Indiana State News roundup from Hammond to Wabash
Strikers at Standard Steel Car hold out for higher wages shorter hours union recognition and better conditions. Four of eleven state militia units guard the area while seven remain until after Labor Day. Notre Dame hosts a Chicago archdiocese retreat with 250 priests. Other items cover tax seed prices hospital death rates telephones rates and local civic notes across Indianapolis Wabash Terre Haute and Terre Haute veteran Gettysburg survivor Dupuy.
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Gary
Wort Wayne
Elkhart
Goshen
Hammond
Notre Dame
George W. Mundelein
Chicago
Sacred Heart Chapel
University of Notre Dame
J. M. O’connor
Archdiocese of Chicago
Alt Notre Dame
Illinois
Indianapolis
State
Goodrich
W. H. Hubbard
Central Indiana Hospital For the Insane
Marion
Haverford Medici College
Indiana University School of Medicine
Chicago Polyclinic School
Indiana
Insane Hospital
Home Telephone Company
Fort Wayne
Public Service Commission
New Haven
Ecommpany
George F. Schutt
Hoosier
New Ebbitt and National
Washington, D. C
Province Bake
N. H
Schutt
J. Wi. Emery
Indiana Society
Washington
Wabash
Milo Meredith
Wabash County
James E. Almond
Gene Stitt Tas
Liberty Loan
James Wilson
County Council of Defense
Anderson
Fame Canning Company
Walter Pritchard
Portland
Delamere
Union Traction Company
Citisens
Bert Rager
North Manchester
Rager
American Labor Movement
James C. Shanessy
Labor Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Tomlinson Hall
Shanessy
Mr. Shanessy
Wilson
Germany
Slack
Terre Haute
Vigo County War Fund Association
American Red Cross
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
Rome City
Noble
Lagrange Counties
Richard Lieber
Indiana Conservation Commission
Noble and Lagrange Counties
Vigo County
Teachers’ Institute
Indiana State Normal School
James M. Probst
Helen Rankin
Walter W. Harvey
M. W. O’shea
Wisconsin
James A. Woodburn
Indiana University
Annie Kulugensmith
Carrie B. Adams
William _ LE. Elder
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
L. Ert Slack
United States
Elder
Real Estate Board
Milton
Joseph L. Mantove
J. Fred Boggs
Library Board
Scottsburg
Scott County Teachers’ Institute
Muncie
Hazel Buscher
Woman's Division
United States Employment Bureau
John W. Dupuy
Gettysburg
Raiding Parson Hunts Moonshiners in Elkwood Alabama
The Rev John B Goins an ordained minister and internal revenue officer uses a shotgun and revolver in the pulpit and while patrolling hills to destroy moonshine stills arrest moonshiners and pour out whisky in a rural district near Elkwood Alabama He preached a sermon to deter lawbreakers faced threats and even performed an on the roadside wedding before returning to the hunt against illegal distilling.
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Elkwood
Ala
John B. Goins
Internal Revenue
Sam
Just Going To Countless Yet Unfulfilled Plans
A Philadelphia Credit Men’s Bulletin excerpt reflects on a sequence of near misses and postponements. Each line shows a person intending to act in daily life or business but interrupted by sudden misfortune or external failure, ending in loss or collapse. The piece underscores how postponed actions can still lead to unforeseen ruin.
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Philadelphia Credit Men's Bulletin
Wise Thoughts on Virtue and Absence Timely Proverb
A collection of brief maxims and quotations including Tamil medical abstinence, a French proverb on absence, a Greek note about a shoeing horn, Walton on virtue and quiet angling, and a remark on rare abilities Fortune hides.
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Izaak Walton
What Will Be Done Tomorrow Is Speculation
A reflective piece contrasts daily deeds with future outcomes, noting effort, habit, and conscience. It argues industrious behavior, resistance to coercion, and the perverse view of truth and selfishness in society, ending with a critique of excessive self regard.
Lost in Fog Two Chebeague Boys Rescued at Sea
Dense fog nearly cost the lives of two Chebeague island fishermen sons of Augustus Dyer and Captain John Griffin. Their Hampton boat gill netting near Half Way Rock drove them to a seaweed patch where they stood waist deep as the rising tide closed in. Rescue arrived as two fishermen Elijah Estes and Frank York spotted the stranded pair.
