Indiana Trapping Law Changes Sought and Tax Reforms In 1920
Indiana trappers urge changes to fur bearing animal seasons to reduce injuries from trapped animals. Meanwhile households face itemized 39 household articles and farm implements in the new 1920 assessments forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Conservation Commission
Simanl
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Michigan City
Thomas M. T Batchelor
Albert C. Batchelor
James Wi
Red) Parker
Dan Trkulja
Crown Point
First State Bank
Tolleston
Gary
Herman Uecker
C. FE. Phillips
Washington, D. C
Charles P. O'Leary
Terre Haute
O’leary
Census Bureau
Manhattan
Washington
O’lenary
Noblesville
Hamilton County Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Walter Harger
Kokomo
Grant
Marion
Farmers’ Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company
Matthews
Howard
Tipton
Goshen
City Board of Health
Elkhart County
Petersburg
Daviess
Anderson—County
Hardie
Madison County
The Foundling Cyril and the Mother's Dilemma
A New York City foundling tale follows Anna Larkin a poverty stricken mother who entrusts Cyril to neighbors while she works at a public school. Cyril disappears prompting a search and a later adoption twist as Dora Sperry learns Cyril answers to Jimmie and seeks to reunite him with his mother.
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Cyril
Elza
Anna
Eliza
Dora Sperry
New York
State Board of Charities
Foundling Hospital
Jimmie
Dora
Cntd
Sirwil
Youth Finds Home in Buffalo Sewer Among Rats
Anthony Kaskiniski sixteen years old was found living in a Buffalo sewer with rats as companions. He said he left home six months ago and, two months later, decided the sewer would be his home. He slept on a mattress with a blanket and claimed the rats never bit him. He joked about his animal friends and police awakened him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl
Pearl Larkin
Charles Larkin
Charlie Larkin
Foundling Hospital
Cyril
Mrs. Larkin
Buffalo
N. Y
Anthony Kaskiniski
Man Rolls Half Mile After Being Robbed
J W McManus, tied and gagged by four robbers, rolled half a mile on frosted roads to seek help after his car was stolen near Los Angeles. He wore frost soaked clothes, reached a porch, called the sheriff, and reported the incident and loss of watch pin and pocketbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. W. McManus
McManus
Sheriff’s Office
Long Beach
Lost Bankers Found After Six Years in Florida Forests
Charles J. Pennock banker and former ornithologist who vanished from Kennett Square six years ago is found in Florida. He wrote an ornithology article under his own name during self imposed exile and lived among birds, believing he must bury himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Charles J. Pennock
Kennett Square
Florida
Robs Millionaire of His Gin and Trousers
John Percival Jefferson owner of Miraflores in Montecito filed burglary charges against James Lawrence accused of entering the home at night and stealing eight quarts of gin five pairs of trousers a camera and a watch. Lawrence was caught in Ventura with the loot except the gin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
John Percival Jefferson
Montecito
James Lawrence
Jefferson
Miraflores
Ventura
Preacher Loses Job For Looking At Girls in New Jersey
The church council of First Presbyterian Church in Haddon Heights New Jersey found Reverend John F Nichols unable to keep his eyes off the girls and demanded his resignation for too much attention to young women.
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Haddon Heights
N. J
Church Council
John F. Nichols
First Presbyterian Church
British plan funds chair in American studies for Mayflower centenary
Sir George Watson donated £20,000 to endow a chair of American history literature and institutions to promote study across British universities. The chair, held alternately by American and British scholars, aims to broaden knowledge of the United States and its history in Britain during the tercentenary year of 1620 to 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Anglo-American Society
Lord Glenconer
Great Britain
Virgin Islands push for local civil government
In the West Indies three Virgin Islands residents urge local civil government after years under Navy rule. A Senate House joint commission is proposed to visit, report on conditions, and advise Congress on organic civil governance and needed legislation during the Sixty-sixth Congress. The islands seek hearings to present their needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin Islands
West Indies
United States
United States Navy Department
Congress
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Islands
Germany
Panama Canal
Professor Goddard's Rocket Hopes To Reach Beyond Earth
Smithsonian Institution announces Prof. Robert H. Goddard of Clark College has developed a new multiple-charge high efficiency rocket. Weighing 1274 pounds, the device aims to penetrate the earth's atmosphere and reach higher altitudes for meteorology tests and recording instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
Robert H. Goddard
Clark College
Goddard
Smithsonian
Haiti and Santo Domingo Show US Protectorate Model
The piece argues the United States has proven the value of protectorates in Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Nicaragua, with Marines maintaining order in Nicaragua and a strong US role in Haiti where Sgt. Spot Miller is hailed as the de facto vice president. It notes Haiti’s stable government under US supervision and Miller’s influence with President Anteguenive.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Appellate Court
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Allen
Clay
Clinton
Dekalb
Johnson
Tippecanoe
Vigo
Whitley
Marion
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Government Agricultural Department
County Farmers’ Association
Associated Building Contractors of
Indiana
A. J. Hoffman
Evansville
C. C. Pierson
Max Irmscher
Fort Wayne
Charles Morrow
Muncie
O. A. Reese
Terre Haute
Jeffersonville
Glendale Coal Company
Perry S. Douglass
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Gardner C. Johnson
Alfred Henry
Ella B. Kehrer
Anderson
James W. Lilly
Vincennes
Indiana Highway Commission
H. R. Kroh
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Sullivan
Goshen
Board of Public Works
South Bend
Winchester
Anderson Lasley
Vanlandingham
Minneapolis
Shelby County Fair Association
Shelby County Farmers’ Association
Fair Association
John G. Brown
Monon
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
United States
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Nicaragua
Wilson
Navy
Daniels
Congress
United Sates Navy
Spot
William A.) Miller
United States Marine Corps
Miller
Anteguenive
Republic of Haiti
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State News
Amos W. Butler
Marion County Asylum For
Anna Larkin
Valentine
Weaterm Newspaper Union
Pennsylvania
It National l
John Bull
Virgin Islanders
Professor
Carranza
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