Fire damages Downing house in North Poplar blaze
Fire at R. V. Downing’s 321 North Poplar street caused about 5000 in damage when a flue defect started the noon fire. Sparks from the Downing home ignited nearby roofs at 322 and 325 North Poplar. Neighbors offered shelter and storage while workers salvaged first floor belongings. Downing expected no insurance, with 2000 on the house and 1000 on furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. “Red” Downing
North Poplar Street
Frank Colemeyer
Harvey McCord
C. E. Bruce
North Poplar
Downing
Leslie Schafer
Mr. Downing
Joe Anfderheide
Floyd Beldon
Second
Poplar
Lefoss
Schafer
Council Meeting Ends Early After Oak Street Approval
A cold council curtailed its Monday session after approving the Board of Works report on Oak Street from Chestnut to Walnut. Trees in front of the Matlock property on Third Street will remain. pavement and curb work planned. Bills were allowed and two more meetings are scheduled.
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Board of Works
Oak Street
Chestnut Street
Walnut Street
Matlock
Third Street
New Seymour National Bank Opens Office on Second Floor
The Seymour National Bank opened a new office on the bank’s second floor run by T. O. Plummer. Kathryn James serves as secretary to Mr Plummer who recently sold his insurance business to the bank and was retained to operate the new department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour National Company
Department of the
Seymour National Bank
T. O. Plummer
Kathryn James
Plummer
Executive Board Meets Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association executive board met at the city building on Monday night to discuss plans for the annual Christmas seals and health bonds sale. Mrs. Guy Martin was named chairman of the window displays committee with Miss Matilda Lebline as publicity chairman. T. A. Mott will head the speakers bureau and Will H. Clark will chair the health bonds effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Guy Martin
Matilda Lebline
T. A. Mott
Speaker's Bureau
Will H. Clark
GULLEN B BARNES COUNTY ATTORNEY MAY RELOCATE
Gullen B Barnes reappointed county attorney for Jackson County by the board of county commissioners in Browns town. The board also names a three man committee to study relocating a Vernon township road. Committee members are George E Mellen camp, Sdoward Hess, and Lute Goble. report due December 20 in Seymour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullen B. Barnes
Jackson County
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Brownstown
Barnes
Board of Commissioners
Vernon
Township
George E. Mellencamp
Sdoward Hess
Lute Goble
Attorney
Triple shooting at Shreveport dinner ends in suicide
Vernis Morgan, an attorney, killed merchant Marmaduke Ward and wounded guest Iva Mae Miller at a Ward residence dinner in Shreveport. Morgan then shot himself twice in the head after fleeing to a street corner. A prior enmity between Ward and Morgan was noted by friends.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Marmaduke Ward
E. Poindexter
Dorothy
John Alford
Morgan
Ward
Miss Miller
Jeffrey Speaks at Methodist Brotherhood Meeting
Dr. L. C. Jeffrey spoke at a Monday night Methodist church Brotherhood gathering attended by about seventy five men. The event began with a banquet and featured a Hancock orchestra providing the musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
L. C. Jeffrey
Methodist Church
Hancock Orchestra
Wax Free Havoline at Checker Service Stations
How does your car start. Wax Free Havoline all grades flow at five below zero. Get a crankcase full today at Checker Service Stations.
Coulter Appeals for Seal Campaign at Rotary Club
Stanley Coulter addressed the Rotary Club today urging support for the Indiana Tuberculosis Association through Christmas seal sales. He noted a drop in tuberculosis deaths from 224.7 per 100000 in 1905 to 108.8 in 1928 and emphasized local fundraising to expand seal purchases and health programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Rotary Club
Indiana Tuberculosia Association
I. L. Frost
Coulter
Edward J. Petterman
Jackson County
Petterman
American Red Cross
American Tuberculosis Association
Picture at St Paul shows Coolidge visits
In the Sunday school room exhibit at St Paul Congregational church a photo feature highlights the rural Black Hill Congregational church in South Dakota where ex president Calvin Coolidge attended worship each Sunday during his vacation there.
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St. Paul Congregational Church
Black Hill
South Dakota
Calvin Coolidge
Presbyterian Bazaar Advertised for Sunday School Room
Community note invites attendance at a bazaar in the Sunday school room on Wednesday afternoon. The brief text indicates a church event likely run by parish groups seeking donations or sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Bazaar
Student Council Seeks Broader School Government
Shields High School holds separate convocations for girls and boys as Mrs. Chie Jackson of Indianapolis addresses the girls on high school issues. Principal B. R. Stewart announces plans to increase student involvement in school government after a morning discussion with the student body. Dean Stanley Coulter then speaks to both groups in the afternoon convocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shields High School
B. R. Stewart
Chie Jackson
Indianapolis
Air mail era under Brown signals rising costs and routes
Postmaster General Brown reported to President Hoover that air mail cost about 11.25 million dollars last year with 10,212,511 miles flown as Congress funded private lines for 12.43 million. Despite elevated expenditures and deficits, rates and routes were adjusted to balance service with existing law, while free mail for the blind and other items add to losses.
