Tariff Revision Hearings Scheduled With Two Sessions Daily
Washington announces a detailed timetable for tariff revision hearings hosted by the Ways and Means Committee. Schedule A covers chemicals, paints, Schedule B crafts, Schedule C metals, Schedule D wood, Schedule E beverages, Schedule F tobacco, Schedule G agricultural products, Schedule I cotton, Schedule J flax and hemp, Schedule K wool, Schedule N sundries, plus a free list. Sessions begin 10 am and 2 pm in the House office building. interested parties must apply to the clerk with required details to secure a slot.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Jury duty push sparks women in Independence court
Justice Clark vows a woman jury in every nonembarrassing case as Independence society women resist summons. Deputy Wadman says subpoenas to six prominent women in Jim Blue’s case are nearly impossible. many house staff report the mistress is out of town.
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Independence, Kas
Independence Society
Justice Clark
Edward Wadman
Jim” Blue
Oice
Huntertown pastor wed in Ohio ceremony
Huntertown Indiana December 13 The marriage of Rev E A Bunner pastor of the M E church here to Mrs Bertha Michaels of Montpelier Ohio took place yesterday afternoon at the bride’s parents home near Montpelier The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr J A Beatty district superintendent and assisted by Rev William Wert both of Montpelier
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Huntertown
Ind
E. A. Bunner
M. E
Bertha Michaels
Montpelier
Ohio
J. A. Beatty
Fort Wayne
William Wert
Betsey Storey Celebrates 100th Birthday at Carmi Farm
Betsey Storey marked her 100th birthday at her farm eleven miles west of Carmi Illinois a banquet for over 300 guests. Born December 13 1812 in North Carolina she moved to Illinois in 1818 by ox cart and has lived in the same township and on the same farm for seventy five years. She is the mother of ten children.
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Carmi
Ill
Betsey Storey
Storey
North
Carolina
Winois
Illinois
Ion Wan Ti
Will Place Curb on Expenditures Indiana Session
Indiana officials signal limited state funding for new buildings at the start of the Ralston administration. Senator Netterville says no specific appropriations without tax or bond options, with requests totaling 2.5 million dollars for Fort Wayne hospital and Pan American building plans. Governor Marshall advocates four laws: public utilities commission, workers compensation, a state work house, and tighter bond control. session dynamics include speaker race and party patronage discussions.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
J. J. Netterville
Anderson
Senate
Netterville
Legislative Visitation
Indiana
San Francisco
Legislative Visitation Committee
Fort Wayne
Marshall
T. R. Marshall
Public Utilities Commission
Railroad Commission
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
House
Walter J. Tingle
W. W. Spencer
Cook
Spencer
Homer J. Cook
Friends
Tingle
Korbly
Hall
O'Neil
Harlan
Yarling
Shelbyville
Garrett to light boulevard with jollification parade
Preparations are under way in Garrett Indiana for a jollification tomorrow night to mark the turning on of the boulevard lights. The Garrett Military band will lead a procession through the streets with city officials prominent in the parade. Delayed post arrivals held up the lighting installation.
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Garrett
Ind
Garrett Military Band
Whitley County Egg Prices Decline Five Cents
In Columbia on Thursday egg prices fell by five cents per dozen as buyers and grocers dropped from 35 to 30 cents. The drop followed reports of storage eggs and unsettled market tone influencing local markets.
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Columbia
City
Fort Wayne Post Office Sets Stamp Receipts Record
Stamp sales at the Fort Wayne post office hit a record Thursday totaling 4689.23 dollars as several large businesses bought weekly supplies at once. Assistant Postmaster Hess projects yearly postal business rising about 5 500 dollars per month, with a year total likely over 115 000, and advocates a larger new post office to handle growth and the parcels post program starting January.
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Fort Wayne
Willian , Hess
MTL
Tess
R. Jh. Havna
Hess
Washington
Harriet Goodspeed farm sale yields large totals in Wells County
Harriet Goodspeed’s Wells County sale in Bluffton, Indiana grossed 42,202.34 with 1,260 bushels of corn at 45 cents per bushel and 1,000 bushels of oats at 30 cents. Cattle sold to 55 per head, yearling steers around 35, logs and bread sows up to 22, small hogs near 9.20, horses to 175, and other stock prices noted. Henry Thal sale totals about 1,600 with horses 150 to 244 and cattle to 60, broad sows 25 to 30, pigs 4.75.
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Henry Thal
Dorset
Ohio
Way
Pontins to Take Winter Trip to Los Angeles
George A Pontins and his wife will depart Columbia City Indiana after year end to spend the winter in Los Angeles California. Pontins is a former druggist and owner of the Pontins sealing wax factory with health noted as poor for several years seeking a sunny pacific climate cure.
