Hoosier O origin led rural mail routes to expand in Indiana
Indiana leads in rural free delivery as nearly 1 000 new routes will operate after the next fiscal year. Perry S Heath, early advocate, helped launch the service while Indiana residents boast high mail write rates, good roads, schools, libraries, and strong newspapers. The department sees over 6 million rural residents gaining daily delivery and aims to extend to nearly all US homes within four years. Farmers increasingly benefit from postal facilities and rising land values amid broader agricultural growth.
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Indiana
Postal Service
Perry S. Heath
Post Office Department
Congress
Wanamaker
Bissell
Wilson
Gary
Heath
Indianapolis
Tallanapolle
United States
Department of Agriculture
Cotton shipments mark broad trade ties and politics
A South Carolina cotton factory begins drilling 4 tons of cotton for Manila while a Georgia mill ships 20 tons of cotton cloth to China and Japan. The note ties these exports to Democratic leadership and Southern voting patterns.
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South Carolina
Manila
Georgia
China
Japan
Boon County Farm Land Values Rise Over Five Years
The Democratic Lebanon Pioneer reports Boone county farm land values rose on average by 25 dollars per acre in five years. This adds over six and a half million dollars in wealth, and a farmer with 89 acres is about two thousand dollars richer today due to higher land prices.
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Lebanon
Boone County
Vehicle Boilers Upgrade at Strawboard No 1 Reveals Major Efficiency Gains
Sectional views describe the new Strawboard No 1 boilers with automatic stokers, four boilers in two pairs, each 12 feet diameter and 35 feet high. The system achieves 500 horsepower output while consuming heat at 500 degrees with nine tenths draft, up from five tenths and 1000 degrees under the old setup. New 130 foot stack is state’s largest for similar works, and automatic feeding will follow from overhead and underground bins as plans progress under Manager Hill.
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Hill
Seeing Things at Night Senator Patterson in Senate Discussion
Senator Patterson of Colorado leader of the opposition to Philippine policy recounts a night scene of an American officer sitting in the shade during water cure actions. The debate centers on attribution of orders and the conduct of officers, with Beveridge and Patterson exchanging quips and clarifications amid a broader discussion of American military conduct in the Philippines.
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Senator Patterson
Colorado
Indiana
Wilson
Washington
Crawfordsville
Rocky Mountain News
Catterson
Dewey
Colorado Statesman Coubtless
Philppines
Lister Patterson
Philippines
Senate
Beveridge
Patterson
Utah
Rawlins
Tennessee
WW Musical Club Grows Interest in Carthage Program
The Carthage Musical Club showcases local talent with members including Joah Bundy Riley Small and Miss Bertha Hill. May 5 admission of Bertha Henley Emma Earnest and Effa Hackleman precedes an event featuring Mendelssohn themes and piano solos, with plans for June 2’s program led by Miss Effa Hackleman and others.
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Carthage
Utah senator recalls water cure and military officer nearby
The report notes T I from Colorado asserts a dramatic water cure endured all night with an American officer nearby under a shaded tree. J D Dennis left for Southern Alabama for a week. A festival on Weingart lawn is set for May 23. Raymond Stinger and Glen Rawls report new wheels, one found behind boxes, the other pawned in Knightstown by a Carthage citizen.
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Utah
T.I
Colorado
J.D. Dennis
Alabama
Weingart’s
Raymond Stinger
Glen Rawls
R. F. Stanley & Son
Mr. Rawls
Knightstown
Carthage
Critics Silence Over Knox Appointment as Attorney General
The article notes Democratic outcry at President Roosevelt's choice of Knox, a top corporation lawyer, as attorney general. It argues his anti trust actions against railroad mergers and the beef trust have silenced opposition, despite anti trust laws passing under a Republican Congress and enforcement by a Republican administration.
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Roosevelt
Knox
Noblesville Ledger
Big Four Excursions to Portland in 1902 Routes and Rates
The Big Four offers very low round trip fares to Portland Oregon via the Big Four Route for National Convention Travelers' Protective Association and Ancient Order United Workmen events in June 1902. Sales run May 26 to June 7 with return validity 60 days. half rates for Decoration Day trips within 150 miles on May 29–30. minimum 25 cents. Special one fare round trips apply for Indianapolis events and federation meetings with various return limits. Details from Warren J. Luxon, W P, and G P T A, Cincinnati Ohio.
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Portland Oregon
National Convention Travelers’ Protective Association of America
Supreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
O. F. Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly of Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Convention of Federation of Womens’ Clubs
Los Angeles
Cal
Warran J. Luxon
W. P. Verre
Pass & T. Agt
T. A
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sunday School Notes on Honor and Change
Three teachers were absent from Sunday School with 93 in attendance and a 1.17 collection. An address titled I Love the Place Where Thy Honor Dwelleth cited moral traits and character, noting that revolution is evolution and non progress means death. Sunday School attendance later listed as 95 with a 3.26 collection.
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Rev. Trueblood
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N. G. Henley
Porter Bros
Lot
Lowe
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Patrick
Www
Edwards, Optician
Knig
OWN
Rosenstein
Ponses
Tendresse
Piano
Mary B. Coffin
W. A. Stockinger
Paginini
Clara Ross
Wood
Margaret Davidson
Reading
Benton Henley
Eva Coffin
J. D. Dennis
Effa Hackleman
Mendelsoin
Medelsohn
Stella Gause
Lillian Henley
Leipic F
Oritovias
Mendelsohn
J- H. Scholl
Miss Bertha Henley
Effa Sfackleman
Emma Overman
John Waill
N. E. Stager
Educate
Elkhart Commercial School
R. F. Stanley & Sun
Church Notes
Rocky Mountainer
Chas. Butler
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