The Mountain Under Chicago Captured in Tribune Tower Plan
Chicago reader sends a Tribune item describing the “mountain under Chicago” formed by caissons supporting the Tribune Tower. Sixty eight shafts must reach bedrock with eighteen largest caissons 72 cubic feet per foot, depths up to 125 feet, and concrete fills to form a solid base. The old Tribune building sits on 110 feet of foundations.
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Hattie Biehl
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
North
Michigan Avenue
Edward Simonsen
R. (. Wiebsldt
Sth
Union Streets
47Th Street
Lake
28Th Street
Madison
Dearborn
Desirable Property for Sale Near State Highway
Desirable dwelling house and store room combined with about one acre of land for sale at a bargain. Choice location for home and business on State Highway. Inquiries may be made at this office. Jy-18-if.
Explosion Kills Driver as 500 Quarts NitroGlycerine Detonate
Vincennes July 16 Charles Townsend of Lawrenceville Alabama was killed instantly when 500 quarts of nitro glycerine on his truck exploded near Bridgeport Illinois. The blast tore a large crater, wrecked bridges, blew out telephone lines and shattered windows over a wide area. Townsend, 200 pounds, was married. The truck and magazine building were damaged and the cause remained undetermined.
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Vincennes
Charles Townsend
Lawrenceville
Bridgeport
Townsend
Porpedo
Indian Creek Poultry Yards Auction Offer
Single comb brown leg horn hens from last year offered in a bulk sale by Indian Creek Poultry Yards. Write or phone F. E. Dropsey & Son, Props. in Corydon Indiana for details.
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Indian Creek
Farmers of five states meet to consider wheat
A Wichita conference gathers representatives from Kansas Texas Oklahoma Nebraska and Colorado to discuss boosting wheat prices. John Whitehurst of the Oklahoma board of agriculture urges production control with reduced acreage improved grain quality and intensive cultivation to raise yields.
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Wichita
Kan
Davis
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
John Whitehurst
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture
Whitehurst
Farmers Exchange Wheat for Carnation Flour
Farmers in New Middletown Mill area can swap wheat for Carnation flour through the New Middletown Milling Company. Public notice shows mai 28 as the exchange date.
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New Middletown Milling Company
Mysterious heir announced in Jasper Tiny Herald birth notice
The July 25 Jasper item reports the debut of a baby boy named John Thomas Rumbach born July 24 at 8 55 PM to Mr and Mrs A T Rumbach at 3128 Seventh Street Jasper Ind The note says the infant weighs 71 44 pounds and will be christened at St Josephs Church The piece mocks editorial change at The Herald and praises the parents and future potential of the child.
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A. T. Rumbach
Seventh Street
Jasper
Ind
THE
Herald
St. Joseph's Church
John Thonas
Math Rimbach
Mary Kramer
Chicago
Cecilia T. Kramer
Bat Duddy
M. T
Jasper Herald Co
Tklitor
Riambach
Corydon
Democrat
John Thomas’ Rumbach
Tiny Herald
Horse Thieves and Early Protective Associations
A historical reminiscence recounts bands of horse thieves in Louisville and the Memphis market, with a notable 1898 discovery near a log cabin between Rono and Alton. A father and four sons were captured after a cross river pursuit ending on the Indiana shore. the father, blind, was famed as a keen horse judge.
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Louisville
Memphis
South
Clark County
Louis Foster
Mr. Foster
Ohio River
Kentucky
Indiana
Lind
Rono
Alton
Old Constitutional Elm sparks Indiana debate in Greensburg letter
J Edward Murr of Greensburg defends the Old Constitutional Elm against Cottman’s claims about Indiana history. He recalls local pride, notes erroneous biographers, and recalls teachers and a Greensburg tree controversy while urging careful treatment of historical facts.
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O’bannon
Cottman
Erin
Cottmann
Harrison County
Indiana
Lincoln
Kentucky
Bancroft
Benedict Arnold
Saratoga
Arnold
Mgr
Choo
Mr. Cotinhian
Mike
Begorra
Greensburg
Court House
Massachusetts
Edward Murr
Farmer mail-order scam exposed in pencil offer
A reader warns farmers about a six month old scam in Ko komo where a young man offered free pencils and a free farmers paper if mailing costs were paid. The subscriber paid fifty cents and kept a pencil while thePaper vanished. The note condemns the scheme as low grade and urges buyers to judge publications by reliability, not ploys.
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Kokomo
Ife
Weather Bureau
Deceptive petitions to raise paper circulation criticized
The author argues that petitions from China to lower taxes curb strikes and reduce freight rates are worthless. They claim subscription departments ignore these petitions, focusing only on increasing circulation through cheap schemes. Subscriptions should be based on the publication’s merit.
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China
Tri Kappas Deserve Credit For Corydon Square Work
The Corydon Tri Kappa girls about twenty in number deserve credit for caring for the county square purchased for a new courthouse. They plowed and sowed the area in grass last year and for two weeks past they hired William Conlee with scythe mower and rake to tidy the square, transforming it from a poor center into a neat town space.
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Tri Kappa
Corydon
William Conlee
Kappa Kappa Kappa
Pleasant Visitor Calls on Corydon Democraft
Mrs George Adam of near Ramsey visited Corydon last Wednesday renewing a subscription. Her husband Mr Adam, recently ill for two months, is improving after operations at Deaconess hospital Louisville and St Edwards hospital New Albany for kidney trouble. The couple thanks neighbors for help with farm chores during his illness.
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George Adam
Ramsey
Corydon
Democrat
Adam
Deaconess Hospital
Louisville
St. Edwards Hospital
New Albany
Mr. Adam
Probate notice in Harrison County Indiana
Probate cause no. 1913 states Alva R. Swarts administrator of the George W. Swarts estate petitions the Harrison County Circuit Court in September 1923 for an order to sell real estate to pay debts. Defendants named include George W. Swarts Mayme Swarts Hiram J Swarts Rosa Swarts Jesse L Swarts Minnie Swarts Edward H Swarts and May Swarts as shown by clerk WM R Stevens.
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Alva R. Swarts
Admr
George W. Swarts
Mayme Swarts
Hiram J. Swarts
Rosa Swarts
Jesse L. Swarts
Minnie Swarts
Edward H.swarts
May Swarts
Harrison County
Indiana
Edward H. Swarts
Circuit Court
Court House
Corydon
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Tribune Tower
Tiny Bers
Mrs
Rev. J. Ed. Murr
Delco-Light
Delco-Light Electric Light
General Motors Corporation
Delco-Light Company
Dayton
Ohio
A. R. Connor
Corydon, Indiana
TRI Kappas
WM. R. Stevens
Dubois County Fair
Huntingburg, Ind
Huntingburg
Southern Railway System
Harrison County Auto Co
C. W. Brickley
Treas
W. Keath Summerbayes, Jr
C. Campbell
C. W. Brickley Lumber Co., Incorporated
City
Brickley
Brook and
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