Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League seeks ouster over Gettelman defiance
Madison reports the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League plans to push a resolution to oust Senator Ben Gettelman, Milwaukee wet leader, for backing a 2.75 percent beer legalization measure. Rev. J. T. Agema accuses Gettelman of oath violations and public contempt for the Volstead Act, urging an investigation and removal.
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Madison
Mar
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League
Ben Gettelman
Milwaukee Wet
Gettelman
Congress
J. T. Agema
Oshkosh
Anti-Saloon League
Agema
United Press
Wisconsin
Senate
Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Agéina
Dakota Prairie Fires At An End
Sioux Falls, March 28. South Dakota prairie fires ended with damage slightly above the good expected. Ranchmen say the burned area will yield a thicker grass stand this year. Some timber stands and Indian shacks burned. one man badly burned at Walker. Early death reports proved false.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Walker
8. D
Tornado Finds Bank Check Lost in Storm Lane
A check torn from a bank file during the recent tornado was found by Thomas B. Kersey in a lane near Lebanon, Missouri. Dated December 8, 1916, it was payable to G. H. Telle and signed by Joseph N. Budhitt, endorsed but not yet paid.
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Thomas B. Kersey
Lebanon
Longtown
G. H. Telle
Joseph N. Budhitt
City and County Contribute Eight Hundred to Relief Fund
Lebanon and Boone county residents contributed a total of 800 dollars to the relief fund for tornado sufferers in southern Indiana. The Reporter and Red Cross office at noon logged Friday and Saturday contributions totaling about 50 dollars, with additions expected as funds are received. The fund remains open, with further gifts from clubs noted as forthcoming. A Colonial Theatre benefit on Monday and Tuesday will donate 25 percent of proceeds to relief, featuring The White Sister with Lillian Gish. the effort aims to boost the fund while providing entertainment.
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Lebanon
Boone County
Indiana
Red Cross
Bry Ee Pg Ae
Poes
Colonial Theatre
Carey and
Alexander
Lillian Gish
J. E. Morrison
M. Padgett
Ulen Back From European Trip
Mr and Mrs Henry C Ulen returned to Lebanon after a three month absence. They spent time in Palm Beach before EU business took Mr Ulen to Europe with the Ulen company. He reported firms in Athens and Warsaw working on large contracts and that Warsaw already has ongoing projects. Ivan Jacks and Merton Keefe accompany the Ulen team in Warsaw. He said European conditions are improving but full recovery for industry and agriculture will take years. He plans to stay in Lebanon for the upcoming months and summer.
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Henry C. Ulen
Lebanon
Palm Beach
Ulen
Europe
New York
Athens
Warsaw
Ork
Ure
Ivan Jacks
Merton Keefe
Await Word From Son Of Accident Victim Funeral Plans In Limbo
The William Crose funeral at Thorntown is not finalized as the family awaits a message from Capt. Olaf Crose stationed in the Panama Canal Zone. The funeral is expected Monday afternoon.
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William Crose
Thorntown
Olaf Crose
Panama Canal Zone
Lebanon to Start Annual School Age Enumeration
The city will begin the annual enumeration of residents aged 6 to 21 on Friday, April 10, with Mrs. Nettie Moore named as one enumerator and a second to be appointed soon. Enumerators will finish in 20 days, with lists turned in April 30. The state funds Lebanon schools based on counted residents, so full cooperation is urged to ensure civic accuracy and maximize funding.
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Lebanon
Nettie Moore
Paul van Riper
van Riper
Bandit Gang Robbed Kokomo Bank in 1900s Heist
Five young men in partial dress robbed the South Kokomo Bank of about $8,000 in currency and bonds yesterday afternoon. Police traced the getaway car to a slough near Alto, with farmers reporting two other machines. It was Kokomo's first bank robbery since the Civil War and the boldest in local history.
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Kokomo
Ind
South
Ruegamer Ruth dies at 77 in Thorntown home
Mrs Amelia Louie Ruegamer aged 77 died at her daughter Mrs E C Weekley’s Thorntown residence after a two week illness. Born in 1848 in Lehigh County Pennsylvania she lived in Rossville and Frankfort areas. Surviving children include Mrs Weekley Mrs Will Eaton and Mrs Ed Meckenery plus Francis Ruegamer. Short funeral services will be held at Mrs Weekley’s home Tuesday at 12:30 pm and at Rossville at 2:30 pm with Rev Francis Beisel officiating. Burial in Rossville Cemetery.
