Indiana Historians Urge State Library And Plaza Plan
The Indiana Historical Society urged building a state library and state plaza during a Commercial club branch meeting. Demarchus C. Brown highlighted inadequate facilities and basement storage of state documents, proposing a 1916 centennial dedication with Gov. Marshall backing the project. Dr. Frank B. Wynn and others echoed calls to unite city and state efforts to expand parks and plaza systems.
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Indiana Historical Society
Civic Improvement Commission
Commercial Club
Indianapolis
State Plaza
Demarchus C. Brown
Statehouse
Indiana
Marshall
Frank B. Wynn
Jacob P. Dunn
J. A. Woodburn
Indiana University
C. N. Coleman
Butler College
Harlow Lindley
Earlham College
Auditors and officials face charges in county report
A lengthy report on Johnson and nearby counties catalogs errors in fee collections and unauthorized allowances. Charles A. Miller, county auditor, is linked to uncollected license fees and small credits offset the sum. Other officials including J. H. Jenkins, W. D. Moore, M. McCarty, John W. Ross, Samuel B. DeHaven, and Jasper L. Kennedy are named with specific sums due or discrepancies.
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Johnson County
Charles A. Miller
Miller
J. H. Jenkins
Miami County
W. D. Moore
W. M. McCarty
John W. Ross
Fayette County
Samuel B. DeHaven
Jasper L. Kennedy
Streetcar Companies Urged to Keep Cars and Stations Clean
The state board of health appeals to interurban and city street car firms to co operate with patrons in cleanliness. Indiana Union Traction Company replies urging mutual courtesy and public cooperation, noting cleanliness is a shared virtue and asking travelers not to rely on the company alone.
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State Board of Health
Indiana Union Traction Company
Traction Company
Meeting date set for public improvements association
The Indiana public improvements association, a group of contractors, will hold a meeting at the Denison hotel on December 27 to discuss legislative questions, as decided by the executive committee which met Friday.
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Indiana’ Public Improvements’ Association
Denison Hotel
Rheumatism and Blood Acid Balance Fact Sheet
The text explains rheumatism is tied to the acid condition of the blood and that topical lotions or ointments offer only temporary relief. It urges addressing the blood acid balance as the underlying cause rather than relying on external treatments.
Hood's Sarsaparilla promotional claim
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as producing wonderful radical and permanent cures. It offers the product in usual liquid form or chocolate tablets called Sarsatabs for daily use.
Clarke seeks habeas corpus in Charlton extradition case
R Floyd Clarke chief counsel for Porter Charlton arrived in Trenton on Saturday and plans to file in the United States circuit court for a writ of habeas corpus to block Charlton from being bound over to Italian authorities for trial in the murder of his wife Mary Castle Charlton at their villa on Lake Como Italy.
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Trenton
N. J
R. Floyd Clarke
Porter Charlton
Italy
State Department
United States
Charlton
Mary Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Prayerful boy asks Santa to send papa home
In St Louis police viewed the home of Benjamin Hieger where 6 year old Ben Jr. nightly prayed to Santa Claus to bring his father back. The boy’s mother says the father, who left months ago for Indianapolis to run a poolroom, may return for Christmas if Santa delivers. Captain George Coffin hopes the father will be home for the holiday.
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Santa Claus
Papa
Benjamin Hieger
St. Louis
Little Ben Jr
Little Ben
Mother
Indianapolis
Indianapoli Police
George Coffin
Unlucky Corner on Massachusetts and New Jersey
A vivid local note warns pedestrians to beware at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and New Jersey street. It claims the area is the unluckiest in town with frequent hat losses, stumbles, bicycle falls, and even a young woman knocked down in a gale near a German house.
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Massachusetts Avenue
New Jersey Street
Ecorner
Smaller papers seek county print ad share in Indiana plan
Editors of Indiana weekly papers meet at the English hotel to push a bill granting township advertising rights to smaller papers. They accuse county seat papers of monopolizing political advertising and claim 121 of 420 township papers are enrolled. Names at the English include E. M. Wood Morgantown A C Hutchinson Cayuga O R Gleason Andrews A J Henning Winslow Edwin A Knapp Winona Lake Edgar Walks New Richmond.
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Indiana Associated
E. M. Wood
Morgantown
A. C. Hutchinson
Cayuga
O. BR. Gleason
Andrews
A. J. Henning
Winslow
Edwin A. Knapp
Winona Lake
Edgar’ Walks
New Richmond
Hillis cancels speaking engagement at Murat theater
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis was unable to speak Sunday at the Murat theater under Shriners due to a heavy bronchial cord. He telegraphed Elias J. Jacoby potentate of Murat temple that the engagement is postponed and offered to speak January 15 in Indianapolis.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Murat Theater
Shriners
Elias J. Jacoby
Murat Temple
Indianapolis
Oratorical Contest Plans Set for Indianapolis Event
Executive committee of the Indiana intercollegiate oratorical association completed plans for the February 24 contest in Indianapolis. Seven colleges will compete for honors, and the committee will reconvene January 6 to finalize details.
