Two Juries Serve Simultaneously In Local Circuit Court
Bloomfield report shows a brisk court session with two juries used for different cases including a divorce and a fraudulent marriage charge. The trial of Dorothy Gabert McPhail versus David McPhail resulted in a guilty verdict after brief deliberation and a scheduled Jan 3 1927 report to the court. Civil docket items include guardianship and will disputes, a note on a divorce dismissal, and partition appraisers appointed for Sidney Edington versus Plina Edington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Indiana
Dorothy Gabert McPhail
David McPhail
Linton
Jackson
David Howard
Harley Inman
Alfred Jackson
Verda Osborn
Fred Thomasson
Ora. Staggers
Jas
Hudson
Moses Cook
Frank Sargent
Norman Hirth
Alva
Wilson
Guy Jackson
R. H. Jones
Ben H. Sanders Et al
Chas. Corbin
Wesley G. Sanders
Telithan Saulsberry
William Jacob Saulsberry
Ed. Hensley
Jacob Landis
David Lynn
Elmer Chaney
Susie Chaney
Sidney Edington
Plina Edington
Harre* Jackson
Press Elston
County Treasurer Reports Tax Distribution Across Townships
Bloomfield December report shows County Treasurer W W H Radcliff and Deputy Lawrence Lester distributing the full tax installment totaling 484268.50 for the county. Current taxes are 438590.31 while delinquent 35410.67 and other categories include solvent 4652.46 and surplus 5596.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Ww. H. Radcliff
Lawrence Lester
Lyons
Linton
Newberry
Worthington
Jasonville
Switz City
Grant
Fairplay
Richland
Insolvency and Delinquency Totals for Several Districts
The report lists financial figures by locality including Lyons-Total Grant-Total Switz City with current, delinquent, insolvent, and surplus amounts. Totals show solvency issues and varying balances across the districts.
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Lyons
Switz City
Chaplin Divorce Gossip Circles Hollywood
Allege neglect stories loom in threatened divorce of Lita Grey and Charlie Chaplin. Rumors swirl about Chaplin's social life and absence from home, while studio officials deny any affair with Merna Kennedy and cite long friendship between Mrs Chaplin and Kennedy from Hollywood high school.
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Hollywood
Cal
Wabash Valley to Decide Valley Championship Saturday
Terre Haute Dec 3 football records for 1926 are history except for the Wabash Valley board meeting at Wiley gymnasium Saturday morning. The final decision on the valley grid title hinges on Caney and Jasonsville both finishing with perfect records, with talks also touching on plans for upcoming basketball tournaments and a long-standing championship dispute.
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Terre Haute
Wabash Valley Board
Wiley Gymnasium
Caney
Jasonville
Ex policeman electrocuted for murder in Brooklyn
Former Brooklyn officer John J. Brennan was electrocuted in Ossining after killing Samuel Brennan in a Brooklyn police station. Brennan was reportedly intoxicated at the time of the crime.
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Ossining
John J. Brennan
Brooklyn
Samuel Brennen
Hall Mills murder case goes to jury in New Jersey
The Hall Mills murder trial moved to the jury at 1 44 pm after Prosecutor Alexander Simpson completed his summation. Judge Charles W Parker charged the jurors on circumstantial evidence and the need to exclude all other explanations.
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United Press Dispatch
Somerville
Hall-Mills
Simpson
Charles W. Parker
Alexander Simpson
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie
Stevens
Hall Way
States Agree on Reciprocity in Truck Operation
Seven states including Indiana and Kentucky have agreed on reciprocity for automobile licenses following a meeting in Chicago of secretaries of state. They will recommend uniform laws granting reciprocity on all but trucks on regular routes.
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Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Autopsy Delayed In Olson Case In Prairie Du Chien
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin December 3 In Madison unable to leave a busy schedule state pathologist Dr Bunting could not attend. An autopsy on Clara Olson missing since September 10 was moved to local doctors for 2 pm. Her body found yesterday on Battle Ridge near Rising Sun about 35 miles away.
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United Press Dispatch
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Bunting
Madison
Clara Olson
Miss Olson
Battle Ridge
Chris Olson
Strand Theatre Fire In Evansville Causes 200000 Loss
Evansville Indiana saw a large theatre fire at the Strand last night with damages totaling about two hundred thousand dollars. No one in the building was injured.
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Evansville
Ind
Strand
Queen Marie Reaches Italy on Way Home
Milan Italy Dec 3 Queen Marie of Roumania arrived en route to Bucharest at the end of a 20 000 mile United States tour She appeared indisposed but cheered by news of King Ferdinand’s improving health Countess Lucia Pancera sister of the queen’s lady in waiting met the royal party at the station
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United Press Dispatch
Milan
Italy
Marie of
British Coal Strike Near End After Historic Labor War
London declares the industrial struggle nearly finished as emergency regulations are revoked at midnight. Miners' federation secretary A J Cook, departing for Russia, says the strike is virtually ended amid a war debt level of about 38 billion pounds and ten million workers affected.
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United Press Dispatch
London
England
Earle
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Russia
Greene county officials to change with new year
New year brings a slate of changes in Greene county offices after the November election. George Hudson will become county auditor, Henry Rollison takes over as treasurer, Frank Yoho becomes commissioner for the Second district, Jacob Yes will assume office January 1 1928, and A M Beasley will succeed George Humphreys as prosecuting attorney. Other posts seen shifts include Herbert Forbes as county surveyor, Bill Wright township’s William Brown succeeding Sheriff Irvin Ray, Enos Wood begins a second term as county coroner, Elmer Sherwood becomes clerk of the circuit court, Otis Jumigan takes duty as state representative, and Heston McLaughlin will not take office as county recorder until 1928.
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Greene County
George Hudson
William L. Herrington
Henry Rollison
William Radcliff
Frank Yoho
Allen Wright
Jacob Yes
Ellis
A.M. Beasley
George Humphreys
Hum
Phreys
Herbert Forbes
Torbes
William Brown
Bill
Wright Township
Jirvin Ray
Enos Wood
Jasonville
Elmer Sherwood
David Bland
Indiana grand jury due to submit report by December 22
Judge James A. Collins orders the Marion county grand jury to complete a report on its activities and all pending criminal cases by December 22 with 12 working days left. The mass of business includes corruption charges in state politics tied to the Ku Klux Klan era and D. C. Stephenson. The investigation has cost about $15,000 to date.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Collins
Poday
Bloss Elytra
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Ku Klux Klan
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Grand Dragon
Auditor of State
Marion County
Arm Torn Off In Farm Machinery Accident
In Washington Indiana on December 3 a man named Drew Gress about forty was injured when his left arm was torn from his shoulder by a corn shredder on the Charles Lashley farm seven miles southeast of town.
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Washington
Ind
Andrew Gress
Charles Lashley
Changes in State Depositories Planned in January
Indianapolis Dec 3 Several changes in the list of state depositories are expected in the first week of January when the state finance committee apportions deposits for the ensuing two year period.
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Indianapolis
State Finance Committee
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Estelle Woodward
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Stafford
Wahsington
Charlie
Chaplin
Would
Casey Contenders
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Hall Mills
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Zizi Lambrino
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Roumania
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