Indiana Seeks Houston Address At Rural Conference
Indianapolis April 26 The Indiana Bankers Association and state conference on agriculture invite United States Secretary of Agriculture D F Houston to speak at the June 3 4 gathering. Indiana figures including Vice President Marshall Senator Kern and Congressman Korbly are urged to assist in securing his attendance. A fourteen speaker program is planned with focus on rural development.
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Indianapolis
Andrew J. Smith
Indiana
Bankers’ Association
State Conference On Agriculture and Country Life
F. Houston
United States
Houston
Smith
Washington
Indiana Building and Loan Growth Report 1912
The second annual report by Gilbert H. Hendren details Indiana building and loan associations in 1912. It cites 357 associations with 142 202 members and 51 101 921 75 dollars in assets, plus new incorporations and higher capital. It urges tornado insurance and warns against mergers while noting no bonds paid on any shortage since the new law.
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Indiana
Gilbert H. Hendren
Building and Loan Department
Auditor of State
Hendren
W. A. Deharity
State Board of Accounts
State Department
Terre Haute
Indiana League of Municipalities Sets Gary Convention Dates
The annual Indiana State League of Municipalities convention will be held in Gary on July 8 9 and 10 with President Cunningham of Lafayette Treasurer Robinson of Crawfordsville and Secretary Melton of Norton guiding the program Delegates will have a royal time while Capt H entertainment chairman and Alfred Jones Homer Carr and H B Snyder lead publicity efforts.
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League
Indiana State League of Municipalities
Gary
Cunningham
Lafayette
Robinson
Crawfordsville
Melton
Norton
Knotts
Capt. H
Indiana Eastern Star elects four officers at annual meeting
At the Masonite Temple in Indianapolis four of eight elective offices were filled. Newly elected Grand Matron Anna Cooper Greenfield Grand Patron Arthur Kimber Indianapolis Associate Grand Matron Martha Zoercher Tell City Associate Grand Patron Andrew J Smith Hobart Philip Zoercher reported on a committee's work with the Masonic Grand Lodge about building a home for aged and infirm members and orphans. The Grand Lodge favors a general Masonic home with an Eastern Star directorate. Zoercher and Nettie Ransford were re elected to the Eastern Star home board. Anne Robinson Winchester was named to fill a vacancy after W B Hale's death.
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Indiana
Order of the Eastern Star
Order
Masonite
Indianapolis
Anna Cooper
Greenfield
Arthur S. Kimber
Martha Zoercher
Tell City
Andrew J. Smith
Hobart
Philip Zoercher
Supreme and Appellate Courts
Masonite Grand Lodge
Zoercher
Masonic Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Eastern Star
Nettie Ransford
Anne Robinson
Winchester
W. B. Hale
Indiana Nurses Group Rebrands to Indiana League for Nursing Training
At the state convention the executive council approved renaming the Indiana State Society of Superintendents of Training Schools to the Indiana State League for Nursing Training. The change broadens membership to include visiting nurses, school nurses, and social service workers, aligning with the national body. Laura Logan welcomed attendees with a talk at Hope Hospital, as Edith Willis of Vincennes replied.
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Indiana State Association of Nurses
Laura Logan
Hope Hospital
Edith Willis
Vincennes
Henderson Reappointed Clerk to State Examinership
W H O Brien auditor of state announced the reappointment of Gilbert H Henderson who just completed a two year term as clerk of the building and loan department His new term lasts until June when he will succeed W A Deharity as state examiner of the state board of accounts Henderson then qualified for a new term of about six weeks before going before the clerk of the Supreme court to take the oath of office.
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Supreme Court
Dental School Graduate Kills Woman Then Takes Poison
Indianapolis reports a jilted Mexican dental graduate Carlos Goozman shot Nellie Joyner twenty three and wounded her mother Mrs Sarah Joyner before poisoning himself in a police cell. Goozman had threatened her with death over a refused marriage and had faced prior molestation charges.
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Indianapolis
Nellie Joyner
Carlos Goozman
Indiana Dental College
Sarah Joyner
Goozman
Goorman
Joyner
Miss Joyner
Meat Confiscation at Burns Car Load Meat Market
Dr. J A Long secretary of the city board of health seized more than a car load of meat from Buehler Brothers meat market. He ordered it moved to the city edge where kerosene was poured on it and a match set. The meat, shipped from Libby McNeill Libby Chicago, was deemed impure after inspection. The firm offered no objection to destruction and said no meat had been sold to customers from the shipment.
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Anderson
J. A. Long
City Board of Health
Buehler Brothers
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Long
Runaway Horse Takes Rails Through Goshen
Goshen April 28. An auctioneer David C. Lehman and his six year old daughter Lucile escaped injury when a runaway horse bolted along the Lake Shore four track system for a mile behind the pair and another mile after being checked. The horse led the way to the Lake Shore yards and ran nearly the length of the city without a train collision.
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Goshen
Lake Shore Railway
David C. Lehman
Lucile
Lake Shore
Michigan City Officers Quit Over Bossy Chief
Five patrolmen announced they would quit unless Officer Schlene was removed. They accused him of trying to boss and criticize them but offered no charges. Chief Haller said dismissal required formal charges, and the officers refused to go on duty.
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Michigan City
Schlene
Haller
Novices Tread Hot Sands For Mizpah Temple Initiation
One hundred seven novices trod the hot sands entering Mizpah temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Fort Wayne Indiana on April 28. The initiation occurred in the Scottish Rite Cathedral followed by a banquet where 700 Shriners were served. A F Hall former Indianapolis man presided as toastmaster.
