Burglary Spree Hits City Businesses Over Weekend
A weekend of burglaries and hold ups yielded about $500 in cash from a cafe safe and roughly $2,000 in goods and valuables across multiple downtown locations. The targets include the Virginia Sweet Grille, Elva Bok dry goods, Standard Oil station, and several residences, with one suspect captured for vagrancy and others still at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Koegen
Yeggs
Tenth St
Yeggman
Virginia Sweet
Maryland St
H. A. Egall
Thirty-Second St
Elva E. Bok Dry Goods
N. Bosart Ave
Bok
Standard Oil Company
Thirty-Eighth St
Fall Creek Blvd
O. E. Kortepeter
Dan Baker
Harding and
Raymond Sts
Troy Ave
Harding St
E. R. Whiting
Motorists blamed for ignoring stop signs in Plymouth
Police Chief Morrow says locals, not tourists, regularly run stop signs in Plymouth Indiana. Tourists are careful, he notes, but local drivers often forget traffic rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Plymouth
Ind
Morrow
250 ARRESTED IN 24 HOURS
Police arrested 250 people in the last twenty four hours with 66 held for vagrancy 57 for drunkenness 30 for operating blind tigers 14 for driving under liquor 20 for gaming 23 for speeding and 17 for traffic violations. Rose Peters 24 faces assault and battery with intent to kill after striking Mrs. Clara Henry with a brick. Mrs. Henry is in city hospital with a broken leg.
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Sergt
John Sheehan
Rose Peters
Colton St
Clara Henry
Johnson St
George Marrow
Sand Springs
Okla
Jack Ritter
Dayton
Ohio
Harry Kernodle
South and
Meridian Sts
Marrow
Richmond
Ind
Danville
Ill
Illinois’ St
Fall Creek Blvd
Gust Patrapos
Lake Village
Ballots Ordered For State Election Printing
The State board of election commissioners ordered 2,000,000 ballots and 14,000 sample ballots for the November election. This year the state has 3,610 precincts, sixty five more than in 1926. Printing will begin Oct 8 after the filing deadline, with seven spaces for tickets and an extra space for any independent or new party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Election Commissioners
Prohibition
National Party
Socialist Labor
Stolen Autos Reported From Multiple City Lots
Police report several vehicles missing or stolen from local lots. Philip Auto Sales at 2006 W Michigan St Overland touring M-1167 from W Washington St and White River Blvd. Arme Automobile Co at 440 N Capitol Ave Studebaker coach M-440 from Walnut Gardens. H D Martin at 812 W New York St Ford roadster 653-332 from Washington and Meridian Sts.
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Philip Auto Sales Company
Michigan St
Overland Touring
W. Washington St
White River Blvd
Arme
St Automobile Company
Capitol Ave
Studebaker
Walnut Gardens
H. D. Martin
New York St
Ford
Washington and
Meridian Sts
Stolen Ford Roadster Recovered at Market and Delaware
Police recover stolen vehicles including a Ford roadster belonging to William Case of 201 S McKim St found at Market and Delaware Streets. Another case lists Carl Kent of 2755 N Dearborn St with Delaware Streets involved.
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William Case
S. McKim St
Market
Delaware Sts
Carl Kent
N. Dearborn St
Flat Tire Sign Connects Danville Tycoon to Roy Flat
In Richmond Indiana a tourist car bore a sign reading Flat Tire Company Danville Til. The vehicle belonged to Roy Flat a tire dealer from Danville. The note was not a joke and tied the Flat name to the local business.
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Richmond
Ind
Danville
Til
Roy Flat
City inventor buried in Muncie after services
Solomon Klepfer 78 of 3740 Park Ave died Friday. Funeral services were held at his home with Adam Hoppes officiating. A merchant, salesman and inventor, he created a compact portable account register and a folding umbrella. Survived by daughter Dora Margaret Klepfer.
