World events brief from Washington and beyond
Supreme Court ordered show cause on January 5 over constitutionality of Prohibition amendments. Admiral Sims declined the Distinguished Service Medal. Palmer blamed coal operators for strike issues. Congress completed sugar control bill through 1920 with limited US Sugar Equalization Board licensing. A broad railownership petition reached the House. Immigration Committee's deportation bill for aliens tied to anti athletic groups passed the House unanimously. John Skelton Williams nominated again as Comptroller of the Currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Rhode Island
New Jersey
William S. Sims
Germany
Wilson
United States Sugar Equalization Board
Congress
White House
John Skelton Williams
President Wilson
Prohibition enforcement battles span a decade at least
An array of wartime era items appears with references to prohibition enforcement facing a long legal fight. Reports mention Ernest H. Cherrington of the Anti-Saloon League in Columbus, deportations of radicals from New York, arrests in San Antonio on conspiracy to defraud army supplies, a car trunk death case in Lawton, and shifts in wages for Ford’s workers. Other notes cover a railroad accident near Pine Blasy, a murder on a Colorado farm, and gunpoint robberies in Chilengo. The report lists a miscellaneous mix of crimes, trials, and notable events across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esys Ernest H. Cherrington
Columbus
Anti-Sa Joon League
Foreign Leninist alarm spans Europe and Asia
Reports from Paris Warsaw Chicago and London describe Lenine and Trotzky forecasts of a vast Chinese led invasion of Poland next spring. Soviet price offers for tank plans and a rash of wartime injuries and deaths color a turbulent era with riots in Austria and fresh naval retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolas Lenine
China
Paris
Warsaw
Trotzky
Poland
Indiana Brevities Roundup of County Updates
Indiana community notes from Gary to Indianapolis cover annexation talks in East Gary population 2500, a Wabash river survey for a power plant, army horse purchases, meat production drop forecasts, new Baker overall plant in Scottsboro, tire chrome venture planned, tax law challenges, Hessian fly damaged wheat in Wabash, coal mine idling near Chicago and Terre Haute, and tax commission actions on assessments and bonds. Local officials discuss farmers federation, building permits, and public works across several counties.
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Gary
East Gary
Logansport
Cass County Chamber of Commerce
Wabash River
Goshen
Kansas City
Thia
Tipton
Scottsboro
Baker Overall
Wabash
Wabash County
Terre Haute
Chicago, Serry Haute & Southeastern
Indiana
Indiannapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Marion County
South Bend
Misekawaka
Studebaker, Singer
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Mishkawake Woolen Manufacturing Company
Mishawaka
Laporte
Michigan City
Buchanan
Mich
Indiwanapolia
Starke County
Wayne and
Railroad
Slansky Road
Center Township
Shankston
Greenfield
Floyd County
Georgetown
New Albany
Jasper
Speckert Road
Vigo County
Otter Creek
Aurora—School
White County
Mohen Teawnship
Evansyle—School
Attlea
Indianapolis
Farmers’ National Council
Wilson
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
National Council In
Lewis ‘Taylor
Indiana Federation of Farmers
Washington, D.C
American Farm Bureau
J. R. Howard
Clemens
Evansville
Crown Chair Company
Inperial Desk Company
Alonitor Furniture Company
Thomas T. Marshall
United States
State Board of Pardons
Goodrich
Elkhart County
Frank Cast
Oscola
Lonard
Washington, D. C
Senate
Frederick van Nuys
Indianapols
Dinann
L. Ert Slick
van Nuys
Stack
Warsaw
Tippecanoe
Murghat
Kosciusko Circuit
S. N. Stevens
Plymouth
Sheelal
Kosciusto County
Whitley County
I. L. Miller
Actly
Indianapolio
Harry B. Smith
Stnte Department
Barry S. New
James E. Watson
National Nurses' Association
Mary A. Meyers
Indiana Graduate Nurses' Aesociation
Congress
Td Eand
Amon W. Butler
Board of State Charities
Atate
Ducks Rising On Inland Long Island Farms In 1910 Census
United States duck numbers dropped by about 40 percent from 1900 to 1910, totaling 2,000,525 ducks valued at $1,667,164. New York shows a gain, Long Island hosts large commercial duck farms, and production shifts toward commercial operations while schooling back reduces on general farms. Eleven standard breeds span meat, egg, and ornamental classes with origins linked to the common wild duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agricature
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Tennessee
Indiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ohio
Iowa
Long Island
N. Y
Middle West
Rouen
Good Poultry Hints for Efficient Egg Farming
Practical guidance on poultry care advising one nest per four hens and twice daily egg gathering. Recommends storing eggs in a dry coal room or cellar and marketing eggs at least twice a week. Suggests purchasing well-matured pullets rather than young hens for better flock performance.
Change in Breed of Fowls
A breeder who switches from one hen variety to another must learn new care needs. The new breed may require different feeding and housing, plus broader adjustments in management and support to ensure healthy birds. The article urges study of food, housing and related practices for success.
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Palmer
House of Representatives
Immigration Committee
House
America
Buford
San Antonio
Tex
Virga
Sarah J. Tabor
Maud Tabor
Lawton
Henry Ford
Detroit
Cotton Belt Railroad
Pina Blasy
Ark
Admn Shank
Gilcrest
Galo
Shank
Howard Bogardus
Roy W. Sitton
Winona
Springfeld, Mo
Newirentiary
E. K. Pond Packing Company
Cifengo
First National Bank of Spainand, Jr
Andrew Ott
Dallas
Lucy M. Muileaux
Firty-Four
Socur Alene
Mato
Letor . Berger
Milwaukee
Lodenstab
Ramsay
Princess Patricia of
Washington. de
St. Navarro
Admiral Kotchak
Gmek
Moscow
France
Supreme Council
Vienna
Austria
Avyaloff-Bermond
Lithuania
Riga
N Dil
London
Selfridge
Chicago
Lisduif
County Cavan
Ireland
Chauny
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Louis XIV
Lieut
Norris Bailey
Worcester, Maxs
Brandenstein
Arcadia
Bla
N.Y
Essex
India
South
Long
Eland
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