War Powers and Irrigation Bonds Dominate Washington Notes
Representative Horace M. Towner warns Congress that war powers are supreme under the Constitution and needed for defense. Senator Borah proposes irrigation bonds backed by Treasury credits with a $500,000 yearly repayment to cover losses. The Greensburg chautauqua program for 1417 offers a varied lineup of lectures and concerts across August 7–13 with notable performers and affordable admission.
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Horace M. Towner
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House
Supreme Court
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William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Decatur
Greensburg
Here Is Where The Men Get Their Lecture
A Daily Review reader asks why economy articles target housewives and not men. She argues men waste money on cigars and luxuries, while women bear most household economizing, calling for the other side to adopt saving measures.
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The
Daily Review
Free French lessons offered by Prof Donnell
Prof Arthur Donnell volunteers to teach French for free to Americans wanting to read and speak the language. Eighty people aged eight to sixty have joined, with fifty in the first meeting and thirty five the next. The class is split into two sections at the library on Friday and Tuesday sessions. One-dollar-ten-cent Chardenal French course books will be used, ordered in large numbers with fifty copies.
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America
France
Arthur Donnell
Donnell
Camp for 75 Shelbyville and St Paul workers at Pratt Grove
Seventy five Monte Grove Company employees from Shelbyville and St Paul enjoy a summer camp on Flatrock river near St Paul. Mrs John Toner oversees the camp with boating swimming and tent living as chiggers and mosquitos join the scene. Local Cross campaigner W F McCullough reports a $1400 drive in Clay township. Excursionists head to Cincinnati as Calvin worries over river craft and U boats.
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St. Paul
Monte Grove Company
Pratt Grove
Flatrock River
John Toner
Young Women’s Christian Association
Immense Rose Bush Blooming At North Broadway Home
Crowds admire a massive old fashioned rose bush at the home of Mrs. Sarah Kemble and Miss Sue Kemble on North Broadway. The bush, said to contain over a thousand roses, has drawn attention for several summers and appears especially lush this year. Willard Thomson, son of Dr. Horace Thomson of Indianapolis, born in this city twenty eight years ago, has enlisted in the U S Ambulance Corps and heads to France. John Minton returns from Ohio where he visited his son and works in job printing. Mrs. Min children are to visit Clifford.
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Oregon
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Krriscallen
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McNary
Philippines
Manufactures
North Broadway
Sarah
Sue Kemble
Willard Thomson
Horace Thomson
Indianapolis
U. S. Ambulance Corps
France
John Minton
Ohio
Ill Bealth Forces Col Ben Meyers to Sell Restaurant
Ill health forces Col Ben Meyers to dispose of his South Franklin Street restaurant. Frank Kabey, known ice cream and pop manufacturer, purchased the business at the old Big Four station. Kabey, now hospital bound in Indianapolis, signed the papers and assumed charge today.
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Ben Meyers
South Franklin Street
Frank Kabey
Big Four
Meyers
Indianapolis
Kabey
Death of a Bright Young Lady Bessie Porter
The obituary notes the death of sixteen year old Bessie JT Porter at home of Mr and Mrs Frank M Jewett after kidney troubles. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 pm at the family home near Downeyville with burial in Star church cemetery nearby.
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Bessie JT. Porter
Bessie
Downeyville
Star Church
Doctor Hurt by Horse Kick at Big Four Freight Yard
Dr C B Ainsworth suffered a deep cut near the right eye and a shoulder bruise when a horse lunged from a car at the Big Four railway stock yards. He was knocked to the ground, treated at Dr Riley’s office, and required two stitches for the gash. injuries not dangerous but painful and expected to trouble him days.
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Tom
Br. C. B
E. T. Riley
Big crowd visits Lake McCoy Sunday outing
Two hundred fifty people visited Lake McCoy on Sunday. Automobile parties came from Rushville Shelbyville Indianapolis Cincinnati Muncie Edinburg Columbus Newcastle and Batesville. A ten-person group from Batesville will picnic there this week. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fraley and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith also spent Sunday at the resort.
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Rushville
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Muncie
Edinburg
Columbus
Newcastle
Batesville
Willard Fraley
Fred Smith
Machine hits buggy on Mich gan Pike near Napoleon
An afternoon accident near Will Robbins home involved a passing machine and a buggy driven by Miss Zola Martin. The vehicle turned into a ditch, dumping the occupants including a woman and baby into water but causing no injuries. The car owners were from Napoleon and their guests from Kokomo. Lafe Wonn helped transport them to town.
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Will Robbins
Zola Martin
Napoleon
Kokomo
Lafe Wonn
U S Plans to Train Allied Aviators in Mass for War
Washington reports Defense Council and Air Craft Production Board outline a large scale plan to use the United States as a training base for aviators of all allied nations. European plants would focus on battle craft while American plants expand training and production to overwhelm German air power.
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United States
Defense Council
Aircraft Production Board
Bric
Squirer
War Department
Howard E. Coffin
France
Coffin
Paris
Germany
America
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