Board of Works maps 1923 public improvement plan
The Board of Works discusses next year’s program including street widening on New York St and Delaware St, a Kentuck Ave bridge over White River, city market repairs, and track elevation on the Pennsylvania and C L W lines. Park board aims for Pleasant Run Blvd and Kessler Blvd projects, while Sellers plant completion is noted.
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Board OF Works
Shank
EL New York St
Irvington
East Side
Delaware St
Meridian St
Capitol Ava
Kentuck Ave
White River
City Market
Connect
Pennsylvania
Davidson S&t
State Ave
Forts
Pleasant Run
Shelby
Prospect Sts
Park Board
Kessler
Ft. Harrison
Sellers
Sanitary Board Aims Interceptor Sewer Plan
The board plans a connecting interceptor sewer system along Harding Street to the north and Pleasant Run on the south and east sides, outlining the proposed sewer route and civic scope.
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Harding St
Pleasant Run
Sanitary Board
Manual to Feast Team Banquet Held At School
A banquet for the feast team will be held Thursday in the school lunch room with Alwin Iverson as host and captain Wabtur Noll as honor guest. Coaches Swan ton Ragsdale Maxwell and principal E. H. K. McComb preside. players invited include John Billings ly Elmer Cassady Leater Cruse Cleo Emery Forrest Higgs Leon Hut ton Verlin Littlejohn Fred Martin Wilbur Noll John Prokl William Susemichael Willem Woerner Ros coe Bregell Marvin Cochrane Ed Eickmann F Henselmeir Jesse Hunt John Kime Gilbert Malone Kenneth Peck Robert StoeMer Joseph Trost Bert Kellermeyer.
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Manual Roines
Alwin Iverson
Wabtur Noll
Swanton
Ragsdale
Maxwell E. H. K. McComb
John Billingsly
Elmer Cassady
Leater Cruse
Cleo Emery
Forrest Higgs
Leon Hutton
Verlin Littlejohn
Fred Martin
Wilbur Noll
John Prokl
William Susemichael
Willem Woerner
Roscoe Bregell
Marvin Cochrane
Ed Eickmann
F. Henselmeir
Jesse Hunt
John Kime
Gilbert Malone
Kenneth Peck
Robert StoeMer
Joseph Trost
Bert Kellermeyer
Radio Leak Is Found In Rushville Power Line
Rushville electricians at the city light plant traced a disturbance to an overloaded commercial transformer on city lines. The leak forced radio outfits off the air until power and light were shut off town wide with cooperation from the telephone company and the Indianapolis Cincinnati Traction Company.
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Rushville
Ind
City
Telephone Company
Indianapoli & Cincinnati Traction Company
Ball Brothers official suffers stroke at Rotary dinner
Edmund B. Ball vice president and general manager of Ball Brothers Company was stricken with a stroke of motor paralysis while attending a Rotary Club dinner in Muncie Indiana on Tuesday December 2, 1924.
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Muncie
Ind
Edmund B. Ball
Ball Bros. Company
Rotary Club
Budget talk on keeping Indianapolis school spending in line
Richard C. Johnson business director told teachers and department heads on Tuesday night that the Indianapolis school budget must stay within estimates. He said similar budget review meetings will be held periodically to reinforce fiscal discipline.
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Indianapolis
Esti
Richard C. Johnson
Johnson
Europe Heard Tests Success
Arthur H. Lynch reviews three days of European radio tests conducted for North American listeners. Report notes strong reception but cites receivers as the main obstacle to universal cross‑cast availability and criticizes cheap “squealer” equipment harming the industry.
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Arthur H. Lynch
United Press
NEW York
British Isles
Postal Savings Decline Noted In Indianapolis
Postal savings in Indianapolis fall by 7,857 since January 1, 1924 while national deposits rose 1,142,835 for the year ended June 30. Postmaster General New urges higher interest rates as of December 1 postal savings stood at 106,774 compared with 219,453 a year prior.
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United States
Indianapolis
New
Parker Convicted of Detective Kendall Murder in Terre Haute
Joseph Parker of St. Louis convicted of the murder of Detective Steve Kendall committed last January. He is sentenced to die next month.
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Times Special
Terre Hacte
Ind
Joseph Parker
St. Louis
Steve Kendall
Limerick Contest Rules and Prize Details
Indianapolis Times announces a daily Limerick contest with a fifty dollar first prize and twenty four additional cash awards. Entries must be mailed or delivered by seven p m Saturday, with each line on its own slip and the outside envelope showing the Limerick number. Employees of The Times and their families are ineligible.
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Indianapolis Times
Times
Merchants Heat and Light
Meridian
Washington Ste
the Times
Times Office
Meridian and
Washington Sts
Judge Parker Denies New Trial as Jeffries Prep for Circuit Court
The report notes that Parker denied a new trial and that John B. Jeffries, likely from the defense, will proceed in Circuit Court. It states there will be no appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Parker
John B. Jeffries
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Limericks and awards lead into fire loss at Orpheum Theater
The item lists contestants and judges for a limerick contest with cash prizes, then reports a December 3 fire in Dugger Indiana that destroyed the Orpheum Theater garage restaurant and several houses for a total loss of $30,000. The piece names several residents and club members connected to the contest.
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Times
Dugger
Ind
Orpheum
Shredder accident injures Greensburg man
Erde Hamar aged 26 is recovering after his hand was mangled while feeding a corn shredder. The incident occurred in Greensburg Indiana on December 3.
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Greensburg
Ind
Erde Hamar
Sulphur Cream Promises Fast Eczema Relief
A skin specialist touts a cold cream made with sulfur for itching burning skin. It claims rapid relief from eczema irritation and eruptions, destroying germs and healing skin to a clear smooth finish, available in a small jar at drug stores.
Man Tries Suicide Amid Domestic Troubles
Fred Russell twenty two of 1190 North Alabama Street attempted to end his life late Tuesday. His housekeeper smelled gas in his room and police say a letter indicated domestic trouble as the motive. Russell was revived by officers and taken to city hospital. Meanwhile Selig Dry Goods employees elected G A Millett president of the Selig Mutual Benefit Association and held the annual banquet Tuesday night.
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Fred Russell
Alabama St
Mattie L. Metzger
Tooley
Russell
City Hospital
Selig Dry Goons Company
G. A. Millett
Selig Mutual Benefit Association
Winter Building Buzzes Steadily
J G Watson secretary of the local Bricklayers Union notes growing winter building activity. Builders increasingly seek services and advice from union members even in cold weather, with mason contractors collaborating to solve problems for the industry.
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Im Caatia Hall
J. G. Watson
Bricklayers’ Union
Automatic Pumps and Heaters Enhance Home Comfort
The Capital Plumbing Company offers santomatic heaters for homes without them and for new homes. They emphasize dependable high grade work. Soft or well water boosts bath and kitchen appeal alongside city water, with J. B. Gardner ready to install automatic pumps.
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Capital Mimbing Company
Thirty-Fourth St
Capitol Ave
J. B. Gardner
Capital Plumbing Company
Five Room Colonial Housefront View and Plans
Front view and interior layout of a small five room colonial home praised for affordability and period accuracy. Describes ivory and mahogany woodwork, low inviting porch, living and dining rooms, French doors, corner china closets, compact kitchen, built in dressing table, two bedrooms with ample closets, and hallway linen closet.
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Littl
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