Indiana State News Across Dearborn and More
Dearborn county bridges to be painted white after dark. Knox County farmers vote to affiliate with state federation. Weymouth notes on seed selection potatos from 17 rows match 34 rows. Hessian fly damages early wheat in several counties. Gas and oil news from Princeton Gibson county and Indianapolis.
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Lawrenceburg
Dearborn
Vincennes
Knox County Farmers’ Association
State Federation
South Pend
Charles Swain
Lafayette
Sheldon
Blue Sky” Committee
County Farmers’ Association
Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce
Lafayettes
Indiana
Walter Q. Fitch
Purdue University
Fitch
Indiana, Food Production Committee
Indianapolis
S.” .Robbins
Robbins
Avansville
Vanderburg County
Union Township
State Board of Accounts
Vanderburg
A. L. Donaldson
Cincinnati
Tifteen
Kentucky
Ohio
Mississippi Valley Association
Princeton
Washington Township
Gibson County
A. E. Morrison
Farmers’ Association
Illinois
Department of Conservation
United States
William Bosson
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Bosson
National Convention of Farmers’associations
Chicago
Farmers of
Ilinois
Missouri
Michigan
Warsaw
North Vernon
Jennings County
Vernon
Logansport
Cass County
Nationwide coal strike shuts vast fields as workers walk out
Chicago reports nearly all hard coal mines idle amid a major strike. About 425000 miners in 22 states are out, with Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields still operating near normal. Utah reports confusion and mixed orders, while Oklahoma mines stay ready per government orders. Federal troops and guards monitor sit-ins, and rail seizures spread.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
H. M. Tebay
Lake County
Gary
Labor Party of
Labor Party
Clinton
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Chicago & Eastern
Ilinois
Chicago, Terre Haute
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Hammond
Standard Steel Car Company
Goodrich
Lewis Bowman
John Williams
State Purchasing Committee
Indiana Commercial Secretaries’ Association
City Managers’ Association
James P. Goodrich
Lawrenceburg
Merrit W. Sullivan
Miller Township
Greensburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Montana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Ohio
Illinois
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Kentucky
Utah
Maryland
Washington
Michigan
West
Virginia
Missouri
Wyoming
Iowa
West Kentucky
John H. McLennan
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Trinidad
North Dakota
Frank Farrington
Detroit
Saginaw
Bay City
Railroad Administration
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United Mine Workers of America
Ellis Searles
International Organization
John L. Lewis
Anderson
Questions for Self Improvement and Ambition in New Success
A motivational piece urges readers to evaluate drive and decision making. It challenges ambition, initiative, courage, and self improvement, claiming full effort yields 100 percent ability versus the typical 50 percent. The text frames personal growth as aligning talent with effort and moral resolve.
American Fashions Abroad and Beloved Red Cross Clothes
Paris reports fringes remain in vogue as autumn trims while Congo Free State robes feature fringe on flounces. The musical chief mocks Western hats and pajamas, contrasts Albanians adopting American sleepwear, and Red Cross workers distribute similar garments to women and men alike.
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Paris
Congo Free State
Baufuiu
Billie Burkes
Red Cross
Old Field Stones and Farm Life Musings
Oscar H. Adkinson in Farm Life reflects on grafting by Luther Burbank and the contrast of modern farming to past ideas. He notes crop improvement and food production, warning of social changes as rural life evolves.
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Oscar H. Adkinson
Topsy Turvy World Quote on Shopping Mischance
The New York Evening Post notes a world where common goods are found in unexpected places as a schoolhouse is joked as a source for baked beans. The piece highlights whimsical misplacements of everyday needs and the absurdity of cross shopping.
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New York Evening Post
From the Pencil's Point: Reflections on love and bachelorhood
The excerpt notes shorter days and hints at social advice about love. It comments on widows, early lectures, and the paradox of knowing love reducing experience. It suggests some men stay single by choice and critiques how some use their resources to fool themselves in love.
Universal military training praised by Bishop Fallows
Bishop Fallows of Chicago told the House Military Affairs Committee that universal military and vocational training would perfect citizenship and strengthen national peace. He cited Civil War training gaps and argued the plan would not lead to militarism, countering concerns about military rule.
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Bishop Fallows
Kahn
Population shifts in war and census projections
The 1920 census preparations anticipate changes in U S population growth and structure due to World War I. The center of population may stop its westward drift, with faster growth in central eastern cities and new West reclamation impacts. shifts in male female balance native foreign stock and age distribution are expected as normal patterns resume.
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United States
Bloomington
Ind
Central East
Cleveland
Detroit
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
War on Rats Urges National Anti Rat Drive
A public health brochure argues every American should fund and fight rats, estimating the annual cost of rats at 180 million dollars. It praises rat proofing, city and state anti rat laws, and urges action against the Norway black and Alexandrian rats.
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United States
Mexico
United States Public Health Service
America
Black Rat
Egypt
Norway
John Sraith
Salem
Public Health Service
Citizenship Restored for Frances Scoville Mumm in Senate
The senate adopted a joint resolution to restore Frances Scoville Mumm to American citizenship after an international case over her German husband Walther Mumm’s estate. The move, urged by Senator Capper, aims to protect her share from peace treaty confiscations while others watch the case due to wartime property interests.
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Restep
Senate
Frances Scoville-Mumm
House
France
Mumm
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Advisory Board
Carlyle
Luther Burbank
Peter
Jim Riley
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