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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
6
Paris report finds the American girl cheaper to entertain than the French counterpart. A French journalist compared budgets for both and concludes the American is simpler in taste, easier to impress, and shares the evening’s duties, while the French companion seeks the best and is more exacting.
One man remains critically ill with skull fractures after a collision with an Indianapolis Street Railway bus at St Clair and New Jersey. Several others, including bus driver Ernest Brown, were not charged. Dozens more sustained head, leg, and body injuries in weekend accidents across the city and vicinity.
Wisconsin politics turns to State Senator Thomas M. Duncan Milwaukee to head the socialist movement after Victor L Berger’s death. Duncan, 36, Yale Phi Beta Kappa 1915, former Milwaukee mayoral aide, authored a state wide referendum repealing the Wisconsin dirt y law and sponsored the yellow dog contract bill.
United Press reports the Association Against Prohibition Amendment claims a clear rise in liquor use since prohibition began. The group cites charts on alcoholism deaths and drunkenness arrests, though no direct production data are kept.
Harold T. Libby a Portland merchant offered to fund a summer camp vacation for six youths arraigned for breaking into his home. He requested suspended sentences and said he would pay for their camp stay. A separate note recalls the Romans treating salt as sacred before meals.
A Rockford Illinois woman aged 74 describes dramatic relief from stomach pains rheumatism and dizziness after using Viuna. She reports improved appetite weight gain and restored mobility after years of suffering and costly failed remedies. The ad claims thousands were helped by Viuna and urges readers to try a bottle with a positive guaranty at $1.
American tourists traveling by air to Hungary may misidentify stops as eight airports exist with seven government owned. Names include Szembathley Szeksfenervar Kaposvar Szeged Miskolic Nyiregyhaza and Matyasfold.
Marion Indiana August 12 Grant county posted a net balance of 140808 dollars in all funds as of July 31 per County Treasurer Claud Hamilton. The report lists receipts totaling 1417559.83 and disbursements of 1276651.57 for the first seven months with no bonded indebtedness.
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