Rites Set for F H Blackledge
Funeral services are planned Wednesday for Frank H Blackledge 69 counsel for Old Trails Insurance who died at Methodist Hospital after a three week illness following an operation. He was born November 21 1857 in Bluffton and later lived in Franklin and Indianapolis. He served as private secretary to Governor Albert G Porter 1880 to 1884 and practiced law from 1885. He was a school commissioner 1894 to 1898. Burial will be Crown Hill cemetery.
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Frank H. Blackledge
Old Trails Insurance Company
Methodist Hospital
W. W. Thornton
N. Delaware St
Bluffton
Blackledge
Albert G. Porter
Crown Hill Cemetery
Wet Chamber Will Welcome New U S Marshal in Arid Office
Alf O. Meloy, incoming United States marshal, will start duties at the year’s end as the Wet Chamber in the Federal Building houses no seized liquor. The dry basement room formerly held 330 cases of Squibb liquor valued at 80 000, now gone. Outgoing marshal Linus P. Meredith reports no liquor in federal custody. Meloy leaves the bailiff post in Superior Court Four to assume marshal duties.
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Alf O. Meloy
Apoe United States
Linus P. Meredith
Meloy
Superior Court Four
Slays Toy Gun Bandit In Chicago Robbery
Two youths using a toy pistol attempted a hold up in Chicago with a real gun hidden on a third victim. John Renzio was killed by mail clerk Robert Ray who fought back after the foiled attempt. Tony Oliver and Elma Crawford faced charges and detention in connection with the robbery.
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United Press
Chicago
John Renzio
Tony Oliver
Elma Crawford
Renzio
Robert Ray
Ray
Renzie
Watchful New Year Eve in Indianapolis Warned by Prohibition Official
Indianapolis will see a watchful New Year’s Eve as A R Harris deputy prohibition administrator says agents will patrol clubs hotels and restaurants to curb liquor violations. He warns owners who sell ginger ale or soda to aid cutting will face severe action alongside patrons violating the law. State agents will be brought into the city for the night.
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Indianapolis
A. R. Harris
Harris
Sonia Marsh in San Francisco Drama Ends in Turmoil
Sonia Marsh fled Brock for San Francisco and faces a tangled web of love betrayal and scandal. Don Stillwater returns as she confronts a past poisoned by jealousy and a murder tied to her supposed seduction. The scene closes with uncertainty as the melodrama continues.
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Sonia Marsh
Brock
San Branciece
mSonte
Kwater
Sonia
Crane
Bee
Walter
Deon
Bran
Mae
Marin County
Marsh
Jed Thames
Merz Appointed Receiver for H. C. S Cab Manufacturing
Judge Harry O. Chamberlin names Charles O. Merz receiver for H. C. S Cab Manufacturing Company after a petition by Central Manufacturing Company claiming $2,778.58 for goods. The debtor group allegedly owes over $104,000. Merz, assistant to president H. K. Grubb, posted a $25,000 bond and will operate the plant temporarily.
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Harry O. Chamberlin
Charles O. Merz
H. C. S. Cab Manufacturing Company
Central Manufacturing Company
Connersville
Merz
H. K. Grubb
Mr Fixit urged to improve streets and rail elevation plans
A reader letters page notes winter mud along Belmont Ave between Oliver Ave and Morris St and asks the city to scrape the street before freeze up. Another letter asks speedier progress on south side track elevation tied to flood prevention plans and a higher 6 cent levy.
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Fixit
MR. Fixit
Belmont Ave
Oliver Ave
Morris St
West Indianapolis
West Washington St
South Sider
Indianapolis Union Railroad Company
Pine, Cruse
Oriental Sts
Southeastern Ave
Mother Kills Baby, Takes Own Life
In South Bend Indiana on December 28 a mother Mrs Thomas Martin 47 killed her two year old daughter Betty then took her own life Hope over the sick child was blamed for the tragedy. The bodies were found by Mary 16 another daughter of Mrs Martin.
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South Bend
Ind
Betty
Thomas Martin
Mary
Martin
Illness Strikes American Concert Artists in Paris Hall
Police probe a mysterious illness that felled several American performers after a concert in Paris Latin Quarter. Pianist Beveridge Webster of Iowa and violinist Samuel Dushkin of New York fainted on stage. composer Blair Fairchild, author Florence Heywood, and others collapsed as they left. No audience members affected.
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United Press
Paris
Latin Quarter
Beveridge Webster
Iowa
Samuel Dushkin
New York
Blair Fairchild
Florence Heywood
Palo Alto
Cal
Junius Morgan
Dwight Prouty
Extradition Fight Over Indiana Murder Suspect
John Staebler, 26, charged with killing Herman Roth, 20, at a resort near Jeffersonville, seeks trial in Louisville. Staebler, who surrendered to Louisville police, argues for Indiana extradition to the same city where Roth died after being taken from the scene during a Christmas celebration at the Maple Wood Inn.
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Bu Times
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana
John Staebler
Herman Roth
Louisville
Roth
Staebler
Maple Wood Inn
Here
Traction Hits Tree in Lebanon Interurban Crash
An Indianapolis bound T. H. I. E interurban crashed into a tree in Lebanon near Len Titus home on Monday night, causing a two hour traffic delay. Twenty four passengers were shaken up but none were seriously hurt.
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Times Special
Lebanon
Ind
T. H., I. & E. Interurban
Len Titus
Five Children in a Year in Knoxville Tennessee
Mrs. John Johnson gave birth to five children in one year including a set of twins and triplets. She is 83 with a truck driver husband aged 28. The couple already has two other children. United Press reported from Knoxville and Terre Haute. A separate note from Terre Haute says John Woll, 9, may lose an eye after being shot by a friend while examining a Christmas airgun.
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United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
John Johnson
United Preas
History Test Answer Key Passages
Test answers list correct selections for a history exam. Names include Andrew Jackson Mayflower Elba Pocahontas and leaders like Joan of Arc Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin and the ironclad Monitor. It references powers France Austria and Russia and a 1215 English charter signed by King John.
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Andrew Jackson
France
Austria
Russia
John
Joan of Arc
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
Monitor
Free demonstrations help ruptured women in Indianapolis
Thousands of Indianapolis women suffer bulging rupture and seek relief. Mrs. Thompson, a national authority on corseting and supports, will demonstrate the Schulling Method for free on December 29 to 31 at Schulling Company 500 Murphy Building 82 East Georgia Street. Women with rupture or abdominal weakness are invited to call for private demonstrations, with hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5.
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Indianapolis
Schulling Company
Murphy Building
East Georgia St
Thompson
National Authority
Roosevelt Club of Lake County Incorporation Report
The Roosevelt Club of Lake County is newly incorporated with the secretary of State. Headquarters are in Hammond, Indiana. Organizers are Charles Klasner John Smithans and Joseph Ritz of Hammond. Christian Research of the Soul Church is also incorporated with Arthur Hubbard as president and the church to be located in Kendallville Indiana.
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Roosevelt Club
Lake County
Hammond
Ind
Charles Klasner
John Snithans
Joseph Ritz
Christian Reseach of the Soul Church
Arthur Hubbard
Kendallville
Autos Kill 876 Buy United Press
Chicago report says autos in Cook County killed 876 people in 1926 with four days left in the year.
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United Press
Chicago
Cook County
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Indiana Tire Sales CO
Capitol Ave
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Eka
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Osteopathic Health Institute
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N. Iliniole
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Washington ST
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