Questioning Hughes on the issues in the 1916 campaign
The Herald publishes a bill of particulars asking what positions Charles Evans Hughes would take on topics from submarine policy to war with Germany and Mexico. It urges voters to weigh his intellectual power against the Democratic record and asks readers to consider the costs of backing Hughes.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court
Germany
Mexico
National Guard
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
United States Chamber of Commerce
Thts
Republican Party
Europe
Army
Navy
White House
Taft
Naval Consulting Board
Industrial Mobilization Committee
Howard Coffin
Wilson
Democratic Party
Justice Hughes
Prestige of Our Own President Echoes Worldwide
A praise for the President's steadfast leadership through national crises resonates globally. The remark suggests strong political sentiment, noting Europe’s reaction to a popular slogan and the Republican National Committee’s influence.
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Europe
Wil Son
Republican National Committee
Crazy House attracts visitors in Indiana flood relic
A two room shed perched by the East Fork of White River in Brownstown Jackson County gained fame after the 1913 flood. Its warped floors and walls cause dizziness and fainting among visitors. It drew Chicago architects and county crowds, with an ice cream stand nearby and offers to buy the site, which the owner refused.
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Brownstown
Ind
White River
Jackson County
Chicago
Madison Resident Endorses Dean's Kidney Pills
George Phillips of 32 ast st Madison describes severe backache dizzy spells and blurred vision. He says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved his backaches regulated kidney secretions and benefited his health. Price 0o at all dealers. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY adv
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Madison
George Phillips
Ast St
Dean
Harper’s Drug Store
Mr. Phillips
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N.Y
Adv
Car and train crash kills Butler family near Hicksville
Otto D Carey 40 his wife and two sons Laughton 6 and Paul 18 months die when a five passenger auto returning from Butler Ohio to Hicksville is struck by the Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore line east of Butler. The machine is hurled along the track and all four occupants are killed. Carey farmed six miles north of Hoksville. Andrew Carnegie has given more than 400000000 in public benefactions.
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Butler
Ind
Otto D. Carey
Laughton
Paul
Hicksville
Lake Shore
Here
Carey
Hoksville
Not Guilty Verdict in Orpet Murder Trial at Waukegan
William H. Orpet, university student, was acquitted of murdering Marion Lambert after five hours of jury deliberation in Judge Donnelly's court. The jury eyed a verdict around six o'clock, with two of three initial ballots for acquittal.
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Waukegan, T
William H. Orpet
Marion Lambert
Donnelly
Court House
Orpet
William
Griffin
TAX FERRET CONTRACTS FACE ILLEGALITY IN AG STUTESENBURG OPINION
An Attorney General opinion declares contracts with tax ferrets illegal and warns county officers may be liable for payments under such contracts for placing sequestered property on tax duplicates. The Clark County case led to some tax recoveries years ago, but no appropriation or further action was taken after the contract expired. Jeffersonville News
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Stutesenburg
George Weatoner
John R. Scott
Gilbert H. Londren
State Board of Accounts
Supreme Court
Clark County
Charles P. Fant
Jeffersonville News
Democrats Name Directors for Indiana Congressional Districts
The Indiana Democratic Club named twelve new directors, one for each district outside the Seventh, chosen by the existing fifteen member Indianapolis board. Appointees include Charles P. Beard Evansville First District, Gilbert W. Garbill Sullivan Second District, D. C. Peyton Jeffersonville Third District, William H. O'Brien Lawrenceburg Fourth District, John F. Joyce Terre Haute Fifth District, John DePrez Shelbyville Sixth District, John H. Heller Decatur Eighth District, Thomas A. Morrison Frankfort Ninth District, John F. Reilly Hammond Tenth District, Edward E. Cox Hartford City Eleventh District, Edward G. Hoffman Fort Wayne Twelfth District, and Joseph A. Beane Goshen Thirteenth District.
