Five Former Winners Seek 500 Miles Glory on May 30
Indianapolis race returns five past champions including Louis Meyer who seeks more prize money from the $100,000 pool. Peter De Paolo, Fred Frame, Louis Schneider, and L. L. Corum join the field, all aiming to add a new chapter to the storied 500 mile event. Meyer ties the record with Tommy Milton by winning in 1928 and 1930. De Paolo set a speed record in 1925, racing home in time from Africa.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Louis Meyer
Meyer
Tommy Milton
Peter de Paolo
de Paolo
Tripoli
Africa
Fred Frame
Will Louis Schneider
Schneider
South America
L. L. Corum
Joe Boyer
Lowe Brothers High Standard
Blessed are they that do his commandments advert
A religious publisher marks a biblical verse Revelation 22 14 about honors for those who keep commandments and gain entry to the city and its tree of life.
Citizen Marks 27th Year Under Same Management
The Citizen enters its twenty seventh year continuing under the same editorial leadership and ownership, maintaining its established style and reputation.
Carthage Plans Memorial Day Celebration Return
Towns prepare for Memorial Day events as Carthage announces the return of its long missing celebration after several years. Local organizers seek community participation and vendors for a day of remembrance and town pride.
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Carthage
Gas Fatalities Reported for Vast Population Loss
Last year gas caused hundreds of fatalities and injuries across a large population. Four thousand people died, nine hundred and fifty two were killed directly or indirectly, thirty inhaled it, nine hundred twenty two lit matches, and four thousand stepped on it.
Forged Checks Reported in Rushville Cashing At Local Stores
A forgery case unfolded in Rushville as two checks drawn on Norris Fertilizer Company and payable through Rushville National Bank appeared at A. and P. stores. The green bond paper checks bore a white paper Norris signature and used a protectograph to alter amounts and payee. Bank clerk noted color mismatch and incorrect bank number. amounts were 14.90 and 14.70.
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Rushville
Norris Fertilizer Company
Rushville National Bank
Norris Company
W. B. Norris
Republican
Explosion Shakes Greenfield as Workers Demolish Culvert
A heavy blast Tuesday last week near Greenfield on State Road 9 shattered windows and drew residents from their homes. Workmen, blasting an old concrete culvert, prepared the site for a larger, stronger structure to support ongoing construction.
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Greenfield
Butler University Notes on Theater Costumes and Tours
Columes worn in a Butler University production of School for Scandal used fifty yards of material. Actresses trained two weeks to master the swish and hoop seating. Provisions for supervised campus tours with guides and maps planned for summer visits. Sixty high school students applied for the nine Jordan Conservatory of Music scholarships affiliated with Purdue University covering music dance and dramatic art.
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Tespis
Butler University
Jordan Conservatory of Music
Purdue Universty
Campaign expense filings filed with county clerk
Candidates in the recent primary must file campaign expense accounts within thirty days after the primary. The report lists amounts for multiple candidates including Anna F. Downey, Paul Gleeson, Charles J. Fisher, Byron Standiford, James Tarbet, Frank Albercrombie, Nelson Smith, and others, showing various small expenditures.
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Dale Fisher
Anna F. Downey
Jamies’ Gully
Paul Glesson
Charles J. Fisher
Clarence Northan
Noel
Kmey Oo Ae
Fred Goddard
Byron Standiford
Tuewis Gas
Floyd Woods
Orville Leisure
James Tarbet
Sgrey
Aos
Frank Albercrombie
Nelson Smith
Wm G. Mulne
Lonnie Orme
Democrats Hold Meeting Of District Leaders
Democratic county chairmen and the 10th district met at the Richmond-Leland Hotel on Wednesday May 16 at 1 00 p m to elect officers for the district committee Charles Wall of Winchester presided The gathering included county chairmen and vice chairmen from Randolph Delaware Wayne Henry Fayette Union Rush Shelby and Decatur counties following the recent primary election several county leadership changes were announced.
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Richmond-Leland
Democratic Committee
Charles Wall
Winchester
Randolph
Delaware
Wayne
Henry
Fayette
Union
Rush
Shelby
Decatur
Twenty Years in Carthage Erinnerungen
Florence B Hunt recounts Carthage Public Schools history from 1892 to 1914. It covers superintendents, school buildings, notable concerts, lectures, and notable visitors, including Dr Ort and Dr Bryan, and notes on schools, charters, a smallpox scare, and community clubs shaping social life.
