City Now Owns UTS Home After Final Payment
The city of Seymour completed the last payment on the 1905 city building, totaling 5100 toward the 15000 cost, earning undisputed ownership. Council ordered asphalt patches on North Walnut Street and referred South Vine Street repairs to the attorney for county road cooperation, while calling for electric line improvements to reduce damage.
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North Walnut Street
Second
Fourth Streets
Abelle
Emory Weber
South Vine Street
Quinn
Day
Purdue bound corn club winner yields 79.12 bu per acre
Wilbur Otte of Jackson township wins the 29 Jackson County Boys Corn Club honors with 79.12 bushels per acre on a five acre tract. W R Amick awards second for a ten car Johnson county white corn exhibit. George Miller tops yields at 69.78 bu/acre on fifteen acres. Frank Kasting 63.27 bu on forty five acres. Purdue trip prize funded by Buhner Fertilizer. Other members listed. Also scheduled church events and a chili supper.
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Wilbur Otte
Jackson Township
Jackson County
Johnson County
W. R. Amick
William Fox
Redding Township
Reid
Routalup
Purdue
Buhner Fertilizer Company
Clifford Osterman
Frank Kasting
Collin Daily
Herman Alves
George Miller
Ted Plummer Drops Bills From Airplane Over Jackson County
T O Plummer an insurance man faced an exciting hour Monday when piloting a Southern Indiana Flyers Inc plane he dropped circulars announcing a Seymour merchants Christmas project. The plane circled and dropped notices over Jackson County including Freetown Kurtz Wallonia Medora and surrounding areas in under an hour.
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T. O. Plummer
Indiana Fliers, Inc
Jackson County
Seymour
Freetown
Kurtz
Wallonia
Medora
Fire damages Reynolds grocery on South Chestnut Street
Early Tuesday morning a fire caused by suspected electrical short led to significant damage at W. H. Reynolds grocery on South Chestnut. Insurance covers losses. Timely alarm by resident upstairs saved nearby frame businesses. damage to the building estimated at fifty dollars and stock at several hundred. Firefighters found heavy smoke and heat at the front window before entering the rear to work the blaze.
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W. H. Reynolds
Chestnut Street
William Riley Murph
Princess Theatre
Colemeyer
Murph
May Link Two Robbery Series In Seymour Area
A report suggests the Columbus burglaries resemble a northern Seymour spree from four to five weeks earlier. Chief W A Misch believes the same gang may be involved in both depredations. Continued on page 4 column 2.
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Columbus
Seymour
W. A. Misch
Leadership training institute opens at First Baptist Church
Heavy enrollment marks the first night of the leadership training institute at the First Baptist Church. The program runs nightly through Friday with two lessons per evening, credit toward a leadership certificate, and open enrollment for noncredit participants. Miss Myrtie Huckelberry directs the course on storytelling using Katherine Dunlay Cather’s Story Telling for Children. The Rev. Willard R. Jewell leads the program with broad invitation to church school workers beyond the Baptist denomination.
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Leadership Training Institute
First Baptist Church
Myrtie Huckelberry
Indiana Baptist Convention
Children’s Chum
Katherine Dunlay Cather
Willard R. Jewell
Welfare group plans Christmas baskets in Seymour
Seymour Welfare Association members met at township trustee Louis Aufenberg’s office and reported a smaller list of needy this year. Charity workers credited educational efforts and cooperation with local groups for the reduced need, promising a modest baskets distribution similar to prior years.
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Seymour Welfare Association
Louis Aufenberg
Welfare Association
Seymour
Erpert Sell out for Bedford Tilt
Bedford-Seymour basketball game draws strong interest with tickets nearly sold out. Officials expect 300 Bedford fans and a large visiting contingent, reserving seats and placing them on sale at the Hub and Jones Pharmacy Wednesday morning. The local pep club, rooters and band prepare to enhance the atmosphere.
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Bedford-Seymour
Jones’ Pharmacy
Bedford
Reddinger Under Knife in Louisville Hospital
Philip Reddinger living near Seymour underwent a serious operation in a Louisville hospital last Friday and remains in critical condition. His sister Mrs Henry Loertz and brother Sherman Reddinger, both of this city, are at and have recently returned from his bedside.
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Philip Reddinger
Seymour
Louisville
Henry Loertz
Sherman Reddinger
City Clerk reports eleven month receipts and expenditures
City Clerk treasurer Ed Jennings submitted a report to the city council covering the past eleven months. The report shows funds on hand and detailed receipts including taxes, gasoline tax, library bonds sale, and Swope Library bequest totaling 117 691.59, with disbursements across departments and a grand total of 109 971.30. The council accepted the report as unusually good for economy, and the Board of Works discussed a major sewer project in executive session with Seymour Business Men's Association presence seeking expert advice on a large anticipated expenditure. No definite conclusions were given.
