McAdoo Nomination Could End La Follette Plan
The Indianapolis Times notes that if McAdoo gains the Democratic nomination the Cleveland convention will not endorse La Follette. Railroad labor leaders in New York hint they would back La Follette if McAdoo falls short, but Promise to drop that threat if McAdoo wins. A draft public statement supports this predicted shift, awaiting Ballot results Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
McAdoo
New York
Labor
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Cleveland
Congress
Boy Motorist Held After Serious City Injuries
A 13 year old boy is held at the detention home on assault and battery charges after a car he drove struck Harold Broadstreet a 3 year old. Harassment arose when two cars collided at Pine and New York streets injuring Mrs M Perdew mother of Vincent Perdew. Police arrested both drivers on assault and battery charges.
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Hyland and
Amsden
Harold Broadstreet
Buchanan St
Vincent Perdew
Dorman St
Thomas McDuff
E. Tenth St
Pine and
New York Sts
M. Per
Dobbin coming back demand for horses rising country and cities
William E. Murphy secretary of the National Horseshoers Protective Association says a Government survey shows higher horse demand now than ever before in history. He notes cities still rely on horses for short hauls and that federal funding for horses is at an all time high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
William E. Murphy
National Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Murphy
Castleton Cut Off seals Albany freight gateway shift
The Castleton Cut-Off, the costliest single railroad project in the United States, will reroute New York Central freight away from Albany within a year. Costing 25.9 million dollars, its base lies along the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, stretching from Castleton to South Schenectady, ending Albany's 300 year role as a freight gateway. Police report a well dressed man found dead, identified as Peter Smith, 45, a waiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Castleton
New York Central
Albany
Hudson River
Mohawk River
Schenectady
Peter Smith
Mil
Merry Widow bob craze hits American beauty shops
Hairdressers promote a new Merry Widow style bob that appeals to schoolgirls and adults, with Miss Agnes Verne among the early wearers. In Indianapolis the cut is called Mae Murray, while Parisian designers note American women drive fashion choices. American travelers influence French tailoring and frock trends as U.S. visitors surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Agnes Verne
Indianapolis
Mae Murray
Albert N. Connett, Jr
American Women’s Club
Paris
Judge Wilmeth Jails Two Auto Drivers for Assault and Speeding
City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth sentenced Horace Howard to five days in jail and 5 fine on an assault charge plus 25 for speeding after his car struck a street car rider. Lowell Calvin received five days in jail and 5 fine for assault and battery. John Howard paid 5 and cost for left side driving. Charges of DUI and failure to stop were dismissed.
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Delbert O. Willmeth
Indiana
Horace Howard
Eleventh St
Howard
J. W. Pettes
Lawrence St
Lowell Calvin
S. McKim St
Robert Myson
Franklin Pl
Senate Ave
Michigan St
Wilmeth
John Howard
S. Grace St
M. W. Perry
College Ave
Keystone Ave
Marriage Licenses Listed For Indiana Residents
A long list of marriage licenses includes Clarence Rode and Dorothy Fahrbach aged 25 and 21 respectively with addresses on R. R. G. box 85 and 759 Terrace, and Henry Dulin 33 and Mae Franklin 21 with Chicago Street and W. Twenty-Fifth addresses. Others include James Spear 32 and Margaret McCarthy 22, Touls Smith 31 and Daisy Folkerth 19, Thomas Johnstone 29 and Johanna Burns 31, Carl Huffman 21 and Rosalee Smith 20, John Lawler 23 and Perry Dillon 22, Ford Freers 22 and Pearl Fisher 23, and many more couples listed with occupations and home locations in Indianapolis and surrounding towns.
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Clarence H. Rode
R. R. G. Box
Dorothy L. Fahrbach
Terrace
Henry S. Dulin
Mae V. Franklin
James B. Spear
Ohio
Margaret McCarthy
E. New York
Touls Smith
Noblesville Ind
Ethel Safrin
Meridian
Jack Strickland
N. River
Daisy M. Folkerth
N. Bancroft
Thomas G. Johnstone
Broadway
Johanna Burns
New Jersey
Carl E. Huffman
Indianapolis
Rosalee Smith
John A. Lawler
W. Thirty- First
Perry Dillon
N. Linwood
Ford B. Freers
E. Marrin
Pearl Fisher
University Heights
Thomas Hines
Woodlawn
Louise Davis
Thomas E. Quill
S. Meridian
Margaret H. Snyder
Laurel
Cashier
Reginald Dunlap
Sheldon
Letitia M. Thomas
Alvord
Baldwin Franklin
Indiana
Betas Fannie B. Johnson
W.ratt
Frank A. Garten
N. Meridian
Garten Feed Company
Kathryn Turney
Ashland
Charles L
Births Listed for Local Families in City Directory Style
A regional births notice lists newborn boys and girls with parents and street addresses. Entries include Fred and Ina Carter at 2956 E Michigan and Jacob and Dora Weisenbach at 335 N Jefferson among numerous other families and homes.
