Indianapolis Water Works to Spend 1.25 Million on City Mains
The Indianapolis Water Company plans improvements and extensions totaling 1.25 million dollars for 1925 to serve a growing city. Since April 1, 117 453 feet of mains have been laid and about 50 000 feet more will be added before winter. Six filtration units with 12 000 000 gallon daily capacity and two large pumps will boost supply. the project aims to serve a population over 500 000 with a net gain equivalent to a city of 100 000.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Water Company
Frank C. Jordan
Jordan
R. L. Polk and Company
Central and
College Aves
Brightwood
Twenty-Fifth St
Irvington
Water company loses bid to block new rates
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell denied Greensburg Water Company a temporary restraining order against the public service commission. The commission’s new rates take effect June 1 based on a $300000 valuation. Greensburg sought a $400000 valuation. The case remains in status quo until fall when the judge is off the bench.
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Robert C. Baltzell
Greensburg Water Company
Public Service Commission
Baltzell
Car Accident Injures Local Rail Worker G L Burch
G L Burch a 54 year old switch signal repairman of 448 State Ave was struck by a cut of freight cars on the C I W tracks near State Ave He suffered a broken collar bone and severe injuries and was taken to St Vincent s Hospital Lon Hanlon 50 of 246 N Mount St operated the backing switch engine involved in the incident
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G. L. Burch
State Ave
Burch
Lon Hanlon
N. Mount St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Weather Drenches Washington Park Delaying Louisville Series
Heavy rainfall drenched Washington Park forcing the postponement of the Louisville polis series second game. A double header is rescheduled for Sunday with the first game marked Ss at Oops.
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Washington Park
Louisville
Last Day Dawns in Great HCP Contest
Last day to submit letters on My Most Harrowing Experience as a Pedestrian. Judges will pick three winners with prizes of 15 dollars and a roller skate, 10 dollars and a vaulting pole, and 5 dollars and a sliding pad. Letters postmarked Saturday accepted. winners announced next week.
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Ross H. Garrigus
Paul F. Robinson
Lewis Johnson
Frank Flanner
Hoosier State Grouped Also bition Division-Replaces State Director
A Hoosier State group restructured its division and named a new state director to oversee operations. The change shifts leadership and aims to streamline programs across the state.
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Hoosier State
Ohio and Michigan Joined in One Prohibition District
The plan to revise prohibition districts was announced by Acting Secretary Winston. The new schedule, effective September 1, groups Ohio and Michigan under the Twelfth District with Columbus as headquarters. Other districts include Chicago for Illinois Indiana and part of Wisconsin, St. Paul for Minnesota North Dakota and western Wisconsin, Omaha for Nebraska Iowa and South Dakota, and St. Louis for Missouri and parts of Illinois and Kansas.
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United
Washington
Winston
Columbus
Ohio
Michigan
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Ray leads bid to keep eleven streets open in Elevation project
Otto Ray councilmanic rebel leader reports delay in Belt bridge cost dispute with Indianapolis Union Railway. South side residents urge eleven streets remain open while the board weighs costs and a two week deadline approaches. A separate burglary case ends with William A. Wagner in city court after Meeker subdues him.
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Otto Ray
Councilmanic
Board of Works
South Side
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Ray
White River
John F. White
Southeastern Civic Improvement Association
Belt
William H. Freeman
Freeman
H. G. Wray
James M. Ogden
Charles EB. Coffin
Gravel Men Charge County Road Waste
Favor of crushed stone interests. Local men charge in a fight tilt near climax as county road work sparks a dispute over gravel waste and paving plans.
I’m a pro hop driver who respects pedestrians
The fragment presents a paradoxical claim about a driver who speeds yet yields to walkers. It reads like a slogan or stylized line rather than a structured article. No verifiable names, places, dates, or events are identifiable for a full summary.
Tiger raids land two arrests in home and grocery
Max Tannebaum, 44, was arrested on a blind tiger charge at his home after a raid by Federal officers and patrolmen who found four teen half pints of white mule wine and mule products. A grocery run by Rista Velichko, 29, was raided with a half pint of mule found. Velichko and Pete Mehi, 50, were charged with operating blind tigers.
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Max Tannebaum
Maple St
Rista
Prohibition Plan Reorganization Aims at Sept. 1
Bert C. Morgan notes Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin join in a reorganizational plan. Final details decide Indianapolis officers fate and enforcement impact remains uncommented. President Coolidge orders Lincoln Andrews to appoint regional directors without interference. The move aims to curb illicit liquor traffic starting September.
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Bert C. Morgan
Prohibition
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indianapolis
Morgan
United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Treasury
Lincoln Andrews
Ministers Silent on Dempsey Greb Bout in Michigan City
Michigan City ministers indicated they would raise no objection to the planned Dempsey Greb boxing match at Fitzsimmons arena. Governor Jackson said he would take no action unless local ministers or others protested the bout.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Michigan City Ministerial Association
Jack Dempsey
Harry Greb
Fitzsimmons Arena
Jackson
Poison Widow Jury Still Out
United Press reports a deadlocked jury in Crown Point Indiana after nearly a day of deliberation in the trial of Mrs Anna Cunningham Garys poison widow accused of murdering her 10 year old son Walter by poisoning. The jurors faced a life in prison or death sentence and were not discharged at noon.
