World and national notes drift through 1913 update
Commerce data show U S sugar imports reach a record six and a half billion pounds in the year ending June 30. Washington discusses expanding federal crop aid to 150 million dollars if needed while bankers meet with McAdoo. Senators Johnston and Kenyon figure in a busy policy year as weather and crop figures shift outlooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
United States
West
South
McAdoo
Washington
Fire destroys five Farmersville buildings in Illinois
A domestic fire of unknown origin swept Farmersville Illinois destroying five buildings and causing twenty thousand dollars in damage. Insurance partly covers the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersville
Ill
American envoy Lind arrives as U S braces Mexico policy
John Lind arrives in Mexico City to study the Mexican situation amid U S debate on policy. Two American women and an unknown man are reported killed on a rebel attacked train near Rancheria, 65 miles from Juarez. Mrs Thomas Dale and her niece Miss Mattie Marrow were aboard the Juarez train. Senator Clark criticizes Wilson administration for not protecting Americans.
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Mexico City
John Lind
Wilson
Washington
United States
Mexico
Mr. Lind
Rancheria
Mex
Juarez
Thomas Dale
Chihuahua
Mattie Marrow
Dale
Senate
Clark
Wyoming
Balkan Peace Treaty Signed in Bucharest Sparks Celebrations
The Balkan states signed a peace treaty in Bucharest prompting city decorations, flag displays, bells, gun salutes, and musical performances to mark the occasion. Militants attacked a Home Office official in London while arsonists targeted Sutton schoolhouses but failed to destroy them. Mme Crespy, accused of murder, was acquitted in Agen. Sun Yat Sen arrived incognito in Moji, Japan, undecided about his next destination.
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Bucharest
Pearson
Home Office
London
Holloway
Sutton
Sun Yat Sen
Chinese Republic
Moji
Japan
Formosa
America
Obituary and Political Shifts In Early New York and Arkansas
The death of Personal Dr. Oliver Livingston Jones a wealthy retired physician and father of suffrage leader General Rosalie Jones occurred in a New York hospital from personal safety related wounds. Judge George W. Hays took the oath as governor of Arkansas succeeding Senator J M Futrell who had acted as governor for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Livingston Jones
Rosalie Jones
New York Hospital
George W. Hays
Camden, Ark
Arkansas
J. M. Futrell
Indiana live stock breeders and corn growers meet
In Tippecanoe County nine hundred plus vehicles and a 1000 acre farm welcomed 6000 attendees from 45 counties for the Indiana Live Stock Breeders and Corn Growers association gathering at the Van Atta farm. A grand parade led by the Battle Ground band followed a farm tour and an extensive roast dinner.
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Lafayette
Indiana
Tippecanoe County
Battle Grounds
J. R
J. W. VanAtta
VanAtta
VanAtta Farm
Battle Ground Band
Interurban workers in Indiana eye possible strike
Rumors of a broad interurban railway strike spread from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne as motormen and conductors consider unionizing on lines including Indianapolis Columbus and Southern and Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley. Organizers gain traction with Indiana Union Traction staff and a suit against an organizer seeks disclosure. A strike may coincide with the state fair opening September 8.
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Indianapolis
Interburban
Indiana
Columbus & Southern
Seymour
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Union Traction Company of
Friends of the Union
Sterling Electric plant foreclosure sale in Lafayette
The Sterling Electric plant in Lafayette, once a leading local industry, sold at foreclosure for 25000 to Walter J. Ball representing bondholder committee. Bonds of 100000 had funded the company, later transferred to Lafayette Electric & Manufacturing which took on bond payments before its failed venture. Sheriff oversaw the sale.
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Logansport
Pennsylvania & Vandalia Railway
Lafayette
Sterling Electric
Walter J. Ball
Ball
Sterling Electric Works
Lafayette Electric & Manuatcuring Company
Lafayette Electric & Manufacturing Company
Game Wardens End Visit In Shelby County
Peter Graley and Lewis J. Amos deputies from the fisheries and game office left Shelbyville after a weeklong visit. They warned residents to obey resident hunting and fishing license laws and distributed applications to be sent to the county clerk, avoiding trips to the city for licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Peter Graley
Lewis J. Amos
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Shelby County
Defeat Annexation by City in Pike County Hearing
Petersburg August 12 remonstrators defeat city annexation in the Pike county board hearing save for a five acre west end tract. The proposal covered about 150 acres and 400 residents including Toad Loop Windy Hill and Morgan's addition. City appeals to circuit court.
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Petersburg
Board of
Pike County Commissioners
West End
Toad Lope
Windy Hill
Morgan's
Pike County Circuit Court
Sheriff Closes Road House in Fort Wayne
Sheriff Gladieux closed Hiser's road house described as the most notorious place in Alien county after finding 150 people inside. He warned other near city saloons to close outside city limits by ten o'clock each night under the law.
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Fort Wayne
Hiser
Alien County
Gladieux
Captured Robber Confesses in Mauckport Burglaries
Corydon reports eighteen year old Robert Bruce was tracked by a bloodhound and a citizen posse, arrested for burgling Al Wiseman's home near Mauckport, placed in jail, and there confessed his guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Robert Bruce
al Wiseman
Mauckport
Bruce
Pike County Farmers' Fair Opens August 19 at Winslow
Petersburg reports the second annual Pike County Farmers' Fair will start August 19 at Winslow and run all week. A new race course will be added making racing a feature of the event.
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Nebraska
New York
Petersburg
Winslow
The Real Diggers of the Panama Canal
The article traces labor on the Panama Canal from Jamaica and Barbados to Spain and the United States. It contrasts black Jamaican and Barbadian workers with white Spanish and American supervisors, notes pay of about 30 dollars monthly, and describes camps, food, housing, health care, religion, and social life in the zone.
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Uncle Sam
West Indies
Jamaica
Barbados
Panama
Spain
Commission
Ancon
Colon
Bajian
Cuba
Ancon Hill
Salvation Army
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Joseph F. Johnston
Alabama
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Navy Department
Funchal
Madeira
Annapolis
Bureau of Chemistry
Burke
Charles M. Pepper
South America
Bryan
Salvador
Department of Justice
Borah
Norris
National Association of Manufacture
Congress
House Lobby
James A. Emery
Association
California
Milwaukee
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Middletown
Tammany Hall
Charles S. Whitman
John Purroy Mitchel
Whitman
Commission On Pensions of the Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Massachusetts
National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Doremus
Michigan
James
Gore
Scully
New Jersey
E. T. Taylor
Colorado
Madison Square Garden
Jim Flynn
Pleasant Hill
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Associations
Chicago
Ohio
William Bloomfield
People’s Bank of
Central New England
Pleasant Valley
N. Y
Mme. Crespy
Abbe Chassaign
Agen
France
Hoosier News
Peru
Board of Commissioners
Tillett
Miami
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Thomas McAllister
Wabash River
Broadway
Marion
Green Bottle Blowers’ Association
Canada
Bloomington
John Stipp
Monroe County
Roddy Austin
Stipp
Austin
Evansville
Linwood Avenue
Linwood
Board of Public Works
A. E. Gore
Wiliam BR. Roesner
Oscar Miedrich
Roesner
Vanderburg County Bar Association
Benjamin Chenoweth
Margaret Ellen Baker
Andrew Jackson Baker
Che Ireal Canal
Dik Giel L. Wpickard
Culebra
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