Court Recess Extends as 1931 Jury Commissioners Appointed
The Jackson circuit court at Brownstown adjourned to January 2 1931 after filing of new cases and routine business. Arthur Rucker Republican and Samuel Carr Democrat were named jury commissioners for 1931. Multiple cases set for trial in January and various motions and dismissals handled before adjournment.
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Court
Arthur Rucker
Samuel Carr
Jackson
Brownstown
Lrve
Bacon family returns to Chicago after holidays
Mr and Mrs Fred Bacon and their daughter Beverly visited Mrs Bacon’s parents Mr and Mrs Frank Teckemeyer of West Fourth Street and returned to Chicago the morning after the holidays.
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Fred Bacon
Beverly
Chicago
Worning
Mrs. Bacon
Frank Teckemeyer
West Fourth Street
Beloved Clerk Wins Family Fortune After Twenty Years
Chicago dispatch says William A Rowley, long time city hall clerk, received news that an aunt left him property valued at 631,480 dollars. Friends had urged him to stay hopeful as he counted others money, and his retirement day finally yielded a life changing sum.
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Chicago
William ‘A
Rowley
Vincennes Man Heads Local Plant Appointment
Vincennes resident Mike Schotter is named superintendent of the Seymour branch of Vincennes Packing Corporation and will move with his family to Seymour to assume duties at the start of the year. He replaces P. W. Funderburg, who has led the Vincennes plant for the past year and has moved to Vincennes with his family.
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Mike Schotter
Vincennes
Seymour
Vincennes Packing Corporation
Schotter
P. W. Funderburg
Funderburg
Browns Town man held in first degree burglary charge
Glenn Kreinhagen of Browns town township was held at Brownstown county jail on a first degree burglary charge. Arrested Monday by Sheriff J Otis Hays with Chief Homer Phillips, he allegedly entered Morgan Sage's dwelling near Waymansville on December 22 and carried away personal goods including money.
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Glenn Kreinhagen
Brownstown
Kreinhagen
J. Otis Hays
Homer Phillips
Kreinhaven
Morgan Sage
Waymansville
Kreinhagen En
OFFIGER GELECT TO BEGIN TERMS HALT OF MONTH
The majority of the candidates elected to county offices in the November election will assume duties January 1. Meredith Stewart will begin a two year term as sheriff, succeeding J Otis Iravs. John Hamilton will succeed Frank C Daily as county assessor and Miss Lillian Lutes will take over as county recorder. Elmer Henderson begins a three year term as county commissioner. George Verslage will not begin his second term until January 1, 1932. Emil Zable begins his elected term January 1 as county engineer. John Branaman will become judge of the Jackson Lawrence circuit and Callen B Barnes will be the prosecuting attorney, with Branaman serving six years and Barnes two unless reelected.
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Meredith Stewart
Jackson County
J. Otis Iiavs
John Hamlton
Frank C. Daily
Lillian Lutes
Jflie McCormick
Elmer Henderson
George Vehslage
Emil Zable
E. B. Douglass
John Branaman
Jackson- Lawrence Judicial Circuit
James A. Cox
Callen B. Barnes
Edward Massman, Jr
Branaman
Barnes
Buckles Elected President of First Methodist Bible Class
Oliver Buckles was elected president of the Men's Bible Class at the First Methodist Church for 1931. William H. Walter was named vice president, William Riley secretary, and Charles Hunterman treasurer. CC Jackson leads the class with William Whitson as assistant teacher.
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Oliver Buckles
First Methodist Church
William H. Walter
William Riley
Charles Hunterman
CC. R. Jackson
William Whitson
Dog Leads Man to Gas Victims in Mine Tragedy
A shaggy dog guided a man into an abandoned South Hills mine where five boys aged 14 to 17 were found as gas victims. Police, firemen, and U S Bureau of Mines personnel worked hours. one boy died on entry and the others succumbed after being brought to a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
South Hills
Steve Polka
Andrew Novak
John Vogick
Walter Kubala
Joseph Kasicik
United States Bureau of Mines
Hendersons Return from Indianapolis and Lafayette Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Howard C Henderson and their sons returned yesterday from Indianapolis and Lafayette where they spent the holidays with relatives.
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Howard C. Henderson
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Free quail feed delivered in Jackson County by state wardens
One hundred pounds of quail feed were delivered to T. R. Carter, secretary of the Jackson County Fish and Game Association, by state game wardens Millard Morrison and Otto Kain. The feed, available at Carter’s East Second Street bookstore, is free for residents to distribute to quail, with users asked only to leave their name and scatter location.
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Jackson County
T. R. Carter
Jackson County Fish and Game Association
Millard Morrison
Otto Kain
State Department of Conservation
Mr. Carter
East Second Street
Carter
Kain
Morrison
Nashville
Columbus
Walter Shirts
Indianapolis
Fisheries and Game
Fish and Game Division
Department of Conservation
Bulletin
Hopes For 1931 From Prominent Americans
The 1931 hopes of leaders and thinkers span economics law and international affairs. Newton D. Baker desires adjustment to industrial civilization to avert depressions while Gene Turney seeks solutions to global economic and political problems and a wiser Supreme Court. Jane Addams hopes a successful disarmament conference and unemployment insurance progress. H. L. Mencken calls for a break in politico ecclesiastical tyranny and restoration of civil liberties. Ben Lindsey advocates replacing divorce courts with expert commissions to handle domestic disputes.
