Defiance Slashes Tax Board and Cuts Park Pay
The city targets a $1,000,000 annual utility bill and cuts 107 park board jobs after a tax dispute. Motion highlights Lafayette tax rate at $1.29, higher than Indianapolis proposal, with board member Showalter noting moral impact and others defending the cut as conservative. Indications remain that piecemeal tax relief is unlikely.
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Park Board
Lafayette
Leslie
Indianapolis
James Showalter
Indiana Taxpayers’ Association
Showalter
State Tax Board
Marion County
Philip Zoercher
Pliny Wolford
Tax Board
Harbingers of a two party effort to garner veteran votes
A murky note hints at rising cross party activity aimed at veterans. Campaign organizers discuss outreach plans, with emphasis on veteran concerns and party alignment signals.
Reforming lines of the Indiana Republican Veterans Club
A new Indiana Republican Veterans Club lines up at an unadvertised pow wow in the Columbia Club Indianapolis a GOP stronghold. Elmer W. Sherwood bloomsfield Rainbow division veteran Greene County clerk may seek state offices after a Democratic landslide. Elza O. Rogers led the organization meeting to keep the veteran vote within the party fold amid earlier unhearthed conferences and debates at French Lick and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Republican Veterans Club
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
Elmer W. Sherwood
Bloomfield
Rainbow Division
Sherwood
Greene County
Indiana University
Organization of Veterans
Elza O. Rogers
French Lick
Legion
Anderson
Market Prices for Livestock Grains and Eggs
Corrected price list shows Harris Hens at 15 pounds per ton, eggs and butter fat values, Leghorn broilers with weights over 442 pounds, ducks over 435 pounds, old cocks at listed rates, and assorted grain futures including New Wheat No 3 white, New Oats No 3 white, and New Corn No 4 with mixed prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Prohibition Debate Shapes Indiana Campaign Trails
Indiana politics seeprohibition issues surface as dry and wet factions clash. Senator James E Watson in Evansville predicts parties avoid wet platforms next year and a five year horizon to erase the Eighteenth Amendment. Marion County figures denounce illegal political clubs, while the Indiana Anti-Saloon League and the Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment mobilize in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Frank P. Baker
Marion County Criminal Court
Ethan A. Miles
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Marion County Good Government Club
Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment
Indiana
Landis Viewed as Potential Leader for Republican Ticket
Fred Landis, Logansport editor, is discussed by Indiana Republican leaders as a likely candidate to head the party ticket for governor. Some factions, led by Governor Harry G. Leslie, oppose Landis while others seek an outspoken candidate. Possible cross-party appeal with Democrat Paul V. McNutt as a veteran voters bid is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Landis
Logansport
Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
Landis
Leslie
Congress
Watson
Wabash
Paul V. McNutt
Bloomington
McNutt
Tax reform session sparks industrial rural divide
Senator C Oliver Holmes of Gary opposes a special session demanded by Mayor H Sullivan of Indianapolis and Farm Bureau leaders to pass a tax reform program. He notes no personnel change and persistent party lines, saying quick consensus on agreed bills is unlikely and warns against expecting magic from hurried tax relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Oliver Holmes
Gary
H. Sullivan
Indianapolis
Holmes
Lake County
Mirage Declaration Prompts Tax and Supplemental Forms
A figure described as a mirage announced support for an income tax and additional special forms as supplements. The statement signals a push for new fiscal measures and paperwork.
Hiner Attacks Mayr to Remove Secretary of State
Ward B Hiner sues to oust Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr citing failure to perform duties. The move stirs amusement in the capital as Hiner targets auto license law enforcement and links to Roscoe Singleton’s recent dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward B Hiner
Frank Mayr Jr
Hiner
Public Service Commission
Mayr
Frankfort
Roscoe Singleton
Singleton
Mr. Hiner
Mayr declines appeal over House Bill 6 injunction
Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr. will not appeal a Marion county Circuit court ruling enjoining him from publishing House Bill 6. The judge found fraud and mistake in its passage. Additional witnesses will be examined by the Marion county grand jury summoned by Judge Frank P. Baker to investigate alleged fraud in the bill's legislature route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mayr Jr
Marion County
Harry O. Chamberlin
Marion County Grand Jury
Frank P. Baker
Two College Homecomings Highlight Ohio State Rivalry
Booster Day notes two Indiana clashes as Butler hosts their homecoming while Indiana University meets Ohio State and Butler faces Washington in a rivalry game this Saturday.
