Indiana Parties Gear Up For March 7 Primary
Indiana conducts its first state primary in 1916 on March 7 in Indianapolis. Democrats nominate Wootrow Wilsyn and Thomas R. Mafahal for president and vice president with Kern unopposed for senator. Republicans back Charles W. Fairbanks for president and no VP candidate filed. Voters choose for senator governor and many offices, with state conventions handling runoffs if no majority. Republican and Democratic conventions set for April 6 24 and May 24 with delegates bound to national candidates.
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Provident
Wootrow Wilsyn
Thomas R. Mafahal
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Congress
General Assembly
Clicuit
John W. Kern
Nator
James F. Watson
Harry 5. New
Indiana
Arthur R. Robinson
Eighth
Leonard B. Clare
James P. Goodrich
Republican National Committee
Warren T. Mc
Chicago
St. Louis
Lkely
Cutenant
Ste
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme
Nationale Invention
Iidiana
Zeppelin Raid Frightens London Passengers in Night Train
The Lincoln to London express halted in a tunnel as Zeppelin air raids terrorized England. Passengers fled and refugees gathered at a junction station while explosions and searchlights lit the night. No soldiers harmed. many civilians killed or injured in the bombardment. Is it war.
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London
Norfolk
Express
England
Lincoln-London Express
Great Northern
Mayver
Pavver
Cobatanta
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Prairie Dog Farmer
Theodore Long prominent Prairie Dog farmer dies after a frightened horse shoves him into a freight engine at Wakely siding near Sheridan. He sustains a head fracture and dies three hours later at Sheridan tole. He was aiding neighbors unloading coal when the wagon became stuck in mud and a train arrived nearby.
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Sheridan
Wye
Theodore Long
Prairie Dog
Wakely Aiding
Oelack
Mr. Long
Japan Prospers Through War Demand and Exports
Japan enjoys strong material prosperity driven by wartime demand from Entente powers. Russia orders vast military gear and vast cloth and boots for wounded, while money floods in and bankers complain of cheap credit. Exports to Russia rise as Great Britain transport costs shift.
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Torio
Japan
Entente
Russia
Great Britain
Preight
Eera
Onion Matt
Queen Mother Elizabeth of Romania Dies Nature Lover
Bucharest dispatch via Amsterdam reports Queen Mother Elizabeth of Romania born December 29, 1843 and known as Carmen Sylva has died. The princess turned queen mother devoted herself to philanthropy, education and the arts, supporting schools, hospitals and galleries in Bucharest and earning the people’s affection as “The Little Mother.” She translated Romanian folk songs, wrote poetry, novels and dramas, and advocated women’s work and family devotion. Her husband King Charles I died in 1914, and she had endured illness including cataracts in both eyes.
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London
Bucharest
Reuters
Amsterdam
Elizabeth of
Rumania
Carmen Sylva
Europe
As & Pootons
Altho
Wied
Germany
Helena
Russia
Romania
Principality of
Prince Charles of
Hohenzollern
Charles
Wiec
Elizabeth
Queen
Edleen Vaughan
Rubiestein
Byloa
Charles T
Navy League Convention to Define National Defense Needs
Washington reports that the Navy League will host a March convention to establish a precise national defense need assessment. A permanent expert board should be appointed to gather input from all sectors and formulate an informed defense policy.
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Washington
Navy League of the United States
Navy League
Act Congress
Commission For National Defense
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