Home rulers press fight on state boards in Indiana race
W. W. Spencer Democratic nominee from Marion county leads the home rule push challenging state boards in the fall campaign. He questions Republican candidate Luke W. Duffey over forming a tax bloc and outlines a candidate questionnaire on issues from prohibition to highway and tax laws.
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Indianapolis
W. W. Spencer
Marion County
Spencer
Luke W. Duffey
Indiana
Duffey
Dugger Earns Contract With Danville Team
Sullivan Shores third baseman Frea Dugger has signed with Danville Illinois I S S league via manager Joe McGinity and will join the club June 10. Dugger, nursing a sprained ankle from the Vincennes game, expects to play next week and will earn 225 dollars a month.
Iowa Returns Show Brookhart Landslide In GOP Fight
Iowa returns from 2,235 of 2,348 precincts show Brookhart with 41.1 percent of the vote for the Republican nomination, a progressive victory that puts Clifford H. Thorne in second ahead of old guard candidate Charles E. Pickett. Senators Cummins and Rawson respond with noncommittal acceptance from Washington as old guard circles question how Brookhart fits GOP machinery.
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Des Moines
Washington
Cummins and Rawson
Iowa
Brookhart
United States
Old Guard
Clifford H. Thorne
Charles E. Pickett
Child Rescued With Pulmotor After Water Accident
Clarence Burkenpan, two, of West Lafayette, fell into a bucket of water in his yard. Prompt use of a pulmotor from the Lafayette police saved him. he was lifeless when retrieved from the water. The water was brought into the yard for a horse when the accident occurred.
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Lafayette
Ind
Clarence Burkenpan
Peter Burkenpan
West Lafayette
Monkeys Cause Stir At Vincennes Steeple
Six pet monkeys owned by James D. Bradbury escaped from their cage in Vincennes and seized the First Christian church steeple, where they danced on the spire before the owner and local boys finally recaptured them.
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Vincennes
James D. Bradbury
First Christian Church
Birth control bunk claims by Harlan farmer champion
Robert Baker a 84 year old milkman and father of 83 says birth control advocates are in error and supports broad birth release laws. He urges having children early and notes his own brood with seven wives including the newborn Bobby. Baker notes he became a father at 17 and touts large families as a right.
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Harlan, Ky
Robert Baker
Bank
Baker
Harlan
America
Bobby
Brogans Headed to Tennessee for Month Long Visit
Mr and Mrs J W Brogan and their children Wiley and Maude plan a month long auto trip to their old home in Tennessee. They will travel the Dixie highway via Evansville and will have The Daily Citizen follow them to Lafollette Tennessee.
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J. W. Brogan
Wiley
Miss Maude
Tennessee
Evansville
Mr. Brogan
Daily Citizen
Lafollette, Tenn
Pure Rye S Sold In Pittsburg For $1.50 A Quart
Pittsburg residents received letters offering pure Canadian rye, 12 quarts for 18 dollars. Hundreds ordered, then received rye grain in quart bottles. Officials say no law exists to provide redress for the scam.
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Pittsburg
Training Class for Teachers Meets at Church Tonight
The teachers' training class will convene this evening at the Christian church. Attendees are urged to bring notepads and pencils for the session.
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The
Christian Church
Pardon sought for Knox county murderer Joseph Nolting
The case of Joseph Nolting, convicted in Daviess circuit court in April 1906 for the murder of Herman Pepmeier in Freelandsville, Knox county, on October 14, 1905, will be reopened at the state board of pardons meeting on June 12. Nolting has long sought clemency while serving a life sentence, amid a bitter trial with 67 witnesses and mob tensions in Knox and Daviess counties.
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Joseph Nolting
Knox County
Daviess
Herman Pepmeier
Freelandsville
State Board of Pardons
Nolting
Daviess County
Gasoline Prices Under Inquiry by Government
Washington reports joint action by Congress and the Department of Justice to study rising gasoline costs affecting 17 million car owners. DOJ probes price increases while a Senate manufacturers committee plans its own inquiry with oil and gas company representatives to explain trends.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Justice
United States
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Rain Postpones Legion Team vs Old National Club Ball Game
Rain postpones the game between the American Legion team and the Old National club until tomorrow evening. If weather clears, the match will be played tomorrow afternoon at Haseman Park.
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American Legion
National Club
Haseman Park
Lenroot forecasts seizure of all mines within 30 days
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin warned in the U S Senate that the government would seize all bituminous mines within thirty days if operators and striking miners do not settle peacefully. A Terre Haute report noted no violence at the Deep Vein or Graffe mines where demonstrators gathered.
