Plan to Fairly Distribute Fuel and Food Across Nation
Government adopts Hoover led scheme under interstate commerce commission wartime powers to route cars and distribute coal and food. State committees formed to ensure fair prices and prevent profiteering while governors build regional coal networks and coordinate mine production with operators and railways.
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Bavaria
Berlin
Harding
Washington
T. de Witt Cuyler
American Associat
Railway Labor Board
White House
Cuyler
New York
Western Roads
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Daugherty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interior Fall
Commerce Hoover
Aitchison
Indiana News Roundup Sees Peach Crops Rise and Coal Shortage
Peach harvests surge in Pike and Brown counties with Elberta trees yielding thousands of bushels as Gary faces coal shortages impacting public utilities. Indiana counties report tax assessments, new park cemetery plans, and increases in real estate valuations amid statewide economic activity and labor concerns.
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Indiana
Petersburg
Pike County
Charles Lemmon
Gary
Garysk Light and Water Company
L. A. Gerpel
Water and Sewage Department
Indiana State Board of Health
Indiana City
Lake Michigan
Indiana Lakes
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Evansville
Wimberg Park
Wiberg Avenue
Cynthiana Road
Vanderburg County
Memorial Park Cemetery
Nashville
Brown County
Jacob Beach
Anderson
Madison County Farmers’ Association
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Federated Marketing Service
Madison County
Hammond
Snake County
Milk Products Co-Operative Marketing Organization
St. John
American Furm Bureau Committee of
Ning
Lake County
South Bend
Whitley County
Noble
Starke
Dekalb
Jasper
Steuben
Kosciusko
Jeffersonville
Oscar Johson
Hastings man recalls double arrow wound hero tale
Nat Martin, a Hastings retiree, recounts the 19th century incident when he and brother Robert were shot through by Indian arrows as they rode home from a hay field. The shafts pierced Nat’s elbow and back, passed through his brother’s backbone, and left both alive to tell the tale. Their father sheltered the family at Fort Kearney, while Nat later exhibited the bloodstained arrows as proof of their survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Nat Martin
Oingino Hastings
Robert
Nat
Papoose
Fort Kearney
Ragged Miser Leaves $69,000 In New York
An East Side New York City recluse known as Leopold left 69000 in stocks and valuables after dying see when his name was sought for his grave marker. Discovery occurred during a search of his dingy home for identifying details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leopold
New York City
Potter's Field
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Receives Local Endorsement
A Wauseon mother reports her daughter suffered from back and leg pains but improved after two years of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges mothers to trust the remedy to restore balance and ease for troubled daughters across years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wauseon
Ohio
A. M. Burkboone
Hio
Sixth Sense Saves Train In Sunbury Breakage Near Wreck
Railroad engineer Robert Getz of Sunbury felt something wrong under his locomotive as his train, with 100 passengers aboard, approached. He stopped and found a brake rigging hanging by a shredded chain under the tank. had it dropped, a bad wreck was likely. Source: Sunbury Dispatch.
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Robert Getz
Sunbury
Getz
Prohibition Echoes Tangle With New Doctor Pledge
A brief exchange shows a judge remarking on not practicing before prohibition while a pair of young doctors discuss progress. The dialogue hints at early medical careers adapting to Prohibition era constraints and attitudes.
First Stage Not Fearful Charles Says Voice Was
Charles spoke in his first stage appearance during holiday exercises. He showed nervousness on stage. His mother reassured him that he did well despite being scared, and he insisted he was not scared, only his voice felt unsure.
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Charles
One or the Other Flubb Age Always Tell on a Woman
Society column notes that gossip and social pressure prevail in New York circles as friends and rivals discuss behavior of prominent women. The piece comments on reputation concerns and the tension between public image and private life in city society.
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Dubb
New York Sun
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H. M. Albright
Yellowstone National Park
Anne Anzer
National Editorial Association
Shriners of
United States
Honolulu
Dr. Porras
Peru
Sepor Aldunate
Chile
Tacna-Arica
Edward W. Pickard
Illinois
Farrington
Iainois
Peoria
Sterling
England
Britain
America
N. J. Cleve Dean
Railway Employees’ Publicity Association
Republican Party
Farmer and Labor
Dean
Hicago
Mahon
Quinlan
Chicago
Senate
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Smoot
John L Norris
Publishers’ Association
Norris
Watson
Joe Cannon
Cannon
Blair
Innternal Revenue Bureau
Hughes
Bermuda
Bahamas
Poincaire
Germany
France
Morgan Committee of Bankers
Paris
League of Nations Council
Poincare
Lloyd George
London
Reichstag
Wirth
Ebert
Staatsgerichtshof
Lerchenfeld
Prussia
Rom
Russia
Frank Vanderlip
Europe
Romania
Poland
Belgrade
Balkanes
Austria
Agustus Thomas
Producing Managers’ Association
Will Hays
Judge Landis
Bre
Elwood
Madr
Navy
County der
Valparaiso
Furnessvill
Burdick
Lafayette
U. S. General of Indiana
Indiana State
Soldi Lafayette
Huffman
Ash
Oard
White County
Union Traction Company of
General Headquarters
Thomas Harvey
Marengo
Muncie
Ku Klux Klan
St. Joseph
Decature
Adams County
Marion
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Mari
Warsaw
John Zehner
J. C. Hay
Sil Lake
Aner C. F. Kelly
Zehner
Ford City
Hartford
Homestead
Brother
Ragged Miser
Potters Field
Beleans
Bellans
Parker
Danarud
Cole
Pista Hi Chemical
N. Y, Chicago
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