Street Railway Announces Madison and feeder bus Service Start
Indianapolis Street Railway Company will start bus service on Madison Ave from 6 am Tuesday. Buses will run south from the Circle on Meridian St to Union St Palmer Madison Ave and Southern Ave to Papoleon St with a return trip the same. Fare 10 cents plus 1 cent transfer. feeder coaches will have street car fare with free transfer.
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Madison Ave
College Ave
Keystone Ave
Fifty-Second St
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Circle
Meridia St
Union St
Palmer
Southern Ave
Papoleon St
Congress Faces Tax Cuts and Broad Debates for Session
Congress opens with a single clear aim seen as tax reduction though battles loom on Mellon plan in the Senate. Debate ranges over farm relief world court coal tariff railroads prohibition waterways and related measures with uncertain outcomes.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
World Court
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Farm Bloc
International Court
League of Nations
Coolidge
Drive to collect 1000 books for Franklin Masonic Home library
Home wives of Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge members organize a drive to gather one thousand books for the Franklin Indiana Masonic Home library. The goal is to prepare the collection by December 14 for Christmas delivery, with Mrs. Edgar T. Shaneberger and Mrs. John C. Stenley in charge.
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Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge
Franklin (Ind.) Masonic Home
Edgar T. Shaneberger
John C. Stenley
Ada La Page Poison Attempt After Domestic Quarrel
Mrs Ada La Page of 303 West Vermont Street is in city hospital today suffering from self administered poison taken Saturday in an attempt to end her life. Police said her husband Leo La Page reported she took the poison after a domestic quarrel.
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Ada la Page
Vermont St
City Hospital
Leo la Page
Cascarets Laxative Ad Claims Quick Health Boost
An old advertisement promises relief from headaches dizziness and digestive discomfort. It touts Cascarets as a gentle laxative that stimulates the liver and bowels with no griping, claiming to make users look and feel clean and refreshed.
Grief Follows Theater Accident In New York
Miss Mary Parabula a 36 inch tall 37 pound Bohemian from New York sustained a broken femur after a theater incident at Keiths. She was treated at Methodist Hospital where doctors expect a three month recovery. The crowd of performers continued their show despite her injury.
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Methodist Hospital
Singer
Keith’s
Mary Parabula
New York
Rosare Eggleston
Keith's
Miss Parabula
William Gabe
E. B. Munford
Jamess
McBride
Parabula
Dr. McBride
Couple Held After Trip East in Auto in Akron
Mrs. Maude Culbertson and Fred Hoop were arrested in Akron Ohio after traveling in a supposedly stolen Ford from Indianapolis with four children. Hoop faces charges of wife and child desertion and vehicle taking while Culbertson is charged with vehicle taking. Culbertson seeks to return to her husband Merle Culbertson of Indianapolis.
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Maude Culbertson
Marion County
Fred Hoop
Akron
Ohio
Indianapolis
Sam Joseph Irwin
Terrace PI
Hoop
Crossings Tragedy Ends In Death Of Driver
Gary Indiana December 7 Virgil Catout aged 18 died after a grocery truck stalled on a crossing while attempting to beat an electric train. The crash occurred at the crossing and the truck was struck by the train.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Virgil Catout
Highlights of Coolidge Farm Speech
United Press reports from Chicago on December 7 summarize President Coolidge's farm address. He advocates cooperative marketing to aid farmers without government takeover and stresses agriculture as a key to future prosperity and better living standards for those in farming communities.
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United Press
Chicago
Pleasent Run and Bean Creek sewer assessments appealed
Oral arguments were heard today before Special Judge James M. Berryhill in Cr** Court regarding appeals from the board of works assessments on property owners for the Pleasant Run and Bean Creek interceptor sewer project. More than 200 taxpayers contend the assessments exceed benefits.
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Board of Works
Pleasant Run
Bean Creek
James M. Berryhill
Creult Court
Indianapolis Employee Takes Post in Philadelphia Prohibition Unit
J Hodges an employee in the Internal Revenue department for two years left Indianapolis today to become a distillery inspector in Philadelphia joining the prohibition enforcement department.
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Internal Revenue Department
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Dead Driver Faces Drunkenness and Blind Tiger Charges
Passersby believed Harry Brown of 3346 Graceland Ave was dead after slumping behind the wheel at 3025 N Capitol Ave. Police found a half pint of liquor on him and charged him with drunkenness driving while drunk and blind tiger. George David of 240 E Pratt St was charged as well for liquor found at a poolroom. Roscoe Campbell, poolroom proprietor at 827 W New York St, surrendered after police arrested William McGlynn at 109 Blake St on a blind tiger charge.
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Harry Brown
Graceland Ave
N. Capitol Ave
Blind Tiger
George David
E. Pratt St
Charles McCultcheon
Bates St
Roscoe Campbell
Fund Inquiries Resume Into Duvall Myers Campaigns
Marion County grand jurors resumed their probe into campaign contributions for mayor elect John L. Duvall and defeated Democratic nominee Walter Myers. The inquiry, ordered by Prosecutor William H. Remy, follows a report showing funds to the Duvall for Mayor Club from local corporations, later labeled as personal contributions. Three corporate heads have been subpoenaed.
