Week of notable political and legal moves across nations
A Senate committee advances female suffrage with a favorable report on Chamberlain's amendment. Justice and police agencies investigate naval leaks amid ship and document losses. The Senate fights over Harris as census director. Supreme Court recesses to May 26 with broad cases pending. California warns against delaying land laws amid Japanese protests. Budgetary and local incidents unfold from gas explosions to racing commissions and crime trials.
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Senate
Chamberlain
Convention of Band Musicians to Showcase Blind Talent in Indianapolis
The seventh biennial convention of the Indiana Association for the Progressive Education of the Blind will run June 4 to 6 at the Indiana School for the Blind. A public musical program on June 4 features blind performers and works by Wagner, Chopin, Schumann, and others. The event includes an exhibit of articles made by the blind to promote home instruction opportunities for older residents. Also noted are state education opinions and the third Indiana Apple Show scheduled for November 4–11 under the Indiana Horticultural Society with educator-led aims and significant prize potential. Intended to boost fruit cultivation and show participation across Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Association For the Progressive Education of the Blind
Indiana School For the Blind
Indiana Association of Workers For the Blind
St. Paul M.K
Hugene and
Rader Streets
St. Paul
Christie
Purdue University
Yekally
Honan
Amos W. Butler
State Board of Truancy
General Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana
Apple Show Commission
Indiana Horticultural Society
Ed R. Smith
Nature
Indiana Apple Show Commission
Lafayette
Weeklong Indiana fire losses tally shows 21 million
Official first weekly report from State Fire Marshal W E Longley estimates Indiana fire losses at 21 629 400 annually with 81 fires in the first seven days of May and 50 losses attributed to single fires affecting multiple owners. Unknown origin tops causes with 22 fires.
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W. BE. Longley
Longley
Indiana
Sheridan
Knightsville
Sanborn
Teachers Endorse Centennial Celebration Plan
Resolutions by a special committee approved the 1916 state centennial celebration at the Indiana Teachers' Association meet at Shortridge High School Indianapolis. The group aims to gain support from the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. Officers elected include President Harlepee Lindley Barkham, Vice President L Haworth Kokomo, and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Hope.
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Indiana Teachers’ Association
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Hope
Fragmentary musings on divinity and sin in speech
A cryptic fragment reflects on goodness and sin in language. The speaker hesitates to draw lines where God does not, contemplating divine limits and human restraint.
Helpful hints for cooking and cleaning from found notes
A collection of domestic tips covers walnuts in vanilla ice cream, borax as a whitener and disinfectant, using an old piano stool for height, brightening rubbers with ammonia, boiling vegetables to taste, baking beans with mustard cups and pork, blotter use under spots before gasoline, fruit salad with raisin cuts, revolving egg heaters for meringue texture, beating whites for air, and enriching soups with grated cheese.
Cooking changes food to improve taste and safety
The text describes modifications in cooking to make food more digestible and flavorful while enhancing appearance. It notes that these changes also help eliminate dangerous organisms.
A Few Entrees From a Historic Menu
A selection of unusual entrees is illustrated with prep steps and ingredients. Haricot of Ox Talla uses ox talla cut in four inch pieces with carrot onion butter flour and stock simmered an hour until tender, served with vegetable centers and edge decorations. Crème Frite features yolks milk starch and cinnamon molded, cooled, cut into diamonds and fried, with lemon sauce. Braised Sweetbreads layers chopped vegetables under parboiled sweetbreads and stock baked slowly, and Creamer Cauliflower is begun.
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Wilson
W. J. Harris
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United States Supreme Court
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Johnson
California Assembly
Ammons
Colorado
Boxing Commission
Times
Los Angeles
William J. Burns
First Christian Church
Turtle Creek
Pitsburgh
Wisconsin
Assembly
Kansas City
Federated Shop Crafts
Wabash and Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Fila
H.P. McNeil
United States
Emory Spear
George Wrightman
Clarence Updike
Fond du Lac
Wis
McGovern
Wrightman
Santa Barbara
Cal
Jack” Johnson
Chicago
Robert 8. Trumbull
Minden
Neb
Kearney Lumber Company
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
John Montgomery
Sedalia
Uited Trades and Labor Council
Buffalo
N. Y
W. Frank Cattell
Howard Ruckmar
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Ruckmar
Frank Yeager
Texas Pipe Line Company
Collinsville
Okla
Princeton
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Alaska
James F. Callbreath
American Mining Congress
Senate Territories Committee
Roosevelt
Cal. Wright
Jack Wilson
A. C. Vallasenor
Nogales
Mex
Ariz
Fifth United States Cavalry
National Geographic Society
Frederick A. Cook
Admiral Peary
North Pole
New York
Brooklyn
H. Olin Young
Ishpeming, Mich
William McDonald
McDonald
Duke
Duchess of Westminster
von Lewinski
Bavaria
Munch
Guaymas
Mexico
Epium
Association
State School For the Blind
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