Indiana Brevities Highlighted By Rail, War and Fire
Anderson completes a trunk line sewer system costing about 1 million dollars. Winchester reports a theft of 1,000 dollars in stamps from a safe blown by nitroglycerin. Jeffersonville sailors warn Ohio river traffic could grow with rail strike. Indianapolis tightens auto driver age to 17, horse-drawn 16. War Department extends Indiana Infantry units recognition. South Bend sees building boom with a 1 million theater and 750 thousand hotel.
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Anderson
Winchester
Lynn
Yeegmen
Jeffersonville
Indianapolis
Board of Public Safety
Washington, D. C
War Department
One Hundred Fifty-second Indiana Infantry
Ivansville
Vipton
Evansville
New Albany
Salem
Salvayette
Delphi
Kinshville
Dhurlington
Colfax
Terre Haute
Phil Lw.denna
Indiana Bituminous Coal V Operators Association
Mmine
AL. Penns
Irott Wayne
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
Edward B. Roub
John HH. Wineland
Elkhart
R.E. Viking
Vestal W. Woodward
RE. I
Roberta A. Woods
Princeton
R. E
Jacob Rubin
Grand Guard
Herbert A. Graham
S. J
South Bend
Indiana Farms
Newman
Miller
Hoosier
Indiana
Madison County
Muncie
Indiana Federation of Clubs
Shelbyville
Shelby County
L. Megee
Boggstown
Farmers’ Bank of
Newburg
Charles W. Camp
A. T W. Halverson
Torty
America
Petersburg
State Conservation Department
George N. Maanfield
Division of Fish and Game
FE. C. Rumpler
Legislative Council of Indiana Women
Ida Mix
Kokomo
Airs, White
Amivs
Hl. C. Sheridan
Frankfort
Iona Jay Foreman
Edna EE. Pauley
Stella C. Ning
Board of State Charities
County Boards of Charity
Decatur
Uplaund-St. Louis Sugar Company
Ohio
St. Mary’s
McCray
Hoover
Virginia Denike Receives Dimes From Rockefeller
Five year old Virginia Denike earned two new dimes from John D. Rockefeller after her cheerful song. She plans to wear the coins on a string around her neck for luck.
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Virginia Denike
John D. Rockefeller
Seven Health Habits to Be Taught in Public Schools
Dr. W. H. Small of the United States Bureau of Education outlines seven health habits to be included in public school curriculums. The list includes bathing regularly, daily tooth brushing, ample sleep with open windows, milk over coffee or tea, daily fruits or vegetables, four glasses of water daily, and daily outdoor activity.
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W. 8S. Small
United States Bureau of Education
Historic Tollgate Sold on Shenandoah Valley Pike
The Hillman tollgate property south of Winchester Virginia near the Shenandoah valley pike has been sold by the state highway commissioner to Roy N Cook for 3000 under an act of the general assembly taking over the old valley pike and making it a free state road.
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Tollgate
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Pike
Lottie Hillman
General Sheridan
Cedar Creek
Roy N. Cook
The
General Assembly
Old Valley Pike
Global Notes on Observatories and Guides
The Cracow observatory published items in Interlingua a simplified form of Latin. Peano of Turin influenced its language. World girl guides exceed 250000 formed in five years. Chicago suburb pavement temperatures show asphalt 124 degrees, brick 118, concrete 114.
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United States
Observatory of
Cracow
Poland
Peano
Turin
Chicago
Nations' active armies total about six million worldwide
Washington reports the 14 leading powers show roughly 6,000,000 active troops as of September 1. China leads with 1,370,000, France 1,084,000, Britain 740,000, and the United States 149,000 in the regular army, with demobilization noted as incomplete.
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Ashington
China
France
British Empire
Germany
United States
Italy
Japan
Russia
Poland
Assignment of veterans to reserve army officers corps
The War department publicizes assignments of thousands of World War I veterans now in the officers reserve corps. Reserve officers will be allocated to 27 divisions, forming a system to mobilize an army of over four million. The plan decentralizes authority to corps area commanders and outlines officer training and appointment rules.
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War Department
O’ryan
New York
Price
Fhe
Consolidation Plans for 39 US Railroad Systems Revealed
The Interstate Commerce Commission announces tentative plans to consolidate major railroads into 39 systems authorized by the Transportation Act. Proposals include New York Central and successors, Pennsylvania and its affiliates, Baltimore & Ohio, Reading, Lehigh Valley, New Haven & Hartford, and many others across the nation.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transportation Act
Commission
New York Central
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Monongahela
Boston & Maine
Anger & Aroostook
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Peoria & Western
Long Island
New York Central System
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Lehigh & Hudson
Lehigh Valley
Pittsburg
West Virgina
New Haven
Chicago
Stirlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific
Spokane
Portland
Bible in Public Schools to Be Decided by Supreme Court
Presbyterian leaders announce a test case to challenge Washington State’s ban on Bible teaching in public schools. They argue the Declaration of Independence binds the nation to study the Bible and that excluding it violates essential national covenant.
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United States Supreme Court
Presbyterian Church
New York
State of Washington
Supreme Court
Attorney General
State Supreme
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