Consolidation Plan Aims at Mill Creek Jefferson Townships
Advocates in Jefferson and Mill Creek townships seek to consolidate into a single 975,060 dollar school district by petitioning county commissioners. If approved, Mill Creek would be annexed to Jefferson, creating a unified township school with sufficient taxable property. Last year a merger failed. organizers insist the move serves the school plan and public safety through signs and services.
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Jefferson Town
Bip
Jefferson
Mill Creek
WN Creek
Jefferson Townships
Jefferson Township
Mill Creek Township
Indiana Officers Urged to Enforce New Auto Plates by Feb 15
Indiana peace officers are told to allow a grace period until Feb 5 for motorists to display 1922 license plates. The Hoosier State Auto Association notes arrests for missing plates have often been dismissed in court. The group also criticizes uneven enforcement of truck mirror requirements and urges officers to focus on both issues.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier State Auto Association
Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Auto Association
Seave
County road detour reporting initiative announced
Indiana highway superintendents join Hoosier Auto Association in a road reporting service to mark detours and enforce detour marking laws statewide. Reports will be compiled at the Hoosier State Auto Association office and distributed to branches in Richmond and Terre Haute.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hoosier Auto Association
Hoosier State Auto Association
Richmond
Terre Haute
New
Rotary State Conference Draws 2500 Indiana Rotarians
Indianapolis hosts the fifty Indiana Rotary clubs for a February 21 22 conference with district headquarters at the Claypool hotel. Crawford McCullough international president will visit. Wilbur Gruber expects over 2500 Rotarians and guests. Entertainment features include poet Douglas Malloch and Indiana singer William Herschell with performances at luncheons and dinners for visiting women. South Bend leads as early candidate to host the 1923 event.
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Indianapolis
Rotary Clubs
Indiana
Rotary
Crawford McCullough
Ft. William
Claypool
Wilbur T. Gruber
Gruber
Douglas Malloch
All America
William Herschell
Bill
Muddley
Mother
Sunset Bay
Malloch
Herschell
South Bend
Mrs. Rosina Lisby Dies of Heart Disease
Mrs Rosina Jessup Lisby 57 widow of Roscoe Lisby died at 4 30 am at 512 South Locust Street after a two week illness from heart disease. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm in College Avenue Church with service by Dr S B Town of DePauw University. Survived by husband three children two daughters and a son a mother four sisters one brother plus several in laws and relatives.
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Rosina Lisby
Roscoe Lisby
South Locust Street
Cement Company Plans Move of Indianapolis Offices
A. G. Brown of the First National Bank attended the Indiana Portland Cement Co stockholders meeting in Indianapolis. The firm, with a Limedale plant, contemplates moving its offices to Green Castle, currently occupied by the Central Community Chautauqua Co over the First National Bank, to be vacated in March.
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A. G. Brown
First National Bank
Indianapolis
Indiana Portland Cement Co
Limedale
Greencastle
Central Community Chautauqua Co
Chautauqua Company
The
Cement Co
Wilson Estate Case Promises Tedious Trial
Eight days into the Hart versus Smith backed probate fight over the $35 000 John R Wilson Clay County estate the long trial shows signs of lasting. Mrs Hart the foster daughter testified all day and cross examination revealed letters and cards from Mrs Wilson before her death claiming good health and plans to return to Clay County. The case may not finish until late this week or early next.
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Bessie Hart
R. C. Hart
Indianapolis
John R. Wilson
Clay County
George H. Smith
Hart
Chicago & Northwestern Orders Fifty New All Steel Cars
The Chicago and Northwestern railway announced it has placed orders for fifty new all steel cars in anticipation of increased traffic during a business revival. The decision signals a planned expansion to handle rising freight and passenger demand.
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Chicago
The
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Tonight
Man crawls 27 hours over ice after wife dies in boat
Port Wing Wisconsin report details Alfred Peterson of Knife River Minnesota surviving a 27 hour ordeal on the ice after his wife perished in an open rowboat during a gale on Lake Superior. He reached shore with the body, frozen limbs, and the boat blocked in ice.
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Wis
Lake Superior
Alfred Peterson
Knife River
Minn
Peterson
Indiana Highway Commission to Receive Cement Bids Tomorrow
Bids on about 200000 barrels of cement for National Road construction will be accepted by the state highway commission tomorrow. Indiana may join eight central western states in boycotting cement purchases until prices drop after a Chicago conference. Two Indiana officials attended but did not pledge support for the move.
