Township trustees split on joint graduation plan for county schools
Six of fourteen trustees oppose a July 4 joint graduation at Spencer park with Kel township in the basement of the courthouse. At 3 49 o clock six abstained while Jackson, Deer Creek and Noble townships oppose the plan citing concerns about community events. The rest expect to hold a meeting and perhaps approve a combined graduation if others decline.
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Minneman
Kel Township
Court House
Spencer Park
Jackson
Deer Creek
Noble Townships
Galveston Graduates Honor Class of Eight
Friday evening May 15 the Galveston High School commencement will be held in the Methodist Church assembly room. Eight graduates are listed with a program including invocation by Rev. O W Landis, music by the orchestra, and diplomas presented by BE. b. Tyver. speakers include S Leoti Bitler, Lahan W. McDonald, Ernest Miller, Myrtle O. Peter, Charles H. Probert, Ethel Wood, Mabel Wood, and Margaret FE Bitler.
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Methodist Church of
Galveston
S. Leoti Bitler
Margaret EK. Bitler
Laham W. McDonald
Ernest Miller
Myrtle O. Peter
Charles HL. Probert
Ethel Wool
Mabel Wood
O. VY. Landis
King
Race for county superintendent narrows to a close race
Democratic township trustees plan a caucus on Saturday May 30 to decide who will succeed Robert C Hillis. The county shows uneven politics with only three of fourteen trustees being Republicans. Instructors Gray Hass and Davis are viewed as front runners though Cantley Lybrook Rider Stein and Ludders remain contenders as the June first appointment nears.
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Robert C. Hillis
Cantley
Lybrook
Rider
Stein
Ludders
Partially Conscious Bertram Watts Improves After Injury
Inquiry at 2:00 pm reports Bertram Watts is partially recovered from a brain concussion suffered Tuesday while painting at Shiloh Church. No skull fracture indicated and recovery is expected though he remains very drowsy and prone to dozing while talking.
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Bertram Watts
Shiloh Church
New School House Contract Let In Jackson Township
Pr Gray trustee of Jackson township has let the contract for a new school to be built in district No 1. A heating plant will also be installed in the school house at Young America.
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Pr. Gray
Jackson Township
Young America
Another Park Named After McKinley in City
A special committee reports favorably on dedicating the triangular ground at Eel River avenue Nor' and Third street for a park and erecting a monument to William McKinley. Mr Kruck objects and moves to table, but the original motion passes 8 to 2 with Reitemeier and Kruck dissenting.
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McKinley
Messrs. Palmer
Gillespie and Boyer
Eel River Avenue
Nor
Third Street
William McKiffley
Kruck
McKintey
Milton Shirk Stricken By Sudden Paralysis At Lake Maxinkuckee
The Peru Journal reports Milton Shirk suffered a sudden paralysis Monday night at his lake cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee. Dr. O C Wainscott found the affliction left him helpless, with speech and mind affected. he was returned home on the 12 17 train and lies in a semi stupor at his Hood Street residence while showing slight responsiveness.
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O. C. Wainscott
Lake Maxinkuckee
Milton Shirk
Peru
Mr. Shirk
Lake Cottage
April Weather Review and Farm Conditions
April brought 2.1 degrees warmer than last year with twelve clear days and twelve cloudy. Storms on the 12th caused water and lightning damage. rain fell on sixteen days and thunder was heard on four. Frost on eight days, hail and fog on one each. Farmers report delays of one to two weeks. wheat appears healthy and promising a good crop.
City Council Votes to Seize Trading Stamps for Charity
Last night Logansport adopted a resolution instructing the city attorney to secure trading stamps from M. E. Lewish city coal contractor for April coal costs 1932 06. The stamps will be donated to the Sisters of St Joseph Hospital for decor at Logansport’s main charitable institution.
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Logansport
Sidney A. Vanegan
M. EF. Lewish
Reitemeier
Beyer
Gillespie
Messrs. Bettemeier
Porter
Sisters of St. Joseph Hospital
City considers entering farming to harvest hay
Alderman Gillespie proposed city farming ten acres now slated for cemetery expansion to harvest hay for fire department horses. Bidders already seek the land lease and the plan could save about 150 dollars annually, prompting broad discussion at the council meeting.
