Longworth Elected Speaker as Congress Opens
Contested opening session reports Nicholas Longworth of Ohio chosen as speaker. The 69th congress convened with Dawes and Clerk Page presiding, swearing in four new senators including La Follette Jr. and Robinson. Nye seat questioned. reform efforts and insurgent maneuvers noted amid caucus tensions.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
House of Representatives
United Press
Congress
Coolidge
Senate
House
Dawes
William Page
Robert LaFollette, Jr
Wisconsin
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Watson
Robinson
Nye
North Dakota
Elections Committee
Page
Orth
Garrett
Henry Cooper
Sen
la Follette
Hatchets Triumph In 44 19 Victory Over Greensburg
Hatchets flood Greensburg for a 44 to 19 win led by Holland Beadles and Fitzgerald as they controlled the floor. Greensburg struggled to score while Washington Greensburg showed sharp passing and strong defense in the big running game.
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Vincennes
Friddle
Hatchets
Holland
Beadles
Fitegerald
Inn ‘Ting
Fitzgerald
Greensburg
Downs
Friddie
Greensburg i
Washington
Ewildridge
Hamilton
Clark
Yitagerald
Jasket
Beadle
Miss Wright Assigned To Pilibhit India Mission Station
Miss Mary Wright receives a cablegram announcing a new posting at Pilibhit in northern India as her sixth five year term of missionary work. She sails from New York after visiting relatives in Washington and a round of travels including Switzerland Italy and the Holy Lands. Officials praise her as a capable teacher of Indian children and plan for her retirement after thirty years of service.
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Mary Wright
Laura Wright
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pilibhit
India
Miss Wright
Washington
New York
Switzerland
Italy
Holy Lands
Conference of the
Methodist Missionaries
Big Four payroll figures highlight Washington railroad operations
The Big Four railroad is a leading Washington industry with a semi monthly payroll near $9,000, implying an output of about $18,000 and total industry expenditure of $216,000 in the community. The workforce includes 31 rail personnel, a passenger and freight depot team, Dickerson as division engineer with about ten assistants, fifty maintenance workers, and a nightly train crew at the terminal.
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Big Four
Washington
Thipley
Dickerson
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Memorial Services Honor Departed Brothers of Local Elks
Claude Gregg of Vincennes delivered a Memorial Service address praising Elks for Americanism and duty to country. Eight members died this year including Felix Schneider and William Moir. Rituals, solos, and a violin piece accompanied the service. Local officers led the ceremony amid strong lodge tribute.
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Order of Elks
Ter S
Lodge
Carl H. Bier
Harold Hogan
Ford J. Huffman
J. Watts Ward
Ralph Hastings
Authority to pay Sandborn Bridge claims halted
Indianapolis Dec 7 Indiana Attorney General Gilliam ruled that Knox county cannot pay claims for building the White river bridge between Daviess and Knox counties at Sandborn Elnora ferry until the structure is approved by a state highway department inspector. The opinion was addressed to Lawrence Orr chief examiner of the state board of accounts and upheld the rights of more than fifty taxpayers to ask the Knox county commissioners to delay payments until approval.
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Orr
Daviess
Knox
Knox County
Gilliam
Indianapolis
White River
Knox Counties
Sandborn-Elnora
State Highway Department
Lawrence Orr
State Board of Accounts
Robert La Follette Jr Takes Seat In Father’s Post
Washington dispatch says Robert M. La Follette Jr., 18, takes the oath to fill the Wisconsin seat his father held for two decades after his father’s death last March. The young La Follette is described as a “chip of the old block” and inherits a long family line in Congress.
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Robert LA Follette
Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
Reaes
Stron
Party division in new Congress
Washington reports the convening congress with Republicans holding 247 seats in the House, Democrats 183, Farmer-Labor 3, and Socialists 2, while the Senate has 56 Republicans, 33 Democrats, and 1 Farmer-Labor member. No vacancies exist in either chamber.
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NEW Congress
Democrats
Farmer-Labor
Socialists
Senate
Oil Field Work Near Veale Township Advances
Activities at Veale township oil sites continue with a new pig moved in from Sullivan county and a Lawrenceville crew bringing a rig to the Peek farm east of Bethel church. Drillers reach about 200 feet on the Thursa Ragsdale farm while Gaither number 3 nears completion. The Emmick farm well near Washing ton township was abandoned after a deep drill to 1202 feet with only a light oil showing at 1080 feet and blue lick encountered thereafter.
