Whitney Rich Sportsman Dies After Pneumonia
New York financier and polo star Harry Payne Whitney died at 58 from pneumonia at his home. The Yale graduate left an estimated 200 million dollars and was survived by widow Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and three children. He built a famed racing stable that won major races including the Preakness and Kentucky Derby, with horses such as Irish Joad and Whiskery.
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United Press
New York
Iarry Payne Whitney
Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Yale
Mr. Whitney
America
William C. Whitney
Navy
Grover Cleveland
Flora Payne Whitney
Yale University
England
United States
Joad
Regree
Whiskery
Sister Francescetta Dies in Denver Hospital
Word of the death of Sister Francescetta at St. Anthony's hospital in Denver Colo reached relatives in Indianapolis. She is survived by her parents Frank A. and wife, five brothers Carl Leo William Leonard and Arthur Faust and a sister Mrs Clarence Schwegman all of Indianapolis. Her illness began after indefatigable work in influenza hospitals during World War I.
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Francescetta
St. Anthony's Hospital
Denver
Colo
Indianapolis
M. Francescetta
Frank A. Faust
Carl
Leo
William
Leonard
Arthur Faust
Clarence Schwegman
Order Banning Gas Station Brings Suit
Attorney General James M. Ogden and the city of Mishawaka will file a joint petition defending Geraldine Rhinehart against an order restricting a filling station project on her land. The suit in St. Joseph superior court argues the land is value less except for the filling station and that Mishawaka zoning is unconstitutional and confiscatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Ogden
Mishawaka
Geraldine Rhinehart
Rhinehart
St. Joseph Superior Court
Indiana Mother Solves Problem with California Fig Syrup
Indianapolis mother Mrs. S Hill cites relief for her daughter Dorothy after using California Fig Syrup. She praises its gentle laxative effect and notes its long running safety for children. The ad claims doctors recommend the pure vegetable product and urges looking for the California name to ensure genuineness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
S. Hill
Woodlawn Ave
Indianapolis
California
Black Cat Luck Casts a Curse on Granville Woman
GRANVILLE Ind Oct 27 Mrs Mose Peterson near here says a black cat crossing her path caused bad luck and she tripped over the animal injuring her right arm. She received hospital treatment for the wound.
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Timea
Granville
Ind
Mose Peterson
Pension promises spark $25,090 suit in Evansville
Frank Schreiber, former salesman for 32 years at the Vendome hotel and Scholz firms, sues for $25,090 damages claiming a promised pension was broken. He argues his $125 salary was low, left on a $15 weekly pension that stopped in June after thirty two years of service.
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Times
Evansville
Ind
Frank Schreiber
Charles J. Scholz
Vendome Hotel
Frederick J. Scholz
Antiques Fetch Modest Sums at Nancy Stephenson Sale
Mrs. Nancy Stephenson sold antiques in Noblesville Indiana drawing many buyers from central Indiana. Highlights included an old deer skin truck at 132 years old selling for 45 dollars a spinning wheel 19 dollars each winding spools 11 dollars a small pewter teapot 6 dollars a candle snuffer 3 dollars a torn cover lid and a china salt shaker 5 dollars each a maple ladder back chair and a set of steel knives and forks with bone handles 15 dollars total.
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Bar Times
Noblesville
Ind
Nancy Stephenson
Indiana
Aged Woman Inhaled Coal Stove Fumes Near Death
Mrs. Levina Hankley, 90, blind, in serious condition at her daughter in law’s Noblesville home after inhaling coal stove fumes. Neighbors found her unconscious after days of absence. she sustained several broken ribs and other injuries from a fall and is not expected to recover.
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Sweet
Noblesville
Ind
Levina Hankley
L. L. Hankley
Funeral services for Martinsville council member Eugene J. Herold
Times Special reports funeral services were held Sunday for Eugene J. Herold a 59 year old Martinsville businessman and city council member who died after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Special
Sculptor to Be Honored in Newcastle Monument
Under the Henry County Historical Society, a monument will be erected in memory of the late Frances M. Goodwin, sculptor, in Newcastle Indiana with costs and dedication to be announced.
