Legacy of Estate Drives Surprising Marriage and Debates
John J. Peter to share in sister Stella Peter Caldwell’s vast estate after a life interest clause. Adelaide Peter’s divorce precedes her marriage to Edward S. Caldwell, brother-in-law to Peter. The Caldwell fortune, potentially 500 000 to 1 000 000 dollars, hinges on will interpretations and trustee actions in Louisville and Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Peter
John J. Peter
Jackson
Edward S. Caldwell
Peter
Caldwell
Covington
Mobile
Santa Barbara
Calif
Stella Peter Caldwell
Stella Peter
J. H. Peter
United States
Europe
Arthur Langham
Louisville
Peter Cabin
Langham
J. P. M. Burnsides
Burnsides
Mr. Caldwell
California
Seelbeech Hotel
Jackson County
Burglaries Struck Steinker and Kendall Homes
The Steinker residence on South Chestnut Street was broken into Thursday night with a small cash, clothing and jewelry loss. Police link this burglary to a prior break in at William Kendall’s home on Ewing Street, suggesting the same culprits. Chief Misch and officers pursue leads from both incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Steinker
South Chestnut Street
Steinker Meat Market
William M. Kendall
Ewing Street
Steinker
William A. Misch
GORN PLANTERS IN FELDS OF COUNTY
GORN Planters in fields of county report corn planting underway in Jackson County with hundreds of acres to be sown before Saturday night. Strawberries are ahead with a May 5 ripening target and frost fears loom. Marshall Snodgrass farms clay land after planting on sandy soils, while a Millport area farmer works on a second field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Marshall Snodgrass
Millport
Wash
Ku Klux Klan Meets at Majestic Theater in Seymour
The largest Klan meeting this year was held at the Majestic theater in Seymour on Thursday night drawing many visiting delegations. A special Interstate car brought 100 attendees from Jeffersonville and others traveled in special cars from the north. A carload of ceremonial paraphernalia arrived from Indianapolis and an Indianapolis orchestra provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Seymour
Majestic Theater
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Heat Records Singed As Mercury Reaches 92 at Rockford Station
The Rockford pumping station recorded 92 degrees this afternoon at 2 pm, three degrees above Thursday. A light breeze offered some relief in the intense heat, with officials noting the day likely sets April 24’s heat record for city and county since official observations began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Indianapolis considers $500 ordinance to aid murder case
City officials led by Councilman Ben H Thompson plan to draft an ordinance allocating 500 from municipal funds to assist prosecuting David C Stevenson, linked to the death of Madge Oberholtzer after a reported assault as experts discuss coroner findings of mercurial poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
David C. Stephenson
Dragon
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Madge Oberholtzer
Ben H. Thompson
Babe and Mother County Meetings for Women and Girls
A series of meetings under the Indiana state board of health will be held in Jackson county from May 4 to June 6. Dr. Louise Boutelle and nurse Edith M. Ross will discuss childhood and motherhood topics with sessions split between May 4–9 May 11–16 May 18–23 May 25–29 and June 1–4 at unspecified locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Board of Health
Division of Infant and Child Hygiene
Jackson County
Louise Boutelle
Edith M. Ross
Boutelle
Miss Ross
Dr. Boutelle
Bulgarian executions and turmoil amid cathedral bombing
Volleys of firing squads echo at Sofia as military courts try alleged bombers and conspirators in Bulgaria. A push for an American general to command the army faces opposition, while two new assassinations are reported in the volatile crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Vienna
Josiah Wedgewood
Bulgaria
Thompson Promoted to St. Louis Terminal Trainmaster
L. B. Thompson, longtime yardmaster for Baltimore and Ohio, is transferred from North Vernon to St. Louis to become terminal trainmaster. His family will relocate to St. Louis as the appointment takes effect soon, replacing Mr. Hunt who moves to Baltimore as assistant to the general superintendent of terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vernon
St. Louis
L. B. Thompson
Baltimore & Ohio
South Walnut Street
Thompson
Seymour
Hunt
Baltimore
Legionnaires Plan July Fourth Celebration at Local Post 89
Legionnaires at post No. 89 will plan this year's Independence Day celebration at a club room meeting led by commander Noble R. Gresham. A final report on the American Legion Endowment Fund is due, with $150 still needed to complete a $1,750 local budget. The post has staged a mammoth event each July Fourth and promises a larger scale than past celebrations.
