Urban electric merger case prompts hearings and rate aims
Indiana public utilities commission continues review of proposed merger and $21 million securities plan for electric companies. Officials note coal and efficiency savings could cut costs by about 50 percent per kilowatt hour, with potential rate reductions and improved service, while cities oppose the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foru Danske
Sene Noonla
Indiana Electric Corporation
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kokomo
Commission
Lost trousers ad amid cold in Indiana paper
An informal ad notes trousers missing after a stop near Doshitt's store and a law office. The writer mentions near zero temperatures and offers liberal rewards if the weather remains cold. The note appears as a humorously misplaced advertisement in a Boston Transcript context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
ITI
Doshitt’s
Law Office
Boston Transcript
Rat Snap Automobile Tire Shields Ad
Mr J F White endorses RAT-SNAP with a claim that it saved him $120 by protecting two new tires during a winter garage stay. The ad notes three sizes 35c 50c and $1 25 and lists Turman Riggs and H V Bennett as sellers and guarantors.
Local Court Actions and School Meeting Report
Elizanei Robbins received a judgment of 174.20 against William D Snider and Clarence Snider among others. Velma McDaniels was granted a divorce from Dee L McDaniels and will revert to Velma Creager. A probate matter and real estate petition were dismissed at defendant's cost. A Knox county district meeting of school superintendents convened in Vincennes on February 8 and 9 with a senior state inspector presiding. Richard Park spoke on Better Teacher and Better Teaching. A Buick touring car stolen from Terre Haute was recovered. Paul Caulghin arrested while bringing the car for repairs. Mrs Ora Benefield visited in Columbus Ohio. Mr and Mrs W T Mellott visited relatives in Mellott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizanei Robbins
William D. Snider
Clarence Snider
Velma P. McDaniels
Dee L. McDaniels
Velma P. Creager
John
Frakes
Amanda J. Frakes
Phillip A. Julian
Lemuel L. Frakes
Vincennes
Knox Ceestx
Richard Park
Sullivan Counts
Wees-Wilson Company
Terre Haute
Paul Caulghin
Ora Benefield
Hinkle C. Hays
Columbus
Ohio
W. T. Mellott
Mellott
Anger Flare at Court as Prisoner Hurls Taunt and Dashes
An angry judge warns the room that the next speaker will be ejected while a prisoner shouts hip hip hooray and bolts for the door, in a Boys’ Life report.
Daddy's Event N Fairy Tale
Mary Graham Bonne presents a dialogue between Mr. and Mrs. Brown Creeper about bird life. They discuss fashion versus climate, winter travel, and summer homes for birds. The Creepers describe their warmth strategies, song, behavior around people, and preference for brown attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown Creeper
Mr. Brown Creeper
Mary Graham Bonne
Harness Repair and Shop Ad Circulated
An old notice promotes Jim Dandy Harness Shop offering custom harness making with no factory stock. Classifieds include wanted horse and beef hides and fur, paid at full market price, listing David Kaplan contact in E Depot Street. Also ads for furniture sale on Feb 11 1922 at William Turpin’s and a horse and mule sale on Feb 21 at William C Banther farm near Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Dandy
North Side Square
David Kaplan
E. Depot St
William Turpin
S. Section St
William C. Banther
Sullivan
Knotts Family Visits Father and Sister During Hat Trip
James Knotts tours for an eastern hat firm and visits his father Col. R. F. Knotts and sister Miss Bessie Knotts, while an ad promotes Tanlac as a stomach medicine.
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James Knotts
Col
R. F. Knotts
Miss Bessie Knotts
Kansan Rev Earl Blackman Becomes Fighting Parson
The newly elected chaplain of the National American Legion in Kansas earned his title by challenging any A E F sky pilot in France and getting no takers. Now he holds church dances in Kansas, teaches pugilism to Sunday School pupils and denounces Blue Laws as bunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl A. Blackman
Kansas
National American Legion
France
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Marsa Frank Abel
Iso
St. Petersburg
Fiz
Maria
Andy McClanahan
Will Weeks
Lovington
Trs
Andy
Weeks
James Demarre
Star Bake
Mr Star
George F Prentice
Daniel
Henry Ford
Adam
Tom
Eve
John E. Moore
Fonita
Ani
Riggs Clay Product Company
Shelburn
Woodman Hall
C. FE. Walter
South Side
Russell A. Boles
Jim Dandy Harness Shop
J. A. Matix
Ole
J. F. Scherb
Justice of Peace Insurance & Real Estate City Property
Lyric Theatre
Ind
J. A. Mattix
Company IN Electric
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Reguar
Dougherty & Walters
Ma. A
Haddon
Fighting Parson
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