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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
2
C. C. Underwood becomes director of elementary education for Indianapolis schools after being appointed by the school board months ago. He resigned as Crawfordsville superintendent and plans to move here with Mrs Underwood in September.
Reno swells as a divorce hub after Nevada cut residence to three months and California barred elopers. The industry wires 2000+ divorces yearly, 1200 done by women, 800 by men, with 90 lawyers and a Colony Club social network. Judge Bartlett notes rapid filings and weddings, while prices range from 100 to 25000 dollars for a divorce.
The Dominion government reports buffalo ranching a success with 1 057 American bison moved from Wainwright Alberta to Wood Buffalo Park near Ft Smith Northwest Territories. Combined with native wood buffalo and other scattered animals the protected bison total exceeds 13 000, tracing back to a Montana Indian adopter and the pioneer slaughter era. Some surplus animals have been killed for meat and robes.
Mrs. Estelle De Witt of Alameda raises a hollyhock over seventeen feet tall with a main stalk and four side branches. The plant towers over the yard as a notable garden specimen reported by United Press from Alameda California.
City sanitary commissioners will hold a special meeting Monday to discuss Broad Ripple area sewage disposal plans. Charles H. Hurd designed the north side system costing about 175000 dollars. O C Ross B J T Jeup and A H Moore will review minor engineering differences at the conference.
Cleveland airport, three years old, leads in traffic freight air mail and passengers. City figures show 4,000 planes in year one, 11,000 in 1926, 16,800 last year, with 6.6 million pounds freight and 4.9 million pounds mail handled. Major General Mason M. Patrick and E. V. Rickenbacker aided the project, with $1.125 million city funding and $1 million private investment.
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