Industrial employment dips in March despite auto gains
Chicago reports the midwest saw a 0.7 percent drop in industrial employment in March while construction rose. The motor industry posted a 23 percent production gain from February and a 27.9 percent rise from March 1924, with dealer sales up 50.8 percent from the prior month. Farm implement manufacture also advanced seasonally.
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Bus Times
Chicago
Middlewest
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Tax Conditions Studied By Indiana Tax Board
State tax commissioners will study deplorable financial conditions of interurban lines before fixing final valuations. At a Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company hearing the board deferred valuation to review finances. A remonstrance on A L Bowers Road in Franklin Township Montgomery County will be heard at Crawfordsville courthouse on May 4. Proposed bond issue on the road is 62000.
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Indiana
John J. Brown
Terre Haute
Indianapolis & Easterre Traction
A. L. Bowers
Franklin Township
Montgomery County
Crawfordsville
Freezone Corn Remedy Advertisement
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn treatment. A tiny bottle sold by druggists claims to instantly stop corn pain and allow removal with fingers, removing hard or soft corns and calluses between toes without irritation.
Man Who Threatened King Albert Receives Belgian War Cross
Henri Himpe, 33, who told King Albert to get out or I will shoot you during early wartime trenches, was awarded the Belgian war cross with palm. He later learned the king was the man he confronted. the king called it a joke and introduced Himpe to the court as the man who threatened to kill him. Himpe now works as a chauffeur.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Henri Himpe
Albert
Belgium
Himpe
May Baskets for Shut-Ins Brighten Child Health Week
May Day baskets will be delivered to shut in children during Child Health Week. Edna L. Hamilton leads the Public Health Nursing Association in compiling the list and planning visits to hospital wards and private homes. Red Cross automobiles, under Mrs. Hugh McGibney, will deliver the flowers, with Ruth Sheerin coordinating contributions to Smith & Young Co. by 8 am Friday.
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Edna L. Hamilton
Public Health Nursing Association
Methodist
St. Vincent’s
Riley Hospitals
Hugh McGibney
Red Cross
Ruth Sheerin
Smith & Young Co
Capitol Ave
Y. M. C. A. Offers Learn to Swim Week for Men
Between 500 and 1000 men are expected to take free half hour lessons during Learn to Swim Week at the Y M C A from May 4 to 9. Fire Chief John J. O'Brien urges all non-swimmers in the department to attend. Seventy five city industrial plants cooperate. J B Martin promoter says each participant will learn to swim forty yards in three lessons. Any man over 18 is eligible.
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John J. O’brien
J. B. Martin
Judges Travis Ewbank Headed to Washington for ALI Meeting
Judge Julius C. Travis and Judge Lewis B. Ewbank depart for Washington to attend the American Law Institute annual meeting. The State Supreme Court will not render opinions during their absence this week.
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Julius C. Travis
State Supreme Court
Lewis B. Ewbank
Washington
American Law Institute
New Cod Liver Oil Tablet Claim Promises Health Boost
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a 30 day remedy for strength vigor energy and vibrant health claiming to be full of vitamins.
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McCoy
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
Doctors favor cod liver oil but its taste and stomach upset turn people away. McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets offer a stomach friendly alternative with a promised 60 tablet supply for 60 cents and a money back guarantee if not delighted in 30 days. Miss Alberta Rogers shares a testimonial of improved appetite and a 15 pound gain in six weeks after using the tablets.
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McCoy
Alberta Rogers
Cerro Gorda
Decatur
Hook's
Haag
Goldsmith Bros
McCoy's
Funeral to honor Indiana grocer Bombarger at Crown Hill
Jacob E. Bombarger 75 a longtime Indianapolis resident and grocer died Tuesday Funeral services were set for 2 p m at his residence 2250 N Capitol Ave with Elks Lodge in charge He was a charter member of the Auld Lang Syne Club Elks Lodge No 13 and Capitol Avenue M E Church Survived by his widow and brother David Bombarger of Indianapolis burial at Crown Hill cemetery planned
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Jacob E. Bombarger
Indianapolis
Crown Hill
Capitol Ave
Elks Lodge
Bombarger
Auld Lang Syne Club
No. 13
Capitol Avenue
M. E
David Bombarger
Hiner Sued Over $2000 Bus Incident
Miss Juanita Strums sues Hiner's Red Ball Bus Lines for $2000 in Superior Court Three claiming a driver attacked her on April 24 1925 as she boarded at Broad Ripple with her mother. The driver allegedly grabbed the girl by the neck and forced her against a seat after a seating dispute.
