Republican Precinct Committeemen Meet in Sullivan
Sullivan county Republican precinct committeemen elected March 7 1916 will convene at the Republican headquarters in Sullivan at 1 p m on Saturday March 11 1916 to select a county chairman vice chairman treasurer and secretary for the county central committee for the next two years. DIRRELLE CHANEY County Chairman. WALTER F WOOD Secretary.
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Sixty-Ninth
General Assembly
Indiana
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Republican County Central Committee
Dirrelle Chaney
Walter F. Wood
Republican State Convention Call for Indiana 1916
Will Hays and J. L. Henley urge all Republicans and supporters to attend the April 5–6 1916 Tomlinson Hall delegates meeting in Indianapolis to set a platform select delegates electors and nominate statewide officers and judges. Event includes district meetings at appointed venues and multiple committee sessions in Hotel Severin ahead of the convention.
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Indiana
Sixty-Ninth
General Assembly
State of
State
Republican Party
Republican State Central Committee
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Chicago
United States
Aiulitur
Supreme Court
Dis Wiehe
Convention Committee On
Hotel Severin
Will H. Hays
Republican State Committee
L. W. Henley
Dixon Announces 1916 Delegate Candidacy At Republican Convention
Former Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, once National Chairman of the Progressive Party, pursues delegate selection to the 1916 Republican National Convention. The piece notes a surge in delegates under a plan by Mr. Perkins, signaling a large Progressive showing.
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Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Perkins
Pink Overalls and the Dye Famine in Democratic Hands
The dye shortage raises overalls prices for laborers as blue dye supplies shrink. Democrats oppose protective tariffs, while Hill's bill backed by the American Chemical Society aims to revive domestic dye production. The piece warns of higher costs and calls out Democratic protection failures.
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James Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Steenerson
Crookston
Minn
Congressman Green
Germany
E. J. Hill
American Chemical Society
Hill
Illinois Manufacturers push for protective tariff plan
A committee of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association endorses restoring protective tariff principles as essential to U S industry. They deem a tariff commission secondary, arguing it would delay protection and that data gathering would come later to assess schedules for undue advantages to specific groups.
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Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Congress
Tariff Debate Urges Swift Action and National Unity
The piece laments the democratic tariff and urges a swift purge of the undesirable policy. It argues the West once met threats with vigilance committees and calls for removing the tariff first to allow wiser future consideration under a national spirit.
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Son
McKinley Type Urges Indiana Republicans to Support Fairbanks
Indiana Republicans rally behind Charles W. Fairbanks as the McKinley type for the 1900 Republican presidential nomination. Frederick C. Tanner cites McKinley as a guide while noting Fairbanks’ close friendship with the late president and East Coast support shaping convention strategy.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Frederick C. Tanner
New York Republican State Committee
Brooklyn
Tanner
New York
Empire State
East
United States
William McKinley
Charles W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
McKinley
Democratic indifference in House caucus on sugar duties
The piece notes 229 Democrats in the House, 104 attended a sugar duties caucus, 80 voted yes, 24 no, 10 unbound. It argues low turnout shows listless Democratic leadership and that only a fraction imposed will on national finance, urging members to duty over self for re election.
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House of Representatives
Congress
House
Administration censorship tightens on government staff says Transcript
Washington correspondent notes deeper censorship at the capital with a case of a ten year veteran in a government bureau who wrote a magazine article on a personal historical topic. The article was unrelated to his official duties and yet triggered supervisory action.
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Washington
Boston “Transcript
Professor Blank
Editorial Oversight Delays Professor Blank Article
The lid was put on before the article could be mailed to the magazine. Professor Blank had to submit his work to departmental editors for supervision and revision before final publication approval was granted.
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Blank
Wilson approves Marshall run for president
President Wilson consents to Vice President Marshall seeking another term. The plan to pair Wilson with Senator Lewis for a Democratic ticket collapsed as Wilson doubted carryability in Illinois. Marshall will be allowed to run again, ending talk of Lewis as second on the ticket.
