Farmers and politics in Indiana since 1890 era
The 1890s marked the rise of organized farmers and the F M B A movement in Indiana, with Democrats led by Farmer Matthews promoting salary cuts and reform. The 1891 Democrat triumph reduced official pay to the lowest in the nation, while later Republican ascendency increased costs and omitted full financial exhibits.
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Orangevement
Republican Party
Democrats
Claude Matthews
Parke
Vermillion
Matthews
Indiana
General Assembly
Hanly
Thomas R. Marshall
Morale versus money in Indiana militia history
From 1820s to 1895 Indiana’s active militia cost taxpayers virtually nothing. The adjutant general earned 1200 and the quartermaster general 300 in 1895 while volunteer companies funded their own armories uniforms and drills. Local towns financed encampments prizes and public admission to impressive drills by infantry and artillery units from across the region.
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Indiana
Indiana Legion
South
There Are Some Things Money Cannot Do
The piece notes how appropriation growth turned a pride project into a money issue. It cites an Indiana armory probe and reminds that many prewar and postwar military schools produced eminent commanders, but money cannot buy certain qualities.
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Senate
Indiana
Editorial echoes in wider paper support for policy change
The Indianapolis Times reprint credits The Citizen with broad influence and notes that forces opposing Russia recognition in both Britain and the United States share similar aims. It cites revolutions, past treaties, and historic conflicts, while warning that wealth and industry push for recognition despite anti Bolshevik rhetoric.
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Indianapolis Times
Russia
United States
Great Britain
America
Shay
Fort Wayne
Detroit
France
Red propaganda questioned as Campbell returns from Russia
The Indianapolis Times questions red hunters as Thomas D. Campbell, Montana wheat baron and Hoover ally, returns from Russia. Campbell says Russia applies industrial farming methods and plans to buy up to 400 million dollars worth of U S farm and road machinery in five years, signaling American business readiness to trust Moscow.
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Wall
Thomas D. Campbell
Campbell
Montana
Russia
Hoover
United States
Moscow
Russia Moves Toward Peace With Trade and Treaties
The passage notes a five year 26 million dollar industrial credit from General Electric to Russia and lists American firms like Standard Oil and Ford as active in Russian contracts. It highlights Russia initiating a rapid Kellogg pact enforcement with Poland Latvia Estonia and Romania, while challenging red scare narratives.
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Eral Electric
Russia
Standard Oil
International Harvester
Ford
General Motors
United States
Geneva
Poland
Rumania
Latvia
Estonia
The Ex Kaiser's Birthday and Quiet Exile Reflections
A Manchester Guardian piece reflects on the ex Kaiser Napoleon III living in exile with his wife, noting the absence of a heroic history around his seventieth birthday. It argues his legacy is unlikely to influence Europe again, portraying him as a dilettante whose temperament endangered the world.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
H .A. L. Fisher
Europe
Lord Oxford
Washington Prohibition Report Blames Coolidge-Mellon Officials
A U S law enforcement committee report faults the Coolidge-Mellon administration and Congress for lax liquor enforcement in Washington D C ahead of the inauguration. It cites 342 places selling liquor near federal buildings and accuses police and federal offices of complicity while warning of patronage and political manipulation in Texas and the South.
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National United Committee ‘Law Enforcement
National Capital
Capital
Coolidge-Mellon
Congress
Waton Police Department
Law Ermittee
Clinton N. Howard
Washington
Capitol Building
Treasury Department
Meélion
National Capitol
Tiajuana
Capitol
District of Columbia
Texas
Harding-Coolidge
Harry M. Wurzbach
Brookhart Senate
U. S
Wurzbach
Dallas
R. B. Creager
Brookhart
Hoover
Post Office ‘Department
U. S. At
Inaugural Interview Signals Farmers’ Price Policy
A pre inauguration remark notes that the incoming President would resist government price fixing on farms, as did his predecessor. The piece suggests Republican farmers upset with Coolidge, yet voting for Hoover, may soon see the policy they supported.
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Coolidge
Hoover
School Flags Worth Thousands, Yet Boys Saw Few in War
School authorities spend thousands on flags and displays while many Union soldiers who later fought the war rarely saw a flag except on the Fourth of July when its meaning was clear.
Prohibition Funds Blamed for GOP Farm Strain
The Anti- Saloon League demand poses a costly test for prohibition policies as Republican farmers face ongoing strains from party relief efforts. The issue centers on the sustainability of farmer support and the political price of non prohibitive laws.
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Anti- Saloon League
Administrator's Sale of Personal Property in Carroll County
The administrator of Mary E. Vaughan's estate announces a public auction at the late residence in Tippecanoe Township six miles north of Delphi and 2 1/2 miles southeast of Yeoman on Friday March 15, 1929 starting at 1:00 PM. Items include corn estimated 300 bushels, kitchen furniture, sewing machine, beds, furniture, meats, canned goods, and farm implements. cash for sums under $10, credit for larger amounts with a note at 7 percent interest. Auctioneers: Hoshaw Brothers.
