Grebe Slaughter Lifts Demand Threatens Klamath Birds
A vast grebe colony along Klamath Lake faces rapid decline as New York and Paris fashion demands drive hunters and farmers to kill thousands of birds. State laws prove weak while tanneries profit from skin trade, and experts warn extinction without a change in hat styles.
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Klamath Lake
Oregon
California
New York
Paris
Grebe District
Clearlake
Northwest
San Francisco
Indiana veterans hold late spring convention amid flags and plans
Delegates and guests packed the Richmond meeting as national officers led by George Armstrong New Jersey and Schuyler Logan St Louis attended. Indiana division officers and committees hosted receptions for the women and discussed a state flag design and future memorial plans.
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Ciation
Richmond
Ational
George J. Armstrong
New Jersey
Schuyler
Logan
St. Louis
George Hudson
New Orleans
Indiana
Post C. Richmond
Indiana Division
A. D. Gorrell
Marion
J. H.reitmeyer
Logansport
W. D
A Gordon
W.H. Quigg
L. ‘E. Browne
J. B. Hegger
T. C. Harrington
H. M. Kramer
James G. Martin
William Wilson
Will Ryan
Fred Miller
Fred Bartel
A.H. Rice
A. E. Holmes
Dorothy. Dilks
Anna Warrington
Margaret Hill
Sons of ‘Veterans
General Assembly
Arnold
G.A
A. B. Crampton
Delhi
D. W. Comstock
T.B. Springer
New Lebanon
Charles H.myerhoff
Evansville
G. W. H. Kemper
Muncie
Plainfield
Sons of Veterans
Frank Shellhouse
Indianapolis
Ralph McKenny
Shelbyville
Valparaiso
Emma Henning
Jeffersonville
Matrimonial quip in Boston Transcript
A humorous line notes that prior to marriage the man claimed happiness depended on his wife, while after wedlock marriage altered him into another man, in a city newspaper quote style.
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Boston Transcript
Time wasting talk earns an honest living remark
A historical note comments that the average man squanders time with frivolous talk, implying that avoiding it could lead to a more honest, productive life. The line reflects a moralizing tone about speech and work.
Doctor Hurty Addresses Public Health Stat
Dr J N Hurty spoke at the St Paul M E church in Indianapolis on The Preservation of the Public Health. He warned of widespread preventable disease and estimated deaths from cholera infantum pneumonia typhoid measles and other illnesses. He urged emphasis on prevention over cure.
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Doctor Hurty
J. N. Hurty
St. ‘Paul M. EB
Indianapolis
Harty
U C T Prefers State Convention in South Bend
The United Commercial Travelers plan their annual state convention in South Bend June 4 to 6 with about twenty five hundred expected. Prominent speakers include Thomas R Marshall Benjamin F Shively and Charles Warren Fairbanks with national council members and Claude Duvall of Kansas City slated to attend. The Women’s Press Club of Indiana hosted a luncheon at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis.
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South Bend
United Commercial Travelers’ Courtcil
Thomas R. ‘Marshall
Benjamin
Woman’ S Press. Club
Iof
Indiana
Indiana Suffrage Meeting Urges Constitutional Convention
Ross L. Lockbridge of Indiana University headlined the third annual convention of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana in Indianapolis. He argued a constitutional convention is the quickest path to woman suffrage and urged considering reforms like initiative and referendum along with statewide prohibition. The speech also touched on comparing naturalization voting to suffrage standards and the broader reform agenda.
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Indiana
Ross L. Lockbridge
Indiana University
Woman’s Franchise League of
Indianapolis
Lockbridge
Lockridge
Local option election results and county notes
Widespread local option votes reported in Johnson township with ship orders and a dry outcome. Fortville-A commercial club details names of officers and executive committee. Knightstown freight wreck on Pennsylvania line caused six hours of delays due to a defective wheel. South Bend tale of a child burned near Laporte stove. Sullivan and Anderson items include a high school incident and a chamber banquet. Columbus and Lafayette items cover fines for gigging fish and a Purdue professor resigning. Lebanon reports a long marriage history with a civil war era romance. Boonville notes a jail suicide attempt after a wife-killing case, and a $10,000 damages suit follows for an on-road death.
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Johnson
South Bend
Apal ‘Thomas
Laporte
Sullivan
aArthur Woodward
Dolph Solomon
Coffman's Park
Solomon
Anderson
Joseph EF. Hennings
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Hotel
Hennings
Columbus
William Hibbs
Lon Conway
William Cowan
Drift Wood River
Ehlers
H. C. Mantz
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Kan
Mantz
Harry Munce
Lafayette
Louis E. Endsley
Purdue
W. E. Stone
University of Pittsburgh
Builders’ Association
Endsley
Lebanon
N. A. Perrill
This City
Kansas
Topeka
Helen’ A. Sloan
Burlingame
Perrill
Boonville
William
Folsom
Frank Phillips
Clifford Cook
Falal
J. .Chiddister
Hasis
Chicago, South Bend & ‘Northern Indiana Railway Company
Thomas
H. Chiddister
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Greke Hunter
Jamie
Capitol Hillway
Washington Star
Eleventh
Alabama
Indianapolis News
Edwin W. Dayton
Army and Navy Club of
White House
Are “Goin
Mp Sack
Women’s ‘Press
Capital City
Smith
Warsaw
Toda
C. W. Smith
Ind
H. S. Smith
Daviess
O'donnell-Bar‘fows-Cochran Company
O’donnell-Barrows
Sullivan: County. ‘Concrete. Tie’ Company
Crowder, Sullivan
Parker
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