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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1929
Page
2
State Senator George H. Bender proposes Ohio buy four acres at Garfield birthplace to preserve it as a museum. The site has been largely sold off and only the cabin remnants and the parents spring remain. Bender calls reconstruction of the log cabin a greater historical value than the tomb.
Residents near the site learned of Garfield's birthplace after a newspaper article drew attention. People in nearby Orange Village who were unaware Garfield was born nearby had not heard of the origin before.
Near Green at 451 North Highland Street a sedan carrying a husband wife and baby was struck by a freight train on the Belt railroad at West Morris Street Thursday night. The car was demolished but all three occupants suffered only minor lacerations according to witnesses. The report notes the family escaped serious harm despite the collision.
Miss Fannie Bernard of 1440 North Illinois street was arrested on four counts after driving onto tracks and colliding with a train. Passenger Rose Lazar, 18, of 835 South Illinois street, suffered minor injuries. Bernard faces charges including reckless driving and lack of license and title.
Four men named as nationally known gamblers were held on high bonds after police uncovered an alleged plan to trick fairgoers at the Indiana state fair. W G Peoples Joplin Missouri William Tiller Carthage Missouri Henry T Ballard Fort Worth Texas Harry Phillips Indianapolis were arrested after tapping wires and listening in on the scheme. They planned to install gambling equipment in a downtown hall and boasted of trimming the suckers.
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