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Lenroot
Washington
U. S. Senate
Wisconsin
Terre Haute
Deep Vein
Graffe
Court upholds tent colonies for United Mine Workers
United States Court of Appeals rules tent colonies of the United Mine Workers may stand in the Borderland Coal Corporation versus Frank Keeney case. The ruling announced in Richmond Virginia on June 8 clarifies the status of protest encampments linked to the union.
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Richmond
United Mine Workers
United States Court of Appeals
Borderland Coal Corporation
Frank Keeney
Mother of Eleven Chooses Man Over Family in Kane County Case
In Aurora Illinois on June 8 Judge S N Hoover ordered Mrs Charles Sutcliffe 38 to choose between her eleven children and John Holder the man her husband said broke up their home. She selected Holder. Three younger children were placed with the county probation officer to be sent to a juvenile detention home. Sutcliffe said Holder was a real man who defended her life when her husband threatened her.
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Aurora
Ill
S. N. Hoover
Kane County Court
Charles Sutcliffe
John Holder
Sutcliffe
Death summons Mrs. Mary R Poole in Freeman City
Mrs. Mary Rowena Poole died at Freeman City hospital at 2 30 pm yesterday. She was 25 and lifelong resident, daughter of Jonas Baker. Survived by husband Zanie Poole infant Eugene Keith Poole and siblings George Baker Lambert Baker Maude Bedwell Winnie Baker. Funeral Friday 11 am at 158 Fifth Street Southeast home of her father, Rev H H Allen conducting. burial Simpson Chapel.
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Mary Rowena Poole
Zanie Poole
Freeman City Hospital
County
Jonas Baker
Eugene Keith Poole
George Baker
Lambert Baker
Los Angeles
Maude Bedwell
Linton
Winnie Baker
Fifth Street
H. H. Allen
Martinsville
Simpson Chapel
Strawberries as big as apples and hogs in the Ohio river
Jasonville Leader notes travelers report oversized strawberries and ground hogs swimming near Louisville Falls as prima facie evidence the Volstead Act is not strictly followed in the down south state. The column adds a quip about whether they brought back any of the evidence from the trip.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Ohio
Jasonville
Dempsey
Red Men Plan County Meet in Jasonville Saturday
The Jasonville Red Men finished preparations for the county meeting to be held Saturday June 17. A 7 o'clock parade through the business district will lead to a public meeting at the K P hall where Great Sachem T C O Connor will address the body.
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Jasonville
Red Men
Order
K. of P. Hall
T. C. O’connor
First Wheat Cutting Reported in Indiana at Knox County Farms
The first wheat of the season in this part of Indiana was cut Tuesday afternoon on the Schwab and Garnier farms in Knox county. It is the earliest such cutting in 31 years. Yields were about twenty five bushels per acre with well filled heads and good quality. Rye cutting began the same day in the area.
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Vincennes
Ind
Schwab
Garnier
Knox County
Former Linton Man Seeks Greene County School Supply Business
Wilbert W. Keith, formerly editor of the Jasonville Leader and junior member of the Beecher Keith Supply Co of Paris Illinois, visited Greene county last week on a business mission to court township trustees for school supply contracts.
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Wilbert W. Keith
Beecher-Keith Supply Company
Paris, Ill
Jasonville
Greene County
Jasonville Leader
Mrs Phillips Buys East Main Street Restaurant
Mrs. Phillips of Linton has purchased the restaurant on the north side of East Main Street, per the Jasonville Leader.
Hoover's Efforts to End Coal Strike Bring No Results
Washington June 8 Government efforts to mediate between operators and miners to settle the coal strike yielded no formal settlement. Hoover says informal suggestions have been offered via the Labor Department, Commerce and Geological Survey without success. He notes no legal authority to intervene and describes limited conferences aimed at achieving fair prices.
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Hoover
Washington
House
Senator Walsh
Massachusetts
Department of Labor
Department
Senate
Theepartment of Commerce
Geological Survey
Lake Superior
Michigan
Such a good town too Jasonville church growth note
Jasonville residents boast the town as Indiana’s leader in church count noting Methodist Christian Catholic Church of Christ Presbyterian Church of God Assembly of God Christadelphian Adventist and Holiness groups with a Baptist church planned.
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Jasonville
Indiana
Church of Christ
Church of God
Assembly of God
Christadelphian
Advents
Daily Thought Quotation From Hesiod
A reflective line notes that a man harms himself by acting evil for the sake of others. The aphorism emphasizes personal responsibility and moral consequence in action.
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State Highway Commission
State Board of Accounts
Dugger
Sullivan
Danville
Pulmoter
Sunny Tennesseee
Tom
Mary R. Poole
Red Men Plan
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