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Indiana
Indiana Democratic Club
Indianapolis
Charles P. Beard
Evansville
Gilbert W. Garbill
Sullivan
D. C. Peyton
Jeffersonville
William H. O’brien
Lawrenceburg
John F. Joyce
Terre Haute
John DePrez
Shelbyville
John H. Heller
Decatur
Thomas A. Morrison
Frankfort
John F. Reilly
Hammond
Edward E. Cox
Hartford City
Edward G. Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Joseph A. Beane
Goshen
Wabash Times-Star changes hands to new owners
James R. Almond and Wabash Printing and Publishing Co take control of the Times-Star. The firm plans an independent Democratic newspaper boosting Wabash, Wabash County, and Indiana, with Almond active as owner. The paper was originally created about 18 years ago by William G. Sharpe.
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Wabash
Wabash Times-Star
Wabash Printing and Publishing Co
James R. Almond
Riverside
Cal
Almond
Madison
Ind
Times-Star
Wabash County
Indiana
United States
William G. Sharpe
Times and Star
Sharpe
Train Hits Car. two die near Warsaw Indiana
Milton Brumbaugh aged 60 and his wife were killed when their car was struck by the southbound Big Lour No. 27 at the Maple Grove crossing near Leesburg Indiana. Mrs Benton Genzhorn of South Haven Michigan was perhaps fatally injured and Benton Genzhorn and their son were badly hurt. the car burned and Brumbaugh was severely burned before being pulled from the wreck.
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Warsaw
Ind
Milton Brumbaugh
Benton Genzhorn
South Haven
Mich
Big Lour
Maple Grove Crossing
Leesburg
Brumb
American Victim and Mexican Officer in Carrizal Fight
Lieutenant Henry R. Adair of the Tenth Regiment was among three American officers killed during the Carrizal clash. Captain Trevino, shown with him, served as an American interpreter. The photo was taken months earlier during better U S Mexican relations.
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Henry R. Adair
Tenth Regiment
Carrizal
Trevino
Woman Lies In Court Over Disorderly Conduct Case
Chicago July 14 Judge Caverly's court heard Mrs Lulu Riswig and Clarence Alfeld in a disorderly conduct case. Alfeld claimed a blackmail scheme and produced a misspelled letter of endearment. The woman denied authorship. she misspelled several words to match the letter. The judge discharged Alfeld after ruling the woman lied.
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Chicago
Curious evolutionary musings from a Puck excerpt
A dispassionate pilgrim notes odd prehistoric traits once thought possible. The dialogue pivots to bodies and faculties now lost, culminating in a wry claim that society could suffer if we could not raise our eyebrows.
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Puck
Do You Know That Intelligent Motherhood Conserves Health
Public health teaching links intelligent motherhood to national well being. Heavy eating and drinking are warned against as life-shortening. Registration of illness is stressed over death counts as a metric. Rural sanitation gains collaboration between U S Public Health Service and authorities. Poor childhood health habits threaten lifelong wellness and high infant mortality signals weak community health.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Buffalo News Quips About Tom and Bookkeeper Jibe
A Buffalo News item jokes about Tom needing a day and night to tell a story and quips he'd make a good bookkeeper for never aborting in his account.
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Buffalo News
Maiden Breeze Struggles With College Pressures
A Kansas City Star item notes a college maiden named Breeze collapsing under mounting medical and academic demands. A doctor warns she is harming herself by degrees.
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Gradauim
Breeze
M. D
Bald
Doctor
Tia Plain
Kansas City Star
His Brief Respite
Comic exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch features a wife telling her husband not to speak for a month and his quip that he will have finished talking by then. This tiny humor vignette reflects domestic wit in a newspaper squib.
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St. Louls
Well Drilled Best Confidence in a Goon
A Toledo style spoof discusses the notion of armed postwar control and its feasibility. The piece notes Jim Stebbing’s reputation and weighs the idea of disarmament by those who win the war, questioning practical outcomes.
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Jim Stebbing
Jim
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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