City Council Defers License Ordinance on Hackmen and Taxis
The city council unanimously postponed third reading of a proposed license ordinance for hackmen draymen and taxi operators. If enacted licenses would cost 5 per vehicle if taken before August 1 and 2.50 after, with licenses expiring yearly. The vote followed disputes over Chestnut street widening and potential court action over damages to Phillips property.
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Moritz
Sprenger
Burkley, Sprenger and
Charles I. Kessler
William Phillips
Phillips
Breed, Elliott & Harrison
Bond House of
Indianapolis
Brown and
Walnut Streets
Dehler Building Sold to Morris Brecher
Morris Brecher proprietor of Brecher clothing store on South Chestnut street has purchased the Dehler building on South Chestnut from Mrs. M. Dehler. The deal closed late this morning. Brecher plans to remodel the front and redecorate the interior before leasing the first floor storage space and intends to remain at his current location.
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Morris Brecher
Brecher
South Chestnut Street
Dehler
M. Dehler
Fancy Furniture Plant Set to Reopen Monday
The Fancy Furniture Company plant on East Second Street will resume operations Monday morning after a shutdown tied to receivership action. Veneers arrived, enabling initial milling, with cabinet, finishing, and shipping to follow over the next week. The plant aims to return to full production as staffing decisions proceed and prior debts are addressed.
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Fancy Furniture Company
East Second Street
Maurice V. Hodapp
Lorren BE. Cornelius
St. Louis
Shipping Department
Hodapp
Army Deserter Captured Near Medora by Deputy Sheriff
Virgil Shelton, 22, arrested at his father's home southwest of Medora by Deputy Glenn Thompson and sent to Ft Harrison Indianapolis on a desertion charge. Enlisted 1923, sent to Texas, left after a month, then sixteen months in Jackson county. He faces about eighteen months in Leavenworth Prison as a deserter.
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Virgil Shelton
Daniel P. Shelton
Medora
Glenn Thompson
Ft Harrison
Indianapolis
Texas
Jackson County
Lawrence Shields
Brownstown
Shelton
Leavenworth
Assessors and Deputies Meet in Brownstown Tuesday
Jackson township assessor Edward Newkirk and deputies travel to Brownstown next Tuesday for a public meeting with county assessor Frank Dailey and a state tax board representative. Township assessors and taxpayers are invited to attend at the courthouse to learn about personal and real estate assessments and related matters. The state representative’s identity will be announced at the meeting.
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Edward Newkirk
Jackson Township
Brownstown
Frank Dailey
State Tax Board
Court House
Gasoline Coach To Take On 1000 Army And Navy Higher Ups
A forty passenger gasoline driven coach will arrive in Seymour from Philadelphia Sunday morning about 8 30 en route to St Louis on a test run over the Baltimore and Ohio Railway that may change transportation practices. The Brill coach will include about twenty five aboard and pass through Baltimore and other stops on the trip.
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Seymour
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
J. G. Brill Co
Baltimore
Slick Presented to President for Indiana Judicial Nomination
Senator Watson presented Thomas W. Slick of South Bend to President Coolidge at the White House. Slick has been nominated to be United States judge for the Federal district of Indiana. His name was the sole nominee and Senate confirmation is anticipated. the nomination was made Friday.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
White House
Thomas W. Slick
South Bend
Coolidge
Slick
United States
Federal District of
Senate
Special chicken dinner Sunday at Deputy's Restaurant
Sunday chicken dinner offered at Deputy's Restaurant for 35 cents near the Interurban Station. The notice also invites the Pythian Sisters event at First Methodist Church on February 20 and notes the Twentieth Kitchen Drill team, officers practice, and Cabinet Revue with a Monday night 7:30 prompt.
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First Methodist Church
Chicago Enshrouded in Fog Throughout City
Chicago faced a thick fog that halted trans portation and delayed fire and police responses. Taxicabs disappeared from streets and many workers were late due to tangled traffic while two fires forced twenty families from their homes, though no serious injuries were reported.
