Washington Ind. paper columns urge youth to stay home in depression era
The piece warns that thousands of young men wander the country seeking work but find none, becoming homeless and penniless. It argues staying home offers better chances of securing steady employment or a definite plan, condemning panhandling as a social burden. It also honors 20 volunteers with Bright's disease who consent to medical experiments, hoping to aid future patients though their death is likely.
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Washington
Ioo
Bright
University of Chicago
Lasker Foundation For Medical Research
Musical Crooners and Broadway Gossip Mix in New York Scene
The article describes crooners led by Rudy Vallee and Little Jack Little, plus stage gossip on Columbo and Hoovers era politics. It notes Jack Leonard from Waterloo Iowa, a cheerleader turned performer, and mentions plans for a song book and a morning radio routine.
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Reed
Cate
New York
Columbo
Waledorf
Rudy Vallee
Andi
Congress
Senate
Maing
Rudy
Little Jack Little
Guy Lombar
Jack
John J. Leonard
Waterloo
Memorial avenue paving and Bedford road work approved
County commissioners decide to pave part of Memorial avenue and a section of Bedford road near the community gymnasium. City Council elects A. O. Bulkerson to succeed the late Hamlet Alleh on the library board. Rev William Davis named second assistant pastor at Simons Church. Clifford Allegree marks forty fifth birthday with gathering on Troy road. Henry Brochin couple to celebrate wedding anniversary with private dance. Visitors from Cincinnati New York stop by Mr and Mrs T D Stimps. Lt Col Frank Kidwell returns to Lincoln Nebraska after visit with A Kidwell. Beatrice Series and Matthew Manning Jr announce marriage. Women in Daviess County continue to register despite state-wide changes.
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Memorial Avenue
Bedford Road
Anderson Man Shoots Thief In Front Of Poland Home
In Anderson Indiana a 46 year old man, Joe Cline, remains in S&J hospital with a bullet shattered left arm after a posse shot at a fleeing suspect caught stealing purses from cars outside the Poland residence. The thief was pursued by guests, fired upon, and captured. purses recovered from the assailant. He is in police custody with an alleged prior record.
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Matilda Griffith
Athionne Goff
Rcaods
Anla
Tax Valuation Drops Forecast for Indiana in 1932
Reports to the state board of tax commissioners indicate a drop of at least 1 billion dollars in total assessed valuation for 1932. Unofficial county reports show declines from 10 to 40 percent as county boards of review remain in session statewide.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Hoover Framed With Pitchfork Amid Wheat Harvest
Report notes the wheat harvest has begun and anticipates the first image of Hoover beside a shock of wheat, signifying the start of the season and the agricultural mood of the time.
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Hoover
Gardener’s Spade Referred To By Many Names
A gardener often uses a spade but may call it by various synonyms and related terms in different contexts. The note highlights terminology variety without altering the tool’s fundamental function in gardening tasks.
Gypsies Ordered Out Of City By Police
Local police at noon Monday rounded up a group of gypsies, halted their activity, and ordered them to leave the city. The transients had entered the town, parked on Main Street, and were seen entering and leaving stores before being told to depart.
New Mail Route Operation Begins in Local Area
A new star mail route operates between Washington Plainville Elnora and Odon starting Monday afternoon. Carri Walter Osmon won the bid to run the trip. The carrier leaves at 4 15 p m and will deliver mail to four northern Dayiens county points and collect mail for return.
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New Star
Washington
Plainville
Elnora
Odongan
Carri Walter W. Osmon
Mr. Osmon
Dayiens
Miami Man Freed After Six Day Bad Check Charge
Miami reports that Frank Smith aged 26 also known as James Ent was released from Dade county jail after serving six days on a bad check charge. Chief Bearborg commented the suspect planned to head north. Later Scarboro learned Smith was accused again of attempting to pass two checks totaling 700 dollars.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Smith
James Ent
Dade County
L. ©. Bearborg
Scarboro
Ft. Lauderdale
Fila
Smith
Daviess County Red Cross Gifts Reach $11 293 22 in 1917
Fifteen years ago on Thursday July 28 1917 Daviess county donations to the Red Cross war fund totaled 11293 dollars and 22 cents. The Indianapolis message notes an injunction barring women from registering for the constitutional convention.
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Daviess Couhle
Red Cross War Fund
Indianapolis
Apprentice Seaman Wainman Good Returns Aboard Florida
Wainman Good an apprentice seaman on the U S Florida returned to his ship Wednesday after a visit with his parents near the city.
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Wainman Good
U. S
Florida
Flag Raising at Maysville School House Today
Citizens of Maysville will witness a flag raising ceremony at the Maysville school house with speakers Rev. J. W. Attle and M. J. Hastings. Greenwood is listed as a speaker associate.
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Maysville
J. W. Attle
A Greenwood
M. J . Hastings
Tolson Hack and Clements Leave for Indianapolis Exams
Frank Tolson Walter Hack and Will Clements departed this morning to take final examinations in Indianapolis to gain acceptance in the tary.