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Washington
Pony Express
Brown
Hoover
Post Office Department
Congress
Presbyterian Bazaar Offers Gifts and Food Items
Bazaar presents aprons towels food candy and tea on Wednesday organized by the Presbyterian group for community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Bazaar
Seymour Hits Eight Below in Coldest Night of Winter
Record low temperature of eight degrees below zero was reported by the Seymour Water Company pumping station at Rockford. The reading marked the coldest weather of the 1928 winter season and surpassed previous records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Seymour Water Company
Rockford
Riley Goble
Seymour Water Co
County Schools In Good Shape In Jackson County
Jackson County schools are in better financial shape than many nearby counties. A conference of county superintendents at Shoals on December 13 will review the crisis as some counties face bankruptcy and possible closures. Four townships in the county currently receive state aid, with payments about 65 cents per dollar of need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Indiana
Jackson
Shoals
James A. Tatlock
Monroe
Brown
Éetate
Rites Held For Donald Bush At Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for 23 year old Donald Bush who died from injuries after a Thanksgiving auto accident were held at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. RE W Ziegler led the service and burial followed at Riverview Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, his mother Mrs Ida Bush, and a sister Mrs Maurice Riehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bush
First Presbyterian Church
RE. W. Ziegler
Riverview Cemetery
Young Bush
Ida Bush
Maurice Riehl
Sectional Net Tourneys Start On February 26
Indiana high school athletic officials announce sectional play February 28 and March 1 with regionals March 8 and 14 15 at Butler College Indianapolis. Finalist bonuses to schools raised while SHSEA R takes reduced shares. Also dates set for track and 1931 basketball sectionals and regional radio plans. Ineligible rulings involve Lafayette Crawfordsville and Vincennes transfers.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Butler College
Indianapolis
A. L.trester
Board of Control
Sam Armstrong
Lafayette High School
Armstrong
Lafayette
Crawfordsville
Wabash
Nora Gilliatte
Crawfordsville High School
Vincennes High School
Thorntown High School
Raymond Johnson
Lebanon
Thorntown
Stonebraker
Johnson
Notice-Alpha Class Meets Tonight With Mrs Will Bush
Alpha class plans a meeting tonight with Mrs Will Bush at a location described as Best Third instead of at church. The readable note is fragmentary but confirms the change in venue from church to an alternate meeting place.
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Will Bush
Orchard Apples and Apple Products Ad by Hall Orchard Co
The holidays are coming and Hall Orchard Co urges customers to stock up on apples cider and apple butter. Seasonal offer highlights orchard goods and seasonal treats for gifting and cooking.
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Hall Orchard Co
Twenty Crew Safe After Grain Carrier Grounded Breakup
A crew of twenty from the grain carrier Sarniadoc, grounded and pounded by a fierce gale, were transferred to the steamer Valley Camp and were en route to Prescott Ontario. The Valley Camp reported the Sarnindoc badly smashed by the heavy sea.
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Kingston
Ont
Sarniadoc
Valley Camp
Prescott
Reseus
Liquor Probe in State Data to Be Presented
A new federal grand jury in South Bend will hear more evidence in northern Indiana liquor conspiracy cases after a government meeting in Chicago. Twenty three Gary defendants including seventeen police officers and two aldermen face trial in Hammond, while East Chicago officials led by Mayor Hale may go to trial after January.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Bend
Indiana
George EB. Q. Johnson
United States
Oscar R. Luhring
Gary
Hammond
Thomas W. Blick
Raleigh P. Hale
East
Mr. Luhring
Karl J. Davis
U. 8
Detroit
John S. Pratt
Davis
Oliver E. Pagan
Oliver M. Loomis
M. J. Connley
Department of Justice
Morrow Says He Was Tricked Into Senate Contest
Newark December 3 Dwight W. Morrow ambassador to Mexico was allegedly duped into running for the U S Senate against Joseph S Frelinghuysen according to Essex County Republican chairman Jesse R K Salmon Salmon said he learned from Mexico that Morrow did not know Frelinghuysen was a candidate when he accepted the temporary appointment to fill Edge’s seat Salmon urged that those who induced the move would not have if honesty had prevailed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Jesse RK. Salmon
Essex County Republican Committee
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
United States
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Salmon
Frelinghuysen
Walter E. Ede
Ambassador Edge
Senate
Morrow
Rayon origins tied to spruce sulphite pulp
The artificial silk rayon is largely based on sulphite pulp derived from spruce trees.
Tasmania Lavender Farm Spans Thirty-Six Miles In Rows
A lavender farm in Tasmania extends in rows for a total length of thirty six miles. The vast field showcases orderly cultivation with dense plantings and a continuous line of lavender stretching across the landscape.
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Tasmania
Airplanes Used to Deliver Food to Starving Western Wildlife
Aircraft have been employed to drop food to starving game birds and other wildlife across western regions, aiding conservation efforts and preventing further die offs amid harsh conditions.
Hoover Urges Congress to End Tariff Fight and Cut Taxes
President Hoover delivers a 12,000 word state of the union message urging a speedy end to the tariff controversy, prompt tax reduction, and stronger prohibition enforcement. He calls for flexible tariffs, transfer of major enforcement to the Justice Department, and a six year naval build up proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
State of the Union
House
Senate
White House
Tariff Commission
Treasury
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Cems Cross
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Merchant
Girl
Self
Jeffrey
Brotherhood Meet
Seal Campaign
Tuberculosis Association
ST. Paul
Postmaster General
Presbyterian Church
Trester
Puan Liquor
Hoovers
Biss
Kips
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