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W. B. Hiner
Hiner
Red Ball Bus Lines
Fletcher Saving and Trust Bldg
Juanita Strums
Red Bull
Miss Strums
Broad Ripple
Indiana News Briefs Summary of Local Items
OHN KISER of Tipton drove to a fire in his auto and returned home to work. the car was found undisturbed by police. Lebanon Elks plan a $60 000 clubhouse dedication on May 12. Lincoln Jackson of Greensburg sues for divorce after 31 years of marriage, alleging his wife left him. IU senior class will gift a $2 000 ornamental gate to the Memorial Stadium. Secretary Schottemeier defended last session’s laws before Bloomington Rotary. Tra B Ward, 13, of Hartford City, injured when he slipped vaulting. concussion but to recover.
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Ohn Kiser
Tipton
Lincoln Jackson
Greensburg
Indiana University
Memorial Stadium
Tra B. Ward
Hartford City
Log blocks transport on T H I line and National Road near Brazil
A sixty foot log two feet thick toppled from a wagon blocking the T H I traction line and the National Road near Brazil causing traffic disruption. Mr and Mrs R S Baxter of Washington DC are on a 50000 mile North American trek having already traversed 39067 miles in four years. Covington faces a housing problem as State road AA paving in from the Illinois line progresses. Albert Reeder of Los Angeles visits his brother Marion Reeder in Clinton after thirty eight years apart.
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Brazil
R. S. Baxter
Washington, D. C
Wabash
North American
Covington
Albert Reeder
Los Angeles
Marion Reeder
Clinton
Mid West business stability noted by retailer head
J M Sydeman president of Federal Clothing Stores says Midwestern states show steadier business than other regions during a visit to Indianapolis. If all metropolitan areas matched Indianapolis the life of the retailer would be comparatively simple.
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J. M. Sydeman
Federal Clothing Stores
Indiaapolis
Indianapolis
Pryor Funeral Friday for George L Pryor
Funeral services for George L Pryor 35 who died Tuesday from injuries after his car overturned near Lewisville will be at 10 30 a m Friday at his brother Lewis Pryors home 4541 Hovey Street Cicero Ind burial in Cicero Ind M M Danielsen of Kansas City Mo injured in the accident is recovering in Newcastle hospital Surviving are two brothers Lewis and William and four sisters Mrs N M Simons Mrs T E Glaze Mrs Roy Lanahan and Mrs Charles Wheeldon all of Indianapolis
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George L. Pryor
Newcastle
Ind
Lewisville
Realtor Says He Was Not Arrested In Liquor Raid
Lawrence J. Sexton of 728 N. Wallace Sr. and the 316 Indiana Trust Building offices denied he was the man arrested by deputy sheriffs in a liquor raid Saturday night.
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Lawrence J. Sexton
N. Wallace Sr
Indiana Trust Bldg
Lawrence Sexton
Musterole promotes relief from cold and chest congestion
Grandmother trusted mustard plasters for congestion and coughs but Musterole offers the same relief without the blister. This clean white ointment uses oil of mustard and is applied by gentle massage to relieve sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup and other pains. A milder Children's Musterole is available for babies and small children.
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Musterole
Wife of John Zupan Denies Ownership of Illicit Still
The 17-year-old wife testifies in Criminal Court that a still found at the family home on 2320 W. Michigan Street was not theirs. Judge James A. Collings orders the real owner brought to court. She claims they had just moved in when officers arrived and her husband knew nothing. She also carries her 6 month old baby on the stand.
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John Zupan
Michigan S&j
James A. Collings
Woman Recovers After Using Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Mrs James Miles of Dover Ohio reports severe left and right side pains after childbirth and heavy carpet washing. She chased inflammation through four days of Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound then completed three bottles and regained strength. Advertisement notes druggists carry the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
James Miles
Cherry Street
Dover
Ohio
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