Cinderella No. 2 Seeks $900000 From Browning
Mary Louise Spas, adopted by Edward W. Browning two years ago, sues for $500000 alleging assault threats coercion and mental anguish in New Gardens apartment. The suit adds to Browning’s ongoing legal battles over his foster parenting and his marriage to Frances Heenan.
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United Press
New York
Browning
Edward W. Browning
Frances
Peaches) Heenan
Mary Louise Spns
Miss Spas
Dorothy Sunshine
Dorothy
Frances Heenan
New Gardens
Christmas News Roundup From Across the Nation
Santa gifts and holiday plans appear in Detroit Traverse City and New York reports. Mildred Pickett keeps her bank job after a $12000 estate inheritance. Mayor Walker prepares a $2625000 general pay raise for city workers.
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Detroit
Mildred Pickett
New York
Walker
Santa Claus
Notable Auto Thefts and Missing Opal Pin Incident
Police report several cars stolen in Brooklyn Indiana and Essex Michigan with owners Fred Clark Clarence Ostheimer and Carl Coombs listed along Market Street Pennsylvanla Washington Streets and Noble Street in Seattle a damaged jewelry window led to a missing opal pin valued as a shop theft case.
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Fred Clark
Brooklyn
Ind
Ford
Market St
Senate Ave
Clarence Ostheimer
Parkview Ave
Pennsylvania
Washington Sts
Carl B. Coombs
Michigan St
Essex
Edward Bryan
Seventy-Fifth St
Sylvan Ave
Noble St
Seattle
Wash
Arson Charge Filed Against Texas Flapper
A Texas woman Rebecca Rogers age 19 faces arson and prior robbery charges after she allegedly incited a fire at Farmers State Bank in Round Rock near Buda. She was arrested while at her husband Otis Rogers bedside as he faced a bronchial illness.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers National Bank of
Buda
Round Rock
Dean Re elected Central A A U Track Chairman
United Press from Chicago reports Charles A. Dean of the Illinois Athletic Club has been re elected chairman of the Central A A U championship track and field committee He has served in this capacity for many years.
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United Press
Chicago
Charles A. Dean
Ilinois Athletic Club
Central A. A. U
Married by four justices stir Center Township doubts
Couples married by ex justices seek guidance as municipal court law limits to one justice. Edward Dietz is the qualified official, while Wulfson Keller and others refuse to stop, with Mosley pressing to abolish municipal courts. County Clerk Losche advises waiting for the Superior Court outcome. some couples consider remarriage by a preacher amid certificate disputes.
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Center Township
Edward L. Dietz
Isidor Wulfson
Conrad Keller
Walter Glass
Alvin Mosley
Mosley
Albert Losche
Losche
Wulfson
Keller
Harry Brandt
Ruth Chappelle
Ben Davis
Ind
Peanut Barons Act After Hall Threat
City hall corridors witness a peanut trade clash as rival barons replace a glass-covered second floor machine with a silver contrivance delivering nuts for a penny or five cents. A warning warned fairness and threatened drastic action if the machine were not adjusted.
Christmas Play at Fresh Air School Celebrates Season
The Theodore Potter Fresh Air School on the Technical High School grounds presented a Christmas pageant in the annual exercises. The event featured 120 pupils in a pageant and songs with guests including Dr. Alfred Henry and Mayor Duvall.
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Fresh Air School
Santa Claughes
Chiven
Theodore Potter Fresh Air School
Technical High School
Alfred Henry
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Duvall
E. A. Graff
Herman G. Morgan
Theodore F. Vonnegut
Charles W. Kern
Carl W. Burton
Milo H. Stuart
Jeanette Williams
Technical High
Data on merger case sparks commission hearing
The Indianapolis public utilities merger case between Indian apolis Light and Heat Company and Merchants Heat and Light Company dominates a hearing on jurisdiction. Attorney General Gilliam upholds the commission’s jurisdiction while Ells begins work as secretary, amid debate over terms used in the petition and potential future appeals.
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Commission
Arthur L. Gilliam
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Merchants Heat and Light Com
Frank Wampler
City
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Community Civic Clubs
Commisson
Gilliam
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
Ells
Howell Ellis
Jackson
Ellis
Samuel Artman
Industrial Board
Dixon Bynum
Edward Rohne
Indianapolis
Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Bohne
Supreme Court
Clarence R. Martin
Coyote Ancestor Tale From Nez Perce Legend
Boise Idaho Dec 16 The NEA Service reports an old Nez Perce Indian legend says the first people were created by a coyote who vowed to kill a dragon. The coyote leaped into the beast's throat, pierced its heart, washed the blood away, and the next day the sun rose and the waters germinated producing the Nez Perce people.
