Tourists Tour Capitol and Washington Governance
Minnesota visitors tour the Capitol in Washington, guided groups of fifty or sixty view the dome, statuary hall, and Supreme Court back benches. DC residents have no representation, Congress governs the district, and small city issues await congressional action while plans for reform linger.
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House of Representa Itives
House
Senate
Supreme ‘Court
District of Columbia
Washington
Congress
Podunk
Nome
Indiana to Open Bids for 31 Bridges in 13 Counties
Indianapolis June 12 bids will be opened June 17 by the state highway commission for building 31 bridges across 13 counties. The project, costing about 390000, is the second major bridge letting of 1924. The largest span over the Patoka river on State Road 10 in Gibson County will be 200 feet.
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Blank & Co
Indianapolis
Blank &Co
Veuiras
Pete
Indiana
State Highway Commission
John D Williams
State of Director
Patoka River
Gibson County
Evansville
Hazleton
White River
Wayne County
Madison
Vevay
Fountain County
Wells
Noble
Blackford
Jay
Boone
Monroe
Jefferson
Gibson
Wayne
Jackson
Orange
Harrison
Studebaker
Bloomington Summer Session Opens With Enrollment Climb
Bloomington announces the Indiana University summer term opens for its thirty fifth year as enrollment may reach two thousand. The eight and a half week session covers arts and sciences and professional schools except law. Law School runs twelve weeks and the Winona Lake Biological Station operates ten weeks starting Friday. Dean H L Smith heads the education school as director.
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Bloomington
University
College of Arts and Sciences
Law
Winona Lake
Dean H. L. Smith
Indiana University School of Education
First Auto Sparks Rumor in Decatur Indiana
Johnny Smith drove the first automobile seen in Decatur in 1900. It had a red body and frightened onlookers. two local physicians soon bought cars. Johnny paid $850 for his machine and seeks a relative to buy it and take it home.
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Decatur
Ind
Johnny Smith
Johnny
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Keller & Williams ' Funeral Directors
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Paul G. Smiley
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