Ex mayor of Princeton arrested in Detroit on embezzlement charges
Charles A. Niemeier former Princeton mayor 1922 to 1926, was arrested in Detroit on a fugitive warrant charging embezzlement of about 20000 from city and Gibson county funds during his term. Indicted on twenty two counts. prosecutors cite unmarked docket entries and shortfalls in estate settlements and fines. Niemeier, a prohibitionist, denies guilt and notes his dry activities created enemies.
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Princeton
Ind
Charles A. Niemeier
Detroit
Niemeier
Gibson County
Grand Jury
Evansville
Niemelen
Nonunion mine blast in Pennsylvania injures one
The fan house at the Kincidh Mine of the Valley Camp Coal Company near New Kensington Pennsylvania was wrecked by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday. One man sustained slight injuries. State police report the blast resulted from a wire stretched to a distant valley triggering an electric battery on the opposite hill. the mine operates on a nonunion basis.
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New Kensington
Penn
Kincidh
Valley Camp Coal Company
Indianapolis Hogs and Cattle Market Report June 20
Indianapolis market notes show hog receipts at 6,500 with prices from 8.25 to 9.35 per hundredweight across weight classes. Cattle receipts 900 with steers and heifers steady while cows and vealers dip. Bulk beef steers bring 9.95 to 12.00, vealers 12.00 to 12.50, sheep 600 with a weak market and fat lambs topping near 15.00.
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Indianapolis
Ind
White Elephants Rarely Captured Since Christ Era
Dearbarn Independent notes that fewer than fifty white elephants have been captured since the beginning of the Christian era, highlighting the rarity and historical fascination surrounding these elusive creatures.
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Dearbarn Independent
Living Base Reflected Among Women 45 and Up
New York June 20 The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports rising diabetes deaths among women aged 45 and older due to lifestyle and diet. From 1911 to 1926 the rate climbed from about 75 to over 100 per 100000, while male rates stayed near 60.
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New York
Statistical Bureau of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Two shootouts kill three in Kentucky duels
In Winchester Kentucky a farmer Virgil Parker 87 dies at home after a drunken flare up Nettie Irwin 16 Parker’s stepdaughter is said to have killed him with a shotgun. In a separate incident Lucy Webster 28 and Charles Abner 25 are killed and James Palmer 35 wounded when R L Lovings fired on them after an encounter in Lovings yard. Lovings held on murder charges and Palmer faces murder charges if he recovers.
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Winchester
Here
Virgil Parker
Nettie Irwin
Parker
Lucy Webster
Charles Abner
James Palmer
Abner
Palmer
Austin Palmer
R. L. Lovings
Lovings
Shhildren
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