Indian origin traced back to stone age by Hrdlicka
Nashville dispatch reports Dr. Alex Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian presenting a new origin for American Indians linking their ancestry to Cro Magnon Europe. The talk ties skull shapes and burial practices to early Europeans, while Dr. C. C. Little urges genetic research on mice for human problem solving. Scattered notes mention animal analogies and snail shell finds in North American archaeology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Europe
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Alex Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Hrdlicka
Siberia
America
C. C. Little
University of Michigan
Association
Little
Indiana Day Law Plan Tested in First Case
Jesse Soughers, 44, is the first arrest under City Judge Sam Becher's plan aimed at easing the Wallace decision. Police raid on his Terre Haute home found liquor. he is held on $1,000 bond awaiting trial. If convicted, the plan could be adopted statewide, affecting searches under the dry law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Jesse Soughers
Sam Becher
Wallace
Indiana Supreme Court
Soughers
Dozen Dishes Sold by Hoosier Bring $800
A Crawfordsville family finds Santa delivered a shocker when a collector paid 800 for twelve old blue Staffordshire dishes from the Mayer pottery of England. The set, owned by farmer Ernest BeM, includes eleven plates from the New York series and a North Carolina platter. Mayer's back mark confirms authenticity and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ps United Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
Des
Santa Claus
Ernest Bem
Here
T. Mayer Pottery
England
Mayer
New York
North Carolina
Wilde Gets Post Case Refers Creditors to Referee
Creditors of Indianapolis Post Publishing Company are referred to Carl L. Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, after Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell ruled the firm bankrupt. Obie J. Smith is named receiver. Proceedings began when Metals Refining Company Mergenthaler Linotype Company and Lanston Monotype Company filed the initial petition in Federal Court. R. Hoe & Co. of New York has filed to recover machinery including a press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Post Publishing Company
Carl L. Wilde
Robert C. Baltzell
Wilde
Metals Refining Company
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Lanston Monotype Company
Obie J. Smith
Baltzell
R. Hoe & Co
New York
Demand Paved Road Seeks State System Inclusion
John D. Williams and state highway commissioners will inspect an eleven mile section of the Harding highway from Rochester to Akron in Fulton County. Citizens petition to include the road in the state system and pave it soon, with right of way sixty feet wide key to state paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Williams
Rochester
Akron
Fulton County
Third Medal Awarded for Heroic Rescue of Child
Leonard A. Schneider of Morris Street received multiple honors after rescuing a six year old girl from an oncoming car on September 29. The Purina Foundation in St. Louis awarded him a Puma hero medal and Rev. John Dowley presented it at St. Catherine's Church. His Boy Scout troop donated a cup and the police department also recognized him with a medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Schneider
Morris St
Purina Foundation
St. Louis
John Dowley
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church
Police Department
Stick to Zone Law Promoted by Indianapolis Mayor
Mayor L Ert Slack urged strict enforcement of zoning rules to keep residential and business areas distinct. He called for no variances in localities and criticized past planning errors that harmed the city’s layout. Slack will name successors to plan commission leaders Gustav Schmidt and J H Atherton. current members are Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ert Slack
Slack
City Plan Commission
Indianapolis
Gustav G. Schmidt
Plan Commission
J. H. Atherton
Former Hoosier With Missing Plane Party
Fred Koehler once lived in Portland and worked as a dawn mechanic for the Chevrolet plant. He is one of three men traveling with Frances Wilson Grayson aboard the Dawn, the missing plane. Grayson, a former Muncie woman, sought an expert mechanic through Koehler’s employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kohler
Portland
Dawn
Bu Times
Ind
Fred Koehler
Frances Wilson Grayson
Muncie
Dawn. Koehler
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet Automobile Company
Grayson
Koehler
Estella Koehler
Kirby Watson
Ere
