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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1928

Page

6

Death notices of Brown C C Cummings Dickinson Trendleman

Obituaries list several local deaths with ages and funeral details. Christopher Columbus Brown aged 36 of 3622 E Michigan St. buried Memorial Park. Nancy Jane Cummings aged 77 of 1412 Brookside Ave. buried Washington Park. Mary Dickinson aged 66 of 141 E Southern Ave. burial Crown Hill. Ralph Ernest Trendleman aged 31 of 2834 N Denny St. burial Anderson Cemetery. All services under Moore & Kirk.

Ida Smith Brookside Ave Washington Park Cemetery Moore & Kirk Ee Ot Dickinson Mary Cassius R. Dickinson Mary Eaton Estella Greenwood Frances Demott Minnie Gase Samuel William John Dickinson Southern Ave Crown Hill Wade Aeave G. H. Herrman Trendleman Ralph Ernest Sophia Trendleman William Trendleman Gosrt Ind Emma Cloat Clara Ellermire Alma White N. Denny St Anderson Cemetery Fren

Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and condolences

We express heartfelt thanks for kindness sympathy and floral offerings during our sadness. Special appreciation goes to the Rev Har gill local No 3 L A T S E Moore and Kirk funeral directors and Charles Dennett.

Hargill Moore and Kirk Charles Dennett

Funeral Directors and Tributes Across Local Firms

A list of funeral directors and related service firms appears with addresses such as 2226 Shelby St and 1630 N Meridian, plus phrases like A REAL HOME FOR SERVICE. The snippet includes company names, office locations, and contact lines tied to local funeral home services.

W. T. Blasengym Shelby St Drexel Finn Bros N. Meridian Home Ra George Grinsteiner Puneral E. Market G. H

Yelloway Coast to Coast Busses Ad Rates

Transportation ad lists Yelloway Pioneer Stages fares with cities and prices including Los Angeles 52 dollars St Louis 5 dollars Pittsburgh 80 cents Kansas City 10.06 Dayton 3 dollars Denver 23.50 New York 18.50. Depot Dennison Hotel Riley 2273.

Yelloway Los Angeles St. Louis Pittsburgh Kansas City Dayton Denver New York Yelloway Pioneer Stages, Inc Dennison Riley

Lost and Found Classified Items From Boston Area

A jumble of lost and found notices lists beaded bag, billfold with $90, lodge card, and rewards. a Brindle female dog named Pengy, missing, with contact hints. a diamond ring, English letters, and various pets and items with reward offers. Also includes Bungalow sale, holiday buys, and pet ads.

Lady's New York Boston North Vernon Walter C. Boyer Carrollton Purdue Jersey Fletcher American Bank Keystone Fraternity

Baby girl left on doctor's doorstep in 1888 Indianapolis

The notice reports a baby girl about two weeks old with blue eyes and light hair found at a prominent doctor's doorstep in Indianapolis on January 20 1888. The doctor took the infant to St Marys Hospital for treatment and was released the same day at 2 pm. He then argued for adoption at the Orphans Home. The writer offers to aid if they are the girl.

Indianapolis Ind St. Mary's Hospital Miami Florida Chas Leappie Baking CO

Help Wanted Classified Listing Fragments

Fragmented job ads list male and female help wanted, with multiple names, places, and phone references. includes office boy, salesman, operators, housekeeper, janitor, truck driver, upholsterer, and various trades, with contact details and brief requirements.

Rooms for Rent ALA N Pleasant 2037

A dense classifieds page lists multiple rooms for rent across Illinois Indiana Alabama and nearby areas. Descriptions include steam heat hot water private baths near car lines furnished rooms and rates ranging from 3.00 to 6.00 weekly with options for meals or garage space. Contact numbers Ta 15500 Ta 46620 Li 2821 Ha 1398 and others appear for specific locations such as CENTRAL DELAWARE MERIDIAN PENN and NORTH.

Ala Cbarh Delaware Bath Drexel Arms Hoosier Inn Mass Illinois Harbour Hotel Nice Meridian Pleasant Michigan New Jersey North M. Penn Li. Penn Satay Furn Randolph Buckle Priv M. Talbott Talbott Gar Apt Marott Hotel Agaglemans Alabama Ashland J. Broadway Furn Capitol Del Dorman Furn Bath Emerson. N J. Gracela Housekeeping Ill Kenwood Bellefontaine Biltmore Broadway Brookside Ave Euclid N Harding Irvington York Wikg Dist Northwestern Butler Sii Murphy East Madison Car Wash Pratt Meridian Winhay Fy Moynahan H. H. Woodsman & CO Fidelity Trust Ambassador Gallup Pennsylv Sts Adams Alabama N Bancroft Sez Burgess Jan Carrollton Attrac Wa Ta Chester Bunalow Coffey Concord M. Finley ST Spann CO Delaware Ri Fulton Tatawot Sonia Gladstone Graceland Gray HOYT Burgess Realty Iowa Kansas A LA Salle LEE Leeds Lyndhurst DR North W Marion West Massachusetts Psa M'Carty Meridian N Tech R. Innesota R. Mor’ W Ty Ri St. Philips Oxford Parker Prospect Raymond Ringgold Wate Rural Shelby Tacoma Udell Bown R. Warman Dial. Ri Pater

Chain of air schools seen in next year

Amelia Earhart argues a nationwide chain of aviation schools will launch in 1929 offering complete courses for sportsmen and commercial flyers. She notes current prices average 250 dollars for extensive instruction, down from over a thousand postwar, and warns against substandard instructors while urging Commerce Department approval and frequent inspections.

