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Newspaper

Lebanon Daily Reporter

Location

Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1925

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Lebanon holds final session of reporters cooking school

Bebanon women reacted with urgency for another session next year as The Reporter’s Cooking School concluded its week with a record attendance. Merchants praised the program while Mrs Forbes outlined affordable wall coverings and decor from Art Wallpaper. The final session became a party with talks on parties, menus, and budgeting, ending with a note on flowers from Paul Tauer’s Green Houses and plans to repeat the project.

Bebanon Lebanon M. KE. Forbes C.F. Keene Paul Tauer

Rhodes Invites Crawfordsville Elks To Lodge Meeting

Fred Rhodes Exalted Ruler of Lebanon Elks will guest at Crawfordsville lodge tonight. Marsh He Jones Exalted Ruler invites all members to attend as the Lebanon chief addresses the meeting. Lebanon lodge recently completed a new home and a Crawfordsville Night is planned at Lebanon next week with an invitation to local Elks. Meeting starts at 8 o clock and Elks are urged to attend.

Fred Rhodes Lebanon

One Dies and Twenty People Hurt in Crossing Crash

Windsor Ont May 15 A switch engine struck a motor bus at an unguarded crossing. One woman, Mrs H C Potter 42 of Windsor died later at hospital. Her daughter May Potter was reported seriously injured. Nineteen women and two men were injured in the crash while returning from a lodge initiation. The bus driver is held pending investigation.

Windsor Ont Kingsville Walkerville H. C. Potter May

Party Leader in Cuba Murdered

Havana May 15 Representa tive Joseph R. Pep Cano leader of the liberal party was assassinated shortly before midnight by one of three men as he left the Jay Alay Game building. His attackers escaped. Two years earlier Cano killed Congressman Manuel Alonzo after a political quarrel. He claimed Congressional immunity and went to Europe. After an amnesty bill was signed he returned and was re elected.

Havana Joseph R Pep” Cano Liberal Party Jay Alay Canon Manuel Alonzo Europe

Lambs Break Record Claim by Joliet Farmer Bert Hobson

Bert Hobson, a farmer near Joliet ville, reports the region's record lamb crop with seven ewes producing thirteen healthy lambs. He notes unusually warm spring weather and few cold damp days, conditions he says are favorable for lamb survival.

Bert Hobson Jolietville

Co operating Firms in The Reporter's Free Cooking School

Local merchants and national manufacturers join The Reporter's Free Cooking School week. Participants include J. C. Perkins & Son Furniture, Boone Cabinets, Whitaker and Sterling China, Adler & Co Aprons and Refrigerators, Moores 5 and 10¢, Lewis & Storm Thoro-Bread Flour, Guernsey and Wilson Milk, First National Bank Budget, Crescent Bakery Butter Krust, Oak Grove Butter, Northern Indiana Gas & Electric, Clark Jewel Stove, Proctor & Gamble Crisco, Calumet Baking Powder, Foulds Milling, Colonial Theatre Motion Pictures, Kingan Meats, and Art Wall Paper and Paint Co.

J. C. Perkins & Son Whitaker and Sterling Adler & Co de Mars Lewis & Storm Thoro-Bread Guernsey Milk Co Wilson Milk Co First National Bank Budget Paul O. Tauer Flowers Crescent Bakery Krust Schlosser Oak Grove Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co

Whitaker sells interest in Lebanon jewelry firm

D S Whitaker long trusted Lebanon jeweler sells half his business to partner Louis S Sterling. Whitaker, who began in Zionsville in 1874, moved to Lebanon in 1879 and has operated at the present site for forty-one of his forty-six Lebanon years. Sterling, brought in nineteen years ago, will own the business, with Whitaker to visit California and return. Sterling is praised for his word and integrity.

D. S. Whitaker Boone County Lebanon Street Louis S. Sterling Mr. Whitaker Zionsville Lebanon J. D. Packard Masonic Lodge of Indianapolis First Baptist Church Kiwani Club

Bus Burns On Jackson Highway Between Lafayette And Indianapolis

A Red White and Blue bus traveling empty between Lafayette and Indianapolis burned three quarters of a mile west of Mattix's Corner near Mr Yount's residence. The driver reported engine backfiring before flames erupted and the bus became a total loss. The driver was taken to Frankfort for the report. insurance status and bus price are uncertain though similar buses cost about 12004.

Lafayette Indianapolis Jackson Highway Mattix Frankfort

Ford says next move in 400 ships talks rests with Shipping Board

Detroit May 15 Henry Ford indicates the next step in negotiations to buy 400 ships from the United States Shipping Board lies with the board and not his company. Ford officials declined to reveal progress, stressing the board must set the price before negotiations proceed. Ford emphasizes he seeks ships only to support his coal and ore supply for Detroit plants, not to run a general carrier fleet.

Detroit Mich Henry Ford United States Shipping Board Ford Motor Company Ford Shipping Board Dearborn West Virginia Kentucky Toledo and Ironton

Social Morality Discussed by W C T U Meeting

The W C T U met at Mrs Malinda Fuller’s Ash Street home with good attendance and guests. A stellar program led by Mrs Hattie Lane covered Social Morality with Daisy Riley delivering a fine talk and member papers followed by discussions. Four babies were dedicated to the white ribbon and a new member joined, Miss Hazel Miller played a piano solo. Refreshments were served during the social hour.

Malinda Fuller Ash Street Hattie Lane Daisy Riley Hazel Miller

Zionsville Plans Memorial Day Observance

The American Legion with the G A R Boy Scouts and churches plan a Memorial Day program in Zionsville. The band will perform locally, skipping Indianapolis races for the event. Businesses close in the morning and reopen at noon Saturday, avoiding all day closure.

