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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1930
Page
15
New York May 6 A first woman declares war on Brooklyn laundry racketeers. Mrs Rosalie Loew Whitney longtime civic leader accepts role as head of the Neighborhood Laundry Owners Association crusade against extortion earning no pay. Excavations in Egypt push back civilization over 6 000 years.
Two society leaders will play major roles at the first convention of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform in Cleveland on April 23-24. Mrs. Amasa Stone Mather, of Cleveland, oversees arrangements, and Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, of New York, is the national chairman. The group advocates repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
The board of works approved resurfacing and widening for two streets and resurfacing of eleven others this summer. Bids were received for airport runways with R McCallum Construction of Danville Illinois low at 180000 dollars. Work funded by a 186000 dollar bond issue.
Frederick H. Payne of Greenfield Mass. sworn as assistant secretary of war in the presence of Secretary Hurley and high army officers. Widow Gets Estate Anderson Ind. May 6 The will of Flavius Pritchard bequeaths his entire 8700 dollar estate to his widow Martha E. Pritchard. At her death it will be divided among five children.
Six masked bandits stopped an automobile carrying Charles S. Dewey of Chicago an American financial adviser to Poland and his party Monday night in Bucharest. Also present were Charles A Davila Romanian minister to Washington and Countess Stembeck wife of the Polish minister.
A May 6 report says two people died and ten were injured as tornadoes tore across southwestern Oklahoma and parts of Nebraska. The Oklahoma fatalities occurred near Walters and Watonga, with a path ten miles long and up to a mile wide. Homes and farms suffered extensive damage across Adams county near Hastings.
Mrs. Margaret McMahon of Greenfield files suit for divorce from Patrick McMahon after thirty years of marriage alleging cruelty. The action is filed in Greenfield with details limited in the public notice.
A vintage advertisement claims Kruschen Salts boost liver bowels and kidney activity with a daily half spoon in hot water. It touts six vitalizing salts and argues one bottle lasts four weeks aiding constipation headaches indigestion nervousness rheumatism depression acidity and auto intoxication. Sold by Hook's Dependable Drug Stores nationwide.
An advertisement touts Taniac as a remedy to build weight strengthen nerves and increase appetite with a money back guarantee on the druggist’s promise. It urges readers to see how quickly it works.
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