Times Special New York Amelia Eahart Atlantic Cosmopolitan Miss Earhart Department of Commerce American Medical Association

Giant Junkers Plane Aims For Trans Atlantic Service

The Junkers Airplane Company in Germany is building a huge monoplane named the Flying Wings. It is powered by four 550 horsepower motors and will carry up to fifty passengers. The craft features wings 120 feet long with living quarters in the wings and a built in kitchen and radio set. It is designed for flights at 20 000 to 30 000 feet with the goal of trans Atlantic service.

United Press Ashington Junkers Airplane Company Germany Department of Commerce

Cincinnati marks air mail first anniversary and flight anniversary

Cincinnati observes the first anniversary of its air mail service and the twenty fifth anniversary of human flight with a 2 pm Monday christening of three homing pigeons at Lunken Airport named Waco Monocoupe and Fairchild. The event features a simulated forced landing to Indianapolis, a birthday party at the field, cake gifts for orphanages, and displays of planes wartime photos models and open house all week.

Cincinnati T. Higbee Embry Lunken Waco Fairchild Indianapolis Aviation Committee The Chamber of Commerce

Teen Flier Richard James Wins Transcontinental Flight Prize

Richard James a 17 year old from Flushing High School arrives in New York City after completing the first transcontinental flight by a minor. He wins $1000 from the American Society for Promotion of Aviation and is greeted by Mayor Walker. He endured two sub zero legs and three forced landings with minor injuries.

United Curtiss ‘Field L. I Richard James Flushing Flushing High School New York City Walker American Society For Promotion of Aviation Young James San Francisco North Platte Neb Mercer Bellefonte

Patten Leaves Charity Half of Fortune

James A Patten wheat king who died December 8 leaves half of his estimated 20 million fortune to seven Chicago and Evanston charitable institutions including Evanston Hospital Association and Old Peoples Home. The remainder goes to his two children and widow income for life.

United Press Chicago James A Patten Wheat King Agnes Patten Wilder Santa Barbara Cal John Lowrie Patten Evanston Ill Amanda Patten Evanston Hospital Association Old Peoples’ Home of Chicago Boy Scouts Council United Charities of Chicago Glenwood Manual Training School of Chicago Northwestern University Patten Monmouth College Monmouth

Weather report from Indianapolis airport at 9 30 am

At Indianapolis airport the 9 30 am weather shows a south wind 6 mph barometric pressure 30.37 inches sea level no ceiling and no visibility.

Indianapolis

Navy flier earns Schiff trophy for flight hours record

President Coolidge awarded Lieutenant James E. Dyer of the San Diego naval air station the Herbert Schiff trophy for the navy aviator with the most hours in the air without accident or injury. Dyer logged 1,251 hours in the year.

United Press Washington President Coolidge James E. Dyer Naval Air Station San Diego Cal Herbert Schiff Dyer

Van Camp Milk Company Incorporated With 4.5 Million Capital

FORM MILK COMPANY Van Camp Products and Packing Company today incorporated their milk business as a separate corporation to be owned as the Van Camp Milk Company with 4,500,000 capital stock. Incorporators include J. E. Gavin J. E. Kelly and E. W. Miller.

van Camp Products and Packing Company South East Street van Camp Milk Company Otto G. Fifield J. E. Gavin The J. E. Kelly E. W. Miller

Bird impaled on car door handle in Ayreka incident

A motorist entering Ayreka California reported seeing a blackbird impaled on the blunt door handle of his vehicle. The bird had struck the door while the car sped along and still clutched a grain of wheat in its beak.

United Press Ayreka Cal

Mothers Club to Host Executive Board Meeting

The Mothers' Club of the Fall Creek kindergarten under the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten Society will entertain the society's executive board from 2 to 4 p m Tuesday at the kindergarten room 903 East Thirtieth street. Mrs Paul Shertzer president will be in charge.

Mothers’ Club Fall Creek Indianapolis Free Kidergarten Society East Thirtieth Street Paul Shertzer

Steam Driven Bus Demonstrated In City

A steam driven bus with forty seats and automatic operation was tested locally. It reaches a mile per minute, costs about 2 cents a mile in fuel, and promises lower per passenger costs and smoother rides. The Automotive Syndicate Ltd backs the project with Indianapolis and Indiana participants named in the report.

