City Council Approves One Year Electric Energy Contract
The city council met in called session at city hall due to a quorum absence. The main item was an ordinance to buy electric energy from Indiana Power Co, passed on third reading 8 to 2 with an amendment limiting the contract to one year if service is unsatisfactory. The measure now awaits final adoption at the next meeting, Tuesday July 5. Attorney A. M. Beasley presented a petition with over a thousand signatures opposing any change in lighting facilities.
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Indiana Power Company
Wilson
Grass
Dorrough
Ledgerwood
Shake
A. M. Beasley
The Prison Girl and the Blackmailer Murderer
Mollie, daughter of a stern warden, defends Jeff Lowndes a lifer accused of cold blood murder. A mob gathers at the gate and a shot wounds the warden. Mollie frees Lowndes, guns the door, and militia arrives to quell the riot as the truth surfaces before Lowndes.
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Mollie
Jeff Lowndes
Hatters
Davis
Simms
Lowndes
Bert Smith
Tom Mix Stars in Ridin' Romeo at Nickie Theatre
The Fox star Tom Mix opens a two day run at the Nickie theatre with Ridin Romeo a western filled with stunts humor and thrills. Mix plays a cowboy who shelters a found baby and faces a sheriff pursuing him for kidnapping amid many suspenseful and comic moments as promised by the star himself.
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Tom Mix
William Fox
Nickie Theatre
Romeo
Mix
The Woman God Sent at Dreamland Tonight
Dreamland shows The Woman God Sent a drama based on the author’s field research into working-class life in American cities. The film aims to shed light on harsh conditions and spur improvements. Also on the bill is Forbidden Soil, a Western. Tickets 10 and 20 cents with Dreamland orchestra.
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Dreamland
Dreamland Orchestra
Prohibition on Interfering With Fire Department Work
The fire department warns against hindering firefighters during operations. It notes that driving over stretched fire hoses is illegal and subjects violators to fines from five to twenty five dollars per offense. Arrests will follow violations of this ordinance and related sections.
Another Program Dance At Moose Hall Saturday Night
Another program dance is set for Moose hall this Saturday night with a five piece orchestra. Tickets are $1 and can be obtained at the Grand Nickle or Dreamland ticket windows. Jazzy will play piano to accompany the evening.
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Moose Hall
Grand
Nickle and
Dreamland
Jud Tunkins on patriotism and family summer plans
Jud Tunkins defines a real patriot as someone who weighs the nation’s welfare as much as his family’s summer plans, framing patriotism as balanced concern for country and personal life.
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Jud Tunkins
Best for the Others Angry Spouse Logical Husband Row
A terse dialogue fragment shows an angry spouse remarking that many men desired the speaker, while the logical husband counters by noting the happiness his wife has caused them by accepting him, illustrating a confrontational exchange.
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D. R. Scott & CO
J. F. Johnson
Martha Washington
Rexall Drug Store
Ford
North Main Street
E. V. Bull
D. D.S
Frank M. Welch
Will C. Welch
Hamilton
the Daily Citizen
Bility
Cal Energy
Reading—Amendment
Western Newspaper Union
Citizen Office
Real
Rhodenbeck Bros
Linton
Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Co
D. M. Puckett
West Vincennes
L.A
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