World headlines of war and peril sweep across the globe
Rumors and reports from Bucharest Berlin and Paris describe Romanian forces halting a Teutonic advance near Agas and French progress toward Peronne. Cunard liner Alnunia was sunk by a mine with 243 passengers landing ashore. Submarine actions, royalist unrest in Greece, and Allied naval talk fill the bulletin alongside bread price rises and a major Sing Sing escape.
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Cunard
New York
Falmouth
London
Engish Channel
Cunardine
Ok S
Somme
Peronne
Paris
A Reuter
Athens
du Fournet
Legation
Armored moving blockhouse tested for patrol work at Sandy Hook
An armored railroad car built for the United States Army, described as a moving blockhouse, underwent a trial test at Sandy Hook proving grounds for patrol duties and actions against mobile troops. The report notes the car was designed for army use.
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Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
United States Army
No Charges of Fraud In Indianas Voting Machine Suit
A Terre Haute suit seeks a mandatory injunction to replace county voting machines with Australian ballots and booths for the Nov 7 election. Plaintiffs allege machines are unreliable and could depress turnout though no fraud charges are brought. Detailing the names of officials and party leaders, the filing aims for immediate hearings and setup of ballots and six booths per precinct.
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Terre Haute
George A. Moorehead
Clem J. Richards
Charles &. Ervin
Carl Mahling
William Altekruse
Henry A. Oulien
Frank Hutchinson
John J. Joyce
P. Douglass
Williams
Hendrick
Board of Election Commissioners
Indiana Soldiers Voting Plan For Guard at Texas Border
A proposal to call a special session of the Indiana legislature to allow Indiana National Guard members on the Texas border to vote in the November election has been urged by Newton W. Gilbert of Fort Wayne in a letter to Governor Ralston. He notes that other states have acted and argues Indiana should assist its citizen soldiers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Texas
Ralston
Newton W. Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Philippines
Gilbert
Mine Strike Support Plan Near Vandalia by Union Leaders
Indications are that mine operators south of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad will collect an assessment from their employees for the 3,000 Vandalia miners on strike. Edward Stewart of Terre Haute, president of district No. 11 of the United Mine Workers of America, confirms the move.
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Byaneville
Mmine
Baltimore , Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Edward Stewart
Terre Haute
United Mini Workers of America
Farmers National Congress Opens In Indianapolis
Governor Ralston and Mayor Bell welcome 1,500 farmers and delegates at the thirty sixth annual Farmers National Congress in Indianapolis. All sections of the United States are represented. Osteopathic Association to hold eighteenth annual meeting in Indianapolis at the Hotel Bever in Nov 1 and 2 with Dr. George J. Conley of Kansas City as principal speaker.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
Bell
Farmers’ National Congress
United States
Osteopaths
Indiana . Osteopathic Association
Beverin
George J. Conley
Kansas City
Superintendents Club of Southern Indiana Elects New Leaders
The Superintendents Club of Southern Indiana closed sessions after electing H. A. Buerk of New Albany as president and E. Clark of Boonville as secretary. The 22 year old group includes thirty school superintendents from the state’s south half in its membership.
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Princeton
Southern Indiana
H. A. Buerk
New Albany
E. Clark
Boonville
Indiana Firms File Articles of Incorporation
Several Indiana businesses filed articles of incorporation and increased capital stocks. Weidely Motors of Indianapolis raises from 350000 to 600000. American Dairy of Indianapolis from 10000 to 30000. Bowe Construction of Kokomo capital 15000. Indiana Stock Powder of Berne capital 25000. Mutual Grocery & Market of Whiting capital 6000. Brightwood Oil of Indianapolis capital 60000. Showers Brothers Store of Bloomington capital 5000. Decatur Strawboard of Decatur capital 25000. Kiehroth-Niewoehner of Richmond capital 15000. lists directors for each.
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Indianapolis
Weidely Motors Company
American Dairy Company
Bowe Construction Company
Kokomo
W. W. Bowe
BE Shockley
F. L. Pickett
Indiana Stock Powder Company
Horace W. Nordyke
BE. H. Shell
Q. P. Inman
Showers Brothers Store Company
Bloomington
Capital
General Store
W. H. Sears
H. Q. Black
W. H. Jones
Decatur Strawboard Company
Decatur
Strawboard
J W. Vail
D. R. Vail
Fy B Vall
the Kiehroth-Niewoehner Company
Richmond
W. BE. Klehfoth
L. C. Niewoehner
Ida BE
Klehfoth
Hoosier notes condemn lands for Irwin park in Columbus
Columbus votes to condemn about forty six acres to form Irwin park along Haw creek. William G. Irwin the donor plans to present the park, but George W. Caldwell cannot clear title. Hammond buys 10 acre canal frontage for 275000 to build a large refinery employing 600 to 1000 workers. Connersville issues seventy four building permits this year with fifty for new houses. Jeffersonville inmate transfers ongoing.
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Columbus
Irwin Park
William G. Irwin
Haw Creek
George W. Caldwell
Hammond
Indiana Harbor Canal
Hammond Realty Company
Connersville
Conersville
Jeffersonville
Meee
Ancient Weapons and Wonders of War Across Time
A compact survey traces legendary engines of destruction from the wooden horse of Troy to javelins of Caesar and seven trumpets of Jericho. It notes Gideon’s 800 trumpets and lamps as a ruse, framing ancient tech within mythic and military contexts.
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I ‘Graphic Society
Ulysses
Sinon
Priam
Paris
Troy
Julius
Caesar
Buil
Israel
Jericho
Isreal
Gideon
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Ferdinand
Guemes Pass
Agas
Bucharest
Volhynia
Stokhod
Berlin
Bubnow
Sten
Reuter
Copenhagen
Christiansand
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Atlantic
Nantucket Island
Arnauld de la Perriere
Exchange Telegraph Company
America
Admiralty
Libya
Mediterranean
Paris Bays
Sailly-Sallisel
William Thaw
New Haven
Conn
S. Walker
Lyttleton B. P. Gould
Walker
American Ambulance Corps
France
Central Cotton Garment Manufacturers Association
Chicago
Louise “Martin
Orlean Pote
Wilson
Press Club
Stock Yarda Pavilion
Ashland
Northwestern
Manitowoc
Wis
Robert Fitzgerald
Albert Duchasse
Min
Sing Sing Prison
Ossining
N. Y
South
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Pensalcola
Fla
Centralia
Okla
First National Bank
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan & Co
Andrew Frey
Marie Frey
Rosedale
Ind
Gotham
George Noonan
Washington County
Missouri
Annie Campbell
Wade Richardson
St. Francois County
Blackwell
Sidney Hatch
Milwaukees
al Shubert
New Bedford
Mass
Kid Willams
Philadelphia
Pield
Alexander H. R. von Kluck
Timothy Healy
House of Commons
Sinn
Washington
Bremen
Teutonic Diplorats
Sremen
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Llano An
Tex
Tyndall
Iron Point Isabel
Military Road
Zachariah Taylor
San Benito
Harlingen
Indiana Artillery
Lafayette
Hoosier Notes
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