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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1925
Page
6
Edward E. McBride reports hard play in the Boys Kitten Ball League with just over a month left. Teams slug for city championship and medals offered by The Indianapolis Times as league standings unfold.
A man sat all night in his father's car on a San Francisco street with his 15 month old sister Sophie in his arms while his parents were arrested for shoplifting. Police say the family did not tell where the children were. Loot found in the auto ties them to the incident.
Indiana week end auto toll stands at five dead and twenty eight injured. A motorcycle rider on Dunes Highway east of Gary died after being struck by a car. Chicago youths William James and Frank Supernas were involved. James died, Supernas severely hurt. A 10 year old on a scooter died after being run over near Fort Wayne. A Chicago teen died in La Porte after a bicycle collision with a car. A Lafayette driver killed after mistaking a train headlight for another auto. A Champaign man died in Veedersburg after losing control. six others injured. Eleven injured at Anderson in a four car wreck. Charles Harless and family seriously hurt in an auto upset after a collision with Blaine McCoy’s car. Autos driven by Julius Steves and Rudolph Brown mentioned.
Maude E. Wilson, 84, of 733 E Twenty Second St, widow of Warren O Wilson, died after heart trouble following her husband’s death three weeks earlier. She had lived in Indianapolis twenty five years and was active in the First Baptist Church. Funeral at her home at 1 pm Tuesday with burial at Ladoga Cemetery. Survived by mother T Allen of Indianapolis, sister Mrs Dell Morehouse of Monticello, Ind, and brothers L T Allen of Indianapolis and the late William Allen of Mingo, Iowa.
An old advertisement touts Cod Liver Oil tablets as the best flesh producer with more vitamins than any food. It claims sugar coated tablets help men gain 10 pounds in 80 days or 5 pounds in 30 days, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Hook, Haag, Goldsmith Bros. and druggists offer boxes for 60 cents.
Deputy Coroner investigates the death of Anna Dudley 55 of 3733 Boulevard Place after injuries from a speeding auto that struck her at Thirteenth Street and Capital Avenue and failed to stop. Leona Buck and Georgia Dudley were also injured as police pursue the driver.
The body of 60 year old John M. Allen, who died Saturday at 2327 College Ave, was taken to Terre Haute for burial. Funeral rites were led by Greencastle Masons at the residence at 10 30 a m. He had lived in Greencastle fifteen years and was born at Winnemac. He is survived by his widow and two sons.
Knights Templar head Leonidas P. Newby leads a large Indiana Masons delegation to Seattle for the annual conclave. Two special trains carry the party with the Raper Commandery choir. A banquet will honor Newby on Friday in Seattle.
More than 300 million herrings are caught weekly off Yarmouth England. The vast haul underscores the town’s fishing industry strength and seasonal fishing activity near the coast.
A report notes a vehicle was abandoned by its owner at the intersection of Fifteenth Street and Mill Street, with no immediate witnesses or identifying details available.
Four people suffered burns and injuries when a gasoline tank exploded on a Greenwood Indianapolis bus at the Southern Motor Service Company corner of Southeastern Avenue and Brill Street. Bus driver Ralph Wells and station operator Brill reported they did not know the cause. both bus and station were damaged by fire.
A $2,000 bond posted by a bonding company for Lloyd Haverstick of St. Louis in his appeal to the State Supreme Court was forfeited by Criminal Judge James A. Collins. The bond forfeiture followed affidavits that Haverstick is ill in St. Louis and media reports that he was shot in a rum battle. Haverstick was convicted of transporting liquor and sentenced to one to two years at the Indiana State Reformatory.
Paris reports Premier Palm leve announces that Franco Spanish peace conditions are ready and France is planning a military blow against Abd El Krim and the Riffians to compel terms.
Delegates from Indiana Tennessee Missouri Illinois and Kentucky attend the Christian Workers conference at Oakland City College in Oakland City Ind on July 20. The gathering brings together church leaders for discussions and outreach initiatives.
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