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Fred
Ina Carter
E. Michigan
Bee
Myneanna Cochram
Re Mathew
Mattie Kopp
Jack Stromer
Mabel Lollar
Ashan John
Edith Williams
N. East
Charles
Jessie Neal
Gimber
George
Edith Crawford
Sycamore
Horace
Emma Whitehouse
Central
Scott
Bonnie Thompson
Pershing
Benjamin
Matilda Korthaus
E. la Grande
Wze
Catherine Kraeszig
Marshall
Helen de Witt
Jacob
Dora Weisenbach
Jefferson
Irwin
Carrie Reed
Roosevelt
Edward
Hilda O'Riley
Minkne
Death notices list six local deaths and causes
Gladys Emily Jackson 42 at St Vincent Hospital sepsis. Charles Wesley Green 1 at 2124 Central meningitis. Mary F Smith 74 at St Vincent Hospital peritonitis. Chris Brumhoefer 48 at city hospital hypostatic pneumonia. Almyra Ann Alexander 74 at 2838 Central carcinoma. James W 74 at 1805 S Keystone chronic myocarditis. Margaret Phelps 100 at 1050 W Twenty Nine Waku hole ZC Sweet premature birth.
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Gladys Emily Jackson
St. Vincent Hospital
Charles Wesley Green
Central
Mary F. Smith
Chris Brumhoefer
City Hospital
Almyra Ann Alexander
James W
S. Keystone
Margaret Phelps
Russian émigré Sonia Neff to headline Butler welcome event
Sonia Neff born in Orlesa Russia will perform Russian piano and accordion selections during the Butler welcome at Fairview Park organized by the Marmeton Civic League. The Saturday basket picnic follows a 1 30 p m parade with talks by Governor Branch Mayor Shank Myron Green and Dr Robert J Aley plus police and firemen band concert and pageant for several thousand attendees.
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Sonia Neff
Fairview Park
Mamleton Civic League
Neff
Orlessa
Russia
Federaton of
William M. Swain
Parkway Dr
Emmett F. Branch
Shank
Myron Green
Paul Dresser Memorial Association
Robert J. Aley
Butler University
Mixed Building Permits List With Numerous Addresses
A long list records building permits including garages, dwellings, additions, furnaces and remodels at addresses such as 1545 Shelby 1414 Oliver 223 E Washington and 34 Kentucky with costs from 50 to 3820 dollars. Names include Schulmeyer Theodore Marshall Walter Bowl Company Elia White and Mrs Homer Elliott among others. The text ends with a non sequitur about ancient Greece toys.
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Schulmeyer
Shelby
Theodore Marshall
Oliver
Ae Bros
E. Washington
Walter T. Bowl Company
Kentucky
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
W. Mariet
George C. Frecker
Wallace
N. Darter
Congress
Homer Elliott
N. Denny
Elia White
Garege
N. Ritter
H. C. Keever
Ashland
Adolph Alexander
E. Brendel
Meridian
Ee On Morrow
N. Emerson
S. A. Morrow
W. Tenth
George Kalb
Julian
M. E. Carton
St. Peter and Bronce
Matrica
S. East
A. Matrica
C. E. Jones
W. Sixteenth
C.E. Jones
Cobb Realty Company
Shriver
Eorge A Stalker
Gail- Wesley
Veteran Police Officer I 0 Retire Monday
Otto H. Simon 52 of 1439 Wold lawn Ave will end 25 years 57 days of active service at 2 30 p m Monday He will resign to farm near Five Points Ind Simon held hazardous assignments praised for courage He rose from bicycle man May 1899 to detective sergeant 1904 and helped with Jorry Martins gang and McNamara dynamiting case His health failed in 1920 leading to an inside job and he hopes to recover in the country
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Otto H. Simon
Woodlawn Ave
Five Points
Ind
Simon
Bis Cycleman
Jorry Martin
New Palestine
McNamara
Shank
Miners Strike At River Mine Over Safety Dismissals
One hundred miners at the St. Joseph Lead Company River Mine seven miles south of Bonnetterre Missouri go on strike to protest the dismissal of two co workers who had complained about mine safety conditions.
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United Press
Bonneterre
St. Joseph
Garage Proprietor Burned in Gasoline Explosion
Edward Rother, 38, owner of Plaza Auto Repair Shop, 30 Vermont St, was burned on hands and arms when gasoline exploded while cleaning a motor. He was taken to Deaconess Hospital. Slight damage occurred to the shop.
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Edward Rother
Eugene St
Plaza Auto Repair
Vermont St
Deaconess Hospital
Fire repair shop break in reported on Fifty Fourth Street
Harry Elder told police his shop at Fifty Fourth Street and College Avenue was entered and $25 taken from a desk. Robert Hall of Seventy Ninth Street and College Avenue reported his room entered with clothes valued at $85 taken.
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Harry Elder
Fifty-Fourth St
College Ave
Robert Hall
Ill health blamed in self destruction of farmer
Shelbyville Indiana June 27 John Rice 48 farmer hanged himself from a barn rafter. Ill health was given as the cause of death in the self inflicted tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
John Rice
Kansas Congressman Ed C. Little Dies in Washington
Congressman Ed C. Little of Kansas died in Washington following a stroke. The longtime elected official passed away today in the nation’s capital, ending a career in the House of Representatives.
