Delays by Railroads Block Elevation Plans in Indianapolis
H G Wray, track elevation engineer, blames railroads for delaying open routes by stalling elevation work. Pennsylvania Railroad and Indianap lis Union Railway delay agreements, with excuses about board approvals and vacations. Wray notes plans for Pine to State Ave and Oriental St faced postponements, while Belt railroad shows similar hold ups.
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H. G. Wray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Wray
Pennsylvania
Pine
State Ave
Oriental St
Ford Motor Company
Indianapolis
Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy Holds $30,000 Handkerchief
Rome reports the Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy owns a lace handkerchief valued at thirty thousand dollars.
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Rome
Margherita
Italy
Indianapolis Public Works approves 1925 assessment roll
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis on July 8 1925 approved an assessment roll for public improvements on Keystone Avenue and Thirtieth Street and fixed July 24 1925 at 2 p m for hearings on remonstrances. The notices note curb paving layings drainage basins inlets and related work with plans on file at the Board office.
Barber 10 Be Own Witness in Second Trial
Louis Owens, on trial in Criminal Court for the second time on a charge of murdering George Robinson on December 6, 1924, was to take the witness stand in his own behalf today. The case will reach the jury Saturday unless adjournment is ordered. Owens testified at the first trial he stabbed Robinson with a pair of shears after a locker room scuffle at L. S. Ayres & Co. where both worked as barbers. Defense character witnesses spent the morning testifying. Barrett Breedlove of the United States Veterans' Bureau said Owens had bruises and marks on his face and throat the day after the fight.
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Louis Owens
George Robinson
Charles S. Willsf
Owens
Robinson
L. S. Ayres & Co
Barrett Breedlove
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Headless body found in St Louis Bay near Allouze docks
A nude, headless, footless male body was recovered from St Louis Bay near the Allouze docks. Police report it is the third dismembered body found in the area in recent months and believe all victims were murdered.
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United Press Superior
Wis
Head of the Lakes
St. Louis Bay
Allouze Docks
Indianapolis Public Works to hold hearing on assessments
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis Indiana approved assessment rolls on July 8 1925 for street and alley improvements in areas including West Illinois Street and First Alley West of Illinois Street. Notices invite interested property owners to attend hearings on July 24 and July 4 1925 to contest or confirm assessed amounts and benefits.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works
City of
Diana
Keystone Ave
Woodlaw Ave
Woodawn Ave
Pleasant Run Parkway
N. Drive
Prospect St
Ndianapolis
F Public Works
Indianpolis
Apene
EL Stredet
Sherman
School Street
Berea
Thirtieth Street
Board of Public Works of
Said
Board of Works
Charles KE. Goffin
W. H. Freeman
M. J. Spencer
Indiana
Park
Board of Park Commissioners
Park District
Charles A. Boorwalter
Pemsley W. Johnson
Frank P. Manly
Board O Public Works
Tiatanapolia
Improvermen
de Jolis
Public Work
Tnalanande
Illinois
Highteenth
Hinetee Ft
Pavine
Aonte Pub
Ida RE
M. Spencer
Public
Slayer 17 Unmoved By United Press
A 17 year old Schenectady youth Hayden Smith confessed to killing Ziba C Nickerson of Chattham Mass to obtain 13. He faced possible death or life imprisonment and said he felt better now that the act was done.
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United Press
Schenectady
N. Y
Hayden Smith
Ziba C. Nickerson
Chatham
Mass
Prosecution Official Hunted by Air Rifle Wary Youth
Springfield July 17 Adore W Pearson prosecuting officer of the 3 P C A who fought air rifle cruelty from Boston faced a West Springfield boy who shot him in the head with an air rifle He recovered quickly and pursued the boy, seizing the rifle Pearson has long spoken against air rifle harm to birds and animals and will speak from personal experience now.
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Springfield
Mass
W. Pearson
Boston
West Springfield
Pearson
Government aims to avert Sept strike as Davis meets Coolidge
Secretary of Labor Davis said the government will do all it can to prevent a coal strike threatened for September 1 after a conference with President Coolidge. He noted no intervention is contemplated at present and he will travel to Great Britain to survey labor conditions, returning August 25.
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United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Davis
Coolidge
Great Britain
Burglaries Admitted by Walter Skodinski
Walter Skodinski 21 of 308 N East St confessed to participating in four burglaries. He claimed to steal a revolver from Frank Craig at the Craig hotel to take $17.50 from W H Davis at the Palace hotel and other money from Lester Hutchinson New Palestine and a meat market at New Bethel. Marshall Copeland 25 of 738 N West St is charged with robbery and petit larceny for allegedly holding up Elmer Oliver 515 Muskingum St with a knife on July 11.
