Indiana News Capsule Sends Regional Labor and Policy Notes
Large demand for carpenters in Muncie dominates Indiana free employment commission records. Terre Haute votes to quit union pressure, accepting Mayor Hunter’s ultimatum. County fair reforms in Henry county aim to curb undesirable shows. Bay rum law hits two druggists as a prohibition crackdown unfolds. Goshen sees claimants swell Lowry estate to 25. Gary reports 1500 return to mills despite strikes. Wawasee Inn fire and sale of property in Goshen mark local losses. Indiana freight rate dispute wobble. East Chicago fears intimidation of workers. Public instruction urged to heed rail crossing safety. Normal school starts fiftieth year. Tippecanoe corn price pact set to six cents per bushel. Coal wage talks loom as operators plan price rises. Economy school closure prompts transfers. Palmyra farmer touts top corn yield. Columbus bread cases plead guilty under anti trust law. Forestry conference planned for Indianapolis. Teachers training law limits provisional certificates. Pension and health exam notices issued for Indiana veterans. Red Cross lists public health examiners. state officials plan land purchase near Evansville.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Free Employment Commission
Muncie
Terre Haute
S. Robbins
Robbins
Goshen
Gary
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Dobson
Interstate Commerce Commission
William A. Disque
Commission
P. Gothlin
Tariff Bureau
Indiana Public Service Commission
R. B. Coapstick
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Goblin
Coapstick
Washington, D. C
East Chicago
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
Chicago
L. N. Hines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hines
Scchool
Indiana State Normal School
Lafayette
Tippecanoe
Evansville
United Mine Workers of America
Richmond
J. M. Bulla
State Board of Health
Williamsburg
Hagerstown
Vincennes
Charles A. Smith
Palmyra
Columbus
Ytour
Columbus Baking Companies
Tristate Forestry Conference
Indiana Conservation Commission
Richard Lieber
Hoosier Commission
F. H. Shepardson
Ilinois
C. B E. Thorne
Ohio
Ele Stansbury
State Board of Education
Teachers’ Training Board
John I. Bennett
Laconia
Ind
Sarah P. Denham
Crawfordville
Nancy Girt
Fortville
Mary I. Hawkins
Lebanon
Esther BE. Morgan
New Salem
Lucy C. Patterson
Sarah A. Pointer
Footesville
Charity Slader
Noblesville
Rhoda L. Smith
Newcastle
Martha E. Beeson
Lynn
Sarah Baker
Marion
Marietta Clark
Princeton
Margaret M. Gaines
Anderson
Penelope Hamlin
Linton
Mary Ann Johnson
Owensville
Anna Kumiler
Susan Lansdown
South Whitley
Jennie E. Paul
Waverly
Amanda M. Widner
Elwood
Mary A. Donaldson
Butler
Lottie M. Lynch
North Vernon
American Red Cross
Public Health Service
Home Service
Leon Whetsell
Bloomington
L. A. Elliott
Elkhart
Marine Hospital
M. B. Catlett
Yale E. Schaible
Carl McGaughey
Greenfield
FE. Chidlaw
A. W. Lloyd
Hammond
Sam McGaughey
East
Washington Street
A. L. Marshall
Hume- Mansur Building
J. C. Bradfield
Logansport
D. C. McClelland
Charles C. Rozelle
Lagrange
B. C. Dale
William Moloy
Mark M. Moran
Portland
C. K. Johnson
Rensselaer
Arthur J. Whallon
H. F. Mitchell
South Bend
William Kunkler
William Swain
D. M. Curry
Michael D. Helfrich
Here
Boonville Pike
Remember the Trees on Fire Prevention Day
Charles Lathrop Pack of the American Forestry Association urges citizens to recall Fire Prevention Day on October 9. He notes the 1918 forest fires cost the nation 28.5 million dollars and highlights ongoing damage this year. The photo features Pack at his Lakewood New Jersey home.
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Charles Lathrop Pack
American Forestry Association
Pack
Lakewood
N. J
Nine Lives and a Veteran’s Rhetorical Roar at Legion
A returned veteran challenged a heated American Legion meeting over a membership proposal he deemed un-American. He demanded if those who served had died in vain, insisting that if his sacrifice bore no result he would rise from his grave.
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Rye
American Legion
Veterans Recall Harsh War Camps And Exposure
World War I veterans gather at the corner for their routine reunion and share memories of hard service. A veteran notes survival through exposure in camps while another recalls the Battle of Camp Taylor and comments on Lieutenant Smith nearly dying from exposure.
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Camp Taylor
Smith
Future Naval Program Gains Urgency in Pacific Balance
The piece argues the United States must bolster its navy as Japan builds a larger fleet with 73 cruisers versus the US 47. It highlights strategic risks with the Philippines and Hawaii exposed, notes Wilson's fleet visit, and cites 1916 program ships expected by 1921 including 41 dreadnoughts and 131 submarines.
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Wale Sam
Pacific
Japan
Orient
China
United States
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
League of Nations
Wilson
Admiral Rodman
Gob and Josephus Spark Navy Language Row
Washington officials mock the word gob in an exchange about Josephus and the Gob. In Chicago a naval training station replies that god is not a pretty word and should be knocked. Sailors at Great Lakes protest with cries of Avast and We are goes.
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Washington
Josephus
San Francisco
Daniels
Great Lakes
Chicago
Navy
Understanding Scenery Through Knowledge and Appreciation
The text argues for an education campaign to deepen American tourism by linking emotional enjoyment of national parks to understanding their scenery. It stresses parks as natural and historic records, accessible to all, and that true enjoyment grows with reader experience of places like the Grand Canyon Crater Lake Yosemite Glacier Rocky Mountain and other formations.
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America
Grand Canyon
Crater Lake
Yosemite Valley
Rockies
Rocky Mountain
Glacier
They know Americans will fight as in Texas legends
The speech recalls Zachary Taylor at Buena Vista, Scott at Chapultepec, San Jacinto with Houston and frontiersmen, and the Alamo. It asserts Americans remember their history and will fight if needed, warning Mexican leaders amid border tensions.
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Congress
Hudspeth
Texas
Zachary Taylor
Mexico
Santa Anna
Buena Vista
Winfield Scott
Chapultepec
Scott
Fringoes
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Houston
Alamo
Goliad
Crockett
Fannin
Bowie
Travis
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Sox
Ruether
Reds
Panama Canal
Balboa Heights
Soho Hills
Pittsburgh
British Railway Men’s Nation
Sir Robert Stevenson Horne
Ier Taf
Davy Jones
Josephus Guy
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