Indiana probes Pittsburg bridge replacement and Route 39 plans
Surveys by Indiana State Highway Commission officials consider a new bridge at Pittsburg over the Wabash and a hard surface road from the William Ashba corner to Delphi. Road 39 from Delphi to Monticello may be re routed, with funding tied to federal money. old bridge site likely used if route unchanged. E B Stotsenburg and John Wheeler reviewed the Monticello route and road needs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Highway Commission
Pittsburg
Wabash
William Ashba Corner
Delphi
Monticello
Washington
E. B. ‘Stotsenburg
John Wheeler
State Highway Commission
Carl McFarland Named Chief Clerk at Logansport Hospital
Carroll county resident Carl C. McFarland was named chief clerk of the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at Logansport. He will start June 1 and move his family to quarters on hospital grounds. The post carries a $2,000 salary with living accommodations.
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Carroll County
Wm. Ashba
Carl C. McFarland
Northern Indiana Hospital
Logansport
McFarland
Deer Creek Township
William Ashba
Reuben Norris
Camden
Norris
Henry Good
Gochenour Dry Cleaning Plant Robbed in City Area
Thieves entered the Gochenour dry cleaning plant in the east part of the city stealing women and men clothes valued at 150 to 200 dollars. Officers in surrounding towns were notified and a watch kept for sale offerings. Loss is heavy for Mr Gochenour. Miss Hilda Bowen spent several days in Indianapolis last week.
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Gochenour
Ray Campbell Dies at Brother’s Marion Home
Ray Campbell died at his brother Jake Campbell’s Marion home at 3 30 p m Wednesday after sustaining injuries in a March 10 automobile crash. He would have been 57 Monday and is survived by widow Lydia Wise two sons Claude and Burnette his Marion father and Jake Campbell. Funeral services Saturday at two at the Jake Campbell residence Marion conducted by Rev Wm Grant Smith burial in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Campbell
Jake Campbell
Marion
Mr. Campbell
Delphi
Adams Township
Lydia Wise
Camden
Claude
Willmington
Delaware
Burnette
Jake
Secret Service
Jesse Clawson
Republicary County
Carroll County
South
Washington Street
Wm. Grant Smith
Smith
Campbell
SAM DYER HOME NEAR BURLINGTON BURNS TUESDAY
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the nine room house and a fruit house on Samuel Dyer county surveyor’s farm near Burlington. Neighbors saved most first floor goods. loss estimated at 3500 with partial insurance. Dyer away from home when fire found. no rebuilding plans yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Dyer
Edward Skiles
Dyer
Burlington
Delphi Ladies In Auto Accident Sunday
Four Delphi women were involved in an automobile crash on State Road 43 south of Lafayette Sunday afternoon. Miss Emma Frushour drove, with her sister Ida Frushour Mary Hinkle and Mrs Blanche Cartwright aboard. The car overturned into a plowed field after a quick swerve to avoid an oncoming vehicle. all escaped with minor cuts and bruises, and the vehicle was towed home by a local wrecker as they were en route to Green Castle.
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Delphi
Emma
Frushour
Ida Frushour
Mary Hinkle
Blanche Cartwright
Lafayette
Clifford
Greencastle
Isaacs Weds Lock At Rockfield In Evening Ceremony
Rev L E Knox officiated at five o clock Wednesday evening as John Willard Isaacs and Betty Jane Lock both of Rockfield married at the Christian parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Knox
John Willard Isaacs
Betty
Jane Lock
Rockfield
Burrows Woman Spends Weekend at Purdue With Friends
Roxy Sprinkle from Burrows is noted for a weekend visit spent with friends at Purdue University. The magazine preview hints at a feature about a wealthy father outwitted by his attractive daughter and her view of Paris nightlife, as described in The American Weekly.
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Roxy Sprinkle
Burrows
Purdue U
Paris
American Weekly
Chicago
Herald and Examiner
May Sees Wettest Month in 40 Years
Heavy rains through early May push this month to the wettest in at least four decades. Through the first thirteen days totals reach 9.16 inches with five months since 1893 recording more, while year to date precipitation stands at 25.17 inches, about two thirds of the average annual total.
