Indiana boxing bill to regulate exhibitions and set commission
Representative Elmer Sherwood introduces a bill to permit and regulate boxing in Indiana. It calls for a three member state athletic commission, licenses for promoters, rules limiting rounds and gloves, age restrictions, smoking ban near events, and a self sustaining system with 8 percent tax on gross receipts. bonds required and license fees range by city class.
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Sherwood
Legislative Committee
Indiana Department of the American Legion
Indiana
State Athletic Commission
Indianapolis
New to Seek Re-election At Indiana GOP Meeting
Washington reports expect Senator Harry S. New to formally announce his Senate re election bid at the Indiana Republican Editorial Association gathering in Indianapolis on January 28. Interest centers on his stance on a state wide primary law and potential detachment from recruiting. he aims to have a bill to shrink the army sent to the president for signature.
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
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Fragmentary Editorial Axiom Loudly Proclaims Disarmament Debate
A terse ironic remark from the Toledo Blade mocks pacifist opposition to disarmament. The quip frames disarmament as a strong argument, while labeling pacifists as drooling. The line reflects a sharp partisan stance in a brief opinion note.
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Toledo Blade
Linton Man in South Living on Wild Game
Doc Bud Sherwood reports improved health after Florida trip in a letter to a friend. He details feasting on venison quail snipe woodcock fish and tropical fruit, jokes about locals back home, and notes hunting feats by friends including John Hans Chambers Elmer Neal and others. He mentions tight funds and hopes teammates stay motivated while he is away.
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John Hans Chambers
Elmer Neal
Dee
Pardon Power Curbed in Indiana Legislature
Indianapolis dispatch reports the house and senate adjourned to convene Monday while lawmakers planned a Lake County junket. Senator Hartzell’s auto theft bill passed, prescribing three to five years for first offenses and five to twenty years for second. It would bar governors from pardons barring state secretary and auditor approval, drawing sharp debate and a rebuke of former Governor Goodrich.
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House
Senate
Gary
Hammond
Lake County
Hartzell
James P. Goodrich
Morning After Meditation on Hooch Hunting and Debt
A Houston Post reflection denounces wasteful pursuits such as bootlegging voyeurism and government spying as drains on energy. It argues if time and energy were redirected to productive work, the nation could potentially pay its national debt in three or four years.
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Houston Post
Double murder hinted after burned Indiana home blaze
Morocco Indiana January 22 authorities investigate a suspected fatal arson as Willis C Davis and wife are found dead in their burning farm house. Davis skull shows fracture while the wife’s head was burned away. An inquest begins with the theory that the couple were murdered before the fire. Deputy coroner Victor Hancock will lead the inquiry.
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Morocco
Ind
Willis C. Davis
Here
Davis
Victor Hancock
Newton County
R. N. Davis
Prohibition Agents Seize Cargo Hidden in Treasury Block
Washington reports officials seized an automobile tonneau filled with bottled goods found in a treasury department block. Mary Castellina, occupant of the house, was arrested. Authorities question how to enforce property owner liability for liquor sold on the premises under the statute.
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Treasury Department
Mary Castellina
Dunbar May Be Thece At Willing To Retire
Dunbar May Be Thece at Willing to retire according to fragmentary notes. The readable text offers no clear event date or location. More readable details are needed to form a solid card.
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Dunbar
Hays Holds Conference on Indiana Redistricting
Washington Jan 2 The Indiana delegation met to discuss reducing thirteen districts to twelve while protecting current representatives. Will Hays urged conciliation and a plan avoiding harm to any member. Representative James W Dunbar was out of city and may favor district elimination to ease the redistricting task.
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Indiana
Con
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
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Hays
James W. Dunbar
Cabitel
Harding
Bicknell Miners Return to Work After Schedule Dispute
Reports from Bicknell say miners at the American mine resumed work after more than a week away due to a dispute over a train schedule from Vincennes. The Pennsylvania Railroad will join the miners in seeking court action. the Oliphant-Johnson mine remains unaffected and operates daily. Bruceville locals report consistent work as Bruceville and Vincennes residents gain rail transport under a new schedule aligned with contracts.
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Vincennes
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Bruceville
Bickneall
James J. Orr
Women May Legally Walk in Tights on Ottawa Streets
Ottawa report states women may walk along Ottawa streets in tights with no law against it. Inspector McLaughlin of the police morality squad said there is no interference as long as the body is covered. A complaint described a woman “old enough to know better” seen on the main streets in a daringly short skirt.
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McLaughlin
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Army Bill to Reduce Force to 175000
Washington progress report states the Senate Military Committee approved action to send a final resolution to the president to cut the regular army to 175,000 men. It warns inaction costs the government about $1,000,000 daily and aims to expedite enactment by adopting the house resolution.
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Senate Military Committee
Senate
House
Brother Dies in Scotland
George McGhee of this city has received word from relatives in Scotland that his brother William McGhee died January 4 at Kelvinhaugh Glasgow.
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Scotland
George McGhee
Kelvinhaugh
Glasgow
William McGhee
Representative Alice Robertson and Discharge Status
The Washington Post notes Alice Robertson has not yet applied for a discharge, despite serving in her current position and facing potential reappointment or reassessment. The piece emphasizes her momentum and ongoing duties without definitive archival action.
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Alice Robertson
Washington Post
Sullivan Ambitious 10 Hear Gabriel's Trumpet
The Sullivan Daily Times reports on a Sullivan ward parents and teachers club meeting at the Northeast school with a program of songs and recitations and a discussion on milk lunches for underweight children. A letter from Linton laments housing and mine worker delays, urging Sullivan to address miner housing and a planned building drive.
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Gabriel
Parents’ and
Northeast Ward
Farmers Beat Down Filbert Juror Bill in House
In Tadianapolis Dan 22 farmers flexed strength to defeat the Sil vert MIM aimed at barring rural residents from jury service. The Judiciary A minority report, presented by Rep Barker, urged indefinite postponement and was adopted 74 to 16 after a lengthy debate between farmers and other members.
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Dan
Or Petit
Judiciary
Barker
Farm Bureaus Expense in Washington Headquarters
Testimony before the House committee revealed the cost to farm organizations of operating Washington headquarters and employing representatives to lobby for special legislation. American Farm Bureau Federation cited about 30 thousand dollars in expenses last year. National Grange claimed six thousand dollars, with the federation reportedly 16 million strong.
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Washington
House
Dway Silver
T. O C. Atkinson
National Grange
Shutdown rumors hit Clinton coal field
Clinton Jan. 22. Shutdown of Crown Hill mine No 8 and several others led to reports that many Clinton field mines were closing. Operators and workers denied the rumors after an inquiry. Crown Hill No 8, an old mine, employed under 60 men and was abandoned after a breakthrough into No 7, with workers reassigned to the latter.
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Clinton, Inc
Crown
Clinton
Crown Hill
Clinton Coal Company
Wives Recover Millions Of Property In War Repatriation
Approximately 117,006,000 dollars in property seized during World War I by the alien property custodian has been returned to American-born wives of Germans Austrians and others. The custodian's office announced the reversal of wartime seizures as of yesterday.
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Washington
Jam
Flo
Do as I Say Not as I Do Says Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal comments on urbanites who urge others to stay on the land, noting a substantial portion of Americans living in towns who advocate rural stewardship for the common good. The piece critiques the gap between urban rhetoric and rural realities.
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America
Louisville Courier- Journal
Weather forecast cloudy north rain possible south tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions in the northern area with likely rain in the southern part tonight and into Sunday. Temperatures will be somewhat cooler across the region.
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