Medora Couple Killed In Auto and Train Crash
Mr and Mrs Robert M Eshom and their nine month old son were killed when their auto collided with the second section of Baltimore and Ohio No 1 westbound at a crossing near Medora shortly before noon on Sunday. He was county director of educational extension and both were active in community affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Medora
Robert M. Eshom
Robert Franklin
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Eshom
Franklin College
Indiana University
Odon
Sharpsville
Raton
Huron
Westport
Williams
Odeon
National Emergency
Jackson County
Carr Township
Robert Eshom
Stanley Motsinger
Valionia
Floyd McChesney
Charles Eshom
David J. Partner
Lebanon
Partner
United Brethren Sunday School
Christmas Tragedies Across America Reported
A Christmas Day wave of disasters leaves multiple fatalities. An Elko search group found three young passengers and their pilot dead in a wreck near Owyhee Canyon. Separate incidents include a mother slaying seven family members, fourteen automotive deaths, a train collision in Medora, and a shooting spree in Pittsburgh followed by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Owyhee Canyon
Here
Annual Greeting Edition from The Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune presents a Christmas Greeting edition with messages from merchants manufacturers and others addressed to every individual in Seymour and nearby. Readers will find personal expressions of appreciation and goodwill from those with whom they conducted business in 1934. The issue, issued on Christmas Eve, aims to brighten the holiday atmosphere separate from commercial daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Tribune Today
Seymour
Daily Tribune
City Council Finalizes Year with Key Appropriation
The Seymour city council, in a last session before five members leave office, appropriated 15551.25 from the general fund to the Miscellaneous fund to cover a damage judgment of 684.95 and a 690 settlement in Merle Mandy vs. Seymour. The five councilmen met at the clerk treasurer’s office for a final special session following the December 17 regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Henry F. Hunber
J. B. Shepard
George W. Riley
J. A. Reid
William Ellis
John Tanenschild
Bartholomew
Columbus
William Jarvis
Fomer Seymour Street Department
Merle Mandy
City of
Monroe
Christmas Woes Shine Through in Year End Thefts
Association Press items report thefts targeting Christmas goods across cities. A Denver man laments his stolen Santa suit bought for 25. In Baltimore a mayor notes missing toys valued at 30.50 stolen from his home. In Waynesburg Leslie Ankrom loses a dozen prized evergreen trees from his nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Marvin Smth
Baltimore
Santa Claus
Meyer Mazor
Pole
Wayneshburg
Leslie Ankrom
Ankrom
Two Tragedies Strike Medora Family Over Christmas
Stanley Motsinger of Medora endures back to back losses as his brother in law Robert Eshom of Melora and his mother Ethel Motsinger of Mt. Zion neighborhood die within days in Indiana. A Medora crossing accident claimed Robert Eshom and his family, followed by Mrs. Ethel Motsinger's death in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Motsinger
Medora
Mr. Motsinger
Robert Eshom
Melora
Ethel Motsinger
Mt. Zion
Indianapolis
James Crabb 101 Dies in Mondamin Iowa
Mrs. A Wineheardt of this city reports the death of her uncle James Clark Crabb at his Mondamin Iowa home on December 13 He was born May 7 1833 in Seymour and lived in Mondamin since moving from Seymour about 65 years ago Funeral services were held December 16 at 2 PM at the L D Church Little Sioux with Sider J F Minton in charge Burial followed in Little Sioux Cemetery Crabb fathered thirteen children seven of whom survive along with several nieces and nephews in Seymour and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wineheardt
James Clark Crabb
Mondamin
Iowa
L.D
Little Sioux
J. F. Minton
Mr. Crabb
Seymour
Sourvive
Police recover three wheel rims found under bridge
Three yellow wire wheels for a light model car were found beneath a small bridge on Wu Road west of Seymour. They were tireless and unreported missing. Chief Julius Harlow offered to return them to the owner if identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Harlow
Ehief
Police
Wu Road
Seymour
Po- Hee
Welfare Group Seeks More Christmas Baskets
Seymour Welfare Association urges donations as city pantries prepare Christmas baskets for the needy. Baskets may be delivered this afternoon or tonight with some set for Christmas morning. Officials say there is need for more baskets than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Welfare Association
Welfare Association
Christmas seal drive surpasses goal in Jackson County
Saturday receipts of 162.18 raise the campaign total to over 775 with penny day contributions of 114.83. W J Hughes and J R Mitchell announce generous public and school support, noting plans for continued effort beyond expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hughes
J. BR. Mitchell
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Tvetesd
Air Gun Warning Reported by Seymour Police
Seymour police received a cell at noon Sunday reporting a boy with an air rifle. Officers located the boy, ordered him to put it away, and warned him to keep it “in the clear” under city ordinances prohibiting firing air rifles within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Tocal
Christmas Observed Halts City Business
Parcel post delivery resumes after streets pause for Christmas observance. Practically all city operations halt Tuesday as residents mark the holiday with family and church activities.
