Damage claim over theater incident at DePauw game
About 200 to 300 DePauw students rushed Granada theater after a basketball win over Earlham causing damage to the front and balcony. Walter Bidwell says refunds were given and the show stopped. Damages may be billed to the Student Council. free shows for students have been canceled.
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Timea
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
Granada Theater
Walter Bidwell
Earlham College
Bidwell
Vonderschmidt Amusement Company
Granada
Bloomington Mayor Elect Finishes Appointments for Jan 6 Inauguration
Bloomington Indiana announces mayor elect Joseph H Campbell has finalized city department heads for the new term including health board with secretary Dr Robert C Rogers and doctors Holland Smith. Campbell keeps fire chief Carl Carpenter and street commissioner Edward Johns. New cemetery sexton John Bullivan and city hall custodian Edward Thomas named. Police board selects Frank Bates Roy Pike Oscar Cravens with Earl Chew as police chief and a list of officers named.
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Bloomington
Ind
Joseph H. Campbell
Board of Health
Robert C. Rogers
Frank Holland
Rodney Smith
Campbell
Carl B. Carpenter
Edward M. Johns
John Bullivan
Sexton
Rosehill Cemetery
Edward Thomas
Frank G. Bates
Roy O. Pike
Oscar H. Cravens
Earl Chew
Len Southern
Frank Robinson
Curt Barracks
Russell Deckard
Robert Rayle
Otis Fiscus
Alva Flynn
Oscar Myers
Ernest Matthews
Claude Myers
New March Dedicated to Veteran Musician Harry Crigler
Bloomington veteran band director Harry Crigler is honored as K. L. King of Ft. Dodge Iowa dedicates a new march to him titled Pageantry. King captions the circus style piece as a tribute and includes a copy with a personal note praising Crigler and his organization.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry Crigler
K. L. King
Crigler
King
Barnum & Bailey
Grace Paulson seeks legal death ruling for Fred Walker
In Hamilton circuit court at Noblesville Indiana Grace Paulson files to have Fred Walker declared legally dead. Reported missing since 1922 after leaving Elkhart with three children. She asks appointment of an administrator to distribute his estate funds to the children.
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Vimes
Noblesville
Ind
Grace Paulson
Hamilton Circuit Court
Fred Walker
Elkhart
Walker
Mother of 14th Child Born to Franklin Wilson Family
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson of Columbus Ohio area near here welcomed a baby girl weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces. It is the fourteenth child in the family with ten living, and the mother is 43 years old.
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Raw Times
Columbus
Ind
Frank Wilson
West of Here
Cupid Thrice Balked Wins Cupid License
Berton J. Andrews and Miss Alvade Olin finally received a marriage license on their fourth application in Valparaiso Indiana. The bride was initially underage, then consent was secured from her Bath Michigan parents and Andrews obtained age consent after prior refusals.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Berton J. Andrews
Alvade Olin
Bath
Mich
Andrews
Christmas Spirit Quirks and Small Town Christmas Acts
Multiple Christmas themed items unfold across Indiana towns. An unknown man repays a 1916 theft with five dollars and a note to La Porte contractor Prank J. King. Santa gives haircuts to grade schoolers in Shadeland. A candle burns Santa’s whiskers at a Lafayette party. Slot money from five machines goes to three orphanages by court order. Plymouth’s American Legion plants a twenty foot Christmas tree for local gift distributions.