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Ed Jennings
Swope
Board of Works
C. H. Wiethoff
Seymour Business Men's Association
Plan Musical Club Contest At Purdue During Farmers Week
Purdue University hosts the Second Annual Musical Stunt contest during Farmers Week January 14 1929 with two hundred dollars in gold as premiums. Organizers aim to surpass last year's success and offer more prizes than before.
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Purdue University
Death Toll Rises After Chile Earthquake
United Press report from Santiago says the death toll in the Talca and Constitucion quake has unofficially reached 275 as relief funds surge and communications resume. Authorities warn of sanitation dangers and mass graves as homeless seek shelter amid rains and aftershocks.
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Santiago
Chile
Talca
Constitucion
Talquinoa
Descabezado
Talea
Floyd Marshall Family Returns From Houston
Floyd Marshall and family, summoned to Houston due to the critical illness of Mrs. Sruth Marshall, have returned to their Benton Harbor Michigan home.
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Floyd Marshall
Houston
Mr. Marshall
Sruth Marshall
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Graessle Returns to Local Printers Firm as Sales Manager
Charles W. Graessle former superintendent of Graessle Mercer Co now takes an interest in the local firm and becomes sales manager. He previously spent twelve years with the local concern and six years with Diem Wing Paper in Cincinnati, including a stint as manager of the New Orleans branch. He returned to Indiana in 1922 and is connected again with Printing Arts Co.
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Charles W. Graessle
Graessle- Mercer Company
The
Printing Arts Company
Indianapolis
Diem & Wing Paper Company
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Indiana
Grave Alarm Over King Is Dispelled
London December 4 King George rallied to preside over a privy council in his bed chamber to plan a commission to carry on royal duties during illness. The session marked a third ever held with a committee consisting of the Queen the Prince of Wales the Duke of York the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Chancellor and the prime minister.
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London
George
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Canterbury
910 000 In Mails For Local People
Approximately 650 members of the 1928 Christmas Savings Club of the Seymour National Bank will receive checks totaling more than 15000 today and Wednesday. The distribution marks one of the bank’s largest savings efforts with many members continuing year round. The plan offers clubs at 25, 50 cents or 1 2 or 5 dollars per week to suit all earners and re investment of funds is expected.
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Seymour National Bank
J. P. McMillan
Warns Against Yuletide Fires
Fire Chief Frank Colemeyer cautions that electrical Christmas trees have reduced candle fire risk but warns defective wiring and lighting arrangements still pose danger. Contnued on page 2, column 1.
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Frank Colemeyer
Colemeyer
Mer
Senate Show Opens for Three Month Run
United Press reports the Senate of the Seventieth Congress begins a three month run with daily sessions except Sundays. Senators Moses and Heflin spark gallery interest amid anti Catholic remarks and crowd excitement in the upper chamber.
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Senate
Washington
Seventieth Congress
House
Farm relief unlikely this session as Hoover plan favored
Senate and House meet to hear the President's annual message amid farm bloc opposition to immediate relief. Farm leaders prefer delaying action until Hoover's administration. tariff revision moved to January 7 hearings with hopes of a May special session. Extra session now seems likely as key farm relief and tariff issues loom.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Hoover
Coolidge
Christmas Seal Sale Under Way in Jackson County
The Jackson County Tu Association announces its annual Christmas seal sale led by Dr. C and Dr. S. to support anti tuberculosis work. Funds target morality lists and public health, with Indiana counties still facing the White Plague threat.
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Jackson County Tu Association
Dr. C
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Weather notes record rainfall at river stage
A weather report documents river stage with rainfall of 19 inches and a notable water mark indicating high water.
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Light Company
M. E
Woodstock Church
Ted Plummer
Grogery
Roomer
Blaze
Church School Institute
Baptist Church
Gordon Northcott
United Press
Riverside
Calif
Gordon Stuart Northcott
Earl Redwine
Riverside County
Northcott
Alvin Copeka
Victorville
Puente
Redwine
Victorvile
Mexico
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico City
National Congress
Alvaro Obregon
Natonal
Erpert
Bedford Tilt
Plan Musical Club
Chilean
United Presa
C. W. Graessle
Graessle-Mercer Company
With Concern
Royal Neighbor
Seymour Nat'l Bank
Moses
New Hampshire
Iis
Heflin
Alabama
Senate Gallery
Hoosierdam
Riley Goble
Seymour Water Co
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