Marital Mediaevalism and Indiana Divorce Law
Indiana Governor Thomas E Marshall advocates abolishing legal divorce to end the divorce question. The piece contrasts past female bondage with Robert Dale Owen’s push for divorce reform and women’s equality, noting Indiana's liberal 19th century law and new road publicity efforts across counties.
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Marion Chronicle
Thomas E. Marshall
Indiana
Indiana Council of the National Civic Federation
Indianapolis
Robert Dale Owen
Light Brigade
Ohio
South
Robert Dael Owen
United States
Commonwealths
Good Roads Movement Gains Momentum in Northern Indiana
South Bend reports rapid progress in the good roads campaign across northern Indiana. A meeting held in South Bend under the South Bend chamber of commerce drew hundreds of residents from cities and counties along the Ohio and Illinois borders and beyond into Michigan.
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South Bend
Coad
Indiana
Juvenile Probation Camp Opens in Pinal Mountains
In Globe Arizona Gila County opens a probation camp in the Pinal mountains near town to reform juvenile offenders through supervised self governance and road work for a summer probation. About a dozen youths will be housed under an officer with pay for road labor and a chance to return to city schools if well behaved.
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Globe
Ariz
Six Persons Injured In Marion Car Streetcar Crash
Six people were hurt in a collision between a large touring car and a street car on the College line in Marion. Mr and Mrs D W Leisure were seriously injured and hospitalized with concussion and scalp wounds. Frank Ladd and his wife plus their two children suffered bruises but returned home. The auto, carrying six passengers from Swayzee, collided with the street car on Thirty eighth street at Washington street, derailing the street car and wrecking the auto.
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Marion
College Line
D. W. Leisure
Marion Hospital
Frank Ladd
Swayzee
Leisure
Thirty-eighth Street
Washington Street
Elks Plan State Meeting in South Bend July Parade
South Bend hosts a June meeting to promote the state Elks convention set for July 7 to 9. Elks from about a dozen cities in northern Indiana and southern Michigan will attend. The lodge aims to make this year's gathering the brightest yet with a grand parade. South Bend drill team continues ten weekly drills.
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ELKS
South Bend
Indiana
Michican
Telephone operator in Middletown ends life after strain
Miss Bernice Gaines a 26 year old telephone operator was found suffocated in her room in Middletown Conn Sunday. Relatives said long hours at the telephone board caused nervous strain and affected her health.
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Self
Middletown
Conn
Bernice Gaines
Back to the Farm Drives City Folk to Rural Lands
The piece argues urban workers from bank clerks to factory hands rush to secure inexpensive farmland in the west and northwest. It cites economic strain in cities, fears of starvation, and railroads promoting homesteads from near filing costs to 25 dollars an acre. The farm offers security, steadier income, and cheaper access to land, prompting a demographic shift.
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Railroads
Land Department
Padgett worries over local party clash in Vincennes
Alvin Padgett former district Democratic chairman and Washington attorney came through Vincennes on his way home from Linton. He avoided discussing the statewide per cent assessment fight and declined to comment on its potential impact on Daviess County Democrats amid the McCarty Hastings contest in Washington.
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Alvin
Vincennes
Alvin Padgett
Democratic Party
Washington
Linton
Padgett
Ittte
William H. Vollmer
Maybini Powers Fined For Intoxication In Police Court
Maybini Powers of Bicknell was fined 1 and costs for intoxication in the police court. He traveled from Vincennes to Washington, arriving about noon in an intoxicated state, was arrested by Captain Will Kermode, and the buggy and horse were secured after the arrest. A whisky bottle was found on his clothing and he said he obtained the liquor in Vincennes Saturday night.
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Maybini Powers
Bicknell
Powers
Vincennes
Washington
Will Kermode
Main Street
Power
Princeton to Host Indiana Music Teachers Convention
Princeton prepares for the Indiana Music Teachers Association annual convention to be held the week of June 28 to July 1. Washington musicians are expected to attend and participate in the program.
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Princeton
Indiana Music Teachers’ Assécition
Washington
Methodist Episcopal meetings set for July in Vincennes and Carlisle
The Vincennes district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church meets at Dugger July 18 to 20. The Vincennes district Epworth League convention meets at Carlisle Tuesday through Thursday this week. Delegates from Washington churches attend both gatherings. Rev. F A Steele of First Methodist will preach Wednesday evening at the Epworth League convention. Miss Stella O'Donald of First Methodist will read a paper on the Ideal Epworth League Thursday morning.
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Vincennes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dugger
Epworth League
Carlisle
Washington
M. E
Ideal Epworth League
Grandpa Billheimer Has New Baby Boy
Auditor of state John J Billheimer examined his face for age but found none after being greeted as grandpa on Saturday. The cheer came with news from his son Charles Billheimer of Clermont that a baby boy arrived at the family.
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Billheimer
John J. ‘Billheimer
Charles Billheimer
Clermont
Preacher Leaves Gwynnville Church Pastor Missing
The Rev. M. Hawthorne, pastor of Gwynnville Christian Church, has been missing since the previous Monday. A letter claimed he would never return to Gwynnville and had forsaken the ministry, written in Chicago, with his whereabouts at large.
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Shelbyville
5. M. Hawthorne
Gwynnville
Sunday food deliveries banned in Loofootee, Martin County
Controversial move proposed by Mayor Mc Goveren halts groceries meats ice and home deliveries on Sundays in Loogootee near the Daviess line. Citizens cite bankruptcy risk and rising taxes as street work halts and funds dwindle with a $103.51 deficit after recent council action.
