Autopsy Sought in Clara Olson Death Mystery
Prairie du Chien Wis December reports search for the cause of Clara Dorothy Olson’s death after her mud covered body was found in Kickapoo valley. Officials consider blows to the head strangling or poison, with Erdman Olson the suspected boyfriend and investigators tracing leads across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Iowa.
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Madman Olson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Olson
United Press, Dispatch
Clara Dorothy’ Olson
Kickapoo Valley
University, of Wisconsin
Erdman
Sanford Olson
Ceroni
Frank
Holly
J. Seth
Earl
Edman Olson
Clara
Gale College
Terdman
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Chicago
Sherwood
Crawford County
Ice jam ties up 100 Great Lakes freighters in St Marys River
Winter grips the Great Lakes as about 100 freighters are trapped in an ice jam on the St Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie. More than 1,500 seamen are marooned while relief efforts rush food and fuel by team and truck to the imprisoned vessels amid eight below zero temperatures.
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United Press Dispatch
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Great Lakes
St. Mary’s River
Lakes
Robt Simmons Pleads Guilty to Burglary
Robert Simmons, about twenty, formerly southeast of the city, pled guilty in Greene County circuit court to burglary. Judge Van Buskirk gave a two to fourteen year term in the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton. Simmons will be moved to begin serving soon. Clothing and other items stolen from Jesse Caldwell near the old Island City mine were recovered by Chief Coleman after Simmons fled to Clinton Tennessee and was brought back.
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Robert Simmons
Greene ‘Ounty
van Buskirk
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Simmons
Jesse Caldwell
Old Island City
Clinton
Tenn
Coleman
Tennessee
Bloomfield
Beasley Joins Indiana University Freshman Swim Team
Ray M. Beasley of Linton is a candidate for Indiana University freshman swimming team. Freshmen face no intercollegiate competition due to a Big Ten ruling but train daily with the varsity, and the squad is said to have excellent material and a bright future.
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HH Daily Citizen
Bloomington
Ind
Ray M. Beasley
Linton
Indiana University
Indiana
East to thaw after frigid wave in New England
The weather bureau predicted a thaw for the east and New England over the weekend as warmer air moved in. A prior cold snap dropped temperatures to near zero in Northfield Vermont and left about three tenths of an inch of snow in New York, with coastal gales easing as rain is forecast to wash away the snow.
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New York
New England
Weather Bureau
Northfield
Vermont
Christmas Trees to Adorn Down Town Streets
The Greater Linton club announces downtown Linton will place six foot Christmas trees at intervals along Main A north and Vincennes streets. The club has secured a fine variety of trees and plans electric lighting for the Yuletide season with details to follow.
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Greater Linton Club
Linton
Main
Vincennes
Greater Linton
Queen Marie Reaches Home City From Paris
Queen Marie of Romania returns from an American tour to Bucharest arriving with an ill husband and a political situation seen as potentially crisis defining for her career.
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Queen Marie
United Press Dispatch
Bucharest
Queen Marie of Romania
Paris
Sheriff at Herrin lays siege to barricaded gunmen
In Herrin Illinois Sheriff Heilman with Constable Halger and a deputy planned to arrest bandits inside a fortified house after a running gun battle in Carbondale Cobden. Reinforcements will surround the building and wait for surrender.
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Herrin
Heilman
Union County
William. Halger
Carbondale
Cobden
Public wedding ends in divorce bid after city ceremony
Mayor Bull officiated the Fourth of July public wedding of Miss Goldie Lynch and Percy Goodson at Haseman grove. The groom seeks an annulment and divorce alleging his wife’s uncontrollable temper and abusive language. They had moved to Mishawaka before returning to Greene County for legal action filed in Greene circuit court.
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Mayor Bull
Haseman Grove
Goldie Lynch
Percy Goodson
Linton
Bull
Two Auto Victims In Indianapolis In Twenty Four Hours
Indianapolis reports two traffic fatalities in a 24 hour period. William T. Hart, 65, Brownsburg, died after his car was struck by an interurban train car. Hugh O'Neil, eight, died after being struck by a car while playing in the street in front of his home.
