Hoosier Guard All Reorganized for Federal Service
Indianapolis reports more than 4,000 Indiana National Guard members have mustered into U S service under Governor Ralston. New regimental redesignations, an Indianapolis auxiliary, and officer appointments accompany a broad mobilization effort at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Deaths, medical reassignments, and recruiting drives shape the camp as wives gather, captains are named, and regiments prepare for potential border service.
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Indianapollis
Purdue University Upillery Battery
Ralston
Indiana Nevieual Fuiard
Indianapolis
Indiana Auxiliary
Indiana National Guard
United States
Indiana
Indianapols
Coard
J. K. Lilly
Stoughton A. Fletcher
Herron
Charles D. Herron
Tenth Infantry
Panama Canal Zone
Indiana Infantry Brigade
War Department
Captain Herron
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Fort Benjamin Warrison
Statehouse
Adjt
Frank L. Bridges
Gentral Bridges
New Colonels of Regiments Named for Three Commands
The First Regiment will be led by Col Leslie R Naftzger of Indianapolis with Lt Col John J Toffey Jr as the senior officer. The Second Regiment is commanded by Col Thomas B Coulter of Vincennes with Maj Emmett F Branch of Martinsville as lieutenant colonel and Maj George W Freyermuth of South Bend as senior field officer. The Third Regiment will be under Col Aubrey L Kuhlman of Auburn with Lieut Col George W Freyermuth serving as a senior lieutenant colonel and Capt John J Toffey Jr as deputy commander.
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Teffey
Indianapolis
Cattery A
Robert HH. Tyndall
United States
Kirkwood
George Lyons
Indiana Quartermasters Office
John Heddy
Vincennes
Lid
Leslie R. Naftzger
Indianapoli
Thomas 8. Coulter
Aubrey L. Kuhlman
Auburn
John J. Toffey, Jr
Emmett F. Branch
Martinsville
George W. Freyermuth
South Bend
Indian Portia Practices Before Supreme Court
Miss Lydia B. Conley of Kansas City Missouri becomes the first Indian woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. A Wyandotte tribe member her court submission was presented by Solicitor General Davis. Her long road included earlier activism over burial ground removals and constitutional rights before pursuing law.
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Lydia B. Conley
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Missouri River
Kansas
Davis
United States
Miss Conley
Remova
Adm Supreme Court
Ottes
Tunnel plan to carry currency via underground system
A proposed network of about 12 000 feet of tunnels would run from the central heating light and power plant at Fourteenth and Water streets to connect the Treasury building and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with other federal structures. The system would use electrically powered cars in steel boxes to move paper currency and securities, with guarded access and roof-mounted rails. The White House group area would be served, linking offices including the Smithsonian, Army Medical Museum, National Museum, and Treasury.
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Ter
Fifth
Fourteenth
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Rged
Fifteenth Street
Tdered
Neces
Wey
Stra
White House
Bureau of Engrav Department of Agriculture
National Museum and Smithsonian
Army Medical Museum
Fish Commission
Washington Monument
Justrict
Post Office Department
Treasury
State, War and Navy Departments
Winder
Court. of Claims
Auditors
Jiggers and harvest mites as warned by Marine Hospital Service
A Marine Hospital Service bulletin explains jiggers or harvest mites causing summer illness. It contrasts jiggers with other mites and notes that infants and city residents are most affected. Treatment involves careful removal of burrowing pests with a sterilized needle.
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Bulletin of the Marine
Europe
Mary
Security Measures Suppress Visitor Access in War Office
Officials in the Navy and War departments strengthen guards to prevent espionage in office buildings. Passes are required after hours, with access limited to one office per pass and a log kept of all entries. Uniformed watchmen patrol corridors, and an electrical reporting network enforces the visitor restrictions. Desks and lockers conceal sensitive naval and war information on submarine construction and ordnance experiments.
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State
War and Navy
Navy
Navy Department
War Department
Mustering Officers Push Indiana Guard Toward Mexican Border
War Department declares imperative military necessity. Fort Harrison sees intensified efforts to complete guard organization. Captain J J Toffey notes haste while Capt Charles D Herron joins staff. New companies from five cities join training, boosting infantry by 500. Fort Benjamin Harrison move and $3 000 for dependents. Senator Taggart to raise another infantry unit.