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Loofootee
Loogootee
Martin County
Daviess County
Philip McGoveren
Council
Whip Judged Legal as School Discipline
A state judge recently ruled that a teacher may whip girl pupils who disobey school rules. The piece argues parental interference should be curtailed and asserts a child in school is under teacher control and must endure prescribed penalties. It condemns opponents of corporal punishment as enabling arrogant students.
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Garrett Press
Baboon Attacks Owner Before Jeffersonville Show
Frederick Matthews, owner of a trick baboon shown in Jeffersonville, was bitten as the animal leaped onto his shoulders before a performance. It ripped his face neck and shoulders in a dozen places in a ferocious struggle before the baboon was subdued. This marks the third attack by the simian on its owner in a week.
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Louisville
Frederick Matthews
Jeffersonville
Matthews
Flag Day Celebrated Across States and Cities
June 14 designated as Flag Day by the American Flag association. The announcement goes to governors, mayors, press, and patriotic societies. The day recalls the 1777 congressional act that established the American flag.
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Washington
Amercan Flag Association
Initiation of Seventy-Five Ladies Auxiliaries Members
Seventy five candidates were initiated into the Ladies Auxiliary A. O. H. at the K of C hall Sunday afternoon. The local division exemplified the work and many visitors attended from surrounding lodges including Loogootee and Montgomery. A social hour and refreshments followed. Division 1 plans a July initiation for about fifty more members.
Brakeman Killed in Monon Freight Collision
A Chicago mail train on the Monon collided with a northbound freighter near Lafayette early Sunday. Brakeman George Gallacher was killed after being crushed. no passengers were seriously hurt. The wreck was blamed on Gallacher for signaling a passenger train on a hill.
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Lafayette
Chicago Mail
Monon
Lowell
George Gallagher
Gallacher
Aged Man Walks From Philadelphia to Kalamazoo
Charles Robinson, eighty five, reached Indianapolis on foot from Philadelphia to Kalamazoo. He was forced Sunday to discontinue his journey due to physical disability after about six months on the road. Despite his age, he appears wiry and lively as a pedestrian.
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Indianapolis
Charles, Robinson
Philadelphia
Kalamazoo
Rabbin? Shooting Accident Sics Brother
In inept attempt to shoot a young rabbit, Charles Culligan accidentally wounded his brother Albert in the neck at a location here. Albert remains in critical condition and may die.
Battalion Shoot Draws Local I N G Volunteers
Captain Frank Snider and six I N G members from this city travelled to Vincennes to compete in a battalion shoot. The group includes Walter McKenna Thomas Meredith Lorenzo Chandler Edward Kendall Job Smoot and Eli Hanna.
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Company I
Vincennes
Batalion
Frank Snider
Walter McKenna
Thomas Meredith
Lorenzo Chandler
Edward Kendall
Job Smoot
Eli Hanna
Reception to Grad uates at Peoples ball honors local high school graduates
A Friday night reception at the Peoples ball celebrated two negro graduates from the local high school with addresses music and recitations. Guests from Princeton Vincennes Petersburg and Monrovia attended. The event ended with dances and punch. Committee members praised for their work.
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Princeton
Vincennes
Petersburg
Monrovia
Charner Hawkins
Bert Lawhorn
Misa Mayme Long
Demmi Marshall
St Simons pupils stage Joan of Arc at hall
The St Simons academy pupils presented the drama Joan of Arc at St Simons hall Friday evening under the Sisters of Providence in charge. Proceeds go to the new school building. The play featured many named pupils with period costumes and a well staged setting from Cincinnati. The performance drew a large appreciative audience and strong support.
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St. Simons Academy
Joan of Arc
St. Simons Hall
Sisters of Providence
Helen Sahm
Marie Downey
Louise Tieman
Elizabeth Beckman
Faust
Nora Smeltzer
Marie Laubie
Afra Jager
Jessie Murphy
Aline Love
Illinois Central sues ex-officials for fraud accounting
The Illinois Central railroad filed suit in Chicago circuit court seeking an accounting from four former officials Orlando Keith, Joseph E. Baker, William Renshaw, and John M. Taylor. The company alleges defrauding nearly 2 million dollars in repaid work.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Orlando
Keith
Joseph E. Baker
William Renshaw
John M. Taylor
Sister Dies in Missouri Woman A G Bixler's Sister Died
Mrs. 3. P. Ledgerwood sister of A. G. Bixler of Portersville road died May 21 at her Lamar Missouri home. Bixler was at her bedside. He proceeded from Lamar to Iola Kansas to visit W. F. Bixler and expected home this week. The deceased formerly lived in Dubois county.
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West
P. Ledgerwood
A. G. Bixler
Portersville Road
Lamar, Mo
Indiana Sons of Veterans encampment in South Bend
The twenty fourth state encampment of the Indiana Sons of Veterans opens in South Bend for Tuesday and Wednesday. Arrangements are made to accommodate 200 delegates. An effort to rename the organization to the Sons of the Grand Army of the Republic will be attempted.
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Hine
Middle West
Logansport
Laporte
South Bend
Indiana Sons of Veterans
Sons of the Grand Army of the Repubile
Bauman Named Superintendent of Quincy Public Schools
Edward G Bauman superintendent of Mt Vernon schools has been elected superintendent of the Quincy Illinois public schools.
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Evansville
Edward G. Bauman
Mt. Vernon
Pubdue
Quincy
III
Man Fatally Struck by Train Near Evansville
Charles Dar, an aged man, was struck by a Louisville & Nashville train near Evansville on Sunday and died of his injuries.
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Evansville
Charles Dar
Louisville & Nashville
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