Death by own action of James Shepard 74 in Washington
James Shepard 74, a ditcher and tile layer, was found dead by hanging in a rear shed near the old Kane building on East Eighth Street. He had talked about death, bought a grave, and planned burial with Keller & Williams. death is reported as strangulation. Survived by brothers Henry and Ed, sisters Lizie Dosch and Anna Fields. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 from the Christian church, Oak Grove Cemetery.
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James Shepard
Henry Shepard
Pat Kane
East Eighth Street
Shepard
Oak Grove Cemetery
Elwood Williams
Keller & Williams
Henry Shenard
James
Anna Fields
South Street
Saventh
Kane
Mill Street
Jshed
Nelson County
Kentucky
Indiana
Washington
Sallie Crandall
Harrison County
Henry
Ed Shepard
Lizie Dosch
The
Christian Church
WOUNDED POLICEMAN DIES. SLAYER AT LARGE
Indianapol is June 18 Jesse Lou den a patrolman shot while searching a burglar early today died in a hospital. The murder remains unsolved as a companion officer Seifert and others failed to identify the suspect.
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Indianaph
Indianapolis
Jesse Louden
Thurada
E Jaten
Seifert
Unusual Case Ends in Death of Reeve Township Boy
Austin Murphy a 15 year old of Reeve township died Sunday night after a Thursday operation at Daviess county hospital. Surgeons found a ruptured spleen and transposed internal organs with the appendix on the left side. Funeral services are set for St Patrick's church Wednesday at 9 am.
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Austin Murphy
Reeve Township
Daviess ‘County Hospital
Murphy
Patrick Murphy
St. Patrick’s Church
Fred
Clarence
Catherine
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Washington Man Gave K K K Oath
The Linton Citizen reportsBloomfield witnessed a KKK demonstration drawing about 10 000 people the largest crowd since the first draft contingent left for the war. A Kleagle from Washington administered the oath aloud and Rev G Stanley of the First Christian church of Brazil spoke for over an hour.
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Linton
Bloomfield
Luton
First Christian Church of
Brazil
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Linton Daily Citizen
Bloomfield News
Condon
Standard Oil Buys Sinclair Lot for 90 Day Option
Standard Oil Company has secured a ninety day option on the south 80 by 80 foot portion of the Mary Sinclair lot at East Fifth and Walnut. If exercised for 4000 dollars a filling station will be built, while Mrs. Sinclair retains possession of the north part and plans to erect a dwelling. The Sinclair home is among Washington’s oldest structures, with Mrs. Sinclair aged over seventy.
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Standard Oil Company
Mary Sinclair
East Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Sinclair
Washington
Air Pilot Faints at 9 000 Meters in Record Attempt
An airman reached 9 000 meters in a bid for an altitude record before his oxygen tank failed. He fainted, the plane plunged, but he recovered, regained control, and landed safely.
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Inn
Westing
Rotarians Head to St Louis for International Convention
The advance guard of local Rotarians sails for St Louis to attend the International Rotary convention for five days. Twenty members, mostly accompanied by wives, plan to join the base game between the New York Kinment rentors, with Art Nehf being honored. Tickets were sold by M F Burke at the Peoples. six seats are still available. Names of attendees include Charles Kidwell, Joli Sinnott, F B Fornwald, Louis Foy, and many others.
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Ah AS
St. Louis
New York
Wabkhington
Art
Macy
Willant
M. F. Burke
Peoples i Hag
Paree
Charles Kidwell
Joli Sinnott
F. B. Fornwald
Louis Foy
George Krempp
Sam Boyd
Ralph Hastings
George Gilliatt
Ben Keh
Nathan Beitman
Pan
Smiley
Roy Smiley
Charles Smiley
Cou T Hayes
Rev. W. Whitsett
Walter God
J. G. Clark
D. NiNutter
Roy Scoble
Frank Trainor
Tilman Gaier
Hugh L
British Seize Turkish Munitions in Constantinople
A British destroyer in the Sea of Marmara reports seizing a Turkish transport loaded with arms bound from Thrace. The Thrace dispute between Greece and Turkey follows their war, raising questions about the seizure's justification.