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Times
Newcastle
Ind
The
Henry County Historical Society
Frances M. Goodwin
Purdue University in tests of talking pictures
Lafayette Ind Oct 27 Pur due university is among schools selected for tests of talking moving pictures for educational use.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Farmer Loses Arm After Corn Picker Accident
Earl Overton a Greentown area farmer is in serious condition in a Kokomo hospital after his arm was amputated following a crushing injury from a corn picker.
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Kokomo
Ind
Earl Overton
Greentown
Indiana Republican committee schedules 81 meetings statewide
The Indiana Republican State Committee plans 81 meetings from today through November 4. Sixty-one general sessions list prominent names and towns such as Arthur R. Robinson Terre Haute and Edgar D. Bush Campbellsburg with a wide spread across counties and cities. Women’s meetings accompany the schedule with speakers including Betty Sleeth and Genevieve Brown in multiple towns.
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Republican State Committee
Indiana
Arthur R. Robinson
Terre Haute
Roscoe Kiper
Rockport
Everett Sanders
Rockville
William
Robinson
Hammond
Brazil
Rollin Turner
Everton
Oswald Ryan
Sheridan
Howard Meyer
Danville
Purnell
Veedersburg
W. L. Harding
Attica
Bush
French Clements
Princeton
Barnard
Lagrange
Ryan
Huntington
Turner
Earl Stroup
Brook
Landis
Plymouth
Horace Ellis
Alexandria
Charles R. Lane
Hazelwood
Sanders
Clinton
Noblesville
Busch
Knightstown
Daniel G. Ramsey
Earl’ Rowley
Cromwell
Frankfort
Lloyd Claycombe
Garrett
Will R. Woods
Monticello
Sapp
Kendallville
William C. Hueston
Lake County
Madison
Rochester
Charles Jewett
Connersville
Patrick Hurley
Jeffersonville
C. W. Boucher
Reynolds
Misses Brown
Aiso Sigeth
Eegler
Ts. Boucher
Marion
Curtis Hodges
Newcastle
Miss Sleeth
Goshen
$400 Ends Death Suit Over Fatal Auto Crash
A federal jury in New Albany awarded $400 on a $10,000 death suit filed after Thomas Yarner, a Black man, was struck by an automobile owned by Bedford stone operator William Ambler. The accident occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, while driven by a friend of Ambler. Ambler had previously faced manslaughter charges but was exonerated.
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Times Special
Bedford
Ind
New Albany
Thomas Yarner
William Ambler
Louisville
Ambler
Firefighter Used Truck as Hearse in Tragic Basement Fire
Warsaw, Oct 27. Harold Shepler died in a basement blaze while assisting at a burning house. The truck he drove for the city fire department was used as a funeral car. He left a widow and eight children.
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Times
Warsaw
Ind
Harold Shepler
Elderly Bu Times resident J L Skinner recovering in Fairmount
Bu Times reports J. L. Skinner 103 former resident of Tford City now living in Fairmount West Virginia is seriously ill but improving according to notices received by his son James Skinner.
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Bu Times
Tford City
Ind
J. L. Skinner
Fairmount
W. Va
James Skinner
Oldest Vigo County Woman Mourns Loss of Daughter
Terre Haute Ind Oct 27 Mrs Sarah A Spencer 93 mourns her 70 year old daughter Mrs Annabelle Boswell who died after a brief illness. The mother who has been widowed for two years was injured in an automobile accident.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sarah A. Spencer
Vigo County
Annabelle Boswell
Two Words Stop Spellers Win In Indiana Bee
Alexandria Indiana October 27 Rheumatism and hemorrhage felled most contestants in the all high school spelling bee leaving Doris Thompson and Freda Norris as the champions.
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Alexandria
Ind
Doris Thompson
Freda Norris
Final Week of Vote Campaigns Stir Indiana Election Stakes
Workers enter the final week as Indiana campaigns close in a tightly fought race. Marion County polling shows 232 635 voters with Democrats forecast to win statewide, aided by likely turnout and a built Democratic organization. Republicans dispute turnout and doubt whether the vote will reach 120 000 or more.
