City examines street lighting contract costs with power firm
Mayor L Ert Slack met with Indianapol is Power and Light Company officials after complaints of high charges under a 1929 lighting law contract. Emmett G Ralston and John E King will provide cost schedules for additional city lights as property owners may petition for more lights. The ten year Merchants Heat and Light deal carries a $40 000 annual charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
L. Ert Slack
Emmett G. Ralston
John E. King
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Council Committee to Start Budget Review
The city council budget committee will study the 1930 budget starting Monday with Edward Harris as finance chairman. The board of works action is set for Monday, safety department Tuesday, and park and sanitary services later. The council aims to cut the $1.17 levy from the Slack administration. William H. Book and Harry Miesse are invited attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Edward Harris
Board of Works
Safety Department
Park
Council
Slack
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Miesse
Indiana Taxpayers League
Funeral notices for Emma Veach Louise Wuensch and Joseph Hays
Funeral services are set for Emma Veach 72 in Terre Haute and Louise Wuensch 68 in Indianapolis with burial in Calvary and St Joseph cemeteries. Also noted is the funeral for Joseph E. Hays 75 in Indianapolis with burial in Indianapolis Hebrew Congregational cemetery. Hays longtime shoe and shirt maker resident since 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Veach
Calvary Cemetery
Terre Haute
Joseph E. Hays
East
Maple Road
Hisey & Titus Chapel
North
Delaware Street
Rabbi Richert
Cincinnati
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregational Cemetery
Hays
Kaylen
Indianapolis
Emanual Hays
Kokomo
Indiana
Jacob H. Hays
Mrs Harriett E King 68 Dies in Indianapolis
Mrs Harriett E King 68 life long Indianapolis resident died at her son's home Wednesday evening. Services at J G Wilson funeral parlors 1230 Prospect and burial in Crown Hill cemetery. She belonged to Tuxedo Baptist church and is survived by sons Henry James B William F Edwin Mount sister Mae Blazer and Annetta Mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Emma Veach
Kenwood Avenue
City Hospital
Calvary Cemetery
Rolla Thomas
North East Street
Cruse
Washington Streets
Thomas
Graud
Veach
Indianapolis
The
Baptist Church
D. A
Louise E. Wuensch
East Fifteenth Street
Kirby and Dunn
North Meridian Street
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
St. Joseph Cemetery
Wuensch
Brookville
Edward Wuensch
Fletcher American Company
John Rauch
Marion County
Albert
Henry
John G. Rauch
Edward Rauch
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry Grumann
Anton Geiger
A. Levie
William Wemmer
Lima
Harriett E. King
Henry M. King
Belmore Street
Washington Place
J. GC. Wilson
Prospect Street
Crown Hill
State to sue Frances Beane over $3921 in back fees
The state, through Attorney General James M. Ogden, charges Noble county clerk Frances M. Beane with $3921 in back fees held in feast. The fund includes back fees and escheated estates over ten years old, collectible under the 1929 statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Beane
Noble County
James M. Ogden
Ogden
Hem Roid promised for piles relief and guarantee
Pile sufferers can get relief by removing lower bowel blood congestion with Dr Leonhardt's Hem Roid tablets. It claims quick safe and lasting relief, with a money back guarantee, and is advertised by Hook's Dependable Drug.
Foreign language talking pictures eyed by Hollywood and Europe
Movie producer Al Christie reports a boom in multilingual talking pictures as Hollywood plans English plus local language versions for markets in Paris and beyond. He notes ongoing Spanish German and Italian productions and widespread installations by Western Electric and in England. The piece lists Indianapolis showings including The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu and The Cocoanuts across several theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
al Christie
Europe
Christie
England
Paris
Paramount
Maurice Chevalier
Western Electric
France
Italy
Plan to fete two endurance flight fliers at Indianapolis event
An advance guard from Curtiss Flying Service arrived to arrange a reception for Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, record flight holders, at Curtiss-Mars Hill airport. They will be honored with a dinner and the James A Perry trophy, and will recount experiences in talks at the Curtiss hangar. A second item notes Frank Brighton losing his gun permit while a thief took the permit from his car but left the firearm.