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Sea of Marmora
Sea of Ora
Thrace
Europe
Greece
Measles Fatal to Three Year Old Boy
J on E Chapman a three year old son of Mr and Mrs Will Chapman of Portersville road Ebeneezer church Harrison Wirship died at 12 10 am yesterday from measles funeral held at home at 10 am Monday and burial in Ebenezer cemetery. the text notes a circus elephant needing mustard and weighing twenty pounds to relieve pains.
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E. Chapman
Will Chap
Portersville Road
Harrison Wirship
Itn
Ebenezer Cemetery
Mt Etna Eruption Destroys Linguaglossa Village
Rome June 18 reports Mount Etna erupts with lava flows destroying Linguaglossa on its slope. Houses abandoned as a fiery stream wiped out a neighboring village and lava advances toward nearby hamlets. Residents flee with belongings as earthquakes echo the eruption threat.
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Catanté
Sicily
Mt. ‘Etna
Feady
Huna
Rome
Linguaglossa
Mt Ina
Naples
Weekend Auto Death Toll Reaches 34 Across Cities
Reported by United States authority the weekend saw 34 road deaths and 136 injuries across 27 cities. New York suffered four fatalities and thirty injuries while Los Angeles reported four deaths.
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U. Plnty
United
New York
Trust
Los Angeles
Bulgarian crackdown widens in Bulgaria and allies fear revolts
Dispatches from London say Zankof government troops burn villages to quell peasant revolt as Jugo Slavia calls reservists and Montenegro dispatches forces to suppress uprisings. Reports claim former premier Sta boulisky dead or alive amid ongoing counter revolutionary activity across the Balkans.
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London
Zankof
Bulgaria
Jugo Slavia
Staboulisky
Racial unrest flares in Chicago black belt after weekend shootings
Police moved to quell violence in Chicago's black belt where two African Americans were killed by officers and a deputy investigator. Extra officers were sent as gunfights erupted between police and armed men while cabarets and gambling houses were shut down amid a broader vice crackdown.
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Chioagg
Nunez
Black Belt
Southside
Collins
German Ambassador to Protest French Atrocities in Ruhr
Washington report states ambassador Wiedfeldt will deliver a note to the American government protesting French atrocities in the Ruhr occupied area. The note is also to be presented to other powers, signaling a coordinated diplomatic démarche.
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Washington
Wiedfeldt
Ruhr Valley
Warrick Farmers Ship Car of Wool to Columbus
Boonville reports a first large War rick County shipment of wool by the War rick County Farm Bureau to the Sheep and Wool Growers association in Columbus Ohio. Last year a small shipment proved profitable for the bureau.
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Warrick Farmers
Boonville
Warrick County
Breau
Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Columbus
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Tragic Philadelphia Car Cluster Kills Seven
In Philadelphia on a Sunday early morning seven people died and ten were injured in automobile crashes. Two children perished as speeding cars struck victims in the streets. Several occupants fled, while others surrendered to police.
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Philadelphia
Naylors Car Damaged In Mitchell Wreck Near Cemetery
Joe Naylor’s automobile suffered heavy damage in a collision with a Mitchell taxicab near the Mitchell cemetery at 4 16 this morning. Cooper, the Mitchell driver, failed to see Naylor in time and struck the car, injuring the front axle and steering. No injuries were reported. The Naylors were delayed several hours, returning home around 11 30. Mrs Naylor and Mr Naylor were accompanied home by Miss Rowena Hopper of Bedford.
