State Happenings Logansport M A list of incidents and notes
State Happenings reports diverse local items from Logansport to Brazil. It notes injuries deaths including George Dennis and John T. Fisher, plus civic items such as school board elections, hospital readiness, militia enlistment, and wartime bonds.
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Logansport
George Dennis
Milford
John T. Fisher
Warsaw
Alva Banghart
Bicknell
William Crist
Kokomo
J. M. Wooley
Muncie
Lydia
Oesterle
Richmond
Tipton
Sarah Pursley
Otwell
John Teague
Rockport
Spencer County
Vernon
Louis Keck
Indianapolis
Julia Fried Walker
Educator Journal
Columbus
Edgar Laurile
Princeton
Mary Elinor
Jeffersonville
Ernest Taylor
Marion
Grant County Hospital
Rushville
Finly Gray
H. H. Elliott
Daniel Comstock
Charles A. Greathouse
Democratic Committee
Crawfordsville
Wabash College
Alexandria
Carmel
Gladys Kepner
Greencastle
Indiana
Frank Winehart
Phil Arbor
John Bryant
Mooresville
Frank Bain
South Bend
Keamer Kouts
Studebaker
Brazil
John W. Wright
Huntington
Union Sunday School
Union Township
Greenfield
Red Cross Society
Hancock County
C. E. Middleton
Adjt
Gen. Smith
Jean Livingston
L. S. Bowman
Wayne County
Vincennes
William McKee
Danville
Hendricks County
Christian Endeavor
Howard
Grant
Wabash
Miami
Epworth League of Muncie
Carl Helm
A. T. Spears
Flag Day Address Frames War as Defense of Liberty
President Wilson asserts the United States must take up arms to defend rights and sovereignty, denounces German aggression, and frames the conflict as a people's war for freedom and justice. He emphasizes unity under the flag, calls for a clear purpose, and pledges to stand at history’s bar with a strengthened national resolve.
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Washington
Wilson
America
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Foreign Office
Berlin
High Seas
Europe
France
Belgium
England
United States
Russia
Plans for Complete Harmony in Warfare
Washington reports that an international army staff and international navy staff will be created by the Allied powers to coordinate military and naval operations. The move aims to secure unity of command across German fronts and theaters including Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor, and Persia to sustain forward campaigns.
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Washington
International Navy
Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Asia Minor
Persia
Self Help for the New Soldier Lesson on Discipline
The article emphasizes discipline as the soldier’s core, not punishment or drill alone. It defines obedience as self control for purpose, enabling automatic action, precise bearing, and daily routine across the squad to company, regiment, and beyond, with each man responsible for fit coordination.
The Soldier's Responsibility in Training and Discipline
The article emphasizes that a soldier must train not only muscles but nerves and mind. It argues that disciplined muscles and precise thinking enable rapid, correct responses to orders, with military training teaching how to think rather than what to think.
Alfalfa Exhausts Soil In Kansas Fields
Prof C O Swenson reports at the American Chemical Society that long grown alfalfa depletes soil nitrogen in central and eastern Kansas, while western fields show higher nitrogen only with irrigation. The study concludes alfalfa tends to exhaust soil and crops, with air fixed nitrogen by root bacteria not offsetting hay removal.
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Kansas
C. O. Swenson
American Chemical Society
Sails Versus Coal Pushes Wooden Ship Revival
A French contemporary cited by the Scientific American notes Europewide growth in wooden ships. France plans using timber near seaports for all wood or composite vessels with wood planking over steel. High coal prices inspire wooden sailing ship construction and hybrid sail and power designs as lubricants rise.
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Europe
France
Italy
Strange Symbols in Heraldry: Two-Headed Emblems
The text notes that Russia and Austria display two headed eagles on their standards. Heralds suggest the two heads arise from dimidiation a primitive method of pairing halves of two coats of arms on one shield. It explains how lions and eagles could be joined to form strange beasts and mentions the griffin as a possible result.
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Russia
Austria
Change for Wedding March in church music
A writer in the Woman's Home Companion notes that the simplest wedding program follows the trope Lohengrin to go in Mendelssohn to go out with something soft during the ceremony. A variation suggests Tannhauser for entry and Swedish Wedding March for departure.
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Wulfsberg
Foxes Walk in Quiet Night Time Patrols
The foxes typical gait is a careful, stealthy walk through fields at night. They move in small steps of about a foot and stay alert with eyes and ears open during their nocturnal patrols.
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Fox
Qold Custom on Gloves for Judges When No Cases Exist
In olden days judges were forbidden to wear gloves on the bench for fear bribes could be dropped into them. The custom arose to present a judge with a pair of white gloves when he has no cases to try.
Plays Bach and Works Out With Accordion
A performer comments that they take music and exercise together. When asked about gymnasium dancing, they reply they play an accordion.
Mayor Mitchel Warns Insurance Rates May Rise
At a New York dinner Mayor Mitchel noted war allies push insurance costs higher. He recounted a joke about a man seeking a policy and listing every type from life to murder, joking he plans to cover all risks to cross to England under the U-boat threat.
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Mitchel
New York
England
Freezone claim ends corn painlessly at home
A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a painless home remedy to lift corns and calluses. The ad says a few drops dry instantly, with no irritation, and that a small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores or through wholesalers.
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Cincinnati
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Looting of Mohammed's Tomb Shocks Mussulman World
Intense indignation follows the Turkish government seizure of jewels and money placed at Mohammed's tomb over centuries. The treasure includes the famed Shining Star diamond valued at more than one and a half million dollars.
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Mohammed
Grove's The Old Standard General Tonic Ad Card
An ad touts Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. Claiming it helps the liver drives out malaria improves the blood and builds the whole system. Priced at 50 cents.
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Grove
To Hear Her Talk Willis What Is The U S Wealth
A humorous courtroom exchange contrasts Mrs Bump with wealth, noting the combined sums from her father, husband and anticipated inheritance as the judge weighs the talk. The banter highlights household economics and speculation about fortune within a satirical frame.
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Willis
United States
Gillis
Bump
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Dean
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Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
Roberts Mfg. CO
Milwaukee Avenue
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Corns
Fletcher
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