Stormy weather across Jackson county floods area in hours
General storm brings respite from heat as four inches of rain fall in an hour over Rockford and surrounding towns. The system sweeps from the west causing property damage and flood fears across western states with intense localized downpours in Dudleytown Crothersville Freetown Cortland Wallonia Medora and Brownstown amid lightning and varying rainfall.
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Jackson County
Dudleytown
Crothersville
Freetown
Cortland
Floods Threaten Middle West After Weekend Storms
United Press reports fresh rain risks flood danger across the middlewest where streams are at flood stages and basements flooded. Rockford Illinois bore the worst impact with over four inches in ninety minutes, water six feet deep on streets and about 50 homes flooded forcing residents to seek shelter on roofs.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Middlewestern
Rockford
Mansil Hughes Hurt at Work in Tipton Railroad Incident
Mansil D. Hughes, 818 North Broadway, suffered serious injuries while working as part of the Nickleplate Railroad salvage crew in Tipton. A dismantled car caused a tilt, he fell fifteen feet, and required fourteen stitches for a deep head wound plus a fractured rib.
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Mansil D. Hughes
W. H. Hughes
North Broadway
Nickleplate Railroad
Tipton
Finest Row Boat Motors and Liberty Twin Motors
Advertisement listing boat motors including Johnson and Caille Liberty Twin by Estel HH at Hancock Music Store with offer to arrange a boat ride and contact jl5d for inquiries.
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Finest Row Boat Motors
Shields Pool Opens Amid Summer Anticipation
Seymour’s bathers finally gained access to Shields Park pool after a suspenseful wait. The newly laid concrete floor proved efficient and attractive, guiding divers and splashes as visitors swam, dived, and floated for the first time this summer.
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Seymour
Shields Park
Barn Burned by Lightning on Will Brandt Farm Near Dudleytown
A large frame barn and a connecting silo were destroyed when struck by lightning at 11 30 p m Saturday night four miles southwest of Dudleytown. Nearby shed and residence saved. 300 bushels corn 150 shocks fodder and most farming implements lost. No stock inside. Orchard trees scorched. Insurance only partial. Brandt has lived on the farm twelve years. Damaged area surrounding the blaze.
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Will Brandt, Jr
Dudleytown
Brandt
Two Hurt When Machine Knocks Buggy in Ditch
Police search for driver after an auto allegedly hit a horse and buggy driven by Benjamin Black and his young son near Thangman s Crossing. The buggy was wrecked, both occupants injured, car fled the scene. a witness from Walcottville reported the crash and provided the license plate 162456 Indiana.
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Benjamin Black
West Oak Street
Thangman’s Crossing
Black
Fred FE. Callahan
Walcottville
Indiana
Hearing Set on Fredricksburg Telephone Buyout
The Southern Indiana Telephone & Telegraph Company petitions to acquire the Trotter Telephone Company at Fredricksburg. A hearing is scheduled by the state public service commission for June 28 in the state house, as reported by United Press.
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Southern Indiana Telephone & Telegraph Company
Trotter Telephone Company
Fredricksburg
State Public Service Commission
State House
United Press
Toilet items misread in ad quirks
Fragmentary OCR lists toilet water talc shaving cream and a valet safety razor priced at 98 cents with Jonas Pharmacy mentioned amid garbled text and stray symbols.
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Jonas ‘Pharmacy
First Annual Flag Day Service Promotes Good Citizenship
Seven Churches in Seymour unite for a Sunday service in Shields park endorsed by the ministerial union to foster lawfulness and public sentiment. Six city ministers spoke on good citizenship as the central theme highlighting civic duty. Reverend W. T. Mullins of Central Christian Church chaired the event.
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Seymour
Shields Park
Ministerial Union
W. T. Mullins
Central Christian Church
Children’s Day Observed with Youth Pageant Gifts
Churches in Seymour held Children’s Day observances with devotional and entertaining programs. Four congregations planned June events, and next Sunday the First Presbyterian and First Nazarene programs will be presented. A large audience saw the Central Christian church pageant Youth’s Coronation Day featuring numerous children and led by Mrs. Fred Kasper and committee.
