Exemption rulings on mortgages highlight Indiana law
Indiana Attorney General Honan clarifies mortgage exemption rules for tenants in common and those owning land as tenants by entireties. He addresses whether brothers and sisters or spouses may claim deductions, noting partnerships receive similar treatment under statute. Governor Ralston backs road-improvement plans and a nonpartisan commission, while rifle competition schedules at Fort Benjamin Harrison are announced with officer appointments and eligibility rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Honan
Arch McFarland
County Board of Review
Jay County
Boards of Review
Mr. Honan
Lawes
Ralston
Indiana
General Assembly
Owen
Massachusetts
Thomas Taggart
Frank L. Bridges
Adjutant General of
Fort Benjamin Harrison
John Grenville Mott
Indiana State Rifle Association
Robert P. Youngman
Second Infantry
Glenn van Auken
Third Infantry
Auburn
James L. Young
Quartermaster’s Corps
Earle S. Green
Medical Corps
Indiana National Guard
Walter H. Unverson
Ora M. Jenks
Lauden A. Harriman
Frank E. Livengood
Ralph W. Ewry
John C. Lochner
General Bridges
Indiana University Graduates Take Teaching Posts for Next Year
A batch of Indiana university graduates have secured teaching jobs for the coming year. Names include Margie Nald Benckam Crawfordsville and Paul Kunswitk at Pennsylvania State College, among others. Also announced is the normal school decision to drop Dr C H Bean and Prof Elwood Kemp from the faculty after long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
Margie Nald Benckam
Crawfordsville
Paul John Carlisle
Prescott
Ariz
Paul Kunswitk
Pennsylvana State College
Fred Daniel Lewis
Muncie
Frederick Irwin Myers
Harold Eicholtz
North Dakota
Catherine Howman
Columbus
Lola Ellen Brooks
Kremen
Ruth Colvin
Thorntown
Melvin Grant Davis
Elkhart
Hessie Patrick Dubber
Heltonsville
Emily Cecile Hanna
University of Pennsylvania
Ruth Hemmerabaugh
Sheridan
Omer Lesle Loop
Harry Clyde
Millholland
Winamac
Ralph Horace Phillips
Pendleton
John Wesley Reynolds
Ridgeville
Arthur L. Trout
Bicknell
Carl G. Walton
Purdue University
Caroline L. Weems
East Chicago
Mary Catherine Wells
Geneva
Genla W. Youngbrood
Noblesville
Burleigh W. Harter
North Manchester
Wilford
Glenn Hendershot
Indiana State Normal School
C. H. Bean
Elwood Kemp
Bean
Kemp
Old Age and Youth in Freedom's Fight
A reading on the signers of the Declaration of Independence notes 56 men from diverse professions. It highlights ages at signing, with the youngest Edward Rutledge and Thomas Lynch Jr., Franklin at seventy, and lifespans showing several living past ninety, many beyond sixty and fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Rutledge
North Carolina
Thomas Lynch, Jr
Lynch
Benjamin Franklin
Methods to Avoid Lockjaw and Firework Injuries
Surgeon General Wyman details tetanus prevention after Fourth of July injuries from blank cartridges and fireworks. He prescribes cleaning wounds, removing debris, anesthetic use, carbolic acid and alcohol swabs, mercuric bichloride washing, gauze packing, and daily dressing. He cites 763 tetanus cases with 721 deaths in recent Independence Day periods, noting deaths from blank cartridges declined from 368 in 1900 to 6 in 1907.
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Wyman
Tve
Preventing lockjaw after Fourth of July injuries
Dr K Hirshberg in Farm and Fireside warns that firework wounds easily trigger lockjaw if untreated. Early antitoxin injections prevent death. wash wounds with soap and water, then apply antiseptic bandage. Seek a doctor promptly to ensure proper cleaning and assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Hirshberg
Independence Day in Boston Salutes Liberty Across the Nation
In a Boston Herald remembrance, John Livingston Hunt notes Fourth of July bells pealing from Lexington to Harlem with calls for unity and peace. The poem praises Liberty and the nation’s enduring flag while urging virtuous triumph without stain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Livingston Hunt
Boston
Horald
Robert Morris the Banker's Role in the Revolution
The article chronicles Robert Morris as the financier of the American cause. It notes his key stance when Congress fled Philadelphia, his meeting with Washington on delayed funds, and his 1780 move to establish a Philadelphia bank to bolster national credit. It emphasizes his nickname banker of the revolution and his securing of funds for the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obert Morris
Congress
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Morris
Washington
Delaware
Robert Morris
General Washington
Lead for the Army Through Diplomatic Aid
In a span of shortages during the revolutionary era, Mr. Morris led a £350,000 subscription effort, securing 3,000,000 rations and 300 hogsheads of rum for the army. A Spanish minister’s ballast lead shipment doubled the supply, enabling 100 workers to ready bullets by morning for the depleted army.
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Congress
Atill
Washington
Morris
Fourth of July reflections amid Adams prophecy and modern excess
The piece contrasts John Adams’s belief in a sober Second of July celebration with the actual Fourth of July focus on noise and spectacle. It notes Adams’s predicted commemorations, the Declaration’s adoption, and cites 1903 and 1904 holiday death and injury tallies, urging balance between tradition and reflection.
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John Adams
America
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Adams
Bunker Hill
Ode to the Day of Days on the Nation's Birthday
A playful patriotic verse by S. FE. Kiser praising national celebration. It encourages unity beyond politics and envisions raising the starry banner and competing in a festive spirit while noting safety and public order. The piece mocks solemn oratory and celebrates freedom with light satire.
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Natal
Sua
They Say of the Fourth
A satirical rondeau set of voices from various regions reacting to Liberty Day. Each speaker, from the Army to the Easterner, chimes in with humorous complaints, cravings, or jabs about the holiday and its burdens.
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James Bingham
State Tax Board
Portland
Fort Wayne
Edward L. Craw
George R. Craw
Sarah 8. Craw
Hammond Lumber Company
Hammond
International
Business: College
Ite
le Frank Fournier
Freedom
Adam
Ito
Frank Fournier
Star
Yar
Liberty
Lexington
Concord
Charlestown
Harlem
Yorktown
Uncle Sam
Stat
S. FE. Kiser
Sub
the Statesman
Peanut Man
Biless Liberty
Middle West
New England
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