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Columbia City
Ind
George A. Pontins
Los Angeles
Cal
Pontins
Pacific
French Aviator Sets New World Altitude Record
Tunis reports Roland Garris, the French aviator, climbed 581 meters in a flight lasting eleven minutes six seconds. The previous record stood at 17,881 feet set by Georges Leganeux on September 17 at Villacoublay, France.
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Tunis
Roland G. Garris
Georges Leganeux
Villacoubley
France
Nasonig Lodges Install All New Officers in Grand Rite Rites
Alice’s election two weeks ago by four Marenie Blue lodges led to a formal installation Thursday night at the Scottish Rite cathedral. A large audience attended the ceremony followed by a literary and fiction program and a dance. Officers installed included Rade, Palmer, Hoar, Carter, Gril, and many other lodge leaders across Summit City and nearby lodges.
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Alice
H. Rade
Palmer
EL Hoar
J. Carter
O. Tiffin
O. Gril
B.S. W. SB. Carter
Hloine Lodge
Lestie BS. Tuckey
W. Ars E.R. Allen
S. Wadr. Jurdick
Fred Hill
Owen
A. Tf. Replinger
S. Tke J. Clemens
di. Bo. Williams
A. S
John Strawbridge
Summit City Dodge
Elsan
Link
S. Wo
W. Adams
J. Wa
K.P. Dailey
C. Ob. Kettler
J. D
Ralph Bilue
S& S
CL Comineavish
Myrtle L Peth tel seeks divorce and child support in Hartford City
Myrtle L Pethtel sues Roy R Pethtel in the Hartford City circuit court for divorce after ten months of marriage begun February 8 1972 and ended June 18 1972 with alleged abandonment and inhuman treatment She seeks restoration of her maiden name Myrtle Jarnagin and a monthly ten dollar child maintenance allowance.
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Hartford City
Ind
Myrtle LP
Pethtel
Roy R. Pethtel
Myrtle Jarnagin
Crane
Old Woman Found Dead. $3000 Hidden on Farm
Petersburg Indiana report says Mrs Margaret Meyers 77 of Algiers near Petersburg was found dead. Relatives, seeking her wealth, dug up an old can in a summer smoke house containing 3000 dollars in gold and silver, believed untouched for thirty years. They now search the farm for more hidden money.
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Petersburg
Ind
Margaret Meyers
Algiers
Here
Bank ‘De‘posits
FW 8H LA WILL NOT ENTER BIDS
Local courts revive the Toledo and Chicago Interurban railway sale discussion. Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction officials deny any plan to bid. Rumors link Fort Wayne lines with Fort Wayne and Springfield interests, but officials say no bids or deals are under consideration. Col. J Levering Jones remains in Fort Wayne handling routine business.
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Loeal
Foledo & Chicago Interurban Railway
Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company
Chicago
Lncal Company
Mrany
Qe FW. & N
Decatur
Fort Wayne
Fort Warne
Greenland
Toledo
Col. J. Levering Jones
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne & Northern Acquires Half Interest in Bluffton Tracks
The Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Trac tion company gains a one half interest in interurban tracks in Bluffton Ind through a court authorized sale by Union Saving & Trust as receiver for Marion Bluffton & Eastern. The $105458 purchase will be paid to Marion Trust Co, holder of mortgage bonds of $850000, with funds placed in trust. The move plans routing cars via Bliss House corner and adds a new curve at the station along with tracks east of the opera house and a freight house.
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Fort Wayne & Northern
Bluffton
Ind
Union Saving & Trust Company
Marion, Bluffton & Eastern Traction Company
W. H. Eichhorn
Kurt Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company
Marion Trust Co
Bliss House Corner
Opera House
Frank C. Sanders Named Postmaster at Collins Indiana
Washington reports Frank C. Sanders has been appointed postmaster at Collins in Whitley County Indiana. The action formalizes his role in the community postal system.
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Frank C. Sanders
Whitley County
Washington
Collins
Indiana
Balloon fall survivor dies after long illness in Alberta
Edmonton reports Charles Wolcott, who plunged about 3 000 feet from a balloon in South America seventeen years earlier, has died after months of illness. He reportedly was the only known person to survive such a fall, undergoing many operations to expose his spinal cord.
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Albert Ecrerle
Eekerle
Spy Run Avenue
Kuda Street
America
LL. Centhivre
Cent- Hivres
Edmonton
Alberta
Charles Wolcott
South America
Wolcott
Statesmen Debate Bowlegs Versus Knock Knees Peril
Washington reports a heated discussion at the National Press Club as Rep Sulzer and Rep Stanley defend bowlegs while Senator Penrose and Senator Gore denounce knock knees. Referee Hammon forced a handshake to prove civility as speakers argued bowlegs threaten navigation less than they threaten health.
