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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
12
Radio dealers report a surge in sales and promotional items after Al Smith's speech, with Hoovers signs in green and Smith banners in red. Card mailings show Smith in publicity push while some Republicans note shifting excitement among Hoosier voters ahead of the November election.
Police report several cars stolen from various locations including Ford roadster owned by Calvin Jones from Riverside Park and Ford touring owned by Robert Oliver from 400 block N Holmes Ave. Also listed are Chrysler and Buick entries with owners and addresses.
Dr. David Ross Auburn sedan found at Senate Ave and Merrit St. Hupmobile sedan for F Eckenrode Market St. Ford touring owned by Carl Kirk found at Naomi and Shelby Sts.
J Thomas McHugh of 408 Ruskin Lane is appointed by George L Berry head of the national labor advisory committee of the Democratic party as chairman of the labor advisory committee in Indiana. Berry is president of the International Pressmen's Union and McHugh is Indiana vice president of the same organization.
Mrs. B. E. McLaughlin reports theft from her automobile on Twenty-Second Street near Central Avenue. Missing items include a white gold wrist watch a $300 diamond ring a ring valued at $25 a $50 platinum bar pin and a bank book. The purse is valued at $400.
Mrs Emil H Gerths of Scobey Montana says two years of clerking left her steadily losing weight until she quit work. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she feels better and stronger and urges others with similar trouble to write for guidance.
Paul Siple a 19 year old eagle scout from Erie Pennsylvania reported aboard the City of New York to serve as orderly to Commander Richard E Byrd on his South Pole voyage. The flagship sails Saturday for New Zealand as the first of three Byrd ships to depart. Paul has never been on the ocean before and is unsure of his duties.
A farmer in Mishawaka Indiana heard snores from a hayman. He alerted the boys’ parents and the planned country tour by four youths Gudigo Artusi 12 Leo Alessandri 14 Monzanetti Zanoti 9 and Guido Prisoni 9 was cancelled. They are now returned home.
A scout selected from hundreds of applicants will tour New York City to learn duties and meet the team he will work with. He emphasized the need to become acquainted with colleagues before taking on the responsibilities.
Edward W. Harris Republican council finance chairman announces a closed meeting with Mayor Slack and city officials tonight in the council chamber to review the 1929 budget. The finance committee will examine items cut from officials requests and aims to trim Slack's $1.15 request by at least one cent.
Mayor L Ert Slack delayed signing the Circle parking prohibition after protests. He reviewed the measure but did not commit, while previously signaling support for eliminating parking on Monument Circle. The ordinance would change traffic rules including flat to curb parking on four downtown avenues.
In Hammond Indiana on August 23 War ren Carlson aged 2 recovered from a watermelon seed removed from his left lung. A doctor spent an hour and a half working with forceps before the seed shifted to the right lung and was removed without surgery.
Figures from the Department of Commerce show Kokomo per capita costs for city affairs fell from 17.09 dollars in 1926 to 16.99 dollars in 1927.
Three bandits robbed the W. J. Wilson drug store at 602 S Illinois St taking $10 from Rex West who opened the register. They also forced railroad clerk Willard Murphy to surrender $52 at Alabama and Eleventh. A bandit in an Overland coach held up Raymond Stormer at the Capt H L Lockman barbecue and tourist camp filling station near Plainfield.
Four men in a large sedan stopped Alex McMasters on Pleasant Run Blvd at 7:30 p m and covered him with a revolver. They searched the rear of his car but found nothing and ordered him to drive on, taking $19 and fleeing miles west of Plainfield at 3 30 a m.
Fire caused 7000 dollars in damage to Gunston Hall, an exclusive girls school in Washington. No injuries were reported and officials expect repairs to allow the fall term to open on schedule.
A well known news vendor Mr McGraw of 1338 W Thirty Third St and Horc s Drug Store in Indianapolis report daily crowds seeking Konjola. He credits the remedy with curing stomach trouble and enabling him to return to work after years of illness, urging others to try the medicine at Hook Drug Store Illinois and Washington Streets and other Hook Drug stores in the area.
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