Three Interurban Cars Meet On High Bridge
Greene county circuit court in Bloomfield hears the Bart Goodman case concerning the September 17 shooting near Linton. Witnesses describe car lights, liquor suspicions, and the Horse Thief Detective association while defense and state theories clash. The trial progresses slowly toward possible verdict or Supreme Court review.
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Bart Goodman
Greene County
Bloomfield
Buck Keene
Greene County Automobile Protective Association
Luther Nichols
Linton
Nichols
Barnett
Supreme Court
Horse Thief Detective Association
Tom Morton
Morton
Myers
Tompkins Declared Insane in Wife Beheading Case
E Ray Tompkins was pronounced insane by an insanity commission in Milwaukee after beheading his wife burned her skull in a furnace and buried her torso in a secret grave. The court ordered commitment to the hospital for the criminally insane.
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Uinternational News Service
Milwaukee
Wis
E. Ray Tompkins
Packers May Merge To Form 80 Million Dollar Firm
Independent packing companies near a merger to create a new corporation capitalized at 80 million dollars was unveiled in Chicago financial circles today.
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International News Service
Chicago
Deadlock on Senate Interstate Commerce Chair Vote
On the first ballot in Washington the senate deadlock over the chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce Committee persisted. Democrats backed Smith, Republicans voted for Eran, and the Progressives supported Owell.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Smith
Eran
Owell
Russia's New Bid for U.S. Recognition
Russia presented a new bid for American recognition and the restoration of cordial relations, delivering it to President Coolidge and Secretary of State Hughes for consideration.
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Washington
Russia
Coolidge
Hughes
Wreck on Big Four Bridge Injures Seven in Louisville
Seven persons were seriously injured when three Indiana interurban cars crashed in a rear end collision on the Big Four bridge over the Ohio River. About 150 passengers were shaken in the moment of the collision, with fears of greater loss narrowly averted as the wreck halted near the Louisville side.
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Indiana Interurban
Ohio River
Louisville
Fire destroys Lindley Box and Paper plant in Marion
Fire of undetermined origin swept the Lindley Box and Paper company plant in Marion Indiana early today destroying the main building. Loss estimated between 75000 and 125000 dollars. The Lindley company was one of the city’s largest industries.
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International News
Shervich
Marion
Ind
Lindley Box and Paper Company
Clemenceau Hurt In Auto Accident
Georges Clemenceau war premier of France was injured when his car overturned on the Mantes Paris road. His face was cut by glass from the broken windshield and he was taken to a hospital for stitches before returning to his Paris home. He is reported little the worse for the mishap.
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ST. Germain-En-Laye
France
Georges Clemenceau
Mantes-Paris
Paris
Love Turns Sour as Farley Arrest Ends Aurora Romance
In Aurora Indiana on December 17 a romance ends when Lorenzo T Farley, alias Jack Gleason, is jailed amid a fugitive case. A jailed Farley asks the woman to visit, she replies she never wants to see him again ending plans for marriage. Farley denies being George Norton, sought for a bank official slaying in London Ontario, awaiting Canadian authorities. Chief Goodpaster finds a photo of Farley with a woman and child labeled Mrs Lorenzo T Farley, which Farley says is his first wife.
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Aurora
Ind
Lorenzo’ T. Farley
Farley
Jack Gleason
George Norton
London
Ontario
Canada
George W. Goodpaster
Lorenzo Ts. Farley
Jamestown
N. Y
Home Paper Clings to News from Back Home
Soldiers express strong taste for letters and papers from home as they eagerly scan every line for familiar names and places, showing how vital hometown news remains while abroad.
Yuletide Spirit and Local Merchants in Linton
A special holiday edition of the Daily Citizen promotes the Christmas spirit of giving. It highlights merchants in Linton with abundant stock and low margins, advertising a wide range of gifts from toys to fine presents. The paper urges readers to buy locally and consider subscribing for future issues.
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Linton
The
Daily Citizen
Former Linton Woman Killed in Auto Mishap
Ione Hamer known as Tone Hindman died in a Terre Haute crash when a car collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad train No 185 at Market Street crossing. Alvin Kendall died later. Mrs John Cain and Owen Hornung were seriously injured. The auto was dragged 30 feet after impact and the four occupants were members of the same family connected to Mrs Nancy Gilbreath of this city.
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Ione Hamer
Linton Rir
Tone Hindman
Terre Haute
Alvin Kendall
John Cain
Hamer
Owen Hornung
Cain
Nancy Gilbreath
Mahlon
Henry Gilbreath
Mrs. Hamer
Gilbreath
Gilbreath Brothers
Pennsylvania
West
St. Louis
Insurgent Forces Challenge Obregon Regime in Mexico
Reports say insurgent troops threaten key cities as President Obregon faces a national crisis. General Vigueroa’s movement claims gains near Acapulco and suggests growing class tensions in a bid to seize power.
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Aly
Tom Myers
Earl Jackson
Hixon
Jackson
Hixson
Carl Hamilton
Hixson Party
Hamilton
Ier
Insane Hospital
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Independent Companies of
Deadlock
Louis
Ville, Ky
Big Four
Anderson
Paper Company
Clemenceau
Love
Sweetheart
Ndiana
United States
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Big
Latter Is
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Vigueroa
Acapulco
Figie
Mexico
Natio
Obregon
Las
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