Linton Residents Tour the West by Special Six Studebaker
A letter to local editors recounts a Linton party traveling from Missouri to Denver in a Studebaker tour. Prof. Charles Haseman and Dr. Mary Gertrude Haseman, plus Mrs. J Clyde Crane and Mrs. Oscar Haseman, describe arid Colorado scenery and rodeo visits. They note high mountain air and the Garden of the Gods being free.
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Elkin Turner
Oscar Haseman
Linton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Society
Kansas
Kanghs
Missouri
Charles Haseman
University of Nevada
Denver
Indiana
Colorado
Lookout Mountain
Buffalo Bill
Hasemans
Golunbus
Greene County
Golden
Haseman
Reno
Nev
Garden of the Gods
Call For Subscriptions to Tyre Clark Justice Fund
Community appeal to fund a higher court review for Tyre Clark, jailed in Arkansas and awaiting a death sentence for a bank murder. Backing includes the Baker mine in Sullivan County and the Linton American Legion post. Fund aim about $1,000 with donations published and turned over to Clark family.
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Clark
Daily Citizen
Baker Mine
Sullivan County
Tyre Clark
Linton Post
American Legion
Greene County
Tyra Clark
Indiana Mob Tries to Lynch a Burly Black Ravisher
A mob of about five hundred citizens in Indiana Harbor attempted to lynch John Allen a 47 year old Black man after a young girl identified him as the man who confronted her in her basement. Police forced the suspect to flee through a back door to Crown Point.
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United Press Dispatch
Indiana Harbor
Ind
John Allen
Warnell Crockett
Crown Point
Quarry Chief Is Dead In Bedford Quarries
James Colson aged 71, longtime superintendent for 28 years at the Boyle quarries in Bedford, Ind, was found dead yesterday from heart disease.
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Bedford
Ind
James Colson
Boyle
Crowned Poland King Proposals Stir London Debate
London parliamentarians propose transforming Poland into a monarchy with the Duke of Rorke on the throne, England to fund the new royal house. Mildred Harris and McGovern await a visit from Mr Stork. Lt Commander Byrd reports Arctic lands unseen by white men. Former Senator J Hamilton Lewis travels to Geneva to press for a 100 million dollar loan for a European nation.
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Prince of Wales
Poland
London
Duke of Rorke
England
Mildred Harris
McGovern
Charlie Chaplin
My. Stork
Byrd
MacMillan
Arctic
J. Hamilton Lewis
Geneva
League of Nations
Swing collapse injures eleven at Farmersburg picnic
Eleven persons were injured when a large swing collapsed at the old settlers picnic in Farmersburg Indiana. The accident occurred when a pin in the base pulled out causing the swing to spill. Several injuries were serious but expected to recover. Lexie Smith’s swing is at Lyons and not the one involved.
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Farmersburg
Ind
Old Settlers
Lexie Smith
Smith
Lyons
Plucky Engineer Sticks to His Train After Wreck
Engineer William Schaeffer of Indianapolis remained at his post as the tender left the tracks and the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western excursion train sped toward Marshall Indiana. He brought the train to a stop despite a high speed run and seven of the twelve cars derailing. No injuries were reported among the shopmen and officials aboard. The train was en route from Decatur NL to a railroad men's picnic.
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United Russ Dispatch
Marshall
Ind
William Schaeffer
Indianapolis
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western
Decatur
Bituminous Coal Production Leads In August Tonnage
The Bureau of Mines reports the week ending August 8 set a record high for bituminous coal production, the strongest since February 7. Anthracite output, by contrast, edged down slightly amid looming labor tension and a possible work stoppage in September.
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United Press. Dispatch
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Chaplin Illness Heart Trouble Diagnosed by Physician
New York August 15 The illness keeping Charlie Chaplin in bed at the Ritz Carlton was diagnosed as heart trouble by Dr James B McKenzie his physician and friend He was taken ill Monday with cardiac trouble and low blood pressure due to overwork and the arduous trip from the coast The condition is improved and he will be up in a day or two
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New York
Charlie Chaplin
Ritz-Carlton
James B. McKenzie
Chaplin
Three Men Electrocuted Entangled in Fence Incident
Iowa City August 15 Three men Paul Miller 22 John Miller 24 and Joe Wall 35 were electrocuted at the county poor farm when stranded by a live barbed wire fence touched by an 88000 volt high tension line. Witnesses say Paul Miller died as he tried to crawl through the charged wires. the others died while attempting to rescue him.