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Lony
Local License Bureau Moves to Court House
The automobile license bureau shifted Saturday night from the Journal Building to the court house occupying the east entrance first floor room vacated by the county road superintendent. The move aims for public convenience as drivers rush to obtain annual licenses though many in the county have not yet received new permits. Governor McNutt directed state police to check all drivers. unpermitted drivers will get a sticker with hours to obtain a license and a card to mail to state headquarters, with noncompliance leading to prosecution. Licenses issued now expire January 1, 1934, after which a new license is required.
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Journal
Court House
Ashba
McNutt
State road crews gain two patrolmen and rotation plan
Lester Medley is appointed patrolman on state road 18 west of town replacing Ruben Long and supervising two men with rotation to ensure two weeks of work monthly. Morris Ayres becomes patrolman for south and east areas, replacing Edward Ferrier, with four regular assistants and rotation among extra staff. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Russell Wilburn of Adams township.
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Lester Medley
State Road 18
Ruben Long
Mr. Medley
Perede
Noland Howell
Russell Wilburn
Everett Franklin
John Anderson
Sanderson
Morris Ayres
Edward Ferrier
Ayres
Dallas Pitzer
Russell Beard
Dollie Wilson
Earl*Clawson
Mr. Ayres
Beard
Pitzer
Ferrier
Adams Township
Reece and accomplices found guilty in Burlington bank robbery
A Clinton county jury finds Louis Reece guilty after testimony tying him to the Burlington Bank heist. Thomas Howard pleads guilty and receives a 45 year reformatory sentence. Reece gets 15 years. Kiel and Stroh receive 10 year terms and disfranchisement.
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Louis Reece
Thomas Howard
Layman
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Clifton
Doxey Moore
Reformatory
Harold Kiel
John Stroh
E. E. Pruitt
Thasher
Indianapolis
Kiel
Stroh
Burlington
Thomas
Howard
Reece
Lou Reece
Harold Keil
Howard Huddleston
Nellie Everman
Clinton’ Baba
Indiana Reformatory
Carroll Circuit
William Shaffer
Deer Creek
John Tingley
Charles Sibbitt
Monroe Chester Maxwell Wee
Madison Co. S. Redding
Tippecanoe
Floyd R. Smeltzer
Madison Berta Rice
Ora Spitler
Washington
Pittsburg trio and two teachers begin extended motor trip
Mr and Mrs William Coopman and Miss Geneva Ginn of Pittsburg along with Miss Zella Coppock a Burrows teacher depart for a motor trip through Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Texas and Old Mexico. They will also visit Denver on the way home and expect to be away about a month or the summer.
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William Coopman
Geneva Ginn
Pittsburg
Pittsbur School
Zella Coppock
Burrows
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Old Mexico
Denver
Last Day for Intangible Tax Payment and Appraisals
May 28 is the deadline to pay tax on intangibles owned February 28 or acquired since then. Penalties include four times the tax and ten percent of the total. Call the county assessor for items needing appraisal due to high demand. judgments taxed like circuit court. County Assessor Schock urges cooperation and prompt appraisal of intangibles, and those with set face value should buy stamps from the county treasurer.
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State Tax Board
Assessors Office
Justice of the Peace Court
Circuit Court
Schock
Forest Service Reforestation Camp Recruits Report for Duty
Charles R. Deets directs 85 young men from Tippecanoe White Carroll and Benton counties to report at the Lafayette courthouse on Friday at 7 30 am for enrollment and two weeks training before assignment to Camp Knox Kentucky The group includes 56 Tippecanoe 12 White 12 Carroll and 5 Benton counties.
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Charles R. Deets
Lafayette
Tippecanoe
Court House
Camp Knox
Tippecanoe County
White County
Carroll County
Benton County
Deets
L. M. Hanna
Monon
Capt
Hanna
Army
Carroll farmer Cecil Stephens badly injured in crash
Cecil Stephens of near Deer Creek sustained a broken right hip a fractured collarbone and a chipped vertebrae after his wagon was struck by a truck on state road 29. He is in a body cast at Cass county hospital and is expected to recover after several weeks. The truck driver Carl Swanson of Belding Michigan was not held.
