Bee Kyle to Headline Jackson County Fair 1930
Bee Kyle famed high diver to headline the 1930 Jackson County Fair August 25 to 30. Contortionists and trapeze artists, the Stallardo troupe and the Aerial Earls will perform free. Three acts have been paid nearly 1500 dollars for six days of entertainment.
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Bee Kyle
Martin Steinwedel
Walter Huber
The
Fair Association
Kyle
Seymour
Rotary Club
Jackson County
Stallardo
the Fair Association
Miss Earl
Huber
A. Steinwedel
Rominger Rites Held in Columbus Burial at Garland Brook
Funeral services for Roy Rominger age thirty three were held in Columbus this afternoon with burial at Garland Brook Cemetery. He died Tuesday at his Columbus home. He is survived by his widow Velda Bauermeister daughter of Otto and Mrs Bauermeister of Seymour. Several local people attended.
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Roy Rominger
Columbus
Garland Brook
Mr. Rominger
Velda Bauermeister
Otto Bauermeister
Seymour
City Council to Hold Special Session Next Monday Night
City clerk L F B Jennings announced a special council meeting to be presided by Mayor C W Burkart on December 30. It will be the last session of the current council before the new body takes office January 6. Police and fire department annual reports will be received and approved. Chickens for sale at 110 St Louis Ave or call 495.
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L. FB. Jennings
C. W. Burkart
Two Jackson County War Mothers To Visit Son's Graves In France
War department lists 11 440 eligible mothers and widows to visit sons and husbands graves in Europe at government expense. Brownstown and Cortland mothers are named. Seymour has none. Indiana accounts for 207 travelers with total government cost around 5 653 200 dollars.
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Jackson County
France
Sophia Wilson
Brownstown
Flora Lucas
Real Cortland
Seymour
War Department
Indiana
Highways reopen across the Seymour district after thaw
Local officials praised for restoring traffic on all Seymour area highways. U S 50 reopened at Medora after a week of high water and ice. Ice on U S 31 near Rockford melted with warm weather and traffic is safe. Roads in northern Indiana remain rough but passable. Seymour roads were scraped clean after the latest snowfall.
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Seymour
C. W. McClain
Indiana State Highways Commission
Medora
Rockford
McClain
Upstate
Two Fingers Amputated After Machinery Accident
Frank McIntyre of Indianapolis, an employee in Noblitt Sparks Industries experimental department, suffered a hand injury at the local plant when his left hand was caught in new machinery. The second and third fingers were amputated at Sehneck Memorial hospital after the double trip incident. He was able to remove his hand and was released the next day.
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Frank McIintyre
Indianapolis
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
McIntyre
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Seymour Baptists Celebrate Rev. Cohn Sixth Year
Seymour Baptists mark the sixth year of Rev. A. A. Cohn as pastor with a Sunday observance. A family noon dinner in the gymnasium will kickoff the program, followed by a special service and seating by joining date. Cohn’s pastorate has seen debt paid down and new strength across departments. He led the Indiana Baptist Convention as president after election in Hammond.
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Seymour
Colin
Sullivan
Ind
Indiana Baptist Convention
Cohn
Hammond
U S to refund taxes because of error
The United States treasury announced a $190,000,000 error in last year's tax collections and listed refunds up to 25,000,000 to corporations and individuals. Notable beneficiaries include John B. Rockefeller, Mary Pickford, the Carnegie Steel Co, William Waldorf Astor Trust, and Daniel Guggenheim.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Treasury
John B. Rockefeller
Carnegie Steel Company
Mary Pickford
Rockefeller
Miss Pickford
Carnegie Company
William
Union
Hawaii
California
Middle West
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Germany
Josephine Alger Tired in Jail in Bank Robbery Case
Wabash Indiana December 27 22 year old Josephine Alger wife of Gene Alger bank robbery suspect remains in county jail while father Night Police Chief Runnells Miller and her attorney Claude McBride seek 15000 bond to allow her release for a Christmas at home. They challenged two grand jury indictments but were denied and she faces charges as an accessory before the fact of auto banditry and armed robbery. She speaks of loving her husband and doubts his guilt in a brief jail interview.
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Wabash
Ind
Josephine Alger
Gene Alger
Runnells Miller
Jeffersonville
Claude McBride
Frank 0. Svitzer
Lafontame Bank
Institution 1
Alger
Death summons CG Hooker, 88, Cortland fruit grower
Charles Curtiss Hooker died at his Cortland home after a week with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Whites Chapel at 1 p.m. Saturday, with burial in Whites Chapel cemetery. Survived by three brothers Otis, Jake, Kid and two sisters Molly Lawson and Leonora Hooker. He was a lifelong resident and respected in his community.
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Charles Curtiss Hooker
Jackson County
Cortland
Whites Chapel
Mr. Hooker
Otis Hooker
Greenville
Ohio
Jake Hooker
Seymour
Kid Hooker
Arkansas
Molly Lawson
Peoria
Ilinois
Leonora Hooker
Ile
Eisele Awaits Trial In Wetzel Pool Room Burglary
Raymond Eisele of Bedford remains in the city jail awaiting Edward Massman Jr. prosecutor out of town. Police expect burglary intoxication and liquor possession charges. Eisele had an 11 month sentence in 1927 for a Tunnelton store burglary by Judge Cox in Lawrence circuit court.
