Plan Urged Here Kiwanis Hears Edith Ross on School Milk
Kiwanis club hears Edith Ross county tuberculosis nurse describe milk provision for underweight children. Oakland City Owensville and Hazleton offer school milk funded by local groups. Princeton lacks such provision.
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Kiwanis
Miss
Edith Ross County
Owensville
Oakland City
Hazleton
Princeton
Gibson County
Haleton
Research Club
Kiwanis Club
Pullman Hotel
Edith Ross
Despondent mother leaps to death with infant
In Cincinnati on March 15, Mae Gullion, 20, carrying her eleven day old baby, leaped from a fifth floor apartment. Irvin Gullion, husband, watched as both fell to the pavement. He said the couple had just awakened to the baby's cries and she leaped after returning from the hospital yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Mae Guilion
Irvin Gullion
Mae
Guilion
Injunction Granted Over Princeton Truck License Ordinance
John Miller seeks a permanent halt to Princeton's truck license ordinance after a temporary restraining order blocked enforcement. The petition claims improper drafting and discrimination, noting a March 15 deadline and March 24 hearing set, with other truck owners likely joining the action.
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Princeton
John Miller
S. L. Vandeveer
Winter Storm Halts Traffic Across Northwest
A sweeping sleet and snow storm from the Rocky Mountains disrupts travel across a wide area. Nebraska reports the heaviest snowfall while Chicago sees heavy snow overnight turning to sleet. Streetcar service is halted and drifts close towns. trains run one to two days late. Snow plows clear large drifts in Nebraska.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Nebraska
Omaha Blizzard Halts City Traffic After 20 Years
Thousands of workers battled waist deep snow as a Omaha blizzard halted streetcar traffic for the first time in two decades. High winds piled eight to ten foot drifts, stalling autos and delaying trains on all lines.
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Amaha
Neb
Omaha
Aged Woman Burned to Death Near Ft Branch
Mrs. Anna M. Heuring 89 died after her clothing caught fire while passing a grate three miles west of Ft Branch Indiana Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by two sons George and another son in Kansas and a daughter in Kansas. Born in Maryland, she came from New Harmony years ago to live with her son.
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FT. Branch
Ind
Anna M. Heuring
Here
George Heuring
George
Kansas
Hearing
New Harmony
Maryland
New Company Enters Fields Near Francisco
A new firm plans oil drilling two miles south of Francisco. Young Brothers lease nearby farms and have prior experience in the Barrett territory two years earlier.
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Francisco
Young Brothers
Barrett Territory
Mountain Top Bride Homemaker Keeps Vigil Above Clouds
Mrs. Beard serves as a forestry fire lookout in Harney Peak South Dakota living in a glass house 7 240 feet above sea level. A veteran husband built furniture and assists her guarding pine needles from a dizzy perch reached by ladder. They winter near Ames Iowa attending Iowa State College.
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Beard
United States Forestry Service
Harney
South Dakota
Fugitive Ku Klux Klan Leader Edward Clarke Declared Pursuant
Edward Young Clarke, former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was declared a fugitive from justice by Federal Judge Joseph Hutcheson. Clarke did not appear in court to answer Mann Act charges. Sidney Smith, Atlanta attorney, asked for a September continuance citing Clarke’s ill health.
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Houston
Tex
Edward Young Clarke
Joseph Hutcheson
Sidney Smith
Atlanta
Clarke
Smith
Beard Sues for 1500 in Auto Crash Damages
Henry W. Beard sues Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. for 1500 damages after his auto was wrecked when a traction car struck near Makemson crossing south of Princeton on May 24, 1922. Plaintiff alleges embankment hid the car and lack of warning by the motorman. Beard was not injured. Attorneys Baltzell & By for plaintiff and Robinson & Stilwell for defendant.
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Henry W. Beard
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co
Makemson Crossing
Princeton
Beard
Baltzell &Bby
Robinson & Stilwell of
Evansville
Fire destroys Baldwin Heights home of Truman Hiley
The home of Truman Hiley in Bald win Heights burned to the ground just before press time. Firemen could not reach the blaze due to poor street conditions in Baldwin Heights.
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Truman Hiley
Baldwin Heights
Democrat
Indiana Forecast Passes Snow and Rain Across Regions
The forecast calls for snow or rain in the north and rain in the south and central Indiana tonight with clearing and colder conditions Friday morning. Winds are strong and shifting. Wednesday highs reach 49 and lows 39 with partly cloudy skies. Sunset Thursday is 5 57 and sunrise Friday 6 01.
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Indiana
Suit to share in $5 million Evansville estate
Evansville banker Allen Gray left more than $5,000,000 in trust. His niece Mrs. Margaret Gray Patterson of New York sues to break the will. The case will start in Posey circuit court at Mt. Vernon on May 21. Patterson is the daughter of the late James Gray, brother of Allen Gray, formerly a member of the Indiana state senate. Gray owned Mississippi cotton plantations.