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Seymour
First Presbyterian
First Nazarene
St. Paul’s Congregational Church
Central Christian Church
Mary Katherine Keach
Helen Rogers
June Kasper
Dorothy Cox
Lutherans Back From St Louis Dedicate New Seminary
Lutherans return from St Louis after dedication of the Concordia Seminary additions in a ceremony that drew about 75,000 attendees. A special 13 coach train carried 177 Seymour residents and others from the county to the event, with stops at Brownstown and Cincinnati.
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Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Seymour
Cincinnati
Brownstown
Vacation Bible School Opens With 192 Pupils
The Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School began with 192 children ages six to fifteen from last winter's public school attendance. Eight to eleven fifteen each morning for four weeks, it emphasizes worship education and recreation with Rev. A. A. Cohn as general director and a staff including Bessie Beach, Helen Lewis, and Addie Green among others.
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The
Baptist Daily Vacation Bible School
A. A. Cohn
Bessie Mae Beach
Alice Cobb
Virginia Beach
Helen Stab
Missouri Pacific Train Smashes Car Killing Four in Missouri
Four people die and a fifth is critically injured when a Missouri Pacific train strikes a touring car at an unprotected crossing in Missouri. The deceased are Mrs Josephine Hamble 35 and her daughter Margaret Mary Hamble 9 both of St Louis along with Mrs Margaret Burke 55 and Clem D Horn 25. injured is Ella Horn 30, all residents of St Louis.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Josephine Hamble
Margaret Mary Hamble
Hamble
Margaret Burke
Louise Nichter 53 dies East of Seymour
Mrs Louise EE Nichter aged fifty three died at 7 15 pm Saturday at her home four miles east of Seymour after six months illness. Funeral at St Joseph church Four Corners Tuesday 9 am with burial there. She was born July 5 1872 in Jackson county and married Joseph Nichter August 13 1895. Survived by husband mother nine children two sisters and one brother and eight grandchildren.
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Louise EE. Nichter
Seymour
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Four Corners
Pierce Dixon
Nichter
Anthony Hunt
Jackson County
Joseph Nichter
Herbert
Wilford
Bernard
Geneva
Felix Nichter
Ambrose Hauersperger
J. Edward Gerringer
Brooklyn
Iowa
Roscoe Jordan
Indiana Homes Widely Wired for Electricity
Indiana households show heavy adoption of electric devices with 58 percent wiring for labor saving use and more than 442 000 electricity consumers recorded. State government operates at a high net cost per capita, ranking ahead of twelve of the other forty seven states and behind more progressive regions.
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Indiana
Bandits Sentenced in Car Theft Case Tied to Louisville Swap
Three Dayton men accused of stealing a car in Louisville last winter and trading it for Dr H P Graessles sedan received sentences from Judge Baltzell in Indianapolis Federal Court. Walter Rose got two years Phineas Smith eight months Lawrence Dennis six months.
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Dayton
Louisville
H. P. Graessle
Baltzell
Indianapolis
United Press
Walter Rose
Phineas Smith
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence Dennis
Rotary Convention Opens With Ten Thousand Delegates
United Press reports Denver hosts the international Rotary convention with about 10 000 Rotarians from 35 countries and 125 000 members. Ralph Mayo welcomes delegates and Donald Adams presides as Arthur Sapp prepares to speak on Rotary expansion. The Great Britain delegation leads foreign attendance with 220 clubs. many delegates will forgo a formal roster.
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Denver
Ralph B. Mayo
Union Station
Rotary
Arthur H. Sapp
Great Britain
England
United States
Women to Meet in Medora and Nearby Towns
Home economics group meetings are announced for Medora with Miss Matilda Lebline to lead the session at the high school Tuesday afternoon. Vallonia hosts a Wednesday high school gathering. A Cox school in Washington township hosts a Friday session.