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Indianapolis
William T. Hart
Brownsburg
T. H. I. and I. Interurban
Hugh O'Neil
Severe earthquake felt in British Columbia towns
A strong tremor shook Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia for about five seconds, the strongest in years, terrifying residents but causing no reports of major damage.
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Canada
Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Vancouver
Indiana to make greatest contribution Sunday says Vickrey
C V Vickrey, general secretary of Near East Relief, told 300 Muncie leaders that Indiana will lead a Sunday observance of the Golden Rule to aid Bible lands orphans. He praised Indiana’s past gifts and urged a statewide church collections for Near East Relief to be announced in Linton churches tomorrow.
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Ind
C. V. Vickrey
Near East Relief
Indiana
America
Vickrey
Sevetita
Peple
Linton
The
Daily Citizen
Chaplin Custody Battle Heats Up Over Children
Hollywood clash between Lita Grey Chaplin and Charlie Chaplin widens to a custody dispute over their two children Charlie Spencer Chaplin Jr and Sidney Marl Chaplin. Negotiations for a financial settlement collapsed and a court decision now seems likely. Chaplin’s English citizenship adds potential leverage for Lita’s attorneys.
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Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey
Charles, Jr
Los Angeles
Sidney
Priss Dispatch
Hollywood
Cal
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Charlie
Charlie Spencer Chaplin, Jr
Sidney Marl Chaplin
Lita
Charles Ringling Dies in Sarasota at Fortunes Ending
Sarasota Fla Dec 4 Only one of the original seven Ringling brothers survives to keep a famous name in American show history. Charles Ringling died here last night following a prolonged illness.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ringling Brothers
Charles Ringling
Circus survivor John Ringling and Birmingham death
A cerebral hemorrhage induced by a cold contracted with the circus in Birmingham leaves John Ringling of this city as the sole survivor of the sextette.
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Birmingham
John Ringling
Final word in Hall Mills murder trial dismisses charges
In Somerville New Jersey Justice Parker dismissed murder charges against Mrs Frances Hall Henry and Willie Stevens and Henry de la Bruyere Carpender. The state conceded the Hall Mills case remained unsolved four years after the Sept 14 1922 killings. Cleanup followed with all four defendants discharged from the case.
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Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender
New Jersey
Tew
Edward Wheeler Hall
Charlor Mills
Noile
Hal
Willie
Henry Stevang
Carpender
Supreme Court
Parker
Eleanor Mills
Alexander Simpson
Tall
Mills
Endéc Poatarday
Edward Katzenbach
Trenton
Theodore Backes
Justice Parker
Clarence E. Case
Washington man damages car then starts it
A Washington man lost his temper when his car would not start smashing the windshield tearing off side-curtains kicking the headlights and punching the radiator. The car finally started. In Seymour burglars are nervous as Mrs Peters rattled a door knob intruder fled. In Auburn Mrs Dirrim seeks divorce claiming she was coaxed into marriage per annulment filings in circuit court.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Washingtons
Seymour
W.F. Peters
Auburn
Bonnie M. Dirrim
Monticello to open free city ice skating rink
Mayor H. L. Miller sponsors a free ice skating rink in Monticello. The city has acquired three lots and will flood the areas for skating.
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Monticello
H. L. Miller
Fort Wayne man uses watchdogs at still to deter hijackers
Louis Reihl of Ft Wayne set a pair of watch dogs at his still to ward off hijackers. Police arrived after the dogs attracted attention and arrested him.
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FT. Wayne
Louis Reihl
Man Loses Thumb in Sausage Grinding Accident
Rockville report states Herman D. Ellis suffered the loss of a thumb during sausage grinding in what police say was a painful and unusual accident.
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Rockville
Herman D. Ellis
Ten Cent Electric Toasters Halted as Fire Hazard
Evansville December 4 sale of ten cent electric toasters was ordered halted by Al Meyer electrical inspector who branded the devices as fire hazards and ordered their removal from shelves.
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Evansville
al. Meyer
State reports three million baby fish distributed
Indiana's State Conservation department distributed about three million baby fish during the last fiscal year, according to the annual report by George N. Mannfield, director of the fish and game division.
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Indianapolis
State Conservation Department
George N. Mannfield
Fish and Game Division
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