Civil docket shows brisk court action and few divorces
Bloomfield reports a busy circuit court with several civil cases resolved including judgments for plaintiffs in the amounts of 205.18 and 221.00, a $17 note judgment plus $20.85 attorney fees, and other asset recoveries. Opal Johnson was granted a divorce from Carl Johnson. Eighteen new cases were filed including several divorces and miner’s lien foreclosures, while the State weighed liquor and delinquency matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
the Sun
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co
Enos A. Wright
Karges Wagon Co
John Ogle Co
Guy A. Wilson
Opal Johnson
Carl Johnson
Wm. J. Powell
Lloyd Brown
Linton Trust Co
S. A. Turner
Linton Finance Co
James Pigman
Thos. D
Murphy Co
Don A. Poe
Joseph Swartz
Linton Scrap Tron Co
Republic
Fred Hoffman
Indiana Power Co
Sullivan County
Illinois Central Railroad
Dugger
Divorce Complaint in Human Treatment Case
In Jefferson township jurisdiction issues arise as parties allege cruelty in divorce filings. A docket lists Charles Laffoon versus Alva J. Sims with claims of account and transfers through J. P. Court of A. D. English to Geo. W. Allison and onward to the circuit court. Edgar Walls sues Ogle Land Co. et al for labor in a venue chain ending in Jeptha Moss, Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. McClees
Laura McCleeg
Terre Haute
Jasonville
Henry Hensley
Indiana Fourth Vein Coal Co
Sam Palmer
Jesse Abrams
James Angleton
Roy Brown
Ward Pittman
Phil Buzan
Berdié Moss
Claude E. Moss
Ieorge
C. Porter
Wm. H. Humphreys
Harry Welch
Golda. Barnard
Charles
Rebecca E. Litten
Edgar Walls
Ogle Land Co
Et al
J. P. Court of Jeptha Moss
Linton
Editors Gather at Vincennes for Democratic Meeting
Indiana editors convene in Vincennes for a mid summer gathering with national and state figures including Senators Ralston and Heflin. A Fortnightly trail tour, Harmony Park dinner, Pantheon theatre showing, and open air session at the courthouse are planned. Various receptions will honor attendees, with party lines set aside.
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Vincennes
Ind
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
George W. Parcell
United States
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Knox County Court House
William Henry Harrison
Territorial Legislative
Cathedral
Harmony Park
Pantheon Theatre
Chicago
Will H. Hays
Court House
Daughters of the American Revolution
William M. Alsop
Chinese Bandits 10 Release Prisoners Reported
Unverified reports from Shanghai claim the Paot Suku bandits agreed with negotiators to release all prisoners, including several Americans, by daylight tomorrow. The captives have been held in the bandits Shantung stronghold since the May 6 wreck of the Shanghai Peking express.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Shanghai
Shantung
Germanys Latest Offer Seen as Fair Step
Washington officials say a conference to set Germany’s reparations maximum is likely if a formal proposal is accepted. Berlin’s note is viewed as a sincere move toward compromise with France and the other Allies. Paris dispatches suggest Poincare remains firm and cautious about concessions.
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International News ‘Telegraph and Cable Service
Washington
Germany
Berlin
United States
France
Paris
Poincare
U S Battleships to Assemble at Seattle for Review
The United States battleship fleet will assemble in Seattle Washington on July 27 for review by President Harding. The fleet includes ten battleships 31 destroyers and auxiliary craft commanded by Vice Admiral S S Robinson aboard the California. Harding will review the fleet after his Alaska trip.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Washington
United States
Harding
Seatle
Wash
Navy Department
S. S. Robinson
California
Alaska
Great Nations Again in Race for Supremacy in Implements of Warfare
Washington reports show Britain building a giant submarine X-1 with a 12 inch gun capable of 20 miles, France testing a giant airplane with a three inch cannon, and Japan expanding with 28 long radius submarines and eight fast cruisers at a cost of 136 million dollars. The Washington conference left no limits on light cruisers submarines or aircraft, sparking official unease and debate between enlarging arms accords and matching power ton for ton and plane for plane.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Japan
England
Panama Canal
Gaum Spillway
Judge says publicity will reduce divorces in Indiana
Indianapolis reports Judge Givan of the superior court cites Marion county data for January through May 1923 showing 1955 marriages and 727 divorces. He argues publicity may curb the divorce evil, claiming if divorces were publicly advertised with causes more people would avoid divorce.
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Indianapolis
Givan
Superior Court
Marion County
Missing Indianapolis businessman found wandering dazed
Richard W. Stegemeier a wealthy restaurant owner missing since Tuesday was located today ten miles north of Indianapolis in a dazed condition. He could not speak or explain the reason for his disappearance.
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International News Telegraph and Cable Service
Indianapolis
Richard W. Stegemeier
Woman awarded damages against city after buggy fall
A Sullivan circuit court jury after ten hours awarded Mrs. Sylvester Griggs 2500 dollars for injuries when her buggy fell into a deep street rut. The case was moved to Sullivan county on change of venue from Jasonville.
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Sullivan
Sylvester Griggs
Jasonville
Sullivan County
Mysterious blast injures two men on Dixie Flyer
A freight car explosion on C and E I railroad near Oaktown Indiana at 2 15 am injured two men later identified as William Collins of Fort Wayne and J T Keenan of New Orleans. Investigators found two large revolvers and tools near the wreckage and one theory links the blast to safe breaking or an attack on a bank vault.
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Oaktown
Ind
W. V. Sullivan
William Collins
DeWalle Street
Fort Wayne
J. T. Keenan
New Orleans
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Caterpillars Halt Train Transit in Oregon Coast Region
Albany Oregon June 8 Caterpillars devastating the coast mountain region between Eddyville and Blodget on the Albany Newport road delayed the Albany Newport train en route here by one hour twenty five minutes. The insects injure orchards and eat fir needles and bark as they march eastward. One man reportedly forced from his Eddyville home by the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ore
Eddyville
Blodget
Albany-Newport Road
Diamond must die in chair for wife murder
In Valparaiso Indiana Harry Diamond was found guilty of murdering his wife Nettie Diamond. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Michigan City on October 12. Judge Hambil Loring imposed the sentence as counsel planned a new trial. Diamond remained silent and his mother, who had attended most sessions, was absent from the courtroom at the sentence.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Harry Diamond
Nettie Diamond
Michigan City
Hannibal Loring
Diamond
Weather report for fair night and improving daytime
The brief notes a fair night with likely calm conditions and a gradual rise in temperatures tomorrow. Expect light winds and no precipitation according to the partial forecast.
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U. S
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Fleet
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Oregon
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