Indiana News Digest Shows Plowing Contest Date Set
Evansville reports Pocket Plowing association meeting at Oakland City set July 29 for the annual plowing contest. Purdue builds first US tractor testing lab ready in two months. Tractors up to 35 horsepower to be tested. Indiana Public Service Commission reorganizes with new vice chairman John W. McCartle and continued chair E. I. Lewis. Shelbyville area sees varied assessments for household goods hogs autos and land. Notre Dame speaks as Senator Walsh is absent. baccalaureate address by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Drew with two honorary degrees. Vincennes announces oil tanks and new constructions. state sanitarium trustees appointed. Pension grants listed for Indiana residents. Various local economic and political items across the state.
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Lafayette
United States
Purdue Engineering Experiment Station
Dean C. W. Benjamin
Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
E. I. Lewis
Carl H. Mote
John W. McCartle
Commission
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Notre Dame
David I. Walsh
Washington, D. C
Mgr. Bickerstaff Drew
London
University of Notre Dame
Frederick Bonine
Nice
Mich
Edwin P. Heath
Kansas City
Vincennes
Gievalty
Indiana Refining Company
Lawrenceville
John N. Dyer
Kixmiller & Co
Bicknell
A. L. Maxwell Auto Company
Rockville
Indiana State Hospital
Clement Kelly
Clayton
Nevada Duncan
Cloverdale
Ester Duncan
Park Beadle
Jamess. Wright
Vevay
Washington
D. C
Naomi Y. Chasteen
Laura E. West
Cass
Maretta Beaver
Jonesboro
Juliana Beaver
Michiigan City
Margaret V. Cring
Portland
Melvina Dowling
Muncie
Cynthia A. Montagne
Madison
Elmira H. Richardson
Caroline Shaffer
Lapas
Ellen Summers
Ibbie R. Hammersley
Newport
Katherine Gimber
Worthington
Millie A. Morris
Sullivan
Sarah E. Shafer
Akron
Amanda J. Weathers
Marengo
Angie 3
Bradford
Marion
Hannah C. Cecil
Eliza A. Dixon
Mount Vernon
Emily Devilles
Bandon
Mary A. Dare
Lafayatte
Clara Eldridge
Renssainer
Jennie J
Lucy B. Washburn
Sarah DB. Watts
Goshen
Esther Short
Seymour
Catherine Miller
Remington
Ruth
R. Horman
Kokomo
Mary W. Aiken
Martha J. Freeman
Terre Haute
Mary A. Gunn
Cicero
Minerva E. Jarrett
Alexandria
Melinda Trump
Pierceton
Bartholomew
Decatur County
Goodrich
Peter J. Kruger
Internal Revenue
Kruker
Columbus
Columbus Township
Bartholomew County
Evansville
Charles Fitch, Jr
Evansville Central Labor Union
Fitch
Evansville Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Grocers’ Association
Rochester
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
Stevens
Fulton Circuit Court
George A. Stockberger
Newcastle
Stockberger
J. W. Byerer
Michigan City
Indiana
American Legion
Fred C. Miller
Resolutions Committee
Princeton
Union Oil Field
Hoover
Bruner Oil Company
Union
Jease
Bartholomew County Farmers’ Association
Delaware County
J. F. Treasire
Rais
Neas
Pathetic Ruins of France Describe War-Torn Villages
Elizabeth Frazer reports in Saturday Evening Post on northern France villages reduced to rubble. She recalls graveyards of soldiers and homes, the endless rows of mutilated towns, and the grim, unresolved task of naming the fallen as she struggles to measure horror.
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France
Soissoins
Champagne
Verdun
Elizabeth Frazer
Saturday Evening Post
Timber supply in war era shaped by French forestry
The text explains how Allied forces relied on timber from northern France and the treeless southwest corridor from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees. Napoleon's engineers stabilized dunes by planting maritime pine, expanding forests inland to become a major lumber source for French British and American armies during the conflict with the Huns.
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France
Bordeauux
Pyrenees Mountains
Napoleon
Rise of American chemical products spurred by war needs
The article notes growing U S interest in chemistry and chemical products as war conditions force reliance on domestic resources. It lists uses from soap and paper pulp production to mercerizing cotton, purifying mineral oils, caustic soda, soda ash, water glass, soap and glass manufacture, calico finishing, wood rot prevention, jute bleaching, and egg preservation.
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United States
Old Windsor name tied to river curve and willow roots
The article notes Windsor Castle’s long English royal residence since a hunting lodge was built by Edward the Confessor. It cites Quaid's Guide and Methley about Windleshora or Windle shores possibly meaning winding shore, while alternative origins link to the Saxon word for willow tree.
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Windsor
Windsor Castle
Edward the Confessor
London
Methley
Windleshora
Windleshores
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules promise kidney relief
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules as a pure remedy for kidney troubles and blood purification. It claims rapid relief, urges buying from a druggist, and guarantees a refund if unsatisfied.
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Godal Haarlem
Haarlem
Aieely Jou
Going Down for Third Time in Water Lessons Prove Safe
Observations from 20 years of swimming instruction by George H. Corsan in Association Men note swimming as the only exercise to reshape bodies and stress that going down thrice does not mean death. A Missourian saved after a river capsizing recalled a lesson on breathing and exhaling underwater, though a companion drowned.
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George H. Corsan
Kangas
Night Work and the Moon Jester
A man in the moon quips about gender limits on his job saying the law would not allow a woman aboard. The remark reveals playful social commentary on work roles and equality in a whimsical setting.
Barry’s Forgotten Jewels and Hidden Treasures
A Manchester Guardian note speculates that new laws forcing banks to disclose valuables in their vaults could reveal mysteries. It cites Coutts Bank and Madame du Barry’s reputed jewels, suggesting emigres’ valuables shielded in England may finally surface if the treasures are accounted.
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France
England
Manchester Guardian
Brutal Materialism in Divorce Discussion
In a debate on divorce Senator Kendrick laments a brutally materialistic view of marriage. A banker recalls fearing separation from his wife over possessions, replying that his dread is the separation from the coin.
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Kendrick
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