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Solomon Klepfer
Park Ave
Adam Hoppes
Muncie
Christian Science Reader
Castleton
Hazelrigg
Klepfer
Dora Margaret Klepfer
City Funds Semi Final Scooter Races District Draws
The Indianapolis Times and city recreation department set five district sites for semi finals of the Scooter Derby with about 280 children from 31 centers contesting. The five districts run Aug 27 to 31 with $500 in prizes and finals to announce time and place later.
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City Recreation Department
Times- Capitol
Meridian
South Side
Turners
Ringgold
Greer
Riley Playground
Rhodius
Kingan
Hawthorne
Indianola
Camp Sullivan
Riley
Indianapolis Times
Capitol Dairy
Woman blames paper for lawn ruin over old water warning
A Huntington reader says a ten year old water warning in a local paper caused her lawn to die after she failed to notice the obsolete notice. The paper had warned water patrons to conserve water and warned fines for lawn sprinkling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Huntington
Ind
Explorer Fawcett Lost in Brazil Reported Dead
New York World reports Col. P. H. Fawcett the famed British explorer died in the Brazilian jungle in July 1925 after a long disappearance. Commander Dyott’s radio dispatches detailed hardships and a rescue attempt aimed for Para. Last known message May 30, 1925. In Indiana, Mrs. Hamilton regains her wedding ring after 31 years.
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United Press
New York
Col
P. H. Fawcett
New York World Today
Alliance
George H. Dyott
Fawcett
Rio de Janeiro
Robert Lloyd
Elmsworth
William McDonald Jr
Hollis
N. Y
Dyott
Para
Westport
Ind
J. F. Hamilton
Kiwanis to Observe State Fair Day at Claypool
The Kiwanis Club will observe State Fair Day at Claypool on Wednesday in cooperation with the State Agriculture Board. Purdue University agriculture dean Prof. G I Christie will speak, with Governor Jackson and agriculture board members as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Claypool
State Agriculture Board
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Jackson
Agriculture Board
League seeks final touch to world security at ninth assembly
Geneva August 20 The ninth assembly of the League of Nations plans to flesh out security after Paris signs on the Kellogg pact ranking as the greatest step toward disarmament since Locarno. Ministers joining Kellogg signing will push completion of security measures, using a program of treaties covering arbitration conciliation non aggression and mutual assistance.
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United Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Paris
League
Locarno
League Assembly
Assembly
Security Commission
Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Heart leaf tobacco gives OLD GOLD charm
The piece explains OLD GOLD's appeal rests on cool fragrant heart-leaves, not coarse top or withered ground leaves. The three-word answer is heart leaf tobacco, noting the lack of aroma in inferior leaves and the smooth honey-like quality from the heart leaves.
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Central Machine Tool and Die Company
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Robert Duke
Eastland Cleaners
Albert Bennett
San Romano
Fletcher Ave
Romano
Orbin Toney
Cottage Ave
John Ellis
Sarai Hopper
Hints St
Senate Ave
W. M. South
Harry Tushman
S. Illinois St
R. Holding Grocery
Baltimore Ave
Fifty-Second St
Indianapolis
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Fletcher
M. W. Corner Peon, and
Market Ste
Gene
James J. Tunney
McIntyre
Mauretania
Europe
Tunney
Thornton Wilder
Ve Reat eThea
Toledo
Detroit
Faesemen
Traction Terminal
Illinois
Market Sts
Claypool Hotel
Lincoln
Yuard Millard Institute OF Normal Speech
William A. Craig
Darrach
N. Mlinois
Lin
Baldwin
Brannum-Keene Lumber CO
Tee
Jos. S. Goode
Hume Mansur
Economy Bug Co
East
Washington St
Highland Playground
Ellenberger
Willard
Finch
Christian
Highland
Brightwood
Oak Hill
Morris Square
Dearborn
Spades
Brookside
Rader and Udell Playground
Orchard School
Fall Creek
Riverside
School No
Municipal Gardens
Rader and
Udell
Greer Playground
Garfield, Merkel
Wyoming
Kansas
Brazil
Byrd
Walter Perkins
Perkins
Kiwanis
Boston Braves
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Golg
Aly
O P. Lorillard Co
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