Indiana News Roundup Links Snow, Roads and Officials
A two inch snow blanketed southern Indiana and northern Kentucky easing wheat growth concerns. Reports from Muncie Hammond Richmond Indianapolis cover home building railway safety beekeeping maple syrup and road bond issues plus legal notices and public official concerns across the state.
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Evansville
Indiana
Kentucky
Muncie
Home Builders’ Company
General Motors Company
Hammond
Gary Park Commissioners
Tor Jeston Gun Club
Chicago
Park Commission
Newcastle
Henry County
Richmond
Lewis King
Division
Safety Agen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Imuns
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Crawfordsville
C. O. Yost
Division of
Entomology
State Conservation Department
Frank N. Wallace
Montgomery County
Yost
State Beekeepers’ Association
Columbus
German Township
Bartholomew County
Warsaw
Kosciusko
Thomas Hiatt
Clarence FE. Benadum
Timothy B. Owen
Delaware Circuit Court
Benjamin McBride
Charles Jones
Faye Warner
Michael Lyons
Anna Bourning
Marie Fisher
George Drennan
Court of Justice
Owen
Benadum
Greenwood
Polk Community House
Grace Porterfield Polk
Florida
Viewing Nation's Precious Documents in State Department Library
Scene in the state department library in Washington shows thousands viewing historic documents opened to the public. Originals include the Constitution the 1788 treaty with England the Declaration of Independence Lincoln's emancipation proclamation and the Spanish-American War treaty along with Continental Congress minutes and the Washington Northwest Indian tribes treaty.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Colonies
England
Continental Congress
Miss Betty Baker Dances at Washington Charity Carnival
Miss Betty Baker daughter of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker performs in the dance of flowers segment of a Washington society carnival and ball held to benefit a local charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Baker
Newton D. Baker
Washington Society
United States Asked to Interpret Monroe Doctrine for League Entry
Salvadoran foreign minister Juan Franco Paredes requests a formal U S interpretation of the Monroe doctrine in light of the League of Nations covenant. He notes Article 21 allowing existing treaties and regional understandings, and argues the doctrine’s global transformation into universal public law warrants clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Salvador
United States
State Department
Juan Franco Paredes
Latin America
America
Stop Throwing Forests Into the Waste Baskets Campaign Urges Conservation
The American Forestry Association led by Charles Lathrop Pack urges a national forest policy and better fire protection to curb pulpwood use. The group calls on businesses and women’s groups to conserve paper by writing on the back of letters and increasing tree planting. A national survey and papers from 1918 show rising consumption and costs.
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American Forestry Association
Charles Lathrop Pack
Congress
Paek
Lond
Pau Serbecee
Mr. Pack
Pack
American Paper and Pulp Association
New York City
National Woman's Association of Commerce of Chicago
Florence King
Boiling Senators Push Square Deal For Soldiers
Senators angrily urged relief for soldiers by amending the act governing reimbursements for lost or damaged personal property in military service. Senator Wadsworth cited treasury and comptroller rulings restricting payments, including fire losses without saving government property, money not being property, and losses in France not in the field unless in battle. The bill aims to restore a fair, prompt reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enators
Senate
Sam
Wadsworth
Secretary of War
United States
Treasury Department
France
Committee On Military Affairs
War Time Wealth: U S Millionaires Rise in World Conflict
In the first year of the European war American millionaires grew by 1 476 then doubled in the second year. By 1916 2 809 more than 1915 and 1918 shows a net rise of 31 with many gains in earlier years. New York led with 2 888 millionaires. Nevada had none in 1917. Capitalists and war material makers dominate counts with 3 388 and 920 respectively. The top income hit 34 936 604. a single woman reportedly earned 35 794 559. Tax data show individuals paid 361 486 177 in 1918 from 1917 incomes, while corporations paid 2 142 445 769.
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Merica
Europe
New York State
Nevada
Standard Oil
J. D. Rockefeller
BE. H. Warriman
United States
Uncle Sam
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Shelbyville
Brazil
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Boone County
Anderson
L. FL Pence
Madison County
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Thidianapolis
Committee On Reorganization
Dayton
National Federation of Rural Carriers
Good Roads
American Federation of Labor
Connersville
Influenza Commission
Harrison Township
Portland
Jay County Board of Children’s Guardians
Delaware County
Jay
Public Service Commission
Central Union
Southern Indiana Telephone Company
Chicago Telephone Company
Alexandria
Moonsville
Goodrich
Jesse E. Eschbach
Board of Accounts
Attorney General's Department
Lake and St. Joseph Counties
Portland, Ore
Orient
Bunker Hill Monument
State Engineers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bunker Hill Association
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Charles Evans Hughes
Herbert C. Hoover
Carnegie Hall
New York
Civic Forum
Miss Betty Baker
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