Hoosier Briefs and Local Notes Across Indiana
A mosaic of short items from across Indiana: Goats raised for dairy as one man's business start. a bank policeman in Muncie admired by a girl and mother. Bloomington paves a mile of Jordan Avenue for 139000. Greencastle prophet of the Redmen. Vincennes teachers raise funds to lure Brown Shoe to town. Mary E Edwards seeks divorce after 48 years. Greensburg names Ira Rigby county pike superintendent. Evansville’s young girl’s oldest pet parrot at 45 years. Boonville dairyman George Lutz touts a hen cackle theory. Noblesville’s Walter Hunt announces candidacy for Re- . Frankfort boy Charles Thompson Jr loses part of arm in clothes wringer accident. Boonville dairyman Louis Poehlein recalls late cow’s milk taste. Egypt’s tractor imports surge with 280 last year, mostly American and British.
More Judges Needed Sorely in Prohibition Case Flood
Federal judiciary faces a flood of prohibition cases as pending dockets rise from 22 380 to 25 334 by June 30 1925. The report by Mabel Walker Willebrandt urges nine new federal judges along the Atlantic seaboard and higher salaries for US attorneys and assistants to restore efficiency.
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United Press
Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Department of Justice
Sargent
Atlantic Seaboard
Congress
United States
River rail terminal for Evansville planned by Kelly Ax and Tool
United Press reports that the Kelly Ax and Tool Company of Charleston West Virginia has purchased Ohio River frontage to build a river rail terminal at Evansville Indiana. The first unit will have 200 foot river frontage and will connect railroad cars with river barges with city engineers approving the plans.
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United Press
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kelly Ax and Tool Company
Charleston
West Virginia
Ohio River
Rotary Growth Cited at Local Luncheon Program
Rotary International operates clubs in thirty two nations and plans further world expansion. Ben Sherwood of Bedford district governor spoke at a neighborhood luncheon Tuesday, with Ed Pottlitzer of Lafayette also addressing attendees.
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Rotary International
Ben Sherwood
Bedford
Ed _ Pottlitzer
Lafayette
Dr Blosser's Remedy for Catarrh Promoted in Ad
A home remedy for catarrh claims to use medicinal herb and berry smoke delivered via a pipe or cigarette to reach head nose throat and lungs. The ad asserts safety and family suitability and directs readers to order a trial package by mail from The Blosser Co in Atlanta for ten cents.
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Blosser
Dr. Blosser
Blosser Co
Atlanta, Ga
Whooping cough blamed for thousands of child deaths
A 19th century notice reports 6,822 annual deaths from whooping cough in the United States. It urges relief with Dr. Drake's Glesco, claiming the remedy lessens attack severity and shortens illness, endorsed by physicians and sold by druggists with satisfaction guaranteed.
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United States
Drake
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Ira Rigby
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Margaret Kuehne
Eorge Lutz
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Noblesville
Charles Thompson, Jr
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