American Legion Zionsville Indianapolis Yanil

Freshman Debater Earns Unusual Honor at IU

Don Bowen of this city, a Beta Eta freshman, distinguished himself on Indiana University's debating team this year. He spoke on the Indiana affirmative team that defeated Purdue in March and has now been elected to Tau Kappa Alpha, the national honorary debating fraternity. This marks the first Tau Kappa Alpha presence in Sigma Nu and the notable achievement of a freshman.

Sigma Nu Indiana University Don Bowen Beta Eta Indiana Purdue Tau Kappa Alpha

Two Get 25 Years in Prison for Murder

Bern hardt Mylin and Edward J. Smith of Milwaukee were found guilty of killing Russell Dickey express messenger during a train robbery attempt near Chicago last year. They received 25 years in the penitentiary. Bernard Smith and Ralph McKee, both Chicago, were freed. The jury deliberated from 5:40 p.m. to 5 a.m. Judge Claire C Edwards and others were awakened for the verdict. Relatives cried and one sergeant, Bernard Smith’s father, wept with joy.

Waukegan Ill Bernhardt Mylin Edward J. Smith Milwaukee Russell Dickey Chicago and Northwestern Bernard Smith Chicago Ralph McKee Claire C. Edwards Mylin Theodore Smith

Opening Dance in Elks New Home in Lebanon

The Elks lodge in Lebanon held its first social evening at the new hall with a floral decor scheme from Fairview Gardens and Paul C. Tauer greenhouse. Exalted Ruler Fred Rhodes and Mrs. Rhodes appeared in royal costumes as the kings of the night, while 175 couples danced to Stewart's Amphion Orchestra. The event featured vocal numbers, a Japanese garden dining room, and a unique parasol specialty dance, with guests from nearby cities in attendance.

Elks New Home Lebanon Tauer Ester F. Jones Fred. Rhodes Roy Metzger Fred Siess Virgil Buntin Frank Dunn Ben Scifres Stewart Amphion Orchestra Ellis Indianapolis Crawfordsville Kokomo Frankfort Tipton Thorntown

Negro bandit meets death on gallows in Chicago

Chicago public records show Lawrence Washington, a Negro bandit, hanged for the 1924 murder of Nunzio Mascolino, an Evanston confectioner. He shot the merchant during a store robbery, wounded a policeman, and faced execution after pleading guilty. Governor Small denied clemency.

Chicago Lawrence Washington Nunzio Mascolino Evanston Washington Cook County Small

Charles H. Duke Dies in Anderson

Charles H. Duke a lifelong Boone county resident died yesterday at his sister Cora Fricke's home in Anderson after a visit there. He had returned from Florida where he spent the winter and had been ill for months. He was sixty four and formerly foreman at Oak Hill cemetery before joining Lebanon Flower and Plant Co. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery after services at the Baptist church.

Charles H. Duke Boone County Cora Fricke Anderson Florida Duke Oak Hill Cemetery Lebanon Flower and Plant Co Ladoga Canning Co Baptist Church Oakil

Former Lebanon Girl in Mexico

Mrs Carlos S Berges nee Miss Pharos Felker formerly of Lebanon now of New Orleans left April 17 on the S S Edam for Vera Cruz en route to Mexico City to join Mr Berges for a two months stay. Berges was called to Mexico City on business in settling up the estate of his father Pablo Salles Berges who died Feb 5. Mrs Berges is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Felker former Lebanon residents. Felker, until removal, published The Reporter. Felkers now reside in New Orleans.

Carlos S. Berges Pharos Felker Lebanon New Orleans S. S. Edam Vera Cruz Mexico City Berges Pablo Salles’ Berges A H. Felker Felker Reporter Felkers New Orléans

Mission Society Has Interesting Program

The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. S. T. Reynolds. After opening with a hymn and prayer, officers were read, and a brief business session followed. Daisy Riley led devotional based on Matthew, with themes of light and hope, and talks covered the Strong Place Community House, Kodanc Orphanage in Alaska, Los Angeles Baptist Center, and the Fellowship House in Omaha. Refreshments were served.

The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church S. T. Reynolds Walter Perrine Daisy -Riley Wimborough Strong Place Ar N McConnell Baptist Ground Alaska Kodanc Ulery Los Angeles

Convention to Be Held Next Sunday

The Union township Sunday school convention, postponed from last Sunday, will be held next Sunday May 17 at 1 30 p m. The program announced for last Sunday will be given.

The Union. Township

Stephenson and MDS Lose Fight to Evade Trial

Indianapolis May 15 Stephenson former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan and his two aides Karl Klenck and Karl Gentry must stand trial for first degree murder in the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer after pleading not guilty. Judge Collins set June 2 for trial. Indictment alleges they refused Oberholtzer medical attention after she drank poison at a hotel in Hammond following an alleged assault.

Indianapolis Stephenson Indiana Ku Klux Klan Karl Klenck Karl Gentry Madge Oberholtzer Collins Eph Inman Kenny Judson Clark Miss Oberholtzer Klenck Gentry Criminal Court Room Inman Remy Rose State Defense Allews Marion County Hammond Irvington

Legislators to Hold Reunion at Indiana State Fair

Plans for a 1925 Legislature reunion at the Indiana state fair were announced by E. J. Barker. A basket dinner will be held for legislators, their families, and friends with arrangements by Harry G. Leslie of Lafayette, speaker of the House in the last session.

E. J. Barker State Board of Agriculture Harry G Leslie Lafayette House of Repre

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Rhodes Crawfordsville Elks Cuba Joseph R. Cano Jackson D. Bowen Elks Mexico Carlos Berges Mission Society
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