Women Suffrage Topic Opens Indiana Bar Meet in South Bend
The sixteenth annual Indiana State Bar Association meeting opened in South Bend with a first time inclusion of a woman speaker. Mrs Crystal Eastman Benedict of Milwaukee argued for political recognition of women, citing suffrage progress in Norway New Zealand Wyoming Idaho Utah California Colorado and Washington. She concluded with a call for ongoing expansion of democracy.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Bar Association
South Bend
Crystal Eastman Benedict
Milwaukee
New York City
Benedict
Indiana
W. W. Thornton
Louis B. Ewbank
Samuel Parker
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
Ewbank
Chinese Republic
Norway
Iceland
New Zealand
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
California
Colorado
Washington
Ohio
Kansas
Oregon
Wisconsin
Michigan
United States
Tax Board Reduces Assessments Across Several Firms
The Indiana state board of tax commissioners, meeting at the statehouse, reduced assessments after rehearing petitions. Notable cuts include Chicago New York and Boston Refrigerator from 11000 to 8000 and Union Refrigerator Transport Milwaukee from 57000 to 30000. Also lowered are Santa Fe Transportation, Goldsmith Cooperative Telephone, Oxford Telephone, Wilkinson Telephone, Terre Haute Citizens Telephone, Corydon Eureka Telephone, and Union Home Telephone. The changes reflect corrections to the Dune Park extension assessment for the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad. In a separate matter, the Indiana Association of Shorthand Reporters approved a bill for higher court reporter salaries linked to weeks worked, while keeping per-transcript rates at 10 cents per 100 words. Legislative sponsorship anticipated from Senator William M. White. papers on shorthand errors and protections for courts were presented by J. D. Straban and L. D. Patton.
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Tax Board
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Statehouse
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad Company
Dune Park
Lake County
Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Company
Union Refrigerator Tranalt Company
Milwaukee
Wits
Santa Fe Transportation Company
Goldsmith Co-operative Telephone Company
Goldsmith
Oxford Telephone Company
Tipton
Wilkinson Telephone and Switchboard Company
Wilkinson
Indiana Association of Shorthand Reporters
Crawfordsville
Indiana
William M. White
Montgomery County
J. D. Straban
Indianapolis
L. D. Patton
Lawrenceburg
Equal Suffrage Groups to Seek Platform Plank
The Equal Suffrage Association of Indiana and Indiana Equal Suffrage Association join with the Central Labor Union to present a joint resolution to the Republican state convention in August. They will request the addition of a suffrage plank in the party platform, urging support for women's voting rights.
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Equal Suffrage Association of Indiana
The
Indiana Equal Suffrage Association
Central Labor Union
Republican State Convention
Municipal League of Indiana meets in Hartford City
Members of the Municipal League of Indiana gathered at the Mike club rooms in Hartford City for a good natured discussion on how to conduct a municipality. The event featured music by an ines and vaudeville entertainment.
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Municipal League of Indiana
Mike’ Club
Rooma
Hartford City
Anines
Monastic Wonder of New Athos One of the Russian World
A Country Life correspondent portrays New Athos Monastery in the Caucasus as a self contained, humane religious community. Monks run farms mills and crafts, share all goods, welcome all visitors including criminals, and maintain a strict daily rhythm from midnight prayers to evening songs. The piece notes gentleness, restraint, and deep spiritual life, with daily labor in carpentry brickwork gardens and schools and a mission to aid pilgrims and neighbors.
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Holy Land
New Athos
Novy Afon
Gogol
Black Sea
Dianer
Russia
Lfe
Afon
Ruussiana
Iver
Supremacy and the quick draw idea in a joking quote
Plute Pete folds his paper and notes that great nations share a belief that the one who shoots fastest and straightest is naturally the boss. He frames the idea as a humorous comparison to local power dynamics.
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Plute Pete
Back at Him Map Confrontation Sparks Family Tangle
A terse exchange revolves around a farm and a claim about a daughter. One man accuses another of inappropriate behavior, while the other counters that the daughter resisted. The dialogue hints at a strained family conflict and a pointed accusation.
Dramatic Skin Cure Promised By Cuticura Remedies
An 1911 testimonial from Mrs. Kathryn Krafft describes twenty days of rash and heavy itching followed by weight loss. She attributes relief to Cuticura Soap and Ointment and Resolvent after two months of nightly treatment. The ad promotes Cuticura products and free samples via Boston postal address.
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Warrenville
Kathryn Krafft
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
True to His Trust Skirt Material Mystery
A young woman questions her father about fabric for a new skirt as he retrieves the promised material stored in his pockets. The exchange hints at domestic trust and playful bargaining within a family setting.
Macaroni Worms Stalk Children After Roast Dish Theft
In a Richmond household a cook named Aunt Sarah took home a dish of macaroni for her family. The children enjoyed it and, the next day, were found digging in the yard searching for worms, explaining they were hunting for more of the macaroni worms.
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Sarah
Richmond
Reverend Hamilton's Narrow Scottish Sea Trout Escape
The Rev. James Hamilton of Liverpool, holidaying in Scotland, nearly drowned while fishing for sea trout. He slipped on a stone with a boy companion, struggled in heavy wading gear, and finally reached shore exhausted. He scolded the boy who admitted he had been thinking of the moment.
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James Hamilton
Liverpool
Scotland
Hamilton
The Wagon Tongue and Old Time Wisdom
A fragmented 19th century collage includes patent medicine hype for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, a Carlyle quote on character, a quip about political suicide, a teacher of infant geography, a theatrical joke about audience appeal, and a vignette on cheese making by old time farmers with cooperative dairy practice.
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State Federation of German Societies
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Verein
German National Park
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Southern Indiana Baptist Missionary Conference
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Orleans
James A. Brown
Ethelston
Mary Payton
Ary Payton
Downing
Indiana Board
Gary
Red Cross
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Paxton Toffet Co
Boston
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Rae
Libby
Msneill RD
Add. J. Il
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Tree Sit Wat
Bask
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Na Tivinssten
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Mick
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Garfield
Tsay
Thas
Carlyle
John Mace
Puck
Charles Winslow Hall
National Magazine
Teddy
Big Bill
Bill
William T. Ti
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