Indiana Bell reports 1924 operations and finances
Indiana Bell Telephone Company handled an average of 1 178 188 messages daily in Indiana in 1924. At year end there were 178 864 stations over eighty seven central offices with net earnings about 4 5 percent on book value. Available for dividends was 349 842 79 after interest, no dividend declared. Construction spending reached over 4 million with 1 485 400 for central office equipment and 1 530 17 for exchange lines. Assets and liabilities totaled 37 897 553 94 on Dec 31 1924.
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Indiana Bell Telephone Company
C. H. Rottger
Shaw to Stay Here in Jail for Retrial
Governor Jackson orders John Thomas Shaw kept in the Marion County jail until retrial in Morgan Circuit Court. Shaw, colored, is charged with the slaying of Mrs Helen Hager Whelchel. Prosecutor William H. Remy requested the local confinement while the case is moved from Marion Criminal Court to Morgan County on venue change after the State Supreme Court reversed Shaw’s death sentence.
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Jackson
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Marion County
Morgan
William H. Remy
Shaw
State Supreme Court
Marion Criminal Court
James A. Collins
Morgan County
Tiger charge is made in Purdue convention wrap
Earl Doybns forty, the Senate, is charged with operating a blind tiger. Police report four gallons of liquor guarded by a dog at 423 West Pearl Street. Leo Bond and R. T. Boyd are under arrest after discovery of five gallons of white mule at Bond's Indiana Avenue drug store. Purdue University convention closes with officers named including A W Cole president and Paul Miller vice president.
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Earl Doybns
Senate
Pearl St
Leo Bond
Indiana Ave
R. T. Boyd
California St
Bond
Stationary Engineers Elect Bu Times Special
New officers of the State Association of Stationary Engineers were announced in Lafayette Indiana on April 23 as officers were elected and new leadership formed for the group.
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Bu Times Special Lafayette
Ind
State Association of Stationary Engineers
Health motive given in Kokomo man suicide
Till health was assigned today as the motive for the death by own action of Andrew Taylor a 62 year old man who shot himself with a revolver at his home Wednesday in Kokomo Indiana.
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Ind
Andrew Taylor
Civic Club Heads to Discuss Year’s Program Meeting
The Federation of Community Civic Clubs will hold its regular meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Friday at 8 p m to discuss the year’s program.
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Civic Club
Federation of Community Cvic Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Portreus Illness Prompts Action on Committee Reports
John F. White says A LeRoy Portreus is ill and definite action is contemplated. Committee reports will be heard.
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John F. White
A. LeRoy Portreus
White
Auto Runs 57 Miles on Gallon of Gasoline
John A. Stransky of Bukwana South Dakota announces a new automatic self regulating device for cars. It claims 35 to 57 miles per gallon and removes carbon reduces spark plug trouble and overheating. Installable in five minutes and Stransky seeks distributors with samples available at his risk.
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John A. Stransky
Stransky
Bukwana
South Dakota
Congressman Clyde Kelly to Address Indiana Postal Meeting
Congressman Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania will speak at a mass meeting of Indiana postal employees at the Cable Tabernacle Tuesday evening after a dinner at the Severin. The Joint Association of Postal Employes arranges the event with B F Entwistle as state secretary. Post office officials and postal leaders will be guests at dinner followed by an informal reception.
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Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Cable Tabernacle
Severin
Joint
Association of Postal Employes
B. F. Entwistle
Post Office
Water Probe Sought in Washington City
Washington becomes the first city in the state to use a 191 law allowing 5 percent of voters to petition the State board of health for a water supply investigation. About 800 residents signed the petition filed with Dr. William F. King, secretary of the board, who said he would assign men to the task at once.
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Washington
State Board of Health
William F. King
King
Imen
Detectives Escort Suspects From Vincennes Visit
Detective Harry Irek arrives with Edward Pritchard and Clarence Davis from Vincennes Ind Officers say men were arrested after police learned they had stolen a auto from Morris Stegman 322 E Georgia St Meridian and Maryland Sts April 16 In Warren Township High School senior class members will stage A Full House at E Tenth St and Ft Harrison Rd tonight and Friday Cast includes Keister Backemeyer Weise Dinsmore Sargent Geisel Franke Hilkene Askren Fisher Worrell Burks Weise and Dew
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Harry Irek
Edward Pritchard
Clarence Davis
Vincennes
Ind
Morris Stegman
Georgia St
Meridian and
Maryland Sts
Warren School
Warren Township High School
E. Tenth St
Ft. Harrison Rd
Paul Keister
Maurie Backemeyer
Helen Weise
Margaret Dinsmore
Alice Sargent
Clifford Geisel
Carl Franke
Norman Hilkene
Parker Askren
Manford Fisher
Walter Worrell
Ruth Burks
Francis Weise
Mildred Dew
Musterole Ad Claims Fast Relief For Sore Throat Ailments
An old fashioned mustard plaster alternative Musterole is a white oil based ointment that spreads with the finger and penetrates to the sore spot with a gentle tingle. It claims quick relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis spasmodic croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache congestion pleurisy rheumatism lumbago back and joint pains sprains bruises frost bite and chest colds.
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compounds Praised
Mrs J A Jones of Norfolk Virginia credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a long illness in 1904 She claims a transformation from a frail shadow to a healthy robust woman and recommends the remedy to others The testimonial notes the Change of Life period and ongoing use of the product from a drugstore purchase.
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Lydia FE. Pinkham
J. A. Jones
Colley Avenue
Norfolk
Virginia
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Bell Company
A. W. Cole
Purdue
Paul Miller
Indianapolis
F. L. Clifford
Kokomo
Fred Perry
Anderson
Purdue University
Vulcan Range
Citizens Gas CO
S. Penn
State Postal Meeting
Lydia E. Pinkham
WeFinue
New York
Polaires
Batiste
Women's Union
Ayres & Co
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