Chevrolet Introduces Imperial Sedan And Sport Coupe
Chevrolet announces two new closed models in its six cylinder line the Imperial Sedan and the Sport Coupe priced at 695 and 645 f o b factory Flint Michigan. The Imperial Sedan features Fisher Body design with concave front pillars a molded visor and Landau bows in back plus tufted plush interior an adjustable driver’s seat and fully equipped instrument panel.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
Fisher
Sport Coupe Delivers Two Passenger Style With Chrome Exterior
The description highlights lustrous black finish with Saginaw green molding and tusk ivory stripes. Exterior bright work including chromium plated radiator head lamps and landene bows are noted. The Sport Coupe includes a rear rumble seat and a rear window operable by a Ternstedt regulator.
Chicken Rabies Case Found in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana a case of chicken rabies was discovered after a pullet bitten by a dog showed unusual behavior. The bird died after observation and its head was sent to the state board of health in Indianapolis for examination.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
INS
George Wilkinson
T. Z. Ball
Co. W. Grantham
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Indiana Highway Commission OKs $500000 salary boost
Indianapolis July 31 The state budget committee authorized a $500000 increase in the maximum salaries for the construction division of the Indiana Highway Commission for 1929 1930. The total maximum becomes 1 120 720 and the division’s staff rises from 256 to 559 workers.
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Indianapolis
INS
State Budget Committee
Indiana Hirghway Commission
Willebrandt to Write Prohibition Series in The Times
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt former assistant US Attorney General in charge of prohibition enforcement will begin August 5 writing The Truth About Prohibition a series in The Indianapolis Times endor sed by city leaders The Herald recommends readers subscribe by calling 65 The Herald and Times delivered in Greencastle for 17c per week
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States
Indianapolis Times
Herald
Stane
The
Times
the Times
Greencastle
Shackled prisoner leaps from train for freedom
Evansville Indiana July 30 Thorough search is under way along the Chicago and Eastern railroad between Princeton and Vincennes for Freeman Ralph 26 who escaped from police while being returned to Evansville from Marion last night Ralph who was handcuffed entered a washroom on the passenger car locked the door kicked out a window and leaped from the train as it slowed for a crossing
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Evansville
Ind
Chicago & Eastern
Princeton
Vincennes
Freeman Ralph
Marion
Freeman
Tragic Deaths Reported In Indiana Train and Drowning Incidents
Coroner Earl Sells investigates two fatalities in Indiana. Lora Mildred Alexander, 8, of Alexandria, was struck by a southbound Big Four passenger train while walking to a grocery and died instantly. Max Jones, 10, of Elwood, drowned in Pipe Creek after stepping off a ledge into five feet of water.
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Anderson
Ind
Earl Sells
Alexandria
Lora Mildred Alexander
Max Jones
Floyd Jones
Elwood
Pipe Creek
Missing Indiana Girls Vanish After Car Ride With Man
In Williamsport Indiana two sisters Franc Rose Krout fifteen and Lexie Vaught sixteen disappeared after leaving the Vaught home with Orville Brewer twenty six of Attica. Parents fear captivity as the trio were last seen July fifteen and no evidence of a planned departure exists.
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Franc Rose Krout
Lexie Vaught
Williamsport
Ind
Vaught
Orville Brewer
Attica
C. H. Krout
Brewer
Veedersburg
Miss Krout
Krout
Frank Rose
Vaughts
Forty race cars expected at Sunflower
Brazil Indiana July 31 The Sunflower racing park will host a program of four dirt track races next Sunday August 4 with about 40 top drivers from central states. New entrants include Shorty Singrich from Florida and a host of others from Indiana Illinois Iowa and Missouri. The event will feature three five mile races and one fifteen mile race as managers raise qualifying to reduce car count.
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Brazil
Ind
Sunflower Racing Park
Central States
Indiana
Shorty Singrich
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Singrich
Hicks Garage
Red Campbell
Benton Ti
Robert Burns
Montezuma
Jack Barnes
Indianapolis
James Rogers
West Frankfort
Ill
Johnnie Gerber
Stanwood
Iowa
W. B. Callaway
Salem
Kenneth Stewart
New Albany
Kenneth Heston
Lloyd Shambell
Clay City
E. Williams
West Terre Haute
H. R. Gibson
Centralia
Murl Strain
Bloomington
Dick Groger
Howdy Wilcox
Howard King
al Jones
Ralph Biddle
Mark Billman
Charles Crawford
R. M
Sunflower
Central West
Gary police seek man in attack on 9 year old girl
Gary police hunt for a Black man about 25 to 50 years old who grabbed a nine year old white girl in a hallway on Jefferson Street and fled. The girl, taken to a hospital, was listed in serious condition after the fright.
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Gary
Ind
Jefferson Street
Orphans Home Try to Build Tree House
Thornton boys at an Indiana orphan home tried to fight a heat wave by building a tree house high in a tree. Eleven boys worked on a single limb which snapped, breaking Keith Wyant's arm. The matron ordered work halted indefinitely.
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Petersburg
Ind
Thornton Orphans Home
Keith Wyant
McNutt Sets Course for France on Legion Steamer
Indianapolis dispatch reports Paul V. McNutt national commander of the American Legion aboard a steamer bound for Europe. The move comes as wartime efforts continue and McNutt travels to participate in Allied planning and morale missions.
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Indianapolis
INS
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Europe
Farm study links labor use to profitability across units
A national region headquarters report notes McNutt will tour France Hungary and Yugoslavia to study labor efficiency. The study counts farm enterprises returning over 300 as income sources. The most profitable farms average 28 sources while the least profitable average 1.8 sources. Productive labor is tied to ten hour day equivalents needed to manage crops and livestock.
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National Region
McNutt
France
Hungary
Jugo- Slavia
Profitability factors in Putnam County farming profits
A Continuation cites the least and most successful farm groups, noting a $6.99 per acre payment and a $1.14 difference in favor of the top group. Key drivers include crop land use, yields, and livestock efficiency, with the most profitable farms showing higher corn oats and wheat yields and better feed returns.
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Putnam County
Notice to School Bus Drivers in Washington Township
Trustee Edward Chew invites sealed bids to transport school children on routes One through Ten in Washington Township Putnam County Indiana. Bids due by August 12 1929 at noon. low bid awarded per route. bonds required. right to reject bids reserved.
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Washington School
Washington Township
Putnam County
India
Trustee and Advisory Board
Edward Chew
Charles Heath
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