Indiana Tax Policy Slam: Budgets Rise Despite Cost-Cutting Claims
Harry Miesse of the Indiana Taxpayers Association reports 1928 budgets for towns, counties, and the state rose by 8.88 percent to 10,160,149 while some counties cut levies. He notes 1924 to 1926 fluctuations, state levy reductions, and bond disapprovals. several counties show major budget decreases including Marion and Vermilion.
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Indiana
Harry Miesse
Indiana Taxpayers Association
Lake County
Vanderburgh County
Knox
Posey
Marion
Vermilion
Randolph
Allen
Miesse
Oil stove explosion kills two men on New Jersey farm
In Elizabeth New Jersey an oil stove exploded in a barn on the farm of William Ansien nes. Two men Steven Brown 6 and Joseph Hart 30 were killed and Joseph Getin 49 of Boston was badly burned while attempting a rescue.
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Bu United Press
Elizabeth
N. J
William Ansien Nes
Steven Brown
Joseph Hart
Joseph Getin
Boston
Elephant Diamond Returns Home After Kansas Tour
Diamond the six ton elephant, who wandered five days through six Kansas counties as a posse pursued him, is finally back at Honey Bill Newton's barn. He caused broken fences, stray livestock and frightened farmers before being cornered near Kincaid and surrendering to two veteran elephant handlers.
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United Press
Garnett
Kas
Diamond
Kansas
Newton
Kincaid
Coolidge Not So Troubled By Lame Duck List
President Coolidge may face fewer troubles placing defeated Republican Senators in new roles. Ernst of Kentucky and Lenroot of Wisconsin plan to resume law practice, Pepper of Pennsylvania will return to law, and Wadsworth of New York may not need a job. Cameron of Arizona and Means of Colorado may receive appointments, while McCumber has taken the Joint Commission post and Butler will stay as RNC chair.
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Tim S. Wyat Reau
Washington
Coolidge
Ernst
Kentucky
Lenroot
Wsconsin
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Wadsworth
John W. Harreld
Oklahoma
Ralph H. Cameron
Arizona
Rice W. Means
Colorado
Cameron
Old Guard
Means
Senate
International Joint Commission
P. J. McCumber
North Dakota
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Two Window Thefts Raise City Theft Concerns
Police investigated two downtown window smashings as thieves fled with loot including a trumpet saxophone and $225 value, another break in at Schlusser Meat Market yielded $10 in meat, and a jewelry theft valued at $868. An auto crash linked to suspects prompted one arrest and police sought another man. Additional burglaries included a home break in for gold pieces and revolvers, barber tools stolen from a shop, and clothing plus Christmas gifts taken from a residence.
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John Volderauer
Fuller Ryde Music Company
Ohio St
J. B. Stear
Schlusser
Clifton St
O. E B. Felts
Congress Ave
Hamilton Jewelry
Meridian St
Austin Selch
Warman Ave
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio Sts
Tuller-Ryde
Selch
Wabash St
New York St
Bradley Ave
Sheridan Hawkins
Julian Ave
E. L. Lockwood
College Ave
Andrew J. Blake
Illinois St
Frank Bruse
Apt
Sixteenth St
Central Ave
Man Drinks Muratic Acid, Burns Reported In Belding
George Reese, while surveying an old building site once a saloon, drank muratic acid from a found jug. He is recovering at home with severe internal burns. doctors say his condition is not serious.
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United Preas
Belding
George Reese
Reese
Walks Impassable at Udell and Ethel Streets
Samuel A. Johnson of 520 Udell Street reports impassable sidewalks at the Udell Ethel Street intersection due to a mud hole from paving overrun by rain. Neighborhood children have tried filling it with boxes, brooms, and debris, raising concerns about safe automobile passage this winter. Johnson pleads for city street repairs to avoid being mud bound.
