Pioneer Woman Margaret Price Dies at 88 in Linton Indiana
Mrs. Margaret Price known as Aunt Margaret died at her home 210 B street northeast after a long life of patriotism church work and farming in Greene and Sullivan counties Indiana She served in the Civil War era through many later conflicts and raised a family of seven with husband Levi M Price Burial is set for Fairview with funeral at First Methodist church conducted by Rev H H Allen and Rev W E Cissna.
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Margaret Price
B” Street
Margaret
Martin
Phoebe Hail
Nathan Hinkle
Hymera
Ind
Martin Hail
Phoebe Hinkle
Virginia
Indiana
Linton
Morris Chapel
Margaret Hail
Levi M. Price
Stockton Township
Ellett
Arlington
Cassia
Walter Wills
Hattie Sherwood
I. O. Price
Péter, Schloot
C. T. Sherwood
Company E
59Th Indiana Infantry
Grant
Sherman
Hattie
Woman’s Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
Greene County
New Smyrna
Fla
Levi Price
Price
C.T. Sherwood
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E
Lavica Story
Dixon, Ill
Marion Willis
Sullivan
Tampa
Peter Schloot
Frank Wills
Robert D. Landrum
Murl
Edith
Stanley Price
C. H. Hanger
Helen Brookshire
Elmer Sherwood
Mary Murray
Pearl
Harold Schloot
James Wills
Sherwood
James
Kate Landrum
Jennie Lou Brookshire
Ladies’ Aid Society
Woman’s
Mother
First Methodist Church
H. H. Allen
Martinsville
W. E. Cissna
Fairview
Duncan McDonald Named For President On Soviet Platform
Duncan McDonald of Springfield Illinois was unanimously nominated for president by a new third party in St Paul Minnesota. The ticket includes William Bouch for vice president and promotes a soviet style program including nationalization of most industries and farm lands. The Ruttenberg Foster Manley bloc controlled the convention, leveraging absences of delegates to push the program forward.
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Duncan McDonald
International News Servicis
ST. Paul, Minn
Springfield
Ill
Ilinois Mine Workers’ Union
William Bouch
Washington
McDonald
Ruttenberg
Basketball Hall at Muncie Burned in Fire Losses
International News Service reports Campbell's auditorium in Muncie Indiana burned in the early hours. The blaze caused heavy losses estimated at about 75 thousand dollars. A discarded cigarette near a colored dance is suspected as the ignition source.
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Muncie
International News Service
Ind
Campbell’s
Would Be Kidnappers Yet Busy In Chicago
An International News Service report from Chicago notes a new letter signed by George Johnson promising the kidnapping of Robert Franks sister. The letter recalls the 1924 Franks case tied to Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb and claims the father Jacob Franks wronged the writer.
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International News Service
Chicago
George Johnson
Robert Franks
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Jacob Franks
Ralston to Monitor Democratic Convention From Hoof Farm
Indiana Senator Samuel M. Ralston plans to follow the national convention in New York by radio while staying at his farm Toosier Home northwest of Indianapolis. He will rely on newspapers for convention news and remains focused on the party rather than a prospective presidential bid. Mrs. Ralston appears more focused on farm life than on a potential first lady role. The senator supervised hay cutting yesterday.
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Indianapolis
United States
Samuel M. Ralston
New York
Toosier
Ralston
Miners Blamed for Condations in Illinois Coal Field
In Chicago on June 20, Lovington Coal Mining Co files for bankruptcy in Springfield amid claims that 140 Illinois firms face distress. Operators dispute widespread insolvency, noting many of about 300 mines closed or idle as nonunion rivals cut costs in West Virginia and Kentucky. The debate centers on wage renewals and a 25 percent freight-rate advantage to Chicago.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Springfield
Lovington Coal Mining Company
Guy C. Knickerbocker
Decatur
Ilinois
Knickerbocker
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ten Year Old Hoosier Found Dead Amid Murder Suspicions
In Wabash Indiana on June 20 authorities probed the death of 10 year old George Parker son of Irving Parker of Silver Lake found in his home front yard with a discharged shotgun nearby a note stating I am doing this because of poor health leading officials to suspect murder and a manhunt for clues is under way.
Illinois seek rate parity with Kentucky coal shipments
H. E. Barber, manager of the Marion & Western railway, warns that matching Kentucky freight rates could destroy southern Illinois coal. He notes cooperations with operators to avert rate cuts and urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a petition to equalize rates to save production viability.
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H. E. Barber
Marion & Wastern Railway
Springfield
Kentucky
Frank Farrington
Illinois United Mine Workers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Illinois
Arrests May Clear Up Old Murder Case
Investigators in Brazil Indiana report the arrest of Bernard Martin and his wife in South Bend on murder indictments tied to the 1922 death of Guy Nichols. Nichols disappeared May 8 1922 and his body was found after an interurban strike. Police cite a possible motive tied to Nichols admitting wronging Martin’s wife in youth.
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Brazil
Ind
Guy Nichols
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seeleyville
South Bend
Bernard Martin
Staunton
Nichols
Clay County
Grand
Seeleyville Park
Martin
Ralston Name Dropped From Democratic Convention
INDIANAPOLIS Senator Samuel M. Ralston will not be placed on the Democratic national convention ballot. The decision makes a shift in Indiana politics as observers await the party’s approach to the national gathering in the coming weeks.
Ralston Strategy Aims To Swing Delegates In Nominations
S M Ralston backers plan a late, powerful push as nominations begin next week. Tom Taggart and allies seek to build a boom once delegates tire, rather than hammer them with Indiana votes from the start. McAdoo managers dodge second choice talk but may back Carter Glass if not favored.
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Tom Taggart
Ralston
Indiana
Ralston Thunder
McAdoo
Carter Glass
Virginia
Thomas Taggart
Trouble piles up for Coca Cola king with young wife
Asa G. Candler the multi millionaire soft drink king filed for divorce from his young wife May Littell Candler amid domestic discord sparked by her arrest on a charge of occupying an Atlanta dive.
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International News Service
Atlanta, Ga
Asa G. Candler
May Littell ‘Candler
Nationwide push to prosecute gas price fixers
Washington June 20 The federal government launched a nationwide effort to prosecute individuals or organizations suspected of attempting to fix gasoline prices. The move targets collusion schemes and aims to curb price manipulation.
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International News Service
Washington
Wire kills valuable Hereford bull in Decatur
A four inch piece of wire swallowed by a valuable Hereford bull belonging to A. J. Smith and William Shrock of Decatur Ind. pierced a lung and heart, killing the animal. The exact duration the wire had been inside the bull is unknown as it looked healthy until just hours before its death.
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Decatur
Ind
A. J. Smith
William Shrock
McAdoo Camp Claims 600 Votes in Race for Nomination
International news from New York reports McAdoo managers claim about 600 votes are in sight as Democratic leaders rally to nominate him at the national convention. The story notes Wilson's connection, Taggart’s arrival in Gotham, and the looming two thirds requirement as the convention nears.
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Servich
New York
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Wilson
Webb
Harsh Smith Hearst Pact Rumors Stir Party
Reports from three New York dailies say a peace pact may be forming between Governor Smith and William Randolph Hearst to halt opposition in the Democratic race. Mayor Hylan is described as broker, with George Brennan acting in Smith’s favor as Brennan leans toward Hearst.
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New York
Smith
William Randolph Hearst
Hearsts
Hylan
George E. Brennnan
Minois
Smith-Hearst
Armistice
Brennan
Hearst
Chicago
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South
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Democratic National Corvent
S. M. Ralston
MADOO
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Madoc
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