Local Names List Reflects 1st District Ballot Figures
A collection of names and affiliations appears, including Adams Walter E and WAGELAND Burlington, HUESTON DUNN Carrollton, MUMMERT Madison, SHEETS Monroe, LANE Rock Creek, STEWART Tippecanoe, HUFTY Washington, YEAGER Clay, DANIELS Democrat, EVERETT Jackson, LAKE Jefferson, CROOK Charles E, CALVERT Byron, SANDERSON Rock Creek, SMITH John, SELLERS Washington, McFATRIDGE Ira L. The roll shows candidates and party labels in a ballot context from multiple communities.
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Jackson Clarence L. Lake
Jefferson
Charles E. Crook Madison Byron W. Calvert Monroe
Evan Sanderson
Rock Creek
John W. Smith
Tippecanoe
John ‘Lb. Sellers
Washington
Ira L. McFatridge
Referendum on Prohibition Polls and Library Debate
The Literary Digest views a nationwide prohibition poll as a potential referendum once 20 million voters participate. It notes contention over whether wets or drys drive the results and cites the Savannah Morning News dry straw vote incident. A separate House speech by Hon. Ross A. Collings analyzes the Jefferson library’s purchase and early Congress debates on its fate.
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House of Representatives
Ross A. Collings
Mississippi
Congressional Library
Collings
Jefferson
America
Capitol
Congress
United States
Prohibition Straw Vote Sparks Savannah Debate Across Papers
The Digest and The Morning News clash over local prohibition straw polls in Savannah. The Digest reports wet results and accuses rivals of fraud while The Morning News defends its poll and cites affidavits. ministers’ union denounces straw votes as a misstep toward a nationwide referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Savannah
Morning News
Conscientious Journal
Deer Crick Park Plan Draws Civic Support in Delphi
Delphi residents raise over 5000 dollars to build a dam across Deer Creek creating a planned swimming pool and recreation grounds. Land donations, material offers at cost, and a Riley Memorial park naming proposal reflect broad civic effort without bonds or tax increases.
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Delphi
Deer Creek
Debate Over Library Censorship and War Costs
A speech condemns censorship of Jeffersonian works and praises libraries as a defense against ignorance. It contrasts library funding with battleship costs and cites Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and Washington-era debates. The piece links anti library sentiment to reactionary crusades and wartime economies.
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Benjamin Franklin
Jefferson
James I. Wyer
New York State Library
New York Library Association
Creasy
Hastings
Virginia Capes
Empire State
Library of Congress
Forgotten lilacs and the fate of rural America
Arthur U. Green, representative of Indiana, laments industrial growth draining rural areas. He argues tariffs favor cities, small farmers pay the price, and decennial census will reshape House districts. He warns of graft, city consolidation, and a tariff bill widening the gap between farm and urban interests. The "forgotten lilacs" symbolize vanished countryside.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Utter folly of battleship builds and tax burden
A public critique denounces vast naval spending and building as wasteful, noting the tax burden on farmers and merchants. The author blames profiteers and flag-flappers for continuing military expansion and warns that warship costs threaten civilization and livelihoods. The passage rails against prepaidness and pacifist labels amid fiscal ruin.
Voice Views on Bank Failures in 1893 Newspapers
James C. Burns of Williamsport writes from Indianapolis to compare how Republican papers ran bank failure stories in 1893 after Cleveland took office. He argues failures began earlier and cites wheat prices under 60 cents in 1892 with cheap farm produce.
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Cleveland
Harrison
Reed
James C. Burns
Williamsport
Indianapolis Times
Republican
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Delphi Citizen
Carroll County
Edmund Parke Beadle
Celia L. Beadle
Indiana
Delphi, Indiana
B. Franklin Bt
Harry L. MA
Albert A. Never
Hamling John H
Jason L. Whitem
Irvin M. Flora
Charles M. Harvey
Orvel C. Schock
Samuel R. Dyer
Charles W. Hargraves
Jake F. Harness
John W. Kerlin
Pearl O. Johnson
William O. Hughes Morgan S. Dasher
Newman Viney Orin M. Wagoner
Jackson Virgil L. Sink Jefferson
James B. Hurtt
Madison
John M. Sheets
Monroe
Wilbur Lane
Earl Stewart
Wilfurd
Hufty Washington
Edna Yeager
Adams James F. Wallace
Burlington Jean Beck Carrollton
Floyd Seward
Digest
Savannah Morning ‘News
Floyd Gibbons
Bernard Shaw
Savannah Morning News
Literary Digest
Morning
Ministers’ Union
Deer Crick
Indianapolis Star
Riley Memorial Park
France
Volca
Europe
Jefferson Library
Ing
England
Arthur U.greenwood
Ilacs
Midocean
Dorothy Darnit
Mie
Golly
Chas M*mamus
Edith Sanders
A.T.C.M
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Studio
E. Main St
Lafayette
Madison Prices
Alexander Gray
Bernice Claire Louise Fazenda
Lucien Littlefield
Zasu Pitts
Frank Mandel
Otto Harbach
Vincent Youmans
Emil Nyitray
Clarence Badger
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