Boone Dairyman Sets High Record With A Guernsey
May report of the Boone and West Hamilton Cow Testing Association highlights Fred A. Walker near Lebanon with a two-year-old Guernsey that produced 65.6 pounds of butter fat in 31 days on two milkings daily and 1,112 pounds of milk in May. His herd averaged 43.2 pounds of fat and 300 cows tested, with 17 dry. The month saw six cows over 60 pounds and 238 over 50. Other Boone county producers and their top two-year-old cows are listed with fat outputs from 46 to 49.8 pounds.
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Boone and West Hamilton
Fred A. Walker
Lebanon
Guernsey
Walker
Fred Elliot Her
Jerseys
Boone County
F. A. Walker
A. H. Sheets
Fred Walker
Guernseys
William Jones
W. P. Buchanan
Black & Peery
Chicago L men may call strike
Arbitration offers hope for settling the wage dispute on Chicago elevated lines as 1856 to 1581 employees reject a renewal of the contract. Both sides report limited strike talk and plan more talks with a meeting set for July 11.
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Chicago
Drowning Probe Starts in Indianapolis For Victor Faust
A coroner's investigation opened into the death of 14 year old Victor Faust who drowned after falling from a boat during a rock throwing incident on Fall Creek. Two youthsswam ashore when the boat overturned but Faust could not swim.
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Indianapolis
Victor Faust
Fall Creek
Faust
Murderer’s Appeal for Trial Denied
Indianapolis reports the state supreme court denied Joseph Castro’s appeal for a new trial on his murder conviction of a policeman. Castro was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Jackson.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Castro
Lake County
State Supreme Court
Castro
Jackson
Mrs Mae Smith and Family Plan Sullivan Visit
To Visit in Sullivan Mrs Mae Smith and daughter Moselle of this city and Mr and Mrs Paul McMullen and son of Indianapolis will motor to Sullivan Saturday to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs George Lord and family.
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Mae Smith
Moselle
Paul McMullen
Indianapolis
Sullivan
George Lord
Covington Sisters Mary and Audra Miller Visit City
Misses Mary and Audra Miller of Covington were in the city for a short time yesterday.
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Mary
Audra Miller
Covington
City
18 Year Old Tribune Girl Balances Six Jobs
Eighteen year old Miss Bernice Wilson, daughter of Clement L. Wilson, holds six jobs in Tribune Kansas: assistant bank cashier, stenographer, real estate office manager, school teacher, wheat farm owner, and housekeeper. She supported her father during a legislative session by assisting in committee work.
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Tribune
Kan
jJernice Wilson
Clement L. Wilson
Greely County
Salvation Army Work Explained at Kiwanis Lunch
Kiwanis Club heard Charles F. Raach of Logansport discuss the Salvation Army history and the upcoming Annual Appeal. President John S. Hussey deferred his report from the St Paul convention. Fred Allen outlined Kiwanis activities for the year, with guests from Logansport and El Paso, and cigars were given for Herman Schuler’s marriage.
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Kiwanis Club
John S. Hussey
Lebanon
Kiwanis Clubs
St. Paul
Minn
Charles F. Raach
Logansport
Salvation Army
Raach
Army
United States
New York
Illinois
Fred Allen
Rushville Kiwani
Ice Cream Festival Nets $125 for St Joseph’s Church
Altar Society of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church cleared 125 from their annual event held on the church lawn last night. A large crowd attended with out-of-town guests from Crawfordsville Indianapolis Brownsburg Frankfort Thorn Town and nearby cities. Fifty five gallons of ice cream and many cakes were sold as lights illuminated the lawn and a confections stand operated on one side.
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Altar Society
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Crawfordsville
Indianapolis
Brownsburg
Frankfort
Thorntown
C R Matthews Buys Beikes Building Here
Deeds recorded show C R Matthews of Indianapolis, formerly of this city, becoming owner of the old Tilman Beikes business property on East South Street. The property houses Melvin Drug Store Porter Shoe Repairing Shop Everett Souths repair shop and a barber shop. Matthews traded Indianapolis property to George W Berkes for the Lebanon property.
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C. R. Matthews
Indianapolis
Tilman Beikes
East South Street
Melvin Drug Store
Porter Shoe
Everett South
Love affair linked to death of Eugene Nielsen
Police in South Bend probe the death of 21 year old Eugene Nielsen found on steps of St. Ingelbert Cathedral holding a carbolic acid bottle. Investigators seek connection to a love affair and possible jilting as a motive.
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South Bend
Eugene Nielsen
St. Ingleet Cathedral
Chinese mobs in attempt to seize British ships
July 2 report from Hong Kong says mobs tried to board British vessels then attacked foreign hotels at Swatow. An armed party from the British warship Bluebell landed to quell the mob and forces later withdrew. The British council member Holyoke urged Canton college staff to leave the colony over their stance on the Shameen shooting.
