Doors of America open to foreign trade debate in 1916
In Madison Indiana June 5 1916 the Madison Herald argues against protective tariffs pushed by Republican leaders Penrose Smoot Gallinger Mann Fordney and others claiming they would shrink workers pay and threaten farmers facing high interest. It calls for a Democratic Congress and administration to pass a plural credit act reducing farm interest from 6 10 percent to 4 6 percent and asks the 6 000 000 farmers to vote accordingly in November.
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America
Congress
Penrose
Smoot
Gallinger
Mann
Fordney
United States
Stallion Enrollment Board Aids Horse Improvement Efforts
Mr. S. W. Taylor represented the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board at Lafayette this week. The 1913 act requires enrollment for stallions and provides strong liens protecting mare owners, with penalties for unregistered sale. The law aims to improve horses. nineteen states have similar laws and prospects for superior stock look bright.
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S. W. Taylor
Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board
Lafayette
Indiana
Backache Cure Through Kidney Care Ad Offers Mrs. Eisenhardt's Testimony
A Madison resident urges finding the cause of backache to cure it. Mrs. Carrie Eisenhardt of 415 N Church St Madison reports relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills bought at Harper’s drug store. She says the pills regulated her kidneys and ended dull pains headaches and dizziness. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.
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Madison
Carrie Eisenhardt
N. Church St
Doan
Harper's Drug Store
Man pleads with burglars in Paterson jewelry store note
Leon Friedmann of Paterson New Jersey posts a satirical plea to burglars asking them to stop robbing his jewelry store. He explains alarms and watchmen failed and explains losses from burglary and asks the profession to take their trade elsewhere until recovery.
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Paterson
N. J
Leon Friedmann
Priedmiann
Notich Teo
Livon Friedmann
Phonograph in Basement Delights Brazil Residents
In Brazil Indiana U E E Thompson uses a wall button to trigger a phonograph in a basement. Ten records rotate around a circular table driven by an electric motor. A large white marble centerpiece aligns with the device, linked to a reproductive mechanism, and a cork wand moves the needle to the next record after each play.
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Brazil
Ind
U. EE
Thompson
Jusiec
Dhotoaty
Pao
Vassar Girl Admired as Boss at Supreme Court
In Poughkeepsie fifty Vassar students in a political science class watched a witness declare his wife is boss in the house. The remark drew spontaneous applause from the students despite a court admonition, with Justice Young grinning.
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OD. Fite
Governor grants parole leave to farm in Oregon
Governor James Withycombe granted ninety days of leave of absence to C. O. Bogart, an inmate serving a term for assault with intent to kill, to allow him to plant a spring crop and protect his Malheur county homestead from foreclosure. Bogart argued his family of eight would face starvation and mortgage pressure without the chance to farm. He is jailed for attempting to kill a man named Mathews over a land dispute.
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Salem
Ore
James Withycombe
C. O. Bogart
Malheur County
Bogart
Mathews
Plaster Seeker Finds Bride After Six Months Travel
Madsonville Michigan reports George N. Flows ard of Birmingham Alabama found a handbag at the Panama Pacific Exposition grounds in San Francisco last September containing a photo of a young woman named Wisconsin. Howard traveled the Middle West for six months seeking his ideal and found her in Oshkosh Wisconsin Miss Nettle Telsma became the bride.
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Madsonville
Mich
George N. Flowsard
Birminingham
Ala
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Ivy and Archibald Close in Whispered Nest
A Cornell Widow piece from The Herald features Ivy calling Archibald a brick as he urges her to cling to him in whispered tones. The scene suggests a dramatic, intimate moment conveyed in a newspaper vignette.
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Ivy
Archibald
Cornell
Sipe to Represent Hanover College at State Intercollegiate Contest
Claude L. Sipe of Hanover won the Hanover college primary oratorical last night to choose a representative for the state intercollegiate contest in Indianapolis next February. Other speakers included Earl Rogers of Manville with Visions Leroy Gassett of Madison with Our National Responsibility and Harry Hege of Columbus with The Spirit of the New Age.
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Hanover
Ind
Claude L. Sipe
Hanover College
Indianapolis
Earl Rogers
Manville
Leroy Gassett
Madison
Harry Hege
Columbus
Baby Shot By Platemate In Elkhart Home
In Elkhart Indiana on June 11 Elsie Winger 10 found a revolver in a chiffonier and accidentally fired it. The bullet hit Maxwell Smith age two above the left ear and lodged in the wall though the child was not seriously hurt. Wilson 60 Cents For a Divorce. President Wilson received a Georgia divorce plea with a 60 cent fee accompanying the letter explaining desertion by his wife.
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Elkhart
Ind
Dodge Smith
Smith
Elsie Winger
Maxwell Smith
Wilson
Washington
Georgia
Closing Hours Hughes and Fairbanks Nominated in Chicago
After the nominations at Chicago Hughes and Fairbanks accepted. Roosevelt declined the Progressive presidential bid. A brief Hughes sketch notes birthplace Glens Falls NY, 1862, Brown and Columbia educations, Cornell Law professor, New York lawyer, 1906 governor bid victory, 1908 reelection, Taft appointment to the Supreme Court, marriage to Antoinette Carter and four children.
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Fairbanks
Chicago
Roosevelt
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Teddy
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Glens Falls
N. Y
New York
Brown University
Columbia University Law School
Delhi
Cornell University
New York City
W. R. Hearst
Fusion
Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Taft
Antoinette Carter
Nominating Brews as Republicans and Progressives Clash
Chicago reports a tangled convention scene with Republicans backing Hughes unanimously while Progressives nominate Roosevelt by acclamation and consider Lodge as a compromise. Roosevelt urged unity, Hughes resigned from the Supreme Court to accept the nomination, and Fairbanks was named VP.
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Lodge
Massachusetts
Hughes
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Supreme Bench
Chicago
George Perkins
Perkins
Progressive Peace Committee
Moose
Senator Lodge
Oyster Bay
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Whitman
Revival set to begin at Liberty church with C W Cauble
Rev C W Cauble of Indianapolis will start a revival at Liberty church Monday night August 28. District Evangelist Fred R Davies of Charlestown and Levi Burn Sort panne of the church will assist him. A hailstorm in Mt Bird district Trimble county Kentucky damaged growing tobacco plants yesterday evening around 4 o clock.
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Indianapolis
Liberty Church
Fred R. Davies
Charlestown
Ind
Levi Burn
Panne
Mt. Bird District
Trimble County
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