Flow of Osage oil wealth dwindles as head rights fall in value
The Osage Nation once earned vast oil royalties totaling about 575 million dollars in the past fifteen years. Now head rights valued at over 13 000 dollars yearly have shrunk to about 35 dollars weekly as oil production fades. Many Osages face idleness and a bleak future, despite some saving or ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nien Nba Service
Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Oss
Osages
Warren Hill
Rocky Hill Country
Kaws
Tribe
Curtis
Fame Laundry to Make Improvements After Baxter Consolidation
James B. Nelson and Arthur Admire returned as president and vice president of Fame Laundry Company after a Baxter Laundries, Inc. meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan. They were named executive board members. The Baxter consolidation includes thirty laundries and dry cleaning plants in eighteen cities across eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fame Laundry Company
North
Illinois Street
James B. Nelson
Arthur Admire
Baxter Laundries, Inc
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nelson
Admire
Chain Laundry Company
Baxter
Petition Seeks $500000 White River Bridge Link
A petition for a new bridge over the White River between Washington Boulevard and North Meridian Street was filed with the county commissioners by seventy nine residents. The bridge would extend the North Meridian Street project in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Washington Boulevard
North Meridian Street
Board of County Commissioners
Smoke Abatement Effort Seeks City Tower Use
The Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League asks the works board to use the Merchants Bank building tower for technical observation of smoke violations. The tower, leased to the city through 1932 for 1500 dollars yearly, has been idle after salaries for three firemen were not funded. The board weighed whether to terminate the long lease and stop payments, with counsel noting the city is bound by the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Bank
Works Board
Indianapolis
Emsley W. Johnson
Smiley N. Chambers
Sewer Plans Approved for Broad Ripple and Riverside Interceptor
The city sanitary board approved plans for a 338000 dollar Broad Ripple and Riverside interceptor sewer. If no remonstrance is filed in 25 days, bonds can be sold and work may start before December 1. The line will carry 13 million gallons daily, running along White River from Meridian and Westfield to Sixteenth Street and Speedway, with crossings at Fifty First Street Sunset and Rocky Ripple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Ripple
Riverside
City Sanitary Board
North Side
J. J. Daniels
Charles H. Hurd
Meridian Street
Westfield Boulevard
White River
Sixteenth Street
Speedway Avenue
Hurd
Fiftyfirst Street
Sunset Avenue
Rocky Ripple
Northwestern Avenue
Cleveland favor turns to air meet at municipal airport
At Cleveland August 29 spectators watched the national air races as Graf Zeppelin departed Detroit for Lakehurst. Endurance fliers, a female entrant among them, planned attempts to break solo endurance records while Captain Ira Eaker and Captain Barker faced setbacks. Two races and other events filled the day. The Zeppelin moved low over the field as crowds cheered under searchlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prene
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Ira Eaker
Question Mark Fame
Barker
Detroit
Akron
RAIL WORKER DEAD ROSCOE C BUCHANAN DIED AT 58
Last rites set for Roscoe C. Buchanan 58 as funeral planned Friday at 2 pm He died Tuesday in St Vincent's hospital after a long illness A longtime Indianapolis resident and former employee of the American Railway Association car service division He is survived by widow Mary Buchanan a son Russell and four sisters Mrs L E Dobbs Mrs H L Mitchell Mrs F A Bonham of Antwerp Belgium and Mrs R W Hoyt of Chicago Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Buchanan
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Mary Buchanan
Russell Buchanan
L. E. Dobbs
F. A. Bonham
Chiropractor License Suit Filed by Wayne O. Thomas
Wayne O. Thomas, a Central States College of Chiropractic graduate, filed suit in the supreme court seeking a mandate to issue him a chiropractor license. He alleges refusal on February 27, 1926 because his diploma lacked college certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne O. Thomas
Central States College of Chiropractry
Cime
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Thomas
Indiana Moose Lodges Gather for State Convention in Marion
Members of Moose lodges from across Indiana arrive in Marion for a three day state convention. A parade on Saturday will be a featured event of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Moose
Indiana
Mere Layman Wins Case In Hammond Court
