Does Unlucky 13 Portend Aught In Marriage Null
Greene County clerk David F Bland and deputy Courtlait M Chambers issue 13 Christmas Eve marriage licenses each year. On the morning of December 24 couples file into the clerk's office amid cheering friends and families as Bland guides the process with calm humor. This year’s couples include James P McGhee and Pearl City, Lawrence Clayton and Doris E Barker, Charles Ecent and Bernice Embree, Blanch A Baker and Lola B Piercy, plus many others from Linton Bloomfield Worthington Switz City and surrounding towns.
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Bloomfield Bureau
Bloomfield
David F. Bland
Greene Circuit Court
Cupid
Courtlait M. Chambers
James P. McGhee
Linton
Pearl City
Washington
Lawrence Clayton
Doris E. Barker
Charles Eclent
Bernice Embree
Owensburg
Blanch A. Baker
Clay County
Lola B. Piercy
Terre Haute
Henry Kirkley
Pearl Jones
Blomfield
Elmer Allen
Ruth Hatfield
Lyons
Elsie Sweetin Repents At Husband’s Grave In Snow
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, guilty of poisoning her husband, prostrated herself on his grave at Ina cemetery on Christmas Eve. Sheriff Grant Holcomb said he carried her back to the car after she sobbed her innocence. Sweetin is serving 35 years. pastor lover Lawrence M. Hight got a life sentence.
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Mont Vernon
Elsie Sweetin
Grant Holcomb
Benton
Ina
Sweetin
Hospital Report On Local Injuries
Homer Fullem the lung man injured in an automobile wreck last Sunday evening shows improvement. David Lehman with severe bruises and other injuries from a slate fall in a mine was able to go home today.
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Homer Fullem
David Lehman
Good Warm Cell In County Jail Has Its Advantages
Clarence Evans and Clovis Kelly two Linton youths held on burglary charges escaped December 13 by sawing a window bar. They wandered to Murphysboro and Carbon Hill before returning to Murphysboro for Christmas. Captured by deputies Ray they are glad to be back in a warm jail cell with meals.
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Linton
Citisen
Dilcomfield
Bloomfield
Clarence Evans
Clovis Kelly
Jack Smurdon
Murphysboro
Ill
Carbon Hill
Tenn
Evans
Ray
Bert
Walter Ray
Ilinois
Kelly
Mercury Seeps Lower as Cold Wave Grips Midwest
The Midwest braces for another cold wave from the northwest after a brief thaw. Temperatures fall from 26 above to six above zero with ice on rivers and telegraph and telephone disruptions. Winnipeg hits 30 below, Minneapolis 22 below, Fond du Lac 20 below.
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International News Service
Chicago
Middle West
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Fondulac
Aquitania Buffeted by Heavy Seas En Route to New York
A radiogram from the giant liner Aquitania bound for New York reports heavy seas but confirms the vessel is safe. Despite rumors of disaster, wireless operators indicate no danger to the ship and its American passengers.
Mrs Rhinelander Granted Alimony in Bigamy Suit
Mrs Alice Rhinelander wife of Leonard Kip Rhinelander, a member of a wealthy New York family, will receive 300 dollars monthly alimony and 3000 dollars counsel fee pending trial of her suit for marriage annulment charging fraud in misrepresentation of being white, ruled by Supreme Court Justice Tompkins in White Plains New York.
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Sinternational News Service
White Plains
N. Y
Alice Rheinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
White
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Indiana Report Shows One Workman Killed Every Ten Hours
Indianapolis December 26 An annual report from the state industrial board covers the fiscal year ended September 30. It notes an average of one death per ten working hours across Indiana industries and 144 injuries per day. The board reports 2,508 fatalities and 374,112 accidents in nine years and one month.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
State Industrial Board
Board
Picture is Seen by Blind People
In New York on December 27 twelve hundred blind men women and children sat in a dark theater to experience a silent motion picture through atmospheric narration and special music. The film followed a blind lighthouse keeper as its hero and the producer plans a new picture tailored for blind audiences.
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New York
Boozer Drinks Eight Cans Of Heat To Drink On His Own
James T. Curtiss confessed to police that he drank eight cans of canned heat by choice seeking a drink. He claimed two bandits forced him to drink, a story he stuck to all night while suffering severe internal burns and recovering.
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Atlanta
James T. Curtiss
Memorial Service for Babb's Switch Fire Victims
In Hobart Kid Dec 17 residents mourn 34 dead from the Christmas Eve Babb's Switch schoolhouse fire. John Goforth is identified among the dead. Teacher Florence Hill and Don Bolding as Santa Claus died while aiding children. About 20 injured remain in hospitals with good recovery prospects.
