County and chamber meeting reviews highway inspection costs
About 50 people including Goshen and Elkhart Chambers officials county commissioners and contractors gathered to discuss Elkhart county highway projects inspection practices and contractor compliance. They criticized inspection costs citing 20 dollars a day for two inspectors and 10 dollars for the county surveyor and urged state oversight and clearer specifications. L W Seaman noted gravel washing for the Lincoln highway link to Lake Wawaka road paving is planned for next spring.
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Goshen and Elkhart
Rooksteul
Lincoln Highway
Hrrabmwe
Lake Wawakee
L. W. Seaman
Goshen
Board of Commissioners
George (. Kistner
Elkhart
Charles A. Sanford
Iffert
Union Township
Charles L. Kinney
Charles A. Cropp
F. Spohn
Six Enlisted Men Die On U S Destroyer Hulbert
Manila March 1 Six sailors aboard the United States destroyer Hulbert of the Asiatic fleet were burned to death when a flareback of oil caused an explosion in the boiler room. No other injuries were reported.
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U. S
Manila
Mar
Associated Press
Hulbert
Dea
Former resident dies near North Manchester
Henry F. Myers died Friday at his granddaughter’s home four miles east of North Manchester. He left two grandchildren Orr Myers and Mrs. Robert Bryner and three great grandchildren. The child Edward Myers died last summer. His wife formerly Lauren Cart died about four years ago. A. J. Pickering of South Main Street is a nephew. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10:00 at the Church of the Brethren North Manchester.
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Henry F. Myers
Robert Bryner
North Manchester
Jackson Township
Orr Myers
Edward Myers
Sugmer
Lauren Cart
Sidney A. Cart
A. J. Pickering
South Main Street
Church of the Brethren
New York Governor Opposes Sending Resolution on Volstead Act
Albany March 1 Governor Smith said he will not send to Congress a resolution urging Volstead Act modification. He wants New York sentiments communicated to the electees of the 1922 campaign, not to lawmakers about to leave Washington.
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Albany
Asso
Arioe
le Doea
Nott
Smith
Congress
New York State
Washington
Stockholders to receive fair admission tickets at Elkhart fair
Elkhart County Fair association stockholders will be paid six percent of their stock value in admission tickets to the 50th annual fair set for September 10 to 15. Tickets will be sold under the existing contract. Gus Hornbrook's Rough Riders Congress is secured as the free attraction for the event.
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Elkhart County Fair Association
Gus Hornbrook
Rough Riders Congress
Representative Cockran Dies After Stroke in Congress
Washington reporting that Representative W. Ike Cockran of New York died last night at 7:10 from a stroke. A veteran Democrat and Tammany Hall figure, he spoke at the 1924 Democratic National Convention and had long fought for Irish freedom and farm credit legislation. He served multiple terms in Congress with one brief break and was a member of the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
Asgeiated Press
W. Ike Cockran
Democrat
New York
Cockia
Farm ‘Credite
Cochran
Ireland
France
United States
Cockran
Tammany Hall
San Francisco
al Smith
Free State
Trish Republic
House of Representatives
William Jennings Bryan
National Party
Est Congress
Kryan
Pee
Ambassadors assertion on wartime debts at Pilgrims' dinner
At a Pilgrims' dinner Harnt asserts Britain often asked to guarantee a US loan and never did. He cites the Balfour note and says the US insisted any lending served its own security. He notes Britain will correct the mis impression and discusses wartime debt and claims against American officers.
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Lonbun
Associated Preid
Harnt
Great Britain
United States Britain
Harvey
United States
Rotin
John Bull
Ae Thompes
Uncle Sam
Olparitiz
Inventions Commission
England
Messrs. Cox
Washington
Iere
Lloyds
House of Cox
Senior Delis To Sign Lease For Spohn Hell
The senior body of the Alpha Efe chapter of Delta Sigma Up sim in the city today completed preliminary actions toward signing a lease for a Spohn Hell facility. The group includes members aged 11 years and older and outlines plans for the move.
