Indiana Happenings Highlight 1919 State Events
Indiana reports 1919 activity across building, coal, and public works. Muncie builders erected 124 houses spending about 4 million dollars. Warsaw suffers coal famine with no carloads reaching for over a week. Edward Karney reelected Indiana Sanitary Engineers president. Blackford County votes 80 thousand dollar county hospital approval.
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Muncie
Brookville
State Department of Conservation
Warsaw
Edward Karney
Laporte
Indiana Society of Sanitary Engineers
Richmond
Blackford County
R. BE. Gesall
Bedford
Rosinbaum Brothers
Tunnelton
Washington Township
Wayne Township
Madison County Breeders’ Association of
Anderson
West Lafayette
Purdue University
Seymour
Indiana Corn Growers Association
W. A. Ostrander
Lafayette
Co. E. Troyer
Columbus
Indianapolis
Marion County
Ivan F. Hummel
Bates Expanded Steel Truss Company
East Chicago
Sweden
Italy
Senate adopts Article 10 reservation on treaty vote
The Senate approved by 56 to 26 a Republican drafted Article 10 reservation denying broad US obligations to Europe. Fourteen Democrats joined Republicans, signaling party split yet not enough to ratify. The move delays ratification amid ongoing peace treaty controversy and poses a possible poll tied outcome.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Mob Foiled Lynching Threat in New Albany Jail
A mob of several hundred gathered at the city jail to lynch Charles Pearson a colored man accused of attacking Mrs. Cecelia Summers. Police had moved him to Jeffersonville reformatory for safety and allowed a crowd member to search the cells before the mob dispersed.
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New Albany
Ind
Charles Pearson
Cecelia Summers
Jeffersonville
Reformatory
McCulloch
New Verdict In I. W. W. Case Not Guilty Declared
A verdict of not guilty was returned by a jury appointed by labor organizations to hear the Montesano murder trial of ten I. W. W. members in connection with the Armistice day shooting at Centralia Washington. The accompanying statement said the verdict was unanimous.
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Tacoma
Wash
Montesano
Centralia Wash
Laborite Leads in Burlington Mayoral Primary
Organized labor backs Thomas J. Smith who leads the Burlington mayoral race with 1,915 votes. Mayor Bell and W. W. Copeland trail with 1,313 and 1,157 votes respectively in the municipal primary.
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Thomas J. Smith
Burlington
Iowa
Organized Labor
Bell
W.W. Copeland
Smith
BBI
Copeland
Treasure Raised Near London Amid War Effort
Sunken treasure valued at £50,000,000 has been raised since the war began around the British Isles. The amount equates to about $250,000,000 in normal dollars and roughly $183,500,000 in present exchange value.
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London
British Isles
Miller Named Lieutenant in Hayti Police Gendarmerie
Sergt Harold A Miller U S M G promoted to lieutenant in Hayti gendarmerie. He has served four years as personal bodyguard to President Anteguénive and is described as influential in native government circles, nicknamed vice president of Hayti.
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Sergt
Harold A
Ebert to Win Out Amid German Coup Skepticism
Washington reports military officials expect restoration of Ebert authority in Germany as sparadic Spartacist unrest continues. Col Edward Davis dispatches hint the coup is less serious than first thought, with a general strike seen as likely but Soviet sympathizers deemed a small minority and unlikely to derail stability.
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Washington
Ebery
Germany
Edward Davis
Berlin
Ebert
Lloyd George Announces German Mandates Allocation
In the house of commons Prime Minister David Lloyd George declares mandates: German East Africa to Britain and Belgium. German Southwest Africa to South Africa. Pacific possessions south of the equator excluding Samoa to Australia. Samoa to New Zealand. German islands north of the equator to Japan.
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London
David
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Masked robbers steal $20,000 from Seattle revenue office
In Seattle two masked men robbed the internal revenue office as cashier R. B. Stafford opened the vault. They forced him to surrender and fled with currency packets from the vault. The loot came from last night’s income tax rush.
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Seattle
Wash
Internal Revenue Office
R. B. Stafford
Stafford
May import servant girls
Acting Immigration Commissioner Uhl ruled that servants may be imported from Europe after a Lexow inquiry. He noted wealthy Europeans are selling highly trained servants as they can no longer afford to keep them, leaving many servants out of work.
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New York
Europe
Uhl
Charles K. Lexow
United States ship Recruit Moves from Union Square
The United States ship Recruit, long anchored in Union Square New York, is taken out of commission as old glory and its pennant are lowered. The land battle ship will sail by land to Coney Island and dock away from the ocean.
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Chester Randal
Springville
Jerry T. Beard
Evansville
Indianapolis Patriotic Gardeners’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Richard B. Arnold
Lafayette
Indiana State Soldiers’ Home
John R. Fesler
Indianapolis
Tanner Miller
Hamilton County
Sarah Miller
Lipton County
Herman G. Morgan
Indianapolis Board of Health
Indiana
Knights of Columbus
Boy Scout Movement
United States
U. S
New York
Recruit
Union Square
Broadway
Coney Island
Freezone Offers Quick Corn Relief and Removal
A Cincinnati inventor promotes Freezone as a painless corn treatment. Drops applied to the corn stop the pain immediately, allowing the corn to be lifted out. The tiny bottle is sold cheaply at drug stores and claims to remove hard and soft corns as well as toe corn and calluses without soreness.
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Cincinnati
Ady
The Kind Shortcake Exchange
Two speakers reminisce about yesterday's shortcake as one woman notes it was so short it wouldn’t go around. The playful exchange highlights a shared dessert moment with a hint of humor.
Boschee's Syrup Featured For Cold and Lung Troubles
A historical ad touts Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for colds bronchitis and lung troubles. It claims flu deaths rose last year and promotes the product as American made used in thousands of homes worldwide and offers a good night's rest with easy morning expectoration.
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America
Old Christmas Customs Drawn From Indiana Tale
Governor Goodrich recalls coarse old practices that fell from use. A rich man tries to revive the boar's head feast with a lemon mouth and glassy eyes, terrifying his son Willie who asks for a piece not looking.
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Goodrich
Indiana
Man vows to purge socialism and radicalism in heated stance
A man declares plans to eliminate socialism bolshevism anarchism radicalism and sovietism while a second speaker adds rheumatism as a pointed aside. The exchange captures a tense moment of political discourse.
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Farmer Corntessel
Hair darkening tonic for gray hair from Bay Rum blend
A home remedy mix adds 1 oz Bay Rum to half a pint water with Barbo Compound and 4 oz glycerine. Apply twice weekly to gradually darken faded gray hair, leaving hair soft and glossy without staining the scalp or becoming sticky. A druggist can prepare it or it can be mixed at home at low cost.
No Candidate Declines Nomination in Kansas City Star
J Fuller Gloom rejects a legislature bid. In a measured reply to a committee he states he has never aimed for public office and outlines a life of honesty, self-reliance, and steady work as reasons for declining the nomination.
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J. Fuller
Kansas City Star
Rise Through Biography Encouraged by Past Purchases
A Birmingham Age-Herald remark notes that readers find less inspiration in biographies as money’s purchasing power has diminished since earlier eras. The student laments scarce motivation from historical figures who rose during stronger economies.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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