This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1927
Page
3
A collage of lost articles and ads appears: rings, purses, glasses, a dog, a beagle named Buck, a white bird dog, a girl worried over a brown purse, and multiple reward offers. Also listed are ads for beauty services, room rentals, and employment in Indianapolis.
Sam Hayes of New Bethel, 60, trudges toward Bowling Green with a buggy carrying a dog, banjo, a .22 rifle, and two suitcases. Deputies moved the dog and buggy off the road near New Bethel after intercepting him ten miles southeast of Indianapolis. Hayes left Shelbyville after buying the buggy for 1 and says he will continue south to Kentucky.
County council killed an ordinance for 1 078 000 dollars in road improvements and balked on 125 000 dollars for Morris Street Bridge as part of flood prevention. The move delays extensive road work for at least a year and prompts further debate over costs and priorities.
Alfred M. Glossbrenner of Levey Printing and head of the Employing Printers Association helps lead a national committee aiming to raise 50000 dollars to establish the Ives Foundation. The fund honors Frederick E Ives, inventor of the half tone process used to reproduce photographs. Money will support Ives during his life and fund a photo engraving chair at MIT after his death.
Wood Wiles of Bloomington is the new president of the State Association of Retail Druggists. Other officers elected here Thursday at the closing session include W. A. Oren of Indianapolis as secretary, L. G. Kramer of Michigan City, Fred Smith and H. W. Heine of Lafayette as vice presidents, E. G. Buechner of Elkhart as treasurer, and Frank B. McCullough of New Albany as permanent secretary.
Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer gathered material evidence in a local corruption probe. An affidavit charged City Purchasing Agent John J. Collins with soliciting a bribe and other affidavits targeted Mayor Duvall and City Conteller William C. Buser.
Roy Davidson of Indianapolis was re elected president of the National Grocers' Association without opposition at the convention in Omaha Nebraska. Directors will select the 1928 convention city in January. Davidson is vice president of M O Connor & Company Inc wholesale grocers and resides at 534 East Maple Road.
South Bend. Dan Peterson, 27, arrested after trying to burn his mother, was sentenced to 310 days on the state penal farm following a conviction for intoxication.
In Indianapolis district court United States District Attorney Albert Ward reports 31 people indicted by the Federal grand jury. Most face liquor charges with twenty eight named on liquor counts. others include impersonation postal law violation and narcotic charge. The indictments cover individuals across Indianapolis and statewide.
The McNamara Construction Company was awarded the concrete paving contract on Haugh St between Tenth and Twelfth Streets for 8138 dollars after being named low bidder. The board also approved McNamara for Warman Ave paving to be finished by August 15 as directed by City Engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter. Indiana Asphalt Paving Company received the Cornell Ave and Hancock St asphalt projects totaling 9702 and 3968 dollars respectively.
County Recorder Frank Childers asked to reduce his staff by three, citing photostatic copying as cutting workload. In Washington at June 23, the report notes context of officials demanding more funds and assistants. Also mentions the death of 17 year old George Francis Lawrie who drowned near McLean Virginia after high school graduation.
Fragments describe ad placement rules and contact instructions for Times ads. Mentions main number 3500, insertion rights, cancellation and credit mention, but details are garbled.
A fragment from a city listing shows W. T. Blasengym main office at 2226 Shelby Street in Drexel and Bert 8 Gadd at 2130 Prospect Street, suggesting a directory snippet with two business locations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.