Bank Hold-Up at Paris Crossing Bank Ends With Fist Strike
A bandit attempted to rob the Paris Crossing State Bank about 11 am but was struck by J M Pond who then fled in a Hupmobile roadster. A posse pursued. a deserted Hupmobile was found six miles away. Police in Seymour and nearby cities pursued leads and a man matching the description was arrested in Columbus but not yet identified.
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Paris Crossing
Here
Jennings County
Ile
J. M. Pond
Atis
Seymour
Paris
Foumbus
Standard Oil
Second
Ewing
Schuyler Selter
Columbus
William A. Misch
Bootleggers List Missing In Action In Washington
Washington officials warn the bootleggers client list of 1400 prominent figures is missing with little hope of recovery. Prosecutor Freemont vows warrants for those involved. President Esmont says any names on the list could face prosecution. Police boasted of its capture last week amid a raid yielding thirteen arrests. Internal Revenue Bureau denies receiving the list.
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Washington
Arthur N. Freemont
Congress
Esmont
Cabinet
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Toborg Dies Suddenly At Home After Christmas Dinner
Fred Toborg aged 55 died at his home on East Fifth street Tuesday shortly after a hearty Christmas dinner. County Coroner inquest returned verdict that death was due to indigestion. Born in Hanover Germany on January 6 1868 he came to the United States at age twelve and settled in Reading Township. He is survived by a widow and a small son.
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Fred Toborg
George T. Manuel
Mr. Toborg
East Fifth Street
William Toborg
Tie
Toborg
Hanover
Ciermany
United States
Redding Township
Aged Cortland Blacksmith Passes Away on Christmas Day
Aaron Paffenberger aged 80 died at his Cortland home Tuesday at 2:30 pm from complications of advanced age. A Jackson county resident for years he ran a Cortland blacksmith shop for 36 years. Born January 3 1843 in Middletown county Maryland he married Jennie Orrill December 31 1868. Survived by two sons Frank and George, daughter Bertha, two brothers and a half sister. Funeral Thursday at Cortland church with Rev. William Delfart. burial in Cortland cemetery.
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Aaron Paffenberger
Cortland
Paffenberger
Mr. Paffenberger
Jackson County
Ile
Middletown County
Maryland
Jennie Orrill
Frank
George
Bertha Paffenberger
David
Michigan
John
Hagerstown
Becky Busard
Middletown
Cortland Church
William
William S. Bell Dies Suddenly at 74 in Columbus
William S. Bell, 74, of East Columbus, died suddenly of heart trouble Saturday while shopping for Christmas presents. A Civil War veteran, he recently moved from Freetown to East Columbus and celebrated his golden wedding anniversary with his wife last January. Survived by widow and ten children, including Mrs. Bickley of Freetown and Mrs. Stilwell west of Columbus, with other offspring in Indianapolis, Ft. Ritner, Mitchell, Nebraska, and more in Freetown.
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Columbus
Lou Taylor
Indianapolis
Dan Cochran
Ft. Ritner
Charles Reedy
East Columbus
William Bell
Mitchell
Jesse Bety
Nebraska
Edward and
Henry Bell
Freetown
Ernest Bell
Union Bank Seeks Venue Change In Receivership Suit
Jackson circuit court actions involve Crothersville banks and Union State Bank as receiver. Union Bank seeks change of venue to continue as receiver for Crothersville State Bank with interlocking interests cited. Trial date set for Virgil Clark on liquor law charges January 15 as court closes for Christmas vacation.
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Jackson Circuit
Crothersville State Bank
Citizens State Bank of
Crothersville
Union State Bank of
Union State Bank
James A. Cox
Citizens State Bank
Cox
Virgil Clark
State
Herbert Williams
Bryan Fleetwood
Elizabeth Nichter
Henry Nichter
Edward Hughes
Horace A. Densford
Town of Oolitic
Ingalls Stone Co
Lawrence
Nora Sweet
Thos. Sweet
Frank L. Sechornick
Raymond Welliver
L. M. Gruber
Miller narrowly escapes elevator shaft incident at Clifford plant
Alpha Miller, an employee at Clifford elevator, was nearly killed when his coat sleeve caught in a shaft set screw. He was pulled around the shaft for minutes before freeing himself. Frank Lindsay attempted aid but was knocked down. Miller’s clothes were shredded. no injuries shown by X-ray at county hospital.
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Alpha Miller
Clifford
Frank Lindsay
Miller
Robbery at Columbus Fur Store Stuns Local Police
Furs valued at several hundred dollars were stolen early Monday from the Jerome Wissel fur and hide store in Columbus. Police reported no clues to identify the robbers.
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Jerome Wissel
Columbus
Tomato Growers Meet at Elwood Organizing Indiana Caners
Jackson county tomato growers plan to attend a Elwood meeting to finalize plans for organizing the states canning crop growers into a cooperative marketing system. Leaders Knick Peteet and Sapiro have drafted an agreement ahead of a statewide general meeting.
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Jackson County
Elwood
Indiana
Indianapolis
Lawrence \. Ray
C. N. Knick
Chicago
Walton
Peteet
Aaron Sapiro
Knick
Jackson
Vernon Township
Scott County
Sapiro
America
Farm Bureau
Tax board raises fourteen Jackson county assessments
The state tax board after a Brownstown hearing increased assessments in Jackson county for 1924 taxes totaling 37 955. Firms and individuals named include W R Bolles Travis Carter Co Cordes Hardware Co Farmers Co operative Elevator Co Gold Mine Store W E Hoadley Co M Hinber W L Johnson George F Kamman Seymour Chair Co Swope and Co Capitol Loan Co Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co and Ebner Ive & Cold Storage. Ebner Ive reduced by 5330 and Thompson Loan Co Seymour fixed at 6000.
