Weekly News Notes Condense Vast Political and Crime Highlights
A digest of events includes J P Studley's nomination on the third Republican ballot in Hartford for governor, Maine returning to Republicans with William T Haines winning, and Democratic fund totals reaching 175 000 with 12 000 contributors. Also noted are troop movements in Sonora, labor violence accusations against Frank Buchanan, a Jenkins case settlement, a Toronto convention election, and a string of disasters and notable deaths from aviation accidents to a jail mob lynching and train crashes.
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Maine
William T. Haines
Waterville
Frederick W. Plaisted
Indiana State Fair ends after successful year at Indianapolis
The fifty ninth annual Indiana state fair closed amid strong attendance of 133 580 with measured counts excluding late night Coliseum entries and exhibit workers. Fire police reports were favorable aside from a barn roof fire. 46 cases heard by Justice Long Howe with fines in most and several jailed. Trespass arrests topped the list with two men from Dearborn county fined for attempting entry by climbing the fence.
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Indianapolis
Coliseum
Justice of the Peace
Long Howe
Fair Grounds
Dearborn County
Indiana poultry show plans and state fair notes
The Indiana Fanciers' Association held its semi annual meeting near the state fair poultry hall with breeders from across the state. Planning for the Purdue exhibit at the Indiana show on February 8 9 1918 was discussed along with feeding, marketing poultry and eggs, and A P A ribbons. A coliseum to expand the show was debated with shared expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanciers’ Association of Indiana
State Fair Grounds
Purdue
Fanclera of Indiana
Tomlinson
Poultry Association
R. Milhouse
W.C. Pierce
Indianapolis
Kummer
Allentown
Chares McClabe
New London
Ernest Cook
Scotch Plains
N. J
John Bradshaw
San Francisco
Cal
R. A. McKinney
Bantam Department
McKinley
Haze
Denmark Advances in Public Electric Power Networks
Denmark shows rapid electric power expansion with all towns over 5,000 population served by public electric systems. Copenhagen hosts three large plants totaling 27,000 horsepower, supplying city mains and tramways. Most town stations use Diesel heavy oil engines, with Skovshoved near Copenhagen as a notable intermunicipal system.
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Denmark
Scientific American
Copenhagen
Skovshoved
Hellerup
Krampenburg
German Farmer Uses Hospitality to Recruit Workers
In a Hanover paper an advertisement offered free room and board on a country estate to fifteen to twenty women and girls not under twelve years old who needed recuperation. In return they would pick peas eight to ten hours daily with potential cash pay for their labor.
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Hanover
Ha well enough to hope but not leaf on the job
A terse line suggests cautious optimism while reminding to stay at work and avoid distractions. The wording plays on a pun about leaves and labor, framing a resilient, practical attitude in the face of uncertainty.
Grape-Nuts Endorsed as Healthful Food Remedy
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a digestion friendly food that strengthens nerves and brain. It argues against patent medicines for stomach trouble, citing a Maine user who recovered from nervous dyspepsia after including Grape-Nuts, claiming increased energy and endurance.
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Tam
Maine
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Denver
Indiana
J. P. Studley
Hartford
Conn
Taft
Wilson and Marshall
Democratic National Headquarters
New York
Washington
State Department
United States Territory
Sonora
Frank Buchanan
Ilinois
Senate Subcommittee On
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Assoctation
Ohio
Pennsylvania
McNamaras
Prigton
Los Angeles
Treasury Department
Nathan Allen
Wisconsin
Jenkins
International Association of Ticket Agents
Toronto
Int
H. S. Bare
Pittsburg
J. H. Bierling
Elrood Ramsey
Philadelphia
William Chambers
Mineola
N. Y
Greene, N. Y
Shenango County Fair
Chicago
American
D Electric Fuse Company
Muskegon
Muskegon, Mich
Old National Bank of
Grand Rapids
United States
New York City
Guaranty Trust Company
Guaranty
Standard Trust Company
Cumming
Pennsylvania Railroad
Derry
Etta Johnson
Jack” Johnson
Paul Peck
Columbia
Cicero Flying Field
St. Anthony de Padua Hospital
Vilhajalmar Stefanson
Seattle
Arctic
Greenland
Maiden Lane
Herman Rosenthal
D. F. Dumas
Case Lake
Minn
Minnesota
Stillwaters
Doctor Dumas
Paposky
G. F. Bush
Lamoule
New Haven
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Turon
Kan
Westminster Abbey
Lord Kelvin
Woodsmen of America
Cummins
Europe
Des Moines
Oregon and California Express
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gervais
Ore
Portland
James B. McNamara
San Quentin
Los Angeles Times
McNamara
Julia Vedrines
Clearingfield
Baden
Syracuse
N.Y
Esther W
Mente
Wixty
State Food ‘and Drug Department
Department of H. B
Barnard
State Board of Health
State Board of Forestry
Henryville
State Board
Martin County
Deam
State Board of Pardons
Walter Green
Henry County
Wayne Pemberton
Mount Vernon
Joseph Horckney
Samuel R. Hull
Gibson County
Charles Moore
Warrick County
Clarence Boffing
Marion County
Earl Settler
Howard County
Raymond Welty
Carl Johnson
Morgan County
Nelson B. Boge
Delaware County
John Burgas
Spencer County
Hyman Byron
Thomas Heiser
Laporte County
Wayne
Woolen Mill
Ubeera 'Elon
Baltimore
Electric Light
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