William M Haig Dies At Bloomfield Bank Leader
Bloomfield banker William M. Haig died at home on West Mechanic Street after a month long illness tubercular kidney disease He was 68 and served forty years with the Bloomfield State Bank rising from janitor to president He guided Greene County finances with caution and integrity leaving a wife Pearl Edwards and two daughters Gretchen Haig and Mrs Leland Barclay.
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Slrom
Bloomfield
William M. Haig
Bloomfield State Bank
West Mechanic Street
Mack
Court House
Richland Township
Mack Haig
Greene County
Baptist Church
Bloomfield Building and Loan Association
Pearl Edwards
Spencer
Leland Barclay
Eminence
Gretchen Haig
Indiana University
Wilsons Roommate Dies in California Forest Service Veteran
Charlee Howard Shinn aged 77, longtime U S forest service official and former Johns Hopkins roommate of Woodrow Wilson, died Tuesday night in Ukiah. He was known as an author critic and book reviewer.
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Fresno
Cal
Charlee Howard Shinn
United States Forest Service
Woodrow Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
Ukiah
Columbus Coroner Rules Mrs Sheatsley Death Self‑Inflicted
Columbus coroner Murphy officially determines that Mrs C V Sheatsley, linked to the Bexley furnace incident, died by her own action. The near cremated remains were found November 17 in the furnace basement of Rev Shearsley's home. The case draws continued public interest with no new solution.
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International News Service
Columbus
Ohio
Murphy
C. V. Sheatsley
Bexley “Furnace
Shearsley
French Debt Attitude Misstated by Press Reports
Paris on December 4 announced the foreign office dispute over inter allied debts. Officials said press figures were inaccurate and a communique would be issued tonight clarifying the stance on war debt settlements.
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International News Service
Paris
Foreign Office
Hoosiers Accused of Fraud in Tire Chain Failure
Federal grand jury in Philadelphia indicted George W. Odell FE B Doran and W A Riland all of South Bend Ind accusing them of using the mails to defraud buyers of stock in Universal Tire Company a Delaware corporation capitalized at 7500000 The trio formerly led the company and allegedly made gross misrepresentations to promote stock sales The indictment requests removal warrants for trial in Philadelphia by bench order.
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Philadelphia
Universal Tire Company
George W. Odell
FE. B. Doran
W. A. Riland
South Bend
Ind
Odell
Doran
Riland
Delaware
International India Rubber Corporation
Indiana
Odell, Doran and
Postal losses hit 1923 deficit at 40 million
A government analysis shows a net loss of nearly 40 million dollars in 1923 from postal service operations. Second class mail plus newspapers and magazines drove the deficit while first class mail and postal savings earned profits. The report links rising salaries and needed rate hikes to close a projected 100 million revenue gap.
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Washington
Senate
Postmaster General
New
State Accounts Board Reports Public Fund Recoveries
Indianapolis December 4 The state board of accounts reports total recoveries of public funds by field examiners for the last fiscal year reached 811 147 38 The year ended September 30 The board conducts annual examinations of more than 6 000 offices in township town city county and state government units and documents cash discrepancies and accounting errors across public offices.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Lawrence F. Orr
Kept Reasonably Busy by Anonymous
A cryptic aphorism notes a smart woman divided her time between pampering herself and pleasing others while surprising the world and humorously vexing a devil.
Wagon Plunges From Bridge Seriously Injures Farmer
In Bicknell Indiana on December 4 Alex Brock suffered injuries that may prove fatal when his coal wagon plunged off an overhead bridge on state highway 12 west of the city. The wagon rolled more than twenty feet. front wheels and tongue broke away while horses stayed on the bridge. The crash occurred just after a passenger train passed.