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Hobart
Qkid
Babb’s Switch District
John Goforth
G. W. Estes
Florence Hill
Don Bolding
Santa Claus
Newspapers Could Stop Using Mail If Rates Rise
International News Service reports on December 27 that any increase in second class mail rates would compel newspapers to stop using the mails and instead haul papers by truck. The move would cut revenue for the Post Office Department, say representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association during testimony to joint congressional postal committees.
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International News Service
Washington
Post Office Department
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congressional Postal Committees
Deaf mute arrested for trying to derail fast Pennsylvanian
Lewiston Pa December 27 William Rosenmund 28 deaf mute is held on charges after three attempts to derail the fast Pennsylvania train. Spice bars found on the tracks twice saved a disaster as police nabbed him as he placed the third rail.
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International News Service
Lewiston
William Rosenmund
Pennsylvania
Rosenmund
Japan to protest immigration law after arrival
Tokyo dispatches say the Japanese ambassador will file a protest against the exclusion bill upon arrival in Washington. Administration leaders read the move with interest as Japan reopens the immigration question.
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Japan
Sinternational News Service
Washington
Tokyo Dispatches
STEPPING STONES CROSSWORD PUZZLE LIST OF CLUES
Crossword puzzle notes with clues for a themed Stepping Stones interlock. Includes enumerations and hints for Across and Down entries such as religions terms, vehicles, animals, pronouns, and various wordplay challenges.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
Instructions explain placing correct letters in white squares to form horizontal and vertical words. Numbers indicate first letters per clue, with definitions given under horse nental and vertical headings. Black squares remain empty and all words come from standard dictionaries with some abbreviations and obsolete forms noted.
Kid McCoy Jury Still Out Today 50-50
Deadlocked jury over Kid McCoy murder charge in the death of Teresa Mars. After nine hours of deliberation the panel remained equally divided on guilt versus innocence and argued over not guilty versus death. Jury reconvened after breakfast to continue deliberations.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
Kid McCoy
Teresa Mars
McCoy
Berliners End Thirty-Suicide Attempt Wave on Christmas Day
Berlin reports ten suicides and thirty failed attempts on Christmas Day, many by women, driven by unhappy marriages and unemployment. This marks the largest Christmas suicide total in ten years.
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International News. Service
Berlin
Causes of Thirst From Excess Sugar and Salt
A fragment explains thirst arises when the body takes in more salt or sugar than needed. It describes mucous membrane drying and the relief from water diluting and carrying off the excess silt and sugar. The text is unclear and fragmentary.
No Perfect Synonyms in English Usage
A concise note on how English lacks exact synonyms though many words are very close in meaning. It discusses careless usage due to near equivalence and the freedom speakers have to choose among nearly identical terms.
Lawyers agree on fee size for Loeb Leopol d defense
Frank s defense lawyers and the families reached agreement on the legal fee in the Loeb Leopold case. The payment amount will not be announced until January 6 when Clarence Darrow returns from Colorado. The Chicago Bar Association may abstain from judging the fee.
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Chicago
Loeb-Leopold
Clarence Darrow
Staaff
Colorado
Darrow
Benjamin Bachrach
The
Bar Association
Board of Managers
Virginia flood deaths rise to thirteen in Saltville disaster
Saltville Virginia reports thirteen known fatalities from the Christmas Eve muck dam collapse on the Holston river. Four children were recovered and seven more people remain missing while twenty are injured in the emergency hospital, with pneumonia among the ill. Relief chief Dr T K McKee says recovery may take days.
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Saltville
Holston River
T. K. McKee
Water Spaniel Best Retriever in Wild Fowl Shooting
Water Spaniel is regarded by many sportsmen as the most useful dog for wild fowl shooting. When properly trained these spaniels are the most tractable and obedient and possess the valuable traits of perseverance and determination.
Interpretation Civilization As Private Mouthpick Work
The fragment suggests a view of civilization as a private, practical business of mouthpick work, implying a critical take on public behavior. No clear individuals, places, or events are identifiable in the text.
Indiana considers two state homes for the aged
A joint Indiana committee urges replacing county infirmaries with two state homes for the aged and enacting an old age pension law. The survey of 72 counties by the Eagle chaired panel favors county officials administering pensions, cites cost savings, and notes the plan's broader social reform appeal.
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Indianapolis
General Assembly
Frank H. Hering
South
Betta
Eagle Magazine
Order of Eagles
Otto P. Deluse
Louis C. Schwartz
James J. Nejdl
Whiting
Esther O’keefe
Plymouth
Eagle Organization
Massachusetts
Driver Fred Chapman Killed in Lawrence County Crash
Washington Indiana December report notes Fred Chapman, a local driver, among victims of a Lawrence County crash. Details from the local hospital list indicate deaths were confirmed, with relatives not yet informed.
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Washington, Ind
Fred Chapman
Lawrence County, Wedn
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