Linton Invited to Rogers Bridge Opening Ceremony
City council held a brief session recording a formal invitation to Linton officials and citizens for the Rogers bridge opening over White river on State Road 57, slated for Tuesday August 28 at 11 am with ceremonies at the bridge. The council also authorized coal bids for the coming winter and street weed cutting progress was reported as ongoing.
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Linton
Bull
Pike Daviess
Rogers Bridge
East Fork
White River
Petersburg
Ind
Chamber of Commerce, Business ,Men’s Association
Indiana
W. D. Crok
Henry Read
McDonald
Ninety Three Year Old Woman Signs Temperance Pledge
In Louisville on August 22 Mrs. Hattie Tucker aged 93 was arrested for drunkenness. She signed the temperance pledge in police court after pleading that her chickens would die if jailed. J. S. Smith, 50, jailed with her but fined $10. Judge Starck allowed Tucker leniency upon her pledge.
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Louisville
Hattie Tucker
J. S. Smith
Starck
Hoosier Farmers Form Al Smith Hay Ring Club
In Crawfordsville Indiana on August 22 farmers near James Town fifteen miles east of here organized the first Al Smith Hay Ring club in the area. Ben Clark was elected president and Bert Kernodle assigned to notify Governor Smith of the formation.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
al Smith Hay Ring Club
Indiana
Jamestown
Here
Ben Clark
Bert Kernodle
Smith
Goose Pond oil drill plans begin near old Greene county site
Promoters of the Goose pond oil investigation progress slowly as Walter Wills and Eph Bach inspect preparations for the first well. Two truckloads of timber for derricks have arrived and a white rag topped stake marks the drilling spot about three miles south of the city near Greene county’s Goose pond, once famed to hunters. A farmer noted timber origins from Ohio and Illinois with no further details on plans. The Daily Citizen remains hopeful that drilling will commence soon.
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Walter Wills
Eph Bach
Ohio
Illinois
Greene County
Goose Pond
Daily Citizen
Prohibition Agents Open Fire In Loop Libation Raid
Merle Adams, who used the alias Morris Green, was shot during a raid on a liquor syndicate headquarters in a loop skyscraper. Adams, in dangerous condition at a hospital, was said to have struck an officer before being shot by Arthur Franklin, 23, a student dry operator. Deputy Police Commissioner Martin Mullin said the department could not act because agents claimed no warrants were needed for conspiracy arrests. Paul Morton, alleged head of the liquor ring, was arrested earlier in the day.
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Chicago
Merle Adams
Adams
Morris Green
Paul Morton
Arthur Franklin
Martin Mullin
Morton
Jaquor Ring
Mexican Clergy Supposed Plot Against Obregon Revealed
Mexican officers disclosed a police statement detailing a plot by a small group at Mother Superior Concepcion’s home to plan serious acts against President Obregon and the church crisis. The plan included assassinations, rail bridge attacks, and arming rebels, with several suspects in custody and two intellectual authors still sought.
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Mexico City
Concepcion
Plutarco Galles
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Jos de Leon Toral
General Obregon
Mother Superior
Manuel Trejo
Jiminez
Toral
Obregon
Maria Elana Manzano
Carlos Castros
Castro
Eulogio Gonzales
Gonzales
Trejo
Mother Concepcion
Mystery Veils Fate of Rockford Fliers
Washington dispatch reports no trace of the airplane Greater Rockford carrying Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer on a Plymouth Ontario to Greenland flight. The coast guard cutter Marion searched Davis Straits area, listening for radio calls every two hours, with plans to sweep the southern Baffin Land coast and Resolution Island next.
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Funiten Prinss Dispatch
Washington
Greater
Rockford
Bert Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
Cochrane
Ont
Greenland
Coast Guard
Marion
Davis Straits
Hassell
Baffin Land
East Resolution Island
Resolution Islands
Al Smith to Address Democratic Leaders in Albany Tonight
The 20 year New York arrival known as Al Smith will helm Democratic forces in a nationally watched speech. Broadcast timings place ceremonies at Albany at 4 p.m. local with the main address around 5 p.m. Linton timing noted for reference.
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Smith
Linton
Unitind Vriess
Albany
N.Y
al” Smith
Bowery
East Side
Villian
Surviving Mexican War Veterans Dwindle to Three
Washington reports the Pension Bureau lists three Mexican War veterans still living after Augustus Markle of Lodi Ohio died. The trio are William F Buckner 100 of Paris Missouri Owen Thomas Edgar 97 of Cincinnati Ohio and Richard D Howard 97 of Sterling City Texas. Markle had just turned 101.
