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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
4
The Frank Hatfield Company at 62.5 North Capitol offers Ford vehicles with extended hours, including evenings and Sundays, to assist customers seeking price right deals and flexible shopping times.
A garbled Indianapolis classified page advertises autos wanted by I Wolf Auto Co at 659 N Capitol Ave and parking-space notices. It also promotes tires for sale, listing sizes and prices with contact numbers Belmont 1148 and Belmont 4300.
Auction notice for August 21 at 9 a.m. selling stock of groceries hardware and related goods from a general store including cash register scales showcases a counter cooler and all fixtures as a whole or in lots. Also Greenwood Indiana restaurant fixtures auctioned August 22 at 1 30 p m including displays tables chairs linens and more.
The first break in the ranks of 30,000 idle union coal miners in the Pittsburgh district occurred when the Pittsburgh Coal Company resumed operations at Banning Mine No. 2 near Fayette City. Thirty-six men left the union, according to company officials, while more than 100 union miners surrounded the mine as pickets.
Representatives of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company from Indiana and seven other states will attend a celebration from Tuesday to Thursday marking the twentieth anniversary. The Meridian and Thirtieth Street home office, formerly Charles W. Fairbanks residence, will be formally dedicated at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Governor Jackson, Mayor Shank and others are invited to speak at a flag raising Wednesday morning.
The People's Motor Coach Company seeks a Monument Circle to Guilford Ave bus route to meet transport needs. Witnesses testified at a public service commission hearing while Indianapolis Street Railway Company protests. Bowman urged operation in time for the State fair. Street Railway witnesses set for Friday.
United Press report from Greensburg Indiana states in Decatur County court today Charles Henry receiver for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction company sought a court order to set aside the permit given to the Hiner bus company by the State public service commission to operate between Indianapolis and Greensburg. Henry argues traffic is not enough to support both transportation forms.
A storm dropped .39 inches in Indianapolis by 1 p.m. Shoals 1.09 and Decker 1.45 inches. Winds up to 80 mph, 69 F morning. High 92 F Wednesday. near normal today. Heat wave spans from Mississippi to Ohio, aiding crops per Armington.
Intermittent rain and high winds moved through central Illinois from late yesterday into today. A telephone pole crashed through a coach on the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway injuring two passengers. Roofs were torn from shops and widespread rain caused flooded streets with little reported damage elsewhere.
Paice sought Willie Ford at 700 block of W New York St. Grace Marlow reported Mary Carey and Lena Propria, both 23, and Ford entered her home and beat her and Sanos Kapai, a roomer. Police charged Carey and Propria with assault and battery.
Imogene Dobbs, three, of 1511 East Nineteenth Street, remained frightened today after a Brightwood street car conductor William Surgeon of 961 Dorman Street said the trolley pole broke as the car turned at Roosevelt.
Police search for 15 year old Genevieve Baskette of Jonesboro who eloped with Edwin King of Gas City to Maysville Kentucky and reportedly married after the aunt notified authorities. The case centers on a recent underage marriage and missing youths.
The McCray pardon application and supporting letters are with Homer Elliott, former US district attorney who prosecuted McCray. Judge A B Anderson, who sentenced McCray to Atlanta for ten years on mail fraud charges, will likely advise Attorney General Sargent. Elliott opposes the pardon, and Anderson is reportedly against it while vacationing at Burt Lake, Michigan.
Six convicts at San Quentin California faced the noose after a failed escape that left prison officer B. O. Miller dead and guard George Grayson near death. The men fled by launch from the prison pier, were pursued across San Francisco bay, and were captured at Wine Haven. An airplane from Crissey Field had been expected to aid custody.
The board of county commissioners opened bids for remodeling the courthouse to add five new courtrooms and for remodeling the Marion County infirmary. State Construction Company bid 31840 for the courtroom work, Hugo Ranjers 1472.50 for decorating, C L Smith Electric Company 2450 for electrical, Hayes Company 19600 for heating and ventilating, and A A Mitchell 0 for infirmary work. Bids were taken under advisement pending tabulation and analysis.
The Greater City Week events feature dances and vaudeville at the new municipal garage opposite city hall on Alabama Street. About 25,000 parade attendees viewed 915 floats with North Indianapolis Better Business League winning 75 dollars, H P Wasson Company 25 dollars, and L S Ayres to receive third prize as park picnic tickets plus hundreds of thousands watched the Broad Ripple celebration.
Des Moines police say Patrolman Ollie D. Thomas was found dead in the center business district early today. Officers located Thomas on stairs near a storefront with a bullet wound and a gray cap nearby, the investigation ongoing.
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