Chime Crusade Nets d2 Over the Weekend
Police booze squads the sheriff and Federal officers raided and arrested twenty six men and six women for operating blind tigers during weekend raids. A 100 gallon whisky still and 400 gallons of mash were reported at a house in Lafayette Heights where Jesse Jones 26 of Danville Ind claimed ownership. Albert Barnecio 31 of 2128 W Michigan St was alleged Jones partner. Nine men and three women were arrested Sunday with details including Joe Hawkins 23 George Wilson 23 Edward Lewis 50 Isadore Koby 19 John Sanders 42 Leon Cades 29 Nick Bardas 24 Fleet Mosley 39 and Sam Clayton 71. Hotels also raided with two bottles found in N C Nichols Colonial Hotel room and small whisky in a room at Simms Hotel and three bottles of wine at Brevort Hotel. no arrests at the latter.
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Prohibition
S. Ninth St
Lafayette Heights
Jesse Jones
Danville
Ind
Jones
Albert Barnecio
Michigan St
Geraldine Green
Y Wivides St
Mary Bardas
S. West St
Blanch Hicks
Utica Bt
Joe Hawkins
S. Hamilton Ave
George Wilson
Martindale Ave
Edward Lewis
Prospect St
Isadore Koby
N. Capitol Ave
John Sanders
Fountain St
Leon Cades
S&s
N. C. Nichols
Virginia Ave
Colonial Hotel
Poliice
Simms
S. Illinois St
Brevort
Indian Squaw Saves Baby From Timber Wolf
Beaver Creek Minnesota December 18 A mother Indian squaw saved her four year old from a hungry timber wolf. The family dog joined the defense as the wolf attacked the child. The mother fired a single shot from a .38 revolver hitting the wolf in the hindquarters and the elderly father aided in subduing the animal.
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Beaver Creek
Minn
Frank Baker
Joe
Baker
Mistress of Seas Is Attacked by Subject
London dispatch notes rapid sea erosion affecting the British Isles with urgency for sea walls. Southern Yorkshire coast loses two million tons of shingle and sand annually while Lincolnshire has 120 acres of farmland overtaken by sea water. Lowestoft reports 106100 tons of beach sand washed away monthly and Ramsgate cliffs eroding. Kent coast encroachment at fifty feet per year.
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United News
London
British Isles
Yorkshire
England
Lincolnshire
Lowestoft
Ramsgate
Kentish
Pickpocket Strikes at Union Station in Logansport
T C Johnson reports near Union Station a pickpocket stole his purse containing 27.50 dollars and two checks. John Doe police report lists the incident as a burglary of personal property in Logansport.
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T. C. Johnson
Logansport
Union Station
Judge frees man as wood alcohol bottle shown in court
Judge Wilmeth surveyed a bottle of wood alcohol taken from Joe Sanders of 2179 Fountain St. Sanders, 45, faced a blind tiger charge and drunkenness. The judge dismissed the tiger charge and fined Sanders five dollars plus costs for drunkenness.
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Wilmeth
Joe Sanders
Fountain St
Sanders
City council passes six transfer ordinances and clerical changes
President Bernd announced no delay in approving six transfer ordinances tied to a discharged engineer in the city’s payroll totaling about 74000. A bicycle license fee cut for children under 16 will be introduced, along with a jewelry sale ban and a jaywalker ordinance including fines and jail time. Bernd warned the walker rules may be killed once new traffic regulations are prepared.
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Engineer's Department
Theodore J. Bernd
Bernd
Calvin Fletcher
Legal Department
Mile Square
Santa Claus Visits Alumni Party with Hospital Friends
Santa Claus loaned his dolly to his friend Charles Kidwell for a photo, as Nellie Richards, Helen Miller, and Cleo Hart joined the party. The event and gifts were provided by the Alumni of Kappa Alpha Theta.
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Charles Kidwell
Charles
Nellie Richards
Helen Miller
Cleo Hartsook
Kappa Alpha Theta
Burglars Strike J C Schultz Market Again
Police probe a second break in at the J C Schultz meat market at 2208 Shelby Street. Thieves stole a check book and a fountain pen valued at 5 dollars and left no obvious clue.
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J. C. Shultz
Shelby St
Schoolboy dies at desk in Jeffersonville classroom
James Dickey eleven died at his desk in a Jeffersonville, Indiana, school. Miss Lucy Herbert, the teacher, saw the boy bent over as if asleep. Coroner Froman M. Coots ruled heart disease. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dickey, had recently moved from New Washington to Jeffersonville.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisvile
James Dickey
Lucy Herbert
Froman M. Coots
John Dickey
New Washington
Local woman named to federal position
Miss Adelaide S. Baylor of Indianapolis has been appointed chief of the division of home economics by the Federal Board of Vocational Education. The post is among the highest for a woman in government service. Previously she was deputy state superintendent of public instruction and earlier superintendent of public schools at Wabash.