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United Press
Washington
Ed C. Little
Kansas
YACHT OF KLAn EX-DRAGON BURNS AT TOLEDO
The private yacht Reo-Mar tied to D C Stephenson former Indiana Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon burned at Toledo Ohio at 3 30 a m with a loss about 95000 Two explosions followed the fire endangering Earl Klenck Mrs Henry Einhart and Vernica Rose of Toledo guests and Ernest De Forrest guards All escaped in row boats before sinking Stephenson blamed enemies saying they threatened to destroy the yacht The vessel 110 feet long was second largest on the Great Lakes and registered in Toledo Yacht Club It was reportedly insured and valued at 125 00 The fire occurred after a pattern of mysterious noises and a night watch with a searchlight had been kept on the vessel
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Reo-Mar
D. C. Stephenson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Toledo
Ohio
Earl Klenck
Henry J. Einhart
Vernica Rose
Klenck
Ernest de Forrest
Stephenson
Great Lakes
R. E. Olds
Toledo Yacht Club
Klienck
Narby
Klenck Ia
Reomar
Atlantic
Cleveland
Attorney General Fights Ratts Salary Case in Court
U S Lesh filed a new answer to Oscar Ratts suit to force State Auditor Bracken to pay Ratts a $500 May salary as public service commissioner. Former Gov Warren T McCray named Oscar B Smith to succeed Ratts effective May 1, but Ratts argued the appointment was illegal since McCray resigned first. Ratts retained office as Bracken refused payment and Ratts filed a June salary claim.
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U. S. Lesh
Oscar Ratts
Robert W. Bracken
Ratts
Warren T. McCray
Oscar B. Smith
McCray
Bracken
Arrest Report: Robert Ware Charged With Speeding
Robert Ware, 22, of 521 W. North St., was arrested today on a speeding charge. The incident involved a traffic stop conducted by local police, with no additional injuries or citations noted in the report.
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Robert Ware
W. North St
Julietta Ceiling Withstands Test At County Asylum
Three arbitrators conducted a weight test on the county asylum ceiling at Julietta. Two hundred fifty-two sand bags weighing 105 pounds each were placed to test maximum load, with the ceiling sagging an inch further under strain before the test ended.
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Julietta
County Asylum For the
State Board of Accounts
John J. Griffith
Merle N. A. Walker
George A. Weaver & Son
Griffith
Lesie Colvin
Robert Frost Daggett
Man in Wisconsin Identified in Bride Murder Case
A man in custody in Antigo is partially identified as George Cummings of Victoria British Columbia. He is wanted in Shawano on a first degree murder charge for the killing of his bride of a week at a tourist camp near Wittenberg on June 15.
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United Press
Antigo
Wis
George Cummings
Victoria
B. C
Shawano
Wittenberg
Black person Finds New Home After Tipton Times Suspension
In Tipton Indiana on June 6 a local man nicknamed Black person is described as a news hound after the Tipton Times suspended publication. George Cook, a farmer, offered shelter and meals then took in the hound, who then adopted the Tipton Tribune as a home.
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Times Special
Tipton
Ind
Tipton Times
George Cook
Tipto Tribune
Demurrer Overruled in Election Contest Appeals
Superior Judge James M. Leath overruled a demurrer by Attorney James Ogden in Morton Matthews versus Wilfred Norrington, ordering an answer to the complaint. The ruling covers nineteen suits by defeated Coffin-Dodson Republican precinct committeemen seeking recounts and certificates. Matthews hails from the Second precinct, Fifteenth ward. A separate Bedford report notes quarryman Joseph Simmerman, 36, died from injuries after being struck by flying stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ogden
Morton Matthews
Wilfred Norrington
James M. Leathers
Coffin-Dodson
Election Board
Matthews
United Press
Bedford
Ind
Joseph Simmerman
School Board approves comprehensive building program
The majority faction led by Charles R. Yoke Charles L. Barry and Fred Bates Johnson vows to start a wide building and renovation plan for three high schools Shortridge West Side and colored high schools along with repairs and new grade schools They anticipate funding through direct taxation while avoiding debt near the legal limit with three years to progress Yoke cautions aim to fund emergencies and maintain core education while expanding facilities and non core subjects like cooking sewing and manual training prove costly
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Charles R. Yoke
Charles L. Barry
Fred Bates Johnson
Yoke
Ohio
Shortridge
West Side
Barry
Still Confiscation After Raid At Sixty Third Street
William Rogers and Bert Sullivan along with Charles Richmond were arrested at Sixty Third and La Salle Streets and charged with operating a still after a raid by State Agent Horace Lyle Lieutenant Louis Johnson and police. A thirteen gallon still, a small quantity of whisky and three barrels of mash were seized.
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William Rogers
Baltimore Ave
Charles Richmond
Allisonville Rd
Bert Sullivan
N. Senate Ave
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