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Cecil Stephens
Cass County
Cecil. Stephens
Deer Creek
Stephens
McCloskey
Carl Swanson
Belding
Mich
Surprise Logansport Guests Whisk In At New Crosby Hotel
Mr and Mrs Noel Cook owners of the New Crosby Hotel host a surprise visit Tuesday evening from forty two Logansport friends who arrive for a steak dinner and social hour. Guests included many couples from Logansport and visitors from Chicago.
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Logansport
Mrs. Noel Cook
Noel Cook
New Crosby
Barton
Cook
Clifford DeHaven
Charles DeHaven
C. Q. Palmer
C. B. Reed
H. B. Carney
W. W. Crompp
Earl Bragg
Thelma Smith
Earl Hyman
Russell Leonard
Chair Used by Presidents at World’s Fair Display
Ames Spring of the Bradshaw farm west of Delphi owns a chair that historically served every U S president from Washington to Harding. It will be moved to Chicago for display at the Century of Progress. The chair was given to Spring’s father by the late Charles B Landis, longtime congressman.
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Ames Spring
Bradshaw
Delphi
Washington
Harding
Chicago
Century of Progress
Mr. Spring
Charles B. Landis
Congress
Spring
Baccalaureate Service Set at M. E. Church
A Baccalaureate program at the Methodist church is planned for Sunday evening May 21 at 7 30 featuring a procession, hymns anthems scripture reading a sermon and benediction with Rev P L Back Rev Harry Parker Rev Benjamin Rist Rev L E Knox and organ/postlude selections including Festival March and Be Joyful All Ye Lands.
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Methodist Church
Andy Congregation
P. L. Back
Harry Parker
King
Benj. Rist
L .E. Knox
Ashford
Decoration Day plans in Carroll county by American Legion
The American Legion requests names of soldiers buried in Carroll county cemeteries for Decoration Day. A local committee will organize grave decoration on Sunday morning May 28 in each cemetery, with relatives urged to assist. A list of 587 known Delphi area graves exists and will be honored, entries reported to Dr. Charles Crampton for placement.
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Charles C. Crampton
American Legion Committee
Carroll County
American Legion
Cemeteris
Delphi
Legion
Crampton
Miss Nora Turner Weekend Visit With Chicago Friends
Nora Turner plans a weekend visit to Chicago to spend time with friends. Destination and companions are unspecified in the fragment, but the note confirms travel for leisure.
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Nora Turner
Chicago
Plan to save Indiana state funds by county license branches
The Carroll county automobile license bureau will serve as a distribution point for gross income tax blanks under Gov McNutt. Ashba of Delphi will assist Carroll county residents. The plan saves the state over 20000 yearly by avoiding mailed tax returns.
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Paul E. Ashba
Delphi
Department of Treasury
Carroll County Automobile License Bureau
State
Ashba
Carroll County
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Gross Income Tax Division
State House
Automobile License
County Automobile License Bureau
Clarence A. Jackson
County Roads Put Under Surveyor Dyer in Carroll County
The county road superintendent office is abolished and duties placed with County Surveyor Samuel Dyer. Charles Sanderson resigns to join state highway sub‑office at Monticello. Heavy rains and floods caused extensive road damage as crews worked to reopen routes.
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Carroll County
Samuel Dyer
Charles Sanderson
State Highway Department
Monticello
Hargraves, Harness and Chapman
Sanderson
Surveyors
Paul Ashba
Automobile License Bureau
Catholic Ladies Market At James Sullivan Building
Catholic Ladies plan a market in the James Sullivan Building on Main Street. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but event is marketed as a local fundraiser with sales and refreshments anticipated.
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James Sullivan
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Ashba Corner
Gross Income Tax Dept
Carl McFarland
Hilda Bowen
Brother
Sam Dyer
Medley
Indiana State Prison
Michigan City
Hamling
B. F. Carr
James P. Wason
Burlington Bank
West
Forest Service
Carroll Farmer
M. E. Church
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