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Indiana
Marion County
G.O. P
Chicken theft round up nets five arrests
In Richmond Indiana on October 27 authorities led by Sheriff Henry Long arrested five men in a county wide chicken theft roundup. The Day brothers Clessie Jobie Robert Verlin and Willard Dickey plus Albert Kellum were implicated after Kellum alerted police to a deceptive chicken purchase trail.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Henry Long
Clessie Day
Jobie Day
Robert Day
Verlin Day
Willard Dickey
Albert Kellum
Cambridge City
Kellum
Milton
Injured Brakeman Dies After Fall From Train
Jonathan L. Dubois, 45, a Pennsylvania railroad brakeman, died from injuries suffered September 30 when he was pushed along a rail fifteen feet after falling from a moving train car. His abdomen was crushed and railroad men called it remarkable he survived. Charles Orth, 50, was killed when he stepped in front of an interurban car in Loganport, near a bus he had been riding, suggesting he did not see the vehicle.
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Logansport
Ind
Jonathan L. Dubois
Pennsylvania Railroad
United Press
Terre Haute
Charles Orth
Orth
Reformatory sentence suspended for fraud in Brazil Ind
United Press reports Judge Tozer suspended a one to ten year reformatory sentence for Andrew Zeegler of Indianapolis after a guilty finding for passing a 25 dollar fraudulent check on a Brazil store. In Kosciusko County a jury awarded Nora B. Phebus 325 dollars from Charles De Vault for breaking a marriage promise. A wolf was killed by Ned Barker in the Kankakee river bottoms near Lake Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Brazil
Ind
State Reformatory
Andrew Zeegler
Indianapolis
Roy V. Tozer
Zeegler
Times
Warsaw
Nora B. Phebus
Charles de Vault
Kosciusko Circuit Court
Phebus
de Vault
Special Lake Village
Ned Barker
Kankakee River
Water Witch Finds Strong Well for Ice Plant
All Timea Special MT. VERNON Ind Oct 27 After three failed tries to locate water for the Consumers Ice Company plant Adam Krohn St Wendel water witch used a doogwood fork to pick a site and a well was dug It yields forty gallons a minute and Krohn predicted a depth of 132 feet while the vein was found at 131 feet
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MT. Vernon
Ind
Consumers Ice Company
Adam Krohn
St. Wendel
Krohn
Navy tribute observed by city and state leaders
Indianapolis and the state paid tribute to the United States Navy with flag ceremonies addresses in schools and proclamations. Special programs were held in city schools to mark the Navy’s establishment, and open house at the Indiana naval reserve headquarters featured drills by reservists.
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United States Navy
Indianapolis
Navy
Service Club
Lincoln
Paul Denny
Indiana Naval Reserve
East Washington Street
WFBM
Secretary of the Navy
NBC
J. B. Renn
Indiana
Knights of Columbus
City to open free lunch room for needy in Anderson
Anderson Indiana Mayor J H Mellett announces a winter free lunch room for the needy. A committee with bankers N M McCullough and Linfield Myers will solicit funds from business men. City employees have subscribed 3000 dollars. Purchases include a ton of potatoes three tons of beans and two carloads of flour.
