Indictments show liquor crimes dominate grand jury
The grand jury reported 22 liquor law indictments composing two thirds of 33 total indictments, with bonds set at 500 each for liquor offenses unless aggravated. The most serious charge was manslaughter against J L Tate of Independence, bond 1500, tied to an automobile death on Grant highway. Additional cases include larceny, bigamy, forgery, sodomy, and bootlegging, with several defendants awaiting further action as the jurors plan to reconvene May 2.
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E. B. Stiles
F. W. Edwards
Raymond Stevich
Howard Garner
F. R. Decker
William Whipkey
Sadie
Bass
Alice Wilson
Claude Housman
William Linfeldt
John Moore
Shorty” Moore
Orvil Mapes
Virgil Leege
A. J. Joynt
Louis Haubach
Ellen Nerwin
Cora Potter
Kenneth Blizzard
Harry Miller
Leora Young
Charles Astman
C. Z. Newville
Dewey Davis
Helen Davenport
Word
Fat
Building Permits For Dwellings And Additions
Mrs Jessie Wallace files for a dwelling at 234 Skenilworth road with a 7000 dollar cost. Wayne S Raymond seeks a garage at 136 Prospect for 200 dollars. George F Dunham plans an addition at 17 Mulberry costing 300 dollars. Clarence Weekley moves a shed from 607 Rhey to 1724 Black Hawk MN. P Brown applies for a garage at 412 Elm costing 20 dollars. More than 12000 people die from falls each year per census figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wallace
Skenilworth Road
Wayne S. Raymond
Prospect
George F. Dunham
Mulberry
Clarence Weekley
Rhey
Black Hawk
P. Brown
Elm
Armour Grain Co Being Liquidated To Probe Goed On
Chicago April 14 The Armour Grain company ordered suspended from privilege on the Board of Trade is in liquidation. Phillip D Armour and Lester Armour nephews of J Ogden Armour said the firm has liquidated property and grain since July 1925 and that the Grail Marketing company and other grain interests hindered progress. The suspension followed a committee verdict of wrongful acts by non directors. The board will continue inquiry for about two months to decide on possible action against members. A state investigation will continue and a federal agency has also taken steps on grain trading.
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Chicago
Armour Grain Company
Board of Trade
Phillip D. Armour
Lester Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Co-Operative
Armour
Armours
Armour Concern
Missourian Sought in Missing Florence Croy Case
A man described as a typical Missourian is sought in connection with the disappearance of 13 year old Florence Croy, a consolidated school student from Ripney Iowa. County attorney W I S Hutcheon is investigating. The girl reportedly accepted a ride with a stranger and did not return home.
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Ripney
Florence Croy
W. I. S. Hutcheon
Magic Garden at Strand Theatre ushers Gene Stratton Porter tale to screen
The Strand shows The Magic Garden with Gene Stratton Porter’s story brought to film. Margaret Morris and Raymond Keane lead a pair separated in youth who reunite later, amid pathos and romance. Supporting roles include William Mong, Charles Clary, Cesare Gravina, Paulette Duval. Comedy, Fables and Pathe news complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand
Gene Stratton Porter
Margaret Morris
Raymond Keane
Althe
William V. Mong
Charles Clary
Cesare Gravina
Paulette Duval
Pathe
Daily Quiz Answers From a Historic Geography List
A compiled set of world geography targets including seas such as the Black Sea and the Aegean region, major rivers, and European countries. The list names bodies like the Sea of Marmara, Strait of Gibraltar, Volga, and nations including Portugal, Denmark, and a ten-country group. It notes a device to fasten an auto map to a car’s steering wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Sea of Marmara
Dardanelles
Aevein Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Volga River
Portugal
Denmark
Sardinia
Corsica
Sicily
Majorca
Tinland
Esthonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Spain
Norway
Hamburg
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L&t. C
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Chamberlain
Frey
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