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Indiana
Butler
Indiana University
Ohio State
Wabash
Indiana city hearing on gas billing basis continuation
Mayor Yanus Wells and city officials attended a Public Service Commission hearing on proposed therm basis for gas billing. The session, continued to Thursday, saw city representation incomplete from the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanus Wells
T. R. Arnold
Gus A. Hall
Indiana Public Service Commission
Youth Forgery Case Ends in Reformatory Term
A youth using the name Roy Collins or Roy Anderson forged an $8 check at C O Julius clothing in Buck Creek. He fled to Logansport where Cass County officers arrested him at Sheriff Clawson's request. Arraigned before Judge Pruitt, he pleaded guilty and received one to ten years at Pendleton Reformatory.
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Roy Collins
Roy Anderson
Chicago
Joe Fisher
Buck Creek
C. O. Julius Clothing
Collins
Anderson
Logansport
Cass County
Clawson
Carroll County
Red Cross marks fifty years of relief work in U S history
The American Red Cross reports more than a thousand major disasters aided over 50 years and honors Clara Barton, founder, highlighting relief efforts from Michigan forest fires to national celebrations in Washington D C. It notes Geneva Treaty origins, Dunant, and the Red Cross flag design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Washington, D.C
Aeriean Association of the Red Cross
Werfare
Miss Barton
Jinto
North Woods
Michigan
Forst
Red Cross
Dansville
New York
Rochester
Syracuse
Newark
Alte
Hoover
Washington
Europe
Garfield
Arthur
U. S. Senate
Henri Dunant
Switzerland
T Re
Wellses celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary in Delphi
Rev and Mrs E C Wells marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Mayor and Mrs Yanus Wells home. The couple have lived in Delphi since 1902 when he became pastor of the local Christian church. Lady Alexander Paget of London referenced a theft of two famed snuff boxes as she hoped the thief would sneeze to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Wells
Yanus Wells
Élis
Delphi
Christian Church
Alexander Paget
London
Rebecca Dern Will Probated in Bringhurst
The will of 93 year old Rebecca Dern of Bringhurst was probated Wednesday. The document from July 1 1927 leaves $100 to the Methodist Episcopal church of Bringhurst $800 to Amanda Dern of Bringhurst and $800 to Luella Babcock of Lafayette with the remainder divided among four Sylvester siblings’ heirs. John Sylvester of Flora named executor. Witnesses were George W Julien and Florence Houser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Dern
Bringhurst
Henry.t. Sylvester
John I. Sylvester
William I. Sylvester
John Sylvester
Henry Sylvester
Flora
George W. Julien
Florence Houser
Dern
Educational Window on Iodine at Elless Orrs Drug Store
See our Educational Window display showing Iodine and its preparations at Elless Orrs Drug Store from October 31 to November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elless & Orr’s
Funeral Tuesday for Mrs Nancy N Ferling
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Frankfort for Mrs Nancy N Ferling former Carroll County resident. She died Monday at her daughter Etta Kellerher’s home in Frankfort. Surviving are daughter Myrtle Hufford Spokane Washington and three sons Peay Ed and Fred in Spokane Oak Harbor Delphi. Her husband David C Ferling died in 1919.
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Frankfort
Nancy
N. Ferling
Carroll County
Ferling
Etta Kellerher
Kellerher
Myrtle Hufford
Spokane
Wash
Peay
Oak Harbor
Fred
Delphi
David C. Ferling
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Geneva
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