Reed Faces Hit-Skip Charge In Massachusetts Ave Crash
James C. Reed of Box 44 is to face Municipal Judge Dan V. White on charges of failure to stop after an accident and assault and battery after allegedly striking Everett York 31 of Mickleyville Ind in the 3600 block of Massachusetts Ave Tuesday York, injured, remained in serious condition at city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Reed
R. R. J. Box
Everett York
Mickleyville
Ind
Massachusetts Ave
Dan V. White
Reed
York
City Hospital
Return of Special Police Badges Ordered by Safety Board
The safety board ordered all 1927 special police badges returned and urged department heads to revoke city employee badges. Wearing obsolete badges after January 1 will trigger charges of impersonating an officer. The board aims to curb badge numbers in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Safety Board
Fred W. Connell
Lafayette deaths as car struck by Monon train
In Lafayette Indiana on December 28 Ver ey Shoup aged 50 of Lafayette and Loeb aged 45 near Dayton were killed when their car was struck by a Monon passenger train at a crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
City Engineer orders wholesale shakeup at department
City Engineer A. H. Moore backs a complete reorganization and dismissal of nineteen staffers. The Board approves the plan with new appointments to chief clerk chief inspector clerk and senior inspectors all listed as Democrats. Several transfers and promotions follow including Sherman Hendricks and Edna Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board For Works
A. H. Moore
L. Ert Slack
Badger Williamson
Pennsylvania St
Frank Milholland
William H. Hall
Windsor St
A. J. Middleton
R. O. Merrick
Central Ave
R. F. Pickens
Carrolton Ave
Homer S. Blont
N. Walcott Sr
Williamson
Merrick
Shortridge
Hall
Bell
Pickens
Samuel O. Pickens
Indiana State Bar
State Highway Department
Blount
Jacob Koster
Sherman Hendricks
Edna Robinson
Civil Service Revival Expected From Slack
Mayor L Ert Slack may restore police and fire civil service after fire department reorganization. Civic leaders urge restoration, noting civil service was ended before former Mayor John L. Duvall resigned. Slack favors civil service rules for officers but not major appointments and opposes a $450000 bond for a new Gamewell system due to city finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ert Slack
William H. Book
Chamber of Commerce
Federation of Civic Clubs
Civil Service
John L. Duvall
Slack
Margaret Tibbs Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Mrs. Margaret N. Tibbs of 4800 Michigan Rd files in Federal Court listing liabilities of 57033 and assets of 458. Liabilities mainly from accommodation paper signed in 1926 for ex-husband Maurice Tibbs. Assets include six to eight copyrights on short stories valued at 8, miscellaneous books 50, and clothing items including ring radio and linen totaling 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret N. Tibbs
Michigan Rd
Maurice J. Tibbs
Inspections Start for Lodging Houses and Theaters
Building Commissioner W. A. Osborn issued an order requiring operators of rooming houses hotels theaters and film exchanges to file for re inspection before January 1. Annual inspections are required before permits to operate. Lodging houses with six or more rooms must file applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Osborn
CapitoT Loan Co Ad Promises Quick Refinancing
An advertisement for Capitot Loan Co at 141% E Wash pledges low cost confidential debt refinancing with repayment as you earn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitot Loan CO
E. Wash
Hold-up at Michigan Street drugstore nets $67
Two masked bandits robbed Edward Remmetter druggist at 2101 E Michigan St on a Tuesday night. They entered the store as a customer asked for merchandise, then produced a gun and forced the cashier to open both registers. About 75 cents remained and was later taken by the robber returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Remmetter
E. Michigan Sr
Remmetter
Walsman Named Business Director After Board Meeting
Contracts for School 84 at Fifty-Seventh Street and Central Avenue were awarded with Service Construction Co getting the general contract for 148 935 dollars. Heating by Freya Brothers and electrical by Harrison Electric were approved along with Strong Brothers for plumbing. The board approved renting space at Northwood Christian Church to relieve two half day classes and named Lewis Whiteman and Fred Kepner to replace retiring members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave
Albert F. Walsman
Walsman
Ure M. Frazer
