City Council Adopts $1.13 Tax Levy With Increases
An adjourned Goshen city council meeting approves a $1.13 total tax levy up from last year with a seven cent rise in the general fund and a library increase. The valuation is about $12.4 million. salaries and street paving costs drive additional budget needs. Public hearings set for August 7 to discuss the changes and potential effects on residents.
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Comnnon Council
Eld
UN Ablinous
General Fund
Eee
City Hall Fund
Elmer BE. Shoup
Board of Works
Tte Grisumer
Pelies
Dire
Polics
Cy Salars
Rimpler
Gener
Starkweather Property
Coal Commission Opens Bid to Avert Anthracite Strike
The federal coal commission launched its effort to prevent a strike on Sept. 1. It met with miners first after wage negotiations stalled, planning a separate session with operators later in New York.
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New York
Caim
Federal Coal Commission
Counterfeit Notes Plant Nixed in Floral Park
Secret Service chief Joseph A. Palms announced the seizure of a complete plant for producing $100 federal reserve notes in Floral Park Long Island. Five men alleged to be implicated in the plot were seized or arrested and investigations continued.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Floral Park
Joseph A. Palms
Secret Service
Husband Dies as Police Arrest Wife in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana on August 15 John Szabo about 50 collapsed and died after police raided his home and arrested his wife on a liquor violation. Chief Lawrence Lane said Szabo threatened officers with a hammer and ice pick. relatives claim the chief struck Szabo. Coroner Crumpacker ruled heart failure and did not order an inquest.
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South Bend
Ind
Lawrence Lane
John Szabo
Lane
Szabo
Saabo
BL Crumpacker
Goshen Man Awarded School House Contract
The general contract for a $25,139.40 school house to be built at the center of Osola township was awarded to William Brumbaugh of Goshen. Excavation begins today and the structure is to be completed by next summer.
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Osola Township
William Brumbaugh
Goshen
South Milford Dedicates Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The soldiers and sailors monument in South Milford will be dedicated next Saturday. The monument, recently completed, honors local boys who gave their lives for the country funded by popular subscription.
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South Milford
Gas price cuts spark nationwide investigations and actions
An Aug 14 report describes motorists enjoying gasoline under 24 cents as investigations into price reductions began in many states. Governors in Ohio Georgia South Dakota Minnesota and Washington urged immediate state or federal probes while Standard Oil Co actions trimmed prices in several regions including Baltimore Memphis and Shreveport. The New Jersey Standard Oil Co announced a two cent drop for West Virginia and led to varied local responses.
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Chicago
Mid-West
A.V. Denaher
Ohio
Coolidge
National Motor Association
Louisville
Cafford W. Walker
W. T H. McMaster
South Titkota
South Dakota
Standard Oil Co
Tnediana
Memphis
St. Louis
Shreveport
Alabama
Seattle
Wash
Omaha
The
Automobile Club
Colorado
William E. Sweet
Britain Satisfied With Comment On Reparations Plan
London reports show the British note on reparations draws a generally welcome response. Foreign office officials say the Coolidge administration is expected to reply promptly to America's appeal for help in settling the prolonged reparations dispute with Germany.
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London
France
Belgium
Coolidge Administrathind
America
Great Britain
Old Elkhart river ford marker dedicated by society
A Benton township boulder marker with bronze tablet was dedicated at 2 PM by the Elkhart County Historical Society on the Lincoln highway. Rev. At Leas of Chicago gave the address, Henry Bartholomew presided, and officials noted the marker reads the fort as gateway to Elkhart County erected in 1953 with permission from the state highway commission.
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Elkhart River
Benton Village
Elkhart County Historical Society
Leas
Chicago
Goshen
Clinton Township
Henry &. K. Bartholomew
Benton Township
Lincoln Highway
Indiana State Highway Commission
Elkhart County
South Bend Phi Delts Vote to Disband Chapter
Aug 15 members of the Betg Omicron chapter of Phi Delta Kappa voted unanimously to disband and return their charter to the national chapter. The move follows alleged affiliation of the national chapter with the Ku Klux Klan.
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South Bend
Betg Omicron
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Ku Klux Klan
Heavy loss feared as Korean coast hit by storm
Tokio reports severe damage as tidal waves and storms lash Korea’s west coast. Several hundred boats are missing, and officials fear a high death toll. Local authorities scramble to assess the maritime disaster and assist survivors.
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Tokio
Korea
Slemp Named Secretary to the President in Coolidge Administration
Former Representative C Bascom Slemp of Virginia was appointed secretary to the president and will assume duties early next month. George B Christian Jr will remain presidential secretary pending Slemp's start. Slemp, a long time Republican figure from Virginia Ninth, was elected to Congress in 1907 and repeatedly re elected before retiring in March.
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Washington
A. P
Coolidge
C. Bascom Slean
Virginia
Slemp
White House
George B. Christian Jr
Harding
Edward T. Clark
Congress
Elkhart Police Raid Blind Tiger at 712 South Main
Police raided a blind tiger at 712 South Main Street yesterday finding one quart of very poor gin. Henry Kinley colored was taken into custody and jailed. Juanita Robinson colored and four men two white and two colored were detained as witnesses but soon released.
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Akhart
South Main Street
Henry Kinley
Juanita Robinson
Interstate Officials Plan Inspection Trip to Indiana Dams
W. F. Murchie manager for Interstate Public Service company along with president Harry Reid and vice-president E. Van Arsdel will conduct an inspection trip this Thursday to Warsaw Logansport and Monticello. The group is examining the water power project at Monticello where a dam exists on the Tippecanoe river.