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Hong Kong
Swatow
Bluebell
British Council
Holyoke
Canton College
Foreign women flee Hainan amid China crisis
Foreign women and children have fled the island of Hainan in Kwang Tung province, according to a cable to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions from L. W. Lowrie in Shanghai. Most foreigners have left for Hong Kong or elsewhere as the situation remains critical.
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New York
Hainan
Kwang Tung
China
Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
L. W. Lowrie
China Council
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Negotiations Break Over Shanghai Talks In China
Negotiations for adjustment of the Shanghai situation were broken today when Chinese negotiators scheduled to meet informally with foreign diplomats resigned. Their resignations stemmed from an unwillingness to limit discussions to the Shanghai episode and they urged addressing broader fundamental issues instead.
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Pekin
Shanghai
Barricade roads as authorities chase four convicts
Ishpming Michigan July 2 armed deputies and state police seal off roads as far as 200 miles west to capture four escaped branch prison inmates Vance Hardy Eddie Wise man Isadore Londe and Tony De Flora. They seized a car driven at high speed toward Nagaunee, crashed near Clarksburg, then fled west toward Nestoria as patrols spread out.
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Ishpming
Mich
Vance Hardy
Eddie Wiseman
Isadore Londe
Tony de Flora
Marquette
E. G. Sterling
Nagaunee
Sterling
Londe
Ishoming
Clarksburg
Nestoria
Mortgage Firm Loses 2 Million In Early 20th Century
Indianapolis July 2 Thomas Merilees a Justice Department accountant resumed as star witness for the government in the trial of Morton Hawkins head of the Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland Ind on charges of fraudulent use of the mails Merilees said the Hawkins companies lost more than 2 million from 1919 to 1923 An audit showed stock assets of 7 242 000 worth only 9 500.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Meriless
Department of Justice
Morton Hawkins
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Portland
Ind
Merilees
Hawkins Company
Hawkins Companies
Marines Restore Order as Santa Barbara Reels from Quake
Santa Barbara Calif July 2 Marines four crack companies under Major Frank E Evans landed to stabilize the quake wrecked city. Police and volunteers who had worked through the tremors were relieved by well uniformed troops marching to posts. Restaurants reopened and tents became temporary headquarters as reconstruction began and residents returned to homes amid restored order and security.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Frank E. Evans
Haggard
Santa
Luck favors iron worker as steel collapses in gym
Sellersburg Indiana July 2 J E Brock structural iron worker escaped serious injury when tons of steel collapsed on a gymnasium where he worked and he broke his hand in two places a quarter hour later while cranking his auto to go home.
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Sellersburg
Ind
J. E. Brock
Brock
Juvenile crime spree shocks New York police
In New York a bobbed hair gun moll opens fire from a fleeing taxicab as a 15 year old and an 18 year old fail in a holdup. A 15 year old girl confesses to seven burglaries while four youths under 20 admit serious robberies. Helen O Rourke and others are tied to the police chase. The taxi is pursued and the gunfire ends the incident.
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New York
New Yor
Willy Voight
Frank Preston
Cery
Helen O'Rourke
Brooklyn
Mahoney
Needles’ Ferry
Young
Sullivan
France to settle debt to U S in fall
Paris reports France will send a commission to Washington in September to negotiate a full settlement of the debt owed to the United States. Foreign Secretary Briand plans a public announcement soon recognizing the debt and Ambassador Daeschner has informed the State Department of official acknowledgment.
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Paris
Daeschner
Washington
United States
France
America
Briand
State Department
Herriot
Soviet Official Charges Britain With Anger Against Russia War Risk
Moscow July 2 Foreign Minister Tchitcherin denounced what he called a semi official anti Russian campaign in the British press and accused Lord Birkhead of seeking a rupture in Anglo Russian relations. He warned that after a rupture the next step could be war and said Russia does not interfere in China despite supporting its democratic aims.
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Moscow
Tchitcherin
Lord Birkhead
China
New State Park to Be a Reality in Indiana
Gary Indiana July 2 State Dunes park commission led by Governor Jackson meets with pro party landowners to arrange purchase of a nucleus for a new state park along Lake Michigan in the sand dunes region. Col E L Gardner chairs the land purchase committee with W H Guthrie Thurman Gottschalk and Senator J J Nedji in attendance.