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NEA
Boise
Idaho
New Pierce
Poor Relief Bill Discussed By Indianapolis Chamber Group
A proposed Marion County tax funded poor relief bill via a county public welfare board is set for discussion at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The plan would replace current county and township control and discuss closing the county infirmary and moving patients to state hospitals. Executives Borst and Beck noted informal discussion and uncertain backing.
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Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Marion County
Family Welfare Society
County Board of Public Welfare
Julietta Hospital
Community Fund
Homer W. Borst
William H. Beck
Civic Affairs Committee
Fires From Sparks and Overheated Stoves Persist
Fire crews fought blazes from sparks and overheated stoves, causing about fourteen thousand dollars in damage at the Soria and Eastern Railroad roundhouse machine shop in Washington and Greeley Streets. The roundhouse suffered mainly from water, with machinery losses. 43 runs since 7 p.m. Wednesday and 37 alarms in the prior 24 hours.
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Soria & Eastern Railroad
Washington Ad Greeley Sts
Indianapolis
Body Found in Snow Beside Sidnaw Resident
The body of Charles Beck, a Sidna w resident, was found near his home covered by a snow bank. The coroner said Beck died from exposure and cold after leaving his house Tuesday, the first fatality from cold in the Upper Peninsula this year.
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Bu United Press
Sidnaw
Mich
Charles Beck
Beck
Upper Peninsula
Middle West Faces At Least Twelve Hours More Cold
Chicago dispatch reports a three day cold spell gripping the Middle West with frigid temperatures expected to linger for at least twelve more hours. The Weather Bureau forecasts gradual moderation by tonight or tomorrow as clear skies give way to slight cloudiness. Norfolk Nebraska records the region’s coldest reading at 2% below zero.
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Middle West
United Press
Chicago
Alaska
United States
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Neb
Middlewestern
Cow Calling Champion Wins Purdue Short Course Contest
Mrs. William Yeager won the silver cow bell and cow calling championship at Purdue University’s agricultural short course in West Newton Community House. Gov. Jackson presented the title at the banquet after Yeager tied with William Edwards in the afternoon. An amateur hog calling contest also rewarded Mrs. Jackson with a tumbler of pennies. The program closed in the afternoon.
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Central Indiana
William Yeager
Purdue University Agricultural
West Newton
Governor Jackson
William Edwards
Scientific pilgrimage to total solar eclipse in Britain
Prospects of a scientific pilgrimage to Wales and northern England at the end of next June as a total solar eclipse will be visible in these parts of Great Britain.
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Wales
England
Great Britain
Bankers to Meet at Ft Wayne to Further Defense
Allen County Bankers' Protective Association will meet in Fort Wayne tonight to push state wide plans to combat bank banditry. A similar meeting will occur in La Porte Friday night as details emerge from Noblesville. Plans propose silent alarms with hidden buttons, distant sirens, road blockades, vigilante mobilization, and bank vault ventilation for safe escape and alerting police.
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Allen County Bankers’ Protective Association
Ft. Wayne
la Porte
Ind
State Bankers’ Campaign
Hamilton County Bankers’ Association
Noblesville
Frank H. Dunn
Zionsville
Far and Near Sable Island tales and oddities spill across 1926
A collage of brief dispatches reports 1926 oddities from Ottawa to New York. A Sable Island report notes a fatal horse death and one resident’s departure. a pirate fails after a fencepost incident. London’s new lord mayor laments transit limits. a mass clock sale in New York. a coyote trap capture in Paradise New York. a pawn auction bid shifts to a crippled bidder. Bedford estate raids reveal a hidden distillery. a Baltimore judge adds mic to witness box. Edison Co reports rising revenue from late-night lights. a New York judge on smiling at pretty women during separation hearings.
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Peanut Barons
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Montreal
E. W. Beatty
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Canadian Pacific
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Coyote Man
Shortridge High School
Virginia Holt
Ralph Cobb
Harold Lewis
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Iris Hollins
Monday Echo
True Blue Club
Sig Four Railroad
Harry J. Kepner
J. H. Armington
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Long Island
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Sable Island
Halifax
Wilmington
Del
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London
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