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Newspaper
Seymour Daily Tribune
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
5
George F. Turmail of Wallonia and others visit Indianapolis for business while families visit relatives in North Vernon Louisville and Chicago. The report notes trips to Cincinnati Columbus Franklin and Shenoa for camps, circuses, weddings, college events, and family gatherings.
The Illinois House defeated a bill aimed at repealing or modifying the Volstead Act for two years. Anti saloon league supporters celebrated as the measure to create a state prohibition enforcement office, under the attorney general, passed third reading in the Senate and moved toward the governor. Wild debate and caustic personalities marked the proceedings.
In Bicknell Indiana on June 4 two children Ralph 6 and Carroll 4 sons of Wesley Harris mine superintendent died at home from cholera morbus after eating green apples. Carroll died before aid could be given.
A testimonial from W. W. Carter praises Adlerika as a simple mixture that removes gas in ten minutes and relieves chronic constipation. It claims rapid stomach relief, elimination of old waste, and a palpable improvement for age sixty. Federmann's Drug Store, Ady.
A homely pitch targets underweight men with a vaudeville style skit about a man who seems skeletal. The ad touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claiming rapid weight gain and a money back guarantee, with price and pharmacy locations.
From Lisbon the labor confederation called a general strike to protest deportation of agitators, but by day’s end signs pointed to a failed effort. In other dispatches, ancient temples uncovered near Sakkara reveal Greek-like architecture with a funeral room and twenty tombs.
President Coolidge issued an executive order moving the Bureau of Mines from the Interior to the Commerce Department to centralize government business functions. Interior retains control of oil and mineral lands. Attorney General Sargent ruled the transfer legal.
Three armed bandits held up the Merom bank in Linton Indiana bound and gagged the cashier and escaped with 2000 dollars in a waiting automobile this afternoon. Merom, a small college town near the Wabash river twelve miles southwest of Sullivan, lies in an agricultural district.
Estelle Gosling the pretty nurse associated with William Darling Shepherd’s letters was added to the list of missing state witnesses in the trial over the killing of Billy Moe. The report notes she signed letters as Loving Darl and mentions Clintock with typhoid germs.
New titles arrive including The Little Garden for Little Money by Brewster a positive work backed by knowledge Up-to-Date Social Affairs by Linscott Tea Room Recipes by Richards and Treat and Handbook of Solar Eclipses by Lewis detailing eclipses January 24 1925 and June 29 1927 total in England Wilbur the Hat by Van Loon That Late Unpleasantness by Richardson and others The Three Musketeers Jade God and The Thrings of the Dark Mountain Juvenile titles The Little Gray Copse and Opening Hours Library hours and contact details posted. Reading rooms hours January 1 1 to 5 pm Mondays phone 286.
Paris reports Camille Flammarion famed astronomer and author dies at Juvisy age 83 head of observatory He was known for claims Mars is inhabited He wrote Death and its Mystery and Mysterious Psychic Forces He founded the Astronomical Society of France in 1887 Beginning Sunday Platters Studio portrait department closes on Sundays until October 1 Kodak department remains open on Sundays
Mrs Minnie Cripper aged 62 wife of Charles Croper died at her Indianapolis home after a brief illness. Her body will be returned to Seymour Friday morning for funeral services at Reddington Christian church at 2 pm conducted by Rev William DeHart. Burial follows in Reddington cemetery. She had lived in Azalia before moving to Indianapolis two years ago. Surviving are her husband three sons and one daughter.
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