State Prisons Face Riot Threat in Indiana
The state charities board urged more housing and wider use of indeterminate sentencing to curb overcrowding. Indiana City prison at Michigan City holds 2,188 of 1,900 capacity, while the reformatory houses 1,790 to over 2,000, prompting calls for a psychiatric hospital linked to Indiana University hospitals and a separate facility for incipient mental cases.
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Indiana
State Charities Board
Statehouse
Michigan City
Indiana University Hospitals
Indiana Woman’s Prison
Neuritis and Kidney Relief Report From Freeport Resident
George L Petit of 515 East Ash Street in Freeport reports removal of neuritis and kidney pains after taking Viuna. He describes years of kidney trouble back pain headaches and constipation with full recovery after one bottle. He claims rapid improvement and weight gain and recommends Viuna as a possible remedy with a positive guarantee.
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George L. Petit
E. Ash St
Freeport
Viana
Viuna
Iceland Medicine Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Blind listen harder and develop sense at institute
Mrs Winifred Hathaway told the Michigan Educational Institute that blind people do not hear better by nature but listen harder. She said their other senses are not inherently superior, but experience and specialization let them use those senses to compensate for lack of sight, a principle also seen in deaf individuals.
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Science Service
Flint, Mich
Winifred Hathaway
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Michigan Educational Institute
Indiana reform report urges new plans for inmates and labor
The document calls for removing insane patients from Marion County Julietta to the state hospital, creating a commission to plan prison labor after the 1933 federal ban, placing trustees of Soldiers and Sailors Homes on a bipartisan basis, and adding buildings for the Fort Wayne School for Feeble Minded Youth.
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Marion County
Julietta
State Hospital
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Knightstown
State Soldiers Home
Lafayette
Ft. Wayne
NERVE NEEDED IN CHUTE LEAP SAYS NAVY ACE
Navy flyer Lieutenant Apollo Soucek describes the nerve required for a parachute jump from a Ford transport during Navy day celebrations. Twelve men jumped in sequence, setting a world record for consecutive exits. Soucek was eighth, and all but one landed safely. He aims this week to reclaim the world altitude record from Germany.
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NAVY
Scrippa-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
Apollo Soucek
United States Navy
Soucek
S. Soucek
Wealthy African Banker and Mine Owner Dies at 80
Sir Joseph Robinson, prominent banker and gold mine owner, dies in APetown at age 80. Born in South Africa, he began in wool buying and farming, acquired 20000 acres at Vaal river in 1867 and found diamonds. He served in Kimberley local government and as mayor in 1880, discovered the Sanglaagte gold mine, and helped pass the diamond trade act.
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United Press
Apetown
South Africa
Sir Joseph Robinson
Sir Joseph
Vaal River
Kimberley
Sanglaagte
Letter From Indianapol is Shows Asthma Cure Claim
Elderly Mrs Elizabeth Woodward 65 of 3460 W Michigan St Indianapolis writes of 15 year asthma relief after starting Nacor on Feb 7 1925 She reports wheezing cough and breathlessness disappeared and no asthma signs since The ad offers a free booklet from Nacor Medicine Co 408 State Life Bldg Indianapolis inviting letters from others with similar cures and urging readers to request information by mail or phone Print advertisement style with strong personal testimonial and health claims
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Elizabeth Woodward
Michigan St
Indianapolis
Nacor Medicine Co
State Life Blog
Ind
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