City council honors fire fighters as Ordinance 178 limits street hawkers
At the Peoria city hall meeting Mayor Bull and council praised the fire department for a year of service with 60 calls and about 2500 dollars in loss. Ordinance 178 restricting non resident itinerant merchants passed. Officials discussed street widening and water meter growth with 1 005 flat rate and 514 meter customers.
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Peoria
Bull
Shepherd
Huffman
Daily Citizen
First Steet
Grand Opera House
Manual Dixon
Marion County Grand Jury to Report on Probe
The Marion county grand jury plans to issue a report on its political investigation next Monday. The foreman stated the inquiry would be finished in two more days after routine business was reviewed by Judge James A. Collins.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Stores Extend Evening Hours For Christmas Shoppers
Linton merchants agree on a three day closing schedule with stores open until 6 pm on Wednesday 22 December 6 00 pm 8 00 pm Thursday 23 December and 9 00 pm Friday 24 December. Except for drug stores and restaurants all shops will close from 9 pm Friday until Monday morning.
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Linton Business Houses
Death at Jasonville of Lillie Fay May at 17
Funeral services for Lillie Fay May 17 died at her Jasonville home will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at the United Brethren church officiated by Rev Fields Burial will be Lebanon Cemetery She is survived by husband Frank May parents Frank and Mrs Ferrell of Jasonville two brothers Harlan and Omer Ferrell five sisters Mrs Everett Ridener Terre Haute Mrs Martin Bonham Sullivan Mrs Carl Edmundson Jasonville Miss Inez Ferrell at home and twin sister Miss Gay Ferrell.
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Jasonville
United Brethren Church
Mr. Fields
Lebanon Cemetery
Frank May
Frank Ferrell
Harlan and
Omer Ferrell
Everett Ride
Mrs Josephine Howell Called To Her Reward
Josephine Talbott Howell age 25 years 9 months 17 days daughter of Mr and Mrs George Talbott of 539 North Main street and wife of Ralph Howell died shortly after 2 pm Monday at her Indianapolis home She trained as a nurse at Indianapolis City Hospital and would have graduated June 1924 but was ill since shortly before Her body was taken to her parents home for funeral Thursday Dec 23 at 2 pm conducted by Rev C A McCullough Interment Fairview Surviving husband and parents are four brothers Dan Chester Harold and Kenneth and many other relatives She lived in Linton and was a member of the Methodist church of Indianapolis.
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George Talbott
North Main Street
Ralph Howell
Indianapolis
Howell
Indianapolis City Hospital
C. A. McCullough
Methodist Church
Fairview
Dan
Chester
Harold
Kenneth Talbott
Flint
Michigan
Kenneth
Series of 15 auto crashes leaves one dead in Evansville
Evansville reports 15 automobile accidents over two nights. Mrs. Katheryn Beer, 72, died shortly after being struck near a street car stop. One other woman near death and 13 others with serious injuries. Traffic worsened by heavy rain and fog.
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Evansville
Ind
Katheryn Beer
Indiana Red Cross relief fund tops eleven thousand dollars
The Indianapolis Red Cross reports the Indiana relief fund for miners families in Princeton and Francisco has reached 11071.65 dollars. Chairman William Fortune says much more money is needed and that Christmas spirit should spur giving.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
Red Cross
Princeton
Francisco
William Fortune
Indiana Tax Board seeks yearly real estate equalization power
The Indiana Tax Board asks the new legislature to amend the tax law to allow annual equalization orders affecting all property real or personal. This would enable relief without statewide revaluations and ensure equality in taxation as market conditions warrant. The board argues current rules permit only four yearly or full-state revaluations and seeks authority to adjust valuations each year to maintain just and equitable assessments.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana
Boar
Daily Citizen skips Saturday issue for Christmas holiday
The Daily Citizen will not be issued on Saturday Christmas day to allow a full holiday. Because Christmas falls on Saturday, carrier boys will collect on Friday to provide a full break. Subscribers are asked to pay subscriptions this Friday instead of Saturday.
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Daily Citizen
Big Tax Cut Planned Before 1928 Election
Treasury experts project a tax cut of 400 to 500 million dollars when Congress convenes in December 1927. Officials say millionaires and large corporations will gain most, while small taxpayers and small firms see little impact before the presidential election year.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Farmers Surrenders After All-Night Siege by Troopers
Somerville reports James and Timothy Meeney captured after state troopers encircled their Jutland farm. The night-long exchange left James wounded and sister Beatrice unconscious from gas. Twenty-two troopers from five barracks participated. two troopers were wounded.
