Teachers Pension Units Grow in Indiana
Since the 1915 pension law took effect, twenty-seven units across Indiana have formed and been approved by the state board. Eligible teachers with long service receive escalating sick benefits up to 575 per year and a 600 annuity after 35 years, while fees fund the pension. Units include Laporte, Marion, Lafayette, Logansport, Goshen, Evansville, Fort Wayne, and others. Baby eczema relief is advertised with Dean's Ointment, 50 cents a box.
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Indianapolis
Laporte
Marion
Lafayette
Logansport
Goshen
Seymour
Hartford
Vincennes
Muncie
Madison
Columbus
Jeffersonville
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Pulaski County
School For Blind
State Normal
Bedford
Huntington
Mishawaka
School For Deaf
Kossinsko County
Franklin County
Wayne County
Valparaiso
Dearborn County
Bartholomew County
Dam 39 Work Accelerated With 5 Million Finance
The Ohio river locks and dams project gains $5,000,000 in Congress to resume rapid completion. About $1,000,000 is slated for the Markland dam with a large workforce planned in a few weeks. Vevay merchants anticipate business as activity increases toward project completion.
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House of Representatives
Ohio River
Senate
Markland
Vevay
After World War How to Ensure Lasting Peace
Letter from Rochester New York dated April 5 1916 argues for a postwar defensive alliance and a continuous Hague Conference to compel rulers to submit disputes to arbitration. Writer T L Fishbaugh urges America to lead in achieving universal peace through right over might and persistent negotiation.
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Rochester
N.Y
Madison Herald
Madison
Ind
Jess
Europe
America
T. L. Fishbaugh
Groundhog tale from Norwich on a frozen woodchuck
Norwich farmer Byron P. Fox relates a groundhog story to explain cold weather. A fine woodchuck near Glasbrenner's livery in Uncasville was found frozen to death after lacking its shadow. Fox says the creature stood out and froze, linking it to the latest cold spell.
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Norwich
Conn
Byron P. Fox
Uncasville
Plumbers ban bicycles for short jobs in Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana the union enforces a rule banning journeyman plumbers from using bicycles or motorcycles for short jobs. A five dollar fine applies for violations. Riders may use wheels for all day tasks or at noon, but no intermediate trips. Passengers in employer vehicles are allowed. The rule followed a union member boasting of many short jobs completed by bike.
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Elkhart
Ind
Fireman Learns He Inherited Large Sum From Mother
Philadelphia fireman John T. Lammon, a over twenty years veteran, discovers four years after his mother’s death that he inherited an estimated 850000 in bonds deeds mortgages and bank deposits and cash in a Fidelity Trust vault. He is noted as being unconcerned and not curious about personal effects.
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Philadelphia
John T. Lammon
Philadelphia Fire Department
Fidelity Trust Company
Jehu
Mother Reunites With Long Lost Son In Iowa
Webster City Iowa David Brundage age thirty two of Lehigh with foster parents learned he was stolen from his cradle by his father thirty years ago and adopted in Des Moines. His mother Mrs C Thompson Randall Washington located him through attorney A E Watkins at Randall. A trust estate awaits Brundage with undisclosed amount. he may visit his mother but plans to stay with foster family.
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Webster City
Des Moines
Lehigh
David Brundage
D Brundage
Joe Brundage
C. Thompson
Randall, Wash
Young Brundage
A. E. Watkins
Randall
Wash
Brundage
Burglar Found with Marked Bible Arrested in Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pa. Henry Bake was arrested by state police officer Curtis A. Davies on burglary charges. He confessed to a string of thefts in fashionable suburban districts of the state capital. A much used Bible with a red ink circled quotation "Seek and ye shall find" was found in his pocket.
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Harrisburg
Henry Bake
Curtis A. Davies
Bake
Jail Prisoners Knit Shawls in Evansville County Jail
In Evansville Indiana prisoners in the county jail are hand knitting wool shawls described as the kind grandmothers wore. Two shawls are finished valued at ten dollars each. Four prisoners are working on the project and have become experts. Each shawl contains exactly 6406 knots. Source: The Herald.
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Evansville
Ind
Confederate Veteran Z K Ashby Dies at Lakeland
Z K Ashby a Confederate veteran died this morning at Central State Hospital Lakeland after years in the Confederate Home Pewee Valley He was born February 15 1830 in Shelby County Kentucky Enlisted September 1862 in Company E Fourth Kentucky Cavalry and served to war end He was admitted to the Confederate Home September 26 1903 from Milton Ky He belonged to Parker Camp No 1224 United Confederate Veterans Trimble County Survived by a niece Mrs J R Ingram of Madison Indiana Funeral from his home chapel at 2 pm tomorrow Burial in Confederate cemetery Louisville Times mentions Milton Ky ties
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Z. K. Ashby
Central State Hospital
Lakeland
Pewee Valley
Mr. Ashby
Shelby County
Kentucky
Fourth
Kentucky Cavalry
Confederate Home
Milton
Parker Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Trimble County
J. R. Ingram
Madison
Ind
Louisville Times
Real estate added to Gibson estate. administrator named
In Aurora Indiana on April 6 it was found that real estate valued at about $40,000 owned by the Jane Ann Gibson estate was not mentioned in the will and no disposition was made. The estate is reopened and Ambrose F. Nowlin, president of Dearborn First National Bank, is appointed administrator.
