uNinyia
Dato Rey
Noblesville
Ind
D. C
Eph Inman
Inman
Fight to finish leaves Elwood chicken house wrecked
In Elwood Indiana Mrs Mary Cotton reports a dog attack on her chicken house leaving more than sixty fowls dead. She expects to file for sixty five dollars from the county dog fund.
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Elwood
Ind
Mary Cotton
Charlie Chaplin Falters Under Stress in New York
Charley Chaplin is reportedly ill in New York with low blood pressure and nerve trouble after a hectic career and a troubled marriage life. The front page condition reflects the strain of the movie business on his health.
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Charlie Chaplin
New York
Wealthy St. Louis man and widow arrested in Chicago hotel raid
Thomas Fisher Lawrence and Mrs. Julia Cruner were seized in a hotel sting led by Mrs. Lawrence. The couple, found in a decollete state, faced disorderly conduct and adultery charges with bond set at 1200 dollars for Lawrence. Cruner, under the alias Marion David, was held on indecent conduct charges.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Thomas Fisher Lawrence
St. Louis
Julia Cruner
Jack Cruner
Lawrence
Polly Ann class carnival to aid church funds
Switz City residents report visitors from Detroit Spencer Indianapolis and Bloomington. The Polly Ann Sunday school class of the M E church plans a carnival August 22 behind the hardware store to raise money for the church building fund. Several locals attend nearby events and campers})).
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Elma Moses
Robert Earl
Detroit
Willard Potter
Spencer
Mr. Potter
Claude Truitt
Polly Ann
M. E. Church
Wayne Walker
Friend
Indianapolis
Palmer Hannum
Mason
Maryette
Mildred
Byron Jackson
Robert
John Baughman
Betty
Elnora Switt
Lyons
John Skerd
Owensburg
Doris Dillion
Bloomington
Record Attendance Marks Sunday School Milestone
Marion Indiana august 14 Here record attendance totals 520 Sundays without a miss as reported by H Bocock Sunday school records. United Brethren church to honor the milestone with special services and programs.
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Marion
Ind
Sy Day
H Bocock
United Brygthrenchi
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