Linton's Public Schools Open With Enrollment Near Last Year
The 1928 29 school year opened with minimal disruption as teachers organized classes and students returned from summer break. Total enrollment reaches 1802 across Main building 310 Northeast Ward 130 Northwest Ward 120 Junior high 185 Linton Stockton high 452 with 228 boys and 224 girls, and 103 at St Peter's parochial school.
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Linton
Ward
Linton-Stockton
St. Peter’s School
Northeast Ward
Northwest Ward
Linton-Stockton High School
St. Peter’s Parochial School
Lovers held in plot to murder husband in Hammond
Franks, 25, of Chicago and Mrs. John Polak, 25, were arrested in Hammond Indiana amid an alleged conspiracy to murder Polak, the woman's husband. Police say Franke hid behind a piano with a knife while Mrs Polak lured Polak home and called police to stage a burglary scene.
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Hammond
Ind
Franke
Chicago
John Polak
Polak
Highway Officer Narrowly Escapes at Switz City Crossing
Milo Hershey a state highway officer from Indianapolis had a near fatal moment at the grade crossing of state highway 54 and the Pennsylvania line in Switz City. After allowing a passenger train to pass he accelerated across the tracks and was struck by a freight engine from a siding. His car was damaged but Hershey escaped serious harm.
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Daily Citizen
Switz City
Milo Hershey
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railway
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Prison term set for still violation in Greene County
Francis Fritz Michaels was found guilty of possession of a still and distilling apparatus and sentenced to one to six years in the state prison at Michigan City with a $100 fine. The Greene circuit court decision followed his July arrest. The edition also lists civil cases filed in Greene County, two deed transfers, and a larger high school enrollment this opening term despite fewer township permits.
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Daily Citizen
Bloomfield
Francis (Fritz) Michaels
Greene
Michigan City
Ray E. Singer
Earnest Berns Company
Earnest Berns
G O P Second District Barbecue At Linton Park
A large crowd is expected at Linton City Park for the Second district Republican barbecue with State Chairman Elza C. Rogers and many politicians arriving Wednesday. Food for 20 000, four thousand pounds of meat, seven sheep and roasted pigs, fifty gallons of potato salad and baked beans, 45 bushels of tomatoes and 25 000 buns prepared with 1 500 gallons of lemonade and 200 workers to serve. Speakers include Harry G. Leslie and Orville T. Stout, with the Lincoln League arranging park setup and safety measures to handle the crowd.
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Elza C. Rogers
Republican
Indiana Organization
Linton
Ewing Finison
D. R. Scott
Steve Stalcup
Lincoln League
Bull
Java
Harry G. Leslie
My. Leslie
Evansville
Linton Triads
Orville T. Stout
Vincennes
James H. Ogden
Edgar D. Bush
John Coolidge Begins Work At New Haven Railroad
Unten d Dispatches reports in New Haven Connecticut that John Coolidge, watched by William Wood a Secret Service agent, arrived at the New Haven and Hartford railroad headquarters at 9:20 am to start work. A crowd and reporters noted his blush as he entered the yellow building. Wood will monitor him while his father remains president.
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Uenttend
Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
William Wood
Secret Service
John Coolidge
Prey
John
Wood
Mr. Coolidge
Earthquake Shock Felt in Chicago at U of C
A severe earthquake shock was recorded by the University of Chicago seismograph today. The first phase occurred at 6:41 a.m. and lasted 44 seconds, followed by a second phase five minutes later for the same duration. The Weather Bureau reported the shocks were 2,100 miles from Chicago and continuing at 7 a.m.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Weather Bureau
Nurse from Nebraska Falls to Death in Chicago Hotel
Ethel Jo Brown a nurse formerly of Royal Nebraska died after falling from the fourteenth floor of the Atlantic hotel in Chicago. Police weigh whether it was suicide, a rooftop throw, or an accidental fall. Albert Hein and W Williams were detained for questioning. Williams is said to have been with Brown prior to the incident.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Ethel Jo Brown
Royal
Nebr
Atlantic
Albert Hein
W. Williams
Williams
Richmond
Ind
Miss Brown
Maine Republicans claim landslide statewide victory in election
The United Press dispatch from Portland Maine reports Republicans winning by a margin exceeding 70 000 votes with Gardiner elected governor and Hale reelected senator. Moran Holmes results shown early indicate GOP strength across counties and cities, aided by woman desertions from the Democratic ranks.
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Portland
Maine
William Tador Gardiner
Edward ©. Moran, Jr
Eereeree
Frederick Hale
Herbert Holmes
Gardiner
Moran
Hale
Holmes
Sheriff Links Gunman To Earlier Shootings In County
The sheriff said county officials are certain the gunman who wounded Green is the same person who attempted to shoot Deputy Sheriff Peter McKinley days earlier and then fired into Mine 281 the following day. Green is the first victim wounded in these shots.
