20 Apr 1925
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Newspaper
Seymour Daily Tribune
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1925
Page
1
Coulter Montgomery announces the appointment of precinct election boards for Seymour's May 5 primary. A total of 42 officials will serve across six precincts, with absent voter ballots available ten days before the election through May 2. About 3,300 voters reside in Seymour.
A Ford touring car driven by a traveling salesman from Jacksonville Florida overturned southeast of the city Sunday around 3:30 PM after skidding on loose gravel while descending a hill by the George Stahl farm. The sole occupant escaped injury and helped by witnesses to retrieve the car and drive to Seymour.
Stockholders gather at the City Building for a baseball meeting on Tuesday evening at 7 30.
A short classified style note markets Tip Richardson’s taxi service as available any time anywhere with phone 447 and residence 67. The terse item emphasizes round the clock accessibility and local contact.
Duluth Minnesota and surrounding territory report four and a half inches of snow with a temperature of 32 degrees above early today. Weather conditions disrupt travel as the storm covers roads and sidewalks.
Stockholders at Seymour Athletic Association will elect officers Tuesday night in the city council chambers. If approved, a semi pro baseball team may be organized again this year, but several stockholders doubt the club can be supported due to high salaries and declining public interest. Local players have been practicing Sundays at the diamond.
Henry Huber, a farmer near Freetown, assumed charge of the Cortland post office this morning, succeeding Frances Roberts who returns to his father’s farm north of Surprise after about six months in office. Huber, age 22, passed the civil service exam and submitted the bond. he will relocate to Cortland once a home is arranged.
At the 82nd Northern Indiana M E conference in Anderson Ind on April 20 the union of the two church branches was approved overwhelmingly by 181 to 6 with laymen backing consolidation. About 250 pastoral assignments were announced and district superintendents named for Ft Wayne Logansport Richmond Wabash Muncie Goshen. The move to admit laymen to conference membership was rejected after debate.
Sofia reports King Boris showed courage after the assassination attempt and cathedral bombing. The government says arrested include agrarians and communists with foreign money. a German woman found with explosives was seized. Bulgaria asks the inter allied commission to raise 10 000 more troops to curb unrest following the plot.
Harvey L. McCord manager of the American Security Company reported his Ford coupe stolen from the Methodist Episcopal church corner Sunday night. He found the car abandoned on North Broadway after a brief search. Police were notified.
Chief William A. Misch announces a final caution to keep headlights and taillights on after dark. Law will be rigidly enforced with arrests and prosecutions for violators.
Ad brief urges shoppers to visit Simon's for high quality goods at attractive prices highlighting value and selection.
Snowy and freezing conditions halt the morning baseball game between the Braves and the Phillies in Boston. Wet grounds and a light snowfall at game time cause postponement.
A collision between an automobile and a passenger train at a crossing in Ingalls Indiana killed five members of the Cottey family and left Ralph Cottey Jr. with critical injuries in Indianapolis. The dead are Mae 25 Jennie 8 Dorothy 6 Ralph 3 and Lincoln 63.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railway will change the timetable next Sunday to install the National Limited trains between Washington and St Louis. No 23 westbound fast express is canceled leaving four trains daily each way. Times vary by a few minutes. three trains will serve Seymour while the National Limiteds do not stop here. Current and new times: No 1 10 41 a m. No 21 11 21 a m. No 65 2 p m. No 3 12 20 a m. No 2 6 20 p m. No 12 4 39 a m. No 22 3 51 p m. No 66 8 55 unchanged.
Dr Allan B Philputt longtime pastor of Central Christian church in Indianapolis died at his home Sunday morning after a ten week illness from heart disease He had been active until two months ago after an influenza attack Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 am at the Central Christian church with leading church and educational figures from the Central West in attendance.
Chief of Police Wm A Misch warns motorists to keep headlights and tail lights burning with a final caution. Violators will be arrested and prosecuted under new enforcement policy.
Chicago reports Peoria struck by a tornado early Sunday causing a million dollars in damage. Two people dead and many injured as three buildings collapsed including Isaac Walk & Hardware with half a million in losses. Explosions from blasting powder hampered rescue efforts and two workers, George Wonder and Frank Weißel, were killed.
Wheeling West Virginia April 20 reports show a tornado a half million dollars in damage. In the city streets belt of buildings were unroofed and crushed while rural areas suffer felled trees and destroyed orchards. Nine injured still listed all expected to recover.
Louis Abramson of Cattletsburg lost in the U S Supreme Court today a petition for review and reversal of his conviction for violating prohibition laws. He argued the grand jury was improperly constituted because members were selected from bystanders instead of being regularly summoned from the district by the marshal.
International News Service reports Mineoff, the agitator sought since last Thursday’s cathedral bombing that killed about 160, was killed today in his hiding place, with a despatch from London confirming the capture.
Mr and Mrs Norman Barkman and daughter Mary Margaret returned from Indianapolis where they had been guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Boettcher.
Loertz drug store held a Saturday opening for its new electrically refrigerated fountain. Hundreds of adults and scores of children received Brick ice Cream and Eskimo Pies. The store was crowded and praised the equipment’s appearance and reliable cold temperatures.
A subway train derailed north of Penn Station injuring seven and toppled seven tunnel pillars. The crash ignited insulation and caused a tunnel blaze as passengers fled in darkness and scrambled for exits.
Four people die and three are injured when a milk truck sinks into a sinkhole on a rural road near Minneapolis while trying to back up to recover a lost tire. Rescuer Walter Dillon saves Edna McLaren Henry Puba and Edward Regan but cannot lift the car. Deceased are Charles R. Heinert Arthur Moran Joseph G. Walsh and Herman Schadler all residents of St Paul.
Roswell Johnson former mayor of Gary Indiana and fifty one Gary residents were convicted of violating prohibition laws by dealing in intoxicating liquors. Their appeal for review and reversal of convictions and sentences to prison or fines was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court.
U S Steel directors were re-elected at the annual Hoboken meeting. 2,385,004 common shares were represented out of 5,085,306 outstanding and 1,452,591 preferred shares of 5,602,811 total.
Little Geneva Stabb of Indianapolis spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Fred Stabb at their home visiting while attending the Institute for the Blind events.
Stephen son ex grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana was arrested on a murder indictment in the death of Madge Oberholtzer. Co defendants Klenek and Gentry were held as accomplices. Arrest followed a weekend hiding and habeas corpus considerations loomed as defense plans.
J. W. Me, prominent Steel company president from Birmingham Alabama and head of Sloss Sheffield Steel, died of pneumonia at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on April 20.
Local shoppers can finding the best line of coats and dresses at Simon's with notable value and frequent sales events advertised.
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