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Amelia Louie Ruegamer
Thorntown
E. C. Weekley
Joseph C. Ruegamer
Weekley
Will Eaton
Ed Meckenery
Frankfort
Francis Ruegamer
Rossville
Lugier
German Reform Church
Francis Beisel
Meharryville
Anna Stephens Named Assistant Supervisor at Robert Long Hospital
Miss Anna Stephens, daughter of George Stephens of Lafayette road east of Sheridan, has become Assistant Supervisor on the second floor at Robert Long Hospital, overseeing medicine. A Long Hospital nurses’ school graduate, she started duties after thirteen days of work and declined a position at Riley Hospital. She attended Westfield High School before nursing training. The piece also notes the imminent discontinuation of the dictionary distribution and a call for readers to submit coupons before closure.
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Anna Stephens
George Stephens
Lafayette Road
Sheridan
Robert Long Hospital
Long Hospital
Riley Hospital
Long
Anna
Westfield High School
Hawkins Opens New Barbecue Home Today
A. G. Hawkins opens The Dew Drop Inn at the corner of State Road 44 and the Thorntown road one half mile north of Mechanicsburg. The modern building offers barbecue meats with steam table service, complete furnishings, and ample parking for motorists.
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Dew Drop Inn
A. G. Hawkins
State Road 44
Thorntown Road
Mechanicsbur
Strong earth tremor predicted tonight in Americas
Faenza Italy March 28 Professor Bendandi seismologist predicts a strong tremor felt in North and Central America tonight There will be an earthquake in the far east on Monday per Professor Sendantis
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Faenza
Italy
Bendandi
United States
North
Central America
Far East
Sendantis
W C T U Plans Aid for Storm Sufferers Meeting Set
Mrs Nettie Smith county president of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union attended the mid year executive meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday. Mrs Stanley state president urged clothing and other necessities for storm sufferers and a called meeting at 4 pm Monday in the court house rest room was set to arrange relief. All Union members and friends are asked to attend.
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Nettie Smith
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Indianapolis
Stanley
Court House
Union
Three Die In Loop Hospital Fire In Chicago
A police inquiry opened into a deadly hospital fire in the Loop that killed patient P. J. Regan, 38, whose eyes were bandaged and who wandered the hallway before collapsing. Fireman Glenn Briggs, 32, and seaman John Darteman, 28, died after being crushed between moving machines as nurses and patients escaped amid chaos.
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Chicago
P. J. Regan
Regan
Glenn Briggs
John Darteman
Hurty Funeral Arrangements Set For Monday Morning
Indianapolis March 28 Funeral arrangements are under way for Dr John N Hurty a famed public health advocate and longtime state board of health secretary Died at his home services will be held Monday morning at his residence burial will follow at Crown Hill cemetery Pallbearers include Dr John H Oliver Albert Beveridge Dr Charles Emerson Dr William W ashord and other notable figures from Chicago and local medical circles.
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Indianapolis
John N. Bure
State Board of Health
Hurty
Crown Hill Cemetery
John H. Oliver
Albert d. Beveridge
Charles P. Emerison
William N. W'shard
Charles Ferguson
Frederick R. Henshaw
George C. Hitt
William F. King
William McKee
Harry E. Barnard
Chicago
Special Car To Thorntown For Presbyterian Service
A special car will leave the traction station Monday at 6 30 PM for Thorntown to accommodate Lebanon residents attending the dedication of the new Presbyterian church. The car will return immediately after the service.
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Thorntown
Lebanon
New Presbyterian Church
Lebanon clerks praised for exceptional postal exam results
Edwin Hannaford chief clerk Railway Mail Service lauded Lebanon post office clerks Mort Stephenson R S Mefford R C Holmes and E G Brown for 2150 questions with 99.55 percent correct across four exams. The letter says Lebanon patrons and the post office deserve congratulations for high efficiency of local railway mail clerks.
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Lebanon
Edwin Hannaford
Railway Mail Service
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry T. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Hannaford
Mort Stephenson
R. S. Mefford
R. C. Holmes
E. G. Brown
Indiana
Calway
Particwar
Nazarene Revival Interest Continues at East Walnut Church
At the Nazarene church on East and Walnut streets crowds grow for the revival. Pastor Mrs Ida Adkins led a praise service last evening with soprano Lemons singing Tell It Again. Evangelist P P Belew preached from John 11 28 urging faith to roll away the stone as Jesus remains master of any situation. Meetings continue through next week with all day services tomorrow and an open invitation to the public.
