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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1929
Page
12
Physicians and past presidents will gather for the annual meeting and dinner at the Athenaeum on Thursday. The program will include election of officers and a "home talent" variety show.
Proceedings consider a commander and twenty nine commissioners as the United Science explores milk powder production to simplify the problem of distribution. Evangeline Booth is noted among those involved, as science seeks practical cost savings through powdered milk methods.
W. L. Alward, president of the American Furniture Mart, notes a trend toward graceful lines and gay colors as the midwinter furniture show opens in Chicago. Over 700 manufacturers with more than five miles of show rooms exhibit in the mart, signaling a shift to quality, durable yet lighter designs and color blends for every room.
An Indiana mother touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy for constipation and related ailments in children. The ad features Mrs. Mary Todd of Indianapolis praising her daughter Mildred’s improved health after using the product, and notes over four million bottles sold annually and the need to seek the genuine “California” brand.
Washington Ind January 7 Repairs are under way after a freak storm Saturday afternoon that caused debris and roof damage. Stone coping from the Zinkan building fell to a sidewalk missing everyone. The Marts store roof tore away and rolled twice striking a horse and buggy without injuring the man or animal. A motorist drove through a blown telephone pole arc across a street, again with no injury or damage to his car. Temple Court roof section blew off and utilities were partially paralyzed.
Private funeral services for Mrs. Jerusha Ann Knubbe age 94 who died Sunday will be held at 10 am Tuesday at the home of her son in law William Fortune 1010 North Delaware Street. Bishop Joseph M. Francis will conduct. burial is Crown Hill cemetery. She was born in Toronto Canada and lived most of her life in Ohio Indiana Michigan City, married Frederick Knubbe Oct 1 1854, with three children W A Knubbe Anna Knubbe and May Knubbe now Mrs. Fortune. Surviving are a daughter Miss Anna Knubbe three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her first American ancestry was Allan Perley born in Wales in 1608 who came to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop.
Terre Haute ind jan 7 judge John P Jeffries of Vigo circuit court criticizes Coroner E E Hoffa for failing to appear as a witness in the George Sulzer murder case. Hoffa left for New Mexico soon after being called, with expected absence of ten days or two weeks. The trial was set to resume Jan 14. In Chelsea Mass another man Tony Kuzma 38 hanged himself in a police cell after fashioning a shirt noose while facing trial for attacking his wife with a knife.
Lloyd D. Claycombe and John Royse appeared as county pauper attorneys with Royse given all cases by Judge James A. Collins. Commissioners had threatened to pay Claycombe, not Royse, and interference would be punished. Defendants argued their lack of funds as Royse handled the proceedings.
An early meeting of the council traffic committee was planned today by Chairman Robert E. Springsteen to consider rerouting street cars downtown. Councilmen want to remove downtown turns and ease congestion on Washington Street.
Bishop William Lawrence of the Methodist Episcopal church urged sex education for children aged 3 to 9 during a Harvard Medical School lecture on Social Infection and the Community. He described social diseases as a national menace and proposed several measures to control their spread. He also discussed an automatic, invisible camera in a telephone case intended to deter armed robbers.
Bishop Edgar Blake of the Indianapolis Methodist area urged canceling war debts as a great forward step toward international amity at the big YMCA gathering at the English theater Sunday. He returned to the United States this year after eight years in France.
An old advertisement urges avoiding sweets and damp conditions to prevent rheumatism. It claims rheumatism stems from body waste acids, stresses kidneys and skin as filters, and promotes Jad Salts for daily use to neutralize acidity and cleanse the blood.
The Salvation Army, split into rival camps, prepares at Sunbury-on-Thames for a Tuesday vote on leadership. Officials weigh whether the group stays under General William Booth’s Booth dynasty or shifts to a democratic system with chief selection by members.
William Booth named Bramwell Booth as general before his 1912 death and left a sealed successor in London. The present general, aged 72, holds sole trustee power but illness has sparked moves by higher members. A deed poll drafted by Charles Sargent and figures like Asquith and Haldane allows removal for mental incapacity or abdication.
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