State Board Orders Ten Percent Farm Land Increase In Boone County
The state board ordered a ten percent rise in land and improvements outside incorporated towns in Boone County. Auditor to convene county board of review next Tuesday to implement the raise across real estate and personal property valuations, affecting Indiana's total assessed value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koone
County Board of Review
Boone
Indiana
Boone County
State Board
Benton
Delaware
Fountain County
Jennings County
Warren County
Jasper County
Montgomery County
Murdered Woman Found by Cops in New Jersey
In Orange New Jersey a young attractive brunette about 25 was found strangled in a ditch beside St Cloud road on Orange Mountain. A gold wedding band and a diamond platinum ring were found on her left third finger. Police could not establish her identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
St. Cloud Road
Orange Mountain
Guilty of Murder Gets Life Sentence in Indianapolis Case
Shelbyville dispatch reports John Ridley of Indianapolis was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Bessie Frazier in Indianapolis. The jury convicted him on the eighth ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
John Ridley
Indianapolis
Bessie Frazier
Once More Won’t Hurt ’Em Fund Drives Support
The mess fund for Battery C and the 139th Field Artillery Banc remains open through Tuesday. Support the boys at camp by giving any amount, even a dime, at local drug stores. Entries show several small donations including Winson Jones one dollar and Ernest Stoops fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
139Th Field Artillery Banc
Winson Jones
Mace Indstiacunusws
Giinkvasadinns
Ernest Stoops
Commission Says It Will Tear Up Street Car Line
Officials of the Hammond Whiting and East Chicago railway company defy the state highway commission over Indianapolis boulevard paving. The commission served notice that unless tracks are moved to permit paving, the tracks would be removed by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Bryan Resting in State Before Arlington Funeral
Washington July 31 William Jennings Bryan lies in state in the church of the presidents as thousands file past to view the Commoner. Comrades from the Spanish American War stand guard at his bier and a funeral service is planned at 2 45 p m with psalms hymns and a final burial at Arlington amid brief rites and taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Joseph R. Sizoo
Bryan
Arlington
Sixteenth Field Artillery
Third Cavalry Band
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C
A. M. Barthraume
T. Zuleth
E. J. Nolen
NEA
Edwin Hughes wins Reporter ad contest for first correct entry
Edwin Hughes of 1010 North Lebanon Street submitted the first correct solution to The Reporter's Telephone Ad Contest in Wednesdays issue and will receive five dollars. The winning entry was received at 5:30 Thursday afternoon, the 34th solution filed and the first correct one overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hughes
North Lebanon Street
H. D. Johnson
North Meridian Street
Raymond Baldwin
South Lebanon Street
Berlie Dicks
West Pearl Street
Paul English
The
Reporter
Federal forces make wholesale quor arrest in Ohio
Fearing federal liquor action, politicians and businessmen rushed to seek meetings with U S district attorney A E Bernstein. Rumors pointed to Lake Erie rum running and more warrants. Arrests spanned Sandusky Port Clinton area with Judge John Tanney of Sandusky probate court charged with possession and conspiracy. Bernstein said the backbone of the Lake Erie liquor traffic was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A. E. Bernstein
United States
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Port Clinton
Ohio
John Tanney
Tanney
Bernstein
Lake Frise
Final Inspection Prepares Battery C For Kentucky Camp Knox
Lebanon's Battery C, 139th Field Artillery Indiana National Guard, passes final inspection at the Armory ahead of the third annual encampment at Camp Knox Kentucky. Captain Crooks praises unit readiness and predicts strong firing on Kentucky ranges next month. Local visitors attend formation as mail directions are issued for Private John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Camp Knox
Kentucky
Aveniry
Crooks
John Smith
139Th Field Artillery
Indiana National Guard
Stithton
Harry Thompson
New Japanese Cabinet Forming After Resignation
Tokio July 81 reports the Prince Regent will ask Premier Kato to form a new cabinet after the coalition cabinet’s resignation last night. The likely cabinet will be led by the Rikkenkai party, ending long standing rivalries between the Kenseikai and Seiyukai parties over taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Kato
Ronvekai Party
Kensekai
Seiyukai
J K Risk Pallbearer at Bryan's Funeral
James Kirby Risk of Lafayette formerly of this city served as an honorary pallbearer for William Jennings Bryan president of the Dairy Dream Separator Company. The article notes Risk was connected to local figures and mentions a feud between Bryan and Bevan. Risk departed Lebanon for Washington Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kirby Risk
Lafayette
William Jennings Bryan
Dairy Dream
Bevan
Lebanon
Washington
Chicago Agencies Unite To Curb Crime After Drake Hotel Robbery
Chicago civic bodies doctors police and the Chicago Bar Association join forces to curb crime following the Drake hotel robbery and a clerk’s murder. Indictments are pressed against three surviving bandits as officials call for faster trials and more judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Drake
Celerk
Chicago Bar Association
Jacob Hopkins
Robert F. Crowe
Arrest of Klien for Threats to President and Other Figures
Noriman Klien alias Julia Kulley, alleged anarchist leader, was arrested in Tampa by U S Secret Service agents. He had threats against President Coolidge, John D Rockefeller, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison. The chase spanned many months across multiple states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Noriman Klien
Washington
Cool“Ige
United States Secret Service
Klien Julias Kulley
Kelly
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Secret Service
Will of William S Slagle Probate Awards Widow $11000
The will of William S Slagle, who died July 25, was admitted to probate in Boone circuit court. Dated April 11, 1925, it devises an $11,000 estate to widow Mary M Slagle, who posted bond as executrix for $12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Slagle
Boone Circuit Court
