Indiana to Lead Off in Primaries
Indiana voters face the first presidential preference primary with other targets for November elections. The piece outlines candidates for president, U S senator, governor, and state officials, noting Democratic and Republican contenders, party dynamics, and the influence of Progressives amid the looming prohibition issue.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United States
Wilson
Pairbanks
John W. Kern
James FE. Watson
Cannon
House
Harry New
Republican National Committee
Arthur Robinson
Senate
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
James P. Goodrich
Winchester
Quincy A. Myers
Logansport
R. 0. Johnson
Gary
Watson
Goodrich
New
John A. M. Adair
Portland
Congress
Leonard C. Clore
Laporte
Adair
James B. Wilson
Bloomington
J. Frank Hanley
Judges and Clerks for Cumberland Elections Named
The Cumberland Maryland Board of Supervisors of Elections lists judges and clerks for each ward and precinct for the March 7 city primary and March 21 city election. Names and addresses are provided, with a note to file complaints in writing by February 24, 1916.
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Board of Supervisors of Elections
Virginia Avenue
Cumberland, Md
Cumberland
Board of Supervisory of Elections, ER
Huth
Clark
Chas
J. Cumiskey
Maryland Ave
John J. Dresaman
Mechanic
Albert Weible
Ridgeway Ter
Wm. H. Robinette
Harrison St
Edward D. Miller
Harry C. Oglebay
Waverly
Ter
Chas. A. Smeltz
Williams St
George J. Schmutz
Virginia Ave
James . Smith
Arch
E. H. Cordrey
March St
J. E. Keech
Woodard
Guy C. Charwick
Grand Ave
Spry 70 year old S E Thompson honored at birthday
S E Thompson father of Arthur W Thompson third vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad celebrated his seventieth birthday. A Union veteran he stays alert and connected to railroading, recalling Civil War days while living on a farm at Owings Mills and wintering with his son in Baltimore.
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S. E. Thompson
Arthur W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Thompson
Owing’s Mills
Baltimore
New York Republicans Name Big Four Delegates at Carnegie
Elihu Root opened the state convention as temporary chairman. Senator Wadsworth and Governor Whitman are discussed as possible delegates at large. William Barnes declined to be a delegate. The delegation is expected to go to Chicago uninstructed. The convention may commend Whitman’s administration. Whitman has abandoned presidential aspirations for this year.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Chicago
Elihu Root
Wadsworth
Whitman
Root
William Berri
Brooklyn
David Payne Hill
Rochester
Farmers Soup Almost Fatal to the Family
Dopetown Indiana reports Merriweather Harrowtooth and family recovering after Mrs. Harrowtooth served a dish from a cookbook misread as Farmers Soup. The book actually read Farmers Soap, causing the children to foam at the mouth and alerting caregivers to danger.
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Dopetown
Ind
Merriweather Harrowtooth
Becky Harrowtooth
Merriweather
Mt Carmel Death Rates Drop In Census Bureau Bulletin
Mt Carmel, Pa shows 212 deaths in 1914 with a death rate of 10.9 per thousand. Editor W P Kemble cites census figures and compares 1901–05 averages to 1906–10, noting declines and projecting future rates under stable population.
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Mt. Carmel
United Press Today
W. P. Kemble
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Concrete road conference opens in Chicago
A national conference on concrete road building opens in Chicago tomorrow to discuss the value of through connecting hard surfaced roads for national defense. Maj. Amos A. Fries of the U S Army will deliver an address on the military value of such roads. The conference lasts three days.
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Chicago
Amos A. Fries
United States Army
Harrisburg Barbers Raise Prices Across City Parlors
Harrisburg barber shops boosted prices today after none changes since February 1. A haircut and shampoo rise to 25 cents each, plain shaves stay at 10 cents, and hot towels double to five cents.
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Harrisburg
Haitians Teach Marines to Remove Tobacco Stains
Port au Prince Haiti February 15 native Haitians credited with sanitation and stable government laws have taught U S Marines a method to remove tobacco stains from fingers. A paste of tin and lime juice quickly whitens stained fingertips, and Marines here are testing the technique.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
United States Marine Corps
United States
Ballot May Help Cupid In Manitoba Dry Vote
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 15. In a liquor law ruling the legislature says married men may keep liquor at home while bachelors may not possess intoxicants if the province goes dry in the March 13 election.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Indiana voting shifts end dry era with local options
In twelve counties no vote occurred as prohibition wound down. The ban was redefined to city town or township units and Indiana largely moved to a wet status with local options across communities.
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Indiana
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