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Nazarene Church
East
Walnut Streets
Ida Adkins
Miss Lemons
Evangelist P. P. Belew
Jesus
Prince of Wales Embarks on Trans Atlantic Tour
The Prince of Wales sails from Portsmouth on what may be his last trans Atlantic tour as heir to the throne. He travels with a large entourage including a jazz band and will visit Africa and South America, returning in September. The trip adds about 20,000 miles to his prior abroad totals, leaving Britain with four senior royals away simultaneously.
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London
Prince of Wales
Britain
Portsmouth
Africa
South America
King George
Queen Mary
Mediterranean
Duke of York
Germany to vote for president in plebiscite
Berlin March 28 Germany will vote tomorrow to pick a successor to the late President. With seven candidates the result seems unlikely to yield a majority, forcing a runoff on April 28. Candidates include Karl Jarres Wilhelm Marx Willy Helpach Otto Braun Ernest Thaellmann General Ludendorff and Heinrich Held. Political debate centers on monarchy versus republic as Socialists back Braun amid strong partisan tension.
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Karl Jarres
Duessberg
Wilhelm Marx
Willy, Helpach
Banden
Otto Braun
Prussia
Ernest Thaellmann
Reichstag
Ludendorff
Henrich Held
Politicals
Braun
Political Germany
Jarres
Marx
Election Board Now Completed in City
Clark Lindsay is recommended to represent the Republican party on the city election board for the upcoming election by Republican city chairman W. E. Callane. The council will decide next meeting. Democratic commissioner E. Gullion was named by Clyde Lowe, forming a board with Lindsay Gullion and William F. Smith, city clerk.
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Clark Lindsay
W. E. Callane
E. ©. Gullion
Clyde Lowe
Lindsay
Gullion
William F. Smith
Sunday Radio Feature Highlights Across Networks
Radio listings outline the day’s top features across WBZ WEAF WCBD WLW and others. Programs include symphony orchestras, choral concerts, and live organ recitals with times and station dials noted for Boston New York Pittsburgh Detroit and Providence markets.
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Cayright
United Press
WBZ
Springfiell
Mass
People’s Symphony Orchestra
WEAF
New York
WEFI
Boston
Dr. Cademan
WCBD
Zion
WLW
Cincinnati
Kopp
WCAR
Pittsburgh
WWJ
Detroit
WEEI
WCAP
Washington
WDBH
Worcester
WJAR
Providence
Roxy and His Gang
Columbia
Auto Show to Boost April Exposition in Lebanon
Lebanon plans a major April 2 expo with a citywide auto show. Merchants prepare window displays from 8 pm, backed by Boy Scouts. Auto dealers will occupy a large South Square area with 3 cars each, while the 139th Field Artillery Band performs nearby. Police will manage traffic for a predicted large crowd.
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Lebanon
Chamber of Commerce
Noble Shelby
Fred Siess ‘Company
Henderson Auto Company
Miller Buick Company
Lebanon Sales Company
Reynolds
Ferrell Sales Company
Leba ‘Hardware Company
The
Allen Sales Company
Repre
Interstate Public Company
139Th Field Artillery
Jame H. Hoy
2RE
South
South Streets
Miss Mary Stephenson to Broadcast Sunday Evening
Miss Mary Stephenson, a new student at a Chicago conservatory, will broadcast from Station WORD in Batavia Illinois Sunday evening receiving a chorus solo in a sacred music program. The show starts at 6 80 oclock and Mrs Stephenson Lebanon plans to tune in from her place.
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Mary Stephenson
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Batavia Iz
Chicago Sunde
State petition seeks state takeover of Lafayette Road
A petition in the hands of Sheridan attorney Roland Griffin seeks state takeover of the Lafayette road between Greenfield and Frankfort. It is signed by residents along the road in towns such as Frankport Terhune Kirklin Sheridan Noblesville and Greenfield and Griffin plans to file soon with the State Highway Commission.
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Roland Griffin
Sheridan
Stateway Commission
Lafayette
Greenfield
Frankfort
Prankport
Terhune
Kirklin
Sheridan Noblesville
Griffin
Public intoxication plea yields fine in city court
Ott Heflin was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to public intoxication in the city court Friday evening. The arrest was led by Chief Budd on North Bae Street.
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Ott Heflin
Budd
Bae Street
Fire damages residence of Dr Del Smith at Meridian Corner
Fire department responded to a blaze at Dr Del Smith’s residence on Meridian Street near the corner shortly after eight this morning. Estimated damage runs about ten dollars as soot and flame affected the structure.
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Dell Smith
Meridian Streets
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