Plan to revert to GOP fails vote in Indiana meeting
A Progressive estate committee in Indianapolis debated returning to the GOP. Toner’s motion was defeated 9 to 3, with members choosing to keep current organizations and fill resignations. They questioned GOP platform and candidates for 1918 and noted Rank crowd dynamics.
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Todianapolis
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Toner
Progressives
Aoadrich
Fairbanks
Tooer
Tower
Anderson Herald
Oldest Man John M. Lewis Dies in Seymour at 98
John M. Lewis Sr the county's oldest resident died at 98 in Seymour Indiana Born on a Madison area houseboat April 25 182? His parents from New York moved to Pittsburgh then floated down the Ohio to Madison He later ran a general store and built a mill at Newry owned several hundred acres and practiced law and local legal work by years earlier he worked on the Indiana road contract and made trips to New Orleans by boat
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Resdenta
New York
Pittaburg
Ohio
John M. Lewis
Newry
Laweyer
Uun
Wen
Tadiana Way
Indianapolis
Lewis S
New
Poem by a Grandson in Memory of William Schwappacher
A 12 year old Indianapolis writer Howard Bryden pens a memorial poem for his late grandfather William F Schwappacher. The piece reflects on death with religious imagery and a hopeful note of reunion after the judgment day.
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Howard Bryeden
William F Schwappacher
Howard Bryden
Indianapolis
Indiana Education Funding Boost For Purdue Station And Extension
Governor Ralston and the 1913 General Assembly expanded support for Indiana’s educational institutions by strengthening the Purdue agricultural experiment station and extension work. Since 1911 the state added about 100000 annually, with 1913–15 allocations showing higher instruction and station funding and emergency funds used to stamp out foot and mouth disease in 1914.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
General Assembly
Iodiana
Purdue
Lou
Madison Endorsement Claims Kidney Pills Relief
Peter Stephanus of Madison reports severe back pain headaches and nervousness improving after using Doga's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy brought marked relief after several doses and he has since enjoyed good health. Price 50 cents at dealers. Address Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y for Dean's Kidney Pills.
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N. Jefferson At
Madison
Doga
Dean
Mr. Stephanus
Foster-Milburn Co
Props
Buffalo
N.Y
Adv
Port Personals and Political Patter From City Pages
A collage of snappy notes and quips from Port Personals and papers such as the Columbia State and Indianapolis News. Witty barbs target Von Lind, Goethals, and Chauncey M. Depew. The Mississippi Memphis Commercial Appeal and others joke about politics and fame while hinting at Washington gossip and speculative congressmen.
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Columbia
Chauncey M. Depew
Indianapolis
News
George
Congress
Congressional
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Train and Track Note on Sweden Rail Car Bearings
Report notes that ball bearings are in real service in a Swedish railroad car. Cincinnati is slated to receive new terminations for the Talthmoore and Ohio railway system. Britain’s railways carried 347,222,000 passengers in the year ending June 30, 1913, about 71 times the population. in 1878 the figure was 146,000,000.
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Indiana Tax Burden Compared Per Capita In 1913 1915
Indiana pays $2.92 per person in taxes vs $3.95 state average. The Indiana group with Illinois Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin ran $3.14 per capita, Michigan $4.30, Wisconsin $5.27. Nevada led per capita at $10.45. California spent $7.05 per person. Minnesota $46.66. North and South Carolina $1.46 each. Valuations for railroads and telegraph lines rose to $274,766,778 in 1915 from $269,002,044 in 1914, easing county burdens.
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Former Madisonians In renewing Herald subscription
Mrs Will Miles formerly of Madison writes from Kansas City Mo reporting family success and relocation details since 1902. She notes Harley Miles managing the American Life and Accident Insurance Co and Will Miles supervising the Gordon and Kopple branch in Kansas City. They describe a new six room cottage, rheumatism limiting stairs, and plans to build on East 15th Street. The letter recounts moving through Ohio and Mississippi rivers to St Louis and St Joseph, praising Missouri’s soil and cattle before declaring it their home.
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Madison Herald Co
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Texas
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Ohio
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St. Joe
U-51 Story Of Submarine Voyage To Constantinople
Captain Otto Hersing describes the U-51 voyage from Wilhelmshaven to Constantinople 3000 miles long. He says the submarine sank the British battleships Triumph and Majestic after observing them from periscope and firing torpedoes amid a surround of destroyers.
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New Life Pill Promises Daily Digestion Aid
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pill ensures a good bowel movement and genuine health. It promises improved appetite and digestion with a nightly dose, urging readers to try it tonight and consult any druggist.
Navy desertions fall with parole system in 1915
Navy department statistics show a marked drop in desertions since parole on leave began. For the year to June 30, 1915, an average of 27 10 desertions per month. Admiral Fletcher reports only sixty desertions among 55 000 sailors in April 1913 in the Atlantic fleet. Pacific and Asiatic returns pending, Daniels expects much lower numbers than in prior years.
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Navy Department
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Admmiral Fletcher
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Girls Play Burglars As Lark In Tacoma Case
Two fourteen year old girls in Tacoma Washington acted as burglars for sport. They entered homes of poorer residents leaving loot and ransacking homes of the rich while taking nothing themselves.
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Tacoma
Wash
Breach of Promise Jury Finds 333 Xs in Letters
In Wichita Kansas a jury awarded a woman damages for breach of promise after noting 333 Xs marked in the defendant's letters. The case centers on a alleged engagement and the quantity of marks as evidence of affection. The proceedings conclude with the verdict and related remarks.
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Wichita
Kan
Indiaman Stricken While Addressing Clarkson Barbecue
J Frank Hanly former Governor of Indiana fainted in the heat while addressing a large crowd at a Clarkson Kentucky barbecue. Medics revived him within hours and the speech continued as he urged the nation wide prohibition movement.
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Clarkson, Ky
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Hanley
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