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United Press
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Indianapolis School Buys Land for Addition at School 62
The Indianapolis school board completed negotiations to buy seven and one tenth acres near School 62 at Carson and Troy Streets. William H. Book, business director, said the board will pay $9,000 for the ground to erect an addition to the school.
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Indianapolis
Carson and
Troy Sts
William H. Book
Booze Car Found After Stopping Near Intersection
Police discover a car containing twenty six gallons of alcohol abandoned at Michigan Road and Sixtieth Street. Four occupants fled on sight by Police Lieutenant Klaiber and his squad. Store proprietor Fred Snider confirms the liquor was removed by another vehicle soon afterward.
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Michigan Rd
Sixtieth St
Klaiber
Fred Snider
Jce
Snider
Governor orders another Sunday auto race halted
Governor Jackson today ordered another Sunday automobile race stopped at a half mile track on Deer Creek Rd in Howard County following a remonstrance from about fifty people and a prior halt at Funk Speedway near Winchester citing the old Sunday blue law.
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Jackson
Deer Creek Rd
Howard County
Funk Speedway
Winchester
Illinois day chief accused in extortion case
Nine men including Maj. Percy Owen federal prohibition director for this district and his predecessor Ralph Stone were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to extort money from sacramental wine dealers. Officials say dealers earned more than 1,000,000 dollars from illegally withdrawn wines via forged permits issued at 300 dollars each. Both Owen and Stone are accused of sanctioning withdrawal permits and sharing profits.
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United Press
Chicago
Maj
Percy Owen
Prohibition
Ralph Stone
Owen
Stone
Packers Lose Fight in Records Case
Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe ordered the big five packers to surrender their books and records to Agriculture Secretary Jardine. The decision held relinquishment did not waive constitutional rights as the records aid the government investigation into alleged agricultural law violations. The ruling announced in Chicago on July 25 indicates an appeal will be filed.
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United Press
Chicago
Packers Today
Adam C. Cliffe
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Cliffe
Mayor Shank Seeks Adoptive Baby Girl With Music Talent
Mrs. R A Neal of Blocher Indiana asks for a musically inclined girl aged two or three for adoption. The child would have access to 213 acres to roam and should have neither extreme brunette nor blonde hair.
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Shank
R. A. Neal
Blocher, Ind
Dr Albert John Ochsner Dies At 67 In Chicago
Dr Albert John Ochsner renowned surgeon and radium cancer pioneer died at his Chicago home at age 67 from angina pectoris. He was internationally famed for cancer treatments and medical innovations.
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United Press
Chicago
Albert John Ochsner
City wanderings through Crawfordsville and its memories
Note Nell Gordon tours the town and ponders Crawfordsville as a city of mixed emotions. The narrator wanders the main street seeking points of interest, noting Lew Wallace Memorial and Wabash College only in passing while reflecting on local intrigue and landmarks.
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Crawfordsville
Lew Wallace “Memorial and
Wabash College
Kentucky
Garfield Civic League Urges Shank to Remove Mule Barn
Women of Garfield Civic League press Mayor Shank to keep campaign pledges by removing the Shelby Street mule barn and improving Pleasant Run Boulevard. Mrs. M. L. Reiffel, president, said today resolutions commending city councilmen contrasted with criticism of the administration for neglecting the South side.
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Garfield Civic League
Shank
Shelby St
Pleasant Run Blvd
M. L. Reiffel
South Side
Kaon Heen Cdots
Marion County gravel dispute escalates over road specs
The Marion County gravel versus crushed stone fight hinges on road specifications drawn by County Engineer George Schmidt. Gravel men claim the rules raise costs by 2000 to 3000 dollars per mile and cite a possible resignation by State Highway Commission official Chesleigh Gray amid pressure. They filed a remonstrance on the Jansen Road specs and urge the commission to reconsider.
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Marion County
Indiana
Chesleigh E. Gray
State Highway Commission
George G. Schmidt
Jansen Rd
Thirty-eighth St
Allisonville Rd
State Fairground
Schmidt
Jansen Ac
John W. Holtzman
Marion County Gravel Association
Gray
Hines to Rule Wednesday on New Bail Plea
Judge Fred Hines set Wednesday morning to rule on defense motions seeking a new trial to admit D C Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck to bail in the Oberholtzer murder case. Defense counsel asked for copies of the filing but the judge sought time to decide. A change of judge may follow the bail motion, with earlier efforts to delay court.
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Times
Noblesville
Ind
Fred BE. Hines
Defense Council
D. C
Ephenman
Floyd G. Christian
Ralph Waltz
R. E. Johnson
Alfred Cowan
Hines
Christian
Jalil
Inman
Mrs Krauss Hidden Away in Golden Valley Home
Rae Krauss, freed after twenty one years in Indiana Woman's Prison for murder, refuses to speak to reporters from her father's weathered Golden Valley homestead guarded by her father and Rev R W Scudder. A mangy shepherd keeps watch at the gate as Scudder warns visitors away from the dilapidated veranda.
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Unite
Hartford City
Ind
Scudder
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