Coroner Probes Blue Hale Disaster Deaths Reported
Coroner Hy Helder continued the inquest into the Blue Hale disaster on Thursday night, examining witnesses Ed McGuire and others who found two bodies. The deaths of Theodore Gharst and Daniel Shaffer are linked to drowning, while Clifford McLemere and Reason Jackson faced possible fatal injuries or drowning, with uncertainty over McLemore and Shaffer’s exact fate.
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U, Hy Helder
Blue Hale
Theodore Gharst
Clifford McLemere
Reason Jackson
Daniel L. Shaffer
Ed ‘McGuire
Lida Lucas
Bob Wright
Gharst
Shaffer
Holder
Inhite
McLemore
Jackson
March earnings fall as floods hit Ohio Indiana traffic
Operating revenue for March at EsItimore and Ohio was 7,786,557, down from 8,147,000 a drop of 352,440. Floods disrupted traffic causing losses cited between 200,000 and 9,000 in road bed damage in Ohio and Indiana, with an estimated 50,000 daily traffic loss. Operating expenses rose 657,018, widening net operating revenue decline for the nine months. Outside operations showed a deficit of 66,000 in March 1923 versus 83,642.80 in March 1912.
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Esitimore & Ohio
Ohio
Indiana
Trafic Ad
Trafic
Uet
Homecoming After Four Weeks For Ralph Ingraham
Ralph Ingraham, former doctor, returned home after a four week absence. His train was the last to depart Washington before the frost, and he had served west of Vincennes. He told a Democrat reporter he felt the line looked strange.
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Songer von
Ralph Ingraham
Fewer Deaths in Goal Mines Reported for US Coal Industry
Washington reports 2360 mine deaths among 750000 workers in the past year as per the United States Bureau of Mines. The death rate stands at 3.16 per thousand and marks the lowest fatality count since 1906.
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Washington
United States
United State Bureau of Mines
Coal mine employment and deaths in early 20th century
A fragmented note cites statistics linking miner employment to deaths. It claims that with 70,000 more miners in 1932 than 1907 there were fewer deaths in 1912, and with 20,000 more employed in 1912 than 1941 there were 359 fewer deaths in 1942. The text is incomplete but indicates a relationship between workforce size and mortality.
First Communion Classes At St Marys Church
Next Sunday a class of twenty boys and twenty girls will receive first communion at St Marys church. Pastor A Jochum will lead the service. Boys wear dark suits and girls white dresses as they march from the school to the church before mass. The list of communicants includes William Feagan Bernard Vollmer Harald Seel William Eckert Geert Keller John Keller Hershan Himburg Edward Kenpt Lawrence Gutsch Antone Miller Richard Harlig Joseph Miles Clesis Mangin Bernard Reister Albert Wichmann Theodore Estele Turk Lule Maker Margaret Miles Eva Bler Aly Casper Mary Kramer Margaret Wichmann Caroline Ca naret Rankle Anna Turk Maggy Wichmann Lena Yaaper.
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Monga
St. Mary's Church
Re . A. Jochum
Ilves S
Fareal
Munson
William Feagan
Neph Seng
Bernard Vollmer
Harald Seal
Wiliam Eckert
Geert Keller
John Keller
Hershan Himburg
Edward Kenpt Lawrence-Gutsch
Antone Miller i
Richard
Rt Harlig Joseph Miles Clesis Mangin
Bernard Reister Raiert Wite
Albert Wichmann
Cjlord Miller Theodore
Estele Turk
Margaret Miles
Porethy Stumpp
Eva Bbler
Aly Casper
Mary Kramer
Ye A. Wichmant
Margaret Svbuil
Mithida Mandabach
Anne Burkhardt Ratmary
Sena
Barbara Raymann
Cliza Wiehmann
Caroline Ca
Naret Rankle
Anna Turk Maggy Wichmann
Lena Yaapeer
Warning Signals Over Alien Land Laws Clash With Japan
A 1920s style briefing describes tensions between California and Japan over alien land law proposals. It notes Ambassador Wilson and President Hoover urging restraint to preserve treaties, while DOJ plans to counter state laws. Navy officials hint ships remain home as broader tensions unfold. The piece ends with a city cleanup remark urging public help.