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Walter Skodinski
N. East St
Skodinski
Frank Craig
Craig Hotel
W. H. Davis
Palace Hotel
Lester Hutchinson
New Palestine
New Bethel
Marshall Copeland
N. West St
Elmer Oliver
Muskingum St
Idea Proposed for Junior College to Extend Education
Leading state educators backed a two year junior college tied to larger high schools. They argued graduates fit for college should not be forced into traditional colleges, while those not suited could pursue a vocational junior college option. D M Edwards Earlham College and E A Graff Indianapolis Schools spoke.
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Lincoln
Henry N. Sherwood
D. M. Edwards
Earlham College
Indianapolis
E. A. Graff
Podiatry Board Elects E M Shanklin President
E M Shanklin of Hammond was elected president of the State board of podiatry at the organization meeting at the Statehouse today. L K Bunch of South Bend was named vice president E Everett Snick of Indianapolis secretary and J W Bowers of Fort Wayne treasurer. William T Gott of Crawfordsville was named an ex officio member of the State medical board.
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E. M. Shanklin
Hammond
State Board of Podiatry
Statehouse
L. K. Bunch
South Bend
E. Everett Snick
Indianapolis
J. W. Bowers
Wayne
William T. Gott
Crawfordsville
State Medical Board
Crash and arrests after Indiana Ave collision
Harold Wills a 27 year old colored driver hit a truck driven by Fred Bene field of Frankton Ind. at Indiana Ave and Vermont. Wills was charged with assault and battery and reckless driving after his car injured Alpenia Ballard 17. George Hamilton 47 colored was accused by a bystander of trying to steal a pocketbook.
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Harold Wills
Highland Ave
Fred Benefield
Frankton
Ind
Indiana Ave
Vermont
Wills
Alpenia Ballard
Colored
N. West St
George Hamilton
Superior St
Hamilton
Moving plans for M. M. Justin to Purdue Lafayette
Agricultural statistician M. M. Justin completed arrangements to move his office to the Purdue University experiment station at Lafayette following state legislation. Oscar A. Day of Fillmore, Indiana, was appointed to assist him at Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Justin
Purdue University
Lafayette
Oscar A. Day
Fillmore
Ind
Justin
Daylight Burglar Escapes After Break-In At Davis Home
A burglar escaped after being caught in the home of A. M. Davis at 425 Walnut Street. He entered through an unlocked rear screen door while Davis was upstairs and fled as Davis approached, described as a daylight-colored intruder by Mrs. Davis.
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A. M. Davis
Walnut St
Davis
Mr. Davis
Traction Company protests bus route to Peru
Union Traction Company through receiver Arthur W. Brady filed with the public service commission against Intercity Safety Coach Company’s bid to operate buses between Indianapolis and Peru alleging unlawful speed and unfair competition.
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Union Traction Company
Arthur W. Brady
Public Service Commission
Intercity Safety Coach Company
Indianapolis
Peru
South Bend Seeks Bond Authority to Refund Water Bonds
City attorneys ask the Public Service Commission for permission to issue 75000 in bonds to refund outstanding water works bonds maturing September 1. Separately, a report notes that thirty four states lack daily bag limits on birds and game fowl.
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South Bend
Public Service Commission
Woman from Vermont Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs L A Gunmann of Union Village Vermont says she was weak nervous and run down but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health enabling her to work nine hours a day She urges other women to try it as a dependable remedy for female ills.
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Green Mountain
Vermont
L. A. Gunmann
Union Village
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.+ Pinkham
City Officials Join in South Side Demands
Rebels press for park and road improvements as city officials concede on Finch Park water connections and a $10,000 comfort station. A preliminary survey for the Sarah Shank golf course east of Keystone Ave is reported complete.
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R. Walter Jarvis
Finch Park
Lawrence V. Sheridan
Park Board
Sarah Shank
Keystone Ave
Southern Ave
Troy Ave
Sheridan
Pleasant Run Pkvy
Shelby
Prospect Sts
Newton J. McGuire
Otto Ray
Evolution Theme Highlighted by Indianapolis Band at Brookside
The Indianapolis Military Band under W. B. Mitchell presents The Evolution of Dixie at 7:30 p m Sunday at Brookside Park. The program opens with a fantasia tracing the tune from Dance Original through minuet waltz ragtime to grand opera.
