Sheriff Van Camp Killed by Bandits Near Brookville
Sheriff William Van Camp of Franklin County was shot dead by two bandits eight miles east of Brookville while investigating a stolen car with Ohio plates. Five shots rang out as the men fled in a car. hundreds joined the search. He was 55, in his second term, recently married. his widow is bereaved.
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Brookville
And
William van Camp
Franklin County
Here
Ohio
Woolds
van Camp
Italians and Negroes Verge on Conflict in Kansas City
Race tensions erupt after the slaying of an Italian taxicab driver. Armed groups of Italians and African Americans patrolled Italian and Negro quarters overnight as authorities warned of possible outbreaks.
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Kansas City
Gibson County Teachers Institute Set At Princeton High
The Gibson County Teachers Institute will be held at Princeton High School from Monday, August 27, through Friday, August 31, inclusive. A date mix up led to confusion as the event was mis-stated as starting today, prompting many inquiries to County Superintendent Ben Watt.
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Gibson County
Teachers’ Institute
Princeton
Ben Watt
One Car Overturns Another Loaded Car and Makes no Stop
A Chevrolet towing car owned by OY Tilton of Mt. Carmel Illinois was knocked into a ditch 144 miles north of Ft. Branch Sunday evening around 7. Tilton his wife and baby escaped serious injury. Tilton received minor cuts and bruises after an Overland touring car passed him and caused his vehicle to overturn and wreck its top fenders and wheels. The other car did not stop.
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OY. Tilton
Mt. Carmel
Jil
Ft. Branch
Overland
You May Have a Baby In Your Home Want Ad
A brief classified notice urges readers to place a want ad in The Daily Democrat to obtain a baby carriage or cart at a small cost. It mentions telephone numbers 9 and 917 for contact.
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Daily Democrat
Southern Ry to rebuild 2000 box cars with steel underframes
The Southern Railway will rebuild 2000 all wood box cars with steel underframes at its southern shops. Birmingham’s Virginia Box and Iron Co will fabricate underframes while Southern shops perform the rebuild. The move adds modernized freight cars ahead of fall business as 6000 of 9000 ordered in 1922 23 are already in use.
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Southern RY
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway Systems
Virginia Box and Iron Company
Southern
The
Lotz
Five Killed As Plane Falls In Atlantic Ocean
A seaplane piloted by Albert J. Whitted of St Petersburg crashed into Santa Rosa Sound near Camp Walton forty miles from Pensacola killing four men and one woman. Victims include Herbert H. Harper of Birmingham Fla aged about two, Frazier Latterson 18 of Pensacola, Jugh D. Brown of Sikersauga, Ala, and S. O. Castleman of Sylacauga, Ala.
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Pensacola
Fla
Albert J. Whitted
St. Petersburg
Santa Rosa Sound
Camp Walton
Herbert H. Harper
Birmingham
Frazier Latterson
Jugh D. Brown
Sykicauga
Ala
S. Od
Recognition of Mexico Near, Nixon Government Near Approval
Aug 20 reports say recognition of the Obregon Mexican government will be recommended to President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes. American commissioners met in Mexico City and conferred with Secretary Hughes, with plans to confer with the president afterward.
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Washington
Coolidge
Hughes
Menxico City
Canadian Farmers Inspect Indiana Farms at Purdue
Seventy five Canadian farmers arrived at Lafayette Indiana to study local farming methods. The group will be hosted by Purdue University Experiment Station officials during their inspection tour.
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Lafayette, Tud
Indiana
Purdue University Experiment School
Indiana Weather Forecast with Warm Temperatures
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions by Tuesday. Central region expected near 90 degrees at peak, 70 at night with partly cloudy skies. Last year saw high 90 and low 61 with clear conditions. Monday 6 am temperatures and sunset times noted for planning.
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Indiana
See The Pretty Birdie Cries The Man As George Lascelles Sits
London reports the first posed portrait of George Henry Hubert Lascelles the son of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles aged 73 months. The image thrills crowds and marks the start of a royal paparazzi era as he resembles his father and bears the future title Viscount Lascelles.
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Birdie
George
Henry Hubert
George Tlenry
Hubert Lascelles
King George of England
Princess Mary
Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Britain
Prince of Wales
George Henry Hubert
Lascelles
Battery D Battery D welcomed home from Camp Knox training
Princeton greeted Battery D of the 15th Field Artillery State Militia with a rousing homecoming after two weeks at Camp Knox Kentucky. The train arrived later than scheduled as thousands gathered for the welcome. The local band played and the reception recalled world war detachment returns. A parade turned into a march to the armory and a gathering planned at the Pullman Hotel.
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Battery D
E. I
Princeton Banda
Battery Boys
Court House Square
Niemeier
Contempt of Court Hearing Opens in Mayor's Court
The contempt proceedings against Oscar Lanphar began in the Mayor's Court with Judge presiding. Attorneys for Fetlinger argued motions. Lanphar's defense denied intent to contempt and sought dismissal. The court adjourned to 2 pm for the plaintiff to file a reply to Lanphar's verified answer.
