Indiana Republicans split votes in party primaries statewide
A summary of Indiana primary returns shows Leonard Wood leading with a 6,107 plurality over John son, across 3,387 precincts with unofficial tabulations. Reports from Terre Haute Hammond Indianapolis Dkhart and other cities cover coal losses, prohibition raids, crop notes, socialist convention dates, and local political races.
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Indianapolis
Leonard Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
Frank 0. Lowden
Warren G. Harding
Indiana
Wood
Johnson
Terre Haute
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
V. Minishan
Hammond
George ©. Bryant
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Socialist Party
Wilbur Sheran
Dikhart
Hichart
Switzerland
Waren T. McCray
James W. Fesler
Edward ©. Toner
McCray
Fesler
Toner
Carleton B. McQulloch
McCulloch
Mason J. Niblack
John Isenbarger
J. Kirby Risk
George C. Bryant
Harry B. Smith
Smith
Ble Stansbury
Lafayette
Purdue University
John G. Brown
Monon
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Muncie
Chicago
New Albany
Jacob L. O'Bannon
O'Bannon
Harrison County
Vincennes
Indiana State Meeting of Christian Churches
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Anderson
George Cookson
Sons of St. George
Ohio
Richmond
Esther Griffin White
Wayne County
Republican Woman's Organization
English Impostor Duplicates Wolverhampton Herb Seller
A Kansas City Star foreign correspondent reports a brilliant English scammer who dupes others by impersonating Herbert Leslie Perkins, a poor Wolverhampton herb seller. Perkins, jailed multiple times and ruined financially, fights to prove he is not the fraudster while four warrants for the impostor’s arrests loom. Perkins' family suffers as he pursues justice amid long detentions and vanished savings.
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England
Herbert Leslie Perkins
Wolverhampton
Kansas City Star
Lke Perkins
Perkins
Ike
Gloucester
Tive
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Uttoxeter
Staffordshire
Persins
Hull
Airplane Use for Weather Observation Proposed
Paul W Merrill argues that airplane observation of weather is feasible. A DeHavilland plane with Liberty engine at 10 000 feet would ride smoother than a train and could allow direct photographs with a gyroscopic stabilizer, weather permitting.
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Paul W. Merrill
DeHaviland
Rubber production shifts during war years
The article notes rubber output changes since 1907, with production doubling since the war started. By 1914 cultivated plantations produced 71,880 tons while forests yielded 40,000 tons. In 1918 plantations reached 200,000 tons and forests 41,000.
Lumber Profits From Atlantic City Boardwalk Rebuilds
The Atlantic City boardwalk section rebuilt 15 years ago used lumber priced at $80 per thousand feet. The refurbished stretch now yields lumber worth $60 per thousand feet after its service life.
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Atlantic City
Overdue Threats From Vehicle to Airborne Thieves
A provocative line from an American Motorist magazine warns that burglars using cars foreshadow the rise of airplane thieves. The editorial urges vigilance as such crime trends loom on the horizon.
Canada Delays Steel Shipbuilding Two to Three Years
Out of the shipbuilding, business note cites steel scarcity delaying Canada from building steel ships for at least two or three years. Authorities warn impact on navy and trade as industry faces material shortages and investment uncertainty.
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Canada
Dew Power Sparks Irish Floral Pride
Mrs. Flannigan displays red white and blue flower pots in a front window after a neighbor’s return from France. The article argues dew’s vitalizing effect comes from oxygen and ozone, while noting dew cannot form under a tree, explaining grassy growth limitations.
Saying the prisoner can escape stone walls and iron bars
A visitor tells a convict poetry won t save him if locked inside stone walls and bars. The prisoner argues he can escape. A young man may feel older than his age but rarely richer than his looks.
Action the Main Thing
Fragmentary dialogue shows a child asking why a mother did not answer at first and a mother explaining she hurried to reach them, reflecting a terse domestic exchange from the Boston Transcript. The text includes an odd balladlike line about a man and his wife and a pet animal.
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Hisie
Elsie
Boston Transcript
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