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Bicknell
Ind
Alex Brock
Brock
Democrats Report Campaign Deficit of 260000
The Democratic National Committee filed its reports showing November 20 liabilities including unpaid trade bills of 204 927.78 and a 120 000 loan repayment to New York Trust. Finance director Jesse H Jones said funds on hand could reduce the deficit to about 260 000. Receipts July 1 to November 20 totaled 965 520.38 with expenditures of 903 908.21.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
House
New York Trust Company
Jesse H.jones
Jewel thieves take gems worth 100000 in Indianapolis
Herbert Trattner, manager of Trattner jewelry store at 14 South Illinois, reported two robbers took diamonds worth 100000 from sample cases owned by Mack Bernstein company of St Louis. Trattner was bound with a blanket during the heist as crowds filled the streets and the culprits escaped. Bernard F. Trat tner, local representative and brother of the store owner, had left the gems in the shop.
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Indianapolis
Herbert Trattner
Trattner
South Illinois Street
Mack Bernstein Company
St. Louis
Bernard F. Trattner
Bernstein Company
Five Dead In Oakland Train Ferry Crash In Dense Fog
Five persons are known dead with many others killed and scores injured when a Sacramento-San Francisco railway electric train collided with a crowded Key Route ferry train in Oakland amid heavy rain and fog. The crash left many seriously injured as the heavy train ploughed in from the rear.
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Uinternational News Service
Oakland
Cal
Sacramento-San Francisco Railway
Five Die as Interurban Hits Turpentine Truck Near Detroit
Five burned to death when a Detroit-Cleveland interurban crashed into a truck carrying forty barrels of turpentine at Wyandotte suburb. Motorman F. B. Callahan and four unidentified victims perish. several injured as flames and fumes from turpentine engulf the leading parlor car.
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Detroit
Mich
Wyandotte
F. B. Callahan
Toledo
Interurban
Garrett Kisseberth
William Tell Act Repeated by Precocious Shoals Youths
In Shoals Indiana two boys reenacted the William Tell tale with a 22 caliber rifle and an apple on a head. A blank cartridge misfired a ball round, shattering the apple and an accidental close call left both youths shaken for hours.
Mass of Flames Engulfs Front Car in Regional Crash
The front car burst into flames and an injured crowd was taken to Wyandotte fire station where crews halted identification as more burned passengers arrived for aid.
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Wyandotte
Hight and Mrs Elsie Sweetin Go On Trial
Lawrence Hight, former Methodist minister, and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin went on trial in Mt. Vernon Illinois for the murder of Mrs. Hight and Wilford Sweetin. The couple, who confessed to poisoning, faced a packed courtroom as they proclaimed their innocence.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Lawrence Hight
Inn
Elsie Sweetin
Insect Sting Leaves Plymouth Woman In Serious Condition
Mrs. O. E. Lucas of Plymouth is in serious condition after being stung by an unknown insect. Initial belief it was a bee proved wrong as poison spread through her system and her health worsened, requiring sleep-inducing medicines to ease pain.
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Plymouth
Ind
O. E. Lucas
Sis
Sivauesmant
Eee
Koretz Pleads Guilty in Panama Oil Swindle Case
Leo Koretz pleaded guilty to four fraud charges in Judge Jacob H Hopkins court over the Panama Oil bubble. Sentencing by the judge was expected today. Koretz, escorted by three brothers and a sister, interrupted a murder trial to enter his plea and then returned to county jail. He faces one to ten years on each count and cited a medical disease as a motive for relief. He admitted preparing to seek Canadian parliament, with authorities noting a half million dollars discrepancy between looted funds and recoveries.
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Chicago
Leo Koretz
Koretz
Halifax
Coolidge calls for industrial golden rule linking agriculture and commerce
President Coolidge, on his first westward trip as chief executive, urged the Chicago Commercial Club to align farm and industrial interests. He warned prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity, urging focus on workers over wheat and hogs and stress on mutual welfare and independence while pursuing global cooperation for lasting peace.
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International News Service
Chicago
Coolidge
Chicago Commercial Club
Europe
Epidemic Among Wood Pigeons Inspires Local Count
A fragmentary report notes an epidemic among wood pigeons and mentions casualties in a coppice area near Witt BIE with an 8 set reference, highlighting an unusual wildlife disease event.
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