Service Construction Company
Brown & Mick Company
Brown & Mick
Freya Brothers
Harrison Electric Company
Strong Brothers
Northwood Christian Church
City Council to vote on Gamewell bond for police fire
President Claude E. Negley set a Thursday special session to clear the books before 1928. Council plans to kill the proposed 450000 dollar bond issue for a new Gamewell electrical system serving the police and fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Negley
Gamewell
Stolen Cars Listed by Owners and Models in City Area
Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to multiple owners including W. J. Puller at 1335 Kentucky Ave with a Chevrolet 17 782 from Capitol Ave and Ohio St, Paul Hanks at 1143 Olive St with a Ford 545 287 from Palmer St and Barth Ave, Grover McNew at 402 Tibbs Ave with a Chevrolet 546 310 from North and Superior Sts, and others including Arthur Ford, William S. Henry, Co. F. Eveleigh, Chevrolet Motor Company, Victor Dudack, and more with various makes and serial numbers listed from several streets and intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Puller
Kentucky Ave
Chevrolet
Capitol Ave
Ohio St. Paul
Grover McNew
Tibbs Ave
North
Superior Sts
Lawrence River
Brownsburg
Ind
Ford
Arthur Ford
Churchmann Ave
Noble and
Walnut
William S
Georgia
Illinois
Chevrolet Motor Company
Monumental
Maryland
Victor Dudack
Nordyke Ave
Overland
Senate Ave
Washington Sts
Automobiles found belonging to local residents
Police report cars found belong to Rev. J. D. Johnson at 1912 Boulevard Place Nash, Rev Humble at 306 West New York, H. S. Mackey at 4309 Central Avenue, and Ford at 130 South Capitol Avenue plus Chevrolet at Illinois and Maryland Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Johnson
Boulherd
Nash
Massausetts Ave
Humble
New York
Chevrolet
Illinois
Maryland
H. S. Mackey
Central Ave
Ford
S. Capitol Ave
Remus Sanity Trial Opens In Cincinnati
George Remus former millionaire rum runner appeared before Probate Judge William H. Lueders as a sanity hearing follows a murder trial in which a jury acquitted him on grounds of insanity. Alienists testified Remus is dangerous and not safe at liberty while others supported his sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cincinnati
George Remus
William H. Lueders
Imogene
Remus
Charles H. Elston
Lueders
H. H. Hoppe
David Wolfstein
Lueder
Dr. Baker
George Conners
Dodge
Franklin L. Dodge
Conners
Renus
Girl Fights Intruder in Home on Ralston Ave
Miss Mildred Paris, 16, reading alone at 4922 Ralston Ave, fought off a large man after he seized her as lights went out. Her screams drew neighbors Mrs. C. A. Scott and Harry McDonald, and the intruder fled the scene Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Paris
Ralston Ave
C. A. Scott
Harry McDonald
Hastings Chess Congress Opens Near Hastings Battle Site
Eighty players including Vera Menchik gather for the Hastings Chess Congress at Hastings Town Hall. The event runs through January 6 under city sponsorship near the historic battle site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EU United Press
Hastings
Vera Menchick
London
Oldest Wells County resident dies at 98 in Bluffton
Bluffton Indiana December 28 Mr Adeline Dailey 98 longtime Wells County resident dies at the home of her son Jesse Dailey six miles northeast of Bluffton She had lived in the county seventy five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Bluffton
Ind
Adeline Dailey
Wells County
Jesse Dailey
Here
Directors of defunct Indiana savings group liable for funds
Superior Judge Linn D. Hay found that directors of the Indiana Citizens Savings and Loan Assoc were responsible to repay 29677.88 to the receiver Harry L. Klager. Directors named include Charles J. Orbison Leslie D. Clancy Walter Lesaulnier Edgar Hart and Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Citizens Savings and Loan Association
Indiana
Harry L. Klager
Linn D. Hay
Charles J. Orbison
Imperial Klaliff
Klondlium
National
Ku Klux Klan
Leslie D. Clancy
Walter Lesaulnier
Edgar Hart
Adjt
William H. Kershner
Plane Crash Near Hicksville Injures Two
An Army Curtiss Falcon flying from Washington to Mitchel Field crashed in a farmer’s field near Hicksville New York Tuesday night. Major Fred Martin and civilian passenger Roy Ives were both slightly injured. Martin was part of the around the world Army flight and attempted a forced landing due to heavy mist and a missing beacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hicksville
N. Y
Washington
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Fred Martin
Roy Ives
Here
Martin
Mitchell Field
Home remedy Pinex cough cure praised in ad copy