Automotive Syndicatte, Ltd East Twenty-second Street Indianapolis W. J. Parrish Automtive Syndicate, Ltd D. McCall White Indiana Arthur C. Newby Walter C. Marmon G. M. Williams Lucius M. Wainwright Norman A. Perry Hugh McK. Landon Arthur R. Baxter Elmer W. Stout Paul H. White J. H. Trimble George J. Marott S. E. Rauh C. S. Rauh A. G. Snider Stuart Dean Ford Barnickel George M. Dickson Col William C. Wall Ray P. Johnson C. S. Davis Muncie Carl Bimel Portland

Indiana Estimates 1929 Revenue From Property Valuation

Indiana budget committee reports 1929 estimated state revenue 12,360,527 from a property valuation of 5,128,852,645. Disbursement splits include 6,112,186 to the general fund and 3,809,760 to school levy with other allocations to teachers retirement, World War memorial, Dunes state park, and more. About 300,000 polls are collectible of an estimated 515,000. The general fund balance is projected at 6,112,186 with a 1,351,594 remaining.

Indiana State Budget Committee Board,of Agriculture Dunes State Park George Rogers Clark Memorial State Department

Man Bites Chief. Milford Officer Sentences Five Years

Georgetown Pa December 15 report says Robert Manual bit Police Chief James Courtneys of Milford during arrest. He has been sentenced to five years in Newcastle county workhouse.

Georgetown Robert Manual James Courtneys Milford Newcastle County

Judge confronts subpoena as he weighs defense plea in Dunn case

Judge Knut Collins faces a potential conflict after being subpoenaed to testify in the Dunn case while he had denied a change of judge. Attorney Clinton Givan accuses bias. Collins denounces the motion as improper and says the matter will be ruled Monday. The situation worsens as Collins learns he must preside and may hear his own testimony.

Riminal James A. Collins Collins Clinton H. Givan Paul S. Dunn Ivan Dunn Coffin Republican Party Givan Clarence Clegg

New Electric Chair Promises Slimming Benefit

London reports a newly exhibited electric chair claimed to extend life by slimming users. Shown at the Royal Horticultural Hall exhibition in Westminster, it offers ten minutes of vibratory massage equated to an hour of riding or other strenuous exercise, intended for fashionable fitness.

United Press London Royal Horticultural Hall Westminster

Three Executed in Illinois Electric Chair Murder Case

Joliet Illinois December 15 three men a Chippewa Indian and two Negroes died in the electric chair at the state prison for the murder of William Beck a Lake county farmer. Claude Clark was first pronounced dead at 7 18 am John Brown followed at 7 28 am and Dominic Bressetti at 7 37 am.

United Press Dominic Bressetti

Weight Reduction Bulletins Offer Four Guides

The Washington bureau promotes a four bulletin packet on weight reduction covering General Weight Reduction, Reducing Particular Parts Diet, Food Values and Calories, and Proper Proportions in the Body. Send 15 cents or stamps with name and address to CLIP COUPON HERE Weight Reduction Editor Washington Bureau 1322 New York Avenue Washington DC. I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times.

Washington New York Avenue Washington, DC United States

Kellogg Pact and Navy Bill Up In Senate

In Washington the Kellogg anti war treaty and the naval cruiser building bill dominate the agenda as the second week of the short session ends. The Senate plans to take up the naval bill Monday while daily sessions push the treaty to the floor.

Paul R. Mallon United Press Washington Congress Congressional Senate Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Saltis the Beer King Returns to Chicago in Custody

Chicago’s famed beer baron Saltis surrendered to police after 208 days at large. He had fled after a May fine and sixty day Bridewell sentence for carrying a concealed weapon. Saltis claimed ill health and treatment in Wisconsin and Canada. His alcohol empire dominated Chicago’s south side.

United Press Chicago Polack Joe" Saltis Saltis Law Bridewell Wisconsin Canada South Side

Women delay liquor sentences to after Christmas

Two Indianapolis women Mrs. Lelia Richardson and Madge Gross obtained permission to postpone starting their sixty day liquor sentences until after Christmas in federal court. Judge Baltzell set the new date for January 2. Other local liquor sentence details include Joseph Hawkins ninety days Arthur Rice thirty days Albert D. Gillaspy three hundred dollar fine Richard Thompson sixty days and additional Jeffersonville residents receiving liquor charges.

Robert C. Baltzell Indianapolis Lelia Richardson North Noble Street Madge Gross Baltzell Joseph Hawkins Irving ‘Place Arthur Rice Williams Hotel Albert D. Gillaspy Spann Avenue Richard Thompson Jeffersonville Laurel

Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms and Apts for Rent City Wide

The ad list offers numerous rooms and apartments for rent across multiple streets and neighborhoods. Units include furnished and unfurnished spaces with kitchens, baths, heat and water, some with garages, at weekly or monthly rates. Numerous addresses in Ohio, Indiana, and nearby areas are advertised with varying sizes from single rooms to five rooms.

Krieger H. H. Woodsman & CO Dhone Li

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