Painful Explosion Injures Sandborn Elevator Manager
Nelson Stafford of Sandborn Indiana, manager of the Mateo elevator, suffered severe facial and hand burns when gasoline fumes ignited after he used a half gallon to clean oil from a cistern and called for a lantern. He crawled to safety and was treated by a local physician. Also noted is Mrs. Clarence Hagemeier, who underwent appendicitis surgery in Vincennes with a burst appendix and gangrene. prognosis doubtful.
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Sandborn
Ind
Nelson Stafford
Mateo
Toon
Stafford
Clarence Hagemeier
Vincennes
Auxiliary Membership Booms Surpass 1926 Total
United Press reports from Indianapolis indicate the American Legion Auxiliary will enroll far more members by June 30 than in all of 1926. As of June 15 about 28,000 new members remained to match last year, with estimates showing a total at least 30,000 above 1926.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
American Legion Auxiliary
Three Indiana Parks to Offer Free Guided Tours
Three Indiana State Parks will provide free guide service this year at McCormick's Creek Canyon near Spencer Turkey Run Park near Marshall and Clifty Falls near Madison. Guides will cover flora geology and forestry and point out canyons rare trees and wildlife. Miss Luci Pitaschler Brandt Steele and Sydney Osten will staff Clifty Creek McCormick's Creek and Turkey Run respectively. Each park showcases distinct native beauty and architecture with Turkey Run famed for giant primitive trees and canyons. McCormick's Creek for flora and bird life. Clifty Falls for Southern Indiana wildlife.
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Luited Press
Indianapolis
Indiana State’ Parks
McCormick's Creek
Canyon Park
Owen County
Spencer
Turkey Run Park
Parke County
Marshall
Clifty Falls Park
Ohio River
Madison
McCormick’s Creek
GC. G. Sayers
Richard Lieber
Luci Pitaschler
Cliftyn Falls Park
Brandt Steele
MacCormick’s Creek
Sydney Esten
Turkey Run
Colorado
McCormick’s Crek
Clifty Falls
Indiana
Hog market report from Indianapolis auction
Indianapolis market report notes hog receipts of 9,500 with light hogs higher and others down about ten cents. Prices listed for various weight ranges from 200 to 350 pounds range roughly from 8.50 to 9.25 per hundredweight, with smaller pigs quoted around 8.40 to 8.76 and specific figures for 180 to 260 pounds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Poanda
Ste
Menella Boys Lose Out in Terre Haute Bouts
In Terre Haute at Bud Taylors gym a boxing show drew a large crowd. Babe Menella of Linton failed to stop Otto Atterson in the semi final windup after a first round draw. Chet Smallwood and Chuck Menella fought a fast three rounds with Smallwood leading early but Menella rallying to outpoint him in the final round.
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Terre Haute
Bud Taylor
Betwen
Babe Menella
Linton
Otto Atterson
Babe
Atterson
Filibusters Halt Illinois House Through Second Week
In Springfield on June 29 the Fifty fifth General Assembly faced a record filibuster as 400 plus House measures crowded into a stormy session. Lawmakers endured long delays with cots in committee rooms and many napping or playing bridge while the clerk read pages blocked by the filibuster, risking delays until 1928 for non enacted bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
House of Representatives
Fifty-fifth General Assembly
Stolen Automobile Case Tangles Involving Several Names
Police report a theft of an automobile owned by Clay Beadle, a steel worker, with subsequent handling of the vehicle. Investigating officers identify Johny and Clarence Anderson and others as involved in receiving or trading the stolen goods. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the incident centers on theft and receipt of stolen property with multiple named individuals.
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Uthio
Clay Beadle
Johny
Clarence Anderson
Bonser
Fons Glethe
Richard
Maud
Qhio
Bei
State employs new tactic against corn borer clean-up
In Michigan the agriculture department uses court action to enforce land clean-up of corn borer stubble. Commissioner Powell sent Assistant Attorney General H A Metcalf to Sandusky after Hugh Davis of Sanilac County objected. A temporary injunction was obtained, setting a June 30 hearing, while authorities proceeded with cleanup under court protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Dispatch
Lansing
Mich
State Department of Agriculture
Hugh Davis
Sanilac County
Powell
H .A. Metcalf
Sandusky
Indiana Forestry Service praise cited in tax law praise
United States Forest Service chief field lecturer H M Wheeler cited Indiana forest tax law valuing land at one dollar per acre as strong and effective. He praised reforestation work observed during a lecture tour, noting seedling production and cost based plantings. State officials plan to reforest over a million idle acres along the Ohio river, using the LaFuze Bill to encourage waste land planting and reduce taxation on nonproductive land.
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Indianapolis
H. M. Wheeler
United States Forest Service
Indiana
Conservation Department
Washington
Wheeler
Ohio’ River
Briers
Sassafras
Wife shoots husband in joke incident in Albany
Albany on June 6 reports a wife shot her husband four times while he was away from home, claiming she intended it as a joke to break him from his single life. Police are investigating the unusual domestic incident.
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Albany
W.C. Sory
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Indiana State Parks
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Lindberg
de Pinedo
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Arzona
Menella
Chuck
Chet
Smallwood
Michigan
Forest Service
Lmnited Press Dispatch
Eatre
Star
Stella Dallas
Kathleen Norris
Great
Pathe News
Pathe Comedy
Brown
Rhodenbeck Bros
R.G, Moore
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