Vote workers button-holed boss to power Coffin machine
The Marion County Republican expense report shows 1,345 messengers were paid $5 each as part of Coffin's organization in the May 8 primary. Officials say the term messengers covered poll workers who worked around polling places, with most funds spent on messengers and related printing and clerical costs.
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George W. Coffin
Marion County
Republican
County Republican Committee
Schuyler A. Haas
Seventh District
Coffin
Haas
George O. Hutsell
Hutsell
George Winkler
Clyde E. Robinson
Omer Hawkins
George V. Coffin
Sumner Clancy
George Snider
John Shearer
Paul Brown
Paul Dunn
M. B. Hine
Barth B. Melson
Arthur R. Robinson
William A. Edwards
First Ward
Frank Symmes
Ira M. Holmes
Democratic Central Committee
Sterling R. Holt
Laurens L. Henderson
Marion
Faces Bandit Charge Against Harold Lilbotz
Harold Lilbotz twenty one of 39 Jefferson Avenue faces auto banditry and grand larceny charges after arrest at a camp near Colfax Indiana Monday. Detectives say he is the man who held up Thomas Williams at Baker Apartments Massachusetts Avenue last week taking a sixty five dollar jewelry set and six hundred dollar ring. Kentucky Joe Hunter of 1217 Sturm Avenue with Lilbotz at the camp is held on a vagrancy charge.
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Harold Lilbotz
N. Jefferson Ave
Colfax
Ind
Lilbotz
Thomas Williams
Baker Apts
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Joe Hunter
Sturm Ave
Lilbett
Two men held for grand jury in car theft case
Edward Harper 22 of 310 S Reena St and George Miles 27 with no address waived examination in Municipal Court and are held to the grand jury under 2000 dollars for larceny of an automobile. Harper was arrested with the stolen car from Dr Edward Coleman after a Plainfield Indiana crash. Miles and Miss Eva Elmore 23 Meeker Hotel admitted waiting for Harper and were arrested Monday night. Lester Lambed 39 Harbour Hotel also held on receiving stolen charge.
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Edward Harper
S. Reena St
George Miles
Harper
Edward Coleman
Virginia Ave
Plainfield
Ind
Miles
Eva Elmore
Meeker
Lester Lamherd
Harbour Hotel
28 Cars Qualify in Auto Classic Test at Speedway
Twenty eight cars already qualified for the annual 500 mile motor classic at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Five more cars were to take speed tests today weather permitting. A four lap test with average speed of ninety mph was required. The list shows car number driver car and time and average speed.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Dailey Supporters Claim 800 Votes For Governor Nomination
Supporters of Frank C. Dailey predict he will win on the first ballot at the Democratic State convention next week, claiming nearly 800 of 1,185 possible votes. Other candidates and backers prepare for a floor fight as party leaders seek harmony and a strong fall campaign.
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Frank C. Dailey
United States
Dailey
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
Fredrick
Olin Holt
George E. Hershman
Crown Point
Crawford
George R. Dale
Muncie
Fredrick Forces
Samuel L. Wells
Scottsburg
Great Air Era Near Asserts Rickenbacker
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker predicts speeds to 400 miles per hour by 1928 end and aviation will dominate transport in twenty five years. He cites German giant planes and dirigibles, envisioning multiple Indianapolis airports, air mail and parcel service by air, and television aiding aviation advances across the world.
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Edward V. Rickenbacker
Indianapolis Speedway
Service Club
Rickenbacker
Germany
Atlantic
England
Los Angeles
London
Sidney
Australia
Buenos Aires
Indianapolis
City Directory Reports Indianapolis Population At 430 128
The new Polk directory places Indianapolis population at 430 128, up from 398 017 in 1927 and 314 194 in 1920. It features government, churches, banks, buildings, clubs, companies, labor groups, secret societies, and reviews, plus a buyers guide and address listings.
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Indianapolis
R. L. Polk & Co
Safety Board Quizzes Fire Heads Over Manual Distribution
Fire Prevention Chief Horace W Carey and Frank Eaton were questioned by the board of public safety after distributing the Fire Prevention Manual criticized by the Better Business Bureau. The board took no action on the BBB complaint. Eaton admitted using Carey’s stationery, denying firemen solicited ads. The 1928 issue will be off the press in about two weeks as the board bans soliciting by firemen and policemen unless authorized.
