Foreign counterfeiters fled Porter County woods
A Lake County Times report describes a trio of foreign money counterfeiters who vanished from a Furnessville area den after being exposed by government agents. They had eyed a money making machine capable of turning old papers into valid one and five dollar bills, luring local buyers including a farmer who nearly paid 2 100 for a device.
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Lake County Times
Porter County
Furnessville
Gary
Hammond
Indiana Harbor
Calumet District
United States
Times
Chesterton
Clayton B. Stiver
Stiver
Mr. Stiver
Frank Zawadzki
South Side
Lake Michigan
Lake Shore
South Bend
Gary Man
Indiana school per capita funds listed for 1918 distribution
The state board reports $4.16 per child for 1918 with $1.94 per capita from the state fund for Jan 1. Laporte County lists 14,986 children ages 6 to 21 with $21,894.38 in state tax money. Interest on the fund adds $4,126.09, totaling $26,020.47 ready for apportionment and $29,072.84 apportioned at $1.94 each. Total Indiana school children: 762,927.
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Paterpal Commonwealth
Indianapolis
Indiana
C. A. Greathouse
Laporte County
Local Poultry Show Highlights Fine Showing by Wm Rice Smith
At the Indianapolis poultry show last week Wm Rice Smith of this city scored two first prizes with three White Leghorn entries winning first on pallet and first on hen. Herbert Moeller took second prize with a pen of single comic White Leghorns.
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Indianapolis
Wm. Rice Smith
Herbert Moeller
January Sale of Under Muslins Opens Next Monday
Specht Finney Skinner Co opens the annual January sale of under muslins next Monday morning for one week. Many women have awaited the event at Valparaiso location.
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Specht-Finney-Skinner Co
Valparaiso
Movement for a school in specter city sparks LaPorte link
In Michigan City a local effort pushes for a new school amid references to last night’s LaPorte affair, signaling timely educational concerns and city planning focus.
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LaPorte
Michigan
Profits and Prices Questioned in Auto Industry
The text argues a net annual profit of twenty million dollars for a car maker implies pricing issues. It suggests profits to machinists and factory divisions are excessive, while purchasers and education funding are cited as potential beneficiaries.
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Polic
Ingenious Housebreaker Tactics Highlighted in Robberies
A historic account describes clever evasion methods by burglars, including locking doors from inside, propping a chair to block entry, and using spur-of-the-moment ruses. Notable cases in Hopwood, London, Devonport, and Worcester illustrate sharp tactics and escape plans through fires, pepper, and shadows.
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Hopwood
Redditch
Woburn Street
London
Devonport
Stoke
Worcester
Mr. Sykes
Floer
Cold swindle beats gas meter in Honolulu scheme
A Honolulu man ran a clever gas meter ruse using an ice disk to fool quarter slots and steal gas. Inspectors uncovered a small laboratory that cast quarter sized disks, froze water to form ice, dropped it in the meter, and let gas flow until the ice melted leaving no trace.
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Honolulu
Honolulu’ Company
Saturday Evening Post
Origin of the term horsepower in Watt engines
An 1827 quotation from Farey explains how Watt defined horsepower from brewer horses. A strong London horse moving at 2.5 mph could pull 150 pounds, lift 80 pounds, at 220 feet per minute, equaling 33 000 pounds per minute of water raised one foot. Smeaton and others believed 22 000 pounds per minute was more accurate.
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Watt
London
Smeaton
Napoleon's St Helena Home In Decline As Ruin Looms
On St Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte's final residence Longwood is deteriorating. The doors stay open, rooms sit empty except for a single altar and bust. The site, purchased by Napoleon III in 1858, remains under caretaking by the French government but receives no upkeep funds.
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Napoleon
St Helena
Island of
St. .Helena
Europe
Longwood
Bankers Quit Railways In Major Corporate Shakeup
The Morgan firm withdraws from its director roles in thirty large corporations including railways and industry. Morgan cites meeting burden and a shift in public sentiment on directorships. The move may trigger further exits by other major investment banks and alter control over railway financing.
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Railways
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Morgan & Co
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