State Fair Sets 1925 Attendance Goal in Indiana
Indiana State board of agriculture officials set a 250000 attendance goal for the 1925 state fair with Marion county allotted 150000. About 200 more exhibitors than last year entered the event as 27 states and Canada contribute exhibits, with E J Barker noting the exposition would outclass all previous fairs.
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State Board of Agriculture
Senate Chamber
Statehouse
Marion County
E. J. Barker
Barker
States
Canada
Lin Wilson
I. Christie
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Pliny H. Wolford
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Adverts
Two women report health improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs L O Dasher of Valdosta Georgia and Mrs C E Palmer of Battle Creek Michigan describe relief from severe female symptoms and nervous conditions after starting the product, with promises to continue use and help others.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleveland
C. E. Palmer
Champion St
Battle Creek, Mich
Indianapolis Leaders Present At County Fair Awards
Notables including Sol Schloss and Victor H. Kendall attended the fair board meeting with L. S. Ayres & Co. executive officers. Marott donated a $500 check for awards in boys and girls educational clubs as agents and farm bureau representatives looked on.
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Retary
Jackson
Sol Schloss
Indianapolis Clothier
Victor H. Kendall
L. S. Ayres & Co
George J. Marott
Indiana House of Representatives
Purdue University Alumni Association
R. G. Plaster
Marott
Fair Board
Four To Get Diplomas At Fletcher Sanatorium Nursing School
Four graduates of the W. B. Fletcher San itarium Training School for Nurses will receive diplomas tonight at Founder’s Day exercises held at 1140 E Market St. Speakers include Dr. Jerome E. Holman. Graduates are Lillian E. McGinnnis Grace R. Baker Mae L. Smith and Katherine Pavlak.
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W. B. Fletcher Sanitarium
E. Market St
Lillian E. McGinnnis
Bedford
Ind
Grace R. Baker
Madison
Mae L. Smith
Allerton
Ill
Katherine Pavlak
Indianapolis
Jerome E. Holman
Resinol Ointment Heals Yearlong Baby Ear Sore
A Pittsburgh reader reports a baby with a yearlong ear sore improved in a few days after using Resinol Ointment. Mrs C Bartosch of 1164 E Ohio St signs the ad dated May 10.
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N. S
Pittsburgh
Muncie Fears Chap man Gang Vengeance After Double Murder
Authorities in Muncie Indiana tighten security after the Ben Hance and wife killings as Gerald Chapman gang ally George Anderson is hunted nationwide. Charles Wolfe held on 100000 bond. witnesses protected. inquest may lead to grand jury indictment. A red car tied to an Indianapolis lawyer and two sons is investigated. Harvey Wagoner reports three armed men forced him to Cincinnati.
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Bu United Press
Muncie
Ind
Gerald Chapman
Ben Hance
George Anderson
Chapman
Charles
Wolfe
Anderson
Yorktown
Randolph
Hance
Indianapolis
Indiana
Harvey Wagoner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tax commissioners deny 31000 bond for Clarksville schools
State tax officers rejected a 31000 bond issue intended to fund construction of two new school buildings in Clarksville Clark County. The decision halted plans pending alternative financing or revised proposals.
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Clarksville
Clark County
Speeding Triggers a Dozen Crashes on Twenty Fifth St
Over the past eight days twelve serious accidents occurred on Twenty Fifth Street between Indianapolis Ave and Dearborn Street as speeding on the newly paved road drew investigations by Police Sergeant Mary Moore of the accident prevention bureau. The article also notes a linguistic aside that the word cotton derives from the Arabic "kotun."
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Twenty-Fifth St
Indianapolis Ave
Dearborn St
Mary Moore
Accident Prevention Bureau
Police Tasked to Clean Streets During Greater Indianapolis Week
Street Commissioner Martina Hyland asked Police Chief Rikhoff to instruct patrolmen to enforce street defilement and insanitary condition laws. Officers will make daily inspections to keep streets clean with fines up to 50 dollars for tossing trash or fruit peels.
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Martina Hyland
Rikhoff
Hyland
Indianapolis
Seers Convene at Astor Hotel in Spiritcraft Push
At the Astor Hotel New York a convention of seers sponsored by Dr Hereward Carrington aims to boost interest in spiritcraft and purge fakers. A delegate, an Egyptian, correctly guessed figures the United Press had written on paper before the event. Nearby a Connecticut farmer uncovered butter jars labeled 1875 from a spring excavation.
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United Prea
New, York
Earth
Astor Hotel
Hereward Carrington
Brotherhood
United Press
American girl Miss Ederle abandons English Channel swim
After eight hours of cold seas and heavy tides, Miss Ederle gave up the attempt off Cape Gris Nez with about thirty kilometers covered and seven miles to go. Trainor Jabez Wolfe and a chaperone crew remained aboard the tug La Marina as the swimmer, aided by a jazz band and support boats, faced worsening conditions.
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la Marina
Miss Ederle
Cape Gris Nez
Cape Gris-Nex
France
Jabez Wolfe
Paris
Elsie Viets
La,Marine
United Press
Angus
Death of Dr. William W Parsons Feared in Terre Haute
Dr. William W Parsons president emeritus of the Indiana State Normal School near death as physicians expect fatal results after a paralytic stroke. The veteran educator, aged over 75, is the subject of urgent medical care in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Bu Times
Terre Haute
Ind
William W. Parsons
Indiana State Normal School
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