Indiana State Happenings Mix of taxes, tests, and sermons
Indiana reportsOs' city market rules curb profiteering at Anderson. Beech Grove gains a new justice Henry Adams. Billy Sunday plans a Winona Lake revival with gates open. St Joseph League selects South Bend as 1920 convention city. Howard county drives Salvation Army funds in one day. Marion county youth enrollment totals cited. Funeral laws shift Sunday funerals in Logansport. Indianapolis street railway reorganization proposed. War thrift posters issued. scouts aid drive. Navy- and homeopathy-related notes.
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P. B. O'Neill
Anderson
Board of Commissioners
Marium County
Henry C. Adams
Beech Grove
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake
South Bend
St. Joseph League of Indiana Catholic Development Societies
Evansville
Howard County
Salvation Army
Home Service Fund
Kolcorno Lodge of Elks
Marion County
John Overmyer
Iadings Lacisliter
North Vernon
Tanber Ofvermyer
Goodrich
Walter Chambers
Newcrustle
David Po Williams
Indianapolis
Boaed
Eastern Hospital For
Deh W. Talbott
National Order of Owls
Ussnilant
Bixtiep
Raltev
John FE
St. Mary's Church
Art Wayne
James W. McCarthy
Mineie
Sergt. Josephe Finney
Army
7. W. Webb
Penu
Tineis
Bridgeport
Oence
Thorugh
Indimumipolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis ‘Praction and ‘Terminal Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and
Eastern Traction Company
Haskell Coffin
Indiana War Savings Committee
Logansport Ministerial Association
Board of Health
The Boy Scouts Appeal to Help Grow Leaders
A Saturday Evening Post article marks the Boy Scouts ninth anniversary and urges volunteer leaders, especially men with military experience abroad, to support the organization. It argues the scouts fulfill a vital educational role shaping democracy and character in boys and girls through marching, range, and camp activities.
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Mankind
Boy Scouts
Saturday Evening Post
SERVICE MEN AS SCOUTMASTERS
War department General Order 168 urges returning servicemen to become Boy Scouts leaders. Officers and enlisted men recently discharged are invited to apply, with navy and all services addressed, to serve as scoutmasters in local councils.
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War Department
Boy Seats
America
Army
Boy Scouts
Navy
King of Spain Adopts Scout Uniform and Service Creed
The king of Spain, Alfonso the only reigning monarch seen wearing the scout uniform, advocates the movement's aims and praises the scouts for public service during difficulties. He highlights their help with postal and telegraph work, fire brigade duties, attending the sick, and burying the dead. A permanent camping ground with a small hospital hut is established in his royal woods nearby.
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Spain
Alfonso
Daniels praises scouts for wartime service
Government officials testify to Boy Scouts of America's aid in wartime tasks. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels sends greetings to James West at the national headquarters in New York, praising the scouts as chivalric young crusaders whose patriotic service pledges a worthy future for America.
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Boy Scouts of America
Secretary of the Navy
National
New York City
James FE. West
Box Scouts of America
Fifth Avenue Building
New York
N. Y
Boy Scouts
America
Josephus Daniels
Doings of the Boy Scouts in Disastrous Fires
Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin autumn fires saw scouts aiding firefighting, helping refugees and the injured, and locating the missing. In West Hartford Connecticut scouts dammed a brook to create a 640 foot swimming pond. Memphis scout Phillip Faucette from Troop 40 rescued a baby from a burning house at great personal risk.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
West Hartford
Conn
Phillip Faucette
Memphis
Curious ideas about golf from twenty years ago
A collection of humorous anecdotes shows how women once misunderstood golf. One guest asks if a red coat needs many dogs to play, another imagines caddies hunting for a stone to hit into a rabbit hole, and a third simplistically defines the game as two men, a gentleman and a common man, with the common man striking a ball from dirt while the gentleman knocks it off.
Scouting in Hartford Public Schools Growth Report
Scouting is established in 71 percent of Hartford public schools, showing strong reach. The Hartford school organization faces challenges aligning scouting with school structures, though it remains valued as a supplementary form of education.
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Hartford
Conn
Housewife smiles at Red Cross Blue in town gossip
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a housewife admiring clean laundry, praising Red Cross Ball Blue sold by grocers at 5c. The piece quips on marriage and profit, with a wry dig at men who marry for money and the idea of sharing profit after death.
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Red Cross
A Mighty Good Audience Predicts Edith’s Future
A young Elizabeth studies music and elocution with much practice while Edith, her playmate, waits patiently. Her mother warns Edith may miss piano skills, prompting Elizabeth to declare Edith will grow up to be a mighty good audience.
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Elizabeth
Edith
Gloves Hard to Button Prompt Advice From Brooklyn Citizen
A Brooklyn Citizen note quotes a mother asking Clara what Mr Cummings said last night as he attempted to button her glove. Clara recalls his remark that any firm making gloves as hard to button as hers should quit the business. The grave tone hints at a light jest or social quip.
Spring Fever and Vitality Restored by Grove’s Tonic
The text claims Spring Fever is a gentle low vitality caused by impurities in the blood. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic purports to purify and enrich the blood, restoring energy and strength with an invigorating effect. Price 60 cents.
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Grove
Price s@c
Daily Thought Quote From La Rochefoucauld
Thought fragment reflects on silence and shame as a paradox in speaking. Emphasizes that speaking can be hard when one is ashamed of remaining silent. Original source attributed to La Rochefoucauld.
Dorothy’s Test Material for a Successful Short Story
The line lamenting that brains seed a story’s success shows a shift from bright hopes to grim experience. It frames writing as a test of intellect over sentiment, implying cleverness outweighs optimism in crafting fiction.
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Dorothy
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