Samuel Hook Cleared Of Murder Charge In Pulaski County
Samuel Hook was acquitted of murdering Orris Fout by a Pulaski County jury in Winamac. The trial featured both Samuel and his son William testifying in their own defense, with the defense arguing self defense and challenging Fout’s actions. The verdict came after lengthy pleas and a packed courtroom, and the case against William Hook was expected to be dropped.
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Samuel Hook
Pulaski
Winnamac
Orris Fout
Wm. Hook
Samuel
William
Hooks
William Hook
Will
Orris
Sam
Knox
Fox
Cochran
Mrs. Hook
Nelson
Fout
Fouts
Ripley
Chicago
Ida Hook
Bill Fox
Joseph Hook
Indiana University Law
Frances Hook
Orrisj Fout
Hook
Gary to Expand Steel Industry with 25 Million Tube Plant
Elbert H. Gary announces United States Steel will enlarge its Gary works by a 25 million dollar tube plant, creating an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 jobs. Subsidiaries Illinois Steel and American Sheet Tinplate invest millions in blast furnaces and tinplate plants, boosting regional construction and employment while LaPorte faces a housing shortage as labor demand grows.
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Gary
Elbert H. Gary
United States Swel Corporation
Linois Steel Company
United States Steel
American Sheet & Tinplate Company
LaPorte
Lap
Advertising’s Quiet Hand Reaches Everyday Life
The passage argues that advertising popularized many household goods from clocks to washing machines and paints, turning them into familiar comforts. It notes that consumers learned of Postum luaker vats and talking machines only after papers carried promotions and farm press endorsements.
Kankakee Drainage Plan Returns to National Board
The Kankakee marsh drainage project for Momence Illinois faces renewed scrutiny as the national board of engineers weighs whether federal aid should back efforts to clear the Momence rock and create an outlet for upper Kankakee waters. Local landowners have funded the interdrainage work and seek relief despite an adverse engineering report.
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Kankakee
Indiana
Momence
National Board of Engineers For
Ilinois
Momence Rock
Illinois
Erie Railroad overhead bridges approved near Palmer
Indiana Public Service Commission grants Erie Railroad permission to erect two overhead bridges near the county line by Palmer as part of double tracking. Erie to pay about $10 000. old crossing roads to be abandoned and replaced for public safety. Also notes Wm Boyle buys pool room from Mike Kekeis and plans to move family from Chicago to Winamac.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Erie Railroad Company
Palmer
John B. Peterson
Erie Company
Crown Point Star
Wm. Boyie
Tom Boyle
Mike Kekeis
Boyle
Winamac
Chicago
Indiana Governor Declares Friday as Spring Arbor Day
Governor J Samuel M Ralston proclaims Friday April 21 as spring Arbor day urging public schools to hold tree planting exercises and citizens to celebrate by planting trees and shrubs and supporting forest conservation.
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Ralston
Indiana
J. Samuel M. Ralston
Climbing cow story and Indiana film project in Elkhart area
The Elkhart Truth reports a Harmony Grove farmer Mel Stewart saw a cow climb to a barn ridge pole about twenty five feet high before climbing down. Separately Indiana Historical Commission announces a moving picture project The Birth of The State by Interstate Historical Pictures Corporation with Selig Polyscope Chicago producing and filming on site for a May county celebration debut.
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Elkhart
Mel Stewart
Miles Laboratory
Harmony Grove
Indiana Historical Commission
George Ade
Indiana
Robert Lieber
Indianapolis
Commission
Interstate Historical Pictures Corporation
Indiana Fim
Chicago
H. C. Hoagland
Correction on dog tax receipts by Assessor Musselman
Trustee H W Matthews notes an error in a published report. The assessor paid 118 by check and 30 in cash, total 148, while the report showed 113. Trust receipts show 41 instead of 71, changing the dog tax total to 184 as listed.
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Musselman
H. W. MatThews
Opening postponed for family death at Marbaugh Bros sale
The big opening sale is postponed due to a death in the family. The new dates are March 29 30 and 31 at Marbaugh Bros in Monterey Indiana.
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Marbaugh Bros
Monterey
Ind
Farewell party for Dilts couple before Montana move
Rebekahs and friends hosted a farewell at Mrs. S. Bybee's home for Mr. and Mrs. A L. Dilts before their departure to Montana. They formed warm ties during a year’s stay in town.
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Rebekahs
A. L. Dilts
S. Bybee
St. Raphael's Church
New York City
G. Moretto
Ceretti
Hife
Burch’s Hall
Dan Pixa
Jay Graeber
Uncle Sam
Ella Donchin
Albert Tomek
Wm. Graves
F. G. Y Davis
Laura Abrahan
Passing of Indiana Senator Benjamin F. Shively
The death of Senator Benjamin F. Shively removes a leading figure in Indiana politics and national public life. A devoted democrat and scholar, he shaped policy with persistent effort and principled stance, earning broad respect across the state for his public service and advocacy of democracy. His memory will endure in Indiana and national history.
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B. F. Shively
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Senator Shively
Shively
Help For The Farmers And Their Many Advisors
Farmers can access free expert advice from experiment stations colleges state and federal departments of agriculture county agents and farm press. Investigate these services to apply relevant information to your conditions. Ladies of the Thursday afternoon club hosted a pot luck supper for their husbands at the Davis home last Wednesday for a pleasant social time.
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Federal Departments of Agriculture
Farm Press
F. G. Davis
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Sam Hook
Ruth Reichert
F. C. Reichert
Fletcher Avenue
Charles J. Hlad
John Hlad
Charlie
M. Rumley Co
North Judson
Miss Reichert
Rumley
United States
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