Mary M. Slagle
Girl Scouts Plan For Annual Camp Fundraiser
The Indianapolis Girl Scouts plan a summer camp the week starting August 10 at Ada Boy Holliday Camp near Indianapolis for about 30 girls. An ice cream supper Saturday night at East and Washington streets will raise funds with tickets usable for ice cream cake or hot dogs. Chaperones are not yet announced. local women will accompany the group and Lebanon residents may donate cars for transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
East
Washington Streets
Ada Boy Holliday
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Parents Visit Scout Camp Sunday Near Indianapolis
Parents of Lebanon Boy Scouts will visit Camp Chank-tun-un-gi near Indianapolis Sunday evening. They will bring a picnic lunch and dine with the scouts at supper. Some parents lack transportation and are urged to offer rides. call Mrs Alf Roberts or Bennett Raper if you can help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Chank-tun-un-gi
Indianapolis
Everal
Alf Roberts
Bennett Raper
Sheridan
Oscar Stephens
Hawkins to Stage Huge Liquor Party
Indianapolis July 81 Sheriff Hawkins of Marion county plans a $16,000 liquor party in the county jail this afternoon. Officials of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League and ministers were invited as deputies begin pouring into the jail basement $15,000 worth of liquor seized from Herbert Duckwall. Hawkins urged city leaders and ministers to witness the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hawkins
Marion County
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Herbert Duckwall
Death of Railway Worker Under Coroner Probe
Indianapolis July 1 Coroner Robinson investigated the death of Carl Ragsdale of Trafalgar who died in Methodist hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by a steam shovel at work on the Big Four railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Robinson
Carl Ragsdale
Trafalgar
Big Four Railroad
Methodist Hospital
Smith Presses Airplane Patent Claims
A. H. Smith of Zionsville seeks government compensation over airplane patent rights he secured in 1914. He claims priority on vertical planes used in aircraft, noting wartime seizure and a later $400,000 appropriation to settle with patent owners. Smith worked in airplane construction in Dayton, Ohio during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Smith
Zionsville
Smith
Dayton
Ohio
State Board 13 Charge Target Indianapolis
Indiana county road policy provokes protest from Dan Heaton Fowler president of the Indiana County Surveyors Association. Heaton cables Governor Jackson charging the highway commission with unfairly prescribing uniform standards for county road construction across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Dan Heaton
Fowler
Indiana County Surveyors’ Association
Jackson
Eaton
Big appropriation in Indianapolis for Bell Telephone upgrades
Indianapolis July 31 A total of 1500 is being spent for improvements in Indianapolis this year by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company F A Montrose general manager announced today Montrose said the construction program now in progress is one of the largest ever undertaken by the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
F. A. Montrose
Montrose
Big guns arrive in Lebanon from war spoils
Lebanon hosts two captured artillery pieces, a Belgian five inch gun and a Krupp German field piece, arrived this week by rail. Captain Claude Crooks requisitioned the guns under national guard authority, with plans to mount large cement bases at the Lebanon Armory for public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Paris
Claude Crooks
National Guard
United States
Crooks
Woman Pays 400 Dollars to Kill Husband
Chicago reports Mrs Nellie Nobile calmly confessed paying 400 dollars from her husband’s 1000 dollar life policy to have him killed. She said Andrew Capo fired the fatal shot after an argument over her 15 year old daughter Mildred. Capo and James Salvio were arrested. she claimed an unidentified man did the shooting before Capo was seized by tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nellie Nobile
Nobile
Philip Carroll
Detective Bureau
Mildred
Andrew Capo
James Salvio
Capo
Arrest at Funeral Sparks Charge in Peru Indiana
In Peru Indiana on July a man arrested while attending a funeral after attempting to transfer money to his wife in a suspected crime case. local authorities reported the incident involving a troubling financial offense tied to the funeral gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Red Men Pow Wow Industrial Show Set at Memorial Park
Eight Red Men tribes met in Zionsville naming Len Bart as chairman and Dave Butner as secretary treasurer for the Boone County Red Men's Pow-wow at Memorial Park Lebanon on August 27. An expansive no charge industrial exposition will feature free space for merchants with own tents and an open display area. Two band concerts, sports events, prizes totaling 150 dollars, and entertainment including Sheridan quadruplets will mark the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zionsville
Len Bart
Boone County
Memorial Park
Lebanon
Dave Butner
Industrial Exposition
Wly
Couple Quarrels Over License In Muncie Marriage Bid
In Muncie Indiana on July 3 a young couple sought a justice of the peace after an argument over marriage. County Clerk Mansfield recalls the couple saying they wanted to wed but the man turned over the license fee and left. The next day the girl returned, left the unused license on the clerk’s desk, and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Mansfield
Mansfeld
Demented Widow Held in Jail After Terrorizing Peru
Peru Indiana July 31 Examinations reveal Mrs Alma Wright widow of a farm near Peru became temporarily insane from grief and isolation after her husband’s death She terrorized the neighborhood all night driving up and down the road with a revolver threatening people they met Authorities plan to confine her in jail as a safety measure while she recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Alma. Wright
Planne
Girl Scout Troop To Meet Tomorrow
All members of Troop 1, Scouts, will meet on the vacant lot at 3:80 o'clock Saturday afternoon to be assigned for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout
Scouts
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. K. Risk
Bryan’s
Drake Hotel
Russell Whitman
Joe Holmes
Jack Wilson
Woods
Crowe
William Moellenbuck
Captain Shoemaker
Eric Nelson
Cal
Ford
Edison
Girl Scouts
Squire
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!