Placing Books Within Reach Of Rural Folk
Indiana launches a co operative library plan to place traveling stacks and town libraries within three miles of every resident. Township trustees may levy taxes to support town libraries with public library networks serving Plainfield Montpelier Bloomfield Elkhart Elwood Rensselaer Rochester Spencer Westfield and other towns. The effort aligns with Roosevelt era farm social reforms and shows rural readers want the same books as city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
Carl H. Milam
State Library Commission
Plainfield
Gifford Township
Hendricks County
Montpelier
Harrison Township
Blackford County
Bloomfield
Richland Township
Green County
Crown Point
Center Township
Lake County
Elkhart
Concord Township
Elkhart County
Elwood
Pike Creek Township
Madison
Rensselaer
Mann Township
Jasper County
Rochester
Rochester Township
Fulton County
Spencer
Washington Township
Owen County
Westfield
Hamilton County
Hfe Commission
Roosevelt
Milam
Hellgrammite Misunderstood By Museum Visitors
Three stylish young women visit the statehouse geological museum and ask superintendent M Gilliam about a large insect they found in a bag. Gilliam identifies it as a hellgrammite, a common bass bait. The woman mishears the name as a man, provoking a humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Museum of the Statehouse
M. Gilliam
Gilliam
Barber Shop Licensing Ordinance Questioned by Labor Union
I B Carrigan argued before the Central Labor union that if the city barber shop licensing ordinance is invalid then all licensing measures are unconstitutional. He cited Judge Remster’s Marion circuit court ruling and urged committee reendorsement for their ordinance effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
I. B. Carrigan
Judge Remster
Marion Circuit Court
Corrigan
Judge orders club to be disbanded
John Radcliffe, colored, of 527 Bowman Street, was fined 50 and costs by Judge Collins in police court on Monday for operating a blind tiger. Officers Wells, Allen, Bledsoe and Merz arrested him Sunday night at the Indiana Hotel Waiters club, finding 127 pints of beer, a quart of whisky and a quart of gin. The judge ordered the club disbanded as a device to sell liquor on Sunday and evade the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Radcliffe
Bowman Street
Collins
Wells, Allen, Bledsoe
Merz
Indiana Hotel
School Teacher to Quit His Tobacco in Marion County
Marion County trustees oppose tobacco use by teachers. They discussed contracts requiring nonsmoking instructors and noted it would look bad for a teacher to smoke after teaching about nicotine. Schools are set to reopen Monday September 12 for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
County School Board
Wrecking a Regiment Pamphlet Details Indiana Pythias Row
A pamphlet titled Wrecking a Regiment, issued by the First Regiment of Indiana uniform rank Knights of Pythias, accuses Maj Gen A J Stebbart and Brig Gen M E Wilson, Adjt Gen A W Kinsey, and Col A A Womack of illegal orders and political scheming. The booklet claims the regiment's troubles began with Col Frank Shellhouse defeating Womack for colonel, alleges manipulation to block Shellhouse’s unit from a prize, and reports officers quitting with connivance. The companies span Martinsville to Indianapolis, with about 200 voters shifted against Womack who lost by Alyotes in the Republican primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Knights of Pythias
Frank Sicherhouse
Ling
M. E. Wilson
A. A. Womack
A. OW. Kinsey
Afl
A. J. Stebbart
Col
Frank Shellhouse
Womack
Col. Kinsey
Brigade
Shellhouse
No. 100
Col. Shellhouse
Bric
M. FE. Wilson
Wilson
Supreme Assembly
Martinsville
Plainfield
Noblesville
Danville
Greenfield
Indianapolis
First Regiment
Alyotes
U S Refuses Extradition Demand Over Italian Crime Pact
Washington officials say the state department plans to refuse Porter Charlton extradition to Italy for the murder of Mary Scott Castle Charlton. The Italian request accompanies the warrant, but Knox would require Italy to return Italians who commit crimes in the United States, a condition Italy forbids in its penal code, risking a deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Porter Charlton
Jersey City
Mary Scott Castle-Charlton
Lake Como
Charlton
Knox
Foreign Office
Board of Trade Men In Annual Banquet
