Democratic Marion County Platform Rally At Tomlinson Hall
The Democratic county convention in Tomlinson Hall adjourns with 568 delegates as candidates for county offices are nominated. Pierson Pfendler Johnson Fauvre and others win seats amid calls for reform, fair elections, and anti ring policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pierson
Samuel Pfendler
Walter S. Johnson
Frank M. Fauvre
Wm. W. Baker
August Kiefer
Richard Senour
John E. Christian
William Wallace Maines
Charles B. Clark
Charles E. Cox
Thomas L. Sullivan
Edgar A. Brown
Pierre Gray
John Kingsbury
Frank P. Bailey
August M. Kuhn
John Webb
Arthur A. McKain
Jacob Woessner
Teach the Children to Love Jesus Letter from Coal Creek Miner
A Knoxville dispatch reproduces a dying miner Paul Harmon letter from Coal Creek urging his wife and children to love Jesus. He warns his sons never to work in coal mines and prays for blessing on his family as he faces death from mine suffocation.
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Paul Harmon
Knoxville
Tenn
Coal Creek
Jesus
Henry
Candy
Indiana Catholics to form state federation meeting called
Representatives of Indiana catholic societies will meet in Indianapolis next Sunday to form a state federation. All Catholic organizations in the state were asked to send delegates. attendance is expected to be large. The bishops of Indianapolis and Fort Wayne support the move, aligned with a recent national federation. The aim is unity of action, not consolidation, with the meeting set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Grand Hotel.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiianapolis
Fort Wayne
Ex Mayor's Son Indicted
In St Louis Missouri on May 2 1949 Frea Ziegeti reported an indictment involving the son of a former mayor. Details remain sparse in the marginal OCR readable lines.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Frea Ziegeti
Three Chicago youths arrested on vagrancy charge
Three young men sons of means in Chicago, Charles Dumser John Holland and Fred Bush, were arrested by Patrolman Rockefellow on vagrancy in Indianapolis. They traveled from Chicago via Charleston and Cincinnati seeking money to return home, pleading hard luck and intent to work rather than rely on family funds. Their appearance and dirty clothing led to the arrest while they planned to leave for Chicago in a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Military Band
John Mahoney
Frank Ross
Timothy Griffin
W. W. Spencer
Andy” Sweeney
Hirerigon
Mount, Fairtanks
AG Durbin
Chicago
Rockefellow
Charles’ Dumser
John Holland
Fred Bush
Dumser
Holland
Bush
Supt
Taffe
Charleston
D. C
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Fide
Indianapolis
Carbner
Hazleton pumpmen show no strike support in district poll
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on May 27 a district poll of pumpmen reveals that none favor a strike scheduled for June. The survey reflects worker sentiment as industrial tensions rise in the area.
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Hazleton
Real estate ads boost Sun's daily editions in Indianapolis
The Sun highlights strong growth in its liner real estate sections with extensive daily ads under Real Estate headings. Publisher notes that almost all real estate dealers publish their best bargains in The Sun each day, especially on Mondays, with 78 more lines of real estate advertisements than any other Indianapolis paper.
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the Sun
SUN
Indianapolis
Our Best. A vértisements 'Are the dinis you have sold.
The readable fragment presents a garbled ad like line about offerings and sales. No clear people places or organizations are identifiable. The text lacks a coherent news item or event to summarize.
Mt Pelee eruption fuels panic in Caribbean towns
Fort de France reports another Mt Pelee eruption Monday evening with great black clouds and flashes of fire. In Roseau Dominica ash showers indicate renewed volcanic activity, with ashfall heavier than during the first eruption.
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Fort DE France
Mt. Pelee Beget
Mt. Pelee
Buckeyes Follow Indiana on Platform Wrangle
Ohio Republican convention adjourned after temporary chairman Cov Nash heard platform committee. Senator Hanna opposed some points with the president, but officials expect essentials to align with Indiana platform endorsing the administration and discussing trusts.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Republican Convention
Cov.Nash
Platform Committee
Hanna
Indiana
Peanut Cart Fight Disrupts Democratic Convention Crowd
In front of Tomlinson hall at noon on Tuesday a fight broke out over an Italian candy and peanut cart, scattering two bushels of peanuts and 20 pounds of candy into the gutter. Police arrived to supervise a chaotic snap-grab as loafers, newsboys, and vendors plundered the spilled goods while the crowd of politicos and onlookers watched.
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Tomlinson Hall
Court’ House
Italan
Rescue Heroism On Tygart River Drive
Grayson Kentucky May 1927 Otho Madden and his sweetheart Ethel Houston shared a drive crossing the swollen Tygart River. The rig tipped overturning both into the swift water. Madden saved Houston but perished attempting to rescue his horse and owner’s belongings, his body later recovered.