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Senior Delis
Spohn Hell
Alpha Efe
Delta Sigma Up Sim
Thie City
Mason Huck contest sparks charges over campaign costs
In a heated aftermath of the Republican primary for the second district congress seat, Morton D. Chiege reports Mrs. Huck claims that her victorious opponent Mr. Hull spent far beyond the legal limit. Hull denies excess spending and vows to file an expense tabulation with law authorities.
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Cago
Morton D. Chiege
Mason
Hell
Waatrington
Idwy. Co
Wiliam E. Mason
National Capital
Huck
Hull
Aeaz
Congress
Huckwid
First Debate Of Series At Goshen College
The first intercollegiate debate series opens tomorrow evening at Goshen College with 15 colleges in five triangles. Goshen faces Indiana Central in the first triangle with North Manchester, as Goshen's affirmative and Indiana Central negative clash.
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Goshen College
Indiana
Goshen
North Manchester
Indiana Central
Manchester
Hostetler
Farm Credit Plan Passes To Aid Agriculture
A bank credit proposal creating two banking systems one government and one private to serve farming needs was approved. Details are unclear due to fragmented text but indicates legislative action on farming finance and registration by New Kerk members.
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Washington
Associated Press
New Kerk
Senator LaFollette and Wife Split On Wisconsin Guard
Madison March 1 The senator and Mrs Robert M La Follette dispute the abolition of the Wisconsin National Guard The telegram from the senator urged retention while Mrs La Follette urged the legislature to strike militarism by disbanding the militia
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin National Guard
LaFollette
Johnson Case Dismissed in City Court
In South Bend on March 1, William Johnson's assault and battery case against Barry Scanlon was dismissed for lack of a special judge. The case, venued from Judge Chester DuComwb, may be taken up in a higher court after Johnson was arrested following an earlier lobby assault at the Farmers' Trust building.
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South Bend
William Johnson
Barry Scanlon
Chester DuComwb
Johnson
Scanton
Farmers’ Trust
Paying plans discussed for 1923 street work
At the weekly board of public works meeting Mayor Rippler Engineer Kinney and Sol Desbubies set plans for 1923 street paving. Petitions for Crescent Washington and Plymouth avenue were discussed with filings and finances noted. A remonstrance on an alley paving was dropped and a new paving contract expected soon. Concessions bid at City Park approved and sidewalk approaches on Eighth Street to be planned. Garbage collection proposals for 1923 to be advertised.
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Board of Public Works
Rippler
Kinney
Sol Desbubies
Sal
Washington ‘Street
Crescent
Washington Street
Plymouth Avenue
Main
Fifth Streets
Jefferson Street
Madison Boulevard
Third Streets
Strance
F. BE. Whitehead
Fifth
Youls Hutchinson
City Park
Eighth Street
Crowell
Letters From Albany Stir Legislature Debate
Albany reports reveal controversial letters to the New York Legislature dated March 1. Governor Smith faces mixed reactions as Roman Catholic and Jewish groups respond to filings. Assemblyman George N. Jesse plans to push an investigation into the matter.
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New York Legislature
Albany
N.Y
Smith
George N. Jesse
Newso
Indiana Senate Battles On Soldier Bonus And Memorial Bills
Indiana lawmakers clash over the soldier bonus bill as lieutenant governor blocks readings and finance chairman Baxter lingers. Other actions include passing the farmers federation measure toward the governor and a memorial day holiday bill facing execution. Senate and house debates also touch a county education bill defeated 2 to 17 amid party lines.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Friends of the Soldier
House
Senate
Branch
Baxter
Marion County
Finance Committee
van Opman
Vanderburgh
Cann
Clinton
Carroll
White
Ernie
Floyd
Harrison
Crawford
Farmers Federation
Indiana Senate
Educational Survey Commission
Beardsley
Elkhart
Belie
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