Fire Prevention Week Urges Indiana Communities
State fire marshal Neuman T. Miller designates October 4 to 11 as Fire Prevention Week and urges all Hoosier communities to observe it with sermons, school programs, and fire prevention talks. He notes fires destroy 1,500 U.S. fires daily, with 41 deaths, 47 injuries, and 80 percent preventable, urging churches, schools, and clubs to cooperate.
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America
United States
Chambers of Commerce
Statehouse
Indianapolis
Husband Takes Life In Suspected Suicide
Coroner Paul F. Robinson prepared to investigate the death of Hugh Higgins, 22, of 821 Congress Ave, who died at city hospital Sunday evening from poison reportedly self-administered earlier. Police say Higgins walked into a room where his wife Lucille Higgins sat and swallowed three poison tablets. Mrs Higgins could not provide a motive.
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Paul F. Robinson
Hugh Ggins
Congress Ave
City Hospital
Higgins
Lucille Higgins
Higsine
Girl 18 Sought. Father Says She May Be Detroit
Police asked Detroit authorities to watch for Helen Miller 18 missing from 520 Westmoreland St. He describes her blue eyes dark hair and notes she may be with Olive Wilson. Also missing Peter Distin 12 from 925 N New Jersey St formerly of Jeffersonville Indiana. He wore a pale waist and light trousers.
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Detroit
Mich
Helen Miller
Westmoreland St
Olive Wilson
Peter Distin
Rose Gentry
New Jersey St
Marriage Licenses List Includes James Dwinnell and Mary Clemens
A list of marriage license filings shows names ages occupations and addresses across multiple states. The entries include James C Dwinnell 31 and Mary Clemens 28 of Indianapolis and other couples such as Arthur L Givens 31 farmer Paris Ill and Herbert Bartolomew 28 salesman Central, with varied trades and hometowns. The report ends with a note from Atchison Kan about a married couple spending Sunday together at home.
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Arthur L. Givens
Farmer
Paris
Ill
al Vance
Capitol
Herbert_Bartolomew
Salesman
Central
Mary Beckner
Arsenal
Arren McGill
St. Louis
Jeanette Morris
Carlisle
Bennie Meisel
Wanamaker
Ind
Margaret Clayton
N. Emer
Atchison, Kan
Shay
Javan More Interested In Industry Not Armaments
Tokyo dispatch reports a shift in Japanese thought from militarism to industrial growth. Tsuneta Yano, head of Mutual Insurance, calls for abolition of armaments except for Manchuria protection and Korea policing, arguing arms drain funds and impede economic power.
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China
Pacific
Singapore
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tokio
Empire
Hokkaido
Tsuneta Yano
Mutual Insurance Company of Japan
Yano
Korea
Albert Greene Hero of Serpentine River Drownings
London boat man Albert Greene who ferried along the Serpentine for thirty five years has saved 150 persons from drowning in his long service.
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London
Albert Greene
Serpentine River
Filing Cases Fill Building With Newspaper Storage
The Statehouse corridors grow crowded as state departments move in with a new steel filing case for old newspapers in the State library. Located on the third floor, it spans from the stairs to the railing, blocking wall views. Space is nearly exhausted as book cases, files, and tabulating machines fill every corner.
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Statehouse
State Library
Polk's Introduces New Real Cream Bottle
Polk's presents a new real cream bottle as a economical convenience for customers. The firm touts 32 years of striving toward perfection and upholding its progressive reputation.
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Polk’s
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Pershing
Mary Clemens
Park
Cecil Eschmeyer
Bellefontaine
Marie Quaroni
E. Terrace
Harry Stewart
Gertrude Palmer
Dipnetiak T Schneon
Iasterar
Aymon Ohneon
Plasterer
Iverside
Esther Carter
Orville E. Berry
Whiteland
Hazel Hockersmith
Raf Heergen
Monger
Pearl Mellott
W. Eighteenth
Remain
Alabama
Frances Haley
Slo Linpale
Herm
Rockhill
Dorothy C. ‘Kuntz
Pan Albert Miller
Endeylvania
Lula Cummins
William H. Campbell
Porter
Locke
Sarah Scott
Eutaw
Rt L Watters Jr
Hester Ulen
Carrollton
Willie F. Jones
Jaund Te I N. "Bramont
Clara Whiteside
Ssu Muller
Xaatt
Orlopp
Mae Schulmeyer
Viseke Doan
Baker
Ecatater
Dailta McNally
McGaines
Blacker Town
Mary Stages
Hamilton Burkdall
Free Benner
Richard Cook
Nome
Mary Noe
Mounts
Finch
Haines
Viola Fine
Salesla
Byron Weathers
Painter Diney
Thelma Smith
Pringfield
Milroy
Ivington
Madi
Lephone
Ethel
England
Globe Stores
W. Washington
the House of Bargains
Polk
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