Indiana Brevities Roundup of State Local News Items
Indiana city salary hikes announced by Mayor Smith. Lafayette reports a sharp coal shortage despite conservation. Columbus schools find 46 percent underweight pupils due to high living costs. Indianapolis notes sugar shipments from Michigan beet refineries and pending rate rulings. Goshen train crash kills four, injures two near town. Crawfordsville thrashman death leads to compensation ruling. Union and Perry townships suffer corn losses from Ohio River flood.
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Wabash
Smith
Lafayette
Columbus
Indianapolis
Stanley Wyckoff
Indiana
Michigan
Louisiana
Wyckoff
Central Union Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Jt’nus Haynes
Public Service Commissioner
Rollin Hi. Bunch
Muncie
Horace G. Murphy
Delaware County
Federal
Atlanta
Anderson
United States Marshal’s Office
Washington
DD. C
American Forestry Association
United States
Huntington
Ind
California
Dumont, Kennedy
Crawfordsville
New York
Carrie McClure
Edward McClure
Jennie Shafer
Jacob Shafer
Mac Kurtz
Kurtz
Edward
Goshen
Iselly Foundry and Machine Company
Indiana State Industrial Board
Jerry Bollman
Montgomery County
Bollman
George Downing
State Board
Downing
Washington, D. C
General Staff
Lafayette —County
Purdue University
Brazil
Hutchison
State Tax Board
Nashville
State Board of Health
Linden
Leon Coogsey
Marion County Fair Price Committee
Gary
Gary Masons
Gary Ellis
Loyal Order of Moose
Knights of Columbus
Petersburg
Selby
Jesse I. Eschbach
State Board of Accounts
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Ele Stansbury
Otto L. Krauss
State
Princeton
Barr and Harris
Evansville
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Heinrich
Eli Stansbury
Michael Helfrich
Shelbyville
A. O. Baker
George R. Tolen
Fountaintown
Morristown
Justice of the Peace
Union
Perry
Vanderburg
Coal Miners Reject 14 Percent Wage Offer at Conference
Washington reports the United Mine Workers rejected a 14 percent wage rise proposed by the Garfield administration as a basis for settlement. Operators accepted the proposal but warned it would cut profits and threaten mine operations without higher coal prices. John L. Lewis and executives criticized the government, demanding a 31.6 percent rise instead while preserving production.
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Washington
Board of Arbitration
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Wilson
Garfield
Central Competitive Coal Field
William Green
Doctor Garfield
America
Labor
Pershing to Tour U S Camps in Three Months
General Pershing will depart Washington December 8 for a three month inspection tour of U S military camps. His route includes Camp Lee Virginia. several southern camps. Chicago for a two day stop December 20. Christmas in Lincoln Nebraska with family. then Camp Grant Rockford Illinois and western sites.
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Washington
General Pershing
United States
Plains
Mexico
Camp Lee
Virginia
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Camp Grant
Rockford
Finger Reading Says Much of Character and Fate
A curiously Victorian guide links finger length and shape to personality and intellect. Short fingers imply amiability but shallow thought, while pointed fingers signal imagination and zeal. Curled fingers suggest generosity. downward curves imply avarice. uniform lengths hint at dishonesty.
Some Old Laws On Courage Luck And Self Belief
A collection of maxims about personal traits and success. It argues tenacity belief in self and practical action as keys to achievement. It contrasts idealism with realism and warns against mixing optimism with pessimism. It emphasizes persistence over brilliance and resilience through adversity.
ARKANSAS THOMAS SCA TS Society Humor and Courtship Lore
The piece sketches the two sets of the ARKANSAS THOMAS SCA TS Society the Quick and the Deadly. It jokes about a man kissing a girl against her will and the fate of being blamed while the Sucker plays the Other Fellows game. It notes Jack May raising chickens failed due to cellar floods and his pivot to ducks. It closes with playful lines on aromas around courting and married life.
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Jack May
Dan Cupid
Old Field Stones and Spars on the Farm
The monologue notes the ex-kaiser failing to confine plots to gardens. It compares American pig pens to German swords and mocks Peter Tumbledown farmers for resisting ideas as tomfoolery. It also laments farm landscaping and youths seeking escape to the city.
National Motor Vehicle Theft Act Becomes Law
Congress approves the national motor vehicle theft act and President Wilson allows it to take effect. The measure defines motor vehicles and interstate theft offenses, with penalties up to 5000 dollars or five years in prison. Debate cited 1918 theft values totaling 27 million dollars and thieves earning at least 5 million.
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Congress
Wilson
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
District of Columbia
United States
Careless America Is Now Growing Less Careless
Advance summary of 1917 safety statistics from the United States Census Bureau shows 53 544 deaths from accidents, down from 60 072 the previous year. Falls lead with 11 114 deaths, railroad injuries 8 649, burns 6 830, automobile 6 724, drowning 350, mine 2 623, vehicle injuries 2 326, streetcar 2 277, machinery 2 112.
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National Safety Council
United States Census Bureau
America
United States
Bureau
Stamp Boom in Europe Postage Issues Since 1918
The article notes nearly 2,000 new European stamps since December 1918, with Poland producing over 400 and Ukraine about 175 varieties. It highlights Jugo Slavia and Czecho Slovakia around 150 each, Fiume, and scarce Georgia four values. A 1914 peak of 1,286 stamps is cited and a move toward unified stamps for the kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes bearing King Peter I’s likeness.
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Poland
Ukraine
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Fiume
Transcaucasian Republic of Georgia
New Europe
Kingdom of the Serbs
Croats and Slovenes
Croatia
Slavonia
Bosnia
Serbia
Peter I
Greater
Nagato Aims To Become Largest Warship For Japan
Tokyo reports the Nagato was launched at Kure in the presence of imperial princes. keel laid August 28 1917, later expanded from 31260 to 40000 tons. Armament to include 16 inch guns with 30 mile range and speed of 25 knots. Sister ship Kaga planned, with Hood and California as benchmarks.
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Japan
Kure
Tokyo
Nagato
Kure Naval Dockyard
Jutland
California
United States
America
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Thomas
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