Raids Target Carroll County Booze Ring Across Towns
A statewide crackdown led by 29 officers from the Jones McQueeney Detective Agency and federal agents raided Mt Carroll Chadwick Savanna and neighboring towns, confiscating 28 slot machines punch boards and liquor as part of a long-running probe into bootlegging and a Savanna-based operation run by Bert Nipe Jess Andersen and associates. Several suspects were released on $1000 bonds with grand jury and next hearings set, while some cases go to Federal court in Freeport.
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Milledgeville
Garrett Frederick Earle Wilkenson
Dennison
Rey Dennizon
Carroll County
Jones H.mcqueeney Defective Agency
Chicago
Eaton
Mt Carroll
Shiley
Baptist Church
McQueeney Agency
Prohibition
Ralph Eaton
Aheriff
Chadwick
Traum
Qsear Weber
Thoss
Savanna
McQueeny
Jhat
Dumckes
Geauty
Bert Nipe
Jess Andersen
Bothi
Freeport
Sasilon
A. Edman
Mids
Lsw
Mt. Carroll
Foreclosure and divorce notices cross several Virginia entities
Foreclosure actions involve The First Trust Jt Stock Land and J. L. Brearton Savanna Savings Building and Loan with parties Gillespie Edward Moschel McCallum and others in Virginia. A divorce case appears between Manly Clark and Minnie D Frederick. Proceedings reference J. L. Brearton and C. E. Stuart.
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Teta M. Potter
Floyd Potter
M. Grove
John F. Handel
Christopher Et
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Tornbaugh
Dudley Emmert
Et al
Margaret Emmert
J. D. Turnbaugh
Ruth Bmmert
Paul Emmert
R. M. Eaton
Lucinda Gipe
David N. Gipe
Marie L
the First Trust
Pen Ete
Insane Gillespie
J. L. Brearton
Edward R. Moschel
County Treasurer Announces December Tax Notices
Carroll county residents will likely receive two tax notices next month under a new semiannual payment plan. Real estate taxes are due in two installments with penalties starting February 1 and August 1, while personal taxes are due December 1 with a May 1 penalty. Tax sales move to September. notices mailed December 1. delinquency rules define first installment delinquent February 1.
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Carroll County
Hart Smith
Smith
WILLIAM LARTZ SWORE OUT SEARCH WARRANT
William Lartz swore a search warrant last week to probe the home of Duane McCullough on the Lartz farm. Deputies found tools including a scythe tiler and brash hook, resulting in the arrest of Mrs. McCullough. In court Justice Feezer heard Lartz claim the tools were missing, while Mrs. McCullough and McCullough testified the tools were on their side of the garage and not theirs. The case was dismissed due to no evident larceny.
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William Lartz
Duane McCullough
Lartz
McCulloughs
Carlos Johnson
B. C. Rose
November Court Docket Called by Judge Emmerson
Judge Wm J Emmerson of Oregon opened the November docket on Wednesday morning. Trial dates were set for cases heard that day.
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Wm. J. Emmerson
Oregon
Grand Jury Indicts 17 As Work Ends
Grand Jury finished their term on Tuesday with foreman Fred Eggenberger Mr Carrall and clerk David Trunninger Savanna. They returned 17 indictments in the session.
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Fred Eggenberger
Mr. Carrall
David Trunninger
Savanna
Old Youth Jailed on Theft Charge
Lester Weaver a 19 year old from Polo is jailed on breaking and entering charges. He was arrested last week by Sheriff Shiley and Sheriff Frank Murray of Ogle county. He allegedly stole a welding plant with attachments from Harry G Bahn of Lanark and sold it to Joe Rowland of Haldane after October. A salesman who knew of the theft tipped Rowland and Bahn, who alerted county officers.
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Lester Weaver
Polo
Shiley
Frank Murray
Ogle County
Weaver
Harry G. Bahn
Lanark
Joe, Rowland
Haldane
Rowland
Bahn
County superintendents office visit reported
The writer called on Miss Mertha Ashby county superintendent who had just finished visiting all schools in the county for fall evaluation. An inspector is checking several schools for Standard and Superior ratings under the new system, with a report to follow.
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Mertha Ashby
Minx Ashby
Jana
Rand Jury Returns 17 Indictments in Carroll County
The grand jury met Monday and Tuesday and handed up 17 indictments marking substantial work. Indictments include Clifford Atchison of Pearl City on three counts of bad checks with sentences to Pontiac of 1 to 14 years each. Harold Hankes Eugene Hankes and Raymond Grandell received 1 to 10 year burglary sentences for breaking into Roland Schroth’s Sandridge home. Carman Fogg of Clinton was arrested for stealing chickens at the Orion Eaton farm near Savannah. Additional cases await hearing on November 20.
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Carroll County
Clifford Atchison
Pearl City
Thomson
Pontiac
Harold
Eugene Hankes
Reymond Grandel
Roland Schroth
Sandridge
Carman Fogg
Clinton
Orion Eaton
Savanna
Gifts of the Magi origin tale cited from New York World
The legend places O Henry writing Gifts of the Magi in a New York World office while a paperboy waited for the copy. He reportedly did not reread his lines, tossing each page to the boy, and claimed the final page would fill the space as a complete story.
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O. Henry Q. Henry
New York World
O. Henry
Dry cleaners for particular men of this town
A compact notice notes that a perfectly presentable over coat can hide a droopy suit until indoors. It claims that particular men have their business suits dry cleaned at regular intervals and that the cleaners are by special appointment to the town’s notable clients.
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