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Frank Tolson
Walter Hack
Will Clements
Indianapolis
Red Cross War Fund Surpasses County Goal
Pikee county exceeds its $2250 Red Cross war fund goal with subscriptions over $8000. Ralph Burris and Miss Carrie J Bracken quietly wed at Rev P S May's home. Elizbeth Osman and Virgil Bernard Killion wed in a pretty Odon ceremony.
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Pikee County
Red Cross
Ralph Burris
Carrie J. Bracken
Odon
Elizabeth Osman
Virgil Bernard Killion
Music Pupils Attend Minnie Hall Recital
Miss Minnie Hall entertained her music pupils including Hester Sweeney Ruth Morgan Maxne Jones Catherine Dillin Norma Let Wilma Feagnans Viva Lett Louis Scudder Ruth Scudder and Fredericka Stewart for an afternoon of selections and instruction at the recital.
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Minnie Hall
Hester Sweeney
Ruth Morgan
Maxne Jones
Catherine Dillin
Norma Let
Wilma Feagans
Viva Lett
Louis Scudder
Ruth Scudder
Fredericka Stewart
Family of Nations El Paso Headline Note
El Paso is now the name of Gibberto Valenzuela and his cosmopolitan family. Valenzuela, candidate for president of Mexico in 1929, has four children. His son Gilberto is 9, Carlos is 7, Gloria is 5 and Paul Rector is 2, born in Mexico City Brussels London and Los Angeles respectively.
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Family of
el Paso
Tex
Gibberto Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Mexico
Gilberto
Mexico City
Carlos
Brussels
Belgium
Gloria
London
Paul Rector
Los Angeles
Oldest Married Couple Claims 175-Year Union
Montgomery Mo residents Mr and Mrs Morrison Hendershott say they are the oldest married couple in the United States with a combined age of 175 years. They recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.
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Montgomery
Morrison Hendershott
United States
New Ordinance Requires Annual Peddler Licenses
Vincennes Indiana June 28 ordinance committee reports a measure demanding 100 per year licenses from itinerant peddlers. City council approves the plan without opposition. penalties range from 50 to 200 dollars for first offenses and higher for subsequent violations. The rule excludes farmers and local chartered firms from Knox and Lawrence counties.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox
Court hears shifted tale at rebadged day hearing
Murmured remarks fill the courtroom as a Gloucester fisherman described a coast voyage aboard a dark green two masted boat with a Fairbanks Morse 270 horsepower engine. The setting included Lindbergh family figures listening intently as testimony framed the defense table.
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Hiodtore
N. J
New Jersey
Gloucester
Lind
Constance
Lindbergh Me Bial
Ollie Wheately
Lincedgh
Oxford adds thousands to Bodleian Library yearly
The Bodleian Library at Oxford expands annually by about ten to twenty five thousand volumes as part of ongoing growth, reflecting strong institutional support and ongoing acquisition. The article contrasts this with U.S. political maneuvering around candidates and office, noting tensions between Roosevelt Hoover and Morgan interests in Washington.
One Man Shot Dead at West Virginia Mine
Morgantown West Virginia June 28 gunfire erupted at the Maidsville mine of the Kelley Creek Colliery company killing James Shaffer about 30 a striking miner and wounding seven others one critically Dr W H Howell a surgeon notified authorities and directed ambulances while armed guards stood near the mine mouth State police arrested Herbert Vance and J R Thompson mine guards as the disorder marked the first since a northern West Virginia strike began two weeks ago.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Maidsville
Kelley’s Creek
W. H. Howell
Howell
West Virginia
Arrests in Pigeon Township Fraud Case
Evansville June 28 two arrests were made in a fraud case involving Henry Elderbruck and his daughter Mrs Emelie Blace accused of defrauding Pigeon Township aid for poor relief. Special investigator James Thomas filed affidavits as a civil suit followed demanding $100 judgment. Probate Judge Travis B Williams criticized Kiely’s office over aid provided to Blace and Elderbruck.
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Evansville
Ind
Henry Elderbruck
Emelie Blace
Pigeon Township
James Thomas
William D. Hardy
Pigeon
Robert H. Kiely
Elderbruck
Emil
Travis B. Williams
Kiely
Dam Collapse Floods Farmland Near Lake Hollybrook
Heavy rains and a dam breach at Lake Hollybrook northeast of Spencer Indiana unleashed floodwaters that inundated hundreds of acres of early farmland. Livestock and crops suffered damage as walls of the dam collapsed, threatening homes while White River rose two inches. Seymour streets and county roads faced temporary flooding with over two inches of rain in a separate note.
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Spencer
Ind
Owen
Lake Hollybrook
Gosport
Romona
Lake Ace Dg
Ily Brook
Sey
Seymour
Monay
White River
River floods rise in Muscatatuck area prompting relocations
The Muscatatuck River swelled to flood stage on Sunday and Monday, with continued rise today. Residents along the riverbank rushed to higher ground as water reached levels not seen in more than five years.
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Muscatatuck
Stree
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