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United States
California
Washington, D
Japan
Ident Wilson
Mikado
Ted
Hiram W. Johnson
Department For Justice
White House
Navy Department
Atlantic
Europe
Cause of the Floods and Ocean Currents From Labrador to Gulf Stream
The report on Labirador current and gulf stream commission is urged as key to the Ohio Indiana floods and U S storms. It explains a warm moist blanket formed by the West Atlantic surface current 30 miles wide and 2,500 miles long, feeding storms toward the United States, with the Labrador current cooling and guiding rain patterns. The piece advocates the commission to clarify ocean atmosphere links and improve weather predictions replacing Chief Moore.
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Gulf Stream Commission
Ohio
Indiana
United States
Gulf Stream
New York “Times
West Stream
Labrador
Calf Stream
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Weather Bureau
Moore
Big Skio Changed to Evansville Big Skio Changed to Evansville
A fragmented notice records a change of the entity named Big Skio to Evansville with readable fragments indicating a rename or relocation action. The text hints at a local administrative or public notice context without explicit dates or official actions.
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Big Skio
Evansville
Washington High Loses Hosting Rights for Big Six Meet
Local high school events outline the Big Six track meet schedule amid venue changes due to repairs. Evansville hosts the 1913 event after Washington’s bid fell through with Vincennes and Evansville alternatives noted. May activities include oratory, music, interclass events, and a mid May trip to Richmond for a state high school meet.
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Washington High School
Big Six Athletic, Association
Indiana
To Lcal Opera House
Evansville High School
Association
Evansville
Vincennes
Ferangville
Fort
Washington
Minnsville
Athletic Park
Petersbnurg
Joven
GTWENS BRASS BAND REFORMS PROMISE WEEKLY CITY CONCERTS
At a Wednesday night meeting citizens reorganized the GTWENS BRASS BAND with William Hy Kiefer as leader. The group plans to resume old favorites and seek city funding for weekly concerts on Mate Street from May through September, with petitions already circulated for council approval.
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Willian Hy
Kiefer
Langere
Washington
Citigens
Mate Street
Shop Employee Bruised Leg At East Third Street
Johd Lee, a shop employee, suffered a bruised leg this afternoon after an incident at the East Third Street shop. Gill's ambulance was called and he was taken to Con Boughtea hoarding house, where doctors diagnosed only a bad bruise and he will miss a few days of work.
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Johd Lee
Gill
Easthird Street
Destitute Mothers Bill Considered by Legislature
A Tacoma Washington report notes a proposed law to aid destitute mothers with monthly cash payments of 15 dollars for each newborn child and 35 dollars for every additional child, as a bill introduced in the state legislature seeks passage.
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Tacoma
Wash
Funeral for Theodore Gharste Held at First Orithin
The funeral for Theodore Gharste, the last body recovered from the B and C Southwestern trestle collapse area, was held this afternoon at 2:24 at First Orithin church with Rev. J. W. Barby officiating. Floral tributes marked the service as mourners paid respects before interment at Chili Grove centers. Word later stated Daniel I. Saaf’s funeral will be Friday morning at land.
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Theodore Gharst
Uelock
Orithin
J. W. Barby
Chili Grove
Ceneters
Daniel I. Saaf
Land
City clean up after two day rubbish haul
L F H Stuckey street commissioner reports 372 loads of rubbish removed from the city streets and alleys on Tuesday and Wednesday. The cleanup ended Wednesday afternoon and Stuckey vows strict enforcement of littering laws to prosecute offenders.
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L. FH. Stuckey
Mr. Stuckey
Vehicle License Ordinance for Bicknell Implemented
A new Bicknell ordinance requires vehicle owners to obtain licenses. Nonpleasure conveyances face 1 per year, grocery and delivery wagons 2 per year, moving vans brewery wagons and similar 5 per year. Mrs. John W. Lyban travels to Seymour then to Indianapolis with her daughter Miss May E. for a brief visit before returning home.
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Bicknell
Druys
John W. Lyban
Seymour
May E
Columbus
Ohio
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