Eugene Brown, a bar proprietor in Hammond, wins his dry law case after a refused attorney joked about the hopelessness of the defense. Police seized beer samples showing 3 percent and 2.3 percent alcohol as Brown sold drinks at ten cents a glass. The judge dismissed the case after questioning the prosecutor who admitted he was not a practitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
To Dimes Special Ammond
Ind
Eugene Brown
Hammond City
Brown
Joseph Stanyi
Harold Hammond
Road Board Demands Action on Rail Crossing and Costs
The state highway commission assails the public service commissions delays over Road 66 crossing the Evansville & Ohio River electric railway near Newburg and Yankeetown. It warns of court action if blocked, and votes to buy right of way for rerouting State Road 62 past Lincoln Memorial at Lincoln Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Cypress Creek
Electric Railroad
Public Service
William Titus
Motor Transport Division
Brown
Omer Manlove
Transport
Illinois
Indiana
Mt. Carmel
Vincennes
Wabash River
George Rogers Clark
Titus
Memorial Commission
Gentryville
Lincoln City
Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Park
Department of Conservation
Delayed Payment For Expert Testimony In Pleasant Run Case
Emsley W. Johnson and Theodore Dammeyer on the city works board withheld $1,500 in vouchers for expert testimony in the Pleasant Run main interceptor sewer litigation. Johnson objected to $500 each for E Kirk McKinney Burt Richardson and Samuel L Montgomery, saying the services were not worth that much since they only appeared in court one day. Dammeyer said some testimony harmed the city's case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Run
Emsley W. Johnson
Theodore Dammeyer
Works Board
Johnson
E. Kirk McKinney
Six chairmen named for Marion County Good Government Club drive
Mrs. Virginia Hoffman announces six chairmen to lead a membership drive for the Marion County Good Government Club eastern division. Listed are Mrs. Anna Trimble, Mrs. Ollie Mathias, Miss Gertrude Perry, Mrs. Florence Kinghan, Mrs. Fred Fox, and Mrs. William D. Mills, each heading twenty-woman committees. A club meeting is set for 7 tonight at 31 East Georgia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Good Government Club
Virginia Hoffman
Anna Trimble
North
Grant Avenue
Ollie Mathias
Colorado Avenue
Gertrude Perry
Denny Street
Florence Kinghan
Kealing Avenue
Fred Fox
William D. Mills
Eastern Avenue
Lynnhurst Town Board Finds Its Missing Funds
LynnHurst, a tiny Indianapolis suburb, confirms all funds are accounted for after a state board of accounts probe. The $500 borrowed from a local bank was spent $92.14 on town operations, with $407.86 managed by Ernest Kellogg, who retrieved the town’s money. No criminal charges anticipated. probe may cost $25 and seeks to establish a town depository.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnhurst
Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Ure M. Frazer
Thad L. Major
Lawrence F. Orr
Ernest E. Kellogg
Floyd
Newton
Cassius C. Smith
Smith
Wayne Township
Justice of Peace
Edith Roberts
Frank B. Faust
Klinck Released After Tulsa Detention On Auto Theft Charge
Earl Klinck former bodyguard of D C Stephenson was held twenty four hours by Tulsa police and released after Evansville authorities took no action. Prosecutor Judson L Stark received a wire asking if he was wanted in Marion county. Klinck is free on a five thousand dollar appeal bond on a conviction for procuring an attestation to a false affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Klinck
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Liberty
Tulsa
Okla
United Press
Klinck
Evansville
Ind
Judson L. Stark
Marion County
Auto Thefts Solved By Youths Aged Ten To Nineteen
Police linked four youths to several car thefts after a 14 year old in a stolen vehicle provided information leading to the arrest of Walter Simpkins 17 of 761 North Belmont and Art Smith 19 Rural Route 2 Box 137. Smith recently released from the state farm had been involved in vehicle taking. The pair allegedly took cars from parking grounds near the statehouse. the older teens were charged with vehicle taking and the younger held at the detention home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Simpkins
North
Belmont
Art Smith
Smith
Indiana State Farm
Simpkins
Statehouse
Cigar Dealer Clarence Thompson Files Bankruptcy Petition
Clarence E. Thompson of Frankfort Indiana, cigar store proprietor, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court listing debts of 7372 dollars 29 cents and assets of 5825 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Thompson
Frankfort
Ind
Prohibition Chief Urges Grape Industry Policing
San Francisco Aug 29 United Press Prohibition Commissioner James Doran urged California grape shippers and growers to police themselves. He asked that growers ensure buyers do not use juice grapes illicitly and that the industry maintain eastern marketing center representatives to monitor sales. The California Vineyardists Association backed the plan and noted home juice production remains legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
James Doran
California
