Public Utilities Commission approves raised telephone rates
The Public Service Commission issued a decision on telephone rates citing higher charges for business and residential lines and a new rural rate. The commission increased business rate to 2.25, residential to 1.50, and rural to 1.50, with 75 cent per month fees for owners of certain lines. prompt payment by the 15th avoids extra charges. The plant value was listed around 25,705 to 27,000, with added costs for depreciation and lost income. Critics say service was poor and wages for operators deserved higher pay, while the commission asserts a public protection motive and implies the company could raise rates further unless service improves.
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Public Service
Phiavies
Nes
Nore
Wilders
Yatitlanar
Brook High Team Competes In GeoTropical Tournament
Brook High School players Claude Herriman William Park Kenneth Long Russell Lyons Albert Mather Harry Lawrence Shadrack Farris Rolland VanDer Voort traveled to Valparaiso for the geotlobal tournament Friday and Saturday. Brook opened vs Hammond, leading 18-3 at the half and finishing 28-15. Whiting upset Brook in the second game 22-13, then Emerson defeated Whiting 29-7 in the final. Captain Claude Herriman praised four-year service while optimism for next year followed. The piece notes Indiana High School Athletic Association structure and 434 sectional entrants, naming Franklin, Emerson and Anderson among potential state contenders.
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Brook High School
Claude Herriman
William Park
Kenneth Long
Russell Lyons
Albert Mather
Harry Lawrence
Shadrack Farris
Rolland VanDer Voort
Valparaiso
Hammond
Brook
Herriman
Whiting
Emerson
Claude
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Frankin, Emerson and Anderson
None Such Breakfast and Dinner Menu Notes
A fragment lists items such as paticakes with Maple Syrup Grapefruit orange juice Schulz bread tea and butter and coffee. dinner features Blossom Sweet Potatoes Meat with Worcester Sauce Corn and Creamed Tomatoes plus Schulz bread and butter Supper shows creamed pens lettuce and celery with Ontony Savoy Salmon with horse rabio salad and apple pie with Pimento Cheese Cookies Cocoa. The text also includes a service adequacy comment from a Commission about rates and mentions carnations, Montgomery and Snyder.
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KOK
Schulz
Gotfco
Gem Store
West Virginia leads new wave in ratification drives
Thirty four states ratify the suffrage amendment as West Virginia votes in favor. Senator Alokwade from Galiternia comments on nearing final support with two more states needed for universal women’s suffrage. The piece also reports Colonel Fred A. Phillips and family moving to a 400 acre Wisconsin farm near Dane, Madigon county, plus Red Cross notes from Gary Indiana and a note on Senator Curtis’s death in Groat Park.
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West Virginia
Wawea
Alokwade
Galiternia
Rens
Fred A. Phillfpx
Jasper County
Wisconsin
Mr. Phillips
Dane
Wily
Midile
Sail
Beaauty
Phillips
Will Brook Win The Tenth County Spelling Contest
The tenth annual county spelling contest will be held at the Morocco public school on Saturday May 20 starting at 11:00 a.m. Each school corporation in the county sent representatives and alternates. Brook High School will present a male and mixed quartet and Miss Ruth Cooper and Joe Badger will give readings. Ruth Roner, last year’s winner, is expected to attend and present the prize banter. Webster’s International Dictionary rises to 12.16. the winner receives a copy. The top three spellers earn pins. the youngest entrant receives a cone pin. Listed are the county school corporations with representatives, alternates, and second, third, and alternate names.