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Horace W. Carey
Frank Eaton
Better Business Bureau
Board of Public Safety
T. M. Overley
Bureau
Eaton
Carey
Farmers to Protest at National Republican Convention Kansas City
State farm group leaders were asked to send a delegation to the National Republican convention in Kansas City to protest President Coolidge's veto of the McNary Haugen bill. The appeal was outlined in letters received from William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Trains Crash In Dense Fog Kills Two In Barberson
Two men were killed and two seriously hurt when three railroads tangled in a wreck at a Barberson Ohio crossing. A B and O freight hit a westbound Pennsylvania freight, another Pennsylvanian freight struck the wreckage and derailed.
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Ba United Press
Barberton
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Nurses Crown Queen at Riley Hospital Pageant
Student nurses of Indiana University hospitals crowned Ruth Firestone of Rockville Miss Spring at a May queen pageant on the Riley Hospital playground. The Spirit of Spring was directed by Mrs. Veric Overmyer with Frances Henzie Ruth Ferguson and Maxine Eva Mae Chaille assisting.
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Indiana University Hospitals
Ruth Firestone
Rockville
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For
Veric Overmyer
Frances Henzie
Ruth Ferguson
Maxine
Eva Mae Chaille
Miss Indiana and Miss Ohio Head to Galveston Pageant
Miss Indiana Ettie Dubrie of Anderson and Miss Ohio Mary Horlocker of Columbus will travel Thursday to Galveston Texas for the international beauty pageant opening Saturday. Horlocker appears Wednesday night at Walnut Gardens with her mother to attend the races. The state winners will depart with their mothers and district manager T Dwight Pepple, meeting other state winners in St Louis.
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Indiana
Galveston
Texas
Etty Dubrie
Anderson
the Times
Mary Horlocker
Columbus
Ohio
Walnut Gardens
South
T. Dwight Pepple
St. Louis
West Virginia Voters Face Heavy Day of Primaries
A heavy turnout was predicted in West Virginia primaries with major focus on the Republican ballot. Senator Guy D. Goff and Secretary of Commerce Hoover seek the presidential endorsement. Goff’s native ties and vigorous campaigning mark the race while Hatfield Gore and Rosenbloom contest the Republican senatorial nod. Democratic senator M. M. Neely runs unopposed.
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United Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Guy D. Goff
Commerce Hoover
Goff
Henry J. Hatfield
Howard M. Gore
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
United States
M. M.neely
Clinton resident John W. Robb dies after brief illness
Times Special reports Clinton Indiana May 29 John W Robb 77 active in business church and philanthropic circles died after a few days illness Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon
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Times
Clinton
Ind
John W. Robb
Indiana to Lose About 1.25 Million in 1928 Tax Revenue
State Auditor Lewis S. Bowman said the 1928 tax payments due in June will likely fall about 1.25 million below June 1927 totals. The decrease follows 1927 legislature action cutting real estate assessments by 11 percent to relieve farmers. Despite lower revenue, expenditures are trimmed and no additional levy is expected.
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Indiana
Lewis S. Bowman
Bowman
Blacks Eye of Inn Manager Jailed
Hyme Alboher paid ten dollars and thirty days in jail for striking Donald Ewing Circle Motor Inn manager after being ordered out. Alboher, a street vendor selling flowers, tried to enter the Circle Motor Inn and punched Ewing when refused.
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Blacks Eye OF Inn
Hyme Alboher
Donald Ewing
Circle Motor Inn
Alboher
Ewing
Albaher
Boy Paralyzed After Fall From Tree in Indiana Farmyard
Rushville Indiana May 29 Orlo Wagner aged sixteen sustained two spinal fractures broken ribs and a collar bone when he fell from a tree at his uncle Ben Ertel farm home ten miles northeast of Rushville He may die.
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Times
Rushvile
Ind
Orlo Wagner
Ben Ertel
Simple Bionite Powder Clears Blackheads Fast
An advertisement touts a quick method to remove blackheads using two ounces of Bionite powder sprinkled on a hot wet cloth and briskly rubbed over the affected areas. The claim is that the blackheads disappear in about two minutes.
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