Army recruitment expands as war bill nears approval
War Department readies recruitment under the re organization measure with stations planned nationwide including the Philippines and Cuba. About 60,000 men expected for Philippine service as volunteers from the current force are discharged. Four killed in a Grand Trunk Railroad wreck near Lockes Maine, explosion aboard one train. Quay sworn in to Senate amid praise from Pennsylvanians. Marvin Kuhns and brother John Kuhns arrested for horse stealing after a pistol battle in Missoutt. Ward line steamer Vigilancia ashore near Los Colorados. rescue aid from Orizaba. A duel in Paris ends with M. Gober wounded. Indianapolis awards plan contract to Rankin & Kellogg of Philadelphia. Town of Roann, Indiana, burned. losses exceed $4,000.
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Senate
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Cuba
Dependency
Marvin Kubae
Missoutt
Dnd
Marvin Kutais
Ohio
Columbus
John
Kuhns
Albion
Indiana
Ita
Union
Great Northwest Territory
China
Indinanan
Col. Dorst
FS Morton
Couflict
Maine
Dtinavons Harbor
McKinley
Four Children Cremated in Elkhart Fire
Four children of Huex Miller aged eight to sixteen were burned to death in a house fire in Elkhart Indiana caused by a lamp explosion while Miller was away. The structure burned too rapidly for rescue, leaving no chance to save the children. Carnegie Helpa Goshen Indiana. Andrew Carnegie has notified Goshen library managers that he will donate fifteen thousand dollars toward a public library building for the city. Rednee Revenue Taxca. The Senate finance committee has decided to cut in half the tax on proprietary medicines and fumes.
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Huex Miller
Elkhart
Ind
Miller
Carnegie Helpa
Senate Committee On Finance
Indiana
South Africa
Todinuna
Todinna
Union
Agnume
Republic
Commonwealth
Indiana’s Hoosier Resolve in Governor Durbin’s Speech
Winfield T. Durbin delivers Indiana’s inaugural address praising state progress in industry agriculture and war service. He urges prudent budgeting merit systems accountability and lawfulness while endorsing voting machine safeguards and national pride in Indiana’s growth and institutions.
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Winfield T. Durbin
Indiana
Indiana lawmakers debate antitrust bill and state issues
The Indiana House and Senate plan a joint convention to canvass votes for governor and lieutenant governor. Bills target antitrust actions, a village for epileptics, and restricting cigarette sales. Speaker Artman named committee chairmen. new bills include stenographers for both parties and local town acts. A commission on voting machines was proposed. The article also discusses fur trade history in Canada.
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Senate
Iriday
Mendway
McCarty
Carroll County
Indiana
Lambert
Columbus
Buros
Bishop of
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Artman
Minturn
King
Bonham
Sparks
Scott
Clem
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Erdiitz
Beckman
Dudley
Neal
Stookey
Manifold
Whitcomb
Miller of Mesciusko
Kirkman
Vestal
Owen
Matthews
Temperance
Westime
Davia of
Waynes
Roberts of
Jefferson
Rivers
Mueller
Miller of Ohio
Errrett
Tadianapolis
Ostermeyer
Pritchurd
Marshall
Mountain
Carmichael
Billy
Morton
Mammeet
Etna Green
Kosciusko County
Conlogue
Gard
Inman
A & Te
Charles I. Wilson
Durbin
Mr. Wilson
Reapportionment bill advances amid pension surge
Congress moves toward a Burleigh reapportionment bill likely to become law within ten days as the Senate committee reported favorably and the Senate passed the measure from the House. The session saw a burst of private pension bills, including a $64 increase for Gen Americus V. Rice to $100 monthly. Other actions covered postal law codification, river and harbor bills, and army reorganization debates with hazing at West Point sparking comment.
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Senata
House
House of Representatives
Americus V. Rice
Gen. Rice
Vicksburg
Congress
Ohio
Senate
Loud
California
Post Office Committee
United States
Utah
Davis
Minnesota
Cockrell
Missouri
Sewell
New Jersey
Philippines
Berry
Arkansas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Warren
Wyoming
Horatio N. Davis
Senator Davis
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Allen
Butler
McCumber
West Point Military Academy
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Joint Commission
de Armand
War Department
Gen. Chaffee
Jooting
China
Money
Mississippi
McComas
Maryland
Ate
Tennessee
West Point
Milwaukee
Polynesian languages use limited consonants on islands
The article notes that some Polynesian languages have only seven consonants. It mentions coral on the Florida coast and references various regional facts including escapes from a Quitman jail and mineral production in U S history.
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Florida
Quitman
Miss
New Mexico
Cano Nome
United States
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