World events amid political clashes and disasters
A roundup notes Attorney General McReynolds clashing with Interstate Commerce Commission leaders over the New Haven scandal and a Senate delay on Panama canal tax repeal. It reports naval appropriation changes, a federal mediation board proposal, and Supreme Court actions on labor contempts. It also covers Nordica’s death, a Colorado strike clash verdicts, a St Louis fire loss, an Ogden earthquake, San Francisco lockouts, a New York church confrontation, and Etna earthquake casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McReynolde
Interstate Commerce
McChord
Joseph W. Folk
Commission
Washington
Railroad Regulating
Department of Justice
New Haven
Vera Cruz deaths and Mexican turmoil loom in reports
Report summarizes Mexican War events with Vera Cruz casualties including two Philadelphia sons, Corporal Daniel W Hagegarty in Cambridge, and battles between Mexican federal forces and constitutionalists. It notes Huerta mediation failures, British cruiser reinforcement, U S actions on Lobaste land, and funeral services for 17 sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Hagegarty
Vera Cruz
Cambridge
Mass
Gustavo Maas
Huerta
Washington
Bristol
Panuco River
Tampico
Lobasteland
United States
Bryan
Montana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wilson
Senate
House
New Indiana G A R Officers Installed After Flag Controversy
In Indianapolis the Indiana Department Grand Army of the Republic annual encampment closed with J B Arnold of Richmond urging endorsement of his state flag design. Orlando A Somers of Kokomo and others backed adopting the flag. the meeting adjourned with applause and no vote. The Sons of Veterans authorized a committee to seek a state flag adoption at the next assembly. New department commander A B Crampton of Delhi succeeds D W Comstock of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolia
Department of Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
J. B. Arnold
Richmond
Arnold
Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Department
Orlando A. Somers
Kokomo
Sons of Veterans
General Assembly
A. B. Crampton
Delhi
D. W. Comstock
T. B. Springer
New Lebanon
Charles H. Myerhoff
Evansville
G. W. H. Kemper
Muncie
Chaplai
W. P. McKinsie
Plato Field
State Board Advances Reading Series and Road Plans
The Indiana State Board of Education selected the Child Classic readers for primary through fourth grades with bids from Bobbs-Merrill of Indianapolis. Philips-Anderson arithmetics were chosen from Silver, Burdette & Co. New Outlook readers were adopted to complement instruction. A resolution urged direct state aid for road improvements and the formation of a Purdue-hosted highway school funded by counties. Mayor Bell welcomed delegates to the road campaign, others urged a highway commission, and officers for the Indiana T P A were elected with Indianapolis hosting duties for 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Indiana
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Indianapolio
Philips-Anderson
Silver, Burdette, & Co
Neeniea
Purdue University
Bell
Charles A. Kenyon
The
Association
Cc. C. Brown
Charlee W. Fairbanks
Fred Purdy
Robert E. Springsteen
Carl G. Fisher
L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis
H.H. Clifford
Terre Haute
B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Marcua Sulzer
Madison
W. K. Hart
Lafayette
John C. Boas
Elkhart
French Lick
James W. Lytle
Brazil
J. M. Studebaker
South Bend
Joshue Strange
Marion
B. H. Clifford
Missouri
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Promotes Cure For Women
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women's illnesses. It claims the product, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics and offers confidential advice from a female assistant at the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Senate
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn,Maas
Womdai
Mixed Advertisements and Odd Snippets From an Old Page
A collage of quotes and product ads appears, mentioning Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation, Journal of Research noting government document merges, Croat Ball Blue for whitening clothes, and Roman Eye Balsam for eye inflammation, plus miscellaneous quirky lines about beer orders and fashion remarks.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Naval Affairs Committee
National Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Hbtll
Industrial Relations Commission
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
United States Supreme Court
Holmes
War Department
Col
James Lockett
Colorado
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Batavia
Java
Nordica
Tasman
Bramble Cay
R. W. Benedict
J. Lemme
Colorado National Guard
Patrick J. Hamrock
Golden
Colo
Hamrock
Ludlow
George W. Young
Aguilar
Royal Mine
St. Louis
Bire
Swingley
John M. Cannon
Biease
Gray Court
D.C
Joseph G. Sullivan
Sullivan
Secord
Ogden
Utah
San Francisco
Building ‘Trades
Bouck White
Church of the Revolution
Calvary Baptist ‘Church
New York
John ‘D. Rockefeller, Jr
Cornelius H. Woelfkin
Jesus
Paris
France
Tazza
Teza
Morocco
Fez
Red Cross
Mount Etna
Philadelphia
George McKenzie Poinsett
Florida
Charles Allen Smith
New Hampshire
Zaragosa
Gonzales
Caballero
Mexico City
A. &. Crampton
Frank Shellhouse
Ralph McKenny
Shelbyville
R. C. Creason
George F. Ogden
Laketon
Gus C. Barnhold
Valparaiso
H.C. Cloge
David van Dyke
Bloomington
George Matthews
A. J. Beheymer
Elwood
T. A. P. Selecta
W. 1. D. Counts
H. Egbert
Goshen
I. W. Minear
Huntington
W.D. Oathers
Terre -Haute
B. Lebo
L. P. Coack
Vincennes
Thad- Keller
J. N. Green
J. R.crawford
New Albany
A. J. Schmidt
Charles West
O. G Mitchell
Richman
Good Roads
J. H. Reitemier
Logansport
Ryan
Sbatlatica
Fre
Monroe St
N E
Minneapolig Mane
Journal of Research
Baer
SCRA
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