Governor Delays Three Bills As Senate Amendments Found
Governor Ralston has not decided on three bills left for executive action after Senate amendments were recorded and a possible conflict with public utilities law noted. House Bill 83, Senate Bill 150, and three other measures await action as officials consider impacts on city utilities and park boards.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
Senate Journal
Senate
Representative Kinder
Public Service
Public Utilities Commission
Kinder
Representative Cunningham
Public Service Commission
Maston
Ten Parole Applications Filed For State Board Meeting
Ten more parole applications are filed for action at the state pardon board meeting at the state house on March 22. One applicant is Nelson White serving life for a 1906 Vigo county murder. nine others include Irvin Lawrence Grant county 1914 assault charge, Tony Baker Marion county 1912 burglary, and several more awaiting decisions to state prison or reformatories.
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State Pardon Board
State House
Nelson White
Vigo County
Michigan City
Pleasant Cooksey
Irvin Lawrence
Grant County
Tony Baker
Marion County
Indiana Reformatory
Harry Schools
Lake County
Rutherford B. Grubbs
Pike County
Eddie L. Harrington
Clinton County
Roy Coleman
Vanderburg County
Indiana
James Longanecker
Madison County
Banquet for Judge Aikman Ends Parke Circuit Term
The Rockville Bar Association held a farewell banquet for Judge Barton S. Aikman as his term on the Parke circuit court ends March 31. Fifteen covers were set at the Parke Hotel. Elwood Hunt presided as toastmaster and remarks praised Aikman as a judge and man. Howard Maxwell presented Riley works to the retiring judge. Aikman replied.
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Aikman
Rockville Bar Association
Barton S. Aikman
Parke Circuit Court
Vermilion Circuit Court
Parke Hotel
Elwood Hunt
Bar Association
Howard Maxwell
James Whitcomb Riley
Judge Aikman
First cases and licenses mark opening of Hendricks courthouse
Judge George W Brill disposed of the first case in the new Hendricks County courthouse a divorce matter. The initial civil suit filed was International Wholesale Grocery Company versus Kennedy Hughes. The first marriage license issued went to Harley Palmer and Isabelle Menefee of Plainfield, and the first wedding was Manual O Chandler and Ada Mae Newlin with Rev. W E Anderson officiating.
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Hendricks County
George W. Brill
International Wholesale Grocery Company
Kennedy & Hughes
Brownshburg
Plainfield
Harley Palmer
Isabelle Menefee
Manual O. Chandler
Ada Mae Newlin
W. E. Anderson
The
Christian Church
Interurban line planned from city to Kankakee
Survey work is finished for the Lafayette & Northwestern railroad an interurban from the city to Kankakee Illinois. Construction has started west of Purdue with H F Schelhaus as chief engineer George M Sewell arrives next month to supervise grading O L Brown says freight will fund much of the line The route includes Montmorenci Walcott Rennselaer Mt Ayr and Morocco with a connection to Chicago in Kankakee Newton County voters will decide on a 40000 subsidy.
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Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad
Kankakee
Ill
Purdue University
H. F. Schelhaus
Purdue
George M. Sewell
Wabash
O. L. Brown
Montmorenci
Walcott
Rennselaer
Mt. Ayr
Newton County
Morocco
Iroquois County
Ilinois
Chicago
Tragic Vigo County Murders Leave Six Dead, Four Wounded
In Terre Haute Vigo county a brutal attack leaves Thomas Balding ten and Celeste nine dead. The Balding family four others age 35 13 7 and 1 critically injured at St Anthony's hospital. No motive or suspect identified as police investigate and search for William Balding.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Thomas Balding
Celeste
Mary C. Balding
Clifford Balding
Irene
Walter
St. Anthony’s Hospital
William Balding
Balding
Seventeenth Street
Lock Creek
Thomas
Clifford
St. Anthony's Hosital
Centralia
Mamie Murray
Balding House
German migrant dies after failed army enlistment attempt
Noblesville reports Fritz Graff a German immigrant who shot himself with a twenty two caliber revolver in a personal crisis while trying to enlist in the army He died from the wound with the ball lodged near his heart Graff had three brothers in the German army and had lived in the United States about two years working as a farm laborer.
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Fritz O. Graff
Germany
Noblesville
Ind
Fritz
Graff
Edward F Dubail Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Edward F Dubail aged sixty a prominent South Bend real estate man killed himself by drinking carbolic acid amid concerns over financial troubles.
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South Bend
Edward F. Dubail
Hog Bite Leads to Blood Poison in Jackson Township
Cambridge City resident George Adrian, tax assessor of Jackson township, is suffering from blood poisoning after a hand wound from a hog. He has also developed pneumonia, worsening his condition.
