Week's News Briefs Highlight National Events
Approval of 84 advances for agricultural purposes totaling 2,722,600 was announced by the War Finance Corporation in Washington with distributions to Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin. The Supreme Court ruled no imprisonment at hard labor without grand jury presentment. Prohibition indictments and convictions were reported by federal courts. The immigration restriction law was extended to 1924. President Harding attended Easter services in Washington with large crowds. The barberry eradication funds were increased to combat wheat pests. A Rockford case linked to a mysterious death was noted. Several ships seizures and naval facility bills were reported along with notable deaths, retirements, and transport events across the country.
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War Finance Corporation
Washington
Iowa
Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States
Storms and floods devastate Mississippi valley, many homeless
The storms and floods in the Mississippi valley leave about fifty dead and over 200 injured while causing extensive property damage. Hundreds are rendered homeless as districts struggle with recovery efforts.
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Mississippi Valley
Indiana News Roundup Highlights Local Programs and Weather
Indiana reports show a Grace church junior program for ages six to sixteen with Rev N S Lichterman citing sixty members and new room with 30 minute services. Other items note a 12 percent horse decline since 1912, a paroled life prisoner, crop estimates, road signals rules, bridge contracts, boy scout funding, and the Indiana tubercu losis campaign urging home treatment.
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Indianapolis
N. S. Lichterman
Grace Presbyterian Church
Bryant
Albert Musser
McCray
Musser
Blackford County
Louisa Stulz
Portland
Indiana
George C. Bryant
Indiana Legislative Reference Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Lawrence Lyons
State Highway Department
Wabash
D. B. Newman
Twelve Mile
Miami County
Newman
State Highway Commission
Hazelton
White River
Knox County
Jeffersonville
South Bend
J. W. Taylor
Vern Murphy
Judson Taylor
Magician Lake
Lafayette
Warren T. McCray
Purdue
Kentland
Anderson
Socialist Party
Seymour
Buhner Fertilizer Company
Brazil
Central Labor Union of Brazil
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Jackson County
State Board of Health
W. I. King
H. St. Condrey
Clark County
E. A. Strout
Strout Farm Agency, Inc
New York
Gary
Gary Steel
Gary Municipal Free Employment Bureau
Board of Trusstees
The
Indiana Reformatory
Indiana State Prison
Indiana State Farm
Shelbyville
Edinburg
Farmers’ Associations
Bartholomew
Shelby Counties
Average Farm Size Trends From 1910 to 1920
The 1920 average farm size was 148.2 acres, up from 138.1 acres in 1910. Improved land per farm averaged 78.6 acres in 1920 versus 75.2 acres in 1910, showing growth in total and cultivated farm areas.
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