Hoosier State Happenings Highlights From Indiana News
A broad Indiana roundup notes transit fare adjustments by Union Traction and affiliates with a potential 4 percent discount option. Arrests in North Judson over a wine theft scheme threaten bonding-house shipments. Telephone rate petitions are dismissed in Bloomington, while kaolin deposits are flagged as a regional wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Union Traction Company of
Indiana
Erie Toute
Tndianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Union Traction Company
Laporte
North Judson
LeRoy Reed
J. F P. Bowman
Oliver Schultz
Albert Sark
Albert Farmer
California
New York
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Marion County
Bloomington
W. N. Logan
Indiana University
French Lick
Orange County
OW and Gas Company
Sig
South Bend
Interstate Commerce Commission
R Public Service Commission
Indiana Electric Lines
Valparaiso
Fiks
Chicago
Order
Tinton
Muncie
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Anthony
Delegates Cheer Wilson Portrait Unveiling at Democratic Nominating Meet
San Francisco June 28 delegates roared as a painting of President Wilson was unveiled at the Democratic national convention. Homer S. Cummings, as temporary chairman, addressed a hall packed with cheering delegates amid bands and bugles. Cummings praised the Wilson administration and urged unity behind the League of Nations while noting Republican attacks. Committees prepared votes and platform work proceeded ahead of nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Homer S. Cummings
San Francisco
Kremer
Pp. L. Ityan
San Irrancisco
National Committee
Republican Party
Jefferson
Jackson
Fred B. Lynch
Minnesota
Cummings
Phelan
California
Smith
New York
Helen Grenfel
Colorado
Chicago
League of Nations
America
Mr. Cummings
Homer Cummings
Democratic National Committee
TAPS ON EMPTY BRAIN PAN
Quote heavy column noting varied witticisms and social observations from Chicago American. Mentions Johnson, Pussy foot, Mars voyage rent, newsprint famine, jewels theft, one piece bathing suit, salaries, burglar luncheon, street beggar, and marriage danger months.
Democratic critique of Republican platform in keynotes
The speech labels the Republican platform as reactionary and expedient, criticizing its promises and slanders. It lauds Democratic achievements including war legislation and the Federal Reserve Act, praises Woodrow Wilson, and urges joining the League of Nations over Republican repudiations and chaos. Truman Newberry is noted as a potential official tainted by scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Chicago
Truman Newberry
Michigan
Republican Congress
League of Nations
Freedom of Action Memo Shows Large Uninstructed Delegates
A circulated memo to national committee members notes 756 of 1 092 convention delegates are uninstructed. It lists instructed delegates by state and candidate support including Owens and Palmer. The temporary roll indicates 308 women will attend as delegates or alternates, distributed across at large and district allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Iown
Meredith
Kentucky
Cox
Nebraska
Hitchcock
New Jersey
Edwards
North Carolina
Simmons
Ohio
Oklahoma
Owen
Oregon
McAdoo
Pennsylvania
Palmer
South Dakota
Gerard
Virginia
Glass
Japanese Proverbs on Women and Liberty
A collection of aphorisms about women, marriage, and deception. It contrasts how women and men are perceived, noting themes of envy, loyalty, independence, and social norms, with several cautions about vanity, charm, and perseverance.
Quotations and Aphorisms on Honesty and Morality
A fragmentary collection of maxims on honesty, envy, sin, hypocrisy, and virtue. It cites lines about tears as pearls, envy as salt water, and contrasts between sin and sham. Includes a misquoted note about the Wright brothers and Jonah.
Pessimists Predictions Still Leave Life Fun
The speaker argues that even with looming pessimism life remains enjoyable and that humans, especially men, risk overcommitting to hopeful bets. The sea of matrimony is warned as an ocean amateurs insist on navigating without listening to experienced travelers.
Apple play through history in quirky proverbs
A collage of odd phrases links apples to stories and people from myth and history. It references Eve, Adam, a whipping line, William Tell, public appetite, and political power, all tied to the fruit in a playful, riddle-like sentiment.