No Paper Tuesday In The Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune prints no edition Tuesday to let staff enjoy the holiday with families and friends. It is the only day besides Sundays when no Tribune is published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Daily Tribune
Tribune
Holiday Closures Prompt Modified Postal Service
Financial establishments gro cery and other stores the post office and other institutions will be closed throughout the day with the prs ofice giving a modified service in the form of delivery of Christmas packages perishables and speed delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prs
Ofice
Tragedy claims five in family in Pittsburgh suburb
A Christmas night tragedy at Walter Dempsey's home ends with five family members dead and two more wounded after Mrs. Kathryn Sehoch, a Dunkirk nurse, shoots the household then kills herself. Police say the gunman was driven mad by the death of her own son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Medora
Ind
Robert M. Eshom
Pittsburgh
Kathryn Schoch
Bs Associated Pres
Walter Dempsey
Demipsey
Kathryn Sehoch
Dunkirk
New York
Pormsen
Dempsey
Feud Heads Toward Showdown Between Johnson and Richberg
General Hugh S. Johnson and Donald Richberg, linked to the New Deal, move toward a confrontation as Richberg warns the Saturday Evening Post against printing articles about Johnson. Johnson accuses Richberg of press interference and malice in an exchange sparked by policy disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Deal
Gieneral Hugh S. Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
Tod
Riehberg
Natonal
Emergency Coyne
Johnson
NRA
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Hirichberg
Richberg
New Panel Seen in Kidnap Case
A new panel is reported in a kidnapping case as the author denounces the prosecutor’s claim that an effort to tamper with the jury panel was made, calling the charge satire and Scoffs at the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofts
Prosecution Weighs New Jury in Lindbergh Case
Federal officials seek to locate a pamphlet author after demands for a fresh jury in the Bruno Hauptmann murder trial. Prosecutor Anthony M. accuses the pamphlet writer Mary Belle Spencer of Chicago of issuing the satirical flyer two years before Hauptmann’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Dee
Hauptmann
Ertmally
Associated Press
Bruno Ri Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Anthony M
Mary Belle Spencer
Chicago
Aid
Mrs Ethel Motsinger Dies After Illness at 45
Mrs. Ethel Motsinger about forty five died at Methodist Hopital Indianapolis this morning after an illness. She was a Mt Zion resident near Wallonia and daughter of Litley Lockman Weddle. Survived by father and children. Funeral arrangements to be announced later. Kirschs Cafe-Por Charity gifts window notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Motsinger
Methodist Hopital
Nne
Motsinger
Nfe
Floyd Motsinger
Wallonia
Mt. Zion
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Met! 0
Indianapolis
Litley Lockman Weddle
Hand
Weather Records Report by Riley Goble at Seymour Water Co
Rainfall: .03 inches. Stage of river: low water mark. Ohio Valley and Tenney Fair weather dominated first half. Light snow or ram across north and snow south. Monday remains cold with a warming trend likely Friday after a brief milder spell. Much colder nights expected for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Goble
The
Seymour Water Co
Ohio Valley
Tenney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babe
Extension
Tive
Damares
Association Press
James Crabb
POST
Wee
Ceret
Deremder
Ammery
Terinee
Wule
Te Oat
Ues
Gndiate
Seymour Daily Tribune
Muber
City Beere Ot Works
Lapteter Te Tae Actes of
Geeral Ee
Onoimamet
Hener
Letries
Weeners
Peek
Fem
Bae Tees
Cuba
Ciewecee
Congress
Touhy
Mevcaty
the Daily Tribune
Yorks
Merry Christmas
John H. Conner
W.H. Noelker C
Rh. Resiner
M. J. Plump T P. Wesley R
HH. Hoeferkamp
W. H. Hughes Charles Brown
Arthur Foster
M. P. Watts
Pau
Pierson Caro
Owens Anno
Carter Anna Nougle
Esther Coryea
Mary Disney
Margaret McBride
Marie Lahne
June Kasper Florence Adams
Inez Pfenning Alberta Abraham Mode Pennybaker
Charles Beatty Harvey Glen Greemann Bevins Clark
Floyd Osterman
Loren Brunow
John Osterman
Charles Trueblood Junior Wiethoftt Everitt Kaley
Ralph Steinwede
David Kyser
Buday Voss
Irvin McPike
Virgil Stahl Merri
Foster Donald Robertson
Gail Williams
Robert Cline
Mary
Sarto
Ftoney
Bulletin
Methodist Hospital
Kirschs
Peipes
Weather Gulleck
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!