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United Press Dispatch
Somerville
Iwo Brothers
Jutland
Moutain
Timothy Meeny
James
Beatrice
Pittstown
N. J
Dea
Timothy Meeney
New Jersey
Trenton
Morristown
Pompton Lakes
Washington Barracks
Alfred Larsen
Somerville Barracks
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Larsen
Corporal Matthew Daly
Daly
Fle
Smith
Winter ushers in with normal Indiana temperature
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports the first day of winter with light snow and temperatures about three degrees above normal. Central Indiana saw 32 degrees at 7 am CST, with snow covering the ground and a light regional precipitation pattern including LaPorte and Michigan City.
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United Tress Dispatch
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Armington
Mercury
Weather Bureau
LaPorte
Michigan City
Senate Begins Interior Bill Review and Naturalization Hearings
In congress today the senate starts consideration of the interior department appropriation bill while the immigration committee continues hearings on 69 Hindu naturalization applications. Agriculture hearings resume on a bill to curb importation of dairy products from Canada as well as other minor measures. The irrigation committee is expected to report on the Swing-Johnson bill.
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United Press Dispatch
Senate
Interior Department
Immigration Committee
Agriculture Committee
Canada
Gor
Irrigation Committee
Klan Members Attend Indiana Church Service and Offer Gift
Ku Klux Klan members in robes disrupted a Sandborn Indiana church service entering the M H church and presenting Rev. C P Hert with a note and a $28 offering after leading in prayer. The revival ended with 72 conversions and 46 additions over three weeks.
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Sandrborn
Ind
M. MH
Ku Klux Klan
C. P. Hert
Quail Season Ends While Duck and Rabbit Opens Continue
Indiana quail season ends Monday per George N. Mannfeld statewide fish and game chief. Rabbits remain open until January 6 while the waterfowl season for ducks and geese runs through January 15.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
George N. Mannfeld
Division of Fish and Game
State Department of Conservation
Old King Winter Begins Official Debut Today
Winter officially began today at 9 34 p m on December 22 according to the United States Weather Bureau. The moment marks the shortest day of the year with the sun and northern hemisphere farthest apart for the year. The region saw unusually moderate weather as winter opened.
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United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Three Men Dead as Kentucky Floods Hit Pineville Hazard
Three men are dead and property damage is heavy as flood waters isolate Pineville Hazard and surrounding towns in the Kentucky mountains. Roads are washed out and communication with the region is disrupted. the Manchester branch of the L and N Railway is suspended due to washed-out tracks.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Cumberlands
Pineville
Hazard
Camberlands
Manchester
L. & N. Railway
Labor Secretary outlines optimistic 1920s industrial outlook
Washington reports Secretary Davis sees real hope for fewer labor disputes as conciliation grows. Immigration policy remains pivotal with calls for skilled labor imports under restrictions and potential presidential controls during downturns. He praises postwar prosperity and shared gains for American workers.
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Washington
Davis
Department of Labor
Congress
United States
America
Legislature Will Not Probe Political Corruption
Indiana Republicans oppose any state legislative probe into political corruption. Twenty six senators gathered in Indianapolis denounced investigations as a waste of time, citing prior grand jury findings. They urged focus on other issues and reforms to election and public service laws.
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Indianapolis
Senate
Harold van Orman
Fred F. Dickerman
Ben R. Inman
Dickermg
Grand Jury
Public Service Commission
Hoosier State Highways To Be Well Advertised
Indiana highway construction methods will be showcased at the National Good Roads meeting in Chicago opening January 10 under the American Road Builders' association. Exhibits will feature Indiana highway types with maps showing progress during the past year at the Palmer House convention center.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Indiana
American Road Builders’ Association
Palmer House
Indiana News Roundup From Kokomo Seymour and Hartford City
Indiana brief items note Ernest Garr a famed Kokomo violin maker began as a boy after his parents refused a violin and he built his own. Seymour reports William E Winn won a free trip to Cuba in a local sales contest. Hartford City mentions a fire station boiler burst leading to a new iron stove and hoped for heated debates on the franchise decision.
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Kokomo
Ernest Garr
Seymour
William E. Winn
Cuba
Hartford City
Indiana University Glee Club Announces Spring Tour
Bloomington officials say the Indiana university glee club will tour the state in the spring. Kokomo reports a divorce suit filed by Joseph B. Barker after his wife smoked many cigarettes, affecting their living arrangement.
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Bloomington
Indiana University Glee Club
Kokomo
Joseph B. Barker
Oldest Indiana school book claimed by Indianapolis man
An entry for the so called oldest school book in Indiana is filed by bury Kennedy of Indianapolis. The arithmetic dated 180? is cited as the candidate.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Bury Kennedy
Julian Megowan Ends Late-Arrive Excuses for School
Julian Megowan of E Van Sville cited traffic signal delays as his latest tardiness excuse to teachers, delaying arrival to school.
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E van Sville
Julian Megowan
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