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Samuel A. Johnson
Udell St
Ethel St
Johnson
Two Drivers Face Hit Run Charges In Municipal Courts
Two drivers charged with failure to stop after accidents in municipal court. Lieut. Frank Mallory reports Athol Witt, 36, struck at 200 Massachusetts Ave. Jake Chinton, 26, faces intoxication and reckless driving charges after hitting parked cars at 766 Concord St. Injuries reported from a separate train crossing collision involve Halfacher and passengers.
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Frank Mallory
Benjamin Hrrison
Athol Witt
N. Dearborn St
Massachusetts Ave
Jake Chinton
New York St
Hhis
Clifford Mills
Joseph Minsky
Concord St
Harry Halfacher
Bethel Ave
Pennsylvania
Louisville
FE. Raymond St
Halfacher
Ines
Only Jesus Saves at Elm Tree Saloon Site
The building once housed the Elm Tree Saloon on Delaware Street now houses Wheeler City Mission bearing the motto Only Jesus Saves. A sidewalk marker notes the former saloon site with Rom 5 20 while readers recall past days of cheap sandwiches and beer replaced by prayer meetings and Salvation work.
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Jesus
Wheeler City Mission
Elm Tree
Gold Bridge Rising Over Rogue River at Gold Hill
NEA service reports a gold bridge being built over the Rogue River at Gold Hill Oregon. Pier foundations rest on gold quartz and workers carry grains of gold. A large gold yield is anticipated from gravel and crushed rock from the river bed during concrete pouring.
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NEA
Medford
Ore
Rogue River
Gold Hill
Stolen Automobiles Listed From Several Homes
Police report lists stolen cars and owners across Indiana and Michigan street pairs. Walter Anderson from Langsdale Ave and BE Michigan St George A Clouse from Market and Pennsylvania Sts Hubert Powell from 700 Weghurst St Olive Eake from Ohio and New Jersey Sts Omar Nieley from Meridian and New York Sts Singer Motor Company from Vermont and Meridian Sts.
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Po Uce
Walter Anderson
E. Eleventh St
Ford
Langsdale Ave
Michigan
George A. Clouse
Broadway
Chrysler
Market
Pennsylvania
Hubert Powell
Franklin
Ind
Weghurst St
Cunt Haughey
Sheridan
Buick
Oriental
Olive Eake
Oaklandon
Ohio
New Jersey
Omar Nieley
Clifton St
Meridian
New York
Singer Motor Company
Sanborn
Vermont
Automobiles Found Belong To Local Residents
Cars located by police include a Chevrolet found at Pine and Washington belonging to C. L. Bentz of Anderson Indiana and another vehicle found at Eleventh and Ahland Avenue belonging to Mrs Olive J Pasho of 1902 North Talcott Hudson.
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C. L. Bentz
Anderson
Ind
Pine and
Washington Sts
Olive J. Pasho
N. Talcott Ave
Hudson
Eleventhh St
Ahland Ave
Robbery at Milo Hoppe Jewelry Store in Gary
A lone bandit smashed the Milo Hoppe jewelry store window in Gary on Tuesday night and fled with 3000 dollars in diamonds as shoppers filled the streets. When approached by pedestrians he fired a shot from a revolver but no injuries were reported.
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Timea
Gary
Ind
Milo Hoppe
Births and Parents at Local Methodist Hospital
Birth records list several newborns with parents and locations including Earl and Elsie Beckhorn at 1142 Tiradd and Vanda Williams at 1526 Beata Hl Pini. Other entries include Clark Blakes, Jack Berger, Robert Brown, Norris Cunningham, and twins Charles and Rebecca Creach born at 17 N Key Stone bore.
