Wilson delays rural credit phase of banking reform
President Wilson from the White House urges postponing amendments for rural credits until December when the European commission's report on banking reform is due. He sent to the Senate the nomination of William J. Price as minister to Panama and James M. Sullivan as minister to the Dominican Republic. Senator Hitchcock questions the tobacco tariff schedule while Mulhall falls ill during lobby hearings. Commerce figures show sugar imports for the year ending June 30, 1913 reached six and a half billion pounds.
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Wilson
White House
Europe
Senate
William J. Price
Kentucky
Panama
Department of Commerce
United States
Drought Fire Tests Dynamite Power At Post Texas
A 4500 pound dynamite blast at Post Texas aimed to break a drought produced clouds but no rain. Reports follow of Gust Penman of Champaign Illinois linked to a murder warrant, later involved in a Danville arrest incident. Fire disasters claim lives in Fond du Lac Wisconsin and Hunters Point near Long Island City New York. Multiple trials and political moves unfold including Governor Sulzer's impeachment battle and California anti alien land law action.
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Post
Tex
Mexican Revolt Shifts U S Ambassadorship to Mexico
Henry Lane Wilson, whose resignation as ambassador to Mexico was accepted, plans to take effect October 14. He attacks a British claim that Britain had extended recognition of Huerta after a speech to the provisional president. President Wilson hints at possible ouster. Mexico City reports anxieties over U S relations, but Huerta states such fears are unfounded. John Lind, Wilson's envoy, met unofficially with Mexico's foreign minister Frederico Gamboa.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Foreign Office
Huerta
Great Britain
Wilson
Paris
France
United States
Mexico City
Anlety
V. Huerta
John Lind
Frederico Gamboa
Resignation of England’s Chief Justice Reports to Asquith
The resignation of Baron Alverstone, England’s lord chief justice since 1900, due to ill health, has been submitted to Premier Asquith who will offer the post to Sir Rufus Isaacs. Also notes debates on eugenic marriage laws at a London medical congress and other global items.
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Baron Alverstone
England
London
Chronile
Asquith
Rufus Isaacs
International Medical Congress
William Bateson
Silliman
Yale University
Cambridge University
Statewide civic extension planned by Indiana University
Indiana University will start statewide civic extension work next fall through the public speaking department to study current questions. Ross I. Lockridge will lead the effort, organizing civic debating societies in counties and towns, with high schools joining later to form leagues and provide practical public speaking instruction. The program aims to extend university services statewide, creating local social centers and focusing on timely issues under university supervision.
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Indianapolis
Indiana University
Ross I’. Lockridge
Lockridge
Peru
Indiana
Lickridge
University
Wisconsin
la Folletta
Typhoid Epidemic Prompts Health Action in Gibson County
In Princeton Gibson county a typhoid outbreak drives vaccination uptake and calls for more typhoid vaccine from the state board of health. Health commissioner Ziliak seeks water containers while Doctor Ziliak pushes water filtration. the board cautions the source may be Patoka River water. Dr W F King offers state aid to combat the epidemic.
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Princeton
Gibson County
State Board of Health
Aol
Ailiak
Ziliak
Estate Board of Health
Water Works Company
State Board
Patoka
W. F. King
Barnard Returns to Desk After Seattle Trip
Indiana state food commissioner H. E. Barnard resumes duties after nearly two months in Seattle where he lectured at the University of Washington. He praises Indiana fruit growing potential, notes his Orange county orchard, and supports the annual Indiana apple show. He recalls superior apples seen entering Indiana.
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Barnard
H. E. Barnard
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Washington
Indiana
Ralston Cuts Outing Short Seashore Governor to Return
Governor Ralston ends vacation earlier than expected and will be back by Saturday. He plans a visit to his Boone county farm and may deliver an address of welcome to the American Horseshoe association convention in Indianapolis on August 22. Secretary Johnson had questioned the return date and received a telegram from Hyannisport confirming the plan.
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Ralston
B. B. Johnson
Boone County
Johnson
Indianapolis
Hyannisport
Massa
Thomas “Taggart
Trustees urged to improve schoolhouses or face state action
Fragmentary note reports Doctor Ste mond serving notices to trustees of Wayne and Riley townships in Montgomery County. The health prompt urges better conditions in five township schoolhouses to avoid trouble with the state board.
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Montgomery County
State Board
Browning Leads Dramatic Inning Fight At Adveraity
Browning sparked a tense late inning clash as the game intensified amid adversity. Two outs remained when a dispute erupted, prompting players to regroup and finish with resolve, reflecting a gritty team effort under pressure.
Good Things to Eat From a Vintage Kitchen
A recipe collection describes ginger loaf style roils with baking soda lard and flour and optional cloves and cinnamon, plus a raisin pie with lemon juice rind and cornstarch. Savory rice and tomatoes layers rice peppers and tomatoes with butter and sugar. cheese salad uses gelatine cream and cheese, served on lettuce with dressing. Date Nut and Pineapple Salad combines dates apples celery grapes and mayonnaises served in a pineapple slice. Ends with a Stevenson quote on happiness and journey.
Salad Making For Appealing Dishes And Balance
A anding guide notes salads can use almost any cooked vegetables like carrots potatoes and beets cut into cubes or slices with careful color and flavor balance. Emphasizes food value, attractive arrangement, dressing, and proper timing for main meals and luncheons.
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C. Leste Reynolds
National Botanical Gardens
Mr. Reynolds
James M. Sullivan
New York
Dominican Republic
Henry D. Clayton
Congress
Third
Alabama
O'Neal
Joseph F. Johnston
Overman
Clayton
Tobacco Trust
Federal Supreme Court
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Martin M. Mulhall
Lobby Investigating Committee of the House
McAdoo
Underwood
Carter Glass
House
Gust Penman
Champaign
Harold A. Shaw
Urbana
A. M. Evans
Danville
Philip Raeder
Walter Raeder
Louis Raeder
Fond du Lac Wie
Standard Oil Company
Hunters’ Point
Long Island
City
N.Y
Sulzer
Glynn
Thomas Davidson
Breathitt County
Hd Callahan
Farmersville
Ill
Knights Templar
Denver
Laurens
S. C
Richard Puckett
Frederick Evans
Garret A. Hobart
Traction
The
Wall Street Journal
California
Japan
Bogoslof
Bering Sea
Alaska
Aleutian
Ilands
C. O. Cristi
Revenue Cutter
Analga
Cipriano Caetro
Venezuela
Veetter
Caracas
Bucharest
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
States Educational Institution
Lockbringe
State University
New Yorker
the State Board
Chaste la Porns
Robert Louis Stevenson
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