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Chicago
Aurora
Ind
Jane Ann Gibson
Ambrose FE. Nowlin
Dearborn First National Bank
Coal Picker Found Unconscious. Identifies Hidden Funds
Mrs. Lizzie Lipasky a sixty year old coal picker was found unconscious in Danville railroad yards and taken to the city dispensary as a charity patient. Police found a dozen small purses containing 187 dollars in gold certificates and bundled bills in green seals.
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Danville
Lizzie Lipasky
Mitron
A E Tandy of Carrollton Injured Twice in Short Time
Carrollton Kentucky April 6 A E Tandy of the Scott and Tandy Lumber Company is badly sprained after his horse ran into him and threw him down He had recently recovered from a prior accident in which bones in the other arm were broken and is now again injured in a separate incident.
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Carrollton, Ky
A. KE. Tandy
Scott & Tandy Lumber Company
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cold Relief
Dented ad copy touts Dr King s New Discovery as best remedy to prevent bronchia and lung complications after a cold. Claims tested with safe results for adults and children and urges readers to buy a bottle now for 5c or 1.00.
Cork Leg Keeps Man From Leaving Prison
G. V. Stamey, inmate of the Kansas state prison, refused to leave for Norton after his cork leg failed. Commuted from a five to ten year arson sentence by Governor Capper, he chose to stay as he cannot trust the decaying limb and will seek a new leg when the prison board meets.
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Leavenworth
Kan
G. V. Stamey
Kansas State Prison
Stamey
Shawnee County
Capper
Norton
Seventy-Nine Year Civil War Vet Buys Coffin Grave
Red Bank New Jersey William Reid a Civil War veteran spent his seventy ninth birthday confirming his odd plan to buy a brick in coffin and dig a private grave at White River cemetery He hopes insurance will see him as a safe risk and that no one haunts him after death.
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Red Bank
N. J
William Reid
Reid
White Iver
Radcliffe Students Show Gaps In World War Knowledge
Cambridge mass examination of sixteen Civic club members reveals widespread unawareness of key World War figures. Many failed to identify leaders such as Lansing Briand and Hamilton, with several confusing Germany and Allied ministers and generals.
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Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe
Civic Club
Robert Lansing
von Bethmann-Toliweg
Gaillent
Aristide Briand
Walpole
Greece
Italy
Sir Jan Hamilton
Dardanelles
Germany
von Hindenburg
von Buelow
von Mackensen
von Kluck
Debt Repaid After Four Decades in Indiana
Homer Taggart of South Bend received a note and money order for $9 from F. D. Airgood of Berwia Ind. Forty years earlier a secondhand buggy was sold and a balance of 2.50 remained unpaid. A fire destroyed the note and the debt was forgotten until now.
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Indianapolis
Homer Taggart
South Bend
Airgood
Atlantic City's Oldest Resident Dies at 99
Mrs. K. E. Eller, Atlantic City's oldest woman resident, died at age ninety nine. She left three children, fifty six grandchildren with twenty abroad, forty three great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Atlantic City
K. E. Eller
Hatpin Removed From Boston Terrier Stomach
A seven inch hatpin was surgically removed from the stomach of Kink, a Boston terrier owned by Miss Alice Stewart of Wilkinsburg. The dog had been ill for several days and underwent an operation to extract the pin found lengthwise in its stomach.
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Pittsburgh
Alice Stewart
Wilkineburg
Madison Pays Interest on Deposits in Trust Roles
Madison acts as administrator executor and guardian and performs duties in all trust capacities while managing deposits and related financial obligations.
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Omoce
East Main Street
Madison, Ind
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Thompson
Dean
New York
Aika
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J. C. Hisle
Union
Louisville
Milton,Ky
A. E. Tandy
the Herald
The
Sentanel Remedies Co
Cork Leg
Safe Deposit & Trust Co
C. S. Powell
Pres
J. W. Cornett
W. H. Miller
John W. Tevis
Sec'y. and
Treas
Indiana
J. K. Weyer
See'y
First National Bank
M. Strader General Agent
South Mulberry Street
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
DR. Kinc
Adolph Schingeck
Buffalo
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