Universal free mail delivery expanding to small towns says congress
The article notes Congress authorized the postmaster general to begin universal free delivery to smaller towns lacking letter carrier service. It cites a $100,000 annual budget for experiments, selecting towns in each state to establish carrier service, with Indiana highlighted for its many towns under old law. It lists numerous Indiana towns that could benefit once funds allow universal delivery. Sixty-four Indiana cities already have letter carrier service, with twenty-one first class and forty-three second class offices.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Psdmaster-General
Fitchcock
Indiana
Akron
Albany
Albion
Andrews
Arcadia
Argos
Atlanta
Aurora
Batesville
Berne
Bicknell
Bloomfield
Bloomingdale
Booneville
Soswell
Bourbon
Bremen
Bristol
Brook
Brookston
Brookville
Brownstown
Butler
Cambridge City
Cannelton
Carlisle
Carthage
Cayuga
Centerville
Chariestown
Chesterton
Churubusco
Cicero
Clay City
Clinton
Cloverdale
Converse
Corydon
Covington
Crothersville
Roachdale
Roanoke
Rockport
Rockville
Rosedale
Royal Center
Russiaville
Salem
Scottsburg
Shelburn
Sheridan
Shirley
Shoals
South Whitley
Spencer
Summitville
Swayzee
Syracuse
Tell City
Thorntown
Tolleston
Topeka
Upland
Vanburen
Veedersburg
Versailles
Vevay
Wakarusa
Walkerton
Wanatah
Warren
Waterloo
West Baden
Westfield
West Terre Haute
Whiting
Williamsport
Winamac
Windfall
Wingate
Winslow
Wolcott
Wolcottville
Worthington
Zionsville
Anderson
Crawfordsville
Elkhart
Evansville
Ft Wayne
Gary
Hammond
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Lafayette
Laporte
Logansport
Marion
Mishawa
Regular meeting of Lawrence County Medical Society noted
A meeting at City Hall in this city is announced with two papers to be read. Dr Norman of this city and Dr Sherwood of Mitchell are listed as readers. The article also discusses rural mail service and the gradual disappearance of fourth class post offices as letter carrier service expands.
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Lawrence County Medical Society
Norman
Sherwood
Mitchell
Muncie
New Albany
Richmond
South Bend
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Goshen
Hitchcock
Monon Installs Newblock System on Main Line
Work is under way to place the block system on the Monon road between Bloomington and Lafayette. The General Railway Signal company holds the contract with R. T. Shephard in charge. About 50 men, with roughly 490000 dollars total cost, install electrical signals every mile that show red front and rear. A broken rail or wreck triggers a signal and prevents another train from entering the block until clear.
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Bloomington
Lafayette
General Railway Signal Company
R. T. Shephard
Monon
Salvation Army Moves to Hall on East Loth Street
The Salvation Army has moved from their tent to a hall on East Loth Street where they were located last winter. Services will be held there each night and everyone is invited to attend.
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Salvation Army
Eastloth Street
Paine Visits Marion and Marshall Township Schools
Paine accompanied by the County Superintendent visited Marion township schools this morning and Marshall township schools on Thursday to review the education facilities and attendance.
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UL. I) Paine
Mitchell
Marion Township
Marshall Township
Bedford Man Seeks Sleuth Post in Danville Story
A Bedford, Indiana man visits Danville Illinois seeking deputy constable or plain clothes work. Magistrate Judy explains Illinois lacks such state offices and politics favors local long service. The applicant cites facial scars as proof of bravery while recalling a past street fight between a deputy constable and a local officer.
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Bedford
Danville
Judy
Squire
Ind
Illinois
North
Washington Avenue
Police
Indiana
Lampman granted divorce in Lawrence court
Phobe Lampanan Lampaman was granted a divorce in the Lawrence circuit court by Judge Shea. The plaintiff received custody of the child. The report traces the Evans and Boyd families back to American Revolution officers and early Indiana pioneers, noting their graves in Shiloh cemetery and ancestral migration from Virginia to Kentucky and Indiana.