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Gary
Ind
Special
State Dunes Park Commission
Jackson
Lake Michigan
Sand Dunes
Col. E. L. Gardner
Monticello
State Conservation Commission
W. H. Guthrie
Indianapolis
Thurman Gottschalk
Berne
J. J. Nedji
Whiting
Land Purchasing Commission
Fair Officials Plan Record Attendance At Indiana State Fair
Indianapolis July 2 Plans for drawing a paid attendance of 250,000 at the Indiana state fair were laid by the state board of agriculture. An executive committee meeting with railroad representatives reached an agreement to cooperate. Special trains will run to Indianapolis all week and fares will be reduced.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Balloting for New Head of Educators
Balloting was under way in Indianapolis on July 2 as delegates to the National Education Association convention voted for officers for the coming year. Mary McSkimmon of Brookline Massachusetts and Cornelia Adair of Richmond Virginia led a close race for president with different factional supports.
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Indianapolis
National Education Association
Association
Mary McSkimmon
Brookline
Mass
Cornelia
Adair
Richmond
Miss McSkimmon
Income From Gas Tax Increases In June
Indianapolis July 2 An increase of 31468487 in state gasoline tax for the month of June was reported by the state gasoline tax collector compared to June 1924. The total tax paid in was 76571418 vs 45102926 in June 1924. The department had estimated a normal rise of 90000. Increase to three cents a gallon and greater auto and truck use cited by Archie H Hobillt as reasons for the larger net. In the first three months of 1925 the state has collected 181202697 from the gasoline taxation.
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Indianapolis
Archie H. Hobbitt
Stephenson Trial Monday Aims of State Attorney
Noblesville Ind July 2 The state seeks to force D C Stephenson to trial Monday on a murder charge in Miss Madge Oberholtzer case. Judge Hines weighs rescinding a separate trial for Earl Klenck while Stephenson and Earl Gentry face joint trial as initially scheduled. The defense says Klenck is ready. they had agreed Monday for all three.
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Hines
Hamilton
Earl Klenck
Miss Oberholtzer
Klenck
Stephenson
Earl Gentry
Thistles Threaten Indiana Counties Says Extension Staff
Goshen July 2 Elkhart and Kosciusko counties face overgrowth by Canadian thistles unless action is taken. Albert A. Hansen of Purdue University extension reports there are at least a few million thistles in the two counties. He notes the weed forms live seeds and spreads rapidly, countering the belief it does not.
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Goshen
Elkhart
Kosciusko
Albert A. Hansen
Purdue University Extension
Hansen
Indiana
Coolidge Keeps Busy During Vacation at Swampscott
President Coolidge remains active on vacation in Swampscott despite lighter routine duties. He faced two potential early vacation problems that could grow in importance by the end of his seaside retreat, signaling ongoing executive concerns even away from Washington.
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Swampscott
Mars
Coolidge
Washington
Reporter Will Go To Press Early On Fourth Of July
The Reporter will publish Saturday morning at 8 o clock on July 4 following its normal schedule. Advertising copy for Saturdays issue is due by 4 o clock Friday afternoon. Local news and society announcements close at 6 o clock Friday evening.
Carrier boys plan July 4th collections
Carrier boys prepare for work Friday to clear decks for a big Saturday July fourth. They expect strong customer help after repeated appeals for early collections, and hope the support continues as in prior months.
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Carrier Boys
Danville man awarded 1100 judgment in motor stock case
After five years a Boone circuit court jury awarded John H. Bunton of Danville eleven thousand dollars against the Indiana Motor Company and fourteen co defendants. The test case arose from stock dealings with alleged misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud. Defendants plan to appeal as stockholders seek losses in the subsidiary Indiana National Finance Company.
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Boone
Danville
Indianapolis
Bunton
Indiana National Finance Company
Motor Company
Wil
Newton T. Miller
Elmer Singer
Scott A. Shesler
Charles T. Ho
Robert Hufford
John Coyner
Adam Record
Wallace A.onbright
Herman H. Friedley
Elias M. C. Hobbs
Ross A
Meg George H. Peet Jr
William Herbst
Martin H. Oxley
Indiana Motor Company
A S
Everett Caldwell
Craig
M. D. Jones
J. E. Joss
William Martin
Presbyterians Picnic Plans Follow July Memorial Day
The annual Presbyterian picnic will be held Sunday July 16 in Memorial. Fred Donaldson, superintendent, announces a day outing with games and stunts ending in a 3:80 basket supper. Wilburt Duff chairs the picnic committee. Ollie Berry and Omer Beck lead men’s entertainment. Mary Voris and Ruth Kennil organize the girls’ program.
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Yyer
Fred Donaldson
Su ‘Endent
Wilburt Duff
Vicnic
Ollie Berry
Omer Beck
Mary Voris
Ruth Ken Ill
Wilbur Moore
James Long
F Duff
Virgina Davis
Max Wll
Frank Coombs
Ernest Lewis
Official Board Meeting Set For Friday Evening
The Official Board of the United Brethren Church will meet Friday at 7 30 o clock. All board members are urged to attend and another church member will be present. A short message will be given by the pastor at the close of the meeting.
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The
United Brethren Church
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