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Anderson
Ind
J. H. Mellett
N. M. McCullough
Linfield Myers
South Bend Man Goes to Jail in Glad Mood
John Poleyn, a South Bend resident, was taken into custody after entering jail willingly. City Judge Al Hosinski will decide the length of confinement. Earlier he was found on an emergency cot at St Joseph Hospital, discharged with no injuries, then returned demanding imprisonment. Police later picked him up after he greeted the patrol wagon with a cheerful salute.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
John Poleyn
al W. Hosinski
Polecyn
John
St. Joseph Hospital
Jefferson Boulevard
Hill Streets
Girls Remodeling two houses to aid workers home
The Good Will Industry plans to remodel two Columbus residences to house thirty low wage working girls, funded by the organization's women’s auxiliary. Nearby, runaway monkeys disturbed the Lincoln Way neighborhood. police found no trace of the animals. Newton Reeves, 74 of Storyville, and Mrs. Nancy Clark, 69 of Hayneville, married here by Justice PF B Whitehorn. it is their third and fifth marriages.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United Press
South Bend
William P. Downes
Lincoln Way
Times
Columbus
Newton Reeves
Storyville
Nancy Clark
Hayneville
Justice of the Peace
PF. B. Whitehorn
Pioneer resident Margaret Markland dies at 89
Mrs. Margaret Markland of Howard county aged 89, a longtime resident, died after a short illness in Kokomo. She leaves nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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United Press
Kokomo
Ind
Margaret Markland
Howard County
Newcastle employees pledge portion of salaries
Newcastle Indiana workers have pledged a portion of their salaries to a local fund as of October 27, reflecting a community effort to support city needs. The move involves city employees from several departments and follows requests from municipal officials.
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United Press
Newcastle
Ind
Newcastle City
State battles move to call commissioners in federal case
The Indiana Public Service Commission faces subpoenas as witnesses in a federal injunction case by Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph. The company seeks higher rates. the commission argues orders speak for themselves. Key figures: Calvin McIntosh Jere West John W. McCardle Frank Singleton Howell Ellis and L. C. Griffith. Judges Baltzell Slick Sparks preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Public Service Commission
Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company
George W. Hufsmith
Commission
Calvin McIntosh
Jere West
Howell Ellis
John W. McCardle
Frank Singleton
McIntosh
Fest
Hufsmith
James Noll
Indiana Bell Telephone
Indiana
L. C. Griffith
Chicago
Noll
West Order
United States Supreme Court
McCardle
Robert C. Baltzell
Indianapolis
Thomas Slick
South Bend
Will Sparks
United States District Court of Appeals
Prison Term Opposed in McGowan Case in Indiana
St Joseph County prosecutor Harry S Taylor opposes the one year term given Harold McGowan 27 Indianapolis who pled guilty to removing an auto bought under a conditional sales contract Taylor will ask Governor Harry G Leslie to commute to 30 or 60 days noting McGowan has already spent a month in jail awaiting action and the circuit court could have sentenced from one day to one year.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
Harry S. Taylor
St. Joseph County
Harold McGowan
Indianapolis
Taylor
Harry G. Leslie
McGowan
Boone County jury convicts woman in nuisance case
In Lebanon Indiana a Boone County circuit court jury convicted Anna Patterson 51 Thorntown after ten hours deliberation on maintaining a drinking place used by high school students. She faces a $500 fine and six months in the Indiana women's prison. Separately Cambridge City reports First National banks of Cambridge City and Dublin merged and operation continues at the local building.
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United Press
Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Anna Patterson
Thorntown
Bar Times Snevi
Cambridge City
Dublin
Dublin Bank
Reward Offered in Slayings of North Manchester Marshal
North Manchester town board and Wabash county commissioners post a 1500 reward for arrest and conviction of the slayer who killed night marshal Prests Vickery in North Manchester Indiana on October 27.
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North Manchester
Ind
Prests Vickery
Dentist Dr George C Jewell Dies in Lafayette
Dr George C Jewell a 56 year old dentist died at Home hospital Lafayette He was a native of Chenoa Illinois He leaves his widow and a daughter Helena a student at the University of Illinois
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United Press Lafayette
Ind
George C. Jewell
Chenoa
Ill
Helena
University of Illinois
Milton Nygren Taken To Jail After Auto Crash In Ond
Milton Nygren was jailed after his car collided with a machine driven by Policeman Andy Eaton in Ond Indiana. Nygren, who fell asleep at the wheel, was placed in the city jail following the mishap.
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Su United Crera ‘Ond
Ind
Milton Nygren
Andy Eaton
Divorce granted to Syracuse woman over husband’s pet devotion
Mrs. Mabel King Cress of Syracuse was granted a divorce from Howard Cress, a Chicago violinist, in Kosciusko circuit court at Warsaw Indiana, after she testified he cared more for his cat and dog than for her.