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Medora
Matilda Lebline
Vallonia
Cox School
Washington Township
Tip's Yellow Taxi Ad Prospecting Service
Taxi ad copy lists Tip Richardson with phone number 447 and residence 67 offering service any time and anywhere for local rides.
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Tip
Yellow Taxi
Tip Richardson
Senate committee probes primary fraud and bribery in Pennsylvania
The Senate investigating committee, amid days of testimony, reads allegations that votes were bought through lavish spending for watchers and intimidation by Pittsburgh Mayor Charles Kline. Dozens of Ware Pepper Pinchott leaders face scrutiny as lawmakers weigh curbing primary expenditures and possible action on William S. Ware.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Jim Reed
Charles Kline
Pittsburgh
Pepper-Fisher
William S. Ware
United Press
Ware
Robinson
Brazil Quits League of Nations Over Council Seats
Geneva June 14 Brazil resigned from the League of Nations over the dispute on permanent council seats. Foreign Minister Pashaco notified Secretary-General Sir Eric Drummond of the withdrawal. A two year notice means Brazil will depart in 1928.
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Geneva
Brazil
League of Nations
League Council
Germany
Pashaco
Eric Drummond
League
Trial delay in city jail case of Simeon Bryant
Simeon Bryant of 102 East Brown street spent his twelfth day in the city jail awaiting arraignment before Mayor Chas. Miles on charges of possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor from the June 3 arrest. A $1,500 bond was not posted and the trial, set for today, was postponed with possible arraignment later in the week.
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Simeon Bryant
East
Brown Street
Chas. BE. Miles
Bryant
Indianapolis Avenue
Eight Die in Gary Steel Mill Acid Blast
An acid explosion at the Gary steel works Coke plant on the second floor killed eight workers and injured between 50 and 60 others with many in critical condition. The blast wrecked the coke plant, caving in walls and shattering windows within a three block radius as 150 workers were unaccounted for.
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Gary
Gary Steel Works
Two Men Fined for Intoxication in City Court
Two Indianapolis men were arrested near the Newsom hotel early Sunday for intoxication. William E. Olmstead and Fr. Richards pleaded guilty before Mayor Charles E. Miles, each fined $10 and costs, and remained jailed until payment. a jug was seized.
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Charles E. Miles
William E. Olmstead
Fr. Richards
Indianapolis
Newsom
Olmstead
Richards
Catholic School Here Lets Out Term Tuesday
The St. Ambrose Catholic Church pastor Rev. Father C. J. Conrad will give a brief address at 9 oclock Tuesday morning closing the parochial school and will present diplomas to four graduates Victor Fettig Jr Charles Nivers Constance Osterman and Rose Bauerle. Fifty eight pupils were enrolled this term and the year is reported very successful.
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C. J. Conrad
St. Ambrose Catholic
Victor Fettig
Charles Nivers
Constance Osterman
Rose Bauerle
Kodak shop to open Sundays starting Oct 3
The Kodak shop will open every Sunday but will not take sittings on Sundays until October 3. 19d&w Platter & Co.
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Kodak
Platter & Co
Pageant and concert at Cortland High School
Seymour's Baptist church hosts a pageant cantata and male quartet with drills next Thursday at Cortland High School. Admission 10 and 20 cents benefiting Cortland Ladies Aid.
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Seymour’ Baptist Church
Cortland High School
Cortland Ladies Aid
Weather Record for Seymour Station by Riley Goble
Weather note from Riley Goble at Seymourater Company records a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees with 0.7 inch rainfall. River stage sits 6 inches above the low water mark.
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Sheppors
Riley Goble
Seymourater Company
Weather Week Outlook With Showers And Cool Spell
Period of showers expected early in the week and again in the latter half. Temperatures mostly normal with a cool spell around midweek.
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