Senate speech praises Wilson policy backing prosperity
The article quotes a Senate remark praising Secretary of the Treasury for directing excess government funds to the South during 1914 15 and argues this aided northern prosperity. It urges Republicans to endorse the tariff commission bill and criticizes delaying naval bill action to attack Democrats on preparedness. It cites Chamber of Commerce endorsement and calls for citizens to support Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Tillman
Senate
Wall Street
U. S
United States Chamber of Commerce
House
Pioneer Captain Henry Dugan Sr Home Marker By Ohio River
Walnut Grove marks the future home of pioneer captain Henry Dugan Sr. A model bungalow sits amid a garden with Indiana cliffs in the background as steamboat travelers notice the site. Dugan has carried thousands of excursion levers on the Ohio River for forty years with a flawless safety record and now serves as collector on the City of Jeffersonville Louisville Time.
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Walnut Grove
Eirden
Indiana Shore
Twelve-mile Island
Columbia
Henry Dugan
Ohio River
Capt. Dugan
Jeffersonville
Louisville
Prostration Follows Auto Death In Indianapolis Case
Mrs. Luella Rudd of Amo is prostrated by the death of Miss Grace Nield in an Indianapolis automobile accident. The incident marks the third death connected to her family in three years, following husband Gabriel Rudd’s railroad death in Terre Haute on January 8, 1913, and William Gobel Lee’s death near Amo on April 30, 1916 by a Pennsylvania train.
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Danville
Ind
Luella Rudd
Amo
W. R. Lee
Indianapolis
Grace Nield
Gabriel N. Rudd
Terre Haute
William Gobel Lee
Rudd
Pennsylvania
Kitchener Believed Lost Aboard Hampshire After Mine Sinking
London reports abandon hope for survivors after the cruiser Hampshire sank off Scotland following a mine or submarine strike. Lord Kitchener, Secretary for War since the war began, was aboard and presumed dead at sixty six. David Lloyd George is cited as his potential successor.
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David Lloyd George
Lona
Bard Ftitchener
State
Hampshire
Russia
Scottis
Kitchener
Lord Roberts
England
Lord Kitchner Wits
East
Conservatives Clash as Roosevelt Nominated Debated
Chicago June 6 Republican and Progressive leaders debated unity as conservative factions reject Roosevelt nomination and demand Teddy Roosevelt be named immediately while progressives press for Roosevelt. The Indiana Progressive delegation arrives in Chicago as George W Perkins moves to quell rebellion within the party. Louisville pending endorsement.
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Geo. W. Perkins
Progressive Party
Chicago
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Hughes Stock
Senator Borah
George Perkins
John McGrath
Murray Crane
Whitman
Leonard Wood
Indiana
George W. Perkins
Bridge Bond Issue Passed. Criminal Courts Building Fails
Chicago voters approve a $5,000,000 bridge and electric light extension bond, while the bond for a new Criminal Courts Building fails. The Democratic ticket wins a strong majority as seven Superior Court Judges are elected.
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Chicago
Pearl worth over a thousand bought by Evansville jeweler
Theo dore Bitterman of Bitterman Brothers Jewelers buys a twenty four grain pearl from a Wabash river mussel digger near Mt. Carmel IL that is said to be worth more than 1000 dollars. Edwin Parham four year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Parham dies in Cincinnati after a brief illness from bowel trouble caused by eating green apples. The Parham family includes an older son and relatives near Geo Monroe.
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Evansville
Ind
Theodore Bitterman
Bitterman Brothers, Jewelers
Mt. Carmel
Bitterman
Cincinnati
Edwin
Edward Parham
Mr. Parham
Geo. A. Monroe
Arkansas Tornado Toll Climbs to Sixty Dead
Reports place this week’s Arkansas tornado toll at 60 dead and 100 injured with Judsonia wiped out. The storm also struck south of Natchez Mississippi causing eight deaths there. Overall toll rises to eighty lives and property damage reaches 1.5 million dollars.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Judsonia
Natchez
Mississippi
Justice Hughes Says Speech Had No Political Significance
Justice Hughes issued a statement insisting his remarks at a local girls school yesterday had no political meaning. He said the American flag stands for America united, fine and efficient, and equal to its task, despite politicians reading significance into the speech.
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Washington
Justice Hughes
America
Williams trial highlights liquor raids and police conduct
The State reported sheriff led liquor raids with the Purity squad while a policeman allegedly protected a blind tiger and refused squad entry without a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Muncie
Yuan Shi Kai Dies in Pekin Leaving China Headless
Yuan Shi Kai, president of the Republic of China and executive since 1913, died in Pekin. His death leaves China without a head of government. Some cabinet member will likely officiate.
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China
Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Republic of China
Pekin
Madison Wholesale Market Flour and Grain Prices
A dense list of quotations for flour brands such as Peerless and Queen of Madison, meal, shipstuff, bran, and wheat, with per bushel and per ton prices. Additional entries cover live poultry, eggs, butter, various fowl, grain buying prices, hay and straw prices, seeds, and grasses. Includes coal and coke rates and notes on price variation by condition. Also reports a 130,000-strong Chicago preparedness parade and a New Zealand waterfall named Sutherland at 1904 feet.
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Trow
Queen of
C.neces
Wes Leto
Springers
Chicago
New Zealand
Sutherland
Verdun Night Assaults Repulsed Near Fort Vaux
Paris reports German night attacks northeast of Verdun were repulsed. The Crown Prince presses Ft. Vaux from three sides while Berlin claims French assaults on nearby German positions failed as bombardment continues on other lines.
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Crown Prince
Ft. Vaux
Berlin
Aris
Verdun
Which Opens Tomorrow Will Wait Till Saturday to Make Nomina tions
The revised program for the four day Progressive convention outlines daily sessions from Wednesday through Saturday. Victor Murdock chairs the opening, with prayers by Chicago clergy, credential reports, permanent organization, rules, and committee appointments leading to final adjournment and nomination notices.
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Chicago
Victor Murdock
Progressive National Committee
William F. McDowell
John Timothy Stone
Thomas Vincent Shannon
Visit Our Store and See New Art Treasures
An invitation to visit the store this week to view examples of a wonderful new art. The note emphasizes the privilege and expresses eagerness to host the reader for demonstrations.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Henry Dugan, SR
Forsie
Madison
Lord Kitchener
London
Harmony
Red Hot
Teddy
General Wood
Hemenway
James Hemenway
Booneville
Chicapalgo
Evansville Jeweler
Wabash River
Siberian
Hughes
Yuan Shi
Madison Wholesale Marktet
Oeerveanans
Timothy Hay
Wat Straw
Boca Retin
J. Schofield & Son
Middleton Wymond Co
Pittsburg
Paris
Progressive Convention
Joseph Stoltz
Ebersole
N. T. Drake
Masonic Building
Mr. Edison
Meyer
Ters
Val
C. A. Stanton
THE
Shoeists
Campbell’s Soups
F. W. Pfortner
Jefferson Street
Pear Packing House
BULLS
Gay Yunker
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