Hard Times Cry Abandoned in Industrial Revival Report
The piece argues that political actors have abandoned hopes of driving hard times through false economic reports. It cites rising rail orders, steel contracts, and revived mills from Greenville to North Oxford, with growing employment and higher outputs signaling prosperity amid wool and textile gains. It notes widespread improvement across rail, steel, textiles, and banking in various regions.
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Congress
St. Paul
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
New South Wales
Wabash
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern
American Bottle Company
Newark
Ohio
Greenville
Carnegie Steel Company
Steel Corporation
Michigan
New England
North Oxford
Conn
Narragansett
Far West
Indiana Speaks Campaign Gets New Bureau Chief
Bert Hendren is named chairman of the Indiana Speaks Bureau for the campaign by State Chairman Bernard Korbly of Indianapolis. Hendren and earlier terms as bureau head are noted. Prominent speakers including President Wilson and Secretary Bryan are expected, with Oscar Underwood and Champ Clark among others slated to visit the state. Indiana senators Shively and Kern and several congressmen will appear on many dates.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bernard Korbly
Bert Hendren
Korbly
Indiana
Wilson
Bryan
Oscar Underwood
Champ Clark
Ollie James
Kentucky
Goar
Shively and Kern
Registration Day Set for October 5 in Vein of Law
Notice explains the Vanauken-Stereo registration law. Every voter must register at a precinct board session unless sick, absent, or quarantined. Registration day is 29 days before the November 2 election, with October 5 set if no postponement. An September registration possible if 300 freeholders petition. pay rates cited for inspectors and clerks.
Identification tag of US soldier reaches Gen Funston
Aluminum tag and blood-stained uniform fragment of Samuel Parks of Wabash Indiana, private in the 28th Infantry, arrived at the War Office in Mexico City and were sent to Brigadier General Funston after Parks was shot by a Mexican outpost near Vera Cruz in early May.
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Vera Cruz
War Office
Mexico City
Samuel Parks
Wabash
Funston
Parks
Farmer Ends Life and Homicide Over Horses Foreclosure
Gottlieb Wigger, a 45 year old Perry Oklahoma farmer, killed his team of horses and then himself to avoid losing them to foreclosure. A letter in the stable says the horses were his only comfort and would be taken by others.
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Perry
Okla
Gottlieb Wigger
Wigger
Water Supply Declared Unfit In North Vernon
John C. Diggs, water chemist for the state board of health, reports to John H. Green that North Vernon's water is entirely unfit for domestic use and urges adoption of a method to provide pure water. This contrasts with previous state tests over five years showing the water as among the best in the state.
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North Vernon
Ind
John C. Diggs
State Board of Health
John H. Green
Real Estate Transfers from Theresa Meyer's Heirs to Matilda Forse
Heirs of Theresa Meyer transfer property in the city to Matilda Forse for private consideration. The listing includes a laundry and dye reference unrelated to the transfer.
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Theresa Meyer
Matilda Forse
McReynolds confirmed as Associate Justice. Gregory eyed for AG
President announces McReynolds will replace the late Justice Lurton on the Supreme Court. Reports indicate Texas lawyer T W Gregory is under serious consideration to succeed McReynolds as Attorney General, with Gregory overseeing the New Haven case.
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Supreme Court
Washington
McReynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
T. W. Gregory
Texas
McReynolda
Gregory
New Haven
Million Men Could Be Called to Fight for Mother Countries
New York July 30 reports that if a general war spreads to Europe about a million men may depart the United States to join battles abroad. The article notes two thousand Austrians and five thousand Servians are en route or already set to sail home to take up arms.
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New York
Europe
United States
State Ticket heads slate with named candidates
The slate lists Benjamin F. Shively for United States Senator Homer L. Cook for Secretary of State George A. Bittler for Treasurer Dale J. Crittenberger for Auditor Richard Milburn for Attorney General J Fred France for Clerk Supreme Court Edward Barrett for State Geologist Charles A. Greathouse for Superintendent Public Instruction Moses B. Lairy as Judge Supreme Court Joseph G. Ibach Frederick S. Caldwell Milton B. Hottel Edward W. Felt Frank M. Powers as Democratic County Ticket includes Andrew M. Taff for Auditor and Edward Jeffries for Treasurer Sheriff position listed but incomplete.
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United States
Benjamin F. Shively
Homer L. Cook
George A. Bittler
Dale J. Crittenberger
Richard Milburn
Supreme Court
J. Fred France
Edward Barrett
Charles A. Greathouse
Moses
Lairy
Joseph G. Ibach
Frederick S. Caldwell
Milton B. Hottel
Edward W. Felt
Frank M. Powers
Spring Blood and System Cleanser Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a spring tonic and cleanser to revive health and energy. It claims impurities accumulate in winter, affecting kidneys liver and bowels, and offers a four week treatment with guaranteed results. Sold by Harper’s Drug Store for 500 and 1 dollars.
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Harper's Dro
Atore
Army cleans up Oklahoma crops in record harvest drive
Thirteen thousand U S laborers were deployed into Oklahoma during the first three weeks of June to harvest a wheat crop valued at 20.9 million dollars and an oat crop worth 15 million. Enid and other towns served as distribution hubs amid wage disputes and swift mobilization coordinated by Assistant Commissioner William G. Ashton.
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Oklahoma City
United States
Oklahoma
Department of Labor
Enid
Industrial Workers of the World
William G. Ashton
W. W
Ashton
Northwest
Wheat Belt
Ava
Woodward
Department
United States Department of Labor
Mr. Ashton
Commissioner Ashton
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Francis Marion Griffith
Wallace J. Cotton
Rowland H. Jackson
Joseph M. Cravens
Andrew M. Taff
Edward Jeffries
George A. Monroe For Recorder
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Thomas V. Buchanan
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