Indiana News Brevities Snapshot: Smallpox Quarantines and Local Developments
Medaryville and Buffalo report smallpox outbreaks with many homes quarantined. Wabash college plans a new clock tower funded by Mrs. Harry J. Milligan. Boonville to motorize fire department. Wash ington to vote on a new light plant. State closes the Indiana free employment office in Indianapolis. a separate service opens for ex servicemen in the statehouse.
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Buffalo
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Harry J. Milligan
Indianapolis
Boonville
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Washington
Indiana Free Employment Commission
Goodrich
Statehouse
Luetha Suehanek
South Bend
Pearl Pryvbyski
New Carlisle
Southern Michigan Railway
South Dend
Otheinis
Leo J. Fesler
Marion County
Indiana State Auditors’ Association
John Crawford
Clark
Jeffersonville
William Engle
Evansville
New Albany
Engle
Crawford
Indiana Reformitory
Anderson
Remy Electric
General Motors Company
Walter Wolf
Afuncie
Richmond
United States Bureau of Investigation
Wolf
Fort Benjamin Harrison
John Jil. Gillette
Indiana Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Lake County
Gerald Gillette
Hammond
Gillette
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Wabash
Smith
Frank Culver
Akron
Frank Wise
Noblesville
Iowa
Wise
Columbus
Lafayette Ministerial Association
Central Labor Union
Preparing for polar trip with Amundsen in Norway
The renowned explorer Captain Stvald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, plans a forthcoming journey to the North Pole. The photograph captures him on a skiing expedition through Norway.
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Stvald Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Explorer
Norway
Rouged Her Own Portrait Tale From New York Sun
A nouveau riche wife of a politician and businessman sat for a famous portrait painter. After the work was hung, she climbed a ladder and rouged her image on the canvas with lipstick. She then called the artist in, saying she had altered the face, and the painter had to repaint it.
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America
New York Evening Sun
Real Estate Man Praises Roof Despite Overall Home Flaws
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation highlights a broker noting a house has a serviceable roof but other parts are lacking. The line reflects common housing critiques and buyer concerns about structural quality versus shelter.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
North American Indian Division Proposed in Army Reorganization
A proposal to form a North American Indian division within the reorganized army seeks to harness Indian military service. Dr. J S Dixon reports Indian troops’ discipline and heroism and urges permanent regimental headquarters near reservations, schools for military prep, and an Indian West Point for NCO training.
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Reorganized Army
Congress
Texas and
Oklahoma
Thirty-sixth
One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry
Sixty-ninth
New York
Marne
J. S. Dixon
Dixon
Indian West Point
Army Service
Sugar on fir trees reported in British Columbia and Washington
The American Forestry Association notes sugar growing on fir trees in British Columbia and eastern Washington. Prof John Davidson and Dr F T Shutt analyzed manna from Douglas fir, which contains about 50 percent melezitose and forms white masses on leaf tips and branchlets.
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Ashington
American Forestry Association
British Columbia
Washington
John Davidson
PF. L
University of British
F. T. Shutt
Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Chemistry
Madison Laboratory
Lawmakers Seek Captured Cannons for House Districts
Representative Kahn discussed the distribution of captured German artillery and machine guns. He said about 1,800 heavy guns and 4,000 machine guns exist, with plans to pass general legislation so members may obtain trophies for their districts.
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Germany
Kahn
War Department
Mr. Bee
Speaker
United States
France
Mr. Kahn
Bee
Washington Tops Cincinnati in 1920 Census Rise
First returns show Washington, capital of the nation, with 437 414 people up 106 345 since 1910 surpassing Cincinnati which stands at 401 158. The war boosted Washington’s growth and experts expect permanent gains, with earlier estimates placing Washington near 500 000 during the war.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Coumbia
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