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United Presse
Warsaw
Ind
Mabel King Cress
Syracuse
Howard Cress
Chicago
Kosciusko Circuit
Raids in Indiana target alleged liquor law violators
In Anderson Indiana twelve people including one woman were arrested in weekend raids led by deputy prohibition administrator John W Wilkey. Some suspects claim they were tipped off by men claiming federal agent status. Five pleaded guilty and several others were sentenced or sent to federal court in Indianapolis. only a small liquor seizure was reported.
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United Press
Anderson
Ind
John W. Wilkey
Prohibition
Indiana
Ora King
John Garter
Clarent Fetz
Near Elwood
Claude Ham
Mary Patterson
Indianapolis
De Pauw Presents First Campus Art Exhibits
DePauw University in Greencastle plans its first campus art series featuring original works by Indiana artists from the Hoosier salon Chicago opening. The two week show opens Sunday in Asbury hall with Professor Robert E. Burke speaking at the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
Indiana
Chicago
Robert E. Burke
Indiana University
Asbury Hall
de Pauw
Burke
Brown County
Hoosier Salon
State Examiners Jailed For Court Contempt In Indiana
Princeton Indiana October 27 Walter Schreeder and Walter Coble field examiners for the state board of accounts were sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine each for contempt of Gibson circuit court for examining books of a drainage project without jurisdiction. Bond denied and Merl M Wall and Hugh D Merrifield assistant attorneys general sought a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Princeton
Ind
Walter Schreeder
Walter Coble
State Board of Accounts
Gibson Circuit Court
Bond
Merl M. Wall
Hugh D. Merrifield
Wabash College Receives $120000 From Waugh Will
James M. Waugh of Crawfordsville bequeaths about 150000 to 200000 in total estate and establishes a trust of roughly 120000 for Wabash College to be used for a science building, probate filed in Montgomery circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
James M. Waugh
Montgomery Circuit Court
Hadley Furniture Unemployment Relief Certificates Plan
Hadley Furniture Company announces an unemployment relief plan offering work certificates with purchases of $25 or more. The certificates grant the holder a set number of work days at the store and may be given to unemployed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
FT. Wayne
Ind
Hadley Furniture Company
Rev Oscar Kreinheder Installed as Valparaiso University President
The presidency of Valparaiso University was assumed Sunday by Rev Oscar Carl Kreinheder former pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church Detroit. About 2800 People mostly from out of town attended the inauguration exercises in the university auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Univerness
Falparaiso
Ind
Valparaiso University
Oscar Carl Kreinheder
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Detroit
Don’t Go to Extremes To End Constipation
A vintage health note advises avoiding violent purgatives for constipation and promotes Cascarets as a gentle remedy. It claims Cascarets use cascara to cleanse the system, strengthen bowel muscles, and provide prompt lasting relief.
Foreign trade held solution to prosperity
Expansion of foreign trade was urged as the cure for overproduction and unemployment at the tenth annual middlewest foreign trade and merchant marine conference. Speakers touted a private US merchant marine and substantial shipbuilding gains, with a projected five year shipyard activity and 75 million dollars yearly output, stressing sea power for national well being. A separate fire report notes a Padgett home destroyed by a defective flue near Bainbridge, with insured house but uninsured furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. O'Connor
United States Shipping Board
O'Connor
Malcolm M. Stewart
Cincinnati
Middlewest Foreign Trade Committee
Middlewest
Paul Q. Richey
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
C. J. Junkin
Commercial Laws
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
William A. Moss
Dalton Adding Machine Sales Company
E. R. White
International Postal Service
United States Post Office Department
Times
Bainbridge
Ind
Shelby Padgett
Here
William Lurber
Greencastle
When Your Cough Hangs On Mix This at Home
An home remedy claims to ease stubborn coughs with Pinex mixed in sugar syrup or honey. It describes Pinex as a concentrated Norway Pine creosote product and promises quick relief, urging readers not to substitute and offering money back if not satisfied.
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