Police Seek City Council Support for 50-Strong Force
Board of Safety president Ernest L. Kingston said a campaign will push council to approve a proposal to increase the police by fifty men. He will present statistics showing Chief Rikhoff cannot adequately protect the city with the current force. Kingston defended special details and argued crime requires broader protection. no withdrawal date for bank guards has been set.
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Board of Safety
Ernest L. Kingston
Rikhoff
Kingston
Je Shank
Pastor Delivers Homiletics Lectures at Green Castle School
Dr Edwin Dunlavy of Roberts Park M E Church lectures on homiletics during the Methodist conference summer school in Green Castle this week. The event features a series of talks by Dunlavy for pastors and lay leaders.
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Edwin Dunlavy
Roberts Park
M. E. Church
Methodist Conference
Greencastle
City Public Works notices local improvement plan details
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis announces a public hearing on June 26 1925 to review assessments for local sewer and street improvements along Cruft Shelby and nearby avenues. Notices list property owners and show scope costs with payment terms and possible installment options.
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Windimapolis
Ind
Board of Fogle Works
Indianapolis
Ndiana
Jing Ang
Board of Public Works
State of Indiana
Crupt
Shelby St
Tate
Cruft St
Bowd Ve, St
Department of Iblic Works
Iasbor
Manner
General Assembly
State of Indliana
Citizens invited to former Fletcher estate park plan
Indianapolis Mayor Shank seeks public support to acquire Laurel Hall estate as a 99 year lease with buy option to create a city park. The Fletcher property valued at about 1.69 million for structures and grounds includes baths, paths, two golf courses and a large pool potential. A referendum with ballots will be held Saturday and Sunday with music by the Police and Firemen Band.
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Indianapolis
Laurel Hall
Stoughton B. Fletcher
Shank
Millersville Rd
Fletcher
The
Park Board
Esate
Merchants Heat and Light Company Wins Ten Year Lighting Contract
Merchants Heat and Light Company Thursday was awarded a ten year contract to light park and boulevards for an annual cost of 28 699 50 dollars. The bid covered 1590 lights at 250 candle power and was over 11000 dollars cheaper than the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, per city engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter.
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Merchants Heat and Light Company
Tnyear
Board of Park Commissioners
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Frank C. Lingenfelter
Building Permits Reported For Several Dwellings and Furnaces
A list of building permit items shows Charles Meadows for a dwelling at 2520 N. Dearborn with $1, William Hendrick seeking a furnace at 615 E Fifty Third for $450, and additions and other furnace permits linked to Sic Thomas at 746 N. Shet ot with unclear details. Development Company listed with furnace at 041-43 E. 0. oercel aceilice and 751 W. Thir. W. J. a f . Clandeass for a dwelling at 14&b8 Castle and Rodgers for a dwelling at 4540 Guilford.
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Charles Meadows
N. Dearborn
William Hendrick
Tnomas
N. Shetot Development Company
Public Works Posts Assessments for Keystone and Ila Avenues
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis approved June 24 1925 an assessment roll for public improvements on Ila Avenue and Keystone Avenue. Notices announce hearings July 16 1925 at 2 pm to contest prima facie assessments, with property owners listed and plans on file for grading paving curbs and related works.
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Tina
Mlinois Reet
Capitol Avenue
Anid
Board of Public Orks
Indianapolis
Ind
Board of Public Works of the
Indiana
Illa Avenue
Maryland
Board of Public Works
Said
Keystone Avenue
Indianapolis Union Railroad
Temple Ave
Tonra
Arash Nam Gay
Madisnapolie
Charlus
Corfin
Midwest Edwards Heirs Association Meeting Saturday
A meeting of the Midwest Edwards Heirs Association is scheduled for Saturday. Meeting 1 P M at Lincoln East Side Gun Club. Second session at 2 P M called Beta Luncheon. Board of Trade to follow.
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Midwest Edwards Heirs Association
Lincoln
East Side Gun Club
Board of Trade
Local Real Estate and Public Notices Snapshot
A jumbled OCR fragment lists multiple real estate items including furnaces, dwellings at 1920 N. Hovey 2438 Parker 2789 N Dearborn 1421 Castle and 919 N Ste N, with prices from 225 to 700 and a 7000 tyre note. It also mentions a garage at 6120 Ashland and a wreck at 1264 N Clinois, plus a note on US ambassadors to 45 countries.
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Ign Burt
N. Hovey
E. W
Stockwell
E. Tamoma
Heldentich
Schur
Parker
P W. Kercheval
B. Hossong
Ashland
W. G. Wilson
N. Dearborn
N E A Votes Direct Election At Annual Convention
The sixty third annual National Education Association convention opens Sunday introducing direct election of officers. Nominations will be from the floor and ballot voting used. President and treasurer nominations occur Tuesday with Friday set for election results. This year women candidates include Miss Cornelia Adair of Richmond and Miss Mary McSkimmon of Brookline.
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National Education Association
Cornelias&. Adair
Richmond, Va
Mary McSkimmon
Pierce School
Brookline
Mass
Mayors appoint two tellers for Laurel Hall referendum
Mayor Shank appoints Arthur E. Bradshaw president of Allied Coal and Material Company and Larz A. Whitcomb attorney as tellers for the Laurel Hall public referendum on acquisition. The vote occurs on the grounds Saturday and Sunday on Millersville Road as police urge motorists to proceed there.
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Shank
Arthur E. Bradshaw
Allied Coal and Material Company
Larz A. Whitcomb
Laurel Hall
Stoughton Fletcher
Millersville Rd
Two Men Die By Self Inflicted Wounds From Heat
In Sacramento Capital Park two unidentified men aged about 70 and 35 died after shooting themselves to escape the heat gripping the area since Monday. The deaths were reported by United Press.
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United Press
Sacramento
Cal
Capital Park
Feared Second Avalanche Halts Jackson Hole Tourists
Fears of a second avalanche of rocks and dirt in the Jackson Hole region near Jackson, Wyoming, delay tourists as Tuesday's earth slide blocks the South route. Traffic is forbidden on all regional roads and the Gros Ventre highway is obliterated, making temporary routes unlikely.
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United Arena
Jackson
Wyo
Jackson Hole
Gros Ventre
Scouts to Award Boy Leaders Tonight
Chief Scout F O Belzer will present awards to over eighty of the 142 boys at the Boy Scout camp as the twelve day session continues through Saturday. Four additional camps will be held and the City Court of Honor convenes Wednesday night at the City Library with Irving Williams presiding.
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F. O. Belzer
Belzer
Irving Williams
Police call ends in jail for intoxicated driver
John Booker of 964 Superior Street called police to 400 Muskingum Street after he was struck by a man with a club while alighting his car. Police charged Booker with driving an automobile while intoxicated and conducted a futile search for the assailant.
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John Booker
Superior St
Booker
Muskingum St
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