World News Briefs From Washington To Kansas
A lengthy roundup notes a $1000 fine and a year in prison for employer threats about voting. John Skelton Williams named comptroller of the currency. Senate probes Calumet strike. labor reports say no end in sight. Wilson cites unsolved copper region strife and no further federal action. Congress returns. cotton futures tax eyed. Georgia DA reassigned cases against naval stores trust.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
the Treasury
Senate
Washington &5
Wilson
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Calumet
Senator Ashart
Arizona
Michigan
United States
Southern District of Georgia
Department of Justice
Naval Stores Trust
Purdue Dairying Courses Begin January At Lafayette
Purdue begins eight week short courses in dairying on January 19 at the new $75 000 dairy building in Indianapolis. The farm dairy and creamery courses cover dairy stock care milk testing creamery processes and dairy bacteriology. W C Smith of Williamsport funded the building and the state added 25000 for equipment.
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Indianapolis
Purdue
W. C. Smith
Williamsport
O. F. Hunziker
Department of
Dairy Husbandry
State Board Finances Paid Interim Loan From Indianapolis Banks
The state board of finance paid 400 00 plus interest on a temporary loan borrowed from Indianapolis banks last September. The loan amount was 46 722 US dollars. Interest details and exact timing referenced in the afternoon session notes.
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State Board of Finance
Indianapolis
Apolis
Paroled Slayer VanPelt Linked to Shelbyville Legal Scandal
Charles B. VanPelt freed from Indiana State Prison after serving just over two years of a two to twenty one year manslaughter sentence for killing Charles H. Tindall a Shelbyville lawyer and Court of Honor officer. The parole followed a prior pardon denial amid a petition signed by 1025 Shelby County officials bankers judges prosecutors jurors and relatives of the dead man. John A. Tindall cousin and former partner urged delay until minimum term expired.
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Charles B. VanPelt
Charles H. Tindall
Shelbyville
Ind
Indiana
Michigan City
Board of Trustees
VanPelt
Tindall
Court of Honor Lodge
State Board of Pardons
van Pelt
Shelby County
John A. Tindall
State Institutional Expenses Rise in 1913 Details
Expenses for maintaining seventeen state institutions in 1913 totaled 2 218 347.65 plus 316 443.47 for improvements and land. The per inmate cost increased by six cents from 1912, driven by administration, offices, and outdoor department costs, while subsistence and clothing expenses declined slightly.
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Board of State Charities
Niesse Appointed State Bank Examiner in Madison
Joseph F. Niesse, a teller at First National Bank of Madison Indiana, has been appointed state bank examiner. His salary is set at 2500 dollars per year and he has accepted the examining force.
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Marion National Bank
Marion
Kan
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Frank M. Henning
Farmers' State Bank of
Joseph F. Niesse
First National
Bank of Madison
Ind
State Bank
Niesse
O'Brien
Samuel 5
M .Ralston
Arnold
Alberta grain yields and shipment records reported in diverse districts
Lethbridge and Bassano reports show spring wheat yields near 35 bushels per acre and Marquis wheat heavy at 69.40 bushels per acre from a 300 acre field. Barley hits 60 bushels per acre. Red Fife 60–68 pounds per bushel, Marquis 64–68 pounds. Alberta shipment plans rise with a 23 percent acreage increase and a 260000 bushels grain estimate by C P Railway sources.
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Lethbridge
Yeaya
Monarch
Mill
Marquis
John Turner
Roathern
Arcola
Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Moose Jaw
Sask
Returna
Bassano
Noble
Canadian Pacific Railway
Realizing Temptation in a Sunday School Sketch
A brief amusement shows a Sunday School scene where a teacher asks William if he resisted temptation. William recalls the jam on a high shelf he could not reach, turning the moment into a humorous lesson on restraint.
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William
Girl reads time by pulse with wristwatch cue
A reader describes a girl who can tell time by pulse. She wears a wristwatch and uses its signal to mark the day’s moments. The note presents curiosity about how she does it and a playful tone about the talking clock.
Wil Interest Met Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
Powder marketed for children claims to relieve feverishness headaches teething discomfort and cold symptoms within four hours. Advert mentions Druggists selling at 6c and names vendors Olmsted Le Roy and others.
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South Carolina
House Committee On Agriculture
New York
Great Lakes
International Joint Commission
Allan J. McLaughlin
Public Health Service
Ite
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railway
National Bank of Commerce
Louisville, Ky
William Schmuizer
Pittsburgh
Lewis Pack
Waldo James
Cass Tompking
Tampa
Fla
South Africa
Trades Federation
Rand
Gulf Coast
Pass
Christian
Miss
Harry K. Thaw
Wester North Carolina
New Hampshire
Asheville
B.S. Churchill
South Bend
Samuel Spencer Churchill
London
England
St. Johns
Canada
Trinidad
Colo
Mary Jones
Jar
Frazier Packing Company
Elwood
Lit
Department of Agriculture
Spencer-Newlin Coal Company
Mulberry
George H. O'Keefe
The
Emerald Association of
Brooklyn
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
John T. Baker
Missouri
Missouri Railroad
Harker
McPherson
Mexico City
Huerta
United States Border Patrol
Presidio
Tex
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Garrison
United States Army
Ojinaga
Mex
Francisco Villa
Villa
Royal Mail
Yarmouth
Copenhagen
London Daily Telegraph
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Paris
Jack Johnson
Frank Moran
Johnson
Moran
Japan
Kinehlu
Shikoku
Andrew Mayfield
Abraham Lincoln
Lafayette
Plainfield
James M. Green
Charleton School
T. J. Charleton
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Washington Barracks
Slayer
J. F. Niesse Bank Examiner
L. Anderson Smith
Killam
Gala Case Jean
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