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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
9
With 7491 students not properly housed the Indianapolis school board weighs how to use 371000 for new buildings and eight additions while urgent upgrades call for about 2257000. The buildings committee will present recommendations at a Friday meeting as repairs face a 53000 deficit.
A vivid advertisement promotes Dave's Mentha-Pepsin as a quick relief for stomach distress. It claims rapid easing of gas heartburn and indigestion, with a money back guarantee and wide store availability through Goldsmiths Cut Price Drug Stores and Haag Drug Company.
Police seek Carl Shirley 15 colored of 1542 Holliday Street and Chester Greer 17 of Marion Indiana plus report John Clark 13 missing from his home. Shirley and Greer wore blue cover alls blue shirt and cap at the Plainfield institution. Clark described with blue eyes brown hair fur cap gray coat and tan shoes.
Times Special reports in LaPorte Indiana that Police Chief Alfred Norris arrested four men after a disturbance at Fish Trap Lake. Among those taken into custody were his brother Ira, 40, and brother-in law Walter Kabelin, 45. All faced liquor charge.
A heavy loaded truck driven by 42 year old Harry Kammerling struck Alvin Edward Sparks a nine year old boy on Noble and Michigan Streets as he walked to school. The driver stopped instantly and carried the boy to a drug store for first aid. An X ray was planned and Kammerling was charged with assault and battery.
Dr George A Reisner, director of the Harvard Boston Museum of Fine Arts expedition, unidentified tomb near Giza is believed to hold a princess named Nesti Sneferuw based on inscriptions. Alan Rowe, in charge of the expedition, reports the inscription.
The Clyde Hershey farm residence northwest of Noblesville Ind burned Tuesday afternoon causing about 10000 dollars in damage. It was one of the pioneer homesteads of central Indiana but had been modernized.
Lucius O. Hamilton, a local cigar maker who quit the Republican mayoral race, said he will back Ralph A. Lemcke against John Duvall of the Coffin faction. He mocked politics as an expert profession in Indianapolis and criticized the two machines behind it. He opposed the city manager plan and blamed government-backed factions for costs.
Boonville Indiana March 11 Death of Robert Martin 27 a miner was expected today after being crushed in an accident at the Sunlight Coal Company stripping plant Tuesday Local officials reported the fatal incident occurred at the Sunlight plant in stripping operations mentioned by press officials.
A quarantine is imposed in Aagerstown Ind as all dogs are restricted following a horse death attributed to rabies after being bitten by a dog. Officials report the incident prompted the measure to prevent further spread.
Philip Oercher state tax commissioner was to discuss the Indiana plan of levy control before the Minnesota Legislature. He would address a session of the Minnesota House Thursday afternoon.
A program prepared for commission by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America offers daily Lenten Bible readings and meditations to promote evangelism.
Meditative reflection on Luke 7 11 17 and 7 16 describes God dwelling among men through Jesus Christ. The soul’s intimation of immortality and kinship with the Divine Father are urged, with nature's voices urging reverence and aspiration toward the Creator. Amen.
Dowagiac Michigan reports Roy Winchel drove his car into a crowd at the Bu United arena injuring three and killing four people. Police say the accident occurred after the driver lost control. Emergency crews transported victims to area hospitals. Further details were not yet released.
An eastbound Michigan Central freight car collided with a filer just after midnight. Four companions died instantly: Frank Powers 21 Russell Powers 19 Ross Wilson 17 Marvin Taylor 17. Charles Marshall 21 had both legs broken and internal injuries. Basil Carpenter also injured. The flyer propelled the vehicle 300 feet. Winchel is in shock with facial injuries.
Dr. Edward C. Elliott of Purdue University will address the Men's Club of the First Presbyterian Church during Friday night’s meeting after a 6 30 dinner. The talk titled Scraps From a Professorial Notebook will be given in the church parlors at N Delaware and Sixteenth Streets with several Purdue alumni in attendance.
A Columbia Securities Company program finances home building by assessing site value and future worth, approving architect plans, and extending credit through an internal account. The builder draws from this account, with a first mortgage arranged when progress permits, under cautious, risk-free management. Officers include President Ben Sagalosky, VP I F Mier, Treasurer M Horowitz, and Secretary R A Kurtz.
The Helm-Lewis Cement Block Company announces readiness for spring building demand. Despite slow winter orders from unseasonable weather, the plant stayed in operation and produced cement blocks. The image shows part of the Fourteenth and Fall Creek plant and an advance supply ready for delivery to builders.
Indianapolis Lodge 13 selects Russwin hardware for a 1.5 million dollar club house at Meridian and St Clair Streets. Vonnegut Hardware supplies door latches knobs and escutcheons with Elks emblem on doors. Russwin is used in the French Lick Springs Hotel New York Pennsylvania Hotel and Washington Army and Navy Building.
United Press reports in Kokomo Indiana on March 11 that a fire damaged thirty automobiles in the Henry Mortzolf garage. The building was saved and most cars were removed before serious damage. Estimated loss is ten thousand dollars.
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