Landis orders focus on individuals in packers probe
In Chicago Judge Landis directs the grand jury to indict men behind the Packers trust if Sherman anti trust violations are found. Assistant Attorney General Kenyon leads the inquiry with Oliver Pagan expected to help frame charges. Jury foreman William H. Barnard oversees the 23 members after lengthy questioning.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
K. M. Landis
Packers’ Trust
Kenyon
Oliver E. Pagan
William H. Barnard
Ottawa
Landis
Brothers Meet After 52 Years in Cincinnati Depot
John Trump, 10, of Taylor Texas, and his brother George Trump of Locust Corners, met in Grand Central depot Cincinnati on Friday for the first time since 1858. They recognized each other via exchanged pictures. John served with the Confederacy in the Civil War and faced George on the Union side at Pittsburgh Landing, unaware of each other’s fate.
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Cincinnati
John Trump
Taylor
Tex
George Trump
Locust Corners
Grand Central Depot
John
Pittsburg
Women Help Fight Serious Forest Fire in Maine
West Falmouth, Maine, July 14. A forest fire menaced the village as over 100 men battled the flames. Twenty five women joined with brooms to drive back the blaze, while a strong southwest wind threatened to push the fire through the community.
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Falmouth
West Falmouth
Voliva Gains Zion City Through Court
In Chicago on July 15 Wilbur Glenn Voliva, Dowie successor, gained practical control of Zion City. Judge Landis ordered Guy D. Thomas, estate receiver, to sell the city for 700000 to realty dealers who will transfer it to Voliva for 900000 under prior contracts.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Catalpa Forest Planned for Indianapolis Schools
L S Ayres & Co donated 50 000 catalpa trees to the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners for citywide planting. The trees promise rapid growth, strong shade, low insect and disease risk, and non clogging roots. Government literature urges catalpa for reforestation ahead of 1925 timber shortages and notes its commercial value.
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Board of
School Commissioners
L. S. Ayres & Co
Indianapolis
America
Girl Robbed of Jewelry at Charleston Inn
Hazel Murphy of the Charleston Inn at 530 N Meridian Street reported a theft Thursday night. Thieves entered through a side window, cutting a screen, while occupants were on the front porch. Miss Murphy returned to find a bureau drawer open and several hundred dollars of jewelry missing, including opal rings, diamond set, pearl brooches, a turquoise ring, a chatelaine bag, a cross pendant, and eight small diamonds.
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Hazel Murphy
Charleston Inn
Meridian Street
Miss Murphy
Theatrical Concern Appeals Its Case
Mary T Sloan sued Valentine company lessee of English's opera house for injuries from a theater fall. Court overruled motion for new trial in circuit court. Appeal to appellate court granted on condition of a $2000 bond within 60 days. Sloan holds $1500 judgment against the company.
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Mary T. Sloan
Valentine Company
Englsh
Opera House
Circuit Court
City council frets over dog muzzle law lack of pound
Kokomo IndianaJuly 15 officials passed a dog ordinance requiring muzzled dogs to be impounded for 24 hours but failed to name a pound. An afterthought suggested an abandoned buzzard cage at the city park, but humane officer Edward Meeker says he will not chaperone a group of yelping kioodles to the park.
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Kokomo
Ind
Edward Meeker
Newport Society Leader Abandons Season at Garrison
Newport July 15. The cottage settlement mourns Mrs Fish's decision to abandon Newport this season for her country home at Garrison. Her absence will be felt socially as her entertainments made her a Newport fixture. Mrs Cornelius is now hailed as the colony's new leader.
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Newport
Newport Cottage
Bristling Gum Chewing Contest at Canton Picnic
In Canton Ohio on July 15 a church picnic hosted by German and United Evangelical congregations featured a contest to see who could chew gum longest. Ministers deacons and elders competed, testing speed and endurance in a lighthearted event.
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Canton
Prize Awarded Amid Poor Gym, Elder John Suters Triumphs
Intense competition faced by a gym deemed too rigid to stretch. Elder John Suters won the prize while Rev. William Davis of Trinity United Evangelical church finished narrowly behind by a fraction of an inch.
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John Suters
William Davis
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Remnant sale offers tailor made two-piece suit at 10.60
S. J. Singer and Sons advertises a remnant sale with a made to order two-piece suit priced at 10.60 dollars, contrasting rival shops charging 20 dollars for the same. Located at 48 West Washington Street.
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S. J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
Pearsons to Seek Sanatorium After Wealth Giving
Chicago July 15 After 24 years devoted to philanthropy Dr H K Pearsons who has given 6 000 000 in bequests to 47 colleges and institutions is exhausted physically and mentally He is burning letters and importunities and is packing up his personal effects preparing to sell his Hinsdale mansion after which he will go to a sanatorium to spend the remainder of his life as a poor man per his self expressed pledge.
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Chicago
H. K. Pearsons
Hinsdale
Pirates Captured In Tent Raid Near Fort Wayne
Six boy pirates were caught red handed by Detectives Hall and Pappert in a tent raid. The youths, leaders Ed Koehler and Albert Bashara, sat in a circle amid edibles and soft drinks while playing seven up, admitting the loot was plunder.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Hall
Pappert
Ed Koehler
Albert Bashara
Porch Collapse Leads Tenant's Wife to sue for damages
Emma Miller, after improving her house on tenant Carl Ben’s suggestion, is sued for 5000 by Edith H Ben wife of Ben. The structure was raised and the rear porch loosened the stringer. Edith claims the porch gave way when Mrs Bea stepped onto it.
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Carl Ben
Emma Miller
Edith H. Ben
Richmond Hosts National Harlan Reunion in August
Richmond, Ind. hosts the eleventh national reunion of the Association of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan in the United States. The gathering will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18, with association officers led by N. [name truncated in source].
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Richmond
Ind
Association of the Descendants of
George and Michael Harlan
United States
Harlan Family Reunion Expected Large Attendance
The Harlan family gathering in York Nebraska aims to be one of the largest, with officials rk and Orlaz o Harlan, and A H Harlan from New Burlington. Past reunions drew attendees from as many as 11 states, indicating broad participation.
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Vv. Harlan
York, Neb
Orlazo Harlan
Scranton
A. H. Harlan
New Burlington
Remnants Sale on All-Wool Remnants by Sluger & Sons
Ty J Sluger and Sons offer sale of two piece salts made to measure from all wool remnants at 10.40 dollars. Effect fit guaranteed. Located at 43 West Washington Street.
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Ty . J. Sluger & Sons
Washington Sp
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Levinson
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Catalpa Forest
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Theatrical Concern
Dr.pierces
Golden Discovery
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
Children’s Oxfords
Oxfords
For Children
Hoover-Watson Printing CO
Henes
Fortune
Big Mansion
Bounding Main
Gregg
Rob’t E. Gregg & Co
Ecessors To
Knox the Tailor
Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Henry Kettman
inXn
Old Prospect
Rubens
W. Wash
St King OF Clothiers
W. Wash. St
Namix
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