At the annual president's banquet 40 officers and board members attended. Newly elected officers were installed and Wil licur H. Howard was reelected secretary. Several addresses were made by Aquilla Jones Edgar A. Evans C A Greathouse Benjamin A Richardson E C Barrett and Secretary Howard. A Panama Exposition company communication favored Crescent City as the 15 location to hold the exposition after the Panama canal. The board voted to take up 4000 of preferred stock set aside 4000 for the mortuary fund and declared a dividend on all outstanding common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Willicur H. Howard
Board of Governors
Aquilla Jones
Edgar A. Evans
C. A. Greathouse
Benjamin A. Richardson
E. C. Barrett
Howard
New Orleans
Crescent City
Panama Canal
Civil Engineers Visit City For Pavement Standards Study
Indianapolis hosts a gathering of engineers from multiple cities to discuss vitrified brick pavement construction and standard specifications. A conference precedes a nine city inspection tour visiting Cincinnati Dayton Columbus Cleveland with officials from American Society of Municipal Improvements and National Paving Brick Manufacturers Association. The delegation includes city engineers from Toronto Grand Rapids Terre Haute St. Joseph Columbus and Milwaukee and Ohio State University professors.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Cleveland
American Society of Municipal Improvements
National Paving Brick Manufacturers’ Association
Will Pp. Blair
Klausmann
H. W. Klausmann
C. H. Rust
Toronto
Can
E. A. Fisher
Rochester
Charles C. Brown
Morris R. Sherrerd
Newark
N. J
A. N. Talbot
University of Illinois
Edward H. Christ
Board of Works
Grand Rapids
Mich
D. M. Roberts
Terre Haute
John B. Hittell
Chicago
Henry Maetzel
W K. Seitz
St. Joseph
Ira Q O. Baker
Ohio State University
Edward Orton, Jr
Mechanical Engineering
F. H. Eno
Warry E. Briggs
Public Works of
Milwaukee
May Operate Milk Stations All Winter
The Children’s Aid association may keep its five pure milk stations open year round. Action depends on financial support with pledges from lectures clubs and societies for June July and August to ensure continued free milk distribution. Physicians in charge say many tiny lives were saved this summer by the milk distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Aid Association
Its &Ve
New Bridge Planned for West Washington Street
A new steel and concrete bridge costing about 30000 dollars is planned to cross Little Eagle Creek on West Washington Street subject to funding by the county commissioners. They will seek the appropriation at the county council special meeting next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
Little Eagle Creek
Cholera Outbreak Hits Peterhof Near Czar’s Palace
Asiatic cholera in its most virulent form has broken out in Peterhof near the czarist residence. The scourge is sweeping Russia with hundreds of deaths reported daily across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
ST. Petersburg
Peterhof
Woman shoots husband after burglar scare in Pittsburgh
Mrs. John T. Burns, in Pittsburgh, advises women to learn self defense after she fired at her husband, an engineer, whom she mistook for a burglar. She said he taught her to use a gun and to crouch low, asking intruder to identify themselves before firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John T. Burns
John
Girl Who Robbed Mayor Gives Bond In Indiana Case
Anna Vollmer, the woman who stole a valuable pin from the mayor of Oblong during a visit to Indianapolis, was arrested by Marion County officials on a grand jury true bill charging grand larceny. Aaron Kenoyer signed the bond set at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Vollmer
Oblong
Indianapolis
Marion County
Aaron Kenoyer
Buys $150 Worth of Brass for 85 Cents
Mrs Lillie Borinstein a junk dealer at 2 West North street was fined 10 and costs in police court Tuesday for failing to report a hard bargain with a colored man who stole about 150 dollars worth of brass chandeliers and fixtures from Frank Hays 107 West Walnut street The dealer had bought the junk for five cents and detectives had pressed for reporting as required by the junk ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hays
West Walnut Street
Borinstein
Tax Day Rush at Federal Building Office
Monday marked the final deadline for corporate taxes as a surge of firms crowded the Internal Revenue Office in the Federal Building. Officials reported about 346000 dollars collected despite the last minute rush.
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Internal Revenue Office
Federal Building
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Perte
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Murat Theatre
Coolest Theatre
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Murat Players
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Ladies Bay
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