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Indiana State Capitol
State Highway Commission
Indiana
Central West
Chicago
Indiana Department
Hog Receipts Hold Steady as Local Market Opens
Indianapolis market reports 7,500 hogs sold with prices steady. Early sales ranged 8.60 to 9.50 per hundredweight. most between 9.00 and 9.25. Pigs at 9.50, sows at 7.25. 4,000 to 5,000 hogs to local killers, rest to outsiders. Cattle active at strong prices. calves at 14 down. sheep and lambs higher, best lambs 13.75, light sheep 7.7.
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Indianapolis
Interment of Benedict XV Set for Wednesday
Rome January 23 The interment of Benedict XV is tentatively fixed for Wednesday afternoon. The body will lie in state at St Peter's Basilica for about a day and a half, with plans to avoid embalming and exclude the traditional public viewing. The removal from the throne room to the basilica featured a formal bier ceremony with scarlet-clad ushers and guards, while the Sacred College followed under Cardinal Vannutelli. Cardinal Gasparri, Camerlengo, trailed behind the dean.
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Benedict XV
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St. Peter’s
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Vatican
Basilica
Sacred College
Cardinal Vannutelli
Cardinal Gasparri
Camerlinge
Robbers fail to open Dugger Bank vault
In Dugger Indiana this morning robbers blew the outer vault door with nitroglycerin but jammed the inner door and fled after realizing they could not gain access. They left a full set of safe blowing tools and no money was taken. Police across nearby towns were alerted.
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Dugger
Ind
State Bank of
No Crew Identified in Burglary Explosion Case
Report states investigators could not determine the identity of the burglars. One man boarded a westbound freight train as the blast occurred, while the other suspects are believed to have escaped in a car.
Liquor Imports Rise in 1931 as Prohibition Ends Near
New York January 23 Liquor imports and withdrawals in 1931 totaled thousands of dollars more than in 1920, according to figures released by prohibition authorities.
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New York
Illness Hampers G H S Basketball and School Programs
High School Notes report three regular Purple and Gray players sidelined by illness as Foster returns for Friday’s Bra zil game in the G H S gym. Captain Black Archie Allen and Dick Taylor out, lineup changes planned. Also notes sem est er end, faculty changes, new math teacher Miss Wilhelm, and a Vitagraph film showing of The Little Minister on Feb 14 at the High School Auditorium.
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Purple and Gray
Black
Archie Allen
Dick Taylor
Foster
Rhea
Miss Wilhelm
New Harmony
Indiana
Greencastle
Vitagraph
James M. Barrie
Alice Calhoun
Martha Washington Club Set Meeting With Mrs Gardner
The Martha Washington club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs Charles Gardner at her home on South College Avenue.
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Martha Washington Club
Charles Gardner
South College Avenue
Cardinals Ready to Vote in Rome Papal Conclave
Cardinals from many countries travel to Rome to participate in selecting a new pope as the conclave set for February 2 approaches. Notable absentees include Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia and Canadian and Brazilian cardinals. Cardinal Maffi of Pisa is prominently mentioned, with LaFontaine of Venice and Ratti of Milan also discussed.
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Rome
Benedict XV
Basunea
St. Peters
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphaia
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Maffi
Pisa
Cardinal LaFontaine
Venice
Cardinal Ratti
Milas
Young Women Needed in Nursing Profession
A editoral emphasizes nursing as a vital, progressive calling for women. It notes field expansion in public health, steady demand, and nursing as both livelihood and profession shaping self reliance and discipline. Florence Nightingale is cited describing nursing as an art.
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Florence Nightingale
Landowners Asked To Aid In Widening State Roads
Lawerence Lyons, director, asks owners adjacent to state roads slated for widening to cooperate by moving back fences. The plan targets a 50 foot road width from fence to fence, sharing that taxpayers on both sides fund road improvements. Department engineers will stake the new road lines.
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Indiana State Capitol
State Highway Commission
Lawrence Lyons
Mrs. Lyon Visits Cloverdale With Knoys
Mrs. G H Lyon of the Campbell Apartments spent Tuesday with her parents Mr and Mrs G G Knoy at Cloverdale.
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G. H. Lyon
Campbell Apartments
Mrs
G. G. Knoy
Cloverdale
County official John L Bridges visits Greencastle on business
John L Bridges of Fincastle former County Commissioner traveled to Greencastle on Tuesday for official business.
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John L. Bridges
Fincastle
Greencastle
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