Indiana School Apportionment and State Coliseum Plans
The Indiana state apportionment distributes 1.56 million dollars to counties with 69,579.96 held in treasury for February aid to poorer school corporations. The per child share is 2.03 based on 768,622 students. funds include interest and unclaimed fees. Plans for a new Indiana Coliseum in Indianapolis advance toward a fall 1916 dedication with an 800000 cost and construction to begin by April 1.
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Indianapolis
Ernest L. Welborn
Charles A. Greathouse
Auditor of State
State Coliseum
Indiana Coliseum
New York
Meridian Streets
Indiana
Coliseum
United States
Frediresk Wallick
Australians Rally Recruits to Egypt From Sydney
A vivid scene shows New South Wales volunteers passing through Martin Place Sydney bound for transports to Egypt. Thousands of friends and relatives cheer the men as they embark. The image highlights Australia’s eager contribution to the British empire and allied war effort.
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Australia
New South Wales
Martin Place
Sydney
Egypt
British Soldiers Return to Battle Line on Holiday Furlough
A company of British soldiers arrives home for the holidays on furlough then prepares to head back to combat with haversacks packed with requested delicacies.
News of the State Ble Jeulantons Cat Jobn a B
Readable fragments describe a local event involving named individuals and a state context. The text includes references to a person, a place, and a time frame, with clues about a job or position and a community outcome. The article tone suggests a brief civic or social item.
British official Harcourt to be Viceroy of India
The British cabinet plans appointing Lewis Ve Harcourt as Viceroy of India with Mrs Harcourt, long a society figure and cousin of J P Morgan, noted as an American, and Mary Ethel Burne as her maiden name. The couple married in 1899 and have four children.
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Lewis Ve. Harcourt
India
Harcourt
Aléxandra
J. P. Morgan
Mary Ethel Burne
Commercial Values Of The Nipa Palm From The South Seas
Readable fragments describe the nipa palm as a rare product with commercial value. The text hints at its import potential and market interest in the South Seas, noting benefits and possible uses.
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South
Seas
Hoosier News Briefly Told From Crawfordsville and Beyond
A large eagle struck a glass door at farmer John Ward’s home, then fell to the sitting room floor and was killed by Ward. In Crawford county a Dupont Nitro magazine explosion near Stoy caused near total fear but no deaths. Indiana cannot send militiamen to Chickamauga due to funds, says Adjutant General Bridges. A live wolf hunt near Jasper county drew 400 men forming a square and sweeping the area. John Lucas of Gary was sentenced to two years and Charles Russell to 18 months for mail fraud via fake insurance. A Colfax elevator blaze caused about $5,000 damage, possibly arson. William Brown leapt to his death at City Hospital after speaking of a brother in Jamestown, Pa. Reverend R. M. Dillon, 56, died at his home. he served churches in several states and was a Madison native. A union delegation pressed Governor Ralston over threats to disband the streetcar workers. Judge B. B. Aikman denied Rev. O. BE Mark’s divorce suit under Methodist rules. Wilbur Fisher, 35, died after being crushed by a horse during a crossing of a swollen stream near Kokomo. The Indiana Women’s Council elected officers in Indianapolis and Terre Haute. Governor Samuel M. Ralston was hosted at Rotary and Hotel Deming events with plan for a state normal school celebration.
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Crawfordsville
John Ward
Ward
Sullivan
Stoy
Crawford County
Illinois
Dupont Powder Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Chickamauga
Congress
National Guard
Bridges
Rensselaer
Jasper County
John Lucas
William Brown
City Hospital
Brown
Penn Street
Jamestown
Paoli
R. M. Dillon
Greencastle
Bowling Green
Omaha
Neb
Carbondale
Chester
Dillon
Madison
Ralston
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Terre Haute
B. B. Aikman
O. BE. Mark
Centenary Church
Methodist Church
Fisher
Legislative Council of Indiana
Felix T. McWhirter
Vida Newsom
Columbus
Flora Mills-Daugh
Fierce Balkan Front Battles Rattle Europe Amid Chaos
A London report cites heavy fights for Czartorysk and Czernowitz as Russians push to hold ground. German attempts to outflank at Bayan are checked. Czernowitz remains Austrian held with many casualties reported by Pester Lloyd.
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Czartorysk
Czernowitz
London
Progressive Party splits widen in Indiana state ranks
Rudolph G. Leeds confirmed resigning as national committeeman and quitting the Progressive party. Frederick Landis also left the Progressive party and asked to enroll as a Republican to keep the poll book accurate. Landis, a longtime Indiana Progressive cadet, had run for lieutenant governor with Albert Beveridge.
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Frederick Landis
Indiana
Hays
Richmond
Ind
Rudolph G. Leeds
Progressive Party
Indianapolis
Logansport
Will H. Hays
Landis
Albert J. Beveridge
Woman shoots Joliet man in his office
John Robart, president and chief stockholder of Robart Welding Works, was fatally wounded by Lillian Piper Ogden in his Joliet office. Ogden, aged 24, shot herself and died. a note on her corpse cited motive and named her father, William Ogden, of Richmond, Virginia.
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William Ogden
Richmond
Hope for Huerta Dims as He Loses Strength
El Paso report states Gen. Victoriano Huerta remains in critical condition on Monday with gradual loss of strength, as Dr. M. P. Schuster notes the illness has reached a critical stage. Paris dispatch notes death of Italian sculptor Bugatti, the Rembrandt of the animal world.
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State Auditor
Treasury
Common School Fund
Greathouse
McCray
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
State Board of Agriculture
Statehouse
Charles Anthony
Muncie
Charlies Downing Wage
Art Smith
Fort Wayne
Lincoln Beachey
Fair
Virginia
B. H. Peed
Newcastle
Milton Taylor
County Fair Managers’ Association
Joseph E. Bell
Charles Downing
State Board
Downing
Fair ‘Board
Fred
Naftzger
Sims
Wolcott
T. D. Scales
Duffin
Charles. R Duffin
Terre
Haute
Managers’ Association
William M.jones
Fairmount
M. ‘A. Heimelwright
Frankfort
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Allen
Bartholomew Eweeesn
Berton Blackford
Clay
Delaware
Dubois
Elkhart
Fayette
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Fountain
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Gibson
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Laporte
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Wabash
Warrenee Aeerecescoes
Warrick Wesesevece
Washington Eneene
Wayne Aeceee
White
Ageoeoet
Lewis V. Harcourt
Peter
Kile Peter
Benbid
Itaily
Saloniki
Jeulantons
Jobn
Hoosier News
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Sofia
Bayan
Petrograd
Pester Lloyd
Dardanelles
Bukowina
Sadagora
Balkans
Monastir
Joliet
John ‘Robart
Welding Works
Huerta
Bugatti
Paris
Rembrandt
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