Redpath chautauqua opens in Logansport with mixed program
The Redpath chautauqua begins a seven day run in Logansport with the Orchestral Sextette and a program split between ensemble work and solos. Ada Ward lectures on Getting Together, shares experiences entertaining the Tommies, and notes USA allied ties. Local committee races to meet a 1,925 guarantee. current funds total 1,550, leaving 375 needed before 3 pm opening.
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Redpath Chautauqua
Logansport
Ada Ward
United States
Logansport Chautauqua Association
Redpath
Dusenberg Motors to Aid Revere Production in Logansport
Fred Dusenberg designer and Van Rue chief engineer plan to confer with Revere about 350 motors ordered for local cars. Dusenberg motors will augment the plant’s output and be used selectively until Revere can meet demand. Six bodies arrived, 25 four passenger bodies shipped from Racine, plus 50 from St. Louis and 300 more ordered from Louisville for future delivery.
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Fred Dusenberg
Dusenberg
van Rue
Revere Company
Logansport
Revere Corporation
Revere
Dusenberg Motors
Iaterday
Racine
Fac
St. Louis
Louisville
Congress urged action to curb cost of living
Senate and House urged quicker action to reduce prices in 1918. Walsh blamed high prices for unrest and called for steps in line with President Wilson's recommendations. Mayors from New Jersey urged immediate measures to halt rising costs. Distribution plans included regulation of imports and expanding food control.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Walsh
Wilson
New Jersey
House Agriculture Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Packers Reach Out After All Lines of Trade
Packers reach out after all lines of trade are explored with cery details unclear from the fragment.
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Packers
Federal trade commission warns on packers diversifying control
The Associated Press reports Wm B Colver warns the packing industry has expanded into lines beyond meat packing. He cites refrigerator cars as traveling wholesale groceries and packers entering soap, tennis rackets, soda fountains, and other goods. Senate agricultural committee hears Kenyon bill to divorce stockyards and refrigerator cars from packers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wm. B. Colver
Senate Agricultural Committee
Kenyon
Culver
Will Not Need State Troops in Hammond
Indianapolis August 18 The Indiana militia mobilization for Hammond was abandoned after Hammond officials reported an amicable labor settlement. Earlier the federal government through Secretary Wilson asked Governor Goodrich to send troops to protect housing bureau property, and full mobilization details were prepared with train schedules ready for quick landing.
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Indianapolis
Hammond
Harry B. Smith
Goodrich
Wilson
United States Housing Bureau
Smith
Ex-Kaiser Bill Buys Doorn Estate Home
Former German emperor Wilhelm II has definitively purchased the Doorn estate near Utrecht. The villa will be immediately renovated and remodeled, with renovation work to begin at once.
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Kaiser Bill
Associated Press
Amerongen
Will of Germany
Doorn
Utrecht
Little Interest In Sale Of Army Foodstuffs Here
Logansport residents ordered about 300 dollars of surplus army foodstuffs via the post office yesterday, roughly 25 orders mostly for canned corn beans peas cherries and bacon. Orders were all city based with few through carriers and a potential cutoff after Wednesday. Postmaster George B. Davis warned that fill may not be guaranteed.
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Logansport
W. A. Sharits
George B. Davis
School Trustees Consider Heating Plan At Evening Session
The board of school trustees met last evening to weigh a heating plan for the Central and Page districts. Officials reviewed costs and potential energy savings.
Baker opposes air ministry endorsement in wartime debate
Secretary Baker defends a 576000 man army plan before a Senate committee, noting world unrest and his approval of the bill’s compulsory youth training. He doubts the size is excessive but declines to oppose military experts, and weighs native troops in the Philippines and possible naval training as alternatives.
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Wilson
Thomas F. Millard
Shantung
Versailles
Millard
General Bliss
Senate
United States
Mr. Millard
Japan
League of Nations
Borah
Idaho
Associated Press
Washington
Baker
Senate Subcommittee On Military Affairs
Wadsworth
New York
Philippines
Air Ministry
Gossard Fund Moves Toward Kreuzberger Building Purchase
J F Brookmeyer as trustee received an $11 000 donation from H W Gossard toward a 35000 fund for the Kreuzberger building where Logansport’s new corset plant will be housed. Yesterday 12000 in subscriptions were delivered to the Chamber of Commerce as large donors also paid in. About 12000 more remains from roughly two hundred subscribers, with Edwin Ash urging prompt delivery of checks to close the fund.
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J. F. Brookmeyer
Gossard Factory
H. W. Gossard
Kreuzberger
Big Corset Company
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Ash
Logansport
Washington Officials Await Word On Aviator Release
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports officials awaiting news of the release of American aviators Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson held by Mexican bandits near Candelaria Texas. A $15,000 ransom is demanded and the U.S. state department aims for swift action through Mexico City officials. Secretary Baker aides that a formal statement will come only when safe to issue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Paul H. Davis
Harold G. Peterson
Candelaria
Tex
State Department
Mexico City
Enhanc Ee
Baker
Capitol
Senate
Mexico
Carranza
Fliers' Fate Still Doubtful as Ransom Paid Near Border
United States authorizes ransom payment for Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson held by Mexican bandits south of the border near Candelaria. Funds raised at a Big Bend cowboy camp meeting were sent with a U.S. army guard to cover the ransom, with aviators to monitor the exchange and unclear plans for final border return.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Paul H. Davis
Harold G. Peterson
United States
Candelaria
H. M. Fennell
Marfa Bank
United States Army
Big Bend
Dickman
Southern Department
Marfa
Valuable Horse Electrocuted Near City
William Byers of this city lost a valued horse when it was electrocuted Sunday morning while driving north near Claude Hornbeck farm. The team’s second horse was temporarily paralyzed but is recovering. The killed horse was valued at $250. investigation found the animal lay over a charged electric wire crossing the electric light lines near the Hornbeck place.
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William Byers
Byers
Claude Hornbeck
Hornbeck Place
New York Transit Strike Ends After Voted Settlement
The New York City transit strike, which halted subway and elevated service in Manhattan the Bronx Brooklyn and Queens for two days, was formally called off tonight by a strike vote to accept a terms package ending the Interborough Rapid Transit dispute.
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Patalace O
Interborough’ Rapid Transit’ Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Broonlyn
Queens
Feta
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