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Associated Press
Newton D. Baker
Frank Hawks
Will Tl. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributers
Moten Picture Screen
Gene Turney
Adriatic
Balkans
Germany
France
England
Supreme Court
Clark
New Jersey
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
H. J. Mencken
United States
Ben Bo Lindsey
Denver
Sewer Tile Arrives for Seymour Project Start
Six car loads of sewer tile arrive for the first 1100 feet of Seymour’s new sewer. City engineer Charles Mather says work begins Tuesday January 6, with 40 men to be employed part time in two crews, eight hours daily, alternating three day shifts.
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Seymour
Charles Mather
Mather
Freetown Honor Roll Names Twenty Students
The Freetown school announces the honor roll for the first eight grades for the third month. Twenty students are listed across grades 1 to 8, including Edna Rotert and Waldron Berry in grades 1 and 2, and Edith Harbaugh and June Denny in higher grades.
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Freetown
Edna Rotert
Waldron Berry
Carolyn Denny
Jean de Long
Earl Brock
Miss Clark
Hazel Brock
Gladys Spurgeon
Mary Louise Hauck
Betty Jane Wheeler
Helen Spurgeon
Betty Jo McKinney
Edith Harbaugh
Lorraine Mever
Betty Lou Delong
Mildred Zike
Naomi Goble
Kathryn Fields
Edgar Sprague
June Denny
Kathryn Mever
Wilma Joyce Winklepleck
Elsie Weekly
Marguerite Manuel
Plan Open Meet on Prohibition
Seymour Ministerial Association schedules an open meeting of ministers and laymen to discuss prohibition. Rev Elvin Daniels will lecture on Prohibition As I See It and Rev F J Baumann on The Outlook for Prohibition.
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Seymour Ministerial Association
Ministerial Association
First National Bank
Elvin Daniels
F. J. Baumann
Shelton M. Hutchison
St. Paul Congregational Church
Baptist Church
A. A. Cohn
Trinity Methodist Church
Clarence A. Shake
Presbyterian Church
Nazarene Church
L. O. Green
First Methodist Church
J. Willard Yoder
Miss Dorothy Daniels Returns Home From Salem Visit
Miss Dorothy Daniels visited her brother the Rev Karl Daniels and Mrs Daniels in Salem and returned to her home in the city today.
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Dorothy Daniels
Karl Daniels
Fugitives Gibson brothers elude posse after marshal shot near death
Dan and Alonzo Gibson hunted since Saturday after an attempted jail break over a suspect father death. Town marshal Emer Gerald wounded in exchange of fire by Otis Gibson, who was killed. Sheriff Moore says fugitives hold up near hills northeast of New Albany Indiana as search widens.
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Salem
Ind
Dan
Alonzo Gibson
Emer Gerald
Otis Gibson
Otis
New Albany
Charles Moore
Alonzo
Here
Cribsons
Dan Gibson
Milton Trinkle
Trinkle
Gilfred Gibson
Joan
Pleas Spurlock
Patton Gibson
Tennessee
Carlos Hobbs
Gibsons
Spurlocks
Moore
Joffre Resistance Amazes Physicians
The aged Marshal Joffre remains alive as doctors at Saint Jean De Dieu hospital report a calm night and brief nourishment. He showed faint signs of strength while heart rate and respiration stayed unstable, with coma feared and life near its end as observers monitor his condition.
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Paria
Marahal Joffre
Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital
Leriche
Boulin
New Year Resolutions Theme Stirs Rotary Lunch
Rev J Th Destinon of Sayers amused Rotarians with a humorous eulogy on smoking and New Year resolutions. He traced a smoker’s dilemma from youth to adulthood, noting repeated resolutions to quit and the eventual praise of tobacco’s role in life. Club president C R Jackson presided.
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J. Th. Destinon
Humorist
Sayers
Rotary Club
George F. Kamman
C. R. Jackson
Elub
Senate seeks to push eleven appropriation bills to avert extra session
Washington December 30 The administration leaders in the Senate face the task of passing eleven appropriation bills and other measures within eight weeks to avoid an extra session. Leaders warn against broad debate while Idaho Republican Borah argues for more legislation and criticizes calls to stay home. The drought relief loan, motor bus regulation, federal 44 hour week, and labor dispute injunction curbs are among bills slated for action.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Therind
Watson
Borah
Idaho
Europe
Reed
Pennsylvania
House
Claude
Senator Goff
Wes
Mrs Trimble and Family Visit Mrs Daniels on Calvin Boulevard
Mrs Guy Trimble and children from Windfall visited Mrs Elvin Daniels and the Rev Mr Daniels on Calvin Boulevard today.
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Guy Trimble
Windfall
College students no better and no worse
Washington reports a federal study finds college students at 69 land grant institutions resemble the national population in morals. Issues include student drinking at dances, cafe attendance, and disruptive behavior. Complaints cite chaperone requirements and alumni influence as concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Office of Education
Weather Records Report from Seymour Water Co Station
Weather notes report by Riley Goble official local weather observer at the Seymour Water Co pumping station. Temperatures max 31 min 123 stage of river one inch above low water mark.
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Riley Goble
The
Seymour Water Co
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