Administration checks up work at city dinner
The Shank administration opened its final year with no era change in executive department as 500 civic leaders and business men heard reports from city branches at a banquet at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Mayor Shank presided. plans for 1925 were discussed and 156 ordinances totaling 4.2 million were cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Herman F. Rikhoff
Charles A. Bookwaiter
Park Board
Thomas L. Dillon
City Plan Commission
Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Frank C. Lingenfelter
The
Sanitary Commission
Walter W. Wise
Board of Works
Charles E. Coffin
B. New York St
Meridian St
St. Clair
Fall Creek
Forty-Sixth St
Meridian
Sixteenth St
Delaware St
Washington Blvd
Sled machine accident injures Wendel Howard on New York Street
Wendel Howard, 10, of 1562 W New York Street, suffered leg and body injuries Saturday after a sled he rode on with Milburn, 8, collided with a machine driven by Fred Bridge, 2708 N Illinois Street, at New York and Koehne Streets. Milburn was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel Howard
New York St
New York
Koehne St
Fred Bridge
Illinois St
Milburn
Wendel
Want Ad Rates For Times Classifieds
Advertisement copy promotes Situations Wanted ads in The Times. A three line want ad runs for three days at 99 cents. It emphasizes quick job placement and broad readership to attract applicants.
Puzzle a Day Crosses on a 6x6 Grid Challenge
A square of 36 cells requires placing six crosses so that no two lie in the same row column or diagonal. The puzzle term evokes a daily brain teaser format from the newspaper. The previous answer hints at shifting eras and hopeful lines, with acrostic reading “A NEW YBHAR” from capital initials.
Detective Brings Fugitives From Galveston Bigamy Case
Detective George M. Stewart returned to the police HQ after a 36 hour trek from Galveston Texas with fugitive Charles Allen age 30. Allen is wanted in Criminal Court for violation of a suspended sentence on a bigamy charge. Stewart found handcuffs failed after dining car. Allen was charged last April with bigamy. Judge James A. Collins suspended sentence with conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stewart
Galveston
Texas
Charles Allen
Stewart
Allen
James A. Collins
Banquet Planned for Editors by Indiana Republicans
Republican editors and their wives will attend a Severin banquet as part of the mid winter meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association. January 22 to 23 are set for the event with Senator Frank Willis of Ohio as principal speaker. Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier offers a silver cup for the year’s best front page.
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Republican State Committee
Severin
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Frank Willis
Ohio
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Investors' Week Opens With Bank Leader Address
Elmer W. Stout president of Fletcher American National Bank will officially open 1925 Safe for Investors Week with a radio address on WFBM tonight. Frederick E. Schortemeier secretary of State will speak Tuesday and the slogan Before Invest Investigate frames the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Stout
Fletcher American National Bank
Merchants Heat and Light Company
WFBM
Frederick E. Schortemeier
Invest
Stout
Contractor Faces Insanity Charge in Hatchet Murder
John Warren Hahne, 48, Omaha contractor and former New York City resident, will be charged with insanity for the hatchet murder of his wife May Schaefer Hahne, 46. If the insanity board clears him, he will face first degree murder charges. County Attorney Henry J. Beal announced the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Omaha
Tan
John Warren Hahne
New York City
May Schaefer Hahne
Henry J. Beal
Beal
Hahne
Willard B. Gemmill Takes Supreme Court Bench Seat
Willard B. Gemmill of Marion assumed the sixth seat on the Supreme Court today to succeed Judge Fred C. Gause of Newcastle who left office on January 1. Gemmill defeated Judge John H. Aiken of Fr. Wayne, Democrat. The American Museum in New York owns the world’s largest gem collection.
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Willard B. Gemmill
Marion
Supreme Court
Fred C Gause
Newcastle
Gause
Gemmill
John H. Aiken
Fr. Wayne
The
American Museum
New York
Former Envoy Escapes Execution Disguised as Woman
Wellington Koo former Chinese minister to the United States was ordered arrested and executed but escaped to the foreign quarter with aid from an American friend. He then dressed as a woman and was driven toward Tientsin for refuge according to a Pekin dispatch to the Daily Express.
