Jackson County Free Fair prep boosts county event
Shields Park buzzes with canvasses tents and booths as Seymour merchants farmers and out of county visitors gear up for the Jackson County Free Fair opening Monday. Officials predict bigger mercantile and industrial displays and strong livestock entries despite droughts.
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Jackson County Free Fair
Jackson County
Seymour
H. Lett
Indianapolis
Indiana
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Mortuary Opens New Voss Section This Weekend
The Tribune announces the formal opening of the Voss mortuary at 316 North Chestnut Street with a special section in today’s issue. The opening is set for Saturday and Sunday to mark the occasion.
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Tribune
Voss Mortuary
Chestnut Street
International Lions head Hodges to visit Seymour event
Earle W. Hodges international president of Lions clubs will be in Seymour on September 24 for an all day Lions meeting. Indiana Lions clubs south of Indianapolis are invited. A noon officers luncheon will precede an officers conference and an evening banquet with broad attendance expected.
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Earle W. Hodges
Lions Clubs
Seymour
Lions
Lions Club
Hodges
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mrs. Theresia Colemeyer Dies at 81
Mrs. Theresia Colemeyer aged eighty one of 621 East Fifth Street died Thursday night at Seehneck Memorial Hospital after five weeks of illness. Cause listed as advanced age and a fractured hip from a July porch fall. Funeral Monday at 9 at St. Ambrose with Rev. J Conrad. burial Riverview cemetery. Survived by husband Charles Colemeyer two daughters Mrs. William Stemler and Mrs. John Grimes a son Frank Colemeyer and sister Mrs. Margaret Moritz.
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Theresia Colemeyer
East Fifth Street
Seehneck Memorial Hospital
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
J. Conrad
Riverview Cemetery
Colemeyer
Jennings County
John
Helena Stemmer Ollinger
Charles Colemeyer
William Stemler
John Grimes
Terre Haute
Frank Colemeyer
Margaret Moritz
Contents Of Gangster's Strong Boxes Revealed
The lids of Jack Zuta's strong boxes were torn off revealing papers tied to public officials and gang land activity. Investigators published reams of documents including a letter from Ben Laute of Gary Indiana to Frankie Gross of Gary signed Ben found among Zuta's possessions.
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Chicago
Jack Zuta
Ben Laute
Gary
Ind
Frankie Gross
Orlando
Mia
Ben
Zuta
Trinity Methodist In Charge of Services at Shields Park
The Union church services Sunday night at Shields Park will be conducted by Trinity Methodist. Rev. F. J. Baumann will preach and the Trinity choir will provide music. Services will be held from the free act platform as seats are removed for the Jackson County Free Fair opening Monday.
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Union
Shields Park
Trinity Methodist Church
Trinity Choir
Yacht Arrives in Azores After Boston Start
The American yacht Evalu arrives at Ponta Deleada Azores after a 42 day voyage from Boston led by owner Henry Blanco his wife and daughter as the sole passengers. Blanco cites storms delaying the voyage and says the yacht will soon depart for Madeira and Spain.
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Azores
Evalu
Boston
Henry Blanco
Blanco
Eoyalu
Madeira
Spain
Free concert by local colored and Harmony quartets at Shields Park
The Colored Star female quartet and Harmony male quartet of Indianapolis will give a free Sunday 2 PM concert at Shields Park announced by Edgar Maddox, A M E church superintendent. Professor Crawford of Liberty choir accompanies. Judge James A Cox will speak on emancipation. bass soloist performs "Old Black Joe."
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Harmony
Indianapolis
Shields Park
Edgar Maddox
A. M. FE
Crawford
Liberty Choir
New Liberty Baptist Church
James A. Cox
Jackson and Lawrence
Joe
Fire Destroys Village Center in Indiana
Fire swept through Cale Indiana destroying the Ada Adkins general stores the C M and St P depot a blacksmith shop and several small buildings. The blaze started in a garage and several hundred railroad cross ties were burned. Loss is estimated at 40000 with little insurance coverage.
Bleachers Collapse Injures Fairgoers at Hamilton County Fair
One person was seriously injured and eight others slightly hurt when a section of bleacher seats collapsed at the Hamilton County Fair in Noblesville Indiana. Mrs. Fred Anderson suffered a broken ankle and injuries to her back and neck and was hospitalized.
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Noblesville
Ind
Fred Anderson
Inquiry Into Underground Explosion Begins
New York August 22. Bronx county district attorney opened an inquiry into an underground explosion 640 feet deep in the New York ers Long Island Aqueduct. Three workers were killed and three more were seriously injured as the accident sparked a grand jury review of construction accidents and potential liability.
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Associated Press
New York
New Yorkers-Long Island Aqueduct
Bronx County
Marion County Sheriff Will Not Resign
Marion Ind Aug 22 Sheriff Jacob Campbell refuses to resign after a group of Negro protesters demanded his resignation for failing to prevent the Aug 7 lynching of two Black men. The protestors had appeared before Governor Harry G Leslie.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ind
Jacob Campbell
Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
Denver letter threats demand 5000 from prominent men
A Denver report notes letters signed The Chisix demand each of $5,000 from several leading local businessmen. Dr Francis LeRoy Silvey, longtime secretary to oil magnate Edward L Doheny, is among those cited in the Aug 22 dispatch.
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Denver
Colo
Francis LeRoy Silvey
Edward L. Doheny
Chisix
Mussolini Presents Sewing Machine To Girl
Verona Italy Premier Mussolini funds aid by self help. A war orphan dressmaker in Verona received a brand new sewing machine after appealing to the Duce. The Verona prefect delivered it to her modest flat.
