Indiana News Roundup: Wolves, Walshing, and War-Era Prices
Tippecanoe farmers report wolves roaming farms south of Lafayette marking the first such sighting in 25 years while Allen Harbin of Wheatland claims a state record for ten-acre apple profits totaling 5 400. Other items note wage hikes for Muncie firemen, tax changes, road plans, and tobacco prospects in Dearborn county.
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Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Granville
Vinceennes
Allen Harbin
Wheatland
Muncie
Seymour
Jackson County
Indianapolis
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Indiana
Goshen
Charily
Albert J. Irwin
Herbert K. Lemon
Irwin
Doctor Irwin
City Board of Health
Doctor Lemon
Hammond
Walter Hardy
Hammond Superior Court
Joseph Diericks
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Wabash
Wabash County
American Legion
Department of the Legion
Franklin D’olier
State Highway Commission
L. H. Wright
Elwood
Lafarette
Monon Railyord
HL. C. May
Manon
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Pike County
Petersburg
G. W. Fallon
Pittsburgh
Winslow
Southern Railroad
Pike County Coal Company
Logansport
Tipton
Washington, D. C
Elia L. Anderson
Kent W. Bartlett
East Chicago
Albert J. Edwards
Herveh Hentzell
Gary
Louis T. Koerner
Evansville
Julius A. Niewland
Notre Dame
Clark Orr
Fort Wayne
General Electric Company
Walter Warriner
Lawrenceburg
Dearborn
Monticello
Monticello Public
Lewis C. Johnson
Office of the Auditor of State
Treaty Clash Signals Possible Democratic Split
President Wilson urges the League of Nations be put to a national vote as a solemn referendum. William Jennings Bryan argues the Democratic Party cannot run on the issue and should seek possible compromises. The Jan 9 Jackson Day gathering framed the dispute.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
League
Gerard Yields Points at Democratic Banquet on Treaty Issue
Former ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard spoke at a twin Democratic banquet and urged compromise for world peace. He endorsed reservations in the treaty and suggested fallback to the Bryan arbitration treaties of 1914 if the league plan fails, minimizing war risk.
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Germany
League of Nations
United States
Europe
James W. Gerard
White House
League
Gerard
Inventions Parade From Around the World
An Australian engineer patents a sewer gas engine and a linen bag hanger seals moth proof bags. Other items include a cockle bar kernel oil akin to olive oil, a Buffalo machine winding narrow roll paper for barber backs, English cow models for milkmaid practice, heat-treated glass finishing, spiral heater drying grain to mill, visor mounted goggles, city illumination by reflected light, indelible inks limited for typewriters, automatic humidity lumber kiln, and a two armed garden cultivator adjustable as a rake.
Burning the candle at both ends and other maxims
A collection of short quotes on discipline faith and wisdom from Anon I Cor 14 18 Alexander MacLaren Stevenson and others. The notes include reflections on sin purpose life and self restraint.
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Anon
Glowing Quotes on Virtue Courage and Truth
A collection of philosophical maxims praising rising after failure and pursuing excellence. Confucius Plato Lamb Leighton Shaftesbury extol honesty beauty truth and moral integrity in human conduct and art. The passages urge self improvement and virtuous living through sincere words and genuine merit.
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Shaftesbury
Timely Tidbits From The Boston Tran Script
A compact note hints at daily clocks and limits on cider hours. It contrasts the frustration of finding housing with a historical quip about Diogenes living in a tub. The piece blends wit with urban life observations.
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Diogenes
Boston Transcript
The Perfect Lover Ideal Across Ages
An old fashioned view defines a perfect lover as a timeless ideal. The piece traces how women envision an ideal in every era, noting varying types and styles akin to changing fashions through history.
Senate agrees on compulsory training plan for U S youth
Senate subcommittee tentatively approves a permanent military policy featuring a standing peace army of 280000. Youths aged 18 to 21 would receive four months of training with options to join the regular army or National Guard. After training, recruits enter a five year reserve, not subject to active duty except in war. no compulsory service included.
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Senate
Wadsworth
Regular Army
National Guard
Government plans to aid Liberty bond holders via post office loans
The U S Bureau of Efficiency proposes a program to loan money at post offices against Liberty bonds to curb losses from profiteers and stabilize bond prices. Loans would be limited to $45 on an $50 bond and $90 on a $100 bond, with a $200 per person cap. Interest would be paid using maturing coupons, and redemption could occur before maturity.
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Brown
Virtue Its Own Reward at a Ranger Station Visit
Tourists stop at a Grand Canyon area ranger station. A ranger finds two thank you cards left by visitors praising the cabin’s immaculate condition. One card bears David F. Houston as Secretary of Agriculture. the other, Dr Hans Sulzer, Swiss ambassador.
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Ational Park
National Forest Rangers
Grand Canyon
Arizona
National Forest
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Hans Sulzer
Switzerland
Michigan Creates Victory Highway Memorial Across State
Michigan moves to build a 348 mile Victory highway from New Buffalo to Port Huron with a northern branch from Owosso to Bay City. Counties fund the route and will erect monuments parks and memorial buildings listing veterans names with special notes for the wounded or dead and a double row of walnut trees along the road supplied by the state agricultural college.
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Ichigan
Michigan
Michigan State Good Roads Association
New Buffalo
Indiana Line
Port Huron
St. Joe
Kalamazoo
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Charlotte
Lansing
Owosso
Flint
la Peer
Saginaw
Bay City
Michigan State Agricultural College
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William Jennings Bryan
Paris
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Confucius
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