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Aporte
Ind
Ohio City
J. King
la Porte
Lafayette
Santa Claus
Optimist Club
R. H. Carr
Vansville
Charles P. Bock
Lymouth
American Legion Post
Marshall County
H. J. Samuelson
Donaldson
Legion Post
Plymouth
Hoosier Salon Fund Grows With Bloomington Support
Donors from Indiana University and Kiwanis clubs join individuals and organizations in boosting the sixth Hoosier salon prize fund. Over $5,000 pledged to date. Indiana Limestone Company offers $200 for a carved limestone piece. Harry Johnson of Bloomington Limestone Co. adds $100 for best garden sculpture and $100 for best architectural ornament.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Marshall Pielé
Chicago
Kiwanis Clubs of
Indiana
Indiana Limestone Company
Harry Johnson
Bloomington’ Limestone Company
Indiana Students Initiated Into Alpha Chi Sigma
Seven Indiana University chemistry students were inducted into Alpha Chi Sigma. New members Floyd James, David Roth rock, G. W. Stack house, Edmund L. Keeney, Dale T. Wilson, Willard W. Tryon, and William J. Johnson. Four Indianapolis alumni attended initiation services.
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Bw Times
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana’ University
Alpha’ Chi Sigma
Floyd James
David Rothrock
G. W. Stackhouse
Bourbon
Edmund L. Keeney
Shelbyville
Dale T. Wilson
Cutler
Willard W. Tryon
Monroe City
William J. Johnson
Batesville
Indianapolis
Harold W. Coles
Walter Hoover
Eli Lily Company
John R. Kuebler
National Grand Recorder
A. A. Ross
Jeffersonville High Students Pledge No Shaving
Fifty boy students at Jeffersonville High School form a club pledging not to shave until the basketball team wins a game. The team, which has played three games this season without a victory, follows a similar IU student pledge tied to football success.
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Jeffersonville, Ind
Jeffersonville High School
Indiana University
DePauw marks 3000th recital in Meharry Hall
Meharry hall hosted the 3000th DePauw University School of Music recital on December 21 1884. Professor Vernon Sheffield performed a 19th century program from the original Meharry recital by James Howe on September 29 1884 using period costumes and old gas lamps for illumination.
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Gheencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
School of Music
Vernon Sheffield
University
Meharry Hall
James Howe
Sheffield
Howe
de Pauw
Edward P Gilkinson Dies in Terre Haute at 73
Edward P Gilkinson aged 73 died of heart disease in Terre Haute Ind on December 21 193? His long claim of not being sick for 35 years is noted his career included buggy and carriage making and later the automobile trade.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Edward P. Gilkinson
Bowser Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding in Noblesville
Mr and Mrs J M Bowser marked their golden wedding anniversary at home in Noblesville Ind They have spent nearly all their married life within a few miles of their present residence They are the parents of two children Earl and Everett.
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All Times
Noblesville
Ind
J. M. Bowser
Earl
Everett
Senator Connally Not Among Snowbound Here
A man used Senator Tom Connally of Texas name to call Governor Harry G. Leslie’s office seeking relief. Authorities learned Connally was in Dallas, Texas, not among a snowbound group at William Kempt's farm in Deep River Indiana.
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Deepriver
Ind
Tom Connally
Texas
William Kempt
Harry G. Leslie
Dallas
Tex
Local Figure Billy Bringer Crushed After Auto Strike
Billy Bringer, 54, a familiar cripple on Columbus streets, is in serious condition after being struck by a car driven by Charles Long while crossing near his home. He suffered a skull fracture, ear injury, eye damage, and severe chest crushing.
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Ry Times
Columbus
Ind
Billie Bringer
Charles Long
Bringer
Grand Jury Indicts Two Incomplete Monday Burglary Case
A Lafayette youth named Joseph Davis was indicted for burglary after an attempted store entry. The nature of the other indictments remained undisclosed as no arrests had been made.
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Joseph Davis
Lafayette
Kiwanis Club Plans Visit to Riley Hospital
Local Kiwanis Club schedules a trip to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis for a charity outreach. The plan involves members collecting donations and meeting patients at the medical center.
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Rummer
Greencastle
Ind
Seeeeee i
Riley la Omnia
Indianapolis
Drunken Driving Denied An Timer Special
William Glass and James Lockard of Lafayette pleaded guilty to intoxication in WFORDSVILLE city court. They pleaded not guilty to carrying concealed weapons and driving while intoxicated. Each was fined 250 dollars plus costs on the drunk charge.