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W. FE. Murchie
Goshen and Watson
Interstate Public Service Company
Harry Reid
E. van Arsdel
Indianapolis
Warsaw
Logansport
Monticello
Tippecanoe River
Weather Outlook for Indiana and Lower Michigan
Partly cloudy tonight with a cooler spell into Thursday. Indiana shows a cooler trend in the extreme portion tonight, while Lower Michigan also turns partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions.
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Indiana
Lower Michigan
De Valera Captured by Free State Troops in Ennis
Eamonn De Valera, republican leader, was arrested in Ennis County Clare as crowds dispersed during his appearance to address electors. Troops fired shots overhead, surrounding the platform, and he was taken to the county jail amid wounding reports and intense excitement. He had vowed to contest elections with Sinn Fein candidates.
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Ennis
County Clair
Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Free State
Four Courts
Sackville Dublin
Sinn Fein
Free State election fight injures eight at Kinwarra border
At Kinwarra near the Clare Galway border a free state election meeting degenerated into a gunfight with revolvers used. Eight persons were wounded and admitted to hospitals, per A Ply report from Dublin dated August 15.
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Dublin
A. Ply
Kinwarra
Clare-Galway
Former Goshen Man Attending Great Lutheran Convention
Rev. S. Burman of Toledo formerly of Goshen attends the Lutheran convention in Eisenach Germany as Lutherans gather for a historic ecclesiastical assembly. About 6,000,000 Lutherans worldwide, tracing back to Martin Luther and the Reformation, participate in the event.
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Goshen
Great Lutheran Convention
Martin Luther
Kisenach
Germany
Church of Rome
University of Wittenberg
Castle
Wittenders
S. Burman
Toledo
Gosben
Alleged Oklahoma Bank Robber Arrested in Middlebury
George H. Shipley, alleged bank robber, was arrested in Middlebury and brought to Chickasha for trial. He was a Chickasha resident, not from Kansas City, Missouri as previously stated. Mrs. K. J. Griffin and her daughter will stay at Mrs. Burt Gannon’s Middlebury home, insisting Shipley is innocent and will soon return.
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George H. Shipley
Middlebury
Chickasha
Okla
Kansas City
K. J. Griffin
Shipley
Goshen Man Pays Fine in Elkhart Court
Carl Buzzard of Goshen was arrested in Elkhart on a charge of driving an automobile with the muffler open and paid a fine of ten dollars plus costs.
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Elkhart
Carl Buzzard
Goalien
Elkhart Chamber Seeks Highway Improvements
The Elkhart Chamber of Commerce asks the state highway commission and Elkhart county commissioners to raise berms and install rails near key road sections. They urge berm repairs west of Elkhart on the incelt highway and guarding rails at the Bango creek bridge near Osceola.
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Elkhart Chamber of Commerce
Elkhart
Cassopolis
Former Goshen Resident Dies in Bisbee Arizona
Wilfogg McDevitt, longtime Goshen native, died July 1 in Bisbee Arizona from tuberculosis. Formerly in newspaper work including the Indianapolis News, he is survived by his wife, a sister Mrs F C Moore, his mother Mrs Angie McDevitt of Indianapolis, and half brother Charles Weaver of Portland Oregon. Body was taken to Indianapolis for burial.
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Wilfogg McDevitt
Goshen, Ich
Bisbee
Ariz
McDevitt
Indianapolis News Star
F. C. Moore
Angie McDevitt
Indianapolis
Charles Weaver
Portland
Ore
Rieth-Riley Begins Crescent Street Excavation Project
Rieth-Riley Construction starts excavation on Crescent Street. The grade will rise one foot on the north side compared with the south.
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Rieth-Riley Construction Company
Crescent Street
Nephew Moves to Break Will in Emma J. Lewis Estate
In circuit court Hubert Lewis seeks to overturn the will of Jamaican heiress Emma J. Lewis who died July 28 1921. He claims a later August 11 1920 document made him beneficiary and targets Lester C Downing and Eph Culp as executors with will annexed.
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Vail & Simpson
Hubert Lewis
Uit
Lester C. Downing
Eph
Emma J. Lewis
Church & Chester
Harriet EF. Davis
Elkhart
Hiriam Davis
Lion Oliver Myers
FE. Firestone
Ray Bigler
J. Willard Moffett
Deahl & Deahl
Anna C. Goodyear
Anna C. Bedger
Huntington Trust and Savings Bank of Huntington
William H. Briges
Charlies Y. K
Easthaven Insane Asylum
Bedgers
Bedger
Chevrolet Touring Car Wrecked By Train Near Show Rooms
A new Chevrolet touring car worth 585 dollars, owned by Montague Laidlaw & Cutting, Inc., was wrecked at 1:30 yesterday afternoon on the Lateral railroad near the West Pike street show rooms when a locomotive struck it. Salvage will be small. no insurance carried. The train backed south and then north, catching the car. An investigation is ongoing and the company contends it is not liable.
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Montague
Laidlaw & Cutting, Inc
West Pike Street
Nusbaum Begins Duties as County Motorcycle Officer
Henry Nusbaum has assumed duties as the county motorcycle officer. Earlier, he also served as city motorcycle officer, bringing prior law enforcement experience to the post.
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Henry Nusbaum
Deadly mine blast leaves 87 bodies removed in Wyoming
A.P. reports Kemmerer Coal Company Mine No. 1 explosion near Frontier Wyoming killed at least 87 men with 11 others still entombed presumed dead. Rescue efforts continued as officials and families gathered, with a temporary morgue set up and a funeral likely.
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Wic
A. P
Kemmerer Coal Company
Frontier
Quealey
Kemmerer
Wro
LO. O. F. Hall
Kemmerer Coalt
Froner
Iing
Wyoming
United States Bureau of Mines
Kemmerer Coal Co
Cere
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