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Associated Press
Verona
Italy
Mussolini
Duce
Pioneer Woman Dies After Wagon Train Feat At 92
Greensburg Indiana August 22 Mrs Martha J Brown 92 longtime pioneer who crossed the plains in a covered wagon and said she traveled to the Pacific coast over the plains six times is dead at the I O O F home Her husband was killed by Indians She came to the home from Hobart Lake county.
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Greensburg
Ind
Martha J. Brown
Plains
Pacific Coast
Hobart
Lake County
Richmond trio face larceny charges in Dayton stores
Prisoners registering as Miss Jessie Bradford 33 Miss Willa Kinzer and Miss Eleanor Vanl Laindham 20 of Richmond Indiana faced larceny charges in Dayton. Detectives said they took merchandise valued at 75 from five department stores.
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Dayton
Jessie Bratford
Willa Kinzer
Eleanor Vanl Laindham
Richmond
Ind
Institute of Pacific relations to meet in China next year
Honolulu headquarters said the Institute of Pacific Relations will hold its next meeting in China with the exact date to be announced later.
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Institute of Public Relations
Honolulu
Institute of Pacific Relations
China
Elihu Root Awarded American Bar Association Medal
Former secretary of state Elihu Root received the American Bar Association's annual medal for distinguished life service to the profession. J Weston Allen of Boston presented the award before eminent lawyers chaired by Frank B Kellogg, author of the Kellogg peace pact.
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Chicago
Elihu Root
American Bar Association
J. Weston Allen
Boston
Frank B. Kellogg
Hobart Family Visits Virginia and West Virginia Guests
Mrs. R. P. Crigger and family of Hobart Oklahoma who have spent a month visiting Virginia and West Virginia are guests of Dr. J. F. Jones and Mrs. Jones on West Second Street. Mrs. Crigger is a niece of Mrs. Jones.
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R. P. Crigger
Hobart
Okla
Virginia
West Virginia
J. F. Jones
Jones
West Second Street
Crigger
Indignant man called home by father’s illness
LeRoy Bretthauer of Indianapolis is summoned here due to his father H. C. Bretthauer’s illness.
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LeRoy Bretthauer
Indianapolis
H. C. Bretthauer
Man, 63, Dies by Own Action in Indiana Home
Charles T. Chapman, 63, died at Union Hospital after shooting himself in his son William C. Chapmans home in Terre Haute. Officials cited despondency over ill health as the cause.
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Associated Press
Terre Tanute
Ind
Charles T. Chapman
Union Hospital
William C. Chapman
Rains Benefit Tomato Crop Across Indiana
Rain fell over much of Indiana yesterday and last night bringing benefit to tomato crops after a hot dry summer. The southern part of the state saw less rain while the northern region received heavier totals according to weather reports.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Had Hoped for Boy Glamis Birth News
A newborn princess restews as presumptive to the British throne at Glamis Castle Aug 22. Duchess of York and baby are reported well by royal physicians. She is the fourth grandchild of King George with Elizabeth and Marys sons preceding her.
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Scotland
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Duchess of York
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Davis Miles
Henry Simson
Elizabeth
Mary
Arrangements for Ohio River Bridge Completed
The Cannelton Indiana Hawesville Kentucky bridge project advances with a bridge commission under Indiana law. New York bankers buy 500000 dollars in bonds to relocate the Pittsburgh bridge, now a two lane span replaced by a four lane structure in Pittsburgh. The toll bridge will open to traffic within months and become free after liquidation. It will connect Indiana Highway 37 and Kentucky US 60 as the sole span between Louisville and Paducah.
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Ind
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Hawesville
Perry County
Indiana
New York
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Pittsburgh
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Commission
Louisville
Paducah
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Aged farmer held in jail after mysterious fire
Newcastle Ind Aug 22 A 78 year old farmer Turner Huddelson is jailed pending grand jury inquiry into a kitchen fire that killed Mrs Carrie Huddelson 64. Authorities note the room showed no other damage except scorched spots on linoleum and blistered baseboard varnish. Autopsy failed to reveal clear cause.
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Newcastle
Ind
Carrie Hudderson
Turner Huddelson
Huddelson
Ralph Niblock
Plan for drought relief uses gas tax to fund roads
Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie pursues a plan to raise about 1 million dollars for drought relief by leveraging gasoline tax receipts to support road employment for southern drought sufferers. Contractors may receive certificates of indebtedness as bank collateral, with possible thirty to sixty day payment delays.
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Indiana
Harry G. Leslie
George W. Freeman
Kokomo
Ralph Ff. Wilcox
Freeman
Wilcox
Indiana National Guard
Cannelton
Jasper
Bloomington
Cloverdale
Martinsville
Conservation Department
State Aid Commission
Brown County
Indianapolis
McCormick’s Creek Canyon
Orler
Indina
Leland E. Pishback
Doolittle Carries the President's Message
Major James J. Doolittle of the Army Reserve Air Corps departed Washington to deliver a message from President Hoover to the national air races in Chicago. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association, and Doolittle, famed army flier, expect to arrive in Chicago late this afternoon.
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Washington
James J. Doolittle
Army Reserve Air Corps
Chicago
Hoover
Senator Bingham of
Connee
National Aeronautic Association
Doolittle
Finance Committee Named for Indiana State Exposition
Indianapolis announces a finance committee appointed by W. A. McCurry for the Indiana State Industrial Exposition at the state fair grounds from October 4 to 11. Members are Daily F. McCoy Lawrence F. Orr and William H. Arnett.
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Indianapolis
State Fair Grounds
W. A. McCurry
Daily F. McCoy
Lawrence F. Orr
State Board of Accounts
William H. Arnett
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Cream social at Savers Sunday night
Community event at Savers invites everyone to a cream social on Sunday night August 24. Friends and neighbors welcome to share desserts and fellowship.
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