Indiana School Heads Meet on Industrial Education Plan
The Indiana City and town Superintendents association will hold a three day convention in Indianapolis November 7, 8 and 9. The program centers on industrial education with participation from Edward Cooley and Charles Prosser and the Indiana commission. The group will also discuss vocational education, federal aid, and potential changes in elementary school work. A separate commission on penal farms met to plan advocacy ahead of the 1913 legislature.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
John A. Lapp
State Legislative Reference Library
Indiana Commission of Industrial Education
H. &. Smith
Bloomington
Superintendents' Association
Edward Cooley
Chicago
Europe
Charles Prosser
New Albany
Ind
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Indiana Commission
General Assembly
Assembly
Commission
Vocational Training Inc
Cigarette Smoking Patrols Aim to Reform Schoo lboys
Dr J N Hurty received an appeal from Edinburg officials seeking action to curb cigarette smoking among boys. He urged strict school ground rules and public agitation. County health officer Miller adds stories from Adams county where schools were urged to build new housing, with citizens voting in favor. The county commissioners meet in Richmond on November 25 and 26, with Henry judge welcoming visitors and J B Wyss to deliver the association's response. Albert Sahm, Marion county auditor, is mentioned.
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J. N. Hurty
E. M. Crouch
Edinburg
Harty
J. M. Miller
Adams County
Hurry
Babo
County Commissioners’ Action
Richmond
Henry
Wayne Circuit Mill
Sion
J. B. Wyss
Fort Wayne
Albert Sahm
Formg
Marion County
Convict Paroled Returns to Prison Near Wabash
Laporte Indiana Sept 16 Fred Walge mush a convict at Michigan City prison returned to the institution after a week of parole for an unusual reason the arrival of a baby at his home near Wabash He left with Governor Marshall and Warden Fogarty for the birth of his child his wife and five children welcomed him back though the prospect of a fourteen year sentence looms The warden said the home week was made possible by many people and Walge mush praised his wife as brave. Runaway boys are captured at Logansport Willie Richie 12 Indianapolis. Ross Cotterman 14. Floyd Crossley 12 were taken back to the White home in Indianapolis after a pastor spotted them on the street and intervened.
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Board of State Charities
Indiana
State Conference of Charities
J. J. Netterville
Legislative Commission
Anderson
John A. Hibberd
South Pend
Mord Carter
E. C. Carr
John L Rupe
Richmond
Joseph Combs
Frankfort
F. D. Loomis
Indianapolis
Hibbard
Rupe
C. C. North
DePauw University
Carr
T. F. Fitzgibbons
Columbus
Laporte
Fred Walgemush
Michigan City
Wabash
Walgemush
Warden Fogarty
Taginsport
Willie Richie
Ross Cotterman
Floyd Crossley
Logansport
A. J. Kroeger
St. Joseph's Church
Miss Helen Van Scholack Becomes Lake Maxinkuckee Swimmer
Culver reports 16 year old Miss Helen Van Scholack swam across two and half miles of Lake Maxinkuckee using the breast stroke. With an estimated time of about one and a half hours, it marks her first crossing, following a prior trial to the lake center. She was born on the lake’s east shore and has swum since childhood.
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Culver
Helen van Scholack
Maxinkuckee
Miss
Swarm of bees halts farmer on Fifth Street
Logansport on September 13 reports thousands of hexa swarmed around a horse driven buggy. Farmer William Henry unhitched the horse and led it away, then gathered the bees in a box. Crowds watched as he released the insects into the container amid buzzing.
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Logansport
Fifth Street
Henry
Water Restored to Garfield High School in Terre Haute
The Water Company has resumed supplying water to Garfield high school after denying service due to claimed waste. The manager expects the legal rights dispute to be settled without trouble, noting Terre Haute’s water loss is exceptionally low thanks in part to the wood water service.
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Terre Waute
Garfield
Terre Haute
Wood Water Service
Jeffersonville Vows Sealed on Friday the Thirteenth
In Jeffersonville on September 14, William T. Daweron a 51 year old decorator and Mrs Rowe Bell Avels of Indianapolis wed just after midnight Saturday morning after obtaining a license Friday. Daweron’s wife died last year and the bride was divorced that month.
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Jeffersonville
William T. Daweron
Rowe Bell Avels
Indianapolis
Dawsons
Health Board closes all Logansport public schools
Logansport authorities ordered every public school shut after health officers found unsanitary conditions tenants and students forced to drink unfiltered river water raising alarm about safety and sanitation in the city schools.
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Health
Logansport
City Board of Health
Police raid on parlor nets seven barrels of alleged beer
Bedford September 11 police raided the soft drink parlor run by David Torpy and seized seven barrels and fifty six cases of supposed real beer. The action highlights a crackdown on illegal alcohol involving local law enforcement and the business.