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Elsie Beckhorn
Tiradd
Vanda Williams
Beata Hl
Pini Clark
Giney “Ay
Marie Bowman
Wil Wiliam
Eva Bohenkamp
Methodist Hoan
Lalu
Clark Blakesseh
Bee
Jack Andie Berger
Robert Anna Brown
L, Norris
Margarette Cunningham
Rakemeyer
Harry
Mar Mullinex
Lock Jaceoh
Lorna Brooks
Ralston
Hegavede
Evelyn Hensley
David and
Rea Glazier
Gco
Mary Leppert
WN. Mount
Hehe A
En Freund
Fleming
Wreck at Union Station Yards Injures Dozens On Beeper Concourse
A switch misalignment caused a head on collision between a Big Four passenger train and two Pennsylvania coaches pushed by a switch engine near East St. and the Belt Railroad. About thirty people were injured, four seriously. Names of twenty three injured were released, with most hospitalized.
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East St
Belt Railroad
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beaver Products Company
Atlanta
Chicago
Carl M. Adams
Williamsburg
George T. Eshman
Asheville
N. C
Methodist Hospital
Eshman
Adams
Raymond Ross
W. Washington St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Burney Miles
Negro Porter
Covington
City Hospital
Austin Haverly
Lynn Jt
Bell Tracks
G. A. Logue
S. McKim Sr
Haverly
John Volderauer
Big Four
Panhandle
Ross
W. H. Reasner
F. J. Hines
N. Grey St
Hines
Earl Singleton
Manker
Union Station
End of Isolation Comes as American Investors Grow
Washington dispatch argues small American investors now hold nearly 11 billion dollars in foreign bonds and will influence policy. It notes widespread ownership from teachers to farmers, with bonds issued by Argentina, Belgium, Japan and others, and cites Dwight Morrow’s Foreign Affairs findings on buyer balances and the shift away from isolationism.
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Indianapolis Red Cross relief fund tops 2830
The Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross reports a relief fund totaling 2840 for the Francisco mine. More than 1000 has been received since Tuesday with Patoka Coal Company and Zion Evangelical Church each giving 100. Home service director Eugene C. Foster, returning from the stricken area, urged Indianapolis to keep the need in mind during Christmas.
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Indianapolis Chaptee
American Red Cross
Patoka Coal Company
Zion Evangelical Church
Eugene C. Foster
Home Service
Indianapolis
Fragmentary OCR list of names and occupations
A garbled register of people with ages and occupations such as mechanic, farmer, waitress, a house keeper, and various partial addresses. The text lists Paul, Schmidt, Loree Macdoneall, Raymond Watson, Jackson Apts, Bessie Colbert, Ryland Halfaker, eo Chapman, Jeasie Gibson, Geeta Bleade, and Phiri with scattered numbers and roles.
Deaths list from city hospital and streets in late item
A mixed death notice list records multiple individuals with ages and causes including pulmonary tuberculosis uremia bronchopneumonia acute dilatation of heart cerebral changes edema and arteriosclerosis. Names include Charlies N Kesternon Caroline Lemmen Miranda Southard Eleanor Brown Frank Everling Jared Frankenfiel Mary Elizabeth Healy Eshelman Curtis Sarah L Wooley and Polly Ann Stevenson along with addresses and locations such as Central Indiana Hospital Nowland Guilford and N Sherman Dr.
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N. Hmerton
Caroline Lemmen
Central Indiana Hospital
Miranda Southard
B. Verpiont
Uremig
Eleanor Brown
Frank Everling
Cor
West and
South Sts
Jared Frankenfiel
Pennsylvania
Mary ‘Elizabeth Healy
Station
Uejonn Becough
Soun Organ
Nowland
Uise Eshelman
Pleasante Kun Va
Guilford
Cerebart
John F LirStand
Lord
Robert Brinson
Te Nichola
Birch
Polly Ann Stevenson
N. Sherman
Hansas Maconnett
Motive in Buda bank robbery puzzles Rogers circle
Rebecca Bradley Rogers an Amarillo attorney's wife is free on 5000 bond after a Habeas Corpus hearing about the Farmers National Bank of Buda robbery. An employee testified a girl forced entry into a vault with a pistol and escaped with 1000 dollars. Friends remain puzzled over motive and possible reasons behind the crime.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Otis M. Rogers
Amarillo
Farmers National Bank of
Buda
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