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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
12
The Bourbon Banking Company and First State Bank announce a merger forming a single local bank. The move consolidates services under one institution and will affect customers across Bourbon. Local leaders note improved efficiency and stability through the union.
At the AAAS convention in Philadelphia experts report human life expectancy has risen about thirty years from 42 to 72 due to better safety and living conditions. Other findings cover infantile disease control, skull studies, Mars temperatures, heredity versus genius, crime causes and costs, and calls for increased federal support for pure scientific research.
Police hunted a youthful thief nicknamed the cat who robbed six women and abused them on Chicago's west side over months. In three hours before a massive search, the robber netted about $400 and two diamond rings from the victims.
Three fire companies rushed through snowy Anderson streets when a man trying to mail a letter mistook a fire alarm box for a letter box. Isolation of Ellettsville followed Monon railway’s discontinued trains. Bloomington post office starts bus mail route. Murray Gordon, Greensburg journalist, will return to thrill reporting after a knee injury from a children’s coasting incident.
The Shriners entertained children at Mu rat Temple on Tuesday afternoon led by George M. Speigel as potentate and Arthur B. Wagner as vaudeville manager. A festive program featured thrills and laughs with candies for each child and evening dancing for older family members.
A fragmented listing shows price cuts on items including Peter Rabbits toys, Desk and Chair Sets, Red Tables, Moving Picture Machines, and other goods. The note mentions shifts from low original prices to higher or updated figures and references a basement area.
Remnants of silk and cotton offered at half price while 300 yards last. Black sateen items also advertised at a special tomorrow sale. Bleached and unbleached toweling featured among the offerings.
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