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Curtiss Flying Service
New York
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Curtiss-Mars Hill
J. B. Neill
Curtiss
J. M. Mellen
E. R. Fuller
Moline
Jackson
O'Brine
Record Fliers
Louisville
Columbus
Curtiss Company
Hoosier
Capitol
Jackson and
O’brince
Chamber of Commerce
James A. Perry
St. Louis
Obline
C. Ray Wassail
P. V. Chaffee
Horace Huey
Solo Club of
Indianapolis
Paul Q. Richey
Indiana Curtiss Company
Anderson
Ind
Frank Brighton
Union Traction Station
Suit for $25000 Over Permanent Wave Injury
Mrs. Margaret Chapman of 710 West Thirtieth street filed in superior court No. 3 a $25000 damages suit against Rainbow Beauty Shoppe Inc. for injuries from a July 6 permanent wave incident. She says a shop operative burned her scalp and caused permanent damage by excessive heat, and that her request to stop the machine was met with a remark that the irons must be excessively hot if the ware is to stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Chapmann
West Thirtieth Street
Rainbow Beauty Shoppe, Inc
Suit for 10000 Damages Over Parking Lot Collision
Tillie Schoenfield of 3055 North Meridian files in superior court 5 against Mildred Briggs of 2016 North Delaware for 10000 in damages from an April 1 automobile accident. Schoenfield alleges Briggs driving from a parking lane struck her and threw her against another car.
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Tillie Schoenfield
North Meridian Street
Superior Court
Mildred C. Briggs
North Delaware Street
Miss Schoenfield
Miss Briggs
END-O-CORN Demonstration Promises Quick Corn Removal
Clerks show how End-O-Corn dissolves stubborn corns and callouses at stores next week. Hundreds are invited to hear that this is the only remedy for fast painless removal. Residents far from Chicago can write to Endo-Corn Laboratories for a jar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endo-Corn Laboratories
Garfield Blvd
Chicago
Hook's
Haag's
Walgreen
Day Service Graft Is Less Says Lowman
In a Washington interview Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury says corruption in the federal prohibition service has been reduced to a minimum. He notes higher morale, a shift to a higher class of agents, lower turnover, and salary increases from 1860 to 2300 a year plus Civil Service reforms aiding the purge of graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Seymour Lowman
Treasury
Federal Prohibition Service
Lowman
Prohibition Bureau
Civil Service
Five held in Anderson shoplifting plot inquiry
Five people were jailed in Anderson Indiana as police investigated an alleged shoplifting plot. Dresses stolen from a local store were found in the home of Mrs Edna Downey 51 and more apparel at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles Goodwin. Downey denied involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Edna Downey
Charles Goodwin
Downey
Selection of men tested for integrity in service
Lowman stated that through character examinations a high type of individual is usually identified. He added that temptation will always invite some graft but insisted that corruption in the service is currently at a minimum.
Coffin loses another post in statehouse reshuffle
Roscoe Kiper of the state industrial board confirms Wabash report that Pearl Williams of Wabash is appointed field inspector in the women’s division, succeeding Nettie Hankey of Indianapolis. The move follows Coffin’s animosity with Leslie. Williams awaits full board approval and takes office August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Kiper
State Industrial Board
Wabash
Pearl Williams
Williams
Nettie B. Hankey
Indianapolis
George W
Boss Coffin
Coffin
Leslie
Statehouse
Otto G. Fifield
Kiper
Lesfe
Industrial Board
Konjola Tonic Hailed As Modern Remedy At Local Drug Store
A prominent advertisement touts Konjola as a modern tonic that aids nervousness fatigue and bodily functions. The Konjola Man at Hook's Dependable Drug Store promotes its healing powers with testimonials, including Paul Sipe of Greenfield Indiana, who credits renewed health and vigor to Konjola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konjola
Hook
Illinois
Washington Streets
Paul Sipe
Greenfield
Ind
Indianapolis
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Arthur Hagerman
Venture
Mrs. King
Feeney Furniture Co
S. Meridian St
Sussman’s State Loan Office
Washington &T
Dr.Fu Manchu
Circle
Bulldog Drummond
Palace
Apollo
Pepito
Lyric
Thunderbolt
Granada
Drag
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Colonial
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Sander & Becker Furniture Co
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Union Pacific
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Denver - Colorado Springs
Yellowstone National F
Mesa Verde Park
Colp
T. C. Hayden
Riley
S J. Louis
Kansas City
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James A. Perry Cup
O’brine
Indiana Trust CO
Hanning Bros . the
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Washington and Penn
Sts
Kresge
Vitola
Lincoln
Treasury Aid
Joseph S. Wasney
Indiana Business College of Indianapolis
Marion
Muncie
Logansport
Lafayette
Richmond
Vincennes
Ora E. Butz
Fred W. Case
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Traction Terminal
Ohio River
Via
Interstate Public Service Co
Victor
Brunswick
Columbia Records
Pearson Piano Co
Pennsylvania St
H. Lauter
West
Washington and
Harding Streets
Belmont
Asbury Park
Atlantic City
Cape May
Southampton
Jersey Coast
Long Island
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Niagara Falls
City Ticket Office
Monument Circle
Union Station
P. Corcoran
Rite’s Jewelry Shop
Llinois Bt
Amurs
Paarcs
Powell Sign Co
W.maryland St. Riley
Paul Stipe
National Studio
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