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Phobe
EF. Lampanan
Lawrence
Fuiday
Shea
Henry N. Lampman
Evans
Boyd
Edward Evans
John Boyd
Indiana
Shiloh
Barkley Shire
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ballot Counting Plan for Indiana Election Day
Assistants of Thomas F. Colbert guard over one million ballots as the state board of election commissioners counts and ships them statewide. A vault near the employment bureau will be closed or fenced while seventy five clerks and county reps work five days, with badges issued and strict access controls in place.
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Thomas F. Colbert
Capitol
State Board of Election Commissioners
Statehouse
State Board
Indiana
Indianapolis
Express Company
Ed D. Donnell
Election Board
Progressives in Kansas Backing Off Elector Burglary
Kansas Progressives who seized Republican ballot space for Roosevelt and Johnson electors face renewed pressure to abandon the theft. The Topeka Capital urges Roosevelt electors to move to an independent column, arguing honesty and clarity will win in the end, per the New York Tribune.
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Kansas
Roosevelt
Johnson
Tait
Sherman
Topeka
Taft
New York Tribune
Bad Night in Bloomington for the 23d U. S. Infantry
Rain and cold beset the 23d U. S. Infantry during a Bloomington bivouac, forcing soldiers to dry out in pup tents that proved too small and ill heated. Many sought warmth in the armory, recruiting station, or near the electric plant boilers, before returning at daybreak for roll call Thursday.
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U. S. Infantry
Bloomington
Uncle Sem
Harmory
Uncle Sam
William Lee Smith Buys Walter Malott Property
William Lee Smith has purchased the Walter Malott property on South H street and moved his family in yesterday. Miss Caroline Knight of Nicholasville Kentucky is visiting Mrs. Lida Hitchcock of this city. Miss Nellie Beitz of Madison is staying with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Quinn on M street.
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William Lee Smith
Walter Malott
H Street
Caroline Knight
Nicholasville, Ky
Lida Hitchcock
Nellie Beitz
Madison
J. J. Quinn
M Street
Gasoline Tank Explosion Burns Indianapolis Family
Mrs J A Abbott and her son Eli H Abbott of Indianapolis were seriously burned at Seymour when a sixteen gallon gasoline tank exploded while filling a car at a garage. The boy was over the tank, burned on face and body, and his mother seated in the rear of the car was burned by falling gasoline. The father, nearby, escaped injury. A lit side lamp caused the blast. the garage interior was damaged. The Abbots were visiting a farm and were returning home. Both expect to recover.
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J. A. Abbott
Eli H. Abbott
Indianapolis
Seymour
Young Abbott
Abbots
Beveridge press agent linked to anti union drive
A letter asserts John H. Maxwell, once press agent for D. M. Parry who campaigned to exterminate union labor in Indiana, is now serving Beveridge. The author warns laborers and anti graft readers that Maxwell’s exaggerated Indianapolis Star reports reflect his continued activist role for Beveridge.
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Indianapolis Star
Beveridge
John H. Maxwell
D. M. Parry
Indiana
J. M. Parry
Burglar DeForrest Identified in Prison Transfer
Harry DeForrest, taken to Michigan City Prison, was identified by Warden as a former inmate who served five years for burglary. He had earlier served from 1902 to 1907 and was from Connersville. Policeman Clark aided the arrest and notified authorities. Henderson Brothers buy and relocate their meat shop on O Street near 11th.
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Harry Deforrest
Michigan City
Clark
Connersville
DeForrest
Henderson Brothers
O Street
12Th
11Th
O Streets
Pensions for the Confederates
Carlos TI. McCarty argues in the Loogootee Tribune that the Progressive party's Chicago platform endorses Confederate soldier pensions, a move he says could push federal pensions for rebels via a future congress and threaten Union veterans, urging veterans and families to oppose this.
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Chicago
America
Roosevelt
Andersonville
Libby
National Treasury
Carlos TI. McCarty
Loogootee Tribune
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Danville, Ill
Lampha
Dworge
Brown
Au Carpenter
Michigan City Prison
Progressive Party
United States
Teddy
United States Treasury
Treasury
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