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Washington
Augustus Markle
Lodi
Ohio
Pension Bureau
William F. Buckner
Paris
Owen Thomas Edgar
Richard D. Howard
Sterling City
Texas
Markle
Margle
Wooster
Evansville Council Probes Rumors of Corruption
Three Evansville city council members will lead a probe into widespread rumors of malfeasance in city offices. A stenographer and special attorney will assist the investigation following a council resolution passed at last night’s meeting.
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Evansville
Ind
Governors Planning Labor Day Speaking Tour Network
The governor, on a cold January night, begins duties as an assemblyman while planning a future speaking tour starting soon after Labor Day. He will be guided by party leaders including John J. Raskob, Joseph T. Robinson, Key Pittman, Peter G. Gerry, Pat Harrison, and Harry B. Hawes, among others, to direct the southern campaign.
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John J. Raskob
National Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Key Pittman
Nevada
Peter G. Gerry
Rhode Island
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
American Olympic Team Returns Home Minus Liquor
The American Olympic team arrived home to fanfare on August 22, but customs officers confiscated sixteen bottles of liquor from athletes baggage and broke them at the pier. Officials announced they would reveal the names of those who had attempted to import it, but those who had declared it faced no fines.
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New York
S. S
Roosevelt
Nine killed in California gun rampage at fruit pickers camp
A Chinese family of five perished and four other people were killed and several injured when an unidentified assailant opened fire with a pistol at a fruit pickers settlement north of Fairfield California on August 22. The incident left multiple fatalities and survivors in shock as authorities investigated the motive and securing the scene.
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Fairfield
Calif
Here
Ten Hurt In Interurban Train Crash Near Shelbyville
Ten persons were slightly hurt when two Indianapolis and Southeastern Railway interurbans crashed head on near Shelbyville Indiana today. The wreck was caused by oil on the track placed there by repairmen.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis and and Southeastern Railway
Bedford Bandits Loose After Bloomington Robbery Shootout
Bedford police wounded three during a pursuit after four suspects robbed a Bloomington filling station and abducted attendant Frank Curry. Officer Cecil Brock and suspects Robert Skerd and Inez Ballard were hit. the bandits fled toward a rural area and released Curry, who alerted authorities.
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United Probs Dispatch
Bedford
Ind
Bloomington
Atendant
Frank Curry
Robert Skerd
Inez Ballard
Cecil Brock
Here
Curry
Skerd
Ballard
Indiana Taxpayers Gauge Township Budgets
Indiana taxpayers and the Indiana Taxpayers Association critique township budgets sent to the state board of accounts. Secretary Harry Miesse warns many trustees lack accounting training, leading to mistakes that may raise taxes. Voters urged to review budgets now, correct errors, and avoid later appeals.
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Indianapolies
Indiana
Indiana ‘Taxpayers’ Association
Tax Bureau
Indiana Barm Fedoration Bureau
Harry Miesse
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
State Board of Accountal
Miesse
State Board of Accounts
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Ex Dragon D C Stephenson Persecution Claims Spark Court Fight
Insistence that ex dragon D C Stephenson faces persecution fuels a U S court clash as lawyers press for habeas corpus relief. Indiana Supreme Court issues a prohibition to halt a Laporte judge while a Sept 4 hearing is set to determine legality of the restraint.
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Dence
Walter H. Baer
Afen
Davis
Stephenson
Robert H. Moore
Gary
Indiana
Laporte Circuit
Indiana Supreme Court
Arthur TL. Gilliam
John C. Richter
Laporte
Supreme’ ‘Court
Richter
Youths Admit Thefts In Vinccnnes Evangelist Sentenced
Rush Moore an evangelist and former Vincennes minister was fined 100 dollars and given ninety days in the Indiana state farm on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Seven youths, sons of prominent farmers, confessed stealing chickens pigs and grain to sell to Moore. Five youths were fined 25 dollars and 30 days in jail. two others had sentences suspended or were later jailed. Prosecutor Miller said more than forty robberies were solved through the arrests.
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Vincennes
Ind
Rush Moore
Indiana
Moore
Rodger Arnett
Noah Brown
Kleeman C. Winemiller
Floyd Ross
Robert Purcell
Lyle . Miller
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Parker Cramer
Stinson-Detroiter
Greater Rockford
Mount Evans
Stockholm
Sweden
Democratic Party
New York Capital
State Street
Mex
Ican War Bureau
United Press Dispatch
Chinaman
Aynuck
California
Punithd
United Prhsh Dispatch
State Taxpayers’ Association
Tangled
Milion
Bhanaak
State Board of Ac
D.C. Stephenson
Penitentiary
Tunith Press
Michigan City
Indiana State Prison
D. & Stephenson
Trianaante B. Davis
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