Washington Notes and World Happenings Summary
Washington reports swirl around Secretary Mellon resignation with General Dawes denying. Commerce survey shows higher production prices and export trade. Supreme Court upholds Packers act. Mrs Wilson says her husband is better. Reports of Paris replacing Jusserand cause regret in official circles. Congress to probe naval oil lease corruption amid Kiap Follette charges. US extends Egypt recognition while Cuba economic order threatened. Croker dies near Dublin as deer breach Mississippi. Joffre exits New York. Debates and riots spark labor and mine clashes. Gompers warns of Bolshevist influence. Ford crash kills Matt Witzgerald. Vassar defeats Brown in debate on Philippine independence. Canada loans attract 100 million. five bandits captured after Chicago gas station robbery.
Multiple Murders and Bank Robbery Reported Across U S
A series of violent incidents is reported including a wife and two others shot in Reading Pennsylvania with one dead. a bank messenger robbed of $12,000 in Oakland California. six masked bandits in several robberies. rail and coal disruptions. and various international war and political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Bank of
Oakland
Cal
Irish Republican Army
Bank of Ireland
Belfast
Industrial frontage along Lake Michigan from East Chicago to Gary
The Gary lake front industrial complex expands as United States Steel and affiliated plants extend from Universal Portland Cement to the United States Steel Gary works and a 40 million dollar tube plant. Indiana reserves plans, public notices, and road contracts frame regional development and state projects in Hammond Indianapolis and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Gary
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Universal Portland Cement Company
Lake Front
Stockton
American Sheet and Tinplate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Miller Beach
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. F. Taulbee
United States Army
Congress
Jones & Laughlin Steel
East Chicago Company
Secretary of War
Steel Company
James A. Collins
Richard C. Sipe
Marion County
Indiana State Prison
Sipe
State Commission
School For
Industrial Aid For the Blind
Ethel and
Thirtieth Streets
McCray
Commission
James B. Curtis
Baldwin & Curtis
New York
Indianapolis Light Artillery
Battery A
Indiana House of Representatives
Columbus
Bedford
Bloomington
Franklin
New Albany
Benjamin J. Burris
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Hartford City
Blackford County Farm Bureau
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Ag Uing
Lawrence Lyons
State Highway Commission
P Mchigan City
General Construction Company
Chicago Heights Coal. Company
Chicago Heights
Baileytown
Lake and Porter
Michigan City
Porter
Laporte
Chicago Heights Company
Louisville Cement Company
Louisville
Universal Cement Company of
Indiana Portland Cement Company
Greencastle
Indiana Portland Company
Brazil
Reelsville
Manhattan
Mt. Meridian
American Legion
I. H. Henley
Legion State
Stanley Zolla
Joe Skopak
Whiting
United States
Charles
Surprise
Sporting Man’s Virtues Cited In Brief Humorous Exchange
A trimmed page item notes Holmes line on sporting virtues and a humor exchange about Mr Grampson having hobbies. The quip reveals a focus on modest bragging, accountability, and restraint in victory and defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Castoria Signature Reminder and Crimson Gulch Mood
A vintage admonition urges mothers to check Castoria bottles for the signature of Imean as a trusted remedy used for over 30 years. In a Western quip, Cactus Joe notes Crimson Gulch lags due to pride and patriotism while residents resist attempts at improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Red Cross Ball Blue advertised for baby clothes
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a safe whitening agent for fresh baby clothes and prescribes it for whitening without streaks or damage. It notes availability at all good grocers and includes a brief exchange about paint in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Lloyd George
A Lady of Distinction and Skin Care Ad Claim
An advertisement touts a distinguished woman with a delicate perfume, claiming Cuticura Soap and hot bath cleanse pores, followed by Cuticura Talcum powder for clear healthy skin, and notes one should finish tasks promptly.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Dawes
Commerce Department
Packers’ and Stock Yards
Supreme Court
Paris
France
Jusserand
Kia Follette
Naval
Senator Lodge
Egypt
Cuba
State Department
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Glencairn Castle
Sandyford
Dublin
Mississippi
Louisiana
Natchez
Marshal Joffre
The
Celtic
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners’ Union
Crawford County
Girard
Kan
Patterson
Kiski Coal Company
Appella
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
Labor
Matt Witzgerald
Delavan
Lake Geneva
Elkhorn Road
Elkhorn
Wis
George Hahn
Vassar College
Brown’ University
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Philippines
Tower Hill Coal and Coke Company
Uniontown
Mark W. Proper
Raymond Ogg
Reading
Proper
Francis R. Worns
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Tex
Liberty Theater
Sedalia
J. YL. Morgan
Allied Reparation Commission
Germany
Benwood
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Lashbrook
Schuyler County
Rushville
Mildred McGrew
Frank L. McGrew
Pekin I
Seaboard Air Line
A. B. Prickett
First Methodist Church
White Oaks
Charles H. Russell
Champaign
Ill
Charles Robertson
Tigers
Detroit
Mich
White Sox
James W. McAndrews
American Expeditionary Forces
Paul Deschanel
Mayence
Nikolai Lenin
Moscow
Burghardt
Tokyo
Tchitcherin
Russia
Willam Errazwiz
Peggy Joyce
Henri Letellier
Chi Li
China
Peking
London Times
Hoosier News
Logansport
Cass County
County Farm Bureau
Valparaiso
Porter County
G. I. Christie
Elkhart
Shelby
Hancock
Noble
Morgan
State Highway Department
Urry Dietz
State Department of Conservation
Mitchell
Salem
Orleans Marion
George W. Steel
Marion
Isleventh
F. J. Stuart
Wrigley
Louisville Courier-Journal
Virginia
Fifth Ave
York City
Sen
Pa Way Street Suspender Co
Mire
Adrians
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