An old advertisement promotes a home cough remedy using 2½ ounces of Pinex in a pint of sugar syrup or fried honey. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours for coughs, chest colds, bronchial issues, and hoarseness, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Historian Herbert D Foster Dies at Cornwall Ball
Dartmouth College history professor Herbert Darling Foster, 64, died suddenly while dancing at a hotel ball in Saint Ives Cornwall. Foster was a leading New England historian and co author of a widely used Syllabus of Modern European History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Herbert Darling Foster
Dartmouth College
Saint Ives
Cornwall
Foster
New England
Jury to reconvene to finish La Grange bank failure probe
U S grand jury returns 200 indictments naming 347 persons and will resume Thursday to wrap up the inquiry into the First National Bank of La Grange failure. Witnesses including bank examiners and La Grange residents testified. other indictments include postal theft and liquor and counterfeiting charges against several individuals in Indiana communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
First National Bank of
la Grange
Clyde A. Walb
Herman A. Blackman
Marion
Michael Tuscala
Carl Branning
Albert Subherm
Fr. Wayne
George A. Scott
Ft. Wayne
Watt Domkowski
William Carroll
Joe Usevich
Paul John
Mike Petro
Andy Ambrus
John Kovach
Bertha Ambrus
Chicago
Fletcher English lease eyed for Market Circle Realty project
Negotiations underway for Fletcher Savings and Trust Company as co trustee with Mrs. William E. English to sign a ninety nine year lease on the Hotel English block site. Market Circle Realty plans a 5 million structure with annual rent around 45000. Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bush ordered the lease after a hearing on Mrs. English petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
William E. English
Monument Circle
Captain English
Market Circle Realty Company
Mahlon E. Bush
Trust Company
English
Bush
Henry Hornbrook
Prosecutor Hosts Dinner for Grand Jurors in Probe
Emsley W. Johnson hosted a farewell dinner at his home for grand jurors prosecutors and newspaper men as they prepare to submit their final report to Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Guests included Judge Collins John W Holtzman William J Mooney jurors Madden Wangelin Hill Thiele Bernhoehr and officials Remy Sheaffer Niblack Litz Coats Carll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emsley W. Johnson
New Jersey St
James A. Collins
Judge Collins
John W. Holtzman
Johnson
William J. Mooney
John J. Madden
Harry J. Wangelin
Ross Hill Jr
W. O. Thiele
Charles Bernhoehr
William H. Remy
William H. Sheaffer
John L. Niblack
Leo M. Litz
the News
Horace M. Coats
the Star
Charles Carll
The
Times
Double Funeral Rites In Columbia City For Mosher Couple
In Columbia City Indiana on December 28 double funeral services were planned at United Brethren church for Floyd Mosher and his wife killed Monday night by Newman Harper who then killed himself. Harper’s funeral was held today. Authorities pursue a theory that Harper’s unrequited love for Mrs. Mosher sparked the double murder and his suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
United Brethren Church
Floyd Mosher
Newman Harper
Manchester
Harper
Mansfield
Mosher
Rich Hunters Are Lost In Chicago Suburbs
Police in six northern Chicago suburbs aided by Boy Scouts two air planes and Coast Guard boats searched for Alexander Maitland 25 and his brother in law Robert Case 14 who vanished after a duck hunting trip. Maitland son of a wealthy Negaaunee Michigan man wore a raccoon overcoat and carried about $100. Scouting groups combed swamp and marsh while planes and boats scoured Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Coast Guard
Alexander Maitland
Robert Case
Maitland
Lake Michigan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scientist
Watson Davis
Science Service
Mouse
Man
B. B. Fulton
Iowa State College
North America
George L. Collie
Beloit College
Boy Slayer
Edward Hickman
Pendleton
Ore
Los Angeles
Marian Parker
San Francisco
Asa Keyes
City Boy Hero
City Board of Safety
Shakeup
Moore
Negley
Carroll County
Delphi
Lloyd Kimble
Daniel Sink
Kimble
H. J. Sommers
Sommers
Tne
Harry Chamberlin
Orbison
Kershner
Clancy
Judge Hey
Round World Flight
Duuin Te
Dartmouth
Enyland
U.S
la Grange Bank
Mountain Valley
Mountain Valley Carbonate
Schnull & Co
Hoosier Drug Co
Mountain Valley Water Co
Mountain Valley Water
Mountain Valley Ginger
Hot Springs
Ark
Main
Traugott
Raugott
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!