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Adelaide S. Baylor
Indianapolis
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Miss Baylor
Wabash
Foley Kidney Pills Advertise Quick Relief From Bladder Pain
Henry Williams of Tarkio Montana describes severe bladder pain and an operation as doctors diagnose bladder inflammation. He credits Foley Kidney Pills with immediate improvement and urges others to try them to avoid surgery, noting the product is sold everywhere.
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Henry Williams
Tarkio
Montana
Woman Prays in Court to Avoid Rent Order
Mrs. George Braun of Newark was ordered to pay rent or move. She then set a table with lighted candles and water, removed shoes, and began to pray in court for over 30 minutes. Her husband joined, Greek icons on the table, before police removed her for observation.
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New York
George Braun
Newark
Woodmen Initiate 500 at Tomlinson Hall Event
Modern Woodmen of America began a class of 500 initiates at Tomlinson Hall Saturday night with John D. Voltz, national director, presiding. M. T. Wright received an emblem ring for his appointment as district deputy for southern Indiana.
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Woodmen of America
Tomlinson Hall
John D. Voltz
M. T. Wright
Indiana
Favors Registry To Spot Crooks
Mayor Shank proposes ordinances to curb stolen goods sales and bootlegging. A Quebec model would require pawnbrokers to collect three photos from borrowers, with copies to police and attached to pawn tickets. Garages would report renters and car details. repairers must name owners to police.
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Shank
Quebec
Canada
New Listing Bureau To Hold Inaugural Meeting Tomorrow
The Multiple Listing Bureau will hold its first meeting tomorrow at noon in the Chamber of Commerce building. Discussion will cover general operation of the system. Real Estate Board officers were to be elected this afternoon at the Lemeke Building during a board of directors meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lemeke
Canal Dragged for Body of Widow in Chicago
Fifty men search the drainage canal for Mia Kate Mitchell Trostell, a pretty widow who vanished from her Chicago home on December 2. A vanity case found on the canal bank prompted renewed efforts by authorities.
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United Press
Chicago
Mia
Kate Mitchell Trostell
Pain Reliever Ad Promotes Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement touts a safe pleasant tablet for headache and fever relief with a first dose easing congestion. It notes low cost and popularity with millions using the product as an alternative to quinine.
Canada’s Oct debt hits 2.37 billion dollars
Ottawa reports Canada's total net debt on October 31 stood at 2,369,759,026 dollars. The figure reflects the national financial obligation and is part of ongoing fiscal accounting.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Food costs in Indianapolis 37 percent higher than 1913
The Department of Labor bulletin shows Indianapolis November food prices 37 percent above the same month in 1913, with other cities reporting larger gains such as Richmond 56 percent and New York City 54 percent. Farm products rose 18 percent in the year.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Department of Labor
Richmond
New York City
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
British Military Ends Irish Rule in Historic Exit
Dublin reports the end of British rule in Ireland after 600 years as four transports depart the Liffey bound for England. Irish crowds greet the departing troops with a vivid show of affection while a Free State army band plays Auld Lang Syne.
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United Press
Dublin
Ireland
England
Free State Army
Court dissolves partnership in marriage tied booze case
In city court witnesses outlined a marriage linked partnership among John Grant and brothers in law Charles Drury and Dallas Voght amid blind tiger charges. Grant faced a $200 fine and sixty day State farm sentence for operating a still, Drury paid $200, Voght was discharged, and other defendants including Joe Hawkins and Geraldine Green received fines from $50 to $250 or suspended sentences.
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John Grant
Ninth Ave
Lafayette Heights
Charles Drury
Grocer
Vermont St
Dallas Voght
Evansville
Brothers-In Law
Grant
State Farm
Drury
Voght
Joe Hawkins
N. Hamilton Ave
George Wilson
Martindale Ave
Geraldine Green
Yandes St
Joseph Nicholas
Virginia Ave
William Henn
N. Noble St
Paul Busses
Tragedy on Lake Superior Claims 27 Relance Crew
Sault Ste Marie Mich Dec 18 Twenty seven men passengers and crew of the tug Reliance wrecked last Wednesday have lost their lives in the icy waters of Lake Superior mariners here believed today The men declare it is doubtful if sailors could have survived the snowstorm and gale that swept the lake yesterday and last night Nine crew members reached here after a desperate struggle through a blinding snow storm Four have been removed to a local hospital suffering from exhaustion
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United Press
Children Operate Still in Mississippi Valley
Deputy sheriffs in Hinds County Mississippi seized a forty gallon illicit whisky still near Pine Valley. Three brothers identified as Gilbert Dickey about 18 Jimmie Dickey about 14 and Chester Dickey about 12 were found with the still. An 8 or 9 year old girl was seen running behind the boys and fled frightened.
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Mobile
Ala
Hinds County
Miss
Pine Valley
Gilbert Dickey
Jimmie Dickey
Chester Dickey
Handkerchiefs of Excellence For Men At Christmas Sale
Pure linen handkerchiefs extra large priced at 5 cents and 65 cents. Linen taped and corded handkerchiefs of sheer quality at 35 cents. Ayres Men’s Store street floor offers these gifts for the holiday season.
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Ayres—Men’s
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