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Fort Harrison
National Guard
Field Artillery
J. J. Toffey
Charles D. Herron
Crawfordsville
Tenth Regular Infantry
Canal Zone
Ralston
Indiana
Barry
Department of the West
Indiana Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Laporte
Taggart
Hinshaw Plans Appeal After Bank Conviction
Noblesville H L Hinshaw, ex president of the People's State bank of Arcadia, prepared an appeal from a circuit court jury verdict finding him guilty of overdrawing the bank's account. He is the third man convicted in the Hamilton county bank failure that cost depositors several hundred thousand dollars.
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Hinshaw
Noblesville
H. L. Hinshaw
People’s State Bank of Arcadia
Hamilton County
Fight With Gun and Bottle in Laporte
Cheney Nelson a local horse man used a beer bottle to attack Elmer Green after Green found his wife with Nelson. Green fired two loads of shot into Nelson, one shot through his face. Nelson is jailed after the affray. The incident occurred in Laporte.
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Laporte
Cheney Nelson
Elmer Green
Green
Nelson
Death of Charles F. Nagle in El Paso
Word arrives of Charles F. Nagle once in the local ice business dying in El Paso Texas. He was struck by a barrel stave and Lewis Welsh an automobile driver was arrested. Welsh denied intending to kill Nagle. A widow two daughters and a son survive Nagle.
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el Paso
Jeffersonville
Charles F. Nagle
Tex
Lewis Welsh
Welsh
Nagle
Contest Over Saloons in Center Township
The four saloons in Center township near Marion will not be decided before September. Judge Paulus granted a motion by the saloon men to continue the remonstrants appeals from the county commissioners court.
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Marion
Center Township
Paulus
County Commissioners’ Court
County Officials Indicted Over County Graft Probe
Marion grand jury indicted fifteen men including several county officials after a probe into county affairs. Alleged graft in road building forms the basis for most indictments.
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Marion
Pleads Not Guilty in Muncie Murder Case
John Stanley pleaded not guilty in Muncie to charges of shooting and killing Charles Lovett. The case has not yet been set for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stanley
Muncie
Charles Lovett
Plans for Tipton centennial auditorium project
Plans are drawn for a centennial auditorium to be built at the city park in Tipton with a cost estimate between 5000 and 6000 dollars. Construction will start immediately.
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Centennial Auditorium
Tipton
City Park
Trustees Rename Ubee School Huntington College
Trustees of Central college and United Brethren school at Ubee near Huntington vote to rename the institution Huntington college and begin fundraising to raise 50000 dollars for the school.
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Huntington
Central College
United Brethren School
Ubee
Huntington College
Brakeman Killed in Hobart Train Collision
Valparaiso reports R. O. Bilauvelt of Fort Wayne a 30 year old Pennsylvania rail road brakeman was killed at Hobart when struck by a passenger train while switching freight cars.
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Valparaiso
R. O. Bilauvelt
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Railyoad
Hobart
Cara
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham
Readers wonder if Pinkham letters are genuine and truthful. The company asserts it never publishes false or nonconsensual letters and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and happiness to many women, easing pain, inflammation, nervousness, irregularities, and other ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
Opossum Appears in Downtown Church District
A real opossum is captured beneath the steps of Travis Park Methodist church in downtown San Antonio. Bellboys helped corral the animal and hotel staff then fed on the possum with yellow game potatoes, a local oddity reported by the Chicago Examiner via the San Antonio Dispatch.
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Oppossum
Travis Park Methodist Church
San Antonio
Tex
Dispatch
Chicago Examiner
Freckles Ad Claims Quick, Guaranteed Removal
An advertisement touts an ointment called othine double strength to remove freckles. It promises a clear complexion after consistent nightly and morning use, claiming most freckles fade or disappear, with a money back guarantee if it fails.
Reticence and Discretion in a Senatorial Exchange
A dialogue shows Senator Sorghum expressing caution about answering every question. He admits that deep knowledge can make him reluctant to express himself freely, highlighting how prudence guides his public remarks. The exchange underscores measured rhetoric in politics.
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Senator Sorghum
To Fortify the System Against Summer Heat
An old standard remedy Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is touted to fortify the system against summer heat. It claims stronger persons withstand heat better than weaker ones and lists a price of 560c. The text also includes a quip about a boy learning to swear and a line about wigs and flowers.
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Grove
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