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Wfordsville
Ind
William Glass
James Lockard
Lafayette
Franklin County Farm Bureau Names New Officers
Brookville Indiana December 21 new officers of the Franklin county farm bureau are A E Meyers president Grace Conner vice president social and educational director Harry M Brier secretary and George Niedenthal treasurer in a formal installation at the bureau offices.
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Rll
Brookville
Ind
Franklin County Farm Bureau
A. E. Meyers
Grace Conner
Harry M. Brier
George Niedenthal
Death notices for Barbara E. Gipe in Cambridge City
Mrs Barbara E. Gipe died in Cambridge City at age 85. She leaves a daughter Mrs Ruben Berth of Cambridge City and three sons Frank and Park Gipe of Pershing and William Gipe of West Alexandria.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Barbara E. Gipe
Ruben Berth
Frank
Park Gipe
Pershing
William Gipe
West Alexandria
Train Wreck Near Santiago Kills Two
United Press report from Santiago Chile details a train coach overturning near the city, resulting in two deaths and three injuries. Emergency crews responded as investigators began assessing the scene and cause.
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United Press
Santiago
Chile
Here
Spinal meningitis cases reported in Columbus Indiana
Reports from Columbus Indiana indicate a virulent spinal meningitis outbreak. A child in Bartholomew County Hospital is ill, another child who died is suspected, and a third case with similar symptoms is noted. Howard Blaney, 17, a long time cripple, is hospitalized. Autopsy samples from the Acton family child are sent to state labs for confirmation. Paul Pardieck, 22, sick with facial infections and head boils, shows meningitis symptoms.
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Sneei
Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County Hospital
Howard Blaney
Joseph Acton
Blaney
Acton
Paul Pardieck
Harry Parcheck
Circus Under Hammer Seals Gentry Brothers Sale
The Gentry Brothers circus from Bloomington was sold at a receiver’s sale at the Henry County courthouse in Paris Tennessee. Equipment and animals were auctioned to satisfy claims from a disastrous rainy season and poor routing ending the show’s run. The troupe had long been famed for its dogs and ponies and once operated from Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Ind
Gentry Brothers Circus
Henry County Court House
Paris
Tenn
Gentry
Frankin Man Loses $25,000 Suit Over 1927 Crash
Thad E Houston sought damages from the city of Indianapolis and the Pennsylvania Railroad in Johnson circuit court over a Nov 12 1927 crash where his car hit a pier at an overhead crossing. He remained hospitalized three months and became a cripple from a compound fracture of his right leg. attorneys hint at an appeal.
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Franklin
Ind
Thaddeus
E. Houston
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnson
Houston
Vincennes Tourist Center Plan Aims to Boost Local Visitors
Vincennes Indiana December 21 W H Hill leads a fifteen person committee to draft a plan for a city tourist center based on Mayor Elect Joseph W Kimmell's idea. He seeks restoration of historic sites including Monticello The Jefferson home area George Rogers Clark memorial Ft Sackville Ft Knox and the Harrison mansion with a Lincoln pageant proposed for spring noting Lincoln passed through Vincennes a century ago en route to Illinois and saw his first printing press.
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Vincennes
Ind
W. H. Hill
Indiana State Senate
Joseph W. Kimmell
Kimmell
Monticello
Jefferson
George Rogers Clark
William Henry Harrison
Old Cathedral
Ft. Sackville
Ft. Knox
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Peddler Arrested For Selling Without License In Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana on December 21 Abdallah a Syrian tapestry peddler faced trouble for selling without a city license. He claimed to work for Cosma David but Hayes Better Business Bureau manager confirmed no licensed peddlers for him. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Lake Rariden called police who arrested Abdallah and warned him to obtain a license before selling again.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Yousef Abdallah
Thomas A. Hayes
Better Business Bureau
Hayes
Abdallah
Cosma David
David
Lake Rariden
Bomb case weakens Marion suspect in death
Dismissal of the affidavit charging Mrs. Erma Legos with murder in the November bomb explosion that killed her husband Andrew Legos is promised by prosecutor Edward Hays unless new evidence appears. Mrs. Legos’ attorney says she is falsely imprisoned with no evidence. Also, Mrs. Viola Thompson, 72, of Marion dies, leaving son Horace Thompson.
