Indiana State News Highlights From Hartford City and Beyond
Hartford City begins work on a $5000 memorial statue for Blackford County ex servicemen. In Petersburg the Pike County Coal company adds 375 men to payroll after a 12 week shutdown, with a $40000 monthly payroll. Purdue agricultural extension plans a state fair exhibit and short courses at Lafayette. Indianapolis reports 1922 city property value at $585,901,250, down from 1921 due to corporate reassessments. Survivors of the Seventy third Indiana Volunteer regiment hold their thirty sixth reunion at Booth Bend with 81 living members present. Distribution of 1,500,000 ballots for a September state constitution vote begins in the statehouse. Industrial mood lifts slightly as 800 workers restart activity in the Indiana Harbor Belt shops leased to United Boiler and Foundry in Hammond. Old corn trade heats Pike county livestock shipping and feeding markets. Purdue entomology head advises winter burning of fence rows to combat chinch bugs. State and county road work plans push to complete sections before November 1. Republican Omar Brown wins Kokomo mayoral nomination. Goshen removes most streetcar tracks as service ends. Brazil 71 year old Samuel M. McGregor dies. Marion county bonds exceed $4 million. Richmond tax rate eyed at 90–92 cents. Boone county hosts large Indiana State Dairy meeting. Jackson county canning factories prep for tomato season. Columbus adds 200–300 pupils under new school attendance law. South Bend bread price war cuts loaf costs. Bethany Park camp reports 41 young people entering religious and social service paths. Indiana officials discuss engineer registrations and veteran claims reform. Randolph County forms new Live Stock Breeders association.
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Hartford City
Blackford County
Petersburg
Pike County Coal Company
Atlas Mines
Lafayette
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Purdue
Oliver
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Booth Bend
Seventy-third
Indiana Volunteer Regiment
United States
South Bend
State Board of Election Commissioners
Statehouse
E. D. Donnell
Hammond
Calumet
Indiana Harbor Belt Railway
United Boiler and Foundry Company
Belt Line
Patersburg
Pike County
Indiana
J. J. Davis
Moore
Terre Haute
State Line
Range Line
Kokomo
Omar Brown
John Shrock
Isaac Wright
B.C. Moon
Ranyor
Goshen
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana
Winona
Richmond
Bescher
Lebanon
Indiana State Dairy Association
Boone County
Seymour
Jackson County
Columbus
Columbus High School
North Vernon
L. N. Hinen
Bethany Park
Young Peoples
Bethany
U. S. Lesh
McCray
Marion County
Cunningham
Shelbyville
Shelby County
County Board of Review
United Mine Workers of America
Uncle Walts Boiled Dinner and a Night of Delays
A retired merchant recounts a comedy of misfortune in a hotel room while hoping for a simple boiled dinner. From missed sleep to a brass-band serenade, a collapsing bed, rain washing in, a mistaken room mate, and a falling portrait, he endures a single chaotic night with weary humor.
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Seyt
Jiggleson
Jiggieson
Golf Charity Drive Sparks Candid Citywide Fear
Local figure quips that residents fear his drive as he contemplates whether the event is about golf or charity. The remark underscores public concern about his high profile project and its motives amid civic interest.
Language of a Child Clarifies Dog Sizes
Clarence explains to his playmate the difference between the small dog and the larger one. He says the little dog is the baby dog and the big one is the muuin dog just like your mama.
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Clarence
Defense and Prosecution Rest in Shanigan Case
Katharine Negley reports the courtroom scene as Mrs. Shanigan confronts her husband after a night of deception and quiet intrusion. The defense rests as Mrs. Shanigan’s actions fail to wake him, while the prosecution also rests. The narrative highlights tension between personal betrayal and political ambitions.
German tiny telephone for the deaf to hide and carry
A German invention features a compact telephone set for the deaf with a receiver small enough to fit behind the ear and a transmitter portable in a handbag or attached to clothing.
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Germany
Sour Milk Polishes Silverware Briefly
Sour milk offers a quick silver polish by soaking silverware for 20 to 30 minutes. After soaking, wash as usual and the pieces will look polished.
Natives of St Hilda in Hebrides depose queen and choose Mary
The islanders who speak Gaelic abandon a century old custom of electing their queen. Mary is named sovereign after deposing Queen Margot. The first communication since September came with census papers. An influenza epidemic caused many deaths and fears of renewed war dominate discussions aboard the ship bringing news.
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Hebrides
Margot
Mary
London
Wasted Man Power in Circus Display
The Christian Science Monitor notes that older workers resist efficiency claims and new methods. It observes that two adults are still needed to entertain one child with a three ring circus, highlighting clashing attitudes toward modernization and skill use.
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Christian Science Monitor
Engraving 6600 Year Old Discovered in Wales
An engraving about 6600 years old was found in Wales. The plaque features two triangular symbols dating from Neolithic times, likely made by workers of Iberian origin, with many traces of their presence surviving.
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Wales
Laughery Township to Hear 1922 Tax Levy Objections
The advisory board of Laughery Township Ripley County Indiana will meet at trustee E C Timmermanns office on September 6 1921 to hear objections to the proposed expenditures and tax levies for 1922 notice published August 18 1921 in the Batesville Herald and Batesville Tribune.
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Laughery Township
Ripley
State of
Indiana
E. C. Timmermann
Batesville Herald
Batesville Tribune
Impolite Sex Sparks Debate in Boston Transcript
A fragment notes a street discussion in Boston about gender norms and smoking etiquette. The item implies tension around a man’s reaction to a woman smoking, reflecting social attitudes of the era.
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Boston ‘Transcript
Pageant and Concert Lineup For Chautauqua Week
The program features Nina B Lamkin's America Yesterday and Today pageant directed for 100 to 200 participants, Imperial Concert Party, Dr Thomas E Green in Holding the Outposts, Alfred Hiles Berwen, Starr Russian Company, the Sextette, Canterbury Players presenting The House of Rimmon, Ruth Whitworth as the maid, The Right Road, Mother and Doc Yak with Mrs Bingham, David Duggin with Scotch Lassies, and Victor Jahi Baksh on India and the New Agriculture with accompanying Scotch numbers.
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America
Nina B. Lamkin
United States
Chautauqua
Rimmon
Naaman
Henry van Dyke
Canterbury Players
L. Verne Slout
Ruth Whitworth
Mr. Slout
Doc Yak
Mrs. Bingham
India
Victor Jahi Baksh
Mr. Baksh
Asia
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Samuel M. McGregor
Clay and Putnam
State Highway Department
Laporte
Elkhart
Wayne County
Delaware County
Winchester
Randolph County
Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Walt
Idory
East Bound
Batesville
Liberty Park Hall
Prell-Bland
American Legion
Imperial Concert Party
Thomas E. Green
Imperial
Alfred Hiles Berwen
Starr Russian Company
Ruth Hemenway Shaw
David Duggin
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