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Gillespie
Cemetery Committee
Fire Department
After Paroled Man Smith Sought by State Police in Evansville
William R. D. Smith, sought by state prison authorities for parole violation, reportedly returned to Evansville with his wife and household effects. Previously paroled after one year in an indeterminate sentence, he drifted between jobs while rumors swirled about insurance dealings and tradesmen. His wife reportedly closed a boarding house and left town with goods, while Warden Reid investigates possible return to complete term.
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William R. D. Smith
Evansville
Michigan City News
Smith
Laporte
Warden Reid
Logansport Considers Heat From Plant Exhaust
A council committee of six will study new heating ideas using exhaust from the electric and water plants. The plan proposes introducing a hot water heating system to be run by plant exhaust, with three council members and three private citizens on the panel.
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Boyer
Cemetery Bidground Reference Redirected for Ground bids
The matter was referred to the cemetery committee to receive bids for the ground, despite the suggestion otherwise. The committee will solicit proposals and report back on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery Committee
Prisoner sets shirt and papers ablaze in Fulton jail
About 11 am in Rochester a fire started in the Fulton county jail corridor where Jesse Charters, a horse thief, had piled his pants and old newspapers beneath a chair and lit them. He talked of burning his mother and later moaned for a cigarette as officers confined him in a steel cell. Neighbors smelled burning hair and skunk hides as the blaze smoked through the lower floor.
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Rochester
Fulton County
Jesse Charters
Charters
Marsha Coplen
Kenosha Patrolmen Strike Over Pay Cut
Three of seven Kenosha police patrolmen have struck for higher wages after civil service placement and a pay cut. They oppose filling vacated posts and are backed by several council members. The report says the entire force may join the strike within a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Kenosha, Wis
Horse and Buggy Stolen in Peru With Rewards Offered
Postal cards sent from Peru describe a stolen sorrel horse of about 1000 pounds aged six, shod all around with a cut on the right hind foot and red bridle rosettes. The black buggy is three bow top with a front axle sprung and a light lap duster. A $25 reward for the outfit and $50 for capture and conviction by the Miami County Detective association.
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Peru
Deibert
Miami County Detective Association
Convention of Switchmen in Indianapolis May 18
The Switchmen's Union of North America will meet for two weeks at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis beginning May 18. About six hundred railroad switchmen from the United States and Canada will attend. Frank T. Hawley of Buffalo is grand master. The main topic is reducing the union insurance rate. The convention will have secret sessions but opens with a mass meeting where Governor Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter will speak.
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Union of North America
Indianapolis
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Tomlinson Hall
United States
Canada
Frank T. Hawley
Buffalo
Union
Durbin
Bookwalter
Mr and Mrs Rea Return From Visit with Daughter in Peru
Mr and Mrs John Rea have returned from a visit with their daughter Mrs Shaw of Peru. The brief item notes the family connection and location of the relatives without additional details.
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John Rea
Mrs. Shaw
Peru
Bicycle Seized by Police Distracts Local Shoppers
A bicycle was taken by police this morning at 12 30 from in front of George W Cann's Electrical Supply Store. The bike awaits a claimant at the police headquarters.
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George W. Cann
Mrs M H Kea in Delphi Today
Mrs M H Kea is visiting Delphi today for local functions and meetings with community figures. Residents report her schedule includes public appearances and discussions on town events.
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M. H. Kea
Delphi
City considers heat recovery system for power plants
Mr Boyer argued the city could gain thousands yearly from a heat recovery system with minimal maintenance costs. He cited other cities with successful plants and said installation would be affordable since pipes need not be deep. The mayor approved the resolution and formed a committee: Aldermen Bower Sullivan Gillespie and citizens Geo H Ashe J F Obencham and Andy Stevens.
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Boyer
Bower, Sullivan, Gillespie
Geo. H. Ashe
J. F. Obencham
Andy Stevens
Trading stamps to be discontinued in Elkhart after June 1
Elkhart merchants plan to end trading stamps after June 1 with all colors halted and inducements withdrawn. The move follows a paper circulated among merchants agreeing to discontinue stamps if signed by participants. The stamp craze has prompted the shift as a nuisance and expense to buyers.
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Elkhart
Accident Injures Man On North Street Foot
William Douglass is confined to his home on North Street with a crushed foot after slipping injured by a horse at a local event. A gentle animal stepped on his foot and iron shoes sank into the foot, rendering him unable to move about for several days.