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Indianapolis
Denison Hotel
Indiana Intercollegiate Oratorical Association
Trap Gun Victim Admits Guilt in Break-in Case
Spurgeon G. Garrard, 17, of Mississippi, pleaded guilty in court to entering the premises of J. B. Merritt at 1110 East Tenth Street. He was injured by a trapgun set in the rear of the property and recently left the hospital. Garrard reportedly had a companion who police have not yet located. The charge is entering a house to commit a felony.
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Spurgeon G. Garrard
Mississippi
J. B. Merritt
East Tenth Street
Garrard
Filth at Poor Farm Reported by County Board
The county board of charities and correction condemns the poor farm facility noting roof leaks in the men building floors worn and broken and a disorderly untidy appearance. Filth vermin and faulty plumbing render the place intolerable with 151 men and several sick. The women department shows better conditions with 36 neatly dressed inmates. The board urges immediate new buildings a new kitchen if needed and transfer of sick and helpless to vacant wards. Attached are names Emma Lee Clim C B Coleman Alice Runnels Mary Davis C J Murphy E H Bonnell.
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Emma Lee Clim
C. B. Coleman
Alice Runnels
Mary Davis
C. J. Murphy
E. H. Bonnell
Billheimer's banking reform ideas for state auditor
Former Auditor John C. Billheimer, after leaving office, proposed banking reforms. He urges fees on trust companies, empowers the auditor to refuse state bank charters where competition is excessive, and bans banks from owning their officers' stock. He wants limits on single-borrower loans and a broader banking department authority.
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Billheimer
Auditor of State
John C. Bill
Heimer
Banking Department
Clocks Return to Time as Batteries Arrive at State House
After two days of being out of sync the state house resumed normal timekeeping. Eighteen clocks misaligned began ticking again when Samuel Schutt, engineer, received a box of sixty eight electric batteries from Chicago. A prior shipment had been incomplete. The master clock in the basement drives the others.
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Statehouse
Samuel Schutt
Chicago
Alvin Hovey Post and Corps Elect Officers Named
The Alvin P. Hovey post elected for the coming year with Commander William Newkirk and adjutant A. B. Ward among officers. The Alvin P. Hovey corps chose Madge Frady as president and Mary B. Moore as junior vice president with Cynthia Duncan as chaplain and Nora W Heary as treasurer.
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George L. K. Standridge
John A. Abbott
Alvin P. Hovey Corps
Madge Frady
Josephine Abbott
Mary B. Moore
Cynthia Duncan
Nora W Heary
Caroline Banks
Mary Moor
Sara Henderson
Gelen Thompson
Otto Stark Studio Opens for Holiday Exhibition
Otto Stark's studio at 1714 North Delaware street will display moving water and other oils and water color works. The gallery will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Saturday afternoon through Saturday, December 24 for visitors.
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Otto Stark
North
Delaware Street
School moves to new house on Olney Street
The school board bought a two story house from J J Valdemaire on Olney street near Twenty fifth street for 2650 to house overflow pupils from the Lowell school. It will be remodeled and four schoolrooms added.
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Lowell School
J. J. Valdemaire
Olney Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Brotherhood Bible Class Plans Tomorrow at First Baptist
The Brotherhood Bible class at First Baptist Church will depart for its text tomorrow morning. Leader C P Benedict will guide the group as they study the passage noting that the righteous one was condemned and killed yet did not resist.
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Brotherhood Bible
First Baptist Church
C. P. Benedict
Mine Examination Set by State Inspector in Terre Haute
James Epperson, state mine inspector, will conduct an examination in Terre Haute on December 20 and 21 for hoisting engineers mine bosses and fire bosses.
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James Epperson
Terre Haute
Greathouse Orders Stamp Grade On Licenses
Superintendent Charles A. Greathouse mandates county superintendents stamp or print the license grade on the back of each teachers license to reduce disputes in the state office. Licenses are classified by duration: twelve months class A, twenty four months class B, and thirty six months class C.
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Charles A. Greathouse
Japanese Authority Big Meeting Feature
Dr. Frederick J. Stanley of New York will speak at the big meeting for men at English's opera house Sunday afternoon. He will discuss Men Victorious in War and come with a history of Japan life. Master Robert Barnard will play xylophone selections and a 21 piece orchestra will perform under Mr. Kerner. The male chorus opens at 3 30 sharp and admission is for men only, no boys under 16.
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Frederick J. Stanley
New York
Opera House
Stanley
Japan
Waseda University
Tokyo
Robert Barnard
BD. E. Kerner
Ram's Horn Brown to Speak at Ministers Meeting
Ram's Horn Brown will read a paper titled Canes and Crutches at the Methodist ministers meeting Monday morning. The gathering is set for 10 o'clock at Roberts Park church.
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Ram's Horn Brown
Methodist Ministers
Roberts Park Church
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