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United Press
Marion
Ind
Erma Legos
Andrew Legos
Edward Hays
Hays
Divorce Called Needless by Husband for 70 Years
Mr and Mrs John Pickett of Timea Special Ind celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary in eastern Indiana. He, 93, and she, 90, plan a diamond anniversary in five years with Rev William J Sayers officiating. The couple, among the oldest Quaker families here, share one son three grandchildren and eight great grand children. He says there is no reason for divorces and marriage can be extremely successful.
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Ind
John Pickett
William J.sayers
First Friends Church of
Richmond
Mr. Sayers
Indiana
Pickett
Death of DeWitt C. Livey Civil War veteran noted
DeWitt C. Livey 90 former Dublin resident died December 21. Born March 8, 1840 at New Lisbon he served three years in Company C Fifth Indiana Cavalry. Survived by daughters Mrs. Mary Swan Muncie and Mrs. Harriet Eutchison Indianapolis a son C B Livey Memphis and grandson Glen H Thompson Indianapolis.
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All Times
Dublin
Ind
DeWitt C. Livey
Company C
Fifth Indiana Cavalry
New Lisbon
Here
Mary Swan
Muncie
Harriet Eutchison
Indianapolis
Livey
Memphis
Glen H. Thompson
Man in Skirts Goes to Jail
Buddy Davis 22 from Pittsburgh was arrested in Elkhart after a motorist found him dressed in feminine clothing claiming to be a woman hitchhiker. Davis said he rode a carnival circuit and hoped a shave would aid his disguise.
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All Times
Elkhart
Ind
Buddy Davis
Pittsburgh
Davis
Tennessee
State's coal output higher in Indiana November
Indiana Business Review notes higher coal production and stone shipments in November than a year earlier. Pig iron output rose despite iron and steel cuts, while automobile and auto parts manufacturing declined seasonally. New car sales fell, used car turnover stayed near last year, and post office receipts bank clearings and advertising rose but with a narrowing gain. Flour production remained strong. Holiday buying slowed due to weather.
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United Press
Indiana
Indiana Business Review
Indiana University Bureau of Business Research
Suit Seeks $10,000 After Interurban Injury
In Anderson Indiana on December 21 Cora Bacon filed a $10,000 damage suit claiming injuries from a fall while attempting to board an interurban car. The action names the carrier as defendant.
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All Times
Anderson
Ind
Cora Bacon
Thompson Oil poised for receivership in tax case
Joseph F. Thompson, owner of Thompson Oil Co in Anderson Indiana, faces a Madison circuit court action by Archie Bobbitt auditor of state to place the firm in receivership for nonpayment of gasoline tax. Judge Morrow named Herman Dolen as receiver to manage assets and operations.
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Pu Times
Anderson
Ind
Joseph F. Thompson
Thompson Oil Company
Here
Madison
Archie Bobbitt
State
Thompson
Madison County
James M. Ogden
Indiana
Carl F. Morrow
Herman Dolen
Discord in Indiana Anti-Saloon League discussed
Reverend F W Stackemeyer of Gary denied Chicago reports of discord within Indiana Anti-Saloon League over selecting a successor to E S Shumaker. The controversy centered on Dr F Scott McBride backing Samuel Parks McNaught of Iowa, with McNaught tentatively preferred by McBride though other top contenders could be acceptable.
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Gary
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
E. S. Shumaker
F. W. Stackemeyer
F. Scott McBride
Samuel Parks McNaught
Iowa
McBridge
McNaught
Mgr. Backemeyer
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