Not all prisoners in Michigan City drink
Indiana prison warden EKd Fo party reveals prison population facts in Indianapolis. Of 1800 inmates, 850 report moderate drinking, 590 say they drank excessively, 209 do not use tobacco, 686 smoke but do not chew, 575 chew but do not smoke, and 230 both smoke and chew. 1200 were cigarette smokers on entry. 830 idle at arrest. 968 on first sentence, 457 on second, 195 on third, 174 on fourth or more. 440 imprisoned for life, 239 hospital inmates, 1221 under indeterminate sentence law. 928 over 30 years old, 630 between 60 and 80, 227 between 70 and 80, 20 over 70. 1360 white, 440 colored. 630 unmarried. education data: 180 illiterate, 1376 meager, 200 common, 30 graduated high school, 20 college graduates. Since 1897, 22 executions legally at the prison. Also notes boat rescue attempts to reach a marooned family failed by fleas and distance.
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Indiana State
Michian City
EK. d. Foparty
Indianapolis
State Reformatory
Family of Seven Marooned on Island Near Macksville
William Childers and his wife with six children are stranded on a small island about one and a half miles south of Macksville, wedged by ice floes after recent high water. Provisions dwindled to one gallon of potatoes as救 efforts to reach them with boats failed for three days. Edmund Totsxel, gunsmith at 815 Ohio Street, reported the family’s peril.
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Macksville Crade
Wabash River
Wiliam Childers
Edmund Totsxel
Ohio Street
Young Indiana Miner Elmer Stewart Killed at River Valley Mine
Elmer Stewart aged 20 was killed at noon when a signal was misunderstood at the River Valley coal mine near Edwardsport Indiana. His head was torn by a cage and his left ear and face were injuries. His wife Frances Bachelor and two year old Dorothy Helen survive the family. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Stewart of Brazil with three sisters and two brothers.
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Bicknell
Ind
Elmer Stewart
River Valley
Edwardsport
George Wolfe
Max Lewis
Fred Kelly
Dorothy Helen
Dorothy
Helen
Elmer
Jonathan Stewart
Brazil
Frances Bachelor
Klan Organization in Nevada Sued by Georgia Knights
In Carson City Nevada the Georgia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sues the Nevada incarnation seeking damages of 50 000 and an injunction to stop use of the name. The suit alleges the Georgia order is valued at 200 600 dollars and notes California damages where Nevada branches formed. The Nevada constitution allegedly omits a Protestant member restriction.
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Reno
Nev
The
Invisible Empire
Knights of the Ku Klux: Klan
Nevada
Order
Georgia
Supreme Court
Carson City
California
Nevada Klan
Georgia Klan
Typhoid Death Rate in U S Falls in 1923
The Census Bureau reports 1923 typhoid deaths totaled 6 635 or 6 8 per 100 000 population white, down from 6 981 and 7 5 in 1922. Diabetes deaths rose to 17 357 or 17 9 per 100 000, from 18 4 and 147 182 in 1922. The figures cover about 88 percent of the nation.
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Washington
Extracting Flower Essence From Violet Blossoms
The text notes that essence must be drawn from the blue on the day of picking and fades within 24 hours. It says many flowers are required to produce small perfume amounts, giving violet blossoms as an example needing about tava tops for two pounds of essence of violets.
Miner Inspector Cairy Littlejohn Dies in Indianapolis
Cairy Littlejohn state inspector of mines died at Methodist hospital in Indianapolis after a major intestinal operation. He was 64, served six years, born in Owen county, lived in Indiana all his life, survived by his widow Stella and eight children. Funeral in Hymera, Indiana, Wednesday afternoon under Masonic lodge auspices.
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Indianapolis
Cairy Littlejohn
Methodist Hospital
Littlejohn
Owen County
Indiana
Stella Littlejohn
O. B. Stark
O. G. Kennard
Merle Pritten
Wilton
John, Weilin
Adaline
Leon Littlejohn
Hymera
Ind
Masonic Lodge
Fragmentary note on moisture and ground aid on Perro island
An unreadable fragment mentions moisture, drifting to help ground work on Perro island. It cites unclear phrases about aiding a ground effort and mentions island context without specific names or dates.
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Perro
Aleady St Hyanis
Local Hopes for Fair Deal Spark Copper-Riveted Click Demand
A Houston Post-Dispatch quote notes the public craving for a square deal and a tangible symbol, a copper riveted click, reflecting a desire for honest governance amid frustration and broad bidding for accountability.
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Houston Post-Dispaten
Odd Remedy For Apoplexy Draws Chinese Doctors Endorsement
An unusual treatment described as a remedy for apoplexy, or the penis' diver, is prescribed by leading Chinese doctors. The report notes endorsement by several practitioners and discusses its reported benefits and cautions.
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United States Treasury
First National Bank
Carl H. Roach
Terhune
Joe E. Beasley
JOEE
Beasley Agency
E. J. Ecker & Son
Michigan City
Horseshoe Bend
Ernest ‘Metsker
West Terre Haute
Tee
James M. Hurst
Sugar Creek Township
E. M. Wise
Plats
Cand
Hamilton Drug Store
Wakefield & Miller
Phone
Mutual
South Main Street
Edwards
KLAN
Georgia Knights
U. S
Lizzie Davis
East Firat St
N. E
Chas. EK. Goodman
TOUR
Linton Drug CO
Avery Murray
Hupmobile
T.A. Ham Agt
North Main Street
Filett’s Grocery
David D. Terhune
Will
LaMode Store
Johnson Block
Mrs
Cecile Woodward
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