Norris speaks over radio for Smith tonight
United Press reports Senator George Norris arrives in Omaha to back Governor Alfred E. Smith. Norris praised Smith on water power farm relief and Nicaragua policy while criticizing Hoover and Coolidge. He plans to campaign for Howell and Sorenson but not for other state officers and may speak in Fairbury Monday.
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Omaha
Neb
George
Norris
Alfred E. Smith
Municipal Auditorium
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Smith
Hoover
Coolidge
Nicaragua
R. B. Howell
C. A. Sorenson
Fairbury
Howell
Minneapolis
Pardon proposed for life prisoner Romine at Indiana prison
The governor’s office announced a plan to pardon Henry J. Romine, a life-term inmate, to live at the Indiana Soldiers’ Home after trustees review next Tuesday. Romine, an elderly Civil War veteran, was imprisoned for murder following a drunken brawl and has been paroled yearly to attend the G A R convention. He is described as feeble and a model prisoner.
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Henry J. Romine
Indiana State Prison
Indiana Soldiers
Romine
Factory Plans Repairs After Explosion Wreckage
Evansville officials of the Advance Store Company say a new building will replace the one wrecked by Thursday’s explosion in a gas oven. Erection will start once an insurance adjustment of about 50000 dollars is settled. No injuries were reported.
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Times
Evansville
Ind
The
Advance Store Company
Boy Tries to Slay Baby in Nebraska Kidnapping
Ray mond Babcock seven is being examined for possible mental illness after kidnapping a two month old girl and seeking an ax to behead the infant. The parents Mr and Mrs Melvin Colerick found the baby unharmed in a weed patch and later Raymond was released then re detained for further mental testing.
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United Press Alliance
Neb
Raymond Babcock
Melvin Colerick
Raymond
State Hunt Yields Paleolithic Finds
Indiana Historical Society and historical bureau surveyed Whitewater valley burial mounds near Brookville and two counties this summer. Excavations found incised pottery, evidence of fire, cremation bones, beads, slate ornaments, bone tools, and an arrow point likely left as funeral gifts. The survey continues this fall and expands next spring under Dr. C. B. Coleman.
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Indiana Historical Society and Historical Bureau
C. B. Coleman
Whitewater River
Ohio
Brookville
Ford wants historic light bulb from Wabash city
In Wabash Indiana Henry Ford desires the light bulb used in the city’s early electric illumination. The bulb, held by R W Klare, may be donated to Ford’s Dearborn museum unless a commemorative marker for the first electrically lighted city is erected.
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Wabash
Ind
Henry Ford
R. W. Klare
James Wilson
James W. Wilson
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Dailey Liquor Stand Challenged on Radio Address
Frank C. Dailey Democratic candidate for governor faced a radio challenge by former Marion county senator Thomas A. Daly over WFBM Friday night. Daly accused Dailey of evasiveness on the Smith plan modification while Republican hopeful Harry G. Leslie endorsed Hoover and enforcement.
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Frank C. Dailey
WFBM
Thomas A. Daly
Marion County
Dailey
Harry G. Leslie
Hoover
Restaurant Supplies Ad From John T. Cusack Co
A catalog-style notice lists hotel china coffee urns steam tables coolers and kitchen furnishings offered by John T. Cusack Co located at 345 W Wash St in Main.
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John T. Cusack Co
W. Wash. St
Maln
Leslie Dailey Attacked as Tamany Tool in Indiana Race
Harry G. Leslie Republican nominee for Governor challenged Frank C. Dailey on Prohibition and Smith era policies in Martinsville. He accused Dailey of pandering to Tammany and public utilities while praising his own honesty, urging clarity in Indiana campaign rhetoric. Judge A B Anderson called Leslie’s claim false about Dailey’s 1915 to 1917 election-fraud prosecutions.
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Ind
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Frank C. Dailey
Alfred E. Smith
Dailey
al Smith
Monument Circle
Indianapolis
Indiana
Smith
Tammany
Leslie
Frank Dailey
United States
A. B. Anderson
Asertison
Anderson
Armistice Day Observance Planned by VFW Posts
Four posts and auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Indianapolis will mark Armistice Day on November 11 with speaking and ritual observances. Participants will assemble at Ohio and Delaware and march to the Circle via Ohio and Market streets. C. O. Bittner of Hoosier Post serves as committee chairman.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indianapolis
Ohio
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Market
C. O. Bittner
Hoosier Post
Talks Tariff Issue By Timer Special
Kentland Indiana October 27 Evans Woollen Indianapolis banker addressed a county rally arguing Republicans should be rebuked for officeholders. He supported the National Democratic ticket and defended tariffs as necessary for protecting industries and wages noting both Democratic platform and Hoover speech oppose drastic economic changes.
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Kentland
Ind
Evans Woollen
Dianapolis
Republican Party
Indiana
Woollen
Houston Vention
Smith
Hoover
Dailey Seeks Indiana Governor Renomination in Linton Rally
In Linton Indiana on Friday October 27 Democratic nominee Frank C Dailey drew a large crowd at the opera house. Bands red fire and amplified speeches filled the town with support for Daileys pledge to renovate state government. He attacked Republican claims of twelve years of effective governance and framed Indiana as notable for insults and shame to Hoosiers.
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Linton
Ind
Frank C. Dailey
Indiana
Dailey
Elza Rogers
Rogers
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First Door North
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North Penneylvanie Street
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Washington St
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Dept
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Cincinnati
Baymiller
Central Union Station
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lsviLle
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