Byrd Receives Gold Medal From Coolidge at National Geog Society
Lieutenant Commander Richard E Byrd, famed air explorer, received a gold medal from President Coolidge at a National Geographic Society reception attended by over 6000 people. The society confirmed Byrd's May 9 pole flight in addition to his South Pole ambitions. Byrd heads to Richmond, Virginia for a royal homecoming.
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Vu United Press
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
South Pole
National Geographic Society
Coolidge
Byrd
Floyd Bennet
Gilbert Grosvenor
National Geographical Society
Richmond
Cal Recognizes Farmer Revolt and Appoints Tariff Commission Members
President Coolidge approved two farm friendly picks to the U S tariff commission Sherman J Lowell of Fredonia New York and Edgar B Brossard of Utah both seen as responding to farm groups concerns Dairy advocate Carl Williams editor of an Oklahoma farm paper was named to the railroad labor peace board in the same batch The move aimed to address farmer input on tariff policy and labor issues.
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Times
Washington Bureau
New York Avenue
Washington
Jardine
Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Senate
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Railroad Labor Peace Board
Senate 10 Probe Brewers Fund
The Senate primary investigation committee is set to determine if Pennsylvania brewers funded the 3 million dollar senatorial race. Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League is expected to provide evidence supporting claims that backers seeking Volstead act modification built a private fund. Wheeler will supply witnesses and the onus of proof rests with him. The page also mentions unrelated items about the Inca and Algeria.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Westerville
Ohio
The
League
Todd's Tonic Laxative Tablets for digestion aid
Advertising copy for Todd's Tonic claiming to improve appetite digestion and system tone. It promotes a nightly dose and lists Hang Drug Stores and other drug stores as retailers in the area.
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Todd
Puzzle a Day Rattlesnake Skins and a Riddle
Mrs. Holbert sells dried rattlesnake skins from Arizona. Her riddle shows the earnings are the smallest number divisible by seven but leaving remainders of 1 when counted by two to six. The answer requires the least common multiple of 2 3 4 5 6 minus 1, then adjusted to satisfy the seven divisibility.
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Curiosity
Girl Kidnapping Report Triggers Citywide Police Search
Southeast city police squads swept the area after Albert Linton reported a woman about 17 kidnapped at Rural Street and Moore Avenue. Linton said a car dragged the girl into a closed vehicle and sped off toward Acton, but he could not read the license. No missing person matching her description was reported. Terre Haute police asked authorities to locate Thomas Carter and two other youths fleeing from Oakland City toward Indianapolis.
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Moore Ave
Albert Linton
Linton
Acton
Terre Haute
Thomas Carter
Oakland City
Indianapolis
Taps for Veteran of Civil War Thayer 91
Lifelong Marion County resident John D. Thayer, 91, attended last rites at Ebenezer Church north of Indianapolis. Burial followed at Fall Creek Cemetery. Born in Bartholomew County, he moved to a Danville area farm about fifty years ago. Six children survive.
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John D. Thayer
Marion County
Ebenezer Church
Indianapolis
Fall Creek
Thayer
Bartholomew County
Danville R. R. No. 8
Twenty Five Nurses to Graduate at City Hospital
Twenty five students in the nurses training school at City Hospital will graduate at 8 p m Friday in the nurses home. Dr Cleon Nate announces the program includes Mayor Du vall the Rev Lewis Brown Sol Schloss Miss Ethel E Carson Miss Kathleen Wolfe honor student Lloyd E Claycombe and other class members.
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City Hospital
Cleon Nate
Mayor Duvall
Lewis Brown
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sol Schloss
Ethel E. Carson
Kathleen Wolfe
Lloyd E. Claycombe
Briles
Ellen Collins
Eleanor Harriet Coppock
Helen Welle Wilbur
Frances Jean Wiley
Eleanor Kathleen Wolfe
Anna M. Wolfe
Hester A. Zaunder
Busy Day Faced by Crown Prince in Chicago
Gustavus Adolphus and Louise crown prince and princess of Sweden arrive in Chicago for a busy day of tours. They visit Dawes home in Evanston, inspect a major newspaper office, view the art museum, and attend a luncheon at Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormicks home. The prince will attend a new Swedish Lutheran Hospital dedication while Louise attends a Swedish Club reception.
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United Prear
Chicago
Gustavus Adolphus and
Louise
Crown Prince
Sweden
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
Princess Louise
Bed Bug Killer Ad Fails to Read Clearly
Fragmentary ad text promises an easy bed bug killer but is unreadable in places. It lists stores such as Hook's and Goldsmith Bros. with scattered phrases about patents, timing, and effectiveness, yet the overall meaning remains unclear.
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Beck & the Bugs
Haag
Hook's
Goldsmith Bros
May Be Chosen Air Chief
S. F. Trubee Davison, New York State assemblyman, is understood to be in line for appointment by President Coolidge as assistant secretary of war in charge of the contemplated army air corps.
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da Vine
Arlington Cemetery
United States Army
C. L. Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Omaha
S. F. Trubee Davison
New York State
President Coolidge
Army Air Corps
Damage suit against Indianapolis Speedway postponed
John F. Robbins announced that the damage suit of Ver ney Shoup against the Indianapolis Speedway, set for Friday in Hancock Circuit Court, is postponed until fall. Shoup seeks damages after his son was killed when a car plunged over the wall at the Speedway years ago. Witnesses need not appear.
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John F. Robbins
Verney Shoup
Indianapolis Speedway
Hancock
Shoup
Speedway
Robbin
Meeting of Foes Plan Largest Tuberculosis Assembly
The Marion County Tuberculosis Association announced Indianapolis will host the 1927 National Tuberculosis Association convention. Doctors nurses scientists and philanthropists from around the world will attend. The group reported TB death rate in the county fell from 224.7 per 100000 in 1914 to 100.8 in 1925. Mrs Charles H Smith was named a director in the re election.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Four
Mary A. Meyers
Charles H. Smith
Indianapolis Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations
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Martin Bros. Co
Indiana Ave
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Maryland ST
Columbia Records
Lyric Music Shop
North
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Lyric Theater
Diamond Salvage Co
South Illinois St
Gustavus
Jacob Wohlfeld Fur Co
Everitt’s
W. Wash
St. N. Ala
Waterman
Schaeffer
Lifetime
Conklin
Moore
Duofold
Clarke & Cade Claypool Drug Store
O’coats
Massachusetts Ave
Hanning Bros. & Winkler Dentists
S. W. Cor. Wash. and
Penn
Union Tire CO
Geo. Mediam
Pres. Main
Mein
Mie
Bert Jaffer
Claypool Hotel
Jaffe Zylo
Denison Hotel
Washington ST
N. A. St—Claypool Hotel
Jewelry On Credit
DEE Jewelry
Pearson Piano Co
N. Penn
St. Est
Kay
AY Jewelry CO
West Washington St
Tanner
S. Illinois ST
N. Illinois St
Waren
Delaware
Furniture Company
Tom Walsh
Pembroke Arcade
Brownings
East
Washington Street
C. G. Conn
Ohio ST. Hume-Mansur
Kruse & Deventer Co
Monarch
E. Wash. St
Akron Surgical House
Mass. Ave
Indiana Business College
St Marion
Muncie
Logansport
Anderson
Kokomo
Lafayette
Solumbus
Ich
Vincennes
E. Bute
Merchants Bank
Indiana
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