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Chicago
Man Fined For Improper Vehicle Paperwork In Seymour
William James of Elwood Ind pleaded guilty in city court before Mayor Charles L Kessler to failure to hire an automobile license or title for a Ford touring car he drove in Seymour Friday night. Officer W B Russell made the arrest early Friday evening and James was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Jack the Peeper
Herbert Kleinmeyer
Seymour Water Company
Lynn
McDonald Street
Peeper
Kleinmeyer
Louisa C. Kleinmeyer
Alma
William James
Elwood
Ind
Charles L. Kessler
Seymour
W. B. Russell
City man fined for intoxication after court plea
Clark Charles of the city was fined $1 and costs totaling $11 after pleading guilty to intoxication before Mayor Charles L. Kessler in city court. He was arrested Friday night in the business district by Chief of Police Miseh.
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Clark Charles
Charles L. Kessler
Charles
Miseh
Our Lollipops Delight the Poor Despite Small Supply
A brief note from Jones Pharmacy extols five-cent lollipops as highly sought after by the city poor for their outstanding taste. The item remains in short supply due to high demand.
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Jones Pharmacy
Tip's Yellow Taxi Ad Blurb
Helps readers with taxi service tips and contact lines for Tip Richardson offering rides anytime. Local ad copy lists phone 447 and residence 67 with a personal reference to Tip Richardson.
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Tip
Tip Richardson
No Moe Weekend Rests For Solons Bills Pouring In
Indianapolis Feb 7 the Indiana General Assembly speeds through a week of bills and resolutions as Saturday sessions are planned in the latter half of the session. The Senate passes 33 bills and one resolution while the House approves 32 measures. Eleven House bills are indefinitely postponed, including one the Senate had adopted. The Ways and Means Committee weighs the appropriations bill from Lemuel A Pittenger and the legislative budget survey.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lemuel A. Pittenger
Scottsburg Bans Over Socks Fashion in Schools
Scottsburg Indiana moves to remove the fad as school heads insist on moral conduct. Principal McCullough calls girls to the carpet for de-hosing, delivering a moral lecture on over socks. High school students face censure but some continue wearing the leg decoration under protest.
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Scottsburg
Ind
McCullough
Miss Middleton
Seymour and Rushville draw sectional winners for regionals
The Indiana high school board announced sectional winners to face regional rivals. Seymour meets Rushville, while Richmond meets Versailles, Connersville faces Madison, and Shelbyville plays Columbus.
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Try International News Service
Indianapolis
Indiana High School Athletic Association Today
Richmond
Versailles
Seymour
Rushville
Connersville
Madison
Shelbyville
Columbus
Japanese-American relations talk at First Methodist Church
Hear M. T. Yamamoto representative of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and the Federated Chambers of Commerce of Japan at the First Methodist Church Thursday evening February 12 at 7 30 Admission 25 cents Given under the auspices of the Omega Class of the Sunday School the relation between Japan and America will be frankly discussed
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Tokyo
Japan Chamber of Commerce
Federated Chambers of Commerce
Japan
First Methodist Church
Omega
Diamond Drill At 46 Feet Delivers No Sign In Collins Rescue
In Cave City Kentucky on February 7 amid dreary drilling workers neared 46 feet with a diamond drill while the life shaft reached 25 feet but failed to locate the trapped Floyd Collins beyond the seven ton boulder. Authorities warned the 72 hour estimate to reach him remained unchanged as nerves frayed and sleep was scarce.
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International News Service
Cave City
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Collins
South Bend Judge Slated for New Federal Bench
President Coolidge sent the nomination of Thomas W. Slick of South Bend to the Senate to become Indiana s second federal judge. Confirmation is expected early next week after support from Sen. Watson. Slick comes from the home district of Rep. Andrew Hickey and was born July 5 1869. Arthur L. Gilliam, also of South Bend, was named state attorney general.
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Indianapolis
Thomas W. Slick
South Bend
Indiana
Slick
United States Senate
Coolidge
U. S
James FE. Watson
Arthur L. Gilliam
Republican Party
Iast
Gilliam
Andrew Hickey
Tle
Federal Draft Board
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Cincinnati
Wm. M. Mitchell
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H. S. A. Board of Control
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