Batt addresses Farmersburg on taxes in county race
Terre Haute candidate Charles Stacy Batt, Democratic nominee for joint senator from Sullivan and Vigo counties, spoke in Farmersburg last week. He highlighted taxes while Republicans and dry voters in the county awaited clarity on his stance. Batt is identified as an advocate of wets with a Vigo county record.
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Charles Stacy Batt
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Vigo
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
Vigo County
Bland Defends Record As Voters Back Biden Reelection Effort
The Daily Times is accused of sludge against Representative Bland at the Farmershoro old settlers meeting. The writer argues Bland strengthens with every election, backs his party, and faces public scrutiny while Exxon oil concerns face a Senate inquiry into gasoline prices.
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Daily Times
Representative Bland
Old Settlers
Farmershoro
Bland
Republican
Tax policy critique targets Sullivan county spending
The Daily Times laments high local taxes and blames Democratic officials for most Sullivan county revenue use. It argues taxpayers should curb road and school construction and push economy, saying reform rests with the Democratic party.
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The
Daily Times
Sullivan County
Divine Right of Woodrow Sparks Missouri Senate Nomination
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri defeats Breckenridge Long for the Democratic nomination in a contest seen as rejecting former President Wilson and his asserted divine rights. The outcome boosts Reed's bid for the Senate, signaling a shift in party support and campaign momentum.
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Woodrow
James A. Reed
Missouri
Breckenridge Long
Wilson
Repu
Reed Nomination Divides Wilson Backers in Senate Fight
The Reed nomination pleases Republicans and anti Wilson Democrats while angering Woodrow Wilson loyalists. The bitter contest tests party lines on the League of Nations and may ease electing another Republican senator from the state as noted in historical commentary.
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League of Nations
Reed
Woodrow Wilson
Bob Ingersoll
Americans Lead World in Letter Exchange Per Capita
The Post Office Department reports about 11.335 billion letters are sent annually in the United States, averaging 112 letters per citizen based on census, with Americans leading the world in mail use. Britain averages 84 per person and Germany 25. 1907 first class mail counted 7.103 billion letters, or 78 per person.
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United States
Post Office
Great Britain
Germany
Crop Outlook and Economic Strain Highlight Indiana News
The Agriculture Department forecasts gains in nearly all crops with wheat and corn showing mixed results while peaches and oats rise. Indiana projects 184,287,000 bushels of corn and overall crop conditions improve. Separate report warns that two nationwide strikes cost the nation over 533 million dollars as 1,240,000 workers idle, urging action to restore normal industry and employment.
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Indiana
South Dakota
Iowa
Indianapolis News
Kansas City Journal
Why Education Costs More in Indiana Schools
Benjamin J. Burris states that higher education costs for Indiana taxpayers result from a longer school year rising attendance and postwar building and transportation expenses. He notes $28,866,000 more spent 1915 to 1921 and $43,242,000 in 1921 versus $14,376,000 in 1915, with most revenue gains from local school corporations.
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Benjamin J. Burris
McCray
Burris
Indiana Education Funding Seen Limiting School Growth
A Russell Sage Foundation survey finds Indiana’s slow school growth stems from low state funding rather than instructional quality. Between 1920 and 1922 the state built 61 then 125 new school buildings at costs rising from 1.41 million to 6.78 million dollars, a 381 percent rise. Local residents note 92 percent of expenditure increases since 1915, with state share lagging behind twenty six other states in 1917 18 and Indiana ranking low for teacher salaries compared with peers.
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Russell Sage Foundation
Burris
Campaign Issues Framed by Democracy in New Beginning
The Democrats press an issue against Republicans noting slow postwar reconstruction. They claim mismanaged expenditures and lack of coordination in government, arguing agriculture, industry, employment, and debt require urgent action to restore stability. The critique centers on 15 months of Republican rule and failed revival of peace.
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Republican Congress
Republican Progress Amid Postwar Challenges
The speech defends Republican leadership highlighting reduced spending by almost two billion dollars, a coordinated budget system, tariff actions aiding farmers, unemployment decline, and debt reduction. It denies Democratic claims, urges continued GOP governance with a cooperative Congress, and argues public memory favors progress.
The Great American Bell by Richard Lloyd Jones
Woeing Strikes and political control of industry feared as a threat to prosperity. The piece attacks railway and miners leadership leaning toward government ownership and Plumb plan socialism. It cites past Wilson era failures and urges opposing government-run transport. It also honors Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone’s impact on society.
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Railway Brotherhoods
Washington
Harding
Wilson
America
National Republican
Congress
McAdoo
Willard to Fight Though Fat and Forty
R T Megibben returns to Newport Arkansas after visiting his mother Mrs Emily Mahley and relatives. Megibben owns a movie theatre in Newport.
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Emily Mahley
Newport
Ark
Mr. Megibben
First Fiscal Year Under Republican Administration
John T Adams outlines the first full fiscal year under Republican rule, noting debt reduction from 23.98b to 22.96b and a dramatic drop in expenditures. He credits President Harding and the Budget Bureau for economy, coordination between branches, and congressionally driven savings compared with prior Democratic governance.
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John T. Adams
Republican Nat’! Committee
Treasury
Harding
Budget Bureau
United States Treasury
United States
Great Indian Massacre Led by Opechancanough
Elmo Scott Watson recounts the 1622 Virginia massacre where 347 colonists were slain and 80 plantations burned, the aging Pamunkey chief Opechancanough orchestrating attacks and a final dramatic confrontation with Governor Berkeley before dying.
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Colony
Virginia
James River
Opechancanough
John Smith
Powhatan
Opecharyeanough
William Berkeley
Jamestown
Berkeley
Simon Kenton and his perilous Kentucky frontier exploits
Kentucky history recounts Simon Kenton's frontier odyssey. A Virginian scout in Dunmore’s War, he endured eight capture ordeals by Indians, survived the gantlet, and narrowly escaped death before finally slipping to Kentucky and dying in 1836. The tale features figures like Logan and the renegade Simon Girty.
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Kentucky
Simon Kenton
Kenton
Lord Dunmore
Ohio
Ohio River
Simon Girty
Logan
Detroit
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