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Chebeague, Me
Chebeague Island
Augustus Dyer
John Griffin
Hampton
Elijah Estes
Frank York
Dyer
Griffin
Maine
Bachelor Hero Rescues Maiden in Locked Chicago Bakery
Dorothy Lehman, trapped in a Chicago bakery, chose a single firefighter to rescue her after a dispute among married and single men. She attracted attention by tapping a window, and a bachelor fireman volunteered to ascend the ladder and bring her to safety.
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Chicago
Dorothy Lehman
Miss Lehman
Lehman
Texas Tips on Work, Love, and Everyday Woes
A Dallas News item offers playful, pithy advice ranging from workplace anxiety to choosing a tall washerwoman and wives doing dishes. It muses on dating, marriage roles, and social quirks with light humor about a West Dallas widow receiving a proposal from an Oak Cliff horse doctor.
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West Dallas
Oak Cliff
Dallas News
From the Pencils Point Aphorisms and Observations
A collection of wry maxims on success, wealth, and intellect. It quips that men can excel despite themselves and that plans often outstep action, while wealth grows after the first million and bachelors claim to know it all. Fortunes favor owners free from misfortune as a mule avoids kicks.
Morale in Bronx jail cited after theft during arraignment
Frank Fatagano, 47, of 2520 Arthur Ave Bronx, awaiting arraignment for non support of two children, was robbed of $20 in the court pen. An acquaintance had given him $20 to partially pay. Fatagano pleaded guilty, was paroled, and given time to pay the support sum. Justice Murphy commented that jail morale had fallen apart amid thieves nearby.
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New York
Court of Special Sessions
Bronx
Frank Fatagano
Arthur Avenue
Fatagano
William Cullen
Daniel F. Murphy
Lightning Sets Home Aflame But Family Is Unharmed
Severe storm in Hazleton Pennsylvania snaps plaster and shatters windows as a lightning bolt strikes the home of Leonard Ferrari of West Hazleton. Ferrari his wife and six children awaken amid debris and soot yet escape without injury staying safe through the ordeal.
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Hazleton
Leonard Ferrari
West Hazleton
Ferrari
Sow Attacks Infant in North Dakota Horrific
Five children of Mr and Mrs Fred Preched of Pretty Rock North Dakota woke to a sow tearing their three month old baby brother. The infant was pulled to safety but died hours later from injuries. authorities investigated the animal attack and ensuing tragedy.
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Pretty Rock
N. D
Fred Preched
Thief Attempted Purse Snatch In Canton Theater
In Canton Ohio Raffy Muccili tried to grab a purse from a woman beside him in a moving picture theater. The woman was probation officer Mrs Lillian Manderbaugh who escorted the youth to the city jail.
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Canton
Raffy Muccili
Moving Picture Theater
Lillian Manderbaugh
Mystery Cleared: Baltimore Train Crux Involved Pa Interfered
In New York the mystery of a good looking boy who tried to board a Baltimore bound train was resolved when his father intervened. The clarification revealed the boy was actually a girl.
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New York
Baltimore
Government loan plan to help veterans buy homes
The draft Morgan bill proposes a government corporation with 100 million dollars capital to loan honorably discharged veterans up to 4000 dollars for buying or building homes. Loans run for 60 years with 3 percent interest, bonds back the fund, and the government guarantees principal and interest. The plan aims to keep veterans near their communities and distribute benefits across states, contrasting with a separate plan favoring farm homes.
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Ashington
American Legion
Congress
Dick T. Morgan
Oklahoma
Morgan
Lane
Army Considers Con trabass Sarrusophone Tutor
Elmer Swann of Hagerstown Maryland visits the army recruiting office seeking enlistment if he can be taught the contrabass sarrusophone. A captain and major consult Washington to confirm the instrument is taught in army bands and resembles a bassoon, with only unsure reactions from local staff.
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War Department
Elmer Swann
Hagerstown
Army
Tenth Street
Washington Barracks
Paris Fashion Shift Sees Knee Length Skirts Rule
Paris designers report knee length skirts for American buyers despite Parisian critics vowing not to bring such looks home. The shift reflects a wartime trend favoring French tastes over American preferences as imports trend toward shorter, revealing styles.
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Ashington
Paris
Monsieur Americain
William
Nanny Goat
Wide Range of Schools for War Disabled in Midwest and Chicago
The federal board of vocational education reports over