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Oscar Lanphar
Sam I. Fetlinger
Charles A. Niemeier
Lanuvhar
Willitg Christian
Alayor
Fettinger
S. L. Vandeveer
John Q. Goodman
HL. L. Kays
Lanplaar
Lanphar
Melon Car Brings 428 Dollars at Owensville Sale
In Owensville Indiana a carload of 925 white water melons averaging 30 pounds each owned by Isom Tipton sold on the tracks for 428 dollars. The buyer was C G Coleman of Wilbon.
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Owensville
Ind
Isom Tipton
C. GC
Wil
Old-Time Hoopskirts and a Princeton Tragedy Recall Local Life
Jim AvCormics recounts a 40 year old shooting in Princeton when John B. Massey shot a Linton stranger during a burglary and Massey was later murdered. The piece shifts to fashion, describing hoop skirts and a society scandal as Miss Eck West stirs public reaction by appearing crinoline-free.
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John B. Massey
Massey
Christian Church
East Broadway
Cumberland Presbyterian Coured
Tinton
Indiana
Jin
Mr. Massey
Princeton
Irene Coolidge
Eck West
Three Arrests Made At Macon Ga Of Brothers Charged With Whipping
United Press report on efforts to end flogging in the South. In Macon Georgia authorities arrested three brothers accused of being caught in the act of whipping negroes. Texas Rangers in Port Arthur and Amarillo helped suppress staged flogging gatherings. Tulsa Oklahoma guards faced civilian opposition while military leaders prepared perjury charges against two men who testified at flogging investigations.
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Macon
Oklahoma
Texas
Ranger
Arshee
Amatillo
Tulsa
Okla
Four men arrested in Deland for kidnapping and beating a Black man
Four men were arrested in Deland after a Black man was kidnapped and beaten for providing police information. An oak club was used in the floggings, and authorities say the motive was retaliation for aiding the police.
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Deland, Flia
O&k
Bone Clinic At Methodist Hospital Next Wednesday
The Gibson County Tuberculosis Association will host a bone clinic at Methodist Hospital next Wednesday led by Dr. John H. Oliver of Indianapolis. Crippled children and those with bone defects may attend. older persons may also be examined. Contact Miss Edith Ross at the county supervisor’s office for arrangements. hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Methodist Hospital
Edith Ross
Gibson County Tuberculosis Association
John H. Oliver
Indianapolis
Despondent Evansville Youth Ends His Life
In Evansville Indiana Clifford Barton age 23 killed himself at home after a long illness and impending blindness. He hanged himself Sunday while his parents Mr and Mrs Raney Barton were away as reported today.
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Evansville
Ind
Auction of Coliseum block homes nets 2581 dollars
The Coliseum block sale drew 2581 dollars for all structures with J Y Brown acting as auctioneer. Buyers included Sam F Bean purchasing the Broadway marble building and Princeton Transfer barn, Dr R S Cushman acquiring several shops, and T M McDonald securing the Massey and Turner properties with various corner lots also changing hands. Vacant buildings must be removed within thirty days.
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J. Y. Brown
Broadway
Sam F. Bean
SRE 272 Launch Sinks With Ten Drowned Near St Paul
A Mississippi River outing launch near South St. Paul sank Sunday night. ten people died and only one body was recovered by Monday. The craft carried men women and children in the mysterious disaster on the river.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Mississippi River
South St. Paul
Blessing Likely to Become Post Office Solicitor
Edgar M. Blessing, Indiana Public Service Commission member, is offered the post of solicitor at the Post Office Department at $5,000 a year. Postmaster General New said Blessing has virtually accepted and discussed the role during a Indianapolis visit. The solicitor’s office has been vacant since News led the department.
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Washington, D. C
Edgar M. Blessing
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Post Office Department
New
Blessing
Indianapolis
Walb
Mc Blessing
Mr. News
John Edwards
Mitchell, Ind
Postmaster General
Dr. Work
Interior Department
H. J. Donnelly
California
Bandits Rob Gamblers at Vancouver Armory
Two masked bandits robbed a gambling club at the Seventh Battalion armory in Vancouver Washington. They held up about a score of card players and escaped in an automobile with several thousand dollars.
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Vancouver
Wash
Battaion Armory
Surplus Fruit and Vegetables Ad in The Daily Democrat
A short classified notice invites selling surplus fruit and vegetables by a small ad in The Daily Democrat. The wording emphasizes turning wasted produce into saleable goods with an emphasis on thrift and local commerce.
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Wis
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Lery
State Militia
Camp Knox
Usuiel Crown
Pullman
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Jim McCormick
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Texas Rangers
United Press
Vis
Obaugallie, Fla
G. A. Davis
Bone Clinic
Turner
State and Hall
Louis Greek
F. J. Biggs
T. M. McDonald
McDonald
John Massey
Lemuel Barnett
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