Elkus sees 1905 begin on sound economic basis
Eugene S. Elkus of San Francisco told the Indianapolis Credit Men's Association luncheon that 1925 should be economically sound due to high employment, farm gains, and foreign trade. He cited Dawes plan stability and noted a campaign to fund fraud investigations. National losses from fraud reached about 300 million dollars. 57 of 64 cases tried ended in convictions. W. I. Wright announced C. W. Stegg as drive chair starting April 13 with Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene S. Elkus
San Francisco
Cal
National Association of Credit Men
Indianapolis
Helkus
Elkus
Stiff penalties fixed for drunken driving bill passage
Senator English authored a bill approved by the Indiana Senate 45 to 0. First offense drivers face a misdemeanor with up to $500 fine and 1 to 6 months in jail plus a statewide driving injunction up to one year. Second or later offenses bring 1 to 5 years in prison and possible injunction up to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Indiana Senate
Epson Salts Taste All Gone
Pure Epsom Salts has no equal for constipation biliousness and sick headache. Doctors and nurses rely on it as a harmless laxative that never gripes. Epsonade Salts offers pure Epsom Salts with fruit derivative salts and a lemonade taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Epsom Association
Pledgers Weaken Under Coaxing of Coeds at Central College
Coeds at Indiana Central College persuade sixty male pledges to desert the band after a pledge to shave until the basketball team wins. Francis Hottell of Georgetown assists Clyde Reese as he starts to shave. Ralph Light returns from influenza to boost the team as they face Manhattan College and Hartford City College in upcoming games.
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Central College
Indiana Central College
Francis Hottell
Georgetown
Ind
Clyde Reese
Bowers
Reese
Ralph Light
Barbers
University Heights
Manhattan College
Hartford City College
Fortune in Wheat for Illinois Woman
United Press reports Miss Ethel Comstock, a small-letter business operator from Illinois, made an estimated fortune up to 75000 by betting on the wheat market during a global shortage. She started with 150 dollars last August, reinvested profits, and avoided timing the low or high.
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Ethel Comstock
Miss Comstock
Arthur W. Cutten
la Grange, T
Cutten
Lake Ports
Hardy and Reese Given Long Terms for Bandit Case
Kenneth Hardy aged 32 and John Reese aged 23 of 1529 Spann Ave. were fined 1000 dollars and costs and each sentenced to 10 to 21 years in Indiana State Prison and Indiana State Reformatory by Judge James A. Collings after pleading guilty to holding up Louis Brown at 4349 Carrollton Ave. on November 4 1924. Hamrick the defense counsel was removed and ordered to return 200 dollars to Hardy’s mother while Reese’s mother refused any repayment.
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Kenneth Hardy
John Reese
Spann Ave
Indiana State Prison
Indiana State
James A. Collings
Louis Brown
Carrollton Ave
Collins
Jesse D. Hamrick
Lombard Building
Hamrick
Ira Holmes
Hardy
Reese
Trustees abolition bill shifts duties to county boards
A companion measure to Senator Steele's County Unit Education bill was introduced in the Senate today. It provides for abolishing township trustees and township advisory boards and con fers their duties on county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Senate
Revival Meetings Close With Sunday Night Service
Presbyterian ministers at a Sutherland Church meeting reported simultaneous revivals in twelve city churches. Dr. Matthew Smith said attendance ranged from 100 to 700, with several churches receiving 100 new members. services close Sunday night.
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Sutherland Presbyterian Church
Mattress maker fined for mislabeling products
P. D. Powers of Indiana Mattress Company pleaded guilty before Criminal Judge Jamies A. Collins to mislabeling mattresses. He was fined $50 plus costs after Better Business Bureau officials charged the labels claimed 100 percent felted cotton while jute was mixed.
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P. D. Powers
Carrolton
Dr Bryan to Speak at Marion County Youth Conference
A mass meeting at First United Brethren Church tonight opens the sixth annual Marion County Young People's Sunday conference. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University, will speak as the conference runs through Sunday.
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First United Brthren Church
Marion County Young People’s Sunday School Council
William Lowe
Bryan
Indiana University
Joint-Ease touted as top joint remedy in firm sales
A druggist touts Joint-Ease as the best remedy for stiff swollen painful joints and notes its tremendous sales. The ad emphasizes its efficacy for rheumatic and non rheumatic joint pain and urges continued popularity among buyers.
Citizens Granted by Superior Court in Citizenship Ceremony
Twenty four foreign born individuals were sworn in as American citizens today in Superior Court before Judge James M. Leathers. Fifty six more were to report for final papers this afternoon. Names include Howard Harrison and Alfred Clarke both of long standing local addresses and several from Ireland Sweden Russia Poland Serbia Scotland Germany Denmark and France. Women from local patriotic groups presented flags to all new citizens.
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Superior Court
James M. Leathers
Howard Harrison
Ewing St
Alfred T. Clarke
Highland PI
Timothy T. Reidy
Patrick Lucid
Lucid St
Katherine McGinley
Eastern Ave
Ellen Shovelin
W. Norwood St
All of Ireland
Emily M. Elovsen
S. East St
Sweden
Maxwell Merrill Gellman
Bellefontaine St
Masha Maer
Woidowsky
Union St
Shia Schuchman
Maple St
Felix Heselton Lazarovtch
Park Ave
Nathan A. Linkon
S. West St
Russia
Michael Abrams
Ruckle St
Morris Greenwald
S. Capitol Ave
Poland
Ella Olexsich
W. Tenth St
Jacob Calderon
Church St
Serbia
Peter Hendrie
Capitol Ave
Scotland
Clarence Kaminsky
Illinois St
Germany
Anna Petersen
Lincoln St
Denmark
Maurice Prevort
France
Fancy Hogs Stolen From Speedway Farm
Nine fancy hogs were reported stolen to police today from Speedway Farm owned by Allison Cotter near Speedway City. The incident shifts attention to farm thefts in the region and notes the owner’s report to authorities.
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Allison Cotter
Speedway Farm
Speedway City
Scouts to Hear Soldier on Citizenship at Ft. Harrison
Brig. Gen. Dwight E. Aultman, commandant at Ft. Harrison, will speak on citizenship to Boy Scout Troop No. 82 at North Park Christian Church on February 8.
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Dwight E. Aultman
Ft. Harrison
North Park Christian Church
Mystery Dock Workman Riddles in Lingual Slang
A dock worker’s slang riddle speaks of soaking clothes to leave one item. Clues include terms for possession in old English vernacular and a gendered shoe reference tied to fashion. The fragment suggests a puzzle about remaining garment and residue terms.
Students Deny Judge's Charges in Wisconsin
In Madison Wis Jan 380 a storm of criticism targeted Superior Court Judge Ole Stolen over charges of gross immorality in UW fraternity and rooming house practices and claims that 60 percent of Madison's young men have diseases. University professors students and citizens denounced him. The Rotary Club appointed a committee to investigate after bitter attacks. About 300 students signed a round robin calling the charges false and hearsay.
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United Press
Madison
Wis
Superior Court
Ole Stolen
University of Wisconsin
Rotary Club
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Mattress Maker
Better Business Bureau
DR. Bryan
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Depeda
Goldsmith's
East End Milk Company
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the Fishback CO
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