City Council Proposed Bond for Hospital Ward and Bertillon Filing
City council referred ordinances to finance committee including a 385000 bond issue for a surgical ward at the city hospital and a 2000 appropriation to broaden Bertillon system filing at police headquarters. Also considered were leasing a refrigeration plant at the city market for Market Refrigeration Co for five years and renaming Grace Street to Oxford Street between Washington and Moore avenues.
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City Hospital
City Market
Grace St
Washington St
Moore Ave
Oxford St
Scout Guard of Honor to Watch Dr. Philputt’s Funeral
A guard of honor from Boy Scout Troop 29 will guard the casket of Dr. Allan B. Philputt at Central Christian Church from 8 30 to 10 a m Wednesday and assist by members of the Bruce P Robison post of the American Legion. Funeral services follow at 10 with church leaders and university presidents among speakers. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery Bloomington.
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Guard of Honor
Boy Scouts
Troop 29
Allan B. Philputt
Central Christian Church
Delaware
Walnut Sts
Philputt
Dregg Corwin
Elbert Morrow
Bruce P. Robison
The
American Legion
Amy ¢. Morrison
Samuel Ashby
Thomas W. Grafton
Third Christian Church
James H. Lowry
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
M. L. Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Robert J. Aley
Butler University
C. H. Winders
Northwood Christian Church
Bloomington
Ind
First Christian Church
W. B. Matthews
Bryan
Rose Hill Cemetery
Winders
L. A. Jackson
Fred C. Gardner
John B. Long
Horace Elston
Musterole offers quick relief with gentle mustard ointment
Musterole is a clean white ointment that relieves discomfort without blistering like traditional mustard plasters. It is easy to apply with fingertips and comes in milder children’s versions in jars and tubes, hospital size, priced at 85c and 60c to $3.
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Promises Grand 1925 Tour
The piece highlights Papa the elephant and his son Tony famed for circus feats, Major the long distance walker on hind legs, and Hagenbeck-Wallace main acts with extraordinary troupes from the Orient and Europe. It also previews Arabia a spectacular cast of 500 with horses and animals for the 1925 tour.
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Orient
Europe
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Arabia
Papa
Sonny
Major
Wallace Circus
Hindenburg Campaign Targets Americans With Interviews
German election campaign seeks foreign support as the empire bloc conducts an aggressive interview drive in the United States. The strategy aims to show Hindenburg can stand on his own and uphold law and order, while reassuring critics that a monarchy would not be restored.
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United Press
Hanover
Germany
America
Republican Bloc
Wall Street
United States
Hindenburg
Empire Bloc
Law and Order
Just Hunting Pigeons Arraigned for Petit Larceny
George Alberts of 942 Holbrook Street was arraigned before City Judge Dan V White on burglary and petit larceny charges. He claimed he was searching for pigeons on the roof of the Home Brewing Company. The court dismissed the burglary count and fined him five dollars plus costs for petit larceny for allegedly stealing malt extract, a flashlight, and postcards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alberts
Holbrook St
Dan V. White
Home Brewing Company
White
Jewett Attacks Stephenson in Indy Political Rant
Jewett accuses Duvall ally Stephenson of controlling Marion County Republican politics. He cites a 23 March Washington Hotel meeting and a $15,000 bank loan tied to Stephenson, plus Stephenson’s Irvington mansion headquarters and influence in the state legislature.
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Coffin-Dodson-Duvall
Washington Hotel
Duvall
Stephenson
Coffin
Jewett
Irvington
John Duvall
D. C. Stephenson
Indianapolis
George W. Coffin
Marion County
Indiana
Child's story places blame in murder case
Three year old Bobby Baker testified against John Raymond in a Chicago murder case saying the killer of his mother Violet and her brother in law Raymond Baker was the man nicknamed Gawky. The child identified his uncle as the shooter amid questions about the family killings.
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United Pr
Chicago
Bobby Baker
John Raymond
Violet
Raymond
Raymond Baker
Baker
Bobby
Judges Change Plan for Arraignments in City Courts
Following protests by Captain Herbert Fitcher city judges Delbert Wilmeth and Dan V White approve a new plan for arrestee allotment. Arrests from Central police and sub stations 2 and 3 go to Wilmeth while those from sub stations 1, 4, 5 and 6 go to White. The earlier plan to send all west of Meridan Street to Wilmeth could crowd Wilmeth in court.
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Herbert Fitcher
Delbert
Wilmeth
Dan V. White
White
Fletcher
Meridan St
Divorce Filed by Mrs. Virginia B. Reddick Randall
Mrs. Virginia B. Reddick Randall, 19, of 2226 Ashland Ave., filed for divorce from Floyd A. Randall in Superior Court Five. She previously testified for the State in the William R. Blackburn murder trial, who was acquitted of second degree murder. Blackburn shot John Martin at the Athenaeum where Martin met Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia B. Reddick-Randall
Ashland Ave
Floyd A. Randall
Randall
William R. Blackburn
Congress Ave
Blackburn
John Martin
Central Ave
Martin
Arnold Lyness
E. Fall Creek Blvd
Athenaeum
Emeet
William Taylor Transferred to Indiana Prison System
William Taylor aged 50 from 1803 College Ave was delivered to Indiana State Prison to serve a term from Bedford Indiana imposed in 1921 for vehicle taking. The conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court in an appeal and Taylor had disappeared earlier. He completed a jail term for carrying concealed weapons. Two of his sons are also serving prison sentences for vehicle talking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Taylor
College Ave
Indiana
Bedford
Ind
Supreme Court
Taylor
Jeers Mark Unstable Start for Painleve Cabinet in France
Paris April 21 The chamber approved Joseph Caillaues appearance as Paul Painleve presented his cabinet and policy declaration The left silent on Vatican embassy pledge provoking a right wing roar The move signals a fragile majority as observers doubt Painleve can secure broad support The Nollet army reform proposal with conscription reduction was rejected.
