Two O Siers In List Of Mexican War Survivors
United Press reports three full squads of nonagenarians remain from the Mexican War era with two Hoosier survivors Uriah Gasaway Reelsville Ind and Samuel Leffler St Paul Ind aged 95 and 90 plus other veterans scattered across Texas Indiana Oklahoma and Illinois. Pension records show a rapid decline from 49 veterans last year to 24 today. Oldest listed is James M Holmes Owensboro Jr private in the Texas Rangers aged about 190. The list includes Amasa Clark Bandera Texas John Woedigz Granite City Illinois Thomas A Kirk Milano Texas Levi Flowers Pawnee Oklahoma Daniel Gonder Kippes wa and Oliver J Stongh Santego.
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Washington
United States
Pension Bureau
James M. Holmes
Owensboro
Texas Rangers
Amasa Clark
Bandera
Texas
John Woedigz
Granite City
Til
1St
Dragoons
Thomas A. Kirk
Milano
Texas Mounted Volunteers
Levi Flowers
Pawnee
Okla
Missouri
Harmonie li to Give Yearly Christmas Party
Harmonie Club plans a Christmas party for about 300 city children under Mr Hassler care. The 1:30 pm event Saturday at Mansur Hall includes Yuletide songs, solos by Constance McCullough and Henry Marks, a recitation by Mary Ellen Cooper, and refreshments with gifts around a Christmas tree.
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Hassler
Mansur Hall
Washington and
Alabama Sts
Harmonie Club
Constance McCullough
Mary Ellen Cooper
Henry Marks
James M. Pearson
Presi
War veterans and German auto market notes
The list names numerous U S Army and Navy personnel with ages from 91 to 95 and origins from Maryland to Texas, including private and fifer ranks in multiple regiments. A separate line notes sixty motor vehicle manufacturers and 1,900 dealers in Germany.
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Germany
Talbot Presents Cincinnati Symphony With Rafaelo Ditz
On Monday night at the Murat Orchestra conductor Ona BEB Talbot leads the Cincinnati Symphony in a Mendelssohn choir program with Rafaelo Ditz of the Metropolitan Opera as soloist.
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Ona
Beb Talbot
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Rafaelo Ditz
Metropolitan O Pera
Indiana University Seeks $50,000 Stadium Suit
Indiana University trustees sue Detroit Fidelity and Surety Company in federal court seeking $50,000. The claim alleges Hedford Steel and Construction of Bedford Ind failed to fulfill the contract for the university stadium and built an unsubstantial structure with concrete flaws. Detroit company allegedly denied liability while the university already paid $59,000 of the $101,050 contract.
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Detroit Fidelity and Surety Company
Detroit
Mich
Hedford Steel and Construction Company
Bedford
Ind
Indiana University Stadium
University
Jumps University
Wealthy Man Dies By Own Action In Indiana
South Bend a coroner investigates the death of Joseph Luther 48 a wealthy businessman who placed a gas tube in his mouth and fired a bullet into his temple the flash of gas burning his face left him nearly unrecognizable no motive given Luther is named as cousin of Edward Fogerty warden of Indiana State Prison.
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South Bend
Ind
Joseph Luther
Luther
Edward Fogerty
Indiana State Prison
Poultry Prices Steady Amid Freight Blockade
Indianapolis dealers report no price surge from New York live poultry embargo. Dressed poultry remains steady with live turkeys at 50 cents per pound and dressed at 60, chick ens 38, live 30, ducks 40 dressed 35 live, geese 35 dressed 30. No disease fears amid inspection of shipments.
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New York
Indianapolis
Beatrice Creamery Company
Sherley V. Eads
Paris Court Rules Against Gould in Hosiery Charge
In ARIS on December 18 a Paris court sustained Frank J. Gould's refusal to pay for sixty five pairs of stockings charged to him by Edith Kelly Gould, his former wife, finding the monthly total excessive for one woman.
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United Preas Aris
Paris
Frank J. Gould
Edith Kelly Gould
Disease spread linked to loading in cars on barges
Eads notes the disease has not appeared in consignments from farmers and is generally believed to be contracted after loading in cars, suggesting the risk arises during transport rather than origin.
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Eads
Indianapolis
San Francisco Cuts Motor Fatalities 14 Percent in Seven Months
San Francisco reports a 14 percent drop in motor fatalities for the first seven months of 1924. Officials credit stricter enforcement and public safety campaigns as drivers adjust to new traffic rules.
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San Francisco
School Hack Dragged Forty Feet by Locomotive
Thirteen school children escaped death when their school hack was struck by a freight train near New Albany Indiana. Maynard 10 Kenneth 8 children of Chad Wolfe and Mary 10 daughter of Thomas Murphy were only slightly hurt. Driver Charles Batley 66 was cut about the face. The bus was carried forty feet along the track.
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New Albany
Ind
Maynard
Kenneth
Chad Wolfe
Mary
Thomas Murphy
Charles Batley
Stolen Autos Report From Local Addresses
Automobiles reported stolen from multiple local addresses. BR. T. Dirtel at 2019 N Meridian St owns a Ford taken from the same address, Harry Stansbury of 1527 W Ohio St reports a Ford stolen from Capitol Ave and Ohio St, Steve Anderson of 1992 Hoyt Ave reports a Ford taken from Madison Ave and Prospect St.
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BR. T. Dirtel
Meridian St
Ford
Harry Stansbury
Ohio St
Capitol Ave
Steve Anderson
Hoyt Ave
Madison Ave
Prospect St
Automobiles Found At Several Indiana Addresses
Found vehicles include a Ford touring car license 540582 at 840 S Capitol Ave Lynn Huckston Lebanon Indiana a Ford at 314 E New York St Jewell McNabb 3707 N Meridian St a Chevrolet at 627 KE Vermont St Bert Dovey 1899 FE Washington St Maxwell a Ford at Pine St and Fletcher Ave Tan Wagner 928 Madison Ave and a Ford at New York and Meridian Sts.
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Helang
Ford
Christmas entertainment by Statehouse Women’s Republican Club
The Statehouse Women’s Republican Club hosts a Christmas event tonight at the YWCA. Mrs. Vivian T. Wheatcraft of Whiteland will speak. she is the Republican State vice chairman for the Fourth district, president of the Indiana Women’s Republican Club, and assistant State fire marshal.
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Statehouse Women's Republican Club
Vivian T. Wheatcraft
Whiteland
Fourth District
Indiana Women's Republican Club
Former Auditor Dies in Indiana at 85
Emanuel Burgett 85 Civil War veteran and former Clinton County auditor died Wednesday night at his daughter Mrs Frank Wisenhart’s home near Nobesville. Funeral services were set for today in Frankfort.
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Times
Nobsesville
Ind
Emanuel Burgett
Frank Wisehart
Frankfort
Clinton County
Healed His Rupture Without Operation
A carpenter from Manasquan New Jersey describes ruptures cured without surgery using a remedy called Veera. He claims rapid relief with no lost time and offers to share details by writing back.
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Eugene M. Pullen
Carpenter
Marceille Avenue
Manasquan
N. J
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