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Morocco
C & BL
The
Brook High School
Ruth Cooper
Joe Badger
Ruth Roner
Brook
Jeanette Carrell
Elda Sell
Genevie Dénty
Guallant
Zea Chouinard
Esther Weidenbaker
Sarah Verrill
Kentland
Ethel Lee
Dernadetta Mauitley
Mary Roe
Jefferson Townsia
Russell 5
Henderson
Waic L
Corbit
Helen W. Dennison
Grant Township
Ethel Polen
Naome Hanmany
Josvept Bower
Washington Township
Hershel McGiatchey
Ralph Ribbands
Darrel Hammon
Ireavots
Lincoln Reed
Ruth Wroodfit
Harold Ekstram
Beaver
Olive Lewis
Louise Fetts
Ellen
Royal Neighhoura Notice For Regular Meetings
Regular meetings of this organization will be held on the first and third Monday nights each month starting March 15. Members are urged to remember the dates and attend. By order of the act, issued by Uracte.
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Ist
Sri
Thanks and News from Brook Community
A Brook column notes thanks for kindness and funds that helped during a husband’s illness. Captain Brown visited Mt. Ayr relatives. Clifford Harry returns home to Tulsa after weeks here with his father’s illness. Ham mond team loss spurs light-hearted gossip among locals. Fred Lyons travels to Chicago for a business trip.
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Clifford Harry
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Temple Moviegrams Begin March 15 With Weekday Highlights
Temple Moviegrams opens Monday March 15 with Dorothy Dalton in Hard Boiled and Tweedy on Monday March 15. Douglas Fairbanks stars When the Clouds Roll By on Thursday. Monroe Salisbury appears in The Sundown Trail on Thursday and Eugene O’Brien in The Perfect Lover on Saturday. Elmo the Mighty Vod A Vil presents Upstairs and Down with Olive Thomas on Saturday.
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Hse
Dorothy Dalton
Hard Boiled
Tweedy
Douglas Fairbanks
Monroe Salisbury
Eugene O'Brien
Elmo Tha Mighty
Olive Thomas
Elmo
Rapid Changes In Indiana Political Scene
Gen Wood gains support as Indiana politics shift toward Wood and Taggart replacement rumors swirl. Wagggart and Evans Woollen linked to senate race plans. Jim Watson and Will Baya figure in campaigns if Wood garners nominating support. Edwards races ahead, Bryan seen as top foe. League of Nations debate influences Senate attention as campaign dynamics shift.
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Wood
Streuth
Diana
Thomas Wagggart
U. S
Evans Woollen
Enaianpolis
Jim Watson
Fletehr
Weets
Baya
Edwards
Bryan
League of Nations
U.S
How They Make These Tears in Pictures
Reporter recounts Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming directing a crying scene in When the Clouts Roll By at Temple Theatre. Fleming allegedly prompted actress Kathleen Clifford to cry by manipulating her emotions as cameras rolled, then celebrated his success after the screen test revealed convincing sobs.
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Victor Fleming
Douglas Fairbanks
Widiely
Temple Theatre
Devg
Kathleen Cliford
Fleming
Clifford
Change in plans of Ade and Wells sailings
The Ulua cruise from New York to the West Indies on March 13th was canceled because the Fruit Steamer could not be delivered from the yards. Ade and Wells planned to join at Havana, then continue the full cruise arriving back in New York on April 15th. They will skip Havana visit due to uncertain bookings and may proceed via Jacksonville and Pinshurst in early April. Plans after that are not definite.
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Ulua
New York City
West Indies
Ade
Wells
Havana
New York
Urey
Guba
Belleview Hotel
Belteair Heights
Florida
Tome
Jacksonville
Pinshurst
Announcement of candidacy for Newton county auditor
The undersigned will run for the office of Auditor on the Republican ticket, subject to the May 4 1929 primary. References include The State Board of Accounts and decades of county ties. John Greeley Davis and Joe Ade were in town recently, with remarks about appearance and endurance.
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Newston County
State Board of Accounts
John Greeley Davis
A Public Auditor Candidacy Proclaimed by John G Davis
The article promotes John G Davis as a county auditor candidate, arguing experience is essential for tax and county operations, and urging voters to elect a capable official to manage the auditor’s duties, tax distributions, and board secretary role. It notes local officials and citizens seeking qualified leadership.
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Greviy Davis
Board of Commissioners
Fis
Circuit Court
Wee
John G. Davis
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