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Times Special
Tondon
Wellington Koo
United States
Daily Express
Koo
Tientsin
Thief Detained After Auto Access Denied by Locks
Othel Walden of 1420 Collegev reported a determined thief who, barred by door locks, stole new license plates from his car. Other autos were hit as Dr. R. J. Anderson of 42 N Pennsylvania St. reported a trunk with high value women's clothing taken and J Denny of 1002 WW Twenty-Eighth St. lost a plush robe worth 11 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othel Walden
R. J. Anderson
Pennsylvania St
J. Denny
Twenty-Eighth St
Folly to Suffer With Piles
Step into any drug store and buy Spees Pile Suppositories for 60 cents. Thousands declare it a wonder and many were saved from operations. Advertisements claim entire families rely on Pyramid and recommend it to friends.
Funeral for Louis Trager Held at Home in Tremont Area
Louis Trager 50 died Saturday at his home 19 N Tremont Ave after thirty years with J D Adams & Co. Funeral today at 2 p m from the residence with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Survived by widow two daughters Mary Lucile Margaret Louise a son Muirl Louis mother Mrs Louise Trager Sunman Ind three sisters Mrs Mary Huber Bentonville Ind Mrs Clara Cook Sunman Ind and Mrs Coral Hurley.
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J. D. Adams & Co
Louis Trager
N. Tremont Ave
Crown Hill Cemetery
Trager
Lawrenceville
Ind
Mary
Lucile
Margaret Louise
Muirl Louis
Louise Trager
Sunman
Mary Huber
Bentonville
Clara Cook
Coral Hurley
Five brothers named in Rushville and Tuscola records
The fragment lists five brothers including John Frank and William with middle names Albert from Rushville Indiana and George from Tuscola Illinois, indicating a family or legal record mention across towns Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
John
Frank
William
Albert
Rushville
Ind
George
Tuscola, TL
Stolen Shingles Reported From New House Site
Workmen at a house under construction at 3942 Central Ave found $125 worth of shingles missing. M. M. Miller of 604 Fletcher Building reported the theft to police.
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Central Ave
M. M. Miller
Fletcher
Engineer talk on concrete with Col H C Boyden in Portland
Tuesday evening at 8 at the Chamber of Commerce Col H C Boyden of the Portland Cement Association will present an illustrated address to the American Association of Engineers and Cement He will discuss use of concrete aggregates mixes and water content Discussion will follow Engineers architects contractors and other interested are invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Col. H. C. Boyden
Portland Cement Association
American Association of Engineers
Cement
Local man arrested for assault and battery in hit and run
William Wright, 32, of 1440 N Chester Ave, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery. Police allege his car struck and slightly injured Mrs. Cecelia Marcus, 2444 N Alabama St, at 6 pm Sunday in front of 856 N Meridian St.
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William Wright
Chester Ave
Cecelia Marcus
Alabama St
Meridian St
Harry B. Davis Dies. Funeral Planned Tuesday
Harry B. Davis 46 of 402 BH Thirty-Second St. died Saturday at Sunnyside sanitarium. Funeral set for 2 p m Tuesday at Kirk Moore chapel 2530 and St. with four brothers Delbert New Orleans Clarence Dallas Fred Seattle attending.
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Harry B. Davis
Sunnyside Sanitarius
Kirk & Moore Chapel
Four Bro
Indianapolis
Delbert
New Oleans
Clarence
Dallas
Texas
Fred Davis
Seattle
Wash
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G. M. Stewart
Republica State Committee
E. W. Stout
Mate
Dr. James
Pekin
Fritch
Pai
Mer. St. Side
Fairyland Beauty Shoppe
Sark Arias
Plaz Friarete
Gies
Deena
Louis @trager
House
the State Savings & Trust Co
Y East Market Streets
Shoe Market
S. Illinois St
High Expense
Indiana
Public Utility Act
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone CO
Society of American Telephone Users
Aetal
Chamberlain
Sunnyside
N. Station St
Aetna Trust and Savings Company
Ross H. Wallace
Pennsylvania Street
John F. Reynolds
N. Penn
Washington Street
Knights of Columbus Evening School
N. Penn. Street
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