Paroled fugitive Frakes arrested after return to city
Charles Frakes, paroled from the Indiana reformatory last June, was captured Saturday night at the Starkey home by Officers Scully Pinkston and Tryon. He faced charges of attempted robbery in Sullivan and will be returned to the state institution tonight. Frakes, jailed for burglary nearly three years ago, had been implicated in multiple robberies in the area. He was previously captured after fleeing Carl Roach Sporting Goods on South Main Street. He admitted involvement in prior robberies.
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Charles Frakes
Indiana Reformatory
Scully, Pinkston and Tryon
Starkey
Frakes
Sullivan
State Reformatory
John McCafferty
Reformatory
Jie
Scully and Pinkston
Carl Roach Sporting Goods
South Main Street
Hog prices steady in Indianapolis market report
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports hog receipts at 18,000 with 174 holdovers. Market held steady with price ranges for weights from 90 to 350 pounds and packing sows noted at 7.50 to 8.50.
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Indianapolis
Christmas Shopping and Bad Check Artists Warned
Merchants face a busy season with 19 shopping days left as shoppers flood stores. Authorities warn of cold checks and shoplifters who target holiday purchases, urging vigilance by merchants and police to curb holiday crime and protect honest gift buyers.
LAME DUCK LIST IN CONGRESS IS LARGE
McLean of Connecticut a former banker on financial legislation. Lame ducks in congress are seen as singing swan songs. Reed is awaited as Williams once was. Many figures exit by death retirement or defeat. Berger of Milwaukee, a socialist, lost re election. The retirement list includes Garrett Blanton Connolly Burton Begg and Davey.
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McLean
Connecticut
Congress
Reed
John Sharpe Williams
Mississippi
Senate
United States
House
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
John Garrett
Tennessee
Blanton
Woman and Auto Stall on Roadside Tale
A Linton woman with a flat tire on a rural road halts a passing schoolboy to fix the automobile while vowing to confront her husband for neglecting tire care. The anecdote underscores the woman’s lack of automobile know how and humorously blames the absent husband.
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Linton
Living River Dredge Works Amid Unclear Report
A fragmented notice describes dredge activity on a river named Living River. The text mentions efforts to remove weeds and debris and notes ongoing work by a crew or company labeled Living River Dredge. Details and dates are missing, leaving a partial, non-specific update.
Four Injured In Auto Crash In Interurban Collision
Indianapolis December 3 Four persons were injured in a crash between an automobile and an interurban train. The driver H S Dowty 44 sustained cuts and bruises and a fractured skull to his wife Lulu Dowty 44. Their daughters Pearl 12 and Hazel 14 also suffered cuts and bruises Hazel had a slight concussion.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Lulu Dowty
H. S. Dowty
Dowty
Pearl
Hazel
Congress Opens Today as Sessions Prove Brief
Washington December 3 final session of the seventieth congress opened with a fifteen minute Senate and a one hour House as members were sworn in and prayers offered. After roll call resolutions gave notice of session and adjournment until tomorrow noon in respect for summer deaths.
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Washington
Senate
House
Uncle Eben Discusses Minds and Talkative Ways in Washington Stir
A fragment from a Washington stir contains remarks about Uncle Eben and Whit, noting their mindset and conversational style. The exchange suggests Whit’s tendency to influence opinions and memory within a political context.
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Eben
Bud
Washington
Cambrai Linen Weaver Baptiste and the Cambric Cloth
In Cambrai France the linen weaver Baptiste is cited as the inventor of a cambric like cloth later known as Baptiste or Cambric. The name alteration suggests Us usage of the cloth and its frequent dyeing or printing.
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Fabrice Batiste
Baptiste
Cambrai
France
Arrival of Miss Morrow Sparks Lindbergh Marriage Rumor
Simultaneous with the MS Olympie’s arrival in New York, reports circulated that either Miss Elizabeth Morrow or her sister Anne might marry Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Coincidentally Lindbergh prepared to depart Mexico City for Mitchel Field as the rumor surfaced.
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S. S. Olympie
Elizabeth Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Anne
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Eagle
Mexico City
Mitchel Field
L. I
Deserted Village Quotation Attribution
The line about wealth accumulating and men decaying is attributed to Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, reflecting on social decline as prosperity grows. It appears in discussions of Goldsmith’s critique of urban corruption and rural decay, though exact source placement varies by edition.
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Oliver Goldsmith
On Why We Talk About Ourselves Often
A concise reflection questions self focus in social talk with a playful tone. The fragment suggests comparing self talk to attention given to others and hints at Evansville as a local reference. The piece reads like a dated column or diary snippet from a regional paper.
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Evansville
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