Winding Respect for Law Voiced by Ex Editor in Dialect
An ex editor in a regional dialect laments justice in court and the tax burden. Ike Soles is described as guilty of alienating affections, given six months in jail at 86 cents daily, with his wife awarded custody of seven children. The piece criticizes laws favoring the wealthy and notes a heavy lawyer presence in society.
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Cale. Fluhart
Ike Soles
Ike
Cape
Newt Mapes
Indiana
Hoosierdam
Peter J. Kruger
Internal Revenue
Kruger
Revenue Department
Indiana League for Women's Service to Aid War Effort
Indianapolis announces the Indiana League for Women's Service will join the state council of defense as a working part. A statewide roster of women volunteers is planned across divisions including social welfare, agriculture, motor driving, signaling, and overseas relief. An extensive service form, endorsed by Will Hays, will enroll women for factory, nursing, sewing, clerical, and other war duties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana League For Women’s Service
Julia E. Landers
State Council of Defense
State Council
Indiana
Julia
W. W. Gaar
Richmond
Maud Mecount
Carl G. Fisher
Marie Chomel
Germany
Will H. Hays
Red Cross
Red, Cross
Red, Cross Society
Laberty- Loan
Mary
Helen Boyd
Firemen mop up after midnight awning blaze
South Bend reports a midnight event as a neighboring awning fire damaged a room setting. Warren and Helen endure smoke, steam, and a torn ceiling while fire crews extinguish the blaze and inspect for embers. The couple vents frustration at the destruction and insurance coverage, then retreat to bed.
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Helen
Warren
Night Watchman
Pho
Mike
Kitten
Azel
Our Farmer Friends At The County Fair Parade
A vivid depiction of a bustling city crowd lining the streets for a county fair parade. Farmers in Sunday shoes, Seeleyville bravado, Terre Haute clothes, and rural charm mingle with spectators near stock pavilions, orange balloons, and a distant carousel of circus sights.
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Duroc
Poland
China
Terre Haute
Ballyho
Rural Life and Progress Theme in Local Play and Farm Hopes
The text paints a nostalgic scene of rural life with a caravan passing Main Street toward the fair grounds, a couple Annie and Steve dreaming of inheritance, and a village theater interlude. It laments progress like rural free delivery while hoping farm prosperity and community character endure amid modern pressures.
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Annie
Steve
Jobes
County Superintendents Elect Officers In Indiana
The Indiana County Superintendents association elected officers: President G Lyle Shank Steuben county Vice President Henry B Roberts Henry county Secretary Elmer Mitchell Tipton county Treasurer James Probst Vigo county A committee to aid the state department of public instruction in preparing exam questions for high school teachers includes Lee Driver Randolph George Behrens Posey Sam Sharp Bartholomew Thomas Berry Fulton Lee Swalls Marion Ora Hopper Washington and Charles H Terrell Grant counties.
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Indiana County Superintendents’ Association
G. Lyle Shank
Steuben County
Henry B.roberts
Henry County
Elmer Mitchell
Tipton County
James Probst
Vigo County
State Department of Public Instruction
Lee Driver
Randolph County
George Behrens
Posey County
Sam Sharp
Bartholomew County
Thomas Berry
Fulton County
Lee Swalls
Marion County
Ora Hopper
Washington County
Charles H. Terrell
Grant County
Teachers to Be Red Cross Boosters in Indiana
Will H Hays and Horace Ellis urged county superintendents of Indiana to spread war-education propaganda across the state. The superintendents reportedly responded willingly to the appeal from the state defense bodies.
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Red Cross
Will H Hays
State Council of Defense
Horace Ellis
Indiana
Hays
Gas firms seek lower heat standard in Indiana
Indiana public service commission is asked to reduce the artificial gas heat standard from 600 to 550 BTU. The Indiana Gas Association filed the petition on behalf of 29 gas companies. Committee members S E Mulholland C H Chubb and J D Forrest signed the plea.
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Public Service ,Commission
Indiana Gas Association
Commission
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Indiana League
Henry Beck
Kappa House
Greencastle
Daughters of American Revolution
Navy League
Richard Edwards
Peru
Woman’s’ Franchise League
Hence Orme
Southport
Purdue
Tarquina Voss
Arthur V. Brown
Colonial Dames
Frank Morrison
Daughters
Report of Industrial Board
the” Industrial. ‘Board
Ing
South Bend
Worthington
Presbyterian Church
G C. Sprague
Oakland City
Crawfordsville
Silas Patterson
Gary—George ‘Throckmorton
Phil Cohen
Roy Angersoll
Jamies McCullough
Columbus
Mary Kollmeyer
Evansville
Anya Bell Lynn
J. H. Lynn
Elwood
William Trowbridge
Tell City
Spencer County
Mishawaka
Bert Kenyon
New York
Anderson
Madison County
Teru
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Gray Iron Company
Weigle Modern Tool Company
Rochester
E. L. Waite
France
Monticello
Harry E. Elder
Jeffersonville
C. E. Koegel
United States Cavalry
Indiana Reformatory
Brazil
Frank Garver
Philadelphia
Christian Endeavor
St. Joseph
Hammond
Fritz Lehman
Plainfield
Main
Wabash
Joseph B. Workman
Supreme Court
Winamac
Winamac Telephone Company
Star City
Pulaski
Bicknell
Warsaw
William Crist
Southern Telephone Company
Burrows
Farmers’ State Bank
Indiana State Sunday School Association
Marion
Giles
D. D. Ramsey
Whitewater
Columbia City
Columbia
Woolen Mills
Millers
Charles. M. Lemmon
Bedford
Elkhart
Sullivan —Chamber of Commerce
Walter Routt
Frankfort
County
Helen and
Mabel Herbert Urner
McClure
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Edwin
Glenn
Fort Benjamin Harrison
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