Indiana reports show Christmas shopping strong across state
A week long survey across Indiana shows business is good for Christmas trade and 1928 prospects look bright. In Anderson the Delco Remy plant will expand to employ 1000 more workers, elevators current staff to 6500. Other notes include steel mill activity in Calumet region, East Chicago terminal work, and a $75 million Jones and Laughlin steel mill contract in North Hammond. Various cities report hiring, plant expansions, and new operations.
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Indiana
Anderson
Delco-Remy Corporation
An-derson
Calumet
East Chicago
Lake Terminal
Chicago
Lake Navigation
Jones & Laughlin
Hammond
Cmpany
Mrs Leila Coffin Claimed by Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Leila Coulon Coffin will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday at the home 2829 Buckle St Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery Mrs Coffin wife of Charles F Coffin Jr died at her home after an illness of one and a half years She was born in Indianapolis taught in public schools and married in 1914 moving to Boston briefly before returning to Indianapolis She is the granddaughter of former mayor Charles Coulon and survived by her mother Mrs Gussie Coulon husband two sisters and three sons Ralph 10 Richard 6 and Frankie 4
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Leila Coulon Coffin
Buckle St
Crown Hill
Indianapolis
Real Estate Group Hosts 1917 Event at Pennsylvia Street
Realtors light up the night at 1917 N. Pennsylvnia Street with a Black Bottom dance and cigar pass. Miss Evans led the entry under the associate members committee as seven standing committees organized entertainment.
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N. Pennsylvania St
Evans
Funeral for Dr William Boggs Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Dr William Reed Boggs 73 will be held at his Edgewood home at 10 30 a m Saturday Burial will be at Greenwood He died Wednesday night after a two year illness Born Caldwell Ohio March 23 1854 he graduated Louisville Medical College in 1883 and practiced in Keiths Ohio He lived in Edgewood thirteen years He belonged to the Indianapolis Medical Society and the American Medical Association Surviving are his widow Mrs Sarah Barclay Boggs a daughter Ola Boggs Edgewood and a sister Mrs W O Keith Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Wiliam Reed Boggs
Edgewood
Greenwood
American Medical Association
Sarah Barclay Boggs
Ola Boggs
W. O. Keith
Milwaukee
Wis
Rules on Road Taxes Opinion Limits Highway Fund Credit
Attorney General Gil liam issued a opinion that the State highway commission cannot claim depository interest on daily credit balances of gasoline tax automobile license fees and Federal aid. The ruling applies to funds forming the highway fund and notes 318375.08 in inheritance tax collected before October 1 1925 not credited to the highway fund until after that date. The highway fund separated from the State general fund on that date.
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Arthur L. Gilliam
State Highway Commission
John D. Williams
State General Fund
New Plan for Sewage Plant Aims to Save City Funds
City sanitary board receives a revised sewer plan by engineer Charles H. Hurd to divert Broad Ripple and northside sewage to the main disposal plant. The substitute connects far north sewers to Fall Creek and West Indianapolis interceptors, costing about 200 000 and serving ten years before further expansion.
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Broad Ripple
Far North Territory
City Sanitary Board
Charles H. Hurd
Hurd
Northern Territory
North Side
Fall Creek
West Indianapolis
Kessler Blvd
Little Eagle Creek
Brandy Bottles Fetch $60 Each In London Sale
A London sale reports several bottles of brandy dating to 1789 the opening year of the French Revolution sold for $60 a bottle. The item highlights extreme liquor pricing amid historical distillate values.
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London
United States
Flood Control Financing Sparks Bipartisan Clash
The disagreement centers on who should pay flood protection costs. Army engineers and President Coolidge favor state participation with roughly 20 to 30 cents per acre annually for ten years, while Rep Frank R Reid and much of Congress push for government funded rebuilding.
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White House
Congress
Coolidge
Army Engineers
Frank R. Reid
Illinois
House Flood Control Committee
Reid
Army
Girl Wins First Award for Best Limerick Line
Jesse A. McClure city recreation director announced the winners of Limerick No. 18 the last limerick of the contest. Kathryn J. Wood won $5 for the first prize line and Harry W. Gluesenkamp earned $3 for second prize while Robert I. Bennett took $2 third prize for his line.
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Jesse A. McClure
Stewart-Warner
National Furniture Company
Washington St
Kathryn J Wood
Clemency for Boy Brownlee Extends Parole Thirty Days
Governor Ed Jackson grants thirty day parole extension for Emmett Brownlee 18 of 1158 Eugene Street. The youth, paroled to allow Dr Albert Sterne to remove skull pressure believed to cause criminal tendencies, resumes studies at School No 41 after successful operation. Brownlee was convicted Sept 30 1926 of automobile banditry and vehicle taking.
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Emmett Brownlee
Eugene St
Ed Jackson
Albert E. Sterne
Sterne
Brownlee
Marion
Summer A. Clancy
Indianapolis
Thirtieth and Ra
Seek to guard banks deposits by federal insurance plan
Congressman Edgar Howard of Nebraska says a bill to insure national bank deposits will be pressed this session. He notes 125 national banks with 47.9 million dollars in deposits suspended last year and cites Nebraska’s state law as a model. Congressman Charles Brand of Georgia also advocates insurance for national bank deposits.
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Washington
Congress
Edgar Howard
Nebraska
Federal Reserve Board
Howard
Charles Brand
Georgia
Federal Reserve Bank
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Bloomington
McDoel
Monon
Showers Brothers
Furniture Mart
Bloomington Limestone Company
Seymour
Vincennes Packing Company
Indiana Truck Corporation
J. W. Stephenson
Freigt
Ohio River
Arcadia
D. C. Jenkins Glass
Hartford City
Overhead Door Corporation
Louisiana
New Trade
New Orleans
Leila Coffin
West
Washington Street
Realtors
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Irene Evans
DR. Boggs
Gilliam
Highway Commission
Strauss
U. 8S
Gregg
Indiana Business College of Indianapolis
Muncie
Logansport
Kokomo
Lafayette
Columbus
Richmond
Vincennes
Ora E. Butz
Fred W. Case
Pana
Pennsylvania
Vermont
First Door
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