Indiana BREVITIES highlights bond legality and state farming updates
Indiana reports Attorney General Lesh finds a 1,000,000 bond issue for state fairground improvements legal as trustees act for the board of agriculture. Other notes cover winter wheat conditions, crop prospects, tobacco acreage shifts near Louisville, and plans for a Grand Commandery Knights Templar conclave in Indianapolis with a 5000 uniformed knight parade.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Lesh
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Lafayette
Purdue University
Jackson
Washington
Knights Templars of
Jeffersonville
Clark County
Kentucky
McCray
Thomas Daily
Estes Duncan
Charles ©. Houstis
Will J.dobyns
Valley of Indianapolis
Kendallville
Albion Bank
Thgs
R. J. Hosier
Hartford City
Blackford County
Board of County. “Commissioners
Warren T. Mee Cray
Armory Board
Emmet F. Branch
Charles A. Garrard
Robert Tyndall
One Hundred and Fiftieth Field Artillery
D. Wray DePrez
Shelbyville
National Guard
W. D. Montgomery
Franklin
Adjt
Harry B. Smith
George N. Mannfeld
Fish and Game Division
Department of Conservation of Indiana
Michigan State Fish and Game Commission
Lansing
Riverside
Marion County Association
Tri-Lakes
Whitley County
Indiana Commission
Shelby County
Shelby County Farmers’ Association
Crawfordsville
Rotary Club of
Charlestown High School
Noble County
Clinton
State Conservation Department
Kokomo
Warren T. McCray
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Association
George M. Gard
Schererville
End of technical war plea for economy by Harding
President Warren G Harding urges Congress to cut expenditures and tax burdens, push tariff reform, budget reform, rail and water transportation costs, and establish a strong merchant marine while balancing defense needs and international peace efforts. A Chicago crime tale closes the piece.
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Federal Agency of Administration
Congress
United States
Republic
U. S
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Navy
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Training
Army
Cam
League of Nations
International Association For Permanent Peace
Senate
Milton Lover of Liberty and Political Liberty
The passage portrays Milton as oppose to democracy while valuing liberty and republicanism. It asserts his defense of liberty against mob tyranny, preference for a republic, and belief in political freedom as essential to private independence.
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Milton
Connecticut
Witta
Mistletoe Reflections Spur Christmas Romance
A Victorian tone scene shows a couple in a drawing room with mistletoe above and witty exchanges. He sighs over one coat while she recalls sacrifices for a new dress, revealing festive tension and affection.
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Idokdd
Dreas
London
Stranger arrest after grip mystery at Excelsior Springs restaurant
In Liberty a stranger asked to leave a grip at a restaurant and was watched by officers. When the bag was opened it contained alcohol, sparking questions about its owner and leading to an arrest as the man admitted, Only Booze, before a ditty about the event sprang from the crowd.
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Excelsior Springs
Liberty
Bergdoll Case Moves in U S Effort to Retrieve Draft Evader
Secretary Weeks said the United States will pursue Bergdoll if possible and may seek extradition after any wartime end. He noted overtures from Brig Gen Allen to Germany for pardons of Neuf and Zimmer, Americans jailed in Eberbach for attempting to arrest Bergdoll, while Britain’s role remains uncertain.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Warren G. Harding
United States
Ashington
Bergdoll
Weeks
Philadelphia
Iaw
Germany
Great Britain
Allen
Carl Neuf
Franz Zimmer
Eberbach
Bergdolf
War Department
Neuf
Zimmer
State Department
Canada
Bergdorf
Power executives seek changes to water power rules
A committee of electric power executives urged the new Federal Power Commission to revise parts of the regulations for developing power under the new water power laws. They argued the outgoing rules impose costly machinery and duplicate accounts, duplicating bureau work, and would hinder project development.
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Harding
Federal Water Power Commission
Weeks
Fall
Wallace
Federal Commission
Congress
Army Engineers
Boundary survey to begin for Mount McKinley National Park
The United States General Land Office will start marking the park boundary as weather allows. The 250 mile line crosses glaciers making full monumenting impossible. Congress aimed to protect scenery and game while allowing limited prospecting and mining for necessities. Tourists gain access as the railroad from Seward to Fairbanks nears completion and the National Park Service takes control on July 1.
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Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
United States General Land Office
Surveyor General
Juneau
National Park Service
Congress
United States
Seward
Fairbanks
Mount McKinley Park
Capitol Decorated by Italian Artists and Builders
A historical note traces Italian influence in Washington’s Capitol decorations. It names Pietro Bonani and Carlo Franzoni as early contributors, Giuseppe Frazoni, Giovanni Andrei, Enrico Causici, Antonio Capellano, Luigi Persico, and Vincenti among sculptors, with Brumidi and Castigini adding frescoes. The article cites arrivals, deaths, and key works from 1806 to 1859, including the rotunda allegorical groups and fresco programs.
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Washington
Enrico Sartorio
Giovanni Andrei
Italy
Carlo Franzoni
Francisco Iradgella
Enrico Causici
Antonio Capellano
Canova
Columbus
Raleigh
Cabot
la Salle
Focahontas
John Smith
Luigi Persico
Rotunda
Vincenti
Constantino Brumidi
Castigini
Continent
Brumidi
Vatican
Rome
Capitol
America
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C. A Overstreet
Anderson
Edison County
Shelby ‘County ‘War Chest Fund
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Victory Post No. 70
American Legion of
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League
Nation
Federal Trade Commission
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Trac
Chicago
Toul
San Mihiel
Roy Little
Forty-Fifth Engineers
Twenty-eighth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
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James Walsh
Milwaukee
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Wisconsin
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Kansas
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