Union leader warns printers against moving to Florida
Stuart Shull president of the Miami Typographical Union cables unions to stop Florida migration. He cites layoffs slow job access scarce living quarters freight embargo and scarce material. James M Lynch international president urges locals to keep cards from transferring to Florida. This item is the eighteenth in a series from The Indianapolis Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NION
Florida
Stuart Shull
Miami Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Indianapolis Times
Florida land boom warned by expertHarold Keats
Harold Keats argues Florida must focus on productive farming to overcome a speculative boom. He notes a decade long shift from agriculture to speculation, urges land price deflation, pest control, soil surveys, irrigation, and a statewide marketing and transport system. He warns of bad living conditions, crooks, oversupply, and scarce real employment, urging readers to consult chambers of commerce before moving.
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Hendry
Palm Beach
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Florida land boom warnings and market decline likely
The article warns of inflated land values in Florida with high financing costs and risky sales tactics. It cites overextended mortgages, heavy taxes, dubious dealers, and suspect titles as signals of a coming downturn, while noting some solid subdivisions may endure. Leading Florida businessmen back the concerns.
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Florida
Butler Class Elects Harrison Collier President
Butler University sophomore class elected Harrison Collier as president on Friday night. Margaret Elrod was chosen as vice president and Jane Ogborne as secretary. The junior class election will be held next week.
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Harrison Collier
Butler University
Margaret Elrod
Jane Ogborne
Marriage Licenses Listed for Chester Stevens and Others
A stream of names and occupations appears from a local marriage license ledger. Entries include Chester Stevens and Gertrude Carter, Clyde Pendergast and Cleola Craft, Stanley Green and Arline Webster, and many others with ages and addresses.
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Chester Stevens
Brooks
Gertrude Carter
Clyde R. Pendergast
Lupsie
Ind
Cleola J. Craft
Stanley S. Green
E. Michigan
Arline G. Webster
Bosart
Windsor
T. Waits
Capitol
Cordeno A. Pearce
Broadway
Secre Clark E. Gordon
Tuxedo
Thelmas
N. Beville
Ernest H. Knester
Elerx
Harriet W. Motes
Robert 8
Jaqua probation petition deferred in Indiana case
Frank Jaqua of Portland Ind faces deferred action on a probation petition tied to his Hawkins Mortgage Company mail fraud sentence. Judge Slick will confer with District Attorney Albert Ward before any decision. this is Jaqua’s second petition after the first was denied.
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United Presse
South Bend
Ind
Frank Jaqua
Portland
Jaqua
Hawkins, Mortgage Company
Slick
Albert Ward
Jauga
Tragedy in a Family Home Ends in Murder
Coroner opened an inquest into the fatal shooting of Mrs. Stroud at the family residence after a bitter feud with her houseguest known as Shorty Peterman. Sister Is Witness Mary Rongsted testified that Peterman threatened Mrs. Stroud and fired twice over her body as she fell from the steps. The body of Peterman was later removed to New Market Ontario.
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Florida
Stroud
Doris
Peterman
Shorty
Mother
Mr. Stroud
Paul F. Robinson
Mary Rongsted
South Objects to M. E. Union
United Press reports persistent rift in the Methodist Episcopal Church as northern conferences back uniting with the southern branch while southern conferences oppose. North votes 12,203 for and 595 against. south shows similar opposition. Merger expects to reach a national conference for possible action in 1928.
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United Press
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mason- Dixon Line
New Social Secretary Named for Indianapolis Athletic Club
Mrs Edna Kuhn Martin of Indianapolis appointed social secretary of the Indianapolis Athletic Club a new post she will head all women’s activities and entertainment programs starting with Captain Amundsen’s lecture at the club October 23.
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Edna Kuhn Martin
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Pedestals for Bridge Lights Sought by City
A reader asks The Times for pedestals to mount lights on the Illinois Street bridge and for repairs to the streetcar track to prevent passengers from being jolted. The board of works will study the proposals and street lighting chief J. H. Hensley will handle lighting matters. Repairs on Tibbs Avenue are under way with grading in progress.
