Local Officials Named in Financial Ledger
Treasurer William B. Goyert, Recorder Daily E. McCoy, Sheriff Thomas Harper, Coroner Horace A. Martin, and Surveyor Otto W. Pegee are listed in the official roster.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
2
Treasurer William B. Goyert, Recorder Daily E. McCoy, Sheriff Thomas Harper, Coroner Horace A. Martin, and Surveyor Otto W. Pegee are listed in the official roster.
In Des Moines Senator Harding criticizes Governor Cox for mudslinging and argues voters demand substance over empty promises. The piece contrasts political alliances to a farmer’s joint note, noting shared risk and accountability for paying not just one’s own share but the group’s burden.
The Indianapolis Star urges Indiana voters to support Mr Watson for Senate to ensure harmony with the President and Republican policies. The editorial stresses the need for a Republican Senate to back the next President and warns against depriving him of Senate support.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr denounces Governor Cox on Terre Haute speech claims about the league of nations declaring war. He insists Cox should adhere to Article X and disputes Wilson era moral versus legal obligations. Roosevelt says Republicans hold that a moral obligation is binding.
The National Republican editorial questions Cox in light of a pledge and word versus bond. It suggests the public will judge whether voters should elect a man who appears to disregard his word as binding. The piece frames a critique of Cox’s trustworthiness and political integrity.
The South Bend Tribune argues Safety First guides opinion on the League of Nations. Readers across regions show growing doubt about European willingness to cooperate for universal peace, fearing the United States would lose more than gain in a treaty.
The Washington Post denounces advocates who say American soldiers died to fulfill the Paris covenant. It condemns the dismissal of memory and calls out calls to bind the United States to the Paris terms as insulting to grieving families and dead soldiers.
A Democrat signs as anonymous in the Herald October 14 replying to Batesville Tribune October 7. The letter argues the writer’s claims are unchallenged and claims Harding will replace weak-minded officials. It cites past presidents and questions Wilson and Harding policies amid upcoming election talk.
The speaker questions a peace with Germany and alleges a Democratic slush fund of 30 million, criticizing the use of flood funds for political purposes and urging readers to consider true alliances and the desire of mothers not to send their sons abroad.
The piece says candidate Cox faced a legal and political setback after the Congressional Investigating Committee found he cashed a five thousand dollar note in Dayton, Ohio while governor and that contributors to a Cox Wil son fund were later repaid 26 thousand by a brewer using Flood Prevention funds. The report notes six donors gave sums totaling thirty seven thousand dollars to aid Cox and Wilson, with later reimbursements through dummy transactions. The finding allegedly implicates Dayton interests connected to the Dayton Wright Airplane Company. The article ends noting Cox declined interviews and remarks that consequences may rebound on him.
A garbled, incomplete note contains distorted phrases and names without clear context or coherent meaning. No verifiable events or entities are determinable from the readable fragments.
The man studies his schedule of lodge gatherings and dues overwhelm him. His influence across lodges makes members wary, and his wardrobe of regalia would rival a Timbuctoo figure.
Senator Harding calls for a Federal Department of Public Welfare to defend maternity, child health, and public welfare, arguing for streamlined administration, enforcement of law, and safeguarding women on farms. He endorses an eight hour day for women workers and placing the Children's Bureau under the new department.
Ripley County voters may choose Thomas Harper for sheriff. He served as deputy under Wildman and was appointed sheriff after Wildman’s resignation, proving capable and impartial in duty. If elected, he would likely continue the same efficient service on November 2.
McCoy, current Ripley County Recorder since January 1918, has upheld a high standard in deeds mortgages and abstracts. He manages the office personally, serves the public with a businesslike approach, and participates actively in church school lodge and community welfare efforts.
The article discusses differing opinions on driving rules in the mirror of walking. It notes England keeping to the right while Praveen has followed left patterns. It highlights confusion for those trained under one system when facing the other.
The text lists months by named moons rather than calendar months. It cites the Hard Moon and Raccoon Moon as allied times, with March Moon, April Moon, May Planting Moon, June Moon When Strawberries Are Red, July Moon When Choke Berries Are Ripe, August Harvest Moon, September Moon When Rice Is Laid Up to Dry, October Rice Drying Moon, and December Deer Moon.
The archbishop of Canterbury alone may confer medical degrees to laymen by ancient prerogative and can also award degrees in law music or art to those deemed worthy.
The Batesville and Laughery Township teachers convened at the High School with Superintendent Heing presiding. Sessions covered heating and ventilation of one room schools, health, posture, metabolism hygiene, and the value of club work and model school premises.
The passage notes Mexico's coastline stretches about 6,000 miles while the country spans roughly 2,000 miles in length and a maximum width of 7 miles. This juxtaposition highlights geographic extremities despite narrow breadth in parts.
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