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United Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Caillaux
Paul Painleve
Painleve
Vatican
Edouard Herriot
Caillaux
Nollet
Herriot
U. S. Dismisses Hartman Case in Federal Court
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell dismissed two indictments charging Hartman J Herbert and associates with violations of the national prohibition law and conspiracy to transport intoxicating liquor. The cases, once high profile in Indianapolis, followed guidance from Washington. Hartman had been a city judge candidate, later dropped by the Republican committee. Conspiracy to rob charges in county court were dismissed if Hartman left the city.
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J. Herbert Hartman
Graceland Ave
Indianapolis
Frank Francis
Robert C. Baltzell
United States
Albert Ward
Washington, D. C
Francis-Hartman
Hartman
Republican Committee
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Wage Increase Averts Strike on Western Railways
Chicago April 21 A 5 percent wage rise for 60 000 engineers and firemen on ninety Western railways forestalled a strike that threatened for a year Officials from the Brotherhoods of Engineers and Firemen and Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen said nearly all roads except one settled yesterday No changes in working rules were reported though railroads pressed for rule changes
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United Press
Chicago
Western Railways
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mrs. Bert Gadd Re‑elected Head of Local Council in Indianapolis
Mrs. Bert Gadd was re-elected president of the Indianapolis Local Council of Women at a Tuesday morning meeting held at the Fletcher American Bank Building. New officers named include C. C. Lukenbill as vice president and M. E. Robbins as recording secretary with Carl Day as corresponding secretary.
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Bert
Gadd
Indianapolis
Council of Women
Fletcher American Bank
C. C. Lukenbill
M. E. Robbins
Carl Day
Melville Moon
Frank J. Lahr
Allan T. Fleming
S. R. Artman
Walter Geisel
Grace Altwater
A. E. Williams
Charles Cook
Phoebe Link
W. S. Mitchell
Charles Sawders
A. J. Clark
Poison attempt ends with fainting wife in city
Mrs. Georgia Ledbetter 24 of 348 W Thirty Fourth St survived a suicide attempt after poison burned her tongue. She claimed husband William Ledbetter 32 took all belongings and her two weeks pay from G and J Tire Co then left, prompting her trip to 45 Kentucky Ave where he once worked.
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Georgia Ledbetter
Thirty-Fourth St
William Ledbetter
E. Washington St
G. & J. Tire Company
George Dennis
Kentucky Ave
State fairgrounds auto race date set for August 8
E. J. Barker secretary of the State board of agriculture announced a contract with Earl and Schilling local promoters for a program of automobile race events at the State fairground track on August 8.
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E. J. Barker
State Board of Agriculture
Earl & Schilling
Colored man sought in attack on Hewitt and Behrman
Detectives search Bertillon records for a colored man matching the description of the assailant who attacked Miss Isabell Hewitt and Richard Behrman in a parked auto near Emerson Avenue on Sixteenth Street. The pair were tied and gagged, money taken, and the gas tank drained as they fled to safety. A prior similar neighborhood attack is noted.
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Bertillon
Isabell Hewitt
Hamilton Ave
Richard Behrman
Eastern Ave
Emerson Ave
Sixteenth St
Liberty
Miss Hewitt
Behrman
R. E. Fox
Meridian St
H. A. Haas
Y. M. Co
Paris London radio concerts heard at Sarafand
Paris and London radio concerts were heard clearly at Sarafand twelve miles north of Tyre where Elijah's widow lived.
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Paris
London
Sarafand
Ancient
Tyre
Elijah
Complete Party Plans for Hassler Mission Fund Card Party
Arrangements are completed for a card party on April 29 hosted by the Woman's Department Club to benefit the Hassler Mission. General chairman is Mrs. George L. Pugh, with assistants Mrs. Theodore EB Stenzel and Mesdames Nettie Walsh Edward O. Wacker R. W. Mumford and B. A. Sunderland. Table reservations may be made through committee members.
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Woman's Department Club
Hassler Mission
George L. Pugh
Theodore Eb, Stenzel
Mesdames Nettie Walsh
Edward 0. Wacker
R. W. Mumford
B. A. Sunderland
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertised by Letters
A 19th century ad touts Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's ailments. A testimonial from Mrs. J H Procter claims four bottles cured dizziness weakness loss of appetite and general pains. The piece cites a canvass finding 98 out of 100 purchasers benefited and prompts readers to buy at druggists.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pittsburgh
J. H. Procter
East Liberty Station
Lydia
Pinkham
Kiwanis Guests to Tour City Hospital at Lunch
Kiwanis Club members will be guests of the city hospital at noontime Wednesday for lunch. Mervin J. Hammel, secretary, announced. After lunch the Kiwaniana will tour the hospital under Dr. Cleon Nafe, superintendent, with automobiles departing from the Claypool at noon.
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Kiwanis Club
City Hospital
Mervin J. Hammel
Kiwaniana
Cleon Nafe
Claypool
Spink-Arms to Refinance Hotel Property at Meridian Street
Spink-Arms Building Company organized Monday will refinance its hotel property at 410 N. Meridian St. E. G. Spink, director and hotel manager, says preferred stock at a lower rate will be issued and new securities will be used. Capital stock amounts to 1,325,000 with 950,000 preferred and 475,000 common.
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Spink-Arms Building Company
Spink-Arms
Meridian St
E. G. Spink
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