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Indianapolis
Brookside Park
W. 8. Mitchell
Cadets Parade At Ft Benjamin Harrison Camp
Six hundred cadets of the Second Battalion citizens military training camp parade at 5 p m on the camp reviewing grounds at Ft Benjamin Harrison under Maj E W Fales Eleventh Infantry. The C M T C band will consolidate with the Eleventh Infantry band.
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Citizens’ Military Training Cmap
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
E. W. Fales
Eleventh Infantry
Tire theft arrest links to Strothers on petit larceny charge
An abandoned auto led to the arrest of Forrest E. Strothers, 22, of 215 W. Twenty-Eighth St., on a petit larceny charge. Ralph H. Phelps, 1205 Park Ave., saw three youths take a tire from a car in front of his home. they fled, leaving a coat and Strothers' car.
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Forrest E. Strothers
W. Twenty-Eighth St
Ralph H. Phelps
Park Ave
Strothers
Fertig Ice Cream Co Incorporation Filed
The Fertig Ice Cream Company filed notice of incorporation with the secretary of state listing capital stock at 50000 dollars. Incorporators are Dayton D. Fertig Franklin Kern Frank X Kern and Dallas R. Thomas of Indianapolis.
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Fertig Ice Cream Company
N. Noble Sr
Secretary of State
Dayton D. Fertig
Franklin
Frank X. Kern
Dallas R. Thomas
Indianapolis
Hook's Dependable Drug Stores Highlight Quality
A promotional snippet touts Hook's Dependable Drug Stores and other good drug stores as reliable shopping choices for today’s needs. The message emphasizes trustworthiness and dependable service across the local drug store network.
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Hook
Two men charged in grand larceny and receiving stolen goods
Police arrest Arthur ODonnell 38 of 2405 Daisy Street on grand larceny for stealing 165 dollars of fishing gear from C R Walden 4104 College Avenue on July 7 and charging Grover Surface 37 of 3100 Southeastern Avenue with receiving stolen property after Surface bought the gear for seven dollars.
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Arthur O'Donnell
Daisy St
Grover Surface
Southeastern Ave
O'Donnell
C. R. Walden
College Ave
Chamber of Commerce seeks U S hospital for Hoosier veterans
Secretary John B. Reynolds urges the Veterans Bureau to locate a Government hospital for disabled soldiers in Indiana to save an estimated 61 198 68 annually by cutting railroad fares and other costs. He cites about 140 000 Indiana veterans and notes Ft Benjamin Harrison could work if the Government donates sufficient land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph E. Updike
Veterans Bureau
Reynolds
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Hong Kong Hit by Big Floods
Disastrous floods sweeping Hong Kong today add to the city’s woes amid a Chinese strike. Seven houses with thirty Chinese families were washed away and many are feared dead including former Legislative Councillor Chausiuki and most of his family.
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Hong Kong
Chausiuki
Creviston Honored at Farewell Dinner by Legion Groups
Headquarters staffs of the American Legion American Legion Auxiliary and the Forty and Eight will host a farewell dinner and dance at the Elke club tonight for Russell Creviston who retires as Legion adjutant July 31. He will serve as field director for the National War Mothers Memorial Association in Washington DC and attend the Fidac Congress in Rome in September.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Elke Club
Russell Creviston
Creviston
National War Mothers’ Memoral Association
Washington, D. C
Fidac
Rome
Italy
Mayor Desires No Tax Boost For 1926 Levy
Mayor Shank expressed hope the 1926 tax levy would not exceed this year's. He projected a $20,000,000 property valuation rise would cover track elevation and flood prevention costs. He noted electric expenses levy may not be needed next year while widening New York and Delaware Streets will need more funds and light and water rates may rise. The mayor and Mrs. Shank left for a five day vacation to Huntington, West Virginia.
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Shank
New York and
Delaware Sts
Huntington
W. Va
Haynes Case To End In Kokomo Bankruptcy Hearing
Hearing in the Haynes Automobile Company bankruptcy case at Kokomo Indiana before Referee Harry C Sheridan concluded with Triangle Motors Chicago presenting a claim over 625000 dollars for alleged contract breach. Triangle Motors said Haynes pledged to supply 1250 cars annually and finished its evidence today.
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Haynes Automobile Company
Kokomo
Ind
Harry C. Sheridan
Triangle Motors Company
Chicago
Haynes Car
Haynes Company
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Georgia
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Harriman Company
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John Speed Elliott
Georges Chicherin
Richard Shellens
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Menken
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Economic Council of
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Madarikan Dentyi
Mt. Paran Baptist Church
Twelfth
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W H. Fre
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U.S. Agriculture Office
Traction
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Charlie Davis
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