Burglary at Baldwin Piano Co Leaves $756 Missing
Detectives probe a weekend burglary at Baldwin Piano Co 18 N. Pennsylvania St. $756 stolen from a steel filing cabinet. safe had about $800 inside but burglars fled after breaking the safe combination. Porter John Lawson found the scene early Sunday. entry via rear window. amateurs' tools found in the office.
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Baldwin Piano Company
Pennsylvania St
John Lawson
Indiana Ave
Porter
E. G. Hereth
Harry Wert
S. Meridian St
Woman Blames Worry After Wandering Hours
Loretta Davenport 20 of 1327 Nordyke Ave was found unconscious on Fall Creek Blvd and Illinois St. rescued by Morris Brown and Samuel English. She said she and Edward Davenport separated Thursday and she wandered Friday to Saturday, collapsing from exhaustion at St. Vincent's Hospital where she remains in serious condition. Davenport reported a ring and watch stolen during her wanderings.
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Loretta Davenport
Nordyke Ave
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Morris Brown
Twenty-Sixth &T
Samuel English
Boulevard Pl
Fall Creek Blvd
Illinois St
Davenport
Edward
Batesville
Ind
Gloria Swanson in serious condition after infection
Paris reports Gloria Swanson lies seriously ill as infection set in after her operation. Dr Baudesws leading the case says he hopes to save the movie star's life and has summoned other specialists for consultation.
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United Press
Paris
Gloria Swanson
Baudesws
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Relief for Sick Baby
An advertisement touts genuine California Fig Syrup as a dependable laxative for infants and children. It claims the syrup moves poisons and wastes, never cramps, and warns buyers to insist on the California brand with clear directions on the bottle.
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California
Place of Hope Girls School Workers Foster Homes
Three students were recaptured after escaping the Place of Hope Girls School with one captured in Indianapolis the next day. Dr. Kenosha Sessions, superintendent, explains escapes stem from homesickness and that some girls view the school as a true home. The institution offers cottages with moderating rules, parole training, and daily routines.
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Indianapolis
Kenosha Sessions
Dr. Sessions
Sessions
Board of Trustees
Motor company sues for damages in Superior Court
Fitch-Potts Motor Car Company of Fort Wayne Indiana sues Leys Nash Motor Company of Indianapolis for 125 000 alleging damages from cancellation of an exclusive Nash agency contract for Allen and DeKalb Counties. Suit says contract was canceled February 13.
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Fitch-Potts Mtor Car Company
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Losey-Nash Motor Company
Indianapolis
Fitch-Potts Motor Car Company
Nash Cars
Allen
DeKalb
Sulit
Corrected list of miners killed in Sullivan Indiana mine disaster
A corrected death toll list from the City mine explosion names dozens of workers by name age and role across Sullivan West Terre Haute Terre Haute Jasonville Clinton and Linton including foreman mine men loaders pick miners and track layers with ages ranging from 19 to 62. Numerous workers are identified by full names and towns.
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City Mine
Sullivan
Ind
Harry Anderson
George Baird
West Terre Haute
Ross E. Boothe
James Boyle
John Brown
James Burris
Cecil Carty
Loader
John Coulins
Mike Cusack
Russell Dowdy
Pat J. Dunning
Terre Haute
Ellis Eaton
James Eller
Robert Freehan
Blaine Gibson
Jasonville
Harry Gorby
Dugger
Frank Hawkee
Pearl
HA BE
Clinton Higginbotham
Pick
R. L. Jackson
Oliver Keaggy
Everett Kelly
Earl Laughlin
Emile Lecocq
Charles McCammon
Dewitt M’clanahan
Frank Mason
Harry Maxwell
Pick Miner
Everett Metcalf
James Miller
W. H. Moberly
John Neal
Dan Pernell
Earl Robertson
Lex Robertson
John Row
Claude Sanders
Charles Sheedy
Frank Smith
John Solomon
Clinton
Arthur C
Gilbert Taylor
John Thomas
Linton
Claude BH
Trader
Silas Wagner
Philip Walters
Wayne Walters
John A. Ward
Man Hunters In City Hire Tracking Dogs By Wells
Two bloodhounds were sent to the city dog pound by D. L. Wells Secret Service for safekeeping until pens are ready at detective headquarters. The dogs, valued at about $1,000, were bought in northern Wisconsin. A one-year-old male needs training while a three-year-old female is an expert man trailer. Wells will deploy the dogs on call for aiding officials in tracking criminals.
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D. L. Wells Secret Service
Sixteenth St
Wells
Wisconsin
Slayings Blamed on Moonshiners
Police began a search for moonshiner suspects after patrolman B. J. Lovejoy and former chauffeur George Peters were killed. The bodies were found buried in a former whisky cache, covered with rubbish soaked in gasoline. A teamster who hauled 335 gallons of whisky from the cache testified they were killed for stealing the liquor.
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Bu United Press
Kansas City
B. J. Lovejoy
George Peters
Ed Jodts
Stolen Car Report Appears in City Briefs
An automobile allegedly stolen belongs to Charles Murphy of 3858 N New Jersey Street Packard License No 13830. A Ford coupe was recovered at Crescent Paper Company 211 W Georgia Street near St Joseph and Pennsylvania Streets.
