Oil inspection turmoil and Greene county reactions
The Bloomfield Democrat notes Governor Goodrich's failed effort to abolish oil inspection law, contemplating a new agency under a different head. It recounts resignations and job jockeying by Republicans, including the appointment of Bol and district court actions, and ends with a chorus of “It's too bad” reflecting local disappointment.
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Goodrich
Hays
Bloomfield News
Greene County
Bol
District Court of
Oil Inspection Law Declared Unconstitutional in Indiana
Federal Court ruled Indiana oil inspection law unconstitutional, costing sixty two deputy inspectors, the supervisor, and clerks their jobs just before they were to take charge. The suit claimed inspection charges exceeded costs and seized property without due process. Half the inspection fees went to the inspector and half to the state treasurer. no appeal expected by the state.
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Indiana
Goodrich
Law Governing Trustees Salaries Effective 1918
The new law classifies townships from one to ten to fix trustees salaries starting January 1 1918. Allowances for clerical help rent and expenses depend on population with a 42 percent factor for taxes and 10 percent for teachers plus 5 percent per mile of township roads. Trustees earn fifty cents per mile for ditch work. In Greene county trustees may reach 1000 dollars yearly plus 150 rent 150 clerical and 200 expenses. Class seven pays 900 salary 100 clerical 120 rent 150 expenses with reductions to class ten.
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Greene County
Hogs Bring Some Money at Indianapolis Market
George Fred Cravens a Wabash College student and son of John A Cravens sold twenty eight head of hogs on the Indianapolis market Wednesday at 15.30 per hundred pounds the top of the market and re-
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George Fred Cravens
Wabash College
John A. Cravens
Indianapolis
Record hog sale nets profits for Morgan and Greene counties
Twenty eight head of pure blood Durock hogs sold for $1 179 63. They were six months old, averaged 228 pounds, fed on corn and tankage under county agents Carl Cravens and C F McIntosh with a self feeder aiding feeding. John A Cravens notes the venture yielded a handsome profit.
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Carl Cravens
Morgan County
C. F. McIntosh
Greene County
John A. Cravens
Special Green County Horticultural Society Meeting
A special meeting of Green County Horticultural Society is set for Monday April 2 in the County Agent's room at the court house. The program covers codling moth handling blotch and scale orchard varieties berry planting and general orchard care with talks by J Phillips Ira Adams Everett Sheehy John Lucas and others. Members urged to invite fellow fruit growers. Annual dues are 25 cents.
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Green? County Horticultural Society
J. Phillips
Bryan
Ira Adams
Everett Sheehy
John Lucas
Court House
Suffrage League Convention to be Held in Linton
The Suffrage League of the second district plans a convention in Linton next Saturday with a welcome address by Mrs. O B Harris of Sullivan, district reports, talks by Miss Bainbridge of Terre Haute and Hon J H Humphreys of Linton, solos by Mrs. Sherwood and Mrs. Coker, and a discussion of the constitutional convention.
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Suffrage League
Suffrage League of the
Second District
Linton
O. B. Harris
Sullivan
Bainbridge
Terre Haute
Indiana University
J. H. Humphreys
C. T. Sherwood
Scott Coker
Good Kind of Patriotism Pushes Food Production
A public call urges every American to boost home food production amid looming shortages. The message emphasizes enlisting in war isn’t the only patriotic act and urges planting, cultivating, and expanding yields on vacant lots and waste spaces. Boys and girls are invited to join clubs to maximize output. F McIntosh Co. Agr. Agt.
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Europe
F. McIntosh Co. Agr
Harvard Students Cut Tobacco Use and Reading Spending
Over the past year Harvard students smoked about 20 percent less and spent less on billiards and pool. Tobacco outlays fell from 3042 to 2587 dollars while reading matter spending stayed similar, dropping from 1325 to 1292 dollars.
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Harvard
Unified federal control urged for railroads system
Judge Lovett told the Newlands committee that rail regulation must be unified under federal law. He cited Supreme Court wage and strike decisions and urged Congress to legislate centralized railroad control via general federal incorporation.
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Washington
Congress
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific System
Newlands Joint Congressional Committee
Secanad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gall
United States
Lovett
Agent Good Business Man
A suburban town tale tells of a railway station agent who confronts a billposter over circus posters on a public wall. The owner of the building asserts property rights, but the agent retorts that the idea was his, a remark that ends the dispute as the agent’s daughter enjoys peanuts at the circus.
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Indianapolis News
Pictures of Wares Advertises in Rural Russia
The article describes how advertising fills literacy gaps in Russia. Peasants navigate by painted shop wares, color coded houses, and bell cues for trains. Postal tasks cost small fees, and visible postcard and letter illustrations guide utility.
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Russia
When You Have a Cold
A practical home guide notes that rest helps cure colds and stresses keeping the system clean with water and fresh air. It warns colds are contagious and suggests using disposable muslin squares instead of handkerchiefs to prevent spread.
Joe’s distrust of kin and neighbors in a heist tale
Claude Callan in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes a paranoid character named Joe who trusts only strangers. He rejects offers from known locals, preferring to buy property from unseen outsiders, indicating deep suspicion of familiar faces in a cautionary tale.
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Joe
Rocky Mountains
Claude Callan
Fort Worth
Cats as Menace to Health in Berwick Report
The Berwick medical officer of health warns cats pose a greater health risk than houseflies, especially to children. Microscopic tests show cats carry many disease bacteria on fur and stray cats spread infections during outbreaks of diphtheria scarlet fever and pneumonia. A dying man with consumption lived among nine cats and 80 poorly fed felines likely influenced infections in neighboring homes with children.
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Berwick
Eng
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