County seeks advisory review of new farm project plans
Secretary Butler of the board of state charities and Secretary Harry of the health board visited the Allen county farm to discuss a detention home for delinquents a hospital for special patients a children's home and a minor offenders penal colony. They offered recommendations not orders and urged further investigation to improve facilities beyond past offerings.
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Butler
Board of State Charities
Harry
State Health Board
Allen County
Indianapolis Indictments Stir Political World
The Marion county grand jury indicted over a hundred Indianapolis men including prominent figures in state and national politics for election felonies. Federal grand jury evidence was presented but no federal charges arose. Prosecutor Rucker must prove guilt. until then the public should suspend judgment per Mayor Bell.
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Marion County Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Federal Grand Jury
Rucker
Bell
War Supply Orders Reach Record Volumes in U.S. Trade
Wealthy estimates place munition contracts in the United States at around 500 million dollars with total war supply orders near 750 million. Britain Russia France and Italy are named receivers of credits and several major American plants have contracts from 50 to 100 million each. Prices and terms are often ignored as belligerents seek goods, with advance payments covering most investments. The article notes the extraordinary scale of the current global trade in war materiel.
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Henry Clews
New York
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
America
Clews
Berlin Indications Show Narrow Support Amid Unclear Signals
Readable fragments from Berlin point to weak consensus on government direction. Officials report limited public backing and suggest ongoing debate over policy paths in the capital.
Submarine War and Passenger Ships in Wilson Plan
The article discusses German attitude toward submarine warfare and possible U S proposals to exempt passenger traffic ships from attack while allowing stoppage and examination for contraband. It notes the aim to preserve high goals of President Wilson and influence other belligerents to modify wartime practices.
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America
Wilson
War
Denouncing the Assessor on Uniformity in Tax Assessments
The Concord township assessor Charles Thornton faces backlash in Elkhart as he raises realty values under state guidance. Critics fear higher taxes, while supporters argue the aim is uniform fairness and preventing under or over valuation. The piece argues for uniformity over higher or lower assessments to ensure everyone pays a fair share.
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Charles Thornton
Concord Township
Elkhart
Thornton
Wardrop Transfer Promises Greater Rail Chief Role
The Pennsylvania lines announce Superintendent W M Wardrop will transfer to the Erie and Ashtabula division as a higher responsibility official with increased pay. Fort Wayne residents bid him farewell with esteem and praise for his four years of capable administration and civic involvement. He departs a valued asset to the community and railroad circles.
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W. M. Wardrop
Pennsylvania Lines
Erie and
Ashtabula
Great Railway
Wardrop
Fort Wayne
Fort Wasne
South Bend Citizens Urge Real-World Math Over Cube Root Drill
A South Bend committee tells school authorities that studying area, street lengths, city finances, public improvement costs, and municipal budgets is a better use of math time than routine cube root and least common divisor drills. They argue practical math aids post–graduation living costs and city planning.
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South Bend
Rise and fall of Charles L. Goetz former South Bend mayor
The former South Bend mayor Charles L. Goetz died in Hot Springs Arkansas after a year long illness. He rose from nothing to mayor after coming to the city on a freight train and built a cigars business fortune. His political ambitions for governor and successor to himself faced a disappointment that hastened his death.
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Charles L. Goetz
South Bend
Hot Springs
Ark
Goetz
Conductor Held Liable for Robbery on Streetcar
An Indiana appellate court faces a standard ruling that a streetcar conductor who allows a robbery in his presence and fails to intervene becomes liable to the victim. In the case, evidence shows a feeble 78 year old passenger was robbed while the conductor watched. The piece questions the conductor’s duties and fitness for service.
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Indiana
Marshall Sees Faith in Human Nature Despite Trials
The text notes Vice President Marshall maintaining belief in people after two years of experience. He has just now examined the Hikhart country farm, a 102-acre site, marking a first such inspection.
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Marshall
Pathos of Civil War Veterans Fading Remnants
The piece speaks of steadily thinning ranks and older marches as veterans of the Civil War near the end of life. It notes the burden of age on soldiers fifty years on and their courage in facing taps while a grateful nation honors both living and dead with unending tribute.
