Farm prices steady at 137 percent of prewar levels
Washington reports the farm price index at 137 per cent from Nov 15 to Dec 15, ten points above December last year, with revised November and fruits indices. Wheat and corn prices rose in December due to foreign demand and market conditions, while declines occurred in cotton, hogs, potatoes and dairy products. The corn hay ratio fell from 12.2 to 10.8 as receipts and supply shifted.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Canada
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued by Clerk Sherwood in Wheatland Areas
Clerk Elmer W. Sherwood issued licenses to wed for Huddie Goodmin of Linton and Verna Fallis of Stafford township, and Liverett Cox of Wheatland to wed Aline Moore of Wheatland.
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Elmer W. Sherwood
Huddie Goodmin
Linton
Verna Fallis
Stafford Township
Liverett Cox
Aline Moore
Wheatland
Valuable Hogs Stolen From Jefferson Township Farm
Hog theft hits Harry Landis of Jefferson township with hogs weighing over a ton valued at $160. A $50 reward is offered for arrest and conviction of the thieves. No clues have emerged. This marks the fourth straight year hogs have been stolen from Landis.
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Harry Landis
Jefferson Township
Landis
Strange hog disease hits Floyd county farmers
In Albany Indiana on December 24, scores of fine hogs died in Floyd county within a week from a strange disease baffling local veterinarians. One hog’s body was sent to the state laboratory in Indianapolis for autopsy after farmers suspected poisoning and called Sheriff Joseph TH Kraft to investigate.
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Albany
Ind
Floyd County
Joseph TH. Kraft
State Laboratory
Indianapolis
Kraft
Catchy Oliphant Heads Purdue Club
Elmer Q. Oliphant, Purdue letterman in four major sports, elected president of the New York chapter of the New York Purdue club. A 1914 graduate, he served at West Point, taught there, coached athletics, directed sports at Union College, and now supervises group insurance sales for Metropolitan Life.
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New York
Elmer Q. Oliphant
Purdue University
Purdue Club
Oliphant
Purdue
West Point
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Kidnaper Hickman arrest shatters paper sales records
San Francisco report notes newspapers published on Hickman arrest in Pendleton Ore drew unprecedented readers. Cities like Los Angeles recorded about 290000 copies sold, far above previous highs set by events such as Aimee Semple McPherson’s Douglas return. Pacific coast papers mirrored the surge.
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San Francisco
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Pendleton
Ore
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Los Angeles Express
Aimee Semple McPherson
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
Pacific Coast
High waters threaten homes and railroads along Kankakee
Rising Kankakee river waters due to an ice block near the Illinois Indiana line drive over 100 families from Shelby to Schneider. The ice gorge backs up the river for miles and the dykes near Schneider broke, endangering Monon and New York Central railroad bridges.
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Shelby Ind
Kankakee River
Illinois, Indiana Line
Shelby
Schneider
Monon
New York Central
Court Bans Holiday Trial Fearing Bias
Kansas City news reports a court granted a prosecutor’s request to move the trial date for three bankers charged with banking law violations. The decision hinged on the belief that Yuletide mood could bias jurors, asserting Christmas spirit affects juror minds.
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Kansas City
James R. Page
Page
Indianapolis Hog Cattle and Sheep Market Report
INDIANAPOLIS Dec 24 United Press Dispatch reports hog receipts 2 500 holdovers 8 638 market steady with hogs 250 to 350 pounds at 8 90 to 9 00 200 to 250 pounds 8 00 to 8 50 1380 to 160 pounds 8 25 to 8 50 90 to 1380 pounds 7 00 to 8 25 Cattle receipts 200 calves 200 market steady bulk beef steers 10 to 13 50 bulk vealers 15 to 16 00 Sheep receipts 3800 market steady No sales.
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Indianapolis
Reward Offered for Switz City Mill Burglaries and Fires
A reward of 50 dollars is offered by David D Terhune for information leading to arrest and conviction of those who burglarized the Switz City Mill on December 22 or earlier robberies. Also sought is information on the origin of a fire that destroyed the Switz City Mill barn and the Halloween night fire at the Linton Mill Hay Barns.
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Switz City
Linton Mill
Hallowee
David D
Terhune
Missing sister found after nine years in Alabama
Paul Larson of Vincennes Indiana aged 19 a drug store clerk located his sister Alice Rose who had been missing for nine years. Alice Rose is now living in Pratt City Alabama with a family that adopted her after her father died in 1919 in Birmingham.
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Vincennes
Ind
Paul Larson
Larson
Alice Rose
Pratt City
Ala
Birmingham
Two Plead Guilty 10 Intoxication in Circuit Court
In a circuit court session, two defendants pleaded guilty to intoxication charges. The page notes numerous civil actions including divorce, foreclosures, accounts, and injunctions. Several individuals and companies face filings such as Worthington Exchange Bank, Indiana Realty Corp, and Midland Number Four Mining Co. Mental health and hospital commitments are also recorded for Nellie V. Chambers, Homer Heaton, Edgar Colbert, Dale Buckallew, and Frankie Thomas.
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Worthington Exchange State Bank
Alozno
Stella Musser
N. Musser
Indiana Realty Corp
James Nagle
Elmer W. Sherwood
Dewey G. Thacker
James Dose Jr
Joseph Gentry
Ed Rainbolt
Frank
Tona Shipman
Jasonville Hardware and Furniture Co
Vaughn Daugherty
Allen Wilkinson Lumber Co
James and
Elizabeth Bone
Nellie V. Chambers
John Richards Fields
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Homer Heaton
Ora Heaton
Edgar Raymond Colbert
Dale C. Buckallew
James Whitcomb Riley
Message from Admiral Brumby on submarine tunnel work
Dec 24. Admiral Brumby reports divers completed a tunnel beneath the submarine S-3, passed a four inch hoisting rope through it, and began a second tunnel farther back from the bow.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Brumby
Last Pike County mine closes amid 1500 idle workers
The Ingle Company shut down the No. 8 coal mine at Arthur, ending Pike county's last deep veined mine. About 1,500 miners are unemployed while stripping mines nearby (employing about 800) continue operation. Deep veined mine operators blame nonunion mines in Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the closure.
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Petersburg
Ind
Ingle
Arthur
Pike County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Snow storm sidetracked Chicago Christmas prospects
Snow storm sidelined Chicago as weather bureau said middle west would see remote chances of a white Christmas. Normal temperatures expected to prevail through the period.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
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