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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1925
Page
10
Investigators reopen motive questions in Miss Cora Stallman death found at the bottom of a cistern on the Seaman farm. Scratched warnings from Humboldt NL residents point to possible threats and alleged gossip linked to Boss Lilly and nearby neighbors.
An advertisement recommends Phillips Milk of Magnesia for sour stomach and indigestion. It claims the product neutralizes acid, reduces gas, and cleanses the bowels without harsh purging, noting it is preferred by physicians and sold in 25 cent bottles.
South side residents urge the board of works to keep Bethel Avenue open when Indianapolis Union Railway Company tracks are elevated. They argue the avenue provides a direct route to Beech Grove. Board members are reviewing the appeal.
On a porch the Seaman family found a note reading We got your sister scared green Read your letter. Mrs Seaman told investigators she had received a letter about this time and showed it to them. Its contents were not made public.
Trustees representing a $1,046,950 mortgage against Midwest Engine Corporation assets in receivership were authorized by Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush to swap the mortgage for the deed to property at Nineteenth St and Martindale Ave. The real estate and machinery are appraised at $319,000. The bond holder’s bid was the sole court sale bid. A second mortgage over $1,000,000 was waived by representatives after an agreement with first mortgage holders. Unsecured debt totals $575,000.
Mr and Mrs Green Hagerman of 3562 College Ave travel to Wichita Kansas after receiving a telegram Monday that their daughter Miss Clarice Gallagher 19 was killed in an automobile accident. Gallagher had been visiting her grandmother and an aunt in the West. Hagerman is vice president of the Police and Firemen's Insurance Association.
The body of John Downey Knox County attorney and former Daviess County circuit judge has been returned to Vincennes for burial after a two year illness. Meanwhile in Richmond the Young Friends of America ended a ten day session at Earlham College with letters of goodwill to Chinese and Japanese youth.
Final action completes the exchange of the pesthouse property east of Anderson to Madison County for the Beachler farm a park north of the city. The county plans to use the pesthouse as a tuberculosis sanitarium.
The Rainbow Division Veteran's Association will meet at 6 p m Wednesday in Superior Court Room Three. President Garrett Olds announced the gathering.
Two men fell thirty feet from a scaffold at 4040 Pennsylvania St. Both were taken to a city hospital. Leroy Russell 18 suffered a serious head injury while Henry Washington 46 had a broken arm. Luther Crawford 19 and Harold Vorhis 25 rode a rope to safety. Workers for N W Turner Roofing Company were placing slate rock when nails in a bracket gave way.
Len Small of Illinois, slated to speak at the two state encampment of the Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias in Martinsville, was unable to attend Thursday. He remains expected to address delegates Wednesday. Milwaukee’s Richard S. Witte among main speakers. Senator James E. Watson led Monday’s dedication of Camp Blair with praise for Governor Jackson.
In Chicago a striking widow, Mrs. Charles W. Clark, died two hours after her husband, famed baritone Charles W. Clark, died beside her in a moving picture theater. He was a renowned music master and vocal teacher of international reputation.
United Press reports Amoy chamber of commerce demands strong prompt action to avert chaos at Chinese coast ports. Warship Foxglove heads to Amoy while Titania sails toward Weihaiwei.
Noblesville Indiana reports the sale of an $80 000 bond issue for a new Westfield High School addition. Jolietville State Bank purchased the issue for par and accrued interest with a premium of $2 275, signaling funding for the project.
In Moscow Aug 4 Soviet Russia seeks closer ties with the United States and credits to aid mechanization and electrification. Leon Trotsky in a United Press interview argues revolutions are not made in Moscow and defends Soviet policy while criticizing Western blame.
The Rev S J T Williams business manager of the Will Hogg evangelistic party was in the city today en route to the Lake Winona Bible conference. He called on his step-brother James Jennings 719 Fletcher Ave.
Jesse Van Norman, a noted singer, was arraigned in Columbus Indiana today under the lazy husband act after being arrested at Bloomfield.
No new arrivals on city market stands today. Abundant fruit and vegetables in season. wax beans 5 to 15 cents a pound, honey dew melons 40 to 75 cents each, cantaloupes 10 to 20 cents each, pickles 50 cents a hundred to $1.25 a hundred. Dressed chickens 40 to 50 cents a pound. Country butter 50 cents a pound, creamery butter 55 cents a pound, fresh country eggs 43 cents a dozen.
Dewight Fritchey and J H Arnold of Indianapolis were arraigned Monday in Hugh Maker's court on liquor possession charges and were re arrested as they left the courtroom on liquor transportation. They were bound over to circuit court and released on bonds after officers found eighteen gallons of alcohol and ten gallons of beer at their camp near the Marion and Hamilton county lines.
Friends at the funeral of Charles W. Lau, a retired farmer in Davenport Iowa, heard his recorded voice deliver the final rites. He had prepared two phonograph addresses one for the home service and one for the vault cremation, decrying modern church conditions.
In Columbus Indiana on August 4 the Bartholomew County board of review raised the real estate assessment of Mrs Pearl Emmons county assessor and board chairman citing absolute impartiality as the motto of the action.
Police investigate an auto crash Monday injuring Olive McMechan 21 of 1112 Windsor Street. She was taken to Methodist Hospital in fair condition. She rode with a man identified by family as Willard Redman whose whereabouts are unknown as she struck the windshield and suffered severe cuts.
Elevation of Pennsylvania Railroad tracks from Pine Street to State Avenue will begin before October 2 after a board approval. A $2 million project must start within 60 days, with C I & W Railroad likely to sign an elevation contract this week. Shared costs will fund underpasses on Pine Cruse Leota Oriental State Southeastern and Arsenal streets.
In western Bartholomew and eastern Brown counties over 100 farmers abandoned grain due to unsuitable land. They now grow tomatoes sweet corn peas pumpkins and fruits. Many can products at home with modern canning machines and sell to wholesalers earning 100 to 200 dollars per acre versus former 5 to 10 dollars.
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