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Evansville
Ind
New York
Allen Gray
Posey
Elrcnit
Mt. Vernon
Gray
Tuist
Mississippi
Mississippi. Mrs. Patterson
James Gray
Allen Gray W
Lormeriy
Indiane State Senate
Why Everyone Should Own Their Homes Letters
Daily Democrat offers one dollar for the best reader letters on the theme Why Everyone Should Own Their Homes. Readers should submit thoughtful opinions for page 3 coverage and prize details.
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The
Daily Democrat
Officials split on liquor sales in Gary trial
Gary city officials allegedly divided confiscated whisky after storage grew, selling it and sharing proceeds. Former Gary constable Dan Melloy testified in federal court about the liquor conspiracy case involving 63 defendants including Mayor Roswell Johnson Sheriff Barnes and City Judge William Donn.
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Gary
Dan Melloy
Roswell Johnson
Barnes
Olds
Kinder
William Donn
Melloy
Meloy
Nine Die in Alms House Fire at Angelica
Fire swept through the Alleney Alms house in Angelica New York killing seven women and two men. An explosion in a boiler room preceded the blaze. Attendant Charles Sanborn died trying to save inmates. about fifty others escaped or were injured as the building collapsed. Police and the coroner weigh the final toll amid ongoing investigations.
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Angelica
New York
Charles Sanborn
Soma
Mystery of Silverware Found in Patient at State Hospital
Parson s Kansas March 15 doctors solved the mystery of missing silverware at the State Hospital for epileptics by finding twenty sever teaspoons in patient James Margrete s stomach after an operation. An attendant saw Millgrene swallow one spoon and reach for another. An x ray exam revealed the spoon.
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Parsons
Kansas
Meet Tonight to Form Gibson County Radio Club
A meeting of radio owners and fans is set for tonight at 7 30 at the Daily Democrat office to organize a Gibson County radio club. A prior meeting failed to form due to low attendance, but many are expected tonight with letters sent to prominent locals asking them to bring interested persons.
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The
Daily Democrat
Gibson County
the Waltz Electric Company
Gibson 1 County
Otelock
Mt Carmel mayoral primary leads Frank Fornoff and H M Phipps
Mt Carmel voters selected Frank Fornoff and H M Phipps as the top mayoral contenders in the Tuesday primary. Four of eight candidates for city commissioners will advance to the April 1 election, with no party affiliations guiding selection under the commission form of government.
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Frank Fornoff
H. M. Phipps
Mt. Carmel
C. F. Barrett
S. A. Mayne
Fret J. Metzger
E. Guy Munda
C. M. Partee
H. E. Pieper
Louis H. Seller
M. W. Willson
Mr. Carmel
Indictments Expected Tonight in Moorehouse Mob Terror
In Bastrop Louisiana March 15 indictments fixing responsibility for murders kidnapping and other outlawry in a Moorehouse parish terror campaign by hooded mobs will be returned tonight. The grand jury finished its investigation today and was reported to be drawing true bills for tonight.
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Bastrop
Moorehouse Parish
Sale at Dill and Sons Auction Draws Crowd in Oakland City
The Wednesday sale at Dill and Sons in Oakland City attracted many buyers though bidding was slow. Several mule lots were rejected while hogs and corn fetched good prices. A span of eight year old mules sold for 844 dollars and coin sold around 83 cents per bushel, with other bits of livestock also moving.
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Dill & Sons
Oakland City
Cornin
Heinz Packing Plant Grows Tomato Crop at Princeton
The H J Heinz packing plant in Princeton expands tomato acreage and upgrades facilities for 1928. New greenhouse completed. seed sown. women workers sought to transplant plants next week. Joseph Heston adds 65 acres as local growers join the program. Production manager F S Felts and field manager EB AyrPriess plan a record season.
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H. J. Heinz
Princeton
Joseph Heston
Green House
Heinz Company
F. S. Felts
Gesinceton
EB. Ay’priess
Melon Grower Awarded Damages in Seed Suit
Clark sued Winkler for damages alleging inferior cantaloupe seed. The jury awarded plaintiff 1250 dollars after a Knox county venue change. Plaintiff testified seed labeled tip top produced unmarketable melons. defense blamed soil and cultivation.
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Clark
Dempsey Accepts $750000 Offer to Fight Firpo in Buenos Aires
Jack Dempsey announced he will fight Luis Angel Firpo in Buenos Aires this November for a $750,000 purse plus $25,000 travel and training funds and 75 percent of motion picture rights. Argentine government representatives backing the bout are in New York negotiating final signings.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Buenos Aires
Jack
New York
Kearns
Dempsey
Girl Sustains Fracture in Accident on Center Street
Miss Arcola Shoof age 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Shoof of 100 Center street fell yesterday on her way to school and broke her right arm above the elbow in a complete fracture causing severe pain.
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Arcola Shoof
Frank Shoof
Center Street
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