Quarantine lifted as Indiana stockyards declare disease free
Final restrictions against foot and mouth disease are removed from the Indianapolis stockyards and all Indiana counties are declared free. Authorities credit rapid, strong actions by state and federal animal industry departments for stamping out the cattle plague and easing burdens after a damaging invasion.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
New Traffic Order Demands Curb on Jitney Violations
Police Chief Lenz issues a fresh patrol directive to stop drivers who ignore crossing regulations and to slow jitney buses that rush past rear stops. He cites ongoing danger to pedestrians and says harsher measures failed to deter the practice.
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Lenz
Grade crossing removed near Fort Wayne on Goshen road
The public utilities commission ordered grade separation of the Goshen road crossing with the Grand Rapids and Indiana railway just north of Fort Wayne. The move ends a long recognized danger at a busy highway intersection and will reduce the risk of fatal accidents for local travelers and the railroad.
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Goshen Road
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
Fort Wayne
Public Utilities Commission
Repp Leads Legal Marathon Over Traction Firm
Columbus man Benjamin F. Repp wades through a four year legal contest over a $250 damages claim against a traction company. The case unfolds across courts as he seeks not only the award but to wind a legit corporation as the matter progresses.
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Benjamin F. Repp
Columbus
Repp
Adulating Crowds Gather for Jail Inmate on Bigamy Charge
A large group of women flocked to an Indianapolis jail to show sympathy for a man charged with bigamy. The scene highlights enduring hero worship of alleged criminals and the paradox of public adoration despite legal wrongdoing.
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Indianapolis
President Wilson Beats Auchinless in Piping Rock Golf Match
During a brief visit to the Piping Rock grounds on Thursday President Wilson defeated Gordon Auchinless, son-in-law of Colonel House, in a golf match. The unwritten rule of the game says the president must win, a tradition dating back to Taft's early presidential rounds.
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Piping Rock Golf Grounds
Wilson
Gordon Auchinless
Colonel House
Mr. Taft
President Wilson Lost Five Hours in Vermont Foothills
President Wilson and his party were reportedly lost for five hours while motoring through unfamiliar Green Mountains terrain in Vermont. The narrative emphasizes he was not worried, instead savoring the novelty of a situation where no one could reach him for office appeals or guidance on the European war situation.
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Wilson
Green Mountains
Vermont
War argument ends in knife wound on Fort Wayne car
An Auburn Junction man who argued about the war with a group of Italians aboard a Fort Wayne and Northwestern interurban car sustained a knife wound in his back. The incident marks a heated dispute drawing alarm about the European conflict.
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Europe
Fort Wayne
Auburn Junction
Indiana Society Pilgrimage Returns to Battle Ground
About six hundred members of the Indiana Society of Chicago plan their annual trip back to Indiana for a gathering at Battle Ground near Lafayette on Saturday. Hundreds of loyal Indians will join to comfort the wanderers with Hoosier goodwill and laments about leaving the state.
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Indiana Society of Chicago
Indiana
Hoosier State
Battle Ground
Lafayette
Washington debate over who pays grain freight
In Washington, lawyers clash over freight rate raises by western railroads. The dispute centers on whether the farmer or the consumer ultimately bears the grain freight, with neither side willing to concede beyond the reluctant admission that the railroad does not pay.
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Washington
Lineal Solomon Descendants Dispense Justice in Pennsylvania
An Austrian and an Italian fought in a Pennsylvania town over wartime merits. The local justice of the peace split the costs and had both men sign an agreement to settle future disputes in Europe, by enlisting together if they choose to fight again.
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Solomon
Pennsylvania
Europe
Terre Haute Election Conspiracy Convicts Released
Costs paid by a friend enabled thirty-one men convicted in the Terre Haute election conspiracy to leave Indianapolis jails and return to their homes. The town still feels uneasy about the matter and its lingering effects.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Dramatic Fall of Absalom and David in 2 Samuel
A sermon outlines Absalom's rebellion and David's flight and grief across 2 Samuel chapters 15 to 19. It links Absalom's pride and disobedience to divine judgment, and ends with the moral: what a man sows he reaps, stressing home and church guidance for youths safety.
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Joab
Uriah
David
Absalom
Jerusalem
Absalom the Beautiful
Israel
Mount Ephraim
Mahanaim
Jacob
God
Ahimaaz
Absaloh
John
Ere caf sand in Oxiahaahs vista 200
Fragmentary OCR item references an ere caf phrase and numbers tied to Oxiahaahs and Vista 200. Details are unclear but indicate a local notice or brief item with names or labels that are not fully readable.
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Oxiahaahs
Vista
Bush
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