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Fixi
Illinois St. Bridge
Fixit
N. Illinois St
Fall Creek
Twenty-Eighth St
Daily Times
Board of Works
MR. Fixit
Sixty-First St
Cornell Ave
J. H. Hensley
Tibbs Ave
Michigan St
Washington St
Reid
Market Sees Fresh Arrivals At City Bazaar
Several fruits and vegetables debut at the city market including imported English hothouse grapes at 1.25 a pound and Florida oranges 75 cents a dozen. Prices cover dates 20 cents a pound and bananas 20 to 25 cents a dozen, with butter, eggs, and various produce also listed.
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California
Jonathan
Grimes
Gone but Not Forgotten License A-B C D theft notice
Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to Earl Southerland 737 E Minnesota St Ford 400 559 from California and Washington St Albert Jeffers 2154 Park Ave Ford 129 604 from 317 E Vermont Street Harry Hassewinkle 421 N Arsenal Ave Ford from North and Illinois Sts. Call The Indianapolis Times Main 3500 if you see these numbers.
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Indianapolis Times
Earl Southerland
Minnesota St
Ford
California
Washington St
Albert Jeffers
Park Ave
Vermont Street
Harry Hassewinkle
N. Arsenal Ave
North
Illinois Sts
Rate increase petitions filed by Indiana telephone companies
Two telephone firms seek higher charges before the public service commission. Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company covers Brownstown Wallonia exchange areas and Hope Independent Telephone Company serves Plat Rock Cave Hardsville and St Paul. Interstate Public Service Company moves to buy New Albany Street Railway Company.
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Public Service Commission
Southern Indiana Telephone and Tellegraph Company
Brownstown
Wallonia
Hope Independent Telephone Company
Plat Rock, Cave, Hardsville and
St. Paul
Interstate Public Service Company
New Albany Street Railway Company
Small Traders Suffer From Stock Flood Says Johnston
Chicago October 17 A stock manager for Jackson Brothers J C Johnston says inexperienced speculators with small bank rolls drive heavy NYSE trading. He warns banks will unloading stocks after an inevitable price drop and that small factory and office traders will be wiped out due to lack of capital.
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United Press
Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
J. C. Johnston
Jackson Brothers
Johnston
GOP Leaders Hold Informal Meeting on Ralston Succession
Republican leaders denied reports of an informal gathering at the Columbia Club Friday afternoon to discuss appointing a successor to the late Samuel M. Ralston in the U S Senate. Attendees included Clyde Wald, Harry Fenton, Joseph Kealing, John Ruckelshaus, John L. Duvall’s campaign manager, Governor Jackson, and Lt. Governor Van Orman.
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Columbia Club
Samuel M. Ralston
United States Senate
Senator Ralston
Clyde A. Wald
Harry Fenton
Joseph B. Kealing
Indiana
John C. Ruckelshaus
John L. Duvall
Jackson
van Orman
Plan appeals over search warrant ruling on county case
Deputy attorney general Ralph Spaan and three deputies plan to appeal a Criminal Court ruling by Special Judge H. B. Pike that a search warrant issued by a justice of peace is void if served outside the issuing township and that the warrant is civil, not criminal. The record includes Vanderwood cleared on blind tiger charge after admitting no half pint, while cases against Azzarello and Davis were postponed to obtain warrants on file in Wayne township.
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Ralph Spaan
Marion County
Arthur L. Gilliam
State Supreme Court
H. B. Pike
Justice of Peace
Pike
James A. Collins
Sarah Vanderwood
California St
Eisenhut
Collins
Eijsenhut
Vanderwood
Blind Tiger
Salvatoree Azzarello
Stevens St
Sam Davis
Fulton St
Henry H. Spider
Wayne Township
Blanche Hicks
Blake St
Cottage Fire Destroys Lake Manitou Homes in Rochester
Fire swept cottages belonging to Mrs. Charles Haag and the Byrum brothers of Kokomo at Lake Manitou Rochester Ind October 17 destroying two cottages with losses around 10000 dollars.