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Charles Murphy
New Jersey St
Packard
Bird and
Vermont Sts
Crescent Paper Company
Georgia St
St. Joseph and
Pennsylvania
Night Watchman Dies at Hetherington Plant
Night watchman John Doe at the Hetherington and Berner Company plant on Sand and Kentucky Avenues died on duty Sunday night after informing W L Hurley of illness. Hurley called for an ambulance to City Hospital, but he was dead on arrival.
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John Doe
W. Twenty-Seventh St
Hetherington & Berner Company
Sand and
Kentucky Aves
W. L. Hurley
Bellefontaine St
Hurley
City Hospital
Coe
Kerosene Explosion Injures Couple in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on February 23 Mrs David Hodson 32 and her husband suffered severe burns when a can of kerosene exploded at their home as she tried to start a fire. He was burned while trying to beat out the flames that set her dress. Mrs Hodson is expected to die.
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Timea
Kokomo
Ind
David Hodson
Guard Officer Transferred to Rifle Course at Ft Denning Ga
War Department in Washington assigns Second Lieutenant Jacob Brengle of Headquarters Company 150th Infantry Indiana National Guard to the company officers rifle course at Ft Denning Ga from February 28 to May 29.
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War Department
Washington
Jacob Brengle
150Th Infantry
Indiana National Guard
Ft. Denning
Postmen Vote Holiday Urged at Indiana Convention
At Evansville Indiana the State convention of the Letter Carriers Association unanimously approved a half holiday on Saturday afternoons. The meeting opened with a smoker and featured remarks from Edward J. Gainor Muncie national president Lloyd Stough Kokomo state president Henry J. Geyer state secretary Victor Martin Indianapolis branch head Al Slade assistant postmaster Evansville and Charles Melhorn Connersville delegate.
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United Preae
Evansville
Ind
Letter Carriers Association
Edward J. Gainor
Muncie
Lloyd Stough
Kokomo
Henry J. Geyer
Victor Martin
Indianapolis
Association
al Slade
Charles Melhorn
Connersville
M Freely Rites Today For Dr Thomas McFreely
Body of Dr Thomas McFreely formerly of Indianapolis will be brought here for burial today in Crown Hill after funeral services at North Vernon Indiana. He died Saturday at the home of his daughter Mrs N J Inman of North Vernon. Born in Ireland in 1832 he came to America at 18. He graduated from Ohio Medical College and practiced in Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Survived by Mrs Inman a daughter Mrs Nellig Boehme 4330 Guilford Ave and a son George D Mc Freely of Terre Haute.
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Thomas McFreely
Indianapolis
Crown Hill
North Vernon
Ind
McFreely
N. J. Inman
Ireland
America
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Inman
Nellig Bo
Week-end Arrest Totals Run High In Intoxication Cases
Intoxication again led weekend arrests with thirty-two people held on drunkenness charges. Police also took seventeen women and 145 men on vagrancy manslaughter and related charges. Fifteen held on blind tiger charges, nineteen men charged with gaming and two with driving while intoxicated.
Major Vivian Gilbert to speak on Romance of the Last Crusade
Major Vivian Gilbert, author and actor born in England who served in World War I, will discuss Romance of the Last Crusade at the Masonic Temple tonight. The talk is directed by the women's auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Major Vivian
Gilbert
Masonic Temple
First Presbyterian Church
Major
England
Frank E. Howard Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Frank E. Howard 82 a retired veteran locomotive engineer found dead in his son’s home in Indianapolis will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at Flanner Buchanan chapel. Howard a Civil War food train operator for the Union Army and later passenger engineer on the Big Four Railroad was also an inspector at Beech Grove shops and a Mason with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He leaves three children a stepson and a granddaughter.
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Howard
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Helen M. Jackson
Ralph EB. Howard
Gladys M. Carr
Herman A. Robinson
Indianapolis
Jane Howard
Louis
Louis Howard
Indianapolis Times
Swedish Leader Branting in Critical Condition
Stockholm Feb 23 The condition of Premier Hjalmar Branting who has been ill for many weeks was reported critical today.
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United Press
Stockholm
Hjalmar Branting
Open Lamps Defended by Retired Miner Expert
James Knox of Twenty-Second Street and Capitol Avenue argues open-flame miners lamps offer strong protection against gas. He says the flame helps detect gas by its glow and enables timely escape, contrasting with dangers from electric motor sparking and suggesting laws against open flames would not reduce overall risk.
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James Knox
Wheatcraft Named Connersville IRS District Manager
Bruce Wheatcraft of Whiteland Indiana was recently appointed manager of the Connersville Indiana district for the Internal Revenue Department and will assume duties soon according to M Bert Thurman collector of internal revenue for Indiana. Wheatcraft is married to Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft vice chairman of the Republican State committee.
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Bruce Wheatcraft
Whiteland
Ind
Connersville
Internal Revenue Department
M. Bert Thurman
Indiana
Wheatcraft
Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft
Republican State Committee
Remodeling to Start on L. Strauss & Co Building
Work on the L. Strauss & Co building at 33 W. Washington St. will begin soon, including annexation of the neighboring Reubens Clothing Company space on the west. The project starts immediately.
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L. Strauss & Co
Washington St
Reubens Clothing Company
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Fitch Wolf
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Frank E
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E. Washington St
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