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Legionnaires
American Legion
Noble R. Gresham
American Legion Endowment Fund
Wayman Posts $500 Bond in Brownstown Liquor Case
John Russell town marshal of Brownstown files suit against Cecil Wayman of Medora in circuit court. Wayman posts $500 bond and remains free pending a May term hearing set to run from May 4 for six weeks, as efforts to curb illicit liquor draw strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell
Brownstown
Cecil Wayman
Medora
Wayman
Russell
Liberty
Scottsburg
Circuit Court Cases in Jackson County
Robert Craig sues Margaret and Carl Cooper Ann Hopewell and Seymour National Bank over partition of the Cooper Garage and sales agency in which Craig holds an interest. The bank is joined due to a mortgage. Federal Chemical Co sues John Hinderlider and others for 125 dollars. Carrie Estes sues Hiram J Martin for money received, 1200 dollars. The State charges John Graham with grand larceny for theft of a $50 shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Robert [. Craig
Margaret Cooper
Carl B. Cooper
Ann Hopewell
Seymour National Bank
Cooper
Craig
Nopewell
Bank
Federal Chemical Company
John Hinder Lider
Carrie TL Estes
Hiram JH. Martin
John Graham
Lawrence County
Two Men Fined For Violating Fire Truck Safety Rule
Ennis Deppert and Ernest Boyer of this city were fined five dollars and costs for violating the ordinance by parking too close to a fire truck answering a call. They pleaded guilty in police court before Mayor Charles L. Wessler. The rule requires motorists to keep at least 600 feet from a fire apparatus during a run. The incident followed a woodshed fire at 200 West Seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis Deppert
Ernest Boyer
Charles L. Wessler
W. Stout
West Seventh Street
Food Sale at Sadie’s Aid of First Methodist
A food sale will be held Saturday April 25 at 10 a.m. in the B T room hosted by Sadie’s Aid of the First Methodist Church. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
First Methodist Church
Candy Sale at Kessler's Store Saturday April 25
A candy sale is set for Saturday April 25 at 10 a m at Kessler's Store hosted by the Christian Endeavor group of the Presbyterian church. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kessler’s
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Tip Richardson Returns Home After Visit
Mrs Mollie Saunders visiting Mr and Mrs Omer Cohee on West Jackson Street has returned to her Indianapolis home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Saunders
Mrs. Omer Cohee
West Jackson Street
Indianapolis
Lutheran Club Tlouse Spring Event Two Nights
At Lutheran Club Tlouse two nights Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 and 29 at 8 p m Admission 15 cents for children 35 cents for adults All welcome organized by a 28d Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Club
Idaho Miners Trapped Deep as Rescue Efforts Continue
Wallace Idaho April 24 four teen miners remain trapped at the 2,000 foot level in the Heela mine. Rescue crews from adjoining mines had brought three men alive from the 1,000-foot level but report lethal gases below and a fire burning from the 1,600-foot level downward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Idaho
Heela
Judge Bowser Dies in Indiana Circuit Court
Warsaw Indiana April 24 Francis Bowser aged 64 former eight years judge of the Kosciusko circuit court died today after two years of illness Mrs B F Smith Urbana Illinois sister of James Bryant Brownstown is visiting relatives in Brownstown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Francis Bowser
Koscisuko Circuit Court
Urbana, St
James Bryant
Brownstown
First Tangible Clue Identifies 1924 Missing Woman
Police follow a key clue to identify the young woman found in a Budlong Golf Course catch-basin. Elizabeth Augustine, 22, missing since October 30 1924, may be the victim. suitor Robert McMalan 26 also disappeared. Evidence includes a badly mutilated torso. dating remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Chicago
Budlong Golf Course
Charles Augustine
Geneva
Elizabeth
Augustine
Robert McMalan
Freight Vehicle Strikes Ford in City Train Collision
A. B. Foster, salesman for the E. C. Franz Co., riding in a new Ford touring car, was struck by a northbound freight on the Pennsylvania tracks near Second Street Thursday around 6 PM. He crossed Indianapolis avenue toward the east and did not see the train until almost on the tracks, reversing too late. The locomotive sideswiped the car, knocking off the right front hub cap. the train halted quickly with no other damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Foster
E. C. Franz Co
Pennsylvania
Second Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Earthquake Shocks New England Rattle Bay State and Rhode Island
A strong earthquake rocked southern New England, mainly along the Buzzards Bay border and Rhode Island, awakening sleepers and rattling dishes. Police and residents in New Bedford and towns like Wareham East Freetown Middleboro and Newport reported windows rattled bells disturbed and beds moved with no injuries or major damage recorded.
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New England
Jocock
Bay State
Buzzard’s Bay
Rhode Island
Newport
Rochester
Freetown
Fall River
Creetown
Elwell Smith
Wareham
Alton Rodgers
Middleboro
Paul Billiers
East Freetown
Skating Rink Manager Shot and Robbed in Indiana
Robert McArdell forty four, manager of Mounds Park skating rink near Anderson Indiana, is in serious condition after four gunshot wounds and a head clubbing during a late Thursday robbery. Two unidentified men fled into the park. Melvin and Arnold Bronnenberg aided the injured man after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Robert McArdell
Mounds Park
McArdell
Melvin Bronnenberg
Anderson High School
Arnold Bronnenberg
Bronnenberg Brothers
St. John’s Hospital
Produce selections at People’s Grocery list
A brief list highlights strawberries pineapples tomatoes and assorted greens. The ad notes items include mangoes cucumbers carrots lettuce and other produce with contact as Phone 170 for People’s Grocery.
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People’s Grocery
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GORN
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Effyet
Babe and Mother
State Board of Health
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America
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Russia
London
R. J. Craig
Candy Sale
Tip
Tip Richardson
O'Connor Bros
Judge Bowser
Geneva, Ill
Goast
New Bedford
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