Indiana students imitate state lawmaking in junior legislature
Indiana educators staged the first Junior Legislature giving high school students real lawmaking experience. The program, overseen by state education chief Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood, drew attention from 16 other states hoping to copy the model for practical civics training.
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Carl L. Turner
Senate
House
Henry Noble Sherwood
Boards of Education
Sherwood
Leonardis Elixir for the Blood Advertisement Claims Strength
An old advertisement promotes Leonardis Elixir for the Blood as a tonic to enrich blood, increase vitality, and fortify the body against disease. It urges asking for the yellow packaged product and warns to refuse substitutes, with distribution by Van Antwerp's Drug Corp. and other drug stores.
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Leonard
van Antwerp
Drug Corp
Gained 40 Pounds in Six Months With Taylors Blood Medicine
Customer from Taylorville Illinois reports rheumatism relief and appetite return after using six bottles of Taylors Blood Medicine. The product lists iodine of potash and herbs like sarsaparilla dandelion gentian wintergreen and sassafras as tonifying ingredients. It promises weight gain and a money back guarantee after three bottles.
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C. A. Peabody
Taylorville
Ill
Taylors
Health Brings Beauty
Mrs James Lenz of Montgomery Alabama reports recovery after four years of poor health. She credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with restoring strength and weight from about 100 to 150 pounds and eliminating aches. The ad notes availability in tablets liquid or as a trial package from Dr Pierce's Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York.
Mexican Delegation to Leave Monday for El Paso Conference
Mexico City May 5 The Mexican delegation to the El Paso financial conference plans to leave for the border next Monday. Four experts have joined the finance department commission, raising expectations that financial problems may be discussed at the meeting. The junior Indiana lawmakers held a mock session mirroring the regular assembly with a strike by the minority senate and a gerrymander dispute. A student speaker led the house while the senate chose a president pro tem. Governor Ed Jackson held talks with administration groups in both houses and urged passage of certain laws.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Finance Department
Lems
General Assembly
Senate
House
Ed Jackson
Colonial Dames in Row Over Clubhouse Purchase
In New York on May 6 the Colonial Dames of America ousted Mrs. Henry P. Loomis as president and Miss Effie Borrowe as secretary after a dispute over buying a club home built between two gas tanks. Loomis offered to relinquish the presidency and buy back the mansion, signaling a clash within the society. Mr. Charles Lawrence Riker was chosen to lead pending election.
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New York
United Press
Colonial Dames of America
Henry P. Loomis
Effie Borrowe
Loomis
Cyril
Russia
Dames
Charlies Lawrence Riker
Florida East Coast gains ICC approval for 29 mile extension
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Florida East Coast Railroad to build a 29 mile extension from St Augustine to Bunnell reducing main line mileage for through traffic by 19.4 miles. The project costs an estimated 2.76 million dollars financed by bonds and a mortgage. Construction will start immediately. General William J. Sibert will address the Alabama Labor Federation at its May 18 convention after delegates tour the new state docks site.
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Washington
International News Service
Florida East Coast Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Augustine
Bunnell
Libert
William JL. Sibert
Alabama Labor Federation
Tax officers tour Alabama towns for delinquent income taxes
R S Cartledge and Ben Goubil from the Internal Revenue Service visit Brew ton and nearby counties to serve distraint warrants for tax collection. Scientists from the Field Museum study tree rings to infer Chicago area weather over two centuries. B K Bruce, a black man, served as Mississippi senator from 1875 to 1881.
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R. S. Cartledge
Ben Goubil
Internal Revenue Department
Brewton
South Alabama
Field Museum
Chicago
B. K. Bruce
United States Senate
Mississippi
College of Bishops closes at Nashville
Nashville Tenn May 5 The College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South adjourned after completing conference visitation schedules and routine business. They will reconvene this week on call of Bishop W A Candler. Conference districts and meeting dates were assigned to each bishop for 1925 except Baltimore which opens March 26 1926.
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Nashville
Tenn
College of Bishops
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. A. Candler
Baltimore
Growth's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement
Bold claim of a strength improving tonic marketed as tasteless and invigorating. Ad copy promises appetite boost for a hungry person and restoration of color in cheeks, standard 1900s era sales language.
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GROW
Improvements at Fairhope Wharf Under Way
A number of improvements have been made at the Fairhope wharf. Conrad W. Ohms, inspector and supervisor of utilities for the Alabama Public Service Commission, reported after a visit to the eastern shore. A new 70 foot shed for foot passengers is under construction. The wharf has been enlarged for autos, with repaired floor and new seats and banisters.
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Fairhope
Conrad WH. Ohms
Alabama Public Service Commission
Prince George Interred as Communist Ploy Tool
Belgrade report that Prince George brother of King Alexander was kept under internment after discovery that communists sought to use his condition to attack the Yugoslav government. A decree signed late last week ordered isolation after a Paris specialist advised treatment.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
George
Alexander
Paris
Trial at Sofia Opens Doors to Closed Hearings
In Sofia Bulgaria on May 5 examination of 46 witnesses continued in the cathedral disaster case that killed 160. Doors were kept closed to the press as key evidence remained shielded. Eugene Leger a French bank employee admitted dealings with conspirators including Captain Ninkov who died resisting arrest. Leger denied knowing the plot aims. Two witnesses acknowledged knowledge of the April 14 attack on King Boris while he traveled by car toward Sofia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Hert
Eugene Leger
Capt. Ninkof
M. Leger
Boris
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