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Joe Naylor
Mitchell
Mitchell Cemetery
Naylor
Cooper
Naylors
Chinese bandits seize Catholic mission near Hankow
Cable reports from Rome say Chinese bandits surrounded a Roman Catholic mission near Hankow and captured the missionaries along with 500 Chinese converts. They demanded a ransom of 1,400,000 dollars and threatened to kill the priest if payment was not made immediately.
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Rome
Hankow
Wheat price crisis tests regional farming coalitions
State and financial interests push for wheat stabilization as seven state leaders seek support. Governors and agricultural leaders confront funding and price concerns while farmers face budget strain amid low wheat prices.
Mrs Mary Creighton Goes on Trial for Brother Poisoning
Mrs Mary Creighton faces trial in Wark New Jersey charged with poisoning her brother to collect life insurance. Her husband John also stands accused as an alleged co conspirator under duress. Authorities allege she poisoned the mother in law as well. the elder Creighton died of poison and nurses care for her month old infant.
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Mary Creighton
Wark
N. J
Lucretia Borgia
Mary Creighon
Creighton
John
Fingerprint links Keenan to past post office robbery
Vincennes Indiana June 18 fingerprint experts tie T J Keehan to a prior post office robbery under the alias Thomas J Dean and reveal travel under several names. The evidence supports Vincennes police theory that Kee nan and William Colling were experienced felons riding a box car tied to a nitroglycerine blast.
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Thomas J. Dean
Martin Higerty
William Pp. Burns
Davenport
Vincennes
Keenan
Collins
Car Veers Off Road Dives Into Swamp Near Eastside Lake
Hudson son of Berry Hudson and a companion rode in a Ford that left the road at Eastside lake and dangled into swamp. Both emerged laughing as onlookers gathered. Hudson and the other occupant were jailed awaiting a police court order on intoxication charges.
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Judsons
Dourt
Youth Drowns While Fishing Near Columbius Ind
Columbaus Indiana, June 18. Le jell twenty one year old son of merell of this city drowned while fishing in Flatrock river near here Sunday. He was secretary of the Barttholomew county Sunday school association and on his way to attend a four day gathering of Sunday school officers inNapolis when he was swept away by a strong current. His brother Albert Thummh reported the incident.
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Columbius
Ind
Lejell
Merell
Flatrock
Here
Bartholomew' S County
asBodiation and
Napolis
Laz
Albert Thummh
Vincennes Murder Case Revived With New Arrests
Interest in the Wilson Roudebush murder at the Vincennes Distillery grows as Herbert Heacock is arrested after Floyd Young’s tip. Authorities plan a grand jury to probe new evidence including a confession tied to the May 1 1922 killing of the night watchman who was guarding whisky in the plant warehouse.
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Vincennes
Ind
Wilson Roudebush
Vincennes Distillery Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Blain
Herbert ‘Heacor
Headox
Floyd Young
New
Roudebush
Minnesota voters cast light turnout for U S Senate race
In St Paul Minnesota on June 18 scant turnout marks polls open for a contest to fill the late United States senator seat. Governor Preus runs as the Republican administration candidate backed by a 100 60 vote organization and is expected to perform modestly with a total vote unlikely to top four hundred thousand.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
United States
Nélaon
Preus
Harding
Preu
Indiana AG seeks vacancy of Lake County prosecuting attorney
Attorney General Lesh petitioned the Indiana Supreme Court to declare the Lake County prosecuting attorney’s office vacant after the prosecutor’s conviction in a federal booze conspiracy case. The resignations were anticipated but not yet submitted.
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Lake County
Lesh
Supreme Court of Indiana
Dwigit
Brewery Stock Seized by Federal Dry Agents
Federal dry agents checked the Norton Brewery stock on June 16 and reported readiness to turn over the liquor stock. Officials in Gillott United States districts noted the seizure after inspection of beer and related materials amid prohibitions.
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Norton Brewery Co
Anderson
Norton Brery ‘ Company
Em Ae
Gillott United States Dists
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Standard Oil
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Montenegro
Chicago
Berry Hudoff
Pavilion
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