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Veale Township
Lawrenceville
Ill
Sullivan County
Peek Farm
Bethelchurch
Windy
Thursa Ragsdale
John M. Peek
Gaither Number 3
Peek
Emmick
Washington Township
Big Windy
Blue Lick
Births in Sun Day Night Born to Mr and Mrs Edwards
Mr and Mrs Albert Edwards of East Fifteenth street welcomed a daughter Sunday night in a local birth notice.
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Albert Edwards
East Fifteenth Street
Hoosier Posts Aim for Lead in Legion Membership
Indiana posts led by state adjutant Frank Henley push a December drive to place Indiana first in American Legion membership by the start of the year.
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Legion
Indiana
Indianapolis
American Legion
Hoosier
Frank Henley
Business Men's Association Meeting Tonight at City Hall
Lew Harris and state officials of the State Taxpayers Association will attend the meeting at City Hall tonight at 7:45. They will discuss their organization’s objects and purposes. All members are urged to bring a friend and all taxpayers are invited.
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Lew Harris
State Taxpayers Association
Business Men's Association
Farm Bureaus Membership Drive Under Way This Week
Farm Bureau members drive continues this week with meetings planned in Bogard Plainville Washington and three other townships. Local officers including incoming president Austin Tomey and chairmen Hugh Lett Charley Te and T M Nugent run the efforts personally. The bureau reports about 700 members now and aims to grow next year while memberships renew automatically at year end.
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Plainville
Washington
Fara
Austin Tomey
Dent
Hugh
Green Mound mine returns to full operation plan
Green Mound mine, idle for a period, now runs four days weekly with about seventy workers. Expectation is to move to six days soon. Miners, aided by the Business Men's Association with a small loan, reopened the mine. Last week three loaded tons were brought to the surface. they believe six hundred tons daily will follow. Marriage Licenses listed: Everett Lewis Harris 20 and Julia Allen 16, city.
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Tee Green Mound
Green Mound
Business Men’s Association
Everett Lewis Harris
Julia Allen
City
Dr. E F Kendall Close to Death in Terre Haute
Paris A Hastings and E Jones traveled to Terre Haute after a telegram to be at the bedside of Dr. E F Kendall former Washington dentist believed dying at his home He had rallied before arrival and a telephone message said he might live several days more Kendall has suffered from cancer for months
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A. Hastings
E. 3. Jones
Mr. Hastings
Terre Haute
E. F. Kendall
Washington
Dr. Kendall
Kendall
Car Turnover Wounds Five Boys Near Dead Man Turn
Albert Clark suffered minor cuts and bruises when a Ford touring car overturned at Dead Man's Turn near Wheatland Saturday night around eight. Alfred Clark and three companions escaped with injuries. The driver, unfamiliar with the road, took the turn too fast as the group rode toward Washington. The top windshield and one fender were damaged. car taken to Washington for repairs.
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Albert Clark
Wheatland
Alfred Clark
Washington
Mrs Nicholas Discharged From Daviess Hospital Home
Mrs. Charles Nicholas was transported to her home on East Seventh Street this Saturday afternoon by the Keller Williams ambulance after an operation performed several weeks prior.
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Charles Nicholas
Daviess County Hospital
East Seventh Street
Keller & Williams Ambulance
Ellermans Lose Padlock Case in Vincennes Court
In Vincennes circuit court John and May Ellerman were barred from running a nuisance at their home but released from padlock if they post a $1,000 bond agreeing not to keep or sell liquor. Judge found continued liquor activity and nuisance, enjoining them and ordering buildings locked for one year and $150 attorney fees awarded. notes a similar Tougan Thomas case where a $1,000 bond avoided padlock.
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John
May Ellerman
Vincennes
Tougan-Thomas
Fire crews respond to chimney blaze at Cox home
The central fire department answered a call to Hugh L. Cox on East Main Street around 11 on Saturday night. They found soot burning in the chimney with danger sparks could ignite the roof, posing fire risk.
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Central Fire Department
Hugh L. Cox
East Main Street
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