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Marion County
John L. Duvall
Walter Myers
William H. Remy
William Sheaffer
New Albany Men Held On Liquor Violation Charges
Albert S. Jones Edward Endris and Henry Ernstberger operators of a New Albany soft drink shop were arrested by Federal prohibition agents over the weekend. Forty eight pints of home brew two gallons of whisky and two quarts of white mule were seized from Jones place, agents said.
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Albert S. Jones
Edward Endris
Henry Ernstberger
New Albany
Jones’ Place
Divorces in Indiana near one fifth of marriages in 1924
Washington reports Indiana recorded 36,308 marriages in 1924, down from 40,971 in 1923, and 7,212 divorces, down from 7,303. The divorce to marriage ratio rose to about 20 percent, worse than the national trend of seven marriages per divorce in 1924.
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Times
Washington
Indiana
Department of Commerce
Military drill ban demanded in colleges and high schools
A pamphlet endorsed by about sixty prominent Americans including Senators Borah Norris Shipstead and La Follette calls for removing military training from high schools and compulsory training from colleges and universities. It lists Indiana University Purdue University and DePauw University as compulsory programs, notes elective status in Indianapolis high schools and Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute.
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Washington
Borah
Norris
Shipstead
la Follette
Indiana University
Purdue University
de Pauw University
Indianapolis
Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre Haute
War Department
Plenty of canned corn available this year
Commerce Secretary Hoover reported canned corn production totals for the year. Canners packed 24,320,000 cases vs 12,131,000 last year. Indiana produced 2,225,000 cases in 1925, up from 846,000 in 1924, ranking fifth behind Iowa Illinois Maryland and Ohio. Iowa led with 4,105,000 cases.
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Times
Washington
Commerce
Hoover
Indiana
State
Iowa
Illinois
Maryland
Ohio
Boy Hunter Dies in Accident Near Hazelwood
Ennes Milhon aged 16 died in Hazelwood Indiana from an accidental shotgun discharge Sunday. He was running a trapline when the gun snagged on a wire fence and went off.
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United Press
Hazelwood
Ind
Ennes Milhon
Coolidge Endorses Co Op Path for Farmers
President Coolidge favors cooperative marketing and farm loans over tariff revision or price fixing. He argues government corporations would harm cooperatives and farmer independence, citing $1.2 billion in loans to 350 thousand farmers and $2.5 billion in cooperative handling of farm produce. He notes tariffs aid agriculture and industry together.
Slayer Expects Acquittal in Iowa Murder Trial
Louis Bruey 60, aroused by his daughter Edna's alleged dishonor, shot 18-year-old Sam McNeese at his Airfield farm. Bruey was released on $15 000 bond by Justice Court as the trial opened on a murder charge. He says the jury will not convict him.
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Iowa
Louis Bruey
Bruey
Sam McNeese
Edna
Justice Court
McNeese
Bryson Postmaster Reappointment Backed by Association
The Pennsylvania Street Business Association adopted a resolution urging the reappointment of Postmaster Robert H Bryson and also urged that R Walter Jarvis be retained as park superintendent by Mayor Elect John L Duvall.
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Robert H. Bryson
Pennsylvania Street Business Association
R. Walter Jarvis
John L. Duvall
Richmond stores watched by police for holiday shoppers
Richmond police added ten men and women to the force to watch for shoplifters as stores filled with Christmas buyers. Extra precautions were taken to curb theft in crowded shops in Richmond Indiana.
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United Preas
Debate at Upland In Dual Meet Between Colleges
Springfield Ohio December 7 Wittenberg College will meet Taylor College Upland Indiana in a dual debate on December 11.
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Springfield
Ohio
Wittenberg College
Taylor College
Upland
Ind
Tire Punctured 857 Times Proves Airless Tire Claim
An advertisement by Mr. O. B. Nelson of Mitchell South Dakota claims a tire puncture proof coating or device tested on a tire punctured 857 times without air loss. He asserts it increases mileage and prevents tire troubles, and seeks agents to demonstrate samples.
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Nelson
Logan Building
Mitchell
South Dakota
Rheuma Offers Quick Relief or Money Back for Rheumatism
A newspaper advertisement claims Rheuma cures rheumatism in any form or refunds the cost. It warns rheumatism can affect the heart and urges immediate use, directing readers to Haag Drug for purchase. The offer promises fast relief or money returned with no red tape.
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Haag
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Cape Cod Canal
St. Lawrence Waterways
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OLD Trails Automobile Insurance Assn
Riley
Jackie
Dale
Mrs. Culbertson
Morris
Willis
W. R. Beard & CO
Senators
Washinoteo
Ureau
New Park Avenue
Doan
Dean
George Loudewn
Marion Ave
Wither
Foster Milburn Co
Mtg. Chemists
Buffalo
Boy Hunter
Bryson
Pennsylvania
Richmond
C.ukvore
Marion County State Bank
East Market ST
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