Court approves Calumet Harbor plan for Great Lakes ships
Chicago December 3. A Circuit Court decision clears the way to finish a Calumet industrial district harbor to serve the largest Great Lakes vessels. Judge Hugo Friend granted judicial approval for dredging Lake Calumet and constructing twelve concrete slips at industrial plants. The lake, six miles from Lake Michigan and connected by the Calumet River, has been too shallow for ships.
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United Prefet
Chicago
Calumet
Great Lakes
Lake Calumet
Hugo Friend
Lake Michigan
First Snow Victim in Grant County Breaks Leg
Marion Indiana dispatch reports Will Semer living south of Pucket suffered a leg fracture when his mud boat slid down a hill and struck a stump making him the county s first snow victim this season. Also reported is a grocery burglary case against Willam H Jones and Roy Whitney charged with breaking into Tillman Riges grocery and stealing five dollars and candy.
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Marion
Ind
Will Semer
Pucket
Willam H. Jones
N. Miley Ave
Roy Whitney
Elder Ave
Tillman Riges
W. Eleventh St
Dr James Headache Powders Advertisement Offer
An old ad promises quick headache relief with Dr James Headache Powders. It urges sending 5 cents plus name and address to Chamberlain Medicine Co in Des Moines Iowa for trial packages of Chamberlains Cough Remedy Tablets and other family medicines.
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Dr James
Chamberlain Medicine Company
Des Moines
Towa
Chamberlain's
Chamberlains
Pyramid Pile Suppositories Advertised Remedies
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Suppositories as a remedy for hemorrhoids. It claims quick relief from burning pain and protrusions, preventing surgeries, with many testimonials and promotion to buy at a store.
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Mac
Sip
Puzzle on Difference of Squares by Simple Addition
A short puzzle explains that the difference of squares can be found by a single addition without multiplication or subtraction. It defines square as a number times itself and illustrates with examples such as 100 minus 9 equaling 91 and the difference between squares of 9 and 3 being 72. The method applies to any pair of consecutive numbers like 133 and 132 or 95 and 94, using one simple additive step.
Sugar Coffee Puzzle Hidden in 19th Century Grocer Ledger
The text describes a riddle about sugar coffee and tea in bags, noting two 1-pound items and a 4-pound total. It deduces price relations: coffee equals six times sugar, equal revenue to sugar, and a ratio conclusion yielding 4 pounds of sugar to 1 pound of coffee. The passage concludes by subtracting tea leaves to arrive at a divisible total.
Chaplin Bride Lita Grey Seeks Legal Advice
Hollywood reports that 16 year old Lita Grey plans to seek legal clarity on her marriage to Charlie Chaplin. Friends say the bride, who admitted she was 14 when the license was issued, worries about the status of the marriage and wants her mind at rest.
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Chaplin
United Press
Hollywood
Cal
Lagal
Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey
Party may cost $10 000 in La Porte roadhouse suit
George Lubs of Michigan City sues roadhouse owner Wd Bill Baker in La Porte Indiana for $10,000 claiming the party last month caused alienation of his wife and led her to stay at the roadhouse. The case hinges on alleged actions by Baker and the impact on the marriage.
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Timea Speriat
Fire official seeks pension fund member status
Virgil T. Ferguson, chief of fire prevention bureau, petitions the Superior Court to compel the Firerman’s Pension Fund trustees to recognize him as a member. He says he paid dues through Sept. 15 and was rejected when fund officials refused further payments, claiming he is not a member.
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Virgil T. Furguson
Fire Prevention Bureau
Superior Court
Firerman’s
Fond
Phi Delta Kappa St Louis Chapter Eight Guests in Indy
Charter members of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Saint Louis will visit the Indianapolis chapter this weekend. Saturday events begin with a supper at the Severin hotel. Sunday features installation services and a banquet at the Severin.
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New Phi Delta Kappa
New Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Severin
Salvation meeting draws 600 at Cable Tabernacle
Officials of the F F Bosworth evangelistic party report more than 600 persons responded to the altar invitation at Cable Tabernacle over the last two nights. Attendees claim miraculous cures of blindness deafness and other ailments. A baptismal service will be held Thursday evening.
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F. F. Bosworth Evangelistic Party
Cable Tabernacle
Alcohol Death Toll Increased in Chicago
Chicago reports a 200 percent rise in liquor deaths over three years. Dr. William D. McNally, coroner’s chemist, cites 1918 to 1920 deaths at eighty per 100,000 and 247 per 100,000 since then. He names a moonshine complex and alcohol psychosis as direct causes from overfermented liquor.
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United Press
Chicago
Willam D. McNally
Rush Medical College
McNalley
Tire and Battery Shop Hit by Thieves
Fred G. Bruns at 429 S. Delaware St. found tires and tubes missing from his tire and battery shop this morning. Loss valued at 155 dollars.
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Fred G. Bruns
S. Delaware St
Healthiest American girl and boy named at exposition
Inez Harding, sixteen, of Marigold Mississippi, selected as the healthiest girl in America at the International Livestock Exposition despite flat feet. Dee Femens, seventeen, from Prattville Michigan, named healthiest boy, cited for a pimple and coated tongue among minor flaws.
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United Press
Chicago
Inez Harding
Marigold
Miss
America
Dee Femens
Prattville
Mich
St Jacobs Oil Advertises Quick Joint Relief
Stop drugging soothing relief with St Jacobs Oil. A 35 cent bottle eases rheumatism neuralgia backache and sprains in minutes. Trusted remedy advertised for 65 years and available at drug stores.
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St. Jacobs
Standard Oil's System Keeps Oil Quality High Through Standardization
The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) guarantees service and quality because its products and processes are standardized. Specialized machinery and trained workers follow fixed procedures to maximize efficiency, but any interruption to equipment halts production and raises costs from idle capacity, interest, and depreciation.
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil
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