Seen and Heard In Indiana regional brief highlights
Indiana news briefs cover education book costs in South Bend, coal industry moves in Brazil and Terre Haute, police and post office appointments, tax rate changes in Indianapolis and local government plans. Prohibition raids in Gary, weathering labor strikes, and civic events in Delphi, Marion, Valparaiso, and Vincennes are noted with multiple local officials and organizations mentioned.
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South Heanth
South Bend
Dats
Avery Hgok
Columbus
Sar Thalormen
Seheols
Wilh Enfist
United States
Brazil
McClelland Coal Company
Riley
Brazil Collieries Company
Bright Gem Coal Companys
Feesup
Parke County
Terre Haute
Gary
Phont
Bert Morgan
Tadiana
Washington
Brec) Ritter
Newcastle
der OL TL Tees
Knightstown
Potstam Exlaminay
Henry County
Dachan
Post Office Department
Als
Civil Service Commission
Middlebury
Mooresville
Indiana
Eugene Reiley
Steubenville
Pearl M. Lilleman
Terre
Terre Hite
Chamber of Commerce
Gian
Delphi
Department of State Police
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Marion
Martin Boots
Grant County
Valparaiso
Valparaiso University
Gury
Charles Miller
George Siuker
Tlaimond
Martinsville
Carter
Brooklyn
Indianapolis
Center Township
Washington City
Swatow’s Rise as a Market and Craft Center
A British colonial article describes Swatow as a major eastern market for foreign goods aided by Straits Settlements finance and embroidery crafts. It notes Swatow embroidery, drawn work, and grass cloth as global best sellers, its sugar and citrus trade, and its vulnerability to typhoons along the coast.
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Washington
Switev
National Geographic Society
Straits Settlements
Tropics
America
China
France
Swatow Coolie Ias
Swatow
Hongkong
Shanghai
Straits
Just Like Old Times in Philadelphia Exhibition Rowing
Fred Plaisted aged seventy two of Philadelphia defeated James T Riley aged seventy eight of Saratoga Springs NY in a three quarter professional exhibition on the Schuylkill at the national regatta The two septimagenarians also rowed in the Centennial regatta on the Schuylkill in 1876.
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Fred Plaisted
Philadelphia
James TH. Riley
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Schuylkill
Don’t cuff redheaded boy in Galveston case
Galveston, Texas. S Meneacci was arrested after a redheaded boy crawled beneath a case attracted by a strange odor. The boy found dripping liquor in a Maquid and Meneacci was accused of assault. Police later found about 100 gallons of home brew and whisky and Meneacci faces federal prohibition charges along with aggravated assault counts.
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Galveston
Tex
S. Meneacel
Ind
Meneacci
Mencacci
Delicious Apple Tree Dedication in Winterset
A tablet commemorating the original Delicious apple tree, long planted across apple growing regions, was dedicated recently in Winterset. The ceremony marked a recognition of the historic variety and its role in local orchards.
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Winterset
Bronze Elk
Evergreen Cemetery
Portland
Promise of Napoleon to Ney Carried Out
The Saar valley commission under the League of Nations granted a 9 Supreme court at Sta lonis, Napoleon’s marshal Ney’s birthplace, in a town of under 19 000. General Margin declined to decide, but the commission pushed the project, seeing value for Saarlonis and its French-sympathetic residents.
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Napoleon
Marshal Ney
Paris
Sauer Valley
League of Nations
Supreme Court
Stalonis
Sed
Saar
Mangin
Sur
Wiy
Idi
Ern
Pino
Margin
Kiineland
Alnee
Saarlonis
Forest officers armed with pocket snake antidote tool
The U S forestry service outfits guards with a pocket first aid tool containing a steel lancet and a dose of potash antidote to treat rattlesnake bites. Officials note snakes are common in Montana California Appalachians and found alongside timber crews and fire-fighters.
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Uncle
Sam
Severn
Forestry Service
Montanut
California
Appalachians
Wolo
United States Geological Survey
A Norwegian Seeks Help Over Drowning Swedes
A Norwegian named John Larson confesses to killing two Swedish men who worked for him after an argument and a push into a river. After six years his conscience prompts him to tell Sheriff Gle Oleson, who directs him to county clerk Knute Nelson. Nelson consults law books and finds no bounty on the victims.
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John Larson
Kimberman
Lia
Johm
Gle Oleson
Skell
John
Bane
Knute Nelson
Knute
Actor seeks medical checkup before fifth marriage
A well known actor, famed for multiple marriages, asks a physician for a full physical to ensure he remains fit for years. The doctor jokes that this fifth wife is the only one for him and questions if this will be his last matrimonial venture.
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Doc
Homm
American Legion Weekly
Altogether Too Tame at the Movies
Two girls aged twelve and eleven, dubbed Ethel and May, skipped a second viewing after noticing the leading man was married with a family and no lovemaking. They returned home late, explaining the reel failed to hold romance.
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Ethel
May
Koren
No Fish Stories for Him
A man named Sorghum declines fishing as a pastime citing the need to maintain his reputation for strict veracity and avoiding activities that could jeopardize it. The exchange hints at a humorous distrust of leisure pursuits amid public scrutiny.
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American Red Cross
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Marlon Criminal Court
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Chicago
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Thomas Edison
William Jennings Bryan
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