Indiana Elks select Marion for 15th convention site
The Indiana Reunion Association of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks closes its fourteenth annual convention in Michigan City naming Marion as next year s meeting place due to central location. Officers elected include Hennings Scott Hedian Bougher Sawyer Miller Carleton. A return of visiting Elks featured a lakefront band and athletic events, with late-evening interurban departures. The pardons board will hear no new parole appeals at the summer session beginning June 21, with several old cases to be reopened including murder cases from Marion Dubois Vanderburgh and other counties. New filings include cases from Vanderburgh Decatur Pulaski and Davies counties for larceny and related offenses.
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Indianapolis
Marion
Indiana Reunion Association
Benevolent Protective
Ft. Wayne
Haquire
J.C. Sawyer
Michigan City
S. Miller
South Bend
David R. Carleton
Elwood
Gary
Elks
Steel Giants
Lake Front Park
Big Lodge
State’ Board
Séasion
Roscoe ‘Taylor
Dubois’ County
Bimon
Winfrey
Vanderburg County
Charles ‘Ward
Maron County
Ward
Thomas P. McIntyre
Joseph Flittner
Petit. Larceny
C.D. Smith
Decatur County
Indiana Reformatory
Petit Larceny
George
Keller
Fom Pulapki
Byron. Murphy
DaViess County
Indiana ‘Reformatory
Summer farm plan proposed to aid inmates
The plan to expand the farm at the reformatory aims to provide fresh vegetables and other foods, create employment and training opportunities, and reduce costs. D. C. Peyton, the general superintendent, hopes the farm will grow in the coming years, but a proposal to buy a large tract was rejected by the legislature due to the state penal farm establishment.
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Hare
D. C. Peyton
Reformatory
Indiana state fair offers record $71,507 in prizes and purses
The premium list for the Indiana state fair to be held the week of September 6 shows total prizes and purses of 71,507.25. Regular speed purses total 18,000 with two Western Horseman stakes of 4,000 and 8,000. Other livestock and horse classes add thousands more across cattle sheep swine poultry and horticulture. An early edition of 15,000 copies will be mailed.
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Charles Downing
Western Horseman
Indiana Fair
United States
Downing
Senator Kern Calls for Patriotic Unity at Hammond Banquet
Editor Omed at Hammond hosts about 200 from the Indiana Socratic Editorial Association. Senator John W. Kern urges faith in the American government and national honor as international tensions rise. Republicans and Democrats greet the party, which travels from South Bend to Chicago for further entertainment at the Sherman House.
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John W. Kern
Hammond
Indiana Socratic Editorial Association
South Bend
Chicago
Sherman ‘House
Move Not Popular The Written Proposal Bill
A New York legislature proposal would require writing and signing marriage proposals to be enforceable. The piece argues the measure would curb breach of promise suits and alter court actions, while noting social and romantic implications and potential effects on marriage rates. It uses satire to question the practicality and consequences of formalizing proposals.
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New York
Orother
Peg O' My
Lady of Society Stricken by Spotted Fever
A well known social figure here and in England has fallen victim to spotted fever. The report notes public concern over the severity of the disease, while hinting that the outbreak is concentrated in the eastern regions of Europe and Asia.
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England
Europe
Asia
Modern women redefine breach of marriage promise
The Philadelphia Record quotes a judge stating that women seek marriage as a career and are not financially harmed by broken engagements. The law, the paper notes, aims to indemnify material losses rather than injured feelings, reflecting changing attitudes toward marriage and finances.
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Philadelphia Record
Why She Went to Church
An elderly devout woman moving closer to a nearer church asks the minister to welcome her. She explains that all churches lead to heaven and her deafness makes hearing sermons difficult, so she plans to attend the closer church.
Her Kindly Wish Tit-Bita
A comic Tit-Bits item shows a husband asking about his wife interest in the war and learns she wishes he could go, highlighting witty domestic exchange and wartime sentiment.
Spotted fever seen as common typhus risk in crowded areas
The New York Herald notes that spotted fever, termed hospital or jail fever in the past, thrives in crowded, unclean conditions with poor nutrition. Past outbreaks in immigrant ships and urban settings are recalled, and warnings are issued about a looming eastern war area epidemic causing suffering and deaths.
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New York
Brill
Herald
New York Herald
The Kind It Is Observes Miss Maymie
A playful excerpt notes Miss Maymie as kittenish with a coy purr pose, capturing light humor and social tone of the scene. The remarks center on Miss Maymie’s charm and manner in a brief, tongue in cheek exchange.
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Maymie
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