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Fort Wayne
Mizpah Temple
Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
A. F. Hall
Shrine
Indianapolis
Swisher arraigned on pandering and kidnapping charges
Edward Swisher of Terre Haute appeared in Clark circuit court on two indictments one for pandering and one for kidnapping. The hearing date was not set. Swisher, age 24, is married and alive with a wife whom he has not divorced.
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Jeffersonville
Edward Swisher
Terre Haute
Clark Circuit
Swisher
Fourth district convention of Christian churches held in Rochester
The Fourth district convention representing Tipton Carroll Howard Cass Miami and Fulton counties met at the Christian church in Rochester. Delegates numbered twenty five and included Gary L. Cook state superintendent of the Bible school work who gave several lectures.
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Rochester
Christian Churches
Tipton
Carroll
Howard
Cass
Miami
Fulton
Christian Church
Gary L. Cook
Accidental Gunshot Wounds Girl in Bloomington
Miss Edith Hostetter eighteen living near Victor was shot in the foot when Ora Sears displayed a revolver not loaded and snapped the trigger. The incident occurred as Sears was calling on her. The bullet struck her foot causing immediate distress.
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Bloomington
Edith Hostetter
Victor
Ora Sears
Sears
Body of Chance Cloyd Found in White River
The body of Chance Cloyd, twenty six, missing from Anderson, was found floating in White river near the North Anderson Union Traction bridge. Coroner Albright identified the decomposed remains, which were wearing the same clothes as at last sighting. Authorities suppose he acted in a demented state, either accidentally or purposely.
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Anderson
Chance Cloyd
White River
North Anderson Union Traction Bridge
George Roach
North Meridian Street
Albright
Cloyd
Young Man Survives Poison Mix After Nerve Blues
James Waymand, 22, of 2222 Van Buren street, drank three ounces of rough on rats mixed with wood alcohol to relieve nerves. He was rushed to Mercy hospital where doctors saved his life. he vowed never to have the blues again.
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Gary
James Waymand
van Buren Street
Waymand
Mercy Hospital
Confesses Weapon Theft in Newcastle Hardware Raid
Howard Coleman, a 15 year old, was arrested and charged with robbing Gregory's hardware store two weeks ago of five revolvers five jack knives and one Winchester rifle. He confessed after showing a revolver at a movie and led police to the barn where the loot was hidden.
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Newcastle
Howard Coleman
Gregory
McComb Elected Superintendent of Allen County Schools
David O. McComb of Fort Wayne was elected Allen county schools superintendent to succeed H. G. Felger who resigned under fire. Chosen on the second ballot, McComb is forty, married with three children and has 16 1/2 years as a Perry township teacher. Four other candidates competed.
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Will
Fort Wayne
David O. McComb
Allen County
H. G. Felger
Perry Township
Confiscate More Whisky In Princeton Arrest
Seph Powell was arrested on charges of unlawfully possessing and selling intoxicating liquor. Officers recovered a four gallon jug of whisky and several bottles from his parlor after visiting his home. Powell had recently paid a fine and served a jail sentence for keeping a gaming house.
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Princeton
Seph Powell
Powell
Mother fires at charivari party wounding teen
In Terre Haute a woman, mother of Gaylor Klumbe from Robinson Illinois, fired a revolver at a charivari party for her son wounding Harold Taylor. She believed the party attacked her son after learning he was secretly married to Fern Osborne a high school pupil.
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Terre Haute
Gaylor Klumbe
Robinson, Ill
Harold Taylor
Fern Osborne
Despondent New Albany man ends life with poison
August Rutter, fifty two, a cigar maker, returned home despondent after drinking and swallowed carbolic acid in his room. His wife reported his stated intent to end it all, with despondency blamed on drink.
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New Albany
August Rutter
Rutter
Car Upsets Injure Teen Tester in Kokomo
An 18 year old, Russell Gifford, testing cars for Haynes, was seriously injured when a car he was driving overturned five miles south of Kokomo. Wheels struck a rut, he attempted to straighten course and lost control. The extent of injuries is unknown but recovery is hoped.
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Kokomo
Haynes Company
Russell Gifford
Gifford
Runaway Bay Home Takeover Ends With Detention
Stanley Wyckoff of 3502 Kenwood avenue Indianapolis and his fourteen year old son Reese returned to Indianapolis after Reese ran away from home citing trouble with his stepmother. In Richmond the boy asked Chief Gorman for money for a man injured in Richmond. The youth admitted he tried to work the chief and was kept at police headquarters until his father arrived.
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Runaway Bay
Richmond
Stanley Wyckoff
Kenwood Avenue
Indianapolis
Reese
Wyckoff
Gorman
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Secretary of Agriculture
Churches of Christ of Indiana
Central Christian Church
A. C. Ward
General Committee
Raymond A. Smith
Christian Endeavor Society
Butler College
Sandwich Club
College
College of Missions
Irvington
E.L. Day
Frank Wells
A.C. Ward
TATE
Singer
Marion
N. E. Cor. Square
Marion, Bruffton & Eastern Traction Co
M. B. & E. Traction Company
Bluffton
W. 3Rd St
Glass Block
Ind
U.S
Plateat
Henlyn
Eve Ng
Mak CE Company
Hicago
Ill
J.C Mead Uye
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