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Green
Peter McKinley
Indianapolis Driver Injured at Minnesota State Fair Track
Louis Schneider, Indianapolis automobile pilot, remained semi conscious sixty hours after a crash at the Minnesota state fair track. His skull was fractured when his car skidded on a turn and toppled over a 26 foot embankment at the Northern Pacific hospital in St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Louis Schneider
Indianapolis
Northern Pacific
Schneider
Proprieter Held in Store Explosion Case
Edward Traugott part owner of a clothing store wrecked by an explosion two weeks earlier was arrested and released on 265,000 bond in a probe of an alleged auto theft ring spanning Chicago and Cleveland, with police linking the ring to the incident in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Edward Traugott
Theo Ring
Chelago
Cleveland
Marooned Aviators Rescued After Greenland Sinking
Parkes D. Cramer and Bert Hassell, pilots of the Creater Rockford, were stranded four miles from Simiutak after their motorboat struck a reef and sank off Simiutak Greenland. They had earlier forced landed August 19 while traveling from Cochrane Ontario toward Mt Vans Greenland. Food and fuel were rushed to the marooned men as rescuers reached them.
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Iuntad Prue
Copenhagen
Parkes D. Cramer
Bert Hassell
Creater
Simiutak
Simiutak Fjord
Hassel
Cramer
Greenland
Cochrane
Ont
Mt.vans
Mt. Fivans
Mt. Evans
Holstenshore
South Creenland
Kanganing
Indiana Real Estate Boards Meet in Gary Starts Tomorrow
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Real Estate Boards will open in Gary, Indiana, tomorrow and run for three days. About 1,000 delegates are expected to register with addresses and round-table discussions led by prominent realtors, peaking at the president's ball Friday night.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana Association of Real Estate Boards
Train Crash Near Lundenburg Kills Twenty in Czechoslovakia
Vienna dispatch reports 20 people killed and 71 injured after the Paris Budapest express collided with a freight train near Saitz station, Lundenburg, in Czecho Slovakia. A Prague source also notes brief talks by Grace Urbans and Genevieve Brown, with Senator Arthur R. Robinson giving the main address and Senator James E. Watson following.
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Vienna
Budapest
Saitz
Lundenburg
Czesho
Slovakia
Prague
Grace Urbans
Genevieve Brown
Ohio miner wounded in nonunion Mine 21 attack
Green a 48 year old fireman at Mine 21 Matlock near Glouster is in serious condition after snipers fired into the mine. Bullets also near the head of mine guard Frank Cabeen. Sheriff Williams and a posse hunted gunmen who have been firing on nonunion miners recently. Bloodhounds could not follow trails.
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Athens
Green
Matlock
Glouster
Frank Cabeen
William Williams
Stunt flier dies in crash during air races
United Press dispatch from Los Angeles reports Lieutenant J. J. Williams, 25, a daring U S Army flier, died today of injuries from a crash while performing stunts at an air race event last night. His death marks the first fatality in the 1928 national air races.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. J. Willaims
U. S. Army
Sub-Committee Deadlock Breaks in Indiana Coal Talks
INDIANA Sept 11 The wage negotiation conference between coal operators and miners bridged a threat of blow up as the representative sub committee, after hearing the report of disagreement, renamed the sub committee and ordered renewed talks. Miners plan to confer with John L. Lewis before resuming, while Cartwright denies accepting a scale lower than Illinois $6.10 despite operators favoring $5 Ohio.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Jo Lawin
United Mine’ Workers Organization
Harvey, Cartwright
United Mine War of America
Lewis
Cartwright
Illinois
Iinois
Bandits Hold Up Truck With $10,000 At South Bend
Four bandits held up an American Railway Express truck in South Bend Indiana and escaped with about $10,000. A large touring car matching the bandit car description was seen speeding on U S Route 20 toward Chicago, according to rumor reports.
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South Bend
Ind
American Railway
Chicago
Man sought in lake phones from Canada
Kokomo Indiana September 11 Walter David 29 a Kokomo mail clerk and World War veteran believed drowned in Lake Manitou after a Saturday disappearance telephoned to say he is in Windsor Canada and will return Wednesday His car and fishing boat with his coat and hat were found on the lake He said he met an army buddy and went to Detroit His wife and two children Mildred five and Charles three live in Kokomo
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Kokomo
Ind
Walter David
Kokoro
Lake Manitou
Windsor
Canada
David
Buddy
Detroit
Mich
Mildred
Charles
Nicholas Martin's Shooting Farce Heats Up In Anderson
In Anderson Indiana on September 11 Nicholas Martin 20 shot himself before his sweetheart Miss Marie Painter after a lovers quarrel. He later said he was merely kidding and did not intend to kill himself expressing regret and hope to live.
Man killed in Evansville stabbing by woman held
In Evansville Indiana Lucy Crabtree a 26 year old black woman from Shelby Weber of Hopkinsville Kentucky stabbed the man through the heart with a jackknife and died instantly. The woman is held without bond awaiting grand jury investigation.
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Evansville
Ind
Lucy Crabtree
Shelby
Weber
Hopkinsville
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Fritz Michaels
Elmer H. Sherwood
Greene County
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Litter
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Minnie E. Litter
Rebecca Litter
Heston L. Mee-Laughlin
Maumee Murphy
Alice Bonbam
Jefferson Township
Homer Booker
Ernest B. Merritt
Mineral
G.O.P
Linton City Park
Nebraska
WM. T. Gardiner
Sena
Tor
Democrat
United Pruss Dispatch
Gertrude M. Pattangall
Biddeford
Minnesota
Smithd Press Dispatch
United Priess Dispatch
Parker D. Cramer
Rockford
Food and Fuel
Meted Press Dispatce
Ohio
L. Lewis
Man
Lake
Self
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