Indiana Primary Returns Show Wood Leading With 6107 Margin
The table of county returns in Indiana's Republican presidential preference contest shows Leonard Wood ahead by 6107 votes over Joseph D. Johnson. Other notes include Terre Haute coal operators reporting April as a disastrous month, large prohibition stills captured near Thumasmoond, and widespread strikes affecting furniture and cigar workers across several cities. Indiana also reports smaller shifts in governor nominations, socialists naming a state convention date, and various county population and civic updates.
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Indianapolis
Leonard Wood
Liliam W. Johnson
Frank ©. Lewden
Warren G. Hrarding
Indiana
Wood
Johnsop
Terre Haute
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Havine
V. Afinishan
Thumasmoond
George C. Dryant
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Socialist Party
Wilbur Sheran
Elkhart
Switzerland
Waren T. McCray
James W. Fesler
Frdward Toner
McCraay
Jos
Fesler
Toner
Carleton B. McCulloch
George C. Bryant
Co-Operative Crop Report
Fine Service
Tudiana
Jerry B. Smith
Smith
Eli Stansbury
Lafayette
Purdue University
John @. Brown
Monon
Indianaa Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Aronday
Muncie
Chicago
New Albany
Congress
Jacob L. O’bannon
O'Bannon
Ltarrison County
Vincennes
Shelbyville
Anderson
George Cookson
Sons of St. George
Ohio
Richmond
Esther Griffin White
Wayne County
Republican Woman’s Organization
Shampoo for Achilles in Hyde Park Cleaned Bronze Copy
The Hyde Park statue named Achilles, actually a copy of a Monte Cavallo horse tamer from Rome, receives a shampoo and cleaning. The bronze figure appears unbothered by the grooming ritual.
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Achilles
Hyde Park
London
Monte Cavallo
Rome
Italy
AMED forces fought wars for 100 of 145 years in US history
Representative Kahn reported to the House that the United States has been at war for about 100 of the 145 years since 1775. He detailed war and peace intervals, noting roughly 25 percent peace time and one year of war for every three years at peace.
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AMED
United States
House
Representative Kahn
California
Committee On Military Affairs
France
Tripoli
Great Britain
Algiers
Tunis
Morocco
Moroccco
Mexico
Spain
Vera Cruz
Tie
Chemists predict lower costs via new fuels and substitutes
Delegates at the American Chemical Society discuss methods to cut living costs. They cite malic acid extracted from benzine as a baking powder substitute and calcium magnesium replacing lead in insecticides. A new high heat fuel fluid using coal waste and cheap tars could outperform coal and fuel oil for heating and ship propulsion.
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Amerisan Chemical Society
Llere
Charles L. Parsons
Cottrell
Jerome Alexander
New York
Mystery Surrounds Russian Embassy on Sixth Street
Gossip swirls over a so called Russian embassy on Sixth Street where poverty rumors persist amid costly upkeep. Claims link ownership to czarist property and unclear legitimacy of who it represents, with Boris A. Bakhmetieff refusing definite answers and shrouded by shifting Russian factions.
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Sixth Street
Russia
State Department
India Price Fixing Silver Signals Global Trade Shifts
United States geologic survey statistician Charles W. Henderson cites last year’s $80 million in U S expended for fold ornaments, compared with earlier totals and with 1915 levels. He notes Paris gold and silver jewelry sales, rising French gold prices, and India’s role in draining global gold and silver reserves as Britain’s gold standard influences prices. He forecasts silver around $1.20 for years.
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United States
Charles W. Henderson
United States Geological Survey
Paris
France
Belgium
Germany
Maiden Lane
New York
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Cigar Makers’ Union
Boonville
Mount Vernon
Henderson
Evansvile
Evansville Furniture
Union of Furniture Workers
Connersville
Norvilla DeHaven
S. EF. DeHaven
Hammond
Harmmond
John Low
Iardson
Denny
Franklin
Fulton
Gibson
Greene
Hancock
Harrison Wees
Teres
Hendricks
Henry Areeey
Gutta
Vlad
Ay Howard
Jennings
Johnson
Troseisiko
Madison
Marshall
Martin
Vssa
Miami
Hay Montgomery
Ory
Noble
Reece
Owen
Perry
Sears
Putnam
Randolph
Ripley
Shelby
St. Joseph
Sullivan
MT Union
Ag Vanderburgh
Wabash Annon Warren Wees
Warrick
Washington
al Ray
S. S. Martha Washington
South America
United States Shipping Board
Francis Cross
New York State
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Waterford Locks
Judge Landis
Army
Fort Omaha
Neb
Great Bahai Temple
Louis Bourgeois
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Rachel Littleton
Uncle Sam
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Kerensky
George Bakhetieff
Ikerensky
Boris
Kolchak
Denikine
Bakhmetiel
Ife
Antibolshevik
India
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