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United Press
Rochester
Ind
Charles Haag
Byrum
Supreme Court reports rise in dam age suits and case dispositions
Supreme Court records show more damage suits settled out of court helping reduce civil appeals. Clerk Zach T. Dungan released the annual figures noting 147 new criminal cases filed in the year ending Sept. 30, many of them prohibition cases. The court disposed of 343 cases: 169 decisions, 46 dismissals, 75 transfers to the Appellate Court.
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State Supreme Court
Zach T. Dungan
Supreme Court
Indiana police probe murder near Kenosha linked to midwest bandit
Indiana detective Walter Kavanaugh joined the Kenosha inquiry into the double slaying of Madalyne Latimer and James Sears after a series of Lovers Lane robberies. Authorities tie the case to a May Ft Wayne murder and describe a bicycle bandit targeting couples to steal cash and jewelry.
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United Press
Kenosha
Wis
Lane
Middlewest
Madalyne Latimer
James Sears
Sears
Walter Kavanaugh
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Indiana conservation chief leads Ohio Valley conference
Richard Lieber, director of the Indiana department of conservation, headed the Ohio Valley State Park Conference in Madison Indiana. Tom Wallace of Louisville was elected vice president. The next meeting will be in Frankfort Kentucky.
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Bu United Aress
Madison
Ind
Richard Lieber
Indiana Department of Conservation
Ohio Valley State Park Conference
Tom Wallace
Louisville
Frankfort
Closing Day At Nineteenth National Day Exposition
The closing day and evening of the nineteenth annual National Day Exposition at the State fairground drew many Indianapolis and Indiana families to see the 1925 show praised by officials as one of the finest. Final Jersey cattle judging occurred, a horse show was set for the Coliseum, and fifty two grade cows sold for seven thousand four hundred seventeen dollars and fifty cents. Mrs. Carl Ulmer of North Chester tied for second in Holst judging, while Johanna Ray Apple Pabst owned by J. E. Piek of Hartford Wisconsin earned senior bull championship.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Philadelphia
Exposition City
Atlanta
Memphis
Coliseum
Carl Ulmer
Northchester
Ind
T Johanna Ray Apple Pabst
J. E. Piek
Hartford
Wis
Back Home Again Automobiles Reported Found
Automobiles reported found by po Ford sedan 503 297 at Raymond Street and Pleasant Run Boulevard badly damaged. Charles Clark RR Box 298 at East and Washington Streets. Ernest Miskell New Castle Indiana Chevrolet at East and Washington Streets. Charles Allen 705 N Rochester Avenue Overland stripped at Sixteenth Street and Emerson Avenue.
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Ford
Raymond St
Pleasant Run Blvd
Charles Clark
Washington Sts
Ernest Miskell
New Castle
Ind
Chevrolet
Washington Streets
Charles Allen
Rochester Ave
Overland
Sixteenth St
Emerson Ave
Nuisance Enjoined Over Liquor Sale at Wilkins Street
Judge Pro Tem Joseph M. Milner of Superior Court Five today enjoined Jeffie S. Davey and Frank P. Davey from maintaining a public nuisance at 551 W. Wilkins Street. The complaint alleges the defendants kept and sold intoxicating liquors at that address.
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Joseph M. Milner
Superior Court Five
Jeffie S. Davey
Frank P. Davey
W. Wilkins &I
Wilkins St
Gas blast fatal at Kokomo gas plant claims worker Omar Haynes
A light bulb exploded in a sealed gas tank at the Kokomo gas plant causing fatal burns to Omar Haynes a 36 year old worker. He died from injuries sustained in the accident on October 17.
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Bu Times
Kokomo
Ind
Omar Haynes
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Liberty
Judge Slick
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