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William Douglass
North Street
Attorney Will Dunn Returns from Chicago Visit
Will C. Dunn, an attorney at law, is back home from a business and personal visit to Chicago. He currently plans to resume his professional duties locally.
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Will C. Dunn
Chicago
Standings of Electric Plant Show Higher Yearly Earnings
The municipal lighting plant reported 10 944.61 in earnings for the past year, with receipts totaling 63 581.04 and disbursements of 52 636.82, signaling a strong year and potential larger net next year amid higher coal costs and equipment expansion. The prior year showed expenditures of 45 866.19 and monthly receipts of 35 765.35. The report notes improved operations and expectations for greater profit. Also covered is the Woman's Progressive Club upcoming regular meeting hosted by Mrs. Minnie Brumbaugh at 800 Melbourne Avenue with a program including poems and a symposium on ceramics led by Mrs. Berry.
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Woman's Progressive Club
Minnie Brumbaugh
Melbourne Avenue
State Endorses Black for National Commander
At the Illinois division annual session of the Grand Army of the Republic in East St. Louis on May 7 a resolution urged Illinois veterans to back General John C. Black of Chicago for national commander at the San Francisco encampment in August. A Springfield telegram said both houses had approved a $250,000 Illinois National Park Commission appropriation to honor Illinois soldiers in the Vicksburg campaign, with thanks to the governor and legislature.
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East St. Louis
Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic
John C. Black
Chicago
San Francisco
Springfield
Charles R. E. Koch
Illinois National Park Commission
Vicksburg
State Prison Board Reassigns Insane Detainees to Counties
The board orders insane discharged inmates returned to their home counties for insanity commission review. The first affected prisoner is James Miller of Indianapolis. Guards and officers who boarded at the prison must seek outside housing, with the state increasing pay by sixteen to fifteen dollars monthly.
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Board of Control
James Miller
Indianapolis
Miss May Fansler Hosts Pawnee Street Birthday Party
Miss May Fansler daughter of Mr and Mrs Austin D Fansiler entertained a company of friends at her home on Pawnee Street last evening in honor of her sixteenth birthday anniversary.
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May Fansler
Austin D. Fansiler
Pawnee Street
For Their Bonds Fall 1 License to Sell Liquor Denied
A Logansport county session saw liquor license applicants from Boone not file bonds, causing the commissioners to dismiss the petitions. Temperance delegates from Royal Center hailed the move as a victory and returned home. Meanwhile ladies of the Orphans Home urged the county council to boost the previous 500 dollar appropriation.
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Boone
Orphans’ Home
Frederick C. Bopp Seeks Divorce From Anna M. Bopp
Frederick C. Bopp through Larry and Mahoney files for divorce in circuit court alleging abandonment. Married October 15, 1888 and separated May 1, 1901. Other cases mentioned include dismissals against W Swift Wright and Walter Beyer, and Nathaniel Fawber versus Daniel A. Vanaman, all noted as dismissed.
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Frederick C. Bopp
Larry & Mahoney
Anna M. Bopp
William D. Owen
W. Swift Wright
Journal
John F. Judy
Walter Beyer
Pardon Granted After Prisoner's Death at Leavenworth
President Roosevelt granted a full pardon for Martin Guilford who had died six days earlier at Fort Leavenworth after serving time for robbing an Indiana post office. The Justice Department reported the death occurred on April 29 and cited the prison physician's recommendation for release due to consumption.
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Roosevelt
Martin Guilford
Fort Leavenworth
Indiana
Guilford
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
Uniformity of State Statistics Discussed by Expert
B F Johnson state statistician returns from Washington DC where he attended a convention of labor statistics bureaus. He cites plans for uniform statistics across states and between state and national data. He notes discrepancies between federal and state statistics on the same subjects.
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B. F. Johnson
Washington, D.C
Bureaus of Labor Statistics of America
Charles Uran Alleges Theft Near Butler Arrival
A man named Charles Uran, who recently came to the city from Butler, claims he was robbed of twenty dollars at a boarding house the night before last. He has not filed a police report or taken any action yet.
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Charles Uran
Butler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dioguss
Wm, M’kinley
Council
Little Triangle
Lewish
W. R. D. Smith
California
Convention OF
Woman’s Progressive Club
Thomas Moore
Mrs. Berry
Eva Williams
Cora Lee
Marie Billman
G.A.R
Insane
Royal Center
Fred Bopp
Nathaniel Fawber
Daniel A. Vanaman
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