Doran
California Vineyardists Association
Eastern Marketing Center
Youths Crusade Planned for WCTU Convention Parade
Delegations from Indianapolis and Marion County Sunday schools will join a youths crusade for the fifty-fifth annual WCTU convention at Murat Theater in September 1925. Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley announces plans, with E. T. Albertson heading a local committee and Col. Andrew J. Dougherty marshal. A 10 000-strong parade with lodges in uniform will precede the Frances Willard memorial tablet unveiling in the statehouse rotunda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marion County
Murat
Theater
Elizabeth T. Stanley
Liberty
Ind
E. T. Albertson
Andrew J. Dougherty
Frances Willard
Statehouse
Two Girls Missing After Shopping Trip
Two girls went downtown to shop Wednesday and have prolonged their shopping trip. Parents report Miss Josephine Elizabeth Bowers, 15, of 406 West Raymond Street, and Miss Mary Martha Reeder, 19, of 434 West Raymond Street, missing and ask police for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Elizabeth Bowers
West
Raymond Street
Mary Martha Reeder
Nine Held For Indecent Play in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a full cast including actress Jobyna Ralston and eight others were jailed after the curtain fell on Bad Babies for presenting an indecent play. They posted 500 dollar bonds and were released after midnight. The production, about high school youths’ amorous and criminal acts, faced complaints from Mayor Porter and City Prosecutor Nix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Central Police Station
Jobyna Ralston
Miss Ralston
Richard Arlen
Filds
George Scarborough
Frank Jennings
Arthur Rankin
Mervin Williams
Norman Peck
Elinor Flynn
Anette Wethay
Dario Shindell
John C. Porter
Lloyd Nix
Three Prisoners Re-Captured After Jail Break
Plymouth Indiana prison break ends with Walter Rhodes William McMillan and Red Cochran recaptured after forty minutes of liberty. They pried open cell doors with a cot rod and scattered, Clarice Baker briefly locked with a resisting inmate. Deputy Art Keller tracked and caught them as they fled in different directions. In Monticello Indiana Ray Scott grows a nine and a half inch ear of popcorn, with White County farm agent Kenneth Cohee noting a twelve inch stalk as the smallest matured on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Walter Rhodes
William McMillan
Red Cochran
Art Keller
Clarice Baker
Timea
Monticello
Ind
Ray Scott
Kenneth Cohee
White County
Fire Damages Two Buildings in Bartlettsville
Fire in Bartlettsville Indiana destroyed a general store and a garage owned by Ira Sawders, causing nearly $10,000 in losses. Bandits were suspected as the cause. The town of 300 mobilized as Bedford’s water-deprived department refused a run due to water shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bartlettsville
Ind
Ira Sawders
Bedford
New Small Bills Prompt Public Complaints and Losses
Bank tellers and business people report frequent loss of the new small bills. A restaurant owner recalls a customer losing a recently cashed salary, while bankers note hard counting and poor folding. Merchants National Bank officials say the change in currency size spurs both loss and optimism about paper economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Claman
Kentucky Avenue
George Ohleyer
Merchants National Bank
J. P.frenzel Jr
Washington
Zeppelin World Cruise Breaks Globe Travel Time Record
United Press reports the Graf Zeppelin completes the first air circumnavigation in 21 days 7 hours 32 minutes, beating the 1928 airship and airplane records and marking a three year one week reduction since Magellan's era. The piece traces prior global voyage speeds and notes iconic figures from Magellan to Nellie Bly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Buckingham
United Press
New York
Fernando Magellan
Magellan
Seville
Spain
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
N. J
Phileag
Jules Verne
Nellie Bly
Sir Francis Drake
England
Drake's Bay
San Francisco
Indian Ocean
Drake
Plymouth
Thomas Cavendish
James Cook
George Anson
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Verne
George Francis Traim
Charles Fitzmaurice
Henry Frederick
Burnley Campbell
John Henry Mears
Edward S. Evans
Linton Wells
Mears
C. B. D. Collyer
Europe
Cherbourg
Tokio
Pacific
Vicetoria
Patrol Wagon Crashes Into Bakery Truck In Peoria
A Peoria police patrol wagon responding to a burglar alarm crashed into a bakery truck at a street crossing. One officer was killed, another seriously injured and could die, a third officer bruised. Arthur Aiello died. Ernest McNanaway suffered a severe lung injury and a fracture. Frank Cox was bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Arthur Aiello
Ernest McNanaway
Frank Cox
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Board of Works
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California Vineyardists’ Association
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