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Wilson
Marshall
Lewis
Illinois
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Indiana Republicans Aim for 1916 Victory Says Henley
A 1916 outlook asserts the Indiana Republican Party will dominate, with strong organization and numerous nominations. Democrats seem weak, the Progressive group dwindles, and party unity is urged to avoid post nomination infighting. Henley praises party discipline and predicts balanced tickets and decisive victory.
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Indiana
Democratic Party
Progressive Party
Jack
Henley
Indiana Republican State Committee
Mr. Henley
Republican delegates seek unpledged to unite party banner
The text notes a wave of unpledged and uninstructed delegates to the Republican national convention in states lacking a favorite son. It praises the chosen delegates as men of character and prudence who will back a candidate capable of uniting anti administration forces and leading a generation of party victories.
Truth on the Stand and Flag Adrift at Sea
A witness takes the oath to tell the truth while newspapers discuss ocean tonnage rising under the American flag. Editors celebrate the wartime shipping boost but note the gain hinges on the European war affecting Atlantic trade profits.
Lindley M Garrison Nonconformist in Wilson Cabinet
The text portrays Lindley M. Garrison as a strong willed adviser to President Wilson. It notes his willingness to speak frankly on national interests and contrasts this with Wilson’s reluctance to discuss such figures. It also questions why Garrison stayed in the Cabinet so long despite tensions.
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Lindley M. Garrison
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Garrison
Ambassadorship to Russia Offered for Brief Term
After the resignation of the ambassador to Russia a chance arises for a deserving democrat to be appointed. The post would run about one year the same limited term originally set for Pindell of Peoria at Petrograd.
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Russia
Pindell of
Peoria
Petrograd
Germany and Australia Bottled Up by British Blockade
The article notes Germany and Australia as major rivals for the domestic market, blocked by the British blockade from August to November 1914, impacting imports and trade flows.
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Germany
Australia
Our
Ohio Congressman Pushes 5 Million Government Plant in Toledo
Representative Isaac Sherwood of Ohio promotes a bill to fund a government owned munitions plant in Toledo with five million dollars. Critics say his anti preparedness speech was hollow and funded by pork. Washington rumors caution Germany may threaten merchant ships amid rising tension. Mayflower prepares for another Chesapeake Bay voyage.
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Isaac Sherwood
Ohio
Bryan
Sherwood
Toledo
Ike
Washington
Germany
Chesapeake Bay
DeVol and Lambs Wintering in Pensacola
Mr and Mrs Ed DeVol and Mr and Mrs N B Lamb have been spending the winter in Pensacola, Florida. The four travelers occupied a coastal retreat and reported mild weather and pleasant activities during their stay.
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Ed DeVol
N. B. Lamb
Pensacola
Fox Chase at Old Fox Den Near Wyman's Bluff
Ed Ward enters Sailor a 14 year old hound in a lively fox chase starting at the New Fox Den on West Side of Square. Dogs from Maxwell Ward and Zink trail the fox through Jackson street and Dixie Highway with a large crowd watching along Uncle Harry Pittman’s corner. Hunters, including Bill Cunningham and Job Case, chase from Joel Rusher’s area as news of the war and local business chatter mix with the pursuit. The piece ends with a note that Slater and Paine’s Clinton stock upsell and a pledge to publish chase results biweekly while refusing gas or ammo to those who would shoot the fox.
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Ed Ward
Sailor
Fox den
West Side
Square
Jackson Street
Marshall Maxwell
Dixie Highway
Uncle Harry Pittman
Albert Zink
Hymera
Duke
Bulger
Maxwell
Ward
Zink
Harry Pittman
Wyman
Jerry Moody
Madge
Shine
Virge Page
Old Chatt
Scott
Slater & Paine
Clinton
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Dan
Duck
May
Job Case
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Bill Cunningham
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