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Mary E. Vaughan
Tippecanoe Township
Delphi
Yeoman
Carroll County
Indiana
Artie Million
Hoshaw’ Brothers
Petition to Improve Public Highway in Carroll County Indiana
A petition filed February 27 1929 in Carroll County Indiana seeks the improvement of a public highway in Monroe Township. The route begins at the east side of a north south gravel road in Section 3 Township 24 N Range 2 W, proceeds 2260 feet west on Main Street 145 feet north 1175 feet west to Washington Street in Flora, in Flora town. The filing names Omer Billings and others as petitioners.
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Omer Billings
Office of the Auditor
Carroll County
Indiana
Monroe Township
Main Street
Washington Street
Flora
Proposed North Flora Highway Plan for Carroll County Indiana
The petition describes a proposed highway in Monroe township Carroll County Indiana running from a north branch to an east south branch and linking with existing gravel roads near Flora. It requests regrading drainage and a concrete surface to twenty two feet width, with a finished first class roadway. Hearing is set for April 2 1929 before the Carroll County Board of Commissioners Delphi Indiana.
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Township
Range
Washington Street
Columbia Street
Flora
Monroe Township
Board of Commissioners
Carroll County
Indiana
Delphi
J. L. Whiteman
Gus A. Hall
Circuit Court Allowances and Estate Notices 1929
A compilation of circuit court allowances listing numerous individuals such as Floyd J. Julien Arthur R. Fetterhoff and others with various amounts. The notice also covers probate actions for Sarah Breeze Dallas Appleton Moses B. Karr Mary E. Vaughan and Joseph Miller insolvency proceedings and administrator appointments with dates in February and March 1929.
Notice to Bridge Contractors for Indiana Highways
Sealed proposals for constructing bridges on state highways in Carroll County are due by 10:00 A M March 26 1929 at the Indiana State Highway Commission in Indianapolis. Plans may be examined at the State House Annex. bids require a corporate surety bond of at least 1.5 times the proposal amount.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
State House Annex
Indianapolis
Carroll County
State Highway Commission
State House
Annex
Indiana
Ission
John D
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate In Delphi Indiana
The administrator of Moses B. Karr's estate will offer the decedent's interest in parts of Lots 45 and 46 in Delphi Carroll County Indiana for private sale. Sale at 10 a m March 13 1929 at Grimms Furniture Store with day to day sale until sold, subject to court approval and a state mortgage.
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Moses B. Karr
Carroll Circuit Court
Grimms Furniture Store
Delphi
Indiana
Carroll County
Eee Lorenz C. Grimm
James O. Qbear
Notice to non residents in Indiana divorce case
The State of Indiana Carroll County. Willard Coates vs A Coates a non resident defendant Clara A Coates is named in a divorce action. She must appear by April 17 1929 at Carroll Circuit Court Delphi or answer by demurrer otherwise the case proceeds in her absence. Clerk Loyd J Julien signs. Heene Hanna attorneys.
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Dallas Appleton
Carroll Circuit
Jesse Benner
Cora Appleton
Carroll Circuit Court
Delphi
Indiana
Floyd J. Julien
Hanna & Hanna
Gus A. Hall
Carroll County
Willard Coates
Ee A. Coates
Clara. A. ‘Coates
A. D
Loyd J. Julien
Heene & Hanna
Notice of Administration Carroll County Estate
Notice is hereby given that Roy C. Clauser has been appointed administrator of the estate of Gamvelee Clauser, late of Carroll County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. March 1, 1929. Hanna & Hanna, Attys. for Estate. 2-4.
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Carroll Circuit Court
Carroll County
State of
Indiana
Moses B. Karr
Lorenz C. Grimm
James O. Obear
Carroll
Mary E. Vaughan
Artie Million
Remy Delphi
Ind
Joseph Miller
Circuit Court of
Sontanthis
Gamvelee Clauser
Roy C. Clauser
Hanna & Hanna, Attys
Carroll Circuit
State of Indians
Hettie Dike
Baker
Hanna Hanna
Ha ‘Hanna
Amgk
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Alg Vieiee Ooo
Arthur R. Fetterhoff
Ralph B. Lowman
Ea Otont Ee
Clay Pearson
Lone Nen Meen
Floyd ‘Yerkes
Ira McFatridge
William Angle
Ian
Thomas Scott
Chester R. Landis
John FE. Pitzer
Lawrence M. Herr
Bert O. Brown
Welcome Inn Cafe
Jesse R. Clawson
Aetna
Ralph Hill
Ape
William Acheson
Frank Shepard
West Publishing Co
Edward Thompson Co
the Lawyers
Opel Publishing Company
Bobbs Merrill Company
Joseph T. Ives
Frank Sink
Myrtle B. Lyon
Goldstein Bros
Dork
Lyons
American Law Book Comite
I. J. L. Whiteman
State of Indiana
J. L. Whi
Sarah. Breeze
Fred J. Breeze
Sarah Breeze
E Floyd J. Julien
Tubby
Missus Norton
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