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Grayson
Otho Madden
Ethel Houston
Olive Hill
Tygart River
Madden
Anin
Burnett Seeks Receiver For Loraine Hotel Co
Edgar L. Burnett, president of the Loraine hotel company, petitions the superior court to appoint a receiver alleging Louis E. Meidner and Edward B. Meidner, who acquired stock, are freezing him out. He accuses them of running the bar without valid licenses and at illegal hours. The Meidners deny any license violations and say Burnett attempted to freeze them out.
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Edgar L. Burnett
Loraine Hotel Company
Superior Court
Louis E. Meidner
Edward B. Meidner
Meidners
Ilegal
Burnett
Loraine
Washingtonst
Capitol Ave
Michners
Murat W. Hopkins
Louis Meifdner
Edward Meidner
Struck Roots Slow Progress On Federal Building Site
Excavation on the new federal building faces tough digging as tree roots clog the work. Mules drag a plow through groting while crews box remaining trees within 65 feet of the foundation. Arch Young forecasts foundation work to begin within six weeks as both sections progress.
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Shover
Federal
Arch Young
Supreme Court rules on widow’s right to monument and multiple transit cases
The high court affirms a widow may claim the cost of a monument from her husband's estate, contingent on suitability to his station. It also upholds a $5,000 damage award to E C Roberts for injuries while helping a tram turntable, finding overexertion at fault. Other reversed or affirmed rulings involve Brown, Coffman, and Hinson related to railways, mules, and veterans funeral costs.
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Supreme Court
Pease
Laporte County
Emma Christman
Marion County Superior Court
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
E. C. Roberts
Garfield Park
Marion County Circuit Court
J. B. Coffman
Big Four Railroad Company
Coffmann
Fletcher Ave
Morgan ‘County Commissioners
Hinson
100K A DROP Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
A cold wave from the northwest brings a 36 hour outlook ending 8 PM Wednesday with fair and warmer conditions. Temperatures rise from 42 at 7 AM to 54 at noon, with after midnight warmth expected. Indiana reports no frost. Marion records 37, Indianapolis 40, and White River on Lake Superior drops to 3. Blythe quips the forecast hiccup was not his fault as he aims to lift temperatures and shed coats.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
White River
Lake Superior
Marion
Blythe
Snow Grips Grafton And Alleghenies In West Virginia
Cumberland reports a dramatic cold snap with snow at Grafton West Virginia and on the Allegheny summit. The local temperature fell by about 40 degrees overnight signaling a sharp early spring cold wave.
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Cumberland
Grafton
W. Va
Allegheny Mountains
They weded all on the quiet in Munice
Harry Beard a Big Four clerk and Miss Cuba H Sweet a stenographer secretly wed in Munice Sunday. The couple hoped to keep it secret as friends and coworkers learned of the marriage. Mrs Beard pleaded for privacy. They plan to remain in the city and continue at their jobs.
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Harry Beard
Big Four Sreicho
Cuba H. Sweet
A. B. Meye Coat Company
Muncie
Vdike
Wag
Mrs. Beard
Sweet
Can’t Drink the French Lick Water
W A Bogardus deputy assistant city controller has returned from his trip to French Lick. He reports rains have flooded the springs making the waters undrinkable and guests unwilling to leave. Taggart's hostelry is full and cots are in demand.
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W. A. Bogardus
French Lick
Taggart
Goat on Journey Delights and Dodges Saloon Doors
The K of P goat visiting Indianapolis knights left for Chicago Monday night en route to San Francisco to meet the Iowa supreme chancellor. A courthouse janitor notes the goat drank no water in Indianapolis and refused a drop, pausing at Maj Megrew’s house and eyeing saloons on the way to the train.
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K. of P
Indianapolis Knights
Chicago
Iowa Supreme Chancellor
San Francisco
Court House
Indianapolis
Maj. Megrew
City to pay off old judgments record
Controller Breunig announced a warrant for 80 dollars to George Craig as part of a 1100 dollar personal injury judgment, settled on condition Craig not to collect before after January 1. He noted total payments on city judgments, counting interest, reach about 16000 dollars under the old administration.
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Breunig
George Craig
Craig
Dr Epmett Enos Adjudged Insane in Kankakee Case
KANKAKEE Ill May 21 Dr Epmett Enos formerly chief of the medical staff at the Kankakee insane hospital who became violently mad Tuesday was adjudged insane Monday and taken to the Elgin hospital
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Kankakee
Ill
Epmett Enos
Elgin. Hospital
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