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Raymond Eisele
Bedford
Wetzel Pool
East Second Street
Edward Massman, Jr
Eisele
State Penal Farm
Tunnelton
Cox
Lawrence
City Places No Parking Signs Along B&O Railroad
City officials began placing no parking signs along the right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad between Chestnut street and Indianapolis avenue on St. Louis avenue. Officials say parking near the tracks has caused several minor accidents recently and hope to prevent further incidents.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chestnut Street
Indianapolis Avenue
St. Louis Avenue
Seymour Business College Opens New Term January Sixth 1930
Seymour Business College announces the opening of a new term on January 6 1930. Registration and classes begin at the institution, inviting applicants and future students to enroll for the upcoming term.
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Seymour Business College
Rural School Reform Proposed by Indiana Expert
Noble Sherwood former Indiana public instruction head now at the University of Louisville spoke in Bedford on The Rural School Situation in Indiana. He urged a county unit taxation and supervision to replace the antiquated township system to better fund rural schools and meet running expenses.
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Bedford
Ind
Noble Sherwood
Lawrence County
Indiana
University of Louisville
Sherwood
Ile
Upstate Faces Floods As Rivers Rise Across Indiana
Northern Indiana endures rapid river rises as melting snow feeds the St. Joseph and Elkhart rivers. Flood stage is feared by next Monday if temperatures do not drop sharply.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Bandits Fire On Guarded Bank after Kentucky Slaying
In Smiths Grove Kentucky three bank bandits killed Farm ers Bank president J Robert Wirby and robbed Oakland Bank near Oakland. A statewide posse of thousands hunted the desperadoes as Tennessee officials joined the pursuit after the car was abandoned and loot partially recovered.
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Smith's Grove
Kentucky
J. Robert Wirby
Tennessee
Scottsville
Allatin
Tenn
Kirby
Farmer’s Bank of
Here
Oakland
Five Hurt In Lawrence County Auto Crashes
Five persons were hurt in automobile crashes in Lawrence county last night and today. iL. O. Tovey of Leesville sustained severe cuts when his car overturned on U S 50 near Leesville but was not in critical condition. Roscoe Higgins Elmer Davis Noble Hall and Henry Bledsoe, all of Lawrence county, were injured when their car skidded near Bedford and hit a bridge abutment. Three were thrown down a thirty foot embankment into a stream. Davis suffered the most serious injuries. Bledsoe was least hurt.
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Lawrence County
Dunn Hospital
Bedford
Il. O. Tovey
Leesville
U.S. Road 50
Roscoe Higgins
Elmer Davis
Noble Hall
Henry Bledsoe
Jackson County Reports First Small Pox Case
Miss Matilda Lebline reports Jackson County's first small pox case this winter. Mrs. George Sutton, 62, of Freetown, placed under quarantine. Lebline believes the case is not critical. This is the only small pox case known to health officials in the county at present.
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George Sutton
Freetown
Jackson Courly
Matilda Lebline
Lebline
CIA
Jackson County
U S Leadership In Commerce Tied To Advertising
Indianapolis December 27 The Advertising Club of Indianapolis heard Prof Gino A Ratti head of Butler Universitys Romance language department describe American advertising as shaping truth ethics and national growth He said Americans live in an advertising age not a machine age noting the nation has grown through high powered advertising and aggressive sales methods.
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Indianapolis
Gino A. Ratti
Butler University
Advertising Club of
Columbia
Ratti
America
Hoover to Move to War Building
Washington December 27 temporary headquarters were provided for President Hoover at the state war and navy building in a spacious suite from which he can watch the restoration of the five ruined White House executive offices. He will use an uptown office building for the war plans division and meet the cabinet in a conference room in the new suite.
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Washington
Hoover
State War and Navy
White House
Navy
John J. Pershing
Congress
State, War and Navy
Lincoln
Majestic Radios Promoted by Estel Hancock Co
Advert promotes Majestic radio sets as ideal Christmas gifts from Estel Hancock Music and Radio Company. It touts affordable prices and holiday purchasing appeal to shoppers seeking reliable home electronics.
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Estel Hancock Music & Radio Co
Hall Orchard Co Apple Special For Holidays
Holidays approach and Hall Orchard Co urges buying apples cider and apple butter now for festive use.
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Hall Orchard Co
Senators demand Mellon resign to clean up prohibition enforcement
Senator Norris of Nebraska and Senator Borah of Idaho called for Secretary Mellon to resign as a first step in reorganizing federal prohibition enforcement amid accusations of political influence and lax enforcement. The dispute drew White House attention as Borah met with President Hoover to discuss enforcement issues.
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Washington
Dee
Mellon
Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Andrew W. Mellon
Judiciary Committee
Andrew Mellon
White House
Executive Mansion
Hoover
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Gene
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CG. Hooker
Poooe
Floyd Collins’ County
U. S
Pershing
Nebraska Solon
Lowman
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Eugene F. Downey
Buffalo
N. Y
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Downey
Coast
Trey
Riles Ioble
Seymeur Water Co
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