Indiana News Roundup Highlights County Projects and Education
Whitley County sets contracts for 28 gravel roads totaling 220000 dollars. War chest pledges hinge on a Huntington County suit against Samuel Scott. Indiana reports January coal losses due to rail car shortages, elevating costs for miners and state prices. Rotary backs Americanism in schools while Indiana road funds allocate 219986.26 dollars with 50 percent federal aid. Portage farmers press Valparaiso merchants to stay open Wednesdays. Public school contracts and teacher pay push persist in Terre Haute and Indianapolis.
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Warsaw
Huntington County War Chest
Kosciiusko
Huntington
Indiana Coal Trade Bureau
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Lincoln
Frederick E. Matson
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Oz McMurtrie
Valparaiso
Porter Township
Porter County Farmers’ Association
Merchants of
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Jeffersonville
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Ieeke
Kosciusko County Farmers’ Association
Evansville
Dty
Evaville
Nanderburg County
Grever, Co. Mundy
South Bend
Fresh Air
Richmond
Students’ Missionary “Conference of
Earlham College
Clark County
Chicago, South Bend & Northern
Indiana- Interurban Railway
Common Council
Thomas W. ‘Slick
Gary
Hammond
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Lake County
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E. N. Clifford
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Neam
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Dearborn
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My North & Gurley
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Bruce Brotheoid
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T. de Sanders
Washington
The
Red Cross
Lansing Resigns as Secretary of State Over Disputed Authority
Washington reports Robert Lansing resigns as secretary of state after accusing President Wilson of overstepping constitutional prerogatives during his illness. Frank Polk becomes ad interim head of state department as the withdrawal prompts formal correspondence detailing legal and procedural disputes.
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Washington
Robert Lansing
Asi
Lor
Lansing
Wilson
Frank Polk
State Department
Myer
Paris
Restoring Sulgrave Manor for Anglo American ties
A London Telegraph proposal aims to restore Sulgrave Manor, Washington family home in Northampton, as a museum and Anglo American relations hub. A $125,000 fund is under way with a holding company formed and a list of notable donors and trustees including King George V, John W. Davis, and J Pierpont Morgan.
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Great Britain
Germany
London Telegraph
Sulgrave Manor
Washington
Europe
Mount Vernon
Shakespeare
Stratford
Telegraph
King George
England
America
Sulgrave Institution
Washington Manor House
John W. Davis
Lord Weardale
H. S. Perris
Sulgrave
Northampton
St. Andrew
Henry VIII
Lawrence Washington
George Washington
United States
Growers Learn Cold Storage Extends Freshness in Riviera
French Riviera flower growers who ship millions of boxes annually find produce stays fresher if kept in cold storage a day or two before shipping. The government asks women and men to study the basics of French agricultural schools to teach the methods.
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French Riviera
Legal work hours limit and factory reporting in Austria
The report notes a legal maximum of eleven hours per day for Austrian factories and requires overtime work beyond eleven hours to be reported to industrial authorities. It mentions dangerous conditions at mills and a door that cannot be opened, with emphasis on Negros where milling capacity will nearly double.
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Negros
Census Figures Promised by Next Summer and Fall
The census director predicts city populations will be announced by May or June with the national total revealed in September or October. Enu merators numbering about 70,000 have begun work while weather may delay some districts. Clerks will soon preliminarily count schedules and release totals as civil divisions are tallied.
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Sam.l
Rogers
Washington
Rhode Island
States
New York City
Boston
Ghriage
Bloomington
Ind
Stogers
Motion Picture Industry Plans Patriotism Campaign
Washington officials and industry leaders discuss using the motion picture medium to combat unrest and promote national unity. Secretary Lane urges industry to harness films to educate ten million daily viewers about fortitude and patriotism amid post war challenges.
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House
Senate
Lane
People of
America
Motion
Authorized Biography of Grover Cleveland In Works
Announcement that an authorized life and letters of Grover Cleveland is in preparation. Mrs. Thomas J. Preston has entrusted Princeton historian Robert M. McElroy to write the work. Cleveland’s firm stand during strikes and his enduring fame are noted as key elements of his legacy.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Thomas J. Preston
Robert M. McElroy
Princeton
McElroy
Princeton University
China
Japan
Philippines
Cleveland
Chicago
Panels From the Allies for New Dominion Capitol
The plan calls for Allied panels to adorn the new Dominion parliament building in Ottawa Ontario including a senate chamber yet to be completed. The Commons will occupy a white stone marble hall with arches and vaulted ceiling. Canada appropriated five million dollars in 1916. costs now exceed seven million and may rise further.
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Dominion
Senate
Dominion Parliament
Ottawa
Ont
Commons
St. Lawrence
HLT
Canada
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