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Brownstown
State Tax Board
Jackson County
W. R. Bolles
Travis Carter Co
Seymour
Cordes Hardware Co
Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co
Farmer's Co-operative Elevator Co
W.E. Hoadley
W. L. Johnson
George F. Kamman
Seymour Chair Co
Swope and Co
Crothersville
Capitol Loan Co
Indianapolis
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Ebner Ive & Cold Storage Company
Thompson Loan Company
Notice F and AM Installation of Officers Dec 27
Fraternal order installation of officers scheduled for December 27 at the local lodge. Worshipful Master W. M. Short and other officers to be installed after a brief opening ceremony.
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N. PD
Mid-Winter Term Opens at Seymour Business College
The Seymour Business College announces a Mid-Winter Term from December 31 to January 7 with day and evening classes available. Details unspecified in the fragment.
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Seymour Business College
Christmas Baskets Aid Worthy Poor in Seymour
The Associated Charities distributed 72 baskets of provisions to Seymour's worthy poor under Mrs J F Shiel and Thomas A Mott with help from schoolchildren and Elks lodge. Baskets valued near five dollars each, supplies from public schools, and widespread local donations marked a season of charity amid busy holiday shopping.
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Seymour
Associated Charities
J. F. Shiel
Thomas A. Mott
City Charity Association
Elks Lodge
Communist Plot in Spain Arrests Revealed
Madrid reports forty communists arrested as Seville San Sebastian and Bilbao thwart a plot to strike Friday. Authorities say the conspiracy aimed at the Spanish directory was funded from Moscow. Police seek leader Luis Lortela who escaped and Portuguese authorities assist with documentary evidence.
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Madrid
Seville
San Sebastian
Bilbao
Moscow
Luis Lortela
Portugal
North Pacific gale leaves death toll and wreckage
Seattle report tallies six deaths and damages exceeding 300000 dollars after a severe North Pacific gale. The freighter Auth or rescued from Gray's Harbor and the schooner Thistle, in tow of the Jacox, both escaped disaster, with weather reaching 80 mph at Grays Harbor and high winds across Washington and Oregon.
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Seattle
North Pacific
Gray's Harbor
Thistle
Jacox
Port Angeles
Washington
Oregon
Gary's Harbor
Tacoma
Hope Ends For French Dirigible Dixmude Missing Craft Abandoned
Paris reports officially abandon hope for the giant French dirigible Dixmude with fifty aboard missing since Friday after crossing the Mediterranean toward Algiers. Marine officials believe it was blown down or forced to land in the Sahara with the last authentic wireless signal received Saturday at 3 PM over the Gulf of Gabes. Subsequent reports are considered spurious.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Algiers
Ministry of Marine
Sahars
Marine
Gulf of
Gabes
Eight Grade Crossing Victims in Illinois
International News Service reports Christmas toll at Illinois grade crossings with eight deaths and many injuries. Illinois Central, Nickel Plate and Illinois Traction lines cause multiple fatalities in Chicago Deer Creek and Danville incidents. Automobile fatalities in Chicago bring year total to 704.
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Illinois
Chicago
Deer Creek
Danville
Forest Butterfield
Sole Shoemaker
Harold Hatfield
United States May Add Arctic Territory
The Navy plans an Arctic expedition aboard the dirigible Shenandoah that could add over a million square miles to the United States. Nome, Alaska, is set as the operating base for the top of the world mission, with 1 560 nautical miles from Nome to the pole.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Navy
Navy Department
Alaska
North Pole
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Nome
Pole
First Baptist Church Special Meeting On Building
Special business of importance related to the new building will be considered this evening after the regular prayer service at 7 30 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
Debacle Looms as Mexican Rebels Press Fronts
Mexican government claims a decisive battle nears at the Jalisco front to decide Guadalajara’s fate as Obregon directs troops in person. Rebels under Figueroa, with a large air fleet nearby, push against Puebla and Vera Cruz while reports place Chihua hua activity from Santa Eulalia toward Ojinaga.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Alvaro Obregon
Cieneral Figueroa
Guerrero
Puebla
Vera Cruz
Espaso
Tex
Revolutionaries
Chihuahua
Manuel Chao
Santa Eulalia
Conchos
Ojinaga
Ignacion Enriquez
Chao
Parral
Rio Grande
Mexico
Ofjinaga
Yurecuaro
Duertistes
Estrada
DeSalfuerta
Aguas Calientes
Laperdad
Obregon
Joaquin Amaro
Lake Chapala
Alfredo Garcia
Zacatecas
Huerta
Manuel J. Contreras
Shaw Unemotional Following Conviction
Indianapolis December 26 John Thomas Shaw 23 a negro was convicted of the murder of Mrs Helen Hager Whelchel a pretty Indianapolis widow and pronounced the most unemotional man facing the death penalty in custody. He has told his lawyers to appeal to the supreme court and said he hoped to fare better there.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Shaw
Supreme Court
Tip's Yellow Taxi Adua
Tip Richardson advertises taxi service with phone line 447 and residence 67 offering around the clock transport services. The agencys name is Tip's Yellow Taxi and is presented plainly for local customers seeking ride options.
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Tip
Tip Richardson
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