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Carthage
Florence B. Hunt
A. H. Sharer
Main
First Street
Friend’s Church
de Pauw Glee Club
J. Edwin Jay
Rose Hill
I. U. Glee Club
Jay
Maine
Havana
J. H. Scholl
A. N. Marlatt
Maugrum
Orr
Otis Hoskinson
Lindley
Walker
Black
Ort
Wittenburg College
Scholl
William Lowe Bryant
Montani’s
McCihherney’s
Indianapolis
William Bundy
William Penn Henley
Jesse M. Stone
Jesse Henley
Jobin D .Write
A. O. Hill
Cyrus Cox
Booker T. Washington
Bertha Perry
Carthage High School
M. D. Michael
Jerry Holand
Ruben B. Henley
Charles Wright
Booker T. Washington School
Henry Henley
Farmers Institute
Columbia Hall
Albert Migam
Bible
Quayle Montaville
Ralph Parlette
Leonard Garver
Smith Sisters
Jubille
Lovett
Boston
Rosa — Salev
Rosa Raisa
Rosa Poinselle
Arlington
Benjamin Harrison
United States
James E. Watson
A. D. Cole
Jack Gowdy
A. J. Beveridge
James Bennett Gordon
Richmond
W. C. Barnard
Newcastle
Davidson
Greenburg
Hallowee’n
Purdue
Masonic Order
O. S. Hill
Smart Set
Bicycle Club
Agricultural Briefs Highlight Timely Fields And Yields
A pound holds 1 800 000 timothy seeds. Hungary reports a stellar 1933 grain harvest. A US farm census is planned for next November. Six British Friesians have surpassed 60 tons of milk lifetime. Good legume hay should make up 10 to 15 percent of winter rations for brood sows. Texas hog home butchering rose about 50 percent in two years.
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Texas
Jungle Cats Thrill at Chicago World’s Fair Debut May 26
The fair opens May 26 featuring a free animal act by Jungle Cats with thirty three lions tigers and pumas under trainer Allen King as part of the Standard Oil exhibit. The Busy grounds offer 84 miles of free exhibits plus reproductions of foreign villages and new rail and bus rates with ample auto parking nearby.
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Chicago
Allen King
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Local notes from Knights Town and area
Mary J. Healey visits Knights Town. Ollie Coffin and Alonzo Rhodes wed at Enos Coffin’s home with Rev. Elwood Scott officiating. Children, farming, and local events fill springtime reports as war marches and education tie into town life. Lucid mentions include a brain fever recovery, a Columbus Phæton for sale, and nearby Earlham College field day plans.
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O. S. Hill
Enos Coffin
Ollie Coffin
Alonzo Rhodes
Elwood Scott
Rhodes
Mays Station
E. P. Trueblood
Sackett
Earlham College
Indianapolis
Earlham
Prof. Trueblood
Carrie Charles
Knights Town
Grand G. A. R
Columbus
George Dillman
D. C
Henley Bros
Carthage
Lewis Stanley
Charles Kinder
Cuba
Clark Talbert
Philippines
P. J. Sattler
Farmer’s Meeting
Rushville
Day of Rest Across Faiths Mentioned in Quip
The text notes that every day is a day of rest somewhere with different faiths cited for each weekday. It claims a tiny church near Covington Kentucky seats three people and London is under 100000 residents and one square mile in area.
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Covington
Kentucky
London
Pendleton Reformatory Grants Seventy Nine Paroles
At the regular monthly board meeting 79 paroles were granted and eight petitions held over until June. Twelve parole violators received six months to one year added to their sentences.
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Board of Trustees of
The
Pendleton Reformatory
Edison’s Inventions Highlight Schoolroom Debate
A classroom quip frames Thomas Edison as the world’s smartest man for inventing the phonograph and radio to keep people up all night and illuminate lives with his electric light bulbs.
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Thomas Edison
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Tovis Meyer
Corum
Indiana
C. G. Hill
L. R. Linscott
Emi
Butler University Notes
Hungary
Jungle Cats New Fair
Carney Hatcheries
Joe Ridlen
Mary J. Healey
Knightstown
Fred Hinshaw
Lovett’s
Addie
Pearle Coffin
J. C. Henley
Myrtle Bundy
Mae Rosenburg
Cyrus Coffin
Bertha Hill
Eva Johnson
Rush County National Bank
Bruce H. Stephens
Atlanti
Alantic
America
the Alantic Monthly
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