National Public Works Plan Sparks Breakup of Federal Bureaus
The National Department of Public Works project, backed by 135,000 engineers and others, would replace the interior department with a centralized public works department. It would absorb the supervising architect, engineers, rivers and harbors, coast and geodetic survey, good roads, forest service, and more from nine departments. All departments would oppose the bill to the last ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Interior Department
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Pensions
Treasury Department
Bureau of Education
Department of Labor
Freedman's Hospital
Public Health Service
Department of Public Works
Supervising Architect
Corps of Engineers, Rivers and Harbors
War Department
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureaus of Good Roads
Forest Service
Agricultural Department
Interior
Platt National Park Seeks Stay of Sentence and Funds
Platt National Park in Oklahoma, established 1902, with 48 acres and medical springs, faced transfer to a state or sale. In 1913 it received 17 000 dollars, trimmed to 6 000 for 1920. An Oklahoma debate yielded a stay and an increased appropriation after amendments, while transfer was considered if Oklahoma refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dlatt National Park
Oklahoma
Platt
Harreld
McKeown
Good of Town
Appropriations Committee
State of
Treasury
Mann
Tlinois
Good
Indian Territory
Harrells
Platt National Park
Fields of Honor Planned in France for U S Dead
Plans announced for three American Fields of Honor in France to receive U S war dead. A war memorials council will advise on care, graves, and beautification with memorial trees and drives. Romagne Belleru and Suresnes named as permanent sites. uniform headstones. no rank-based segregation. families choose final disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gsocera Ay of
Baker
France
War Memorials Council
Fol
National Fine Arts Commission
The
American Institute of Architects
American Forestry Association
American Legion
Navy Department
Quartermaster’s Corps Ceemeterial
War Plans Division
General Staff
War Department
America
Romagne
Belleru
Suresnes
Frrance
Wilson's recess appointments rise as Congress adjourns
The article details President Wilson's plan to fill urgent vacancies through recess appointments after near 200 executive nominations were left unacted. It lists first picks for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Tariff Commission, notes unacted ambassadors and officials, and mentions a new seven member shipping board created by the merchant marine bill. Diplomatic posts to Bulgaria, Poland, Greece and Honduras remain vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Newcastle
Tell City
Waterloo Telephone Company
South Whitley
Loogootee
Spencerville Telephone Company
Peru Floating Company
Hammond
Michigan Central Railroad
Lake Superior
Gary
Hugenbeck-Wallace Circus
Shoals
Moser
Indiannapolis
Indiana
Seymour
Census Bureau
Jackson County
Lexymour
Crothersville
Warsaw
Warsaw Chamber of Commerce
Warsaw Housing Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette
Purdue University
Richmond Township
Fountain County
Newton
Mellett
Purdue
Louis E. Haag
Julius A. Haag
Haag Drug Company
Atlanta
A. B. Anderson
Elkhart
Teachers’ Federation of Indiana
Indiana League of Women Voters
Teachers’ Federation
Goodrich
Edward J. Chambers
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Parke Beadle
Rockville
Indiana State Sanatorium
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Country Club
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Henry Jones Ford
New Jersey
Mark W. Potter
New York
James Duncan
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Marston Taylor Dogert
Samuel W. McCall
Massachu
Bulgaria
Poland
Greece
Honduras
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clinton
H. M. Ferguson
Vermillion County Hospital Board
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Kokomo
Board of Public Works
Crawfordsville
Indiana Sunday School Association
Wabash
Peru
Lake Manitou
Decatur
Crawford County
Columbus
Rebecca Danforth
Elizabethtown
Shelbyville
James Rowe
Samuel Rowe
Everton
Fort Wayne
Geller
Hi Johnson
Pussyfoot
Mars
Sir Oliver
Ge Tea Po
Jonah
Wright Brothers
Dearborn Independent
Eve
Adam
William Tell
National Department of Public Works
Fields of Honor
U. S
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