Victor Berger and Debs in the Socialist era reform debate
The passage recalls Victor Berger and Eugene V. Debs as pivotal socialist figures opposing World War entry. It notes Debs's 1896 Bryan campaign role, Berger’s expulsion and later seating after Landis’s reversal, and their lifelong advocacy for peace and anti‑capitalist reforms amid early 20th century political battles.
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Victor Berger
Henry George
Tom L. Johnson
Newton D. Baker
Herbert Bigelow
Ohio
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debbs
Debs
Bryan
Terre Haute
Berger
Wisconsin Advocate
Congress
K. M. Landis
Supreme Court of the United States
Landis
Wiscosin
Heywood Brown on Al Smith column debate
Heywood Brown portrays Al Smith as a skilled writer with strong English, contrasting prior critics. He notes editor Broun’s praise in the Saturday Evening Post and argues that Smith’s writing ability challenges earlier criticisms amid the 1920s political climate.
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Heywood Brown
AL Smith
Haywood Brown
America
Governor Smith
Broun
Scripps-Howard
Post
Prohibition Debate Blasts Wets and Drys Over Killings
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt argues against both sides in her prohibition essays. She denounces deaths of enforcement officers and bootleggers, saying regard for human life has sunk. The piece condemns celebratory attitudes toward killings and warns of harms to repeal efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Stowaway Gaffe and Civic Quips From The Times
A mosaic of wry observations notes a Graf Zeppelin stowaway scare as crews police access to comforts. It mocks dentistry, fashion, and Chicago gunplay while praising Boston’s reform era and Chicago’s tuberculosis decline via sanitation. The Youth's Companion reference closes the fragment.
Levy figures by department across years
The document lists department levies and collections for 1926 1927 and 1928 1929. It shows totals for TOTAL Pumping Distribution Commercial and General departments with amounts such as 1926 Levy 22065.70 and 2507.47 2507.11. Additional entries include 1927 Levy 22448.09 2550.91 2507.48 Estimated 1928 Levy 32000.00 2500.00 and 1929 Levy 31989.78 2116.97.
Passport Oath and Birth Certificate in US Citizenship
An American passport serves as entry to foreign countries and allows return home. Citizenship oath mirrors those for naturalized residents, but its value is questioned. Birth certificates outweigh the oath, pacifists raise objections, and a Supreme Court ruling on the oath prompted a state department decision permitting the special affirmation to continue. It remains possible some citizens will refuse either oath and be denied a passport.
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Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Taft
John W. Davis
Justice Holmes
Cox
Smith
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
al Smith
Wilson
Supreme Court
State Department
Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed City Levies 1929
Notice lists levies for street lighting printing and advertising and other items with current obligations interest temporary loan and totals. It shows net taxable property 432 polls, proposed levies and amounts raised by tax levy, signed by W J Kennard Clerk and dated August 23 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fetc Atg
State Board of Tax Commissioners
de W J. Kennard
Passports and Allegiance as Tests of Citizenship
The speaker argues that passports prevent travel but do not alter views, calling the oath of allegiance a citizenship test and labeling tariffs as taxes, a view presented as a critique of current policy. The tone is dismissive of formal controls over personal belief and movement.
Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property
Estate of Ichabod A. Rosenberger public sale to be held at his Delphi area residence in Deer Creek township on Wednesday September 11 1929. A large lot of farm implements livestock bees and household goods will be sold including work horses cows calves sheep bovine machinery wagon gas engines fodder mills and household items with terms cash for small items and six months credit on larger purchases. G J Nagle administrator Hoshaw Bros auctioneers William Campbell clerk.
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Ishabod A. Rosenberger
Ichabod’ A. Rosenberger
Deer Creek Township
Delphi
Rockfield
Morris
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Indianapolis
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Summitville
Ind
Uncle Sam
Saturday Evening Post
Warren G. Harding
Prohibition
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Rome
Fred Landis
Indianapoli Times
Canaries
Chicago
Jesse Pomeroy
Massachusetts
Old Bay State
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Park Fund
Department of Parks
Water Fund
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Corrierin
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Frank H.robinson
Talmar R. Arnold
Indianapolis Times
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Yeoman
Carroll County
Board OF Trustees
Ater
Cvy Vis Polls
State Board, of Tax Commissioners
Albert Ellis
Clyde C. Jutlussun
George Hamil
Trustees
G. J. Nag§Le
Hoshaw Bros
William Campbell
Common Council
Ona
City Clerk’s Office
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