Thomas Tonner Dies Grasping Live Wire in Barn Accident
Thomas Gillian Tonner twenty, son of Mr and Mrs John Tonner, died instantly after grabbing a live wire in Milburn Newkirk’s barn while Miss Coy Newkirk, briefly shocked and nearly fatally burned, freed him. Tonner, electrician by trade, had returned from Bedford for Christmas. Funeral set for Wednesday at 10 with Rev E C Corts at Fairview cemetery.
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Thomas Gillian Tonner
John Tonner
Milburn Newkirk
Tonner
Coy Newkirk
Newkirk
Young Tanner
Bedford
Bedford Stone Company
Anna
Presbyterian Church
Eagles Lodge
E. C. Corts
Fairview Cemetery
French to Control Russian Finances Pact Reached
Franco Russian accord gives France control of Russian finances until debts are paid in full. The agreement, reached during the Jugoslav crisis, is described as protective under French military supervision and reflects wartime financial oversight arrangements.
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Berlin
Russia
Daily Citizen to suspend publication on Christmas Day
The Daily Citizen will not be issued on Christmas Day as employees observe the holiday. The note extends season’s greetings and confirms the annual suspension of publication to honor Christmas.
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Citizen
Christ
Christmas parole gifts veteran prisoner a trip to visit kin
Henry Romine, 76, civil war veteran and life prisoner at Michigan City state prison, received a 30 day Christmas parole from Governor McCray. He wore civilian clothes and traveled to Marion to visit his son in the soldiers' home, then planned a trip to Erie, Pennsylvania to see his daughter Mary Jenkins after 18 years. He left the prison on his word to return.
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Romine
U S Agriculture Dept Announces First Trade Deficit
The United States for the first time imports more agricultural products than it exports. In 1923 total exports exceeded imports by less than a quarter billion dollars, ending America's long standing favorable trade balance despite being the world’s leading agricultural nation.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
America
Family of Four Dies in Hammond Auto Crash and Train Collision
A family of four from Hartsdale, 15 miles south of Hammond, perished in a car train crash near Hartsdale while en route to visit relatives for Christmas. Michael Somolov, 35, and his wife Josephine, 25, died at the scene. Daughters Theresa, 4, and Albert, 6, died later at St Margaret's hospital in Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
Oak Glen
Hartsdale
Pennsylvania
Michael Somolov
Josephine Somolov
Theresa
Somolov
Albert
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Oak’ Glen
Dixmude Dirigible Vanishes Over Mediteranean
Paris reports the Dixmude giant airship with about fifty aboard drifted for days after fuel dwindled during a three day flight from Cuers Pierre Feu to Insalah. French warships chased toward the Gulf of Gabes as distress signals persisted and a dangerous storm halted recall.
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Paris
Mediterranean Sea
Africa
Cuers-Pierre- Feu
Toulon
Insalah
Algeria
Tunis
France
Mulhouse
Gulf of Gabes
Turis
Williams indicted for first degree murder in Oaktown
Indictment charges Lester Williams with murder in the first degree for the Dec 7 shooting of his brother in law Dan Latshaw outside Williams' restaurant in Oaktown Indiana. Williams, jailed in Vincennes, likely to be arraigned today and may plead self defense. Grand jury reported the finding to Judge Coulter Saturday.
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Vincennes
Ind
Lester Williams
Dan Latshaw
Oaktown
Knox
Coulter
Williams
Parke County Treasurer Shoots Self in Office Tragedy
Rockville Ind Dec 24 An examination of Parke county records has been started after the death of John W Chapman county treasurer who shot himself Saturday A note to his wife said He was in trouble in the office and asked her not to take the yshi It was written on a damaged page of a document in his desk in the county treasurer office
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Rockville
Ind
Parke County
John W. Chapman
Christmas Spirit and Selfless Love Endure Through Times
A 1923 article reflects on Christmas as a symbol of love and charity, praising unselfish acts like working girls sharing gifts and emphasizing that the Light of the World grows brighter not dimmer. It urges carrying Christmas cheer into daily life and invokes Tiny Tim’s blessing.
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Bethlehem
Tiny Tim
Federal troops victorious in Mexico amid clashes near oil fields
Isolated clashes reported in the Huasteca oil fields between the Panuco river and Tuxpan. Federal troops control the area as wireless contact with steamships San Antonio and San Leonardo, owned by Aguila Oil, fails and rebels are feared to have seized them at Vera Cruz. Rebel forces attacked Puenta Déuxla on the Mexico Guerrero border in a dispatch. General Carreo, head of operations in Mexico state, reported developments.
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International News Service
Tampico
Mexico
Huasteca
Panuco River
Tuxpan
San Antonio
San Leonardo
Aguila Oil Company
Vera Cruz
Puenta Déuxla
Guerrero
Carreo
Rebels Seize Puebla as Federals Score Victory
Dispatches report troops trying to recapture the city while railroad men state Puebla is back in rebel hands. The federals secured an important victory there on Saturday.
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Puebla
President Coolidge Frees Eleven Federal Prisoners
President Coolidge granted clemency to eleven federal inmates, with two full pardons and nine commutations. The White House announced the action on December 24 as part of holiday clemency, following earlier releases and bringing total political prisoner releases to forty two.
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Bhrwich
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Notre Dame student found on engine pilot in Elkhart
New South Bend Ind Dec 24 James Donahue 25 Notre Dame student was found dying on the pilot of New York Central train No 6n as it arrived in Elkhart police were asked to send a priest to General Hospital to administer last rites also Motor Cyclists H G Schriecker and Nail McIntyre were sent to locate him at the Grand Trunk crossing a crash occurred as a waiting machine was hit and McIntyre was fatally injured
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International News
New South Bend
Ind
New York
Elkhart
James Donahue
Notre Dame University
General Hospital
Massacre Case Tangles Courts and Officers In Kentucky
Fragmentary report describes a fatal confrontation involving a Federal operative and law enforcement officers in Williamson County. Multiple people were wounded or killed during gunfire after aBankers and business officers in Mak hundred counties encountered violence. The scene references Clark and Herrin figures, a judge, a United States marshal, and a tally of eleven shots. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Williamson
Citizé
Glenn
Clark
Herrin
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