Indiana Victory Loan Denial and Local War Effort Updates
Indiana officials deny circulating reports that national banks have underwritten the Victory loan quota. The news roundup covers coal prices, miners’ union stance, new conservation commission appointments, epidemic burial records, road and public works plans, county indictments and jail needs, crop and weather notes, and war fund disbursements across multiple Indiana cities including Indianapolis Kokomo Goshen Terre Haute Rushville Jasper Shelbyville Elwood Seymour Marion Lawrenceburg Brazil Richmond Jeffersonville Evansville and Lafayette with figures on loans, plantings, and appropriations.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana
Huzene V. Debs
Goodrich
Conservation Commission
John W. Toltzman
William A. Guthrie
Dupont
Richard M. Holman
Crawfordsville
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Kokomo
Crown Point
Goshen
Elkhart County Good Roads Committee
Terre Haute
Chamber of Commerce
Vigo County
Rushville
Rush County Grand Jury
Jasper
Jackson Township
St. Anthony
Brettville
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Crook
Elwood
Frankton
Anderson
Union Traction Company
Seymour
Jackson County
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
West
Illinois
Marion
Federal Land Bank
Louisville
L. B. Clore
Lawrenceburg
Albert S. Burleson
Indiana Public Service Commission
Madison County
G. W. Winfrey
Brazil
United States Mine Workers of America
John Romans
Carbon
Richmond
James E. Watson
Hoosier
League of Nations
Paris
Jeffersonville
G. A. H. Shideler
Borden
Evansville
Warrick County
Southern Railroad
Robert H. Pennington
National Cantaloupe Growers’ Association
Railroad Administration
Atlanta
Posey
Lafayette
Russia
G. I. Christie
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Madison County Council
Pendleton
Charles McCarty
Chicago Western District
Chicago Eastern District
United States Railway Administration
Public Service Commission
Public Service Commissions
F. H. .Miller
Indiana State Firemen’s Association
National War Fund Association
National Red Cross
Woman in Fullerton Keeps Two Husbands in War Era
Mrs. Miles Roth Smith of Fullerton, Pennsylvania, is wed to two men after her first husband Miles Roth, believed killed in France, returns home alive. While Roth seeks to reclaim his wife, her second husband William Smith remains in Camp Humphreys awaiting discharge. The situation draws local debate on loyalty and duty.
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Fullerton
Miles Roth-Smith
Miles Roth
United States
William Smith
Camp Humphreys
Roth
Smith
Miles
National Guard
France
Allentown
Wife
Enoch Arden
Romani Trader's Egg Cure Trial Ends in Dismissal
Mary Guy of Lynn, a Romani store owner, faced larceny charges in Salem court after selling a supposed disease cure. John Gauthier testified he paid $250 for a cure that required carrying a broken egg in a handkerchief and sitting on silk with a white cloth. He followed the ritual but saw no benefit, prompting Judge Thayer to order a $250 refund and dismiss the case.
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Lynn
Mass
Mary Guy
Thayer
Salem Superior Court
John Gauthier
Salem
Gauthier
Happy Cat Cal Recovers After Paralysis Stroke
Sioux City former mayor T. W. Caldwell known as Happy Cat suffered a stroke and was found on the street. He rallied in hospital after a nurse’s joke triggered a laugh and revealed life, now resumed normal activity despite advanced age.
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Sioux City
T. W. Caldwell
Happy Cat
Cal
Words and deeds shape honest success in business
The passage extols practical virtue in sales and commerce. It argues honesty, courtesy, and self denial build long term success, while avoidance of risk and empty flattery fail. It praises public benevolence, wise buying for customers, and the value of striking displays.
Woman Workforce Trends Stir National Debate
A study claims 90 percent of women who enter industry marry within seven years. Washington stores trialed women as floor walkers and others imitate. Utah deems long hours legal in emergencies. Civil service exams show a 441 percent rise in women applicants year over year, from 25 497 to 137 620.
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Utah
How Can We Expect Peace Chicago American Says
A dated Chicago American quips on social strains asking how peace can exist when families clash over petty issues. The piece riffs on everyday irritants from workers striking to lovers, and cites mundane costs and conflicts as evidence of broader discord.
Burglar Talk in Sleep Leads to Indictment
Frederick Burgwart of New York City was indicted for a subway robbery after his bride of two months overheard him talking in his sleep about the hold up. The December 11 crime and December 16 wedding are noted, with a $1,000 gift from the groom. Mrs. Burgwart reported the details to the district attorney.
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Frederick Burgwart
New York City
Robs Her Father's Safe in Poughkeepsie Plot
Brooklyn girl Bessie Endner 18 and two youths William Johnson and William Sutton are jailed in Poughkeepsie on a $16,000 safebreaking case. She says they entered Alfred Endner shipbuilder's office by cutting a hole in a surrounding fence and climbing through a window to open the safe. They then toured New York state.
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Brooklyn
Bessie Endner
Alfred Endner
William Johnson
William Sutton
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York State
Living from hand to mouth sayings compilation
Anthology of proverbs and maxims arranged by weeks and days. Phrases include in the jaws of death thrust as now in others corn his sickle and flesh of thy flesh not yet bone of thy bone. The verses pair common life truths with natural imagery across multiple days.
LIT PIPE EXPLOSION DAMAGES HAMMOND HOME
Joseph Madeczyk and his family narrowly escaped death when a six room bungalow in Hammond blew up after he lit a pipe. The blast sent walls and roof collapsing and injured a drayman and family members. Escaped gas is suspected.
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Hammond
Ind
Joseph Madeczyk
Madeczyk
FAG ENDS OF WISDOM
A columnist satirizes gender roles and thrift culture. The piece argues that making a man act like him who is unlike him backfires and that harsh financial stinginess will not ensure thrift. It also notes the vulgarity of the term liar alongside other pejoratives.
Aerial Victory Loan Tour Plans by Allied Flyers
Three flying circuses from the United States France and Britain will tour the nation for the Victory Liberty loan campaign performing aerial battles and acrobatics. Fourteen captured German Fokker planes are in transit to Washington for this program. Photographers will drop war photos by parachute and parades precede each flight with mock German attacks and American counter demonstrations.
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Ashington
United States
Aww FM Pon
Weet
Newport News
Washington
France
Signal Corps
Bureau of Publicity
Victory Loan Organization
Military Aeronautics Branch
The
War Department
Leon Richardson
Washington Memorial for Francis Asbury A Senate Resolution
Rep Charles H Sloan of Nebraska urged a public site in Washington DC for a Francis Asbury memorial funded by subscription with no appropriation asked. Sloan noted Asbury born August 20 1745 in Handsworth England and his role as America’s church proconsul and patriot who helped shape early American civilization.
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Charles H. Sloan
Nebraska
Senate
Washington, D. C
Francis Asbury
Congress
Sloan
Handsworth
England
Wesley
America
Erent
Svoud Ae
Asbury
Henry Wade Rogers
December 31 Might Crown National Wedding Day
A 1918 tax exemption quirk could make December 31 a peak wedding date. A Denver check found 13 marriages on that midnight boundary, implying nationwide totals of about 5,500 marriages and $11 million in exemptions. The piece questions whether December will supplant traditional wedding seasons.
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Denver
Federal aid road act expands rural post road scope
United States will have at least 574 million dollars for cooperative road building over three years. An extra 209 million dollars in the post office bill funds the federal share, the largest allocation for such work in history. The act raises government contribution from 10 000 to 20 000 per mile and broadens rural post road eligibility.
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United States
Bureau of Raids
Department of Agriculture
Bureau ‘of Public Roads
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