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Bedford
David Torpy
Judge rules county treasurer cannot collect city taxes
Shelbyville Indiana Sept 13 Alonzo Blair Rush Shelby district judge rules county treasurer cannot collect pay for acting as city treasurer The decision affects Rushville and nearby officials Bert McDonald county treasurer and Frank Fagel county auditor have performed the work since the city treasurer post was abandoned The law had named the tax collector duties to the county treasurer and the auditor to prepare the tax duplicate but no extra pay provision was made The council had granted $600 to the treasurer and $100 to the auditor The former Rush county treasurer Alvan Moor had sued for $450 for tax collection but was denied.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Alonzo Blair
Rush-Shelby
Indiana
Shelby County
Bert McDonald
Frank Fagel
Alvan Moor
Rush County
Rushville
Blair
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Local Incidents
Indiana brief items report outbreaks of whooping cough and quarantines in Princeton, a family reunion in Covington, a teen fatality after a Monon freight collision in Bloomington, a crane accident fatality in Evansville, a guilty verdict and jail term in Brazil, a child’s brain concussion from a streetcar collision in Muncie, a suicide attempt by Doenges in Fort Wayne, murder charges against Hooper in Sullivan, a chair battle at Indiana Harbor, a belt pin ingestion recovered in a nine month old near Muncie, a suspected ptomaine death near Worthington, a Civil War veteran reunion at North Vernon, and dog bites with rabies testing in Camernaville.
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Princeton
Covington
Anfual
Myers
Evansville
Axton
Brazil
Lewis ‘Lucker
Coalmont
Muncie
Charles
George Cronin
Ft. Wayne
Peter Doenges
Mungovan
Sullivan
Frank Hooper
Bicknell
Zay Drat
John Gaither
Sullivan County
Knox County
Hammond
L. Radick
Steve Thomas
Sam Harbor
Indiana Harbor
Nathan T. Gibson
Worthington
Leggie Holt
Nellie
Slaters
Vernon
Dstrict
Brown
Jackson
Bartholomew
Decatur
Jennings
Ripley
Jeferson
Switzerland
Ohio
Bearborm
Johnson
North Vernon
Camneraville
William Merrill
Alpine
Indianapolis
Health Board
Foreign beliefs are queer in Spain and Slav superstitions
The article notes Spanish wedding taboos such as guests in black and brides meeting mirrors with orange blossoms, plus hair split signs of witchcraft. It cites Slav clever customs like candle blowing risks and a bed position for children’s health. It also mentions broom burning bans, birch broom used in Germany against erysipelas, and weekly shirt changes.
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Spain
Germany
Sultan Mulai Hafid Sings for Card Autographs in France
While staying at Vichy Mulai Hafid ex Sultan of Morocco visited Les Ardoisieres a retreat favored by Napoleon III. Three sisters approached him asking sign posts and he agreed if they sang. Two sang and he wrote on their cards lines praising the voices of Miles Pauline and Clotilde the third sister being assisted by her sister Gabrielle.
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Mulal Hafid
Morocco
Vichy
France
Les Ardoisieres
Matin
Napoleon III
Sirle
Napoleon Ili
Les Ardelaieres
Miles
Pauline
Clotilde
Gabrielle
Old Roman Wall Unearthed In London Excavation
In central London at Paternoster Row and St Pauls Alley workers uncovered a 60 foot chalk and rubble wall from the twelfth century that once enclosed Old St Pauls. Nearby finds include a Roman amphora and vases, gamian ware, a camel skull, eighteenth century pipe fragments, and three Norman arches near Bartholomew Close linked to priory cloisters.
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St. Paul’s
London
Paternoster Row
St. Paul's Alley
High Holborn
Bartholomew Close
Wilson Calls His Hand Illustrious in Atlantic City
Woodrow Wilson on a visit to Atlantic City joked about his illegible handwriting. He compared it to Horace Greeley’s, recalling a leading article that quoted Shakespeare with the line “Tis true, ’tis pity, and pity ’tis, ’tis true.” The next day readers noted a playful correction in print with the refrain “Tis two, ’tis fifty, ’tie fifty, ’tie fifty-two.”
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Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic City
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Shakespeare
Kid Stuff and Dinner Talk in a Family Scene
A mothers voice instructs Willie to wash wrists neck hands and face as part of a domestic moment. Willie asks who is coming to dinner, signaling a simple family interaction and anticipation in an everyday setting.
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Willie
Doctor Recommends Postum In Personal Testimony
A physician endorses Postum over coffee for heart and nervous symptoms after personal relief from caffeine. He cites improved heart function, better vitality, and continued prescription of Postum to patients, praising taste and the book The Road to Wellville. Battle Creek, Mich. Postum Co. promotes the claim.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Burned Arm Healed After Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A testimonial from Harry Junke at 539 Lincoln Park Blvd Chicago Illinois describes severe arm burn healing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He details pain sleeplessness and ulceration then relief and recovery following the treatment. The ad promotes Cuticura products with a free sample offer and a 32 page Skin Book.
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Lincoln Park Blvd
Chicago
Ill
Harry Junke
Dept. L
Boston
American Tools Rule In Wood Chopping Contests
In New Zealand Australia and Tasmania a favorite sport is wood chopping and sawing. Contests attract much interest with championships won through American tools. Experts would never use tools of other kinds for a prize.
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New Zealand
Australia
Tasmania
Navy Overlooked Charge for Battleships Florida Utah
A minor bookkeeping item in the United States Navy concerns a missing charge for the battleships Florida and Utah. The overlooked expense amounts to a trifling sum of 1 800 000 dollars.
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United States Navy
Florida
Utah
Castoria Ad Reminds of Safe Remedy for Infants
An old advertisement urges careful use of Castoria with its signature and decades of use. The copy claims children cry for Fletcher's Castoria and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a trusted blue product. It also hints at a quip about luck and neighbor success, ending with advice to seek the blue dye.
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Fletcher
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