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Washington
National Press Club
Sulzer
New York
Stanley
Kentucky
Penrose
Gore
Hays Hammond
Taft
George V
International Board of Navigation
Berlin
Ife
Moses
Socrates
Hannibal
Cincinnati Fire Ravages Union Trust Building District
A major fire raced through downtown Cincinnati destroying the Union Trust building and adjoining stores after starting near the Gibson hotel. Losses range from 800000 to 2000000 with nine people injured and many rescued by workers and volunteers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Dee TL
Piremen
Gibson Dretel
Bendigs—Lothmann
W. L. Douglass Shoe Company
Union Trust
Gibson Hotel
Rendigs-Lothmann
Gibson House
Bendigs- Lothmann
Douglass Shoe Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Union Trust Building
Land sale sets high price at 135 per acre near Grabill
In Grabill Indiana on December 12 Mr Zehr from near Flanagan Illinois paid 161.85 dollars an acre for the Lydia Witmer farm a 71 acre tract described as well improved and located one fourth mile southeast of Grabill The price was the highest per acre farm land sale in the section and stood at 135 dollars per acre.
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Grabill
Ind
Zehr
Flanagan
Lydia Witmer
Hit Drug Merchants at South Bend Exposed in Confession
Warrants were sworn out in South Bend Ind against three druggists Joseph J Klear L A Coulpn Co and Claude Root for selling morphine to boys including 18 year old Raymond Holycross and 10 year old Lloyd Runyan as the state prepares its case Ayvian peddler Solomon Neimer is accused of educating youths in heroin tablet use in wine and has confessed in police court
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South Bend
Ind
Joseph J. Klear
L. A. Coulpn & Co
Claude Root
Newton Holycross
Raymond Holycross
Lloyd Runyan
Remarkable Escape: Children Survive buggy crash near Rushville
Florence Hinchman six and Byron Hinchman fourteen escaped injury when a horse spooked by an ape figure crashed a buggy near Rushville. The vehicle veered off a road, overturned, and tangled in barbed wire fences while the children clung to the buggy. The incident occurred about a mile from their home.
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Rushville
Florence Hinchman
Eged
Byron Inshman
Hinchman
Dow
Cher
Newcastle Man Sentenced to Life for Murder
Carl Nicholson, son of Tid Dee of Newcastle, was found guilty of second degree murder in the Tenary circuit court last night. He was sentenced today by Judge Ed Fackson to life imprisonment in the state prison at Michigany City.
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Newcastle
Dee
Carl Nicholson
Fed
Tenary
Michigany City
Ed Fackson
Nichalsay
Stout Family Burned In Jeffersonville Fire
In Jeffersonville a fire scorched the home of William A. Stout his wife and son Philip early today. An overheated pipe started the blaze. The front room and its contents were saved the family escaped through a window and survived.
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Jefersonville
Bud. Dee
William A. Stout
Philip
Sion
Birthday tribute to Bishop Francis Silas Chatard
The Right Rev Francis Silas Chatard bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Indianapolis celebrates his 78th birthday. Born in Baltimore on December 13 183k he studied medicine before choosing the ministry.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Francis Silas Chatard
Litianapolis
Baltimore
Simons Sues Bever Brothers for Workplace Injury Damages
Hintineten Indiana December 12 1907 Phitts Simons sues Bever Brothers Co for damages after an accident at the focal packing horse where he lost an eye when a heavy piece of metal struck a coworker in the right eye and allegedly impaired the other eye.
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Hintineten
Ind
Phitts Simons
Bever Bros. Co
Stoo
Focal Packing Horse
Simons
City Hall to modernize Bluffen lighting plant
Bluffen Indiana December 12 The city council held a caucus to discuss municipal lighting improvements. City Engineer Batson was tasked to prepare plans and specifications, to be aided by W Superintendent Clark De Haven of the city plant and John Hall from Fort Wayne, an experienced electrical engineer.
Finger Severely Lacerated in Work Accident near C U Tower
Lamon Cullers a Pennsylvania sectionman suffered a bad cut to the ring finger of his right hand when he caught it between the wheel and brake while taking a handcar off the track near the C U Tower in Columbia City Indiana Wednesday afternoon.
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Columbia City
Ind
Lamon Cullers
Pennsylvania
C. U. Tower
Fire destroys barn and sheds near Churubusco
Fire at a farm east of Churubusco completely destroyed a wagon shed and double corn crib with 660 bushels of corn and straw. The Perry den farm suffered about 700 dollars in losses, with 150 dollars insured. The cause was listed as unknown.
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Churubusco
Ind
Perry den
Little Girl Saves Step Brother In Court Plea
In Muncie Indiana on December 13 Lloyd Fred Farr a college graduate and burglar who said he was inspired to crime by Arsene Lupin was given a suspended sentence. His little stepsister approached Judge Frank Ellis and asked if they could take him home with them. The judge agreed and Farr departed with his parents and the step sister to a country home.
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Muncie
Ind
Lloyd Fred Farr
Arsene Lupin
Frank Ellis
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