New Trial Denied in Jasonville Damages Suit
Judgment stands against 31 Jasonville men in a $25,000 damages case in Indianapolis federal court. Judge A B Anderson denied defense motion for a new trial. appeal to the U S Court of Appeals may follow. Plaintiff James Gathrum, beaten and driven from his home September 18, 1921, now works for American Rolling Mill Co in Middletown Ohio. Guthrum is related to Virgil Robertson of this city.
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Jasonville
United States District Court
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Arnold J. Padgett
A. A. Clark
United States Court of Appeals
James Gathrum
Gathrum
American Rolling Mill Co
Middletown
Ohio
Guthrum
Virgil Robertson
Christmas Murder Verdict Divides Court and Village
In Mt Vernon Illinois law shows Rev Lawrence Hight and Elsie Sweetin found guilty of murder in the poisoning deaths of Wilford Sweetin and suspected of similar charges in a second case. Hight accepts life imprisonment with stoic calm while Sweetin collapses in court and speaks of her children. The verdict draws mixed public reaction and the state attorney criticizes the outcome.
Jewelry loot total near Hart Schaffner used in hotel robbery
Jewelry valued at over 100000 dollars belonging to Mrs Haris Hart wife of a Hart Schaffner Marx official was seized in a Parkway hotel robbery in Chicago as bandits allegedly took loot totaling more than 150000 dollars.
Rebel Forces Take Tirana in Albania
Rome Dec 24 rebel forces occupy Tirana and the government flees a dispatch confirms earlier reports. Rebels win a battle sixteen miles north of the Albanian capital and take control of Tirana.
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Tirana
Albania
National News Service
Rome
Cold Christmas Predicted Across United States
The weather bureau announced that Christmas Day will be cold nationwide with snow on the ground across most of the middle and northern sections east of the Pacific states.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Pacific States
Weather Bureau
Gum in Egg Stuns Indiana Homemaker
Mrs. Frank Hill of Petersburg Indiana found a wad of chewing gum inside a freshly laid egg while frying breakfast. She owns several chickens and says the gum’s appearance inside the shell remains a mystery.
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Petersburg
Ind
Frank Hill
Coolidge Wins Largest Presidential Plurality in History
Official returns show President Coolidge with 55,718,789 votes in November, more than his two main rivals combined. John W. Davis received 8,378,962 and Robert M. La Follette 4,822,319, giving Coolidge a 7,389,827 popular margin.
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Washington
Coolidge
John W. Davis
Robert, M. LaFollette
Eight Die as London Mail Plane Crashes Near Takeoff
An international service report from London says seven passengers and a pilot were killed when a British mail plane bound for Paris crashed after takeoff and burst into flames.
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London
Cinternational News Service
Paris
Woman Beaten to Death Over Unclean House
In Jersey City New Jersey on December 24 Sophia Alexandrowicz 28 mother of five was found beaten beside her bed by her husband who was taken in for questioning after son John 18 said the father returned home after a quarrel over the house not being cleaned for Christmas.
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International News Service
Jersey City
N. J
Sophia Alexandrowicz
John
Riot in Paris Illinois as klan clash erupts
Armed clash in Paris Illinois pits klan against anti klan officials led by Sheriff Sizemore who resigns amid threats. Fifty special police guard the station after deputies obstruct arrest and a drunken disturbance ends with officers escorting a detainee to the station.
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Paris
Sizemore
Edgard County
Still Pay Pensions From War of 1812
The government still pays pensions for the War of 1812 era though the last veterans are long dead. Pensions continue for twenty nine widows with Mahala Huff of Louisa Kentucky the oldest at 105 receiving thirty dollars monthly.
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Washington
Pension Bureau
Mahala Huff
Louisa
James Huff
Virginia
Tragedy in Shelbyville as Siblings Fatal Hunting Accident
In Shelbyville Indiana Elva Havens 19 was shot dead by her sister Marguerite Ivie 16 while hunting one mile northeast of the city. Miss Ivie says the rifle discharged accidentally when she stumbled on a root. Marguerite fears for her life.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Elva Havens
George Havens
Mishawaka
Wesley Ivie
Marguerite Ivie
Here
Ivie
Court adjourns for holidays as new suits filed
Bloomfield dispatch reports circuit court holiday adjournment. New cases listed include Sullivan County Hospital vs. Richard Marlow. Fisk Tire Co. vs. Peter C. Berns. Criss Robinson vs. George Cunningham. Lucy M. Dugger vs. Richard Carmichael. Bertha Hunter vs. John Hunter for divorce. Farmers and Mechanics Mutual vs. Clifton and Nellie Dixon. Nettie I. Gainey possession case. Blomfield Building Savings and Loan vs. Robert Hays. August Buschman & Sons Inc. vs. George Chapman for receiver. Jacob Landis vs. Henry Steinbaugh et al on note. Glen Ralston vs. Samuel McClaren for partition.