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Cambridge City
George Adrian
Jackson Township
Prisoners Get Liquor by Use of a Syrphon
Frankfort sheriff reveals smuggling method in county jail. A window near the ground allowed outside individuals to pass rubber tubing through bars to prisoners. Tubing formed a siphon from liquor bottles, delivering alcohol quickly. The outside end is now sealed with sheet iron.
Calumet region to form joint park and boulevard system
Five cities Gary Miller Hobart New Chicago and East Gary agree to create a Miller park district under a 1933 law. The park will cost 200000 and mirror Chicago’s Jackson Park. Next week town boards will ratify the plan and joint park boards gain power to buy the site.
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Indiana
Gary
Calumet
Miller
Jackson Park
Chicago
Hobart
New Chicago
East Gary
Boy Crushed Under Wagon Wheels in Huntington
Three year old Glen Bowers climbed onto a passing wagon near his home in Huntington. Within minutes he was knocked off and crushed under the rear wheel. Driver Charles Myers did not know of the accident until bystanders raised alarms after the wagon had moved a block.
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Huntington
Glen Bowers
Charles Myers
Iron Grating Delivers Shock to Saloon Guests
In Alexandria two men leaving a saloon stepped onto a defective iron grating under a street light. The live wire caused a strong electric current that left them unable to move until the bartender used a broom handle to pull them free.
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Alexandria
Woman Dies as Husband Is Taken to Jail
Mrs Louis Haas aged thirty four wife of a farmer died of lockjaw while her husband was being taken to the county jail for safekeeping He had been in the hospital for insanity a year earlier He relapsed when his wife fell ill and became violent when she was seized with lockjaw Police were called to take him to jail Mrs Haas leaves two children and her husband.
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Anderson
Louis Haas
Trustee Cuts Expense by On-Demand Physician Fees
Jeffersonville reports township trustee Charles White saved funds by paying physicians only when needed. January medical costs dropped from 50 dollars to 3 50 with February slightly higher. In Charlestown, William Gray faced charges of promoting a game of chance after conducting a raffle. Hutchison bought a ticket but did not draw the winner.
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Jeffersonville
Charles White
Jeffersonvilla
William Gray
Benson R. Veasey
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Hutchison
Charlestown
Hutchison
Toll Collector Robbed at Indiana End of Bridge
James H. Meekin, toll collector at the Indiana end of the Kentucky and Indiana bridge, was held up by two men. They forced him into a chair, tied him with rope, and took $8.75 from the cash register before fleeing.
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New Albany
James H. Meekin
Indiana
Kentucky and Indiana
Indiana Men In Open Open Practice Under Coach Berridt
Bloomington reports Indiana baseball is holding outdoor workouts under coach Berridt as candidates build form from indoor sessions. The team opens the season against Illinois at home.
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Indiana
Bloomington
Berridt
Ilinois
Drowned Son of Local Farmer Believed Lost in Lake
Otis Tohlan sixteen, son of Charles Tohlan a farmer near Yellow Creek Lake northwest of Rochester, is believed to have drowned himself in the lake. A search is ongoing for his body as he had been despondent over unemployment.
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Rochester
Otis Tohlan
Charles Tohlan
Yellow Creek Lake
Here
Activities of Women Across the Nation and New Roles for Ladies
The article notes twenty two states have widows pension laws and cites women working as chauffeurs on Toledo jitneys. It mentions Cassopolis Michigan housing 82 widows and Yarick house in New York offering rooms for factory girls at four to four dollars seventy five. It also reports a New York league promoting equal pay for women and Elizabeth L Kolb of Philadelphia chosen by Secretary Daniels to christen the Pennsylvania superdreadnought to be launched in March at Newport News Virginia.
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Belgrade
Servia
Toledo
Cassopolis
Mich
Yarick
New York City
Elizabeth L. Kolb
Philadelphia
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Pennsylvania
Newport News
Ocean depths reveal traces of light in deep sea
The paper reports that distinct traces of light have been detected in the ocean at depths over 8,000 feet by an English oceanographic expedition.
Fragmentary quotes describe a wall decorator in business
A disjointed passage notes a man possibly making deals and money, questioning how business is always up against it. It mentions a wall decorator and hints at pressures and ambiguity in the trade.
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Businese
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Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Cicero
Auditor of State
Waddall
Metcalf
D. B. Buzan
Hamilton
Plana
Indiana University
University
Benjamin F. Shively
Boy
Mra
Hinois
Celeste Balding
Irene Balding
Walter Balding
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