100 Foot State Road Grants Spark Indiana Legal Debate
A 1826 grant to the United States and Indians created a 100 foot wide Michigan Road corridor from Michigan City to Madison. The piecewise city center line is disputed as property encroachment by landholders within fifty feet of the road. Officials note the land’s use is fixed to a highway and title cannot be freed for private ownership.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Creon, Firm
Michigan Road
Michigan City
Madison
Idianaolis
Tate
United States
Ang
Lewis
Cass
Jacobay
John Tipton
Inlana
Wabash River
Mississinewa
Clear Europe From Malaria League of Nations Health Mission
The League of Nations forms a permanent international health commission including the United States to combat malaria in Europe. After World War I, malaria has advanced in several countries and the commission will start with a comprehensive study of the current situation before launching a global eradication effort.
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Zeneva
League of Nations
Europe
Teague
International Health Commission
Malaria and quinine debate across war torn regions
Experts and officials discuss malaria control and the medical use of quinine and other alkaloids. The commission investigates the peasant world’s supply and efficacy amid Southeast European spread after the war’s end.
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LHL
Europa
Unclear fragment hints at wide impact across Indiana cities
A fragment notes a massive disruption affecting up to a hundred thousand people and sweeping a 100 foot swath through Michigan City South Bend Logansport and Indianapolis.
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Michigan City
South Bend
Logansport
Indianapolis
Biggest Ku Klux Klan Parade Reaches Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana on June 23 a large Ku Klux Klan parade drew crowds along the downtown streets. Official figures put 800 robed Klansmen in the procession which lasted fourteen minutes and featured an lead car eight horsemen and a massive thirty to forty foot long American flag. A brass band and the Liberty Drum Corps from Gibson County provided music.
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Vincennes
Ind
Liberty Drum Corps
Gibson County
Woman dies after sleeping sickness in Sandborn home
In Sandborn, June 3, sadness fills the Hash household as Mrs. Albert Hash dies after a week in a coma following a sleeping sickness illness. She had been ill for weeks, entering a deep stupor last Saturday morning and remaining unarousable until her death at 12:50 a.m. on the following Saturday.
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Sandborn
Albert Hash
Advertising boom to 1924 with $36 million through A A A members
James O'Shaughnessy says national advertising will total about 36 million through AAA members this year. He notes 1924 should be strong for advertising as newspapers and magazines gain circulation and rates improve, delivering true reach and better agency service for profitable spend.
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American Association of Advertising Agencies
James O’shaughnessy
Association
Chicago
O'Shaughnessy
Washwomen Fever Declines Under Prohibition Says Laundry Leader
Chicago June 23 a. W. Cummings president of the National Laundry Owners Association told the opening session of the four states Laundry Owners Association annual convention that the declining number of washwomen is due to prohibition. He cited husbands of working women leaving the industry as a factor.
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Chicago
A. W.ummings
National Laundry Owners’ Association
Our States Laundry Owners’ Association
Local laundries adapt as families retire from business
Readable fragment shows Mr Cuniffings noting families have retired from the laundry trade while others now support themselves and their wives via washing services financed in port.
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Cuniffings
Lafayette Students Start Morning Purdue Summer Classes
Lafayette reports Purdue University summer session plans morning classes at 6 o clock to beat heat and cooler air for students. Record notes some prefer afternoon options. last year first hour classes began at 7 and some dislike the change. Indianapolis weather and ice supply cited as context for seasonal shifts in routines.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Summer School
Man jumps from window in sleep accident
Charles W. Thompson nearly died after waking in a silo area and leaping from an upper story window in his bed. He suffered bruises but no broken bones and stayed in bed for several days.
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Charles W. Thompson
Camphor and Other Mixes Marketed for Eye Relief
Advert says camphor hazel hydrastis and Lavoptik eye wash mix to aid eye strains. Claims one small tile helps weak sore eyes. Aluminum eye cup Williams Pharmacy.
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Williams Pharmacy
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