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Sullivan County Hospital
Richard Marlow
Fisk Tire Co
Peter C. Berns
Criss Robinson
George Cunningham
Lucy M. Dugger
Richard Carmichael
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual
Loan and Savings Association
Bloomfield
Clifton E. Dixon, Jr
Nellie Dixon
Nettie I. Gainey
Blomfield Building
Savings and Loan Association
Robert Hays
August Buschman & Sons, Inc
George Chapman
Jacob Landis
Henry Steinbaugh
Nicholas E. Hickam
Walter E. Williams
Glen Ralston
Samuel McClaren
Jessie J. Mitchell
Linton
van Buskirk
Indiana
Sallie A. Mitchell
Evansville
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Straight Line Junction
Wallace Thorlton
Thorlton
Washington
Ind
Mary Yancy Fulk
Worthington
Samuel D. Falk
Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company
Win
Million Dollar Fire Strikes New York City Opposite Albee Theatre
A Christmas Eve blaze in New York opposite the Albee theatre destroys property, with estimated losses reaching a million dollars. Legal notices follow, listing foreclosures, divorce rulings, and court verdicts including mortgage actions and larceny charges.
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New York City
International News Service
New York
Albee Theatre
Exhumation Planned for McClintock Heir in Death Case
Chicago on December 24 reports the secret of death in the body of Billy McClintock heir to the McClintock millions will unfold in laboratories tomorrow. The criminal court granted permission to exhume the body with funds provided by the state's attorney to assess blame in the recent death.
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Dinternational News Service
Chicago
Billy” McClintock
McClintock
Young
Criminal Court
Rich Woman Held On Charge Of Poisoning Stepson
Mrs Hilma Ensminger wife of golf pro George Ensminger was arrested in Columbia Mississippi at request of Olean New York authorities for allegedly trying to poison her seven year old stepson George Sensminger Jr by sending poisoned candy
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Sinternational News Service
Columbia, Miss
Hilma Ensminger
George Ensminger
Olean
N. Y
George Sensminger, Jr
Christmas liquor prices cited in middle west report
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment claims Christmas will be wet and lists liquor prices by brand and type in the middle west. It accuses prohibitionists of lying about a short wet season while federal officials consider enforcing the Volstead act during holidays.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
W. H. Stayton
Middle West
Federal Prohibition Office
Haynes
Chicago
Bravest Rescue Across Icy Wabash Saves Family of Eight
Deputy Sheriff Art Clark Tom Cooley and Charles Beard risked their lives on a two hour ice crossing to reach William Childers wife and six children marooned for four days on a hut island. Mrs Childers is ill and medical aid may be needed. rescuers left provisions and began plans to move her to safety.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash River
Art Clark
Tom Cooley
Ferguson Hill
Charles Beard
West Terre Haute
Wabash Bridge
William Childers
Starvaton
Western mines adopt safety device to curb coal dust explosions
The Union Pacific Coal Company, the largest west of the Mississippi, will implement rock dusting in its Wyoming mines Rock Springs Superior Hanna Reliance Winton Cumberland to reduce coal dust explosions. A shale dust plant will pulverize fine dust to be blown onto walls and tunnels, mixing with rock dust to halt gas explosions at the mine face.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Compay
Mississippi River
Union Pacific Company
Wyoming
Superior
Hanna
Reliance
Winton
Cumberland
Frontier
Sublet
Castle Gate
Claims newspapers victim of frameup by post office
Washington December 24 Arthur Baldwin president of the National Publishers Association told a joint congressional committee that American newspaper publishers were framed by the post office department to secure increased postal rates.
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International News Service
Washington
Post Office Department
Arthur Baldwin
National Publishers’ Association
Joint Congressional Committee
Meanest Husband in World Wounds then Sells Wife Crutches
Peoria Illinois reports Mrs. Josie Stimeling tells the state’s attorney that her husband wounded her then sold her crutches and fled to Florida. She says he left her penniless and counted $1,000 in bills before her to taunt her.
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Peoria
Florida
State’s Attorney's Office
Josie Stimeling
Prohibition Agents Seize 72 Quarts of White Horse Whisky
Federal agents seized 72 quarts of Scotch whisky labeled White Horse at the National Motors plant in Indianapolis Indiana on December 24. The package was addressed to the National Motors Company and local officials are pursuing the identity of the sender to determine the responsible party.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Motors Company
Tional Motors “Company
Gato Parts
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