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Iowa City
Paul Miller
John Miller
Joe Wall
Miller
One Nearly Killed as Driver Sleeps
Petersburg Indiana August 15 Mark Dedman son of Sherman Dedman of Winslow fell asleep at the wheel on State Highway 40 nine miles east of Petersburg. The car veered into a ditch and struck a telephone pole. Ozzie Erwin riding with Dedman was thrown through the windshield and severed an artery in the head requiring six stitches to stop the bleeding. Dedman and Pete Minnis escaped with minor bruises.
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Petersburg
Ind
Mark Dedman
Sherman Dedman
Winslow
Here
Ozzie Erwin
Dedman
Pete Minnis
Arsenal of 47 revolvers found in Col Beach’s safe
Chicago August 15 police uncovered an arsenal in the private safe of Colonel Will Gray Beach former head of the federal narcotic division. The cache includes 47 revolvers 10 daggers and brass knuckles and other valuables valued over 100 000 in federal hands. Beach allegedly traded confiscated drugs for stolen goods and kept caches across Chicago.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Will Gray Beach
Federal
Beach
Narcotic Division
Deputy Shot During Liquor Raid Ambush
Deputy Sheriff Royce Cline was fatally wounded and Deputy Silas Rude injured when two men opened fire on a liquor raid near Carrier Mills. Cline died in Harrisburg hospital as Sheriff John Small led a pursuit across Saline county.
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Harrisburg
Royce Cline
Silas Rude
Carrier Mills
Cline
John Small
Rude
Saline County
President Coolidge Toothache Prompts Plymouth Trip
President Coolidge developed a toothache and traveled with Mrs. Coolidge fifteen miles to Woodstock. Dr. R F Jewett, longtime dentist to the president, treated him and asked him to return later in the afternoon for another session.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Dragnet Out for Dutch Anderson Across Indiana
Descriptions reach Muncie of Dutch Anderson, linked to Gerald Chapman, suspected of shooting a man and a woman who were alleged informers on the desperado. Police chief Arthur Pinkston reports the case as part of a statewide dragnet this morning.
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Arthur Pinkston
Muncie
Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Yorktown ident confirms Wolfe in Muncie case
Positive identification linked Charles One Arm Wolfe to the slayings of Mr and Mrs Ben Hance and Gerald Chapman’s betrayers. In Yorktown four men including Mark Broadwater, assistant cashier of Yorktown State Bank, recognized Wolfe after he was brought to the Muncie police station.
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United ‘Press
Dispatch
Muncie
Ind
Charles
Wolfe
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
Yorktown
George
Butchs Anderson
Mark Broadwater
Yorktown State Bank
Police issue death hunt for George Dutch Anderson in Indianapolis
Orders went to all police and detectives to arrest or kill George Dutch Anderson, ally of Gerald Chapman, believed to have fled toward Indianapolis after the Hance killings near Muncie. Detectives swept the city and warned to shoot on sight, with orders sent to police and sheriffs statewide to watch for him.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
George
Dutch” Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Anderson
Ben Hance
Muncie
Hance
Chapman
Wolfe Arrested in Ben Hance Slaying Case
Charley One Arm Wolfe of Muncie is taken into custody as a suspected companion of George Dutch Anderson in the Hance double murder. Police say Hance named Wolfe and Anderson as slayers before dying. Four Yorktown men identify Wolfe with a companion fitting Anderson. The report links Gerald Chapman’s gang to the killing and notes Hance had cooperated with police in the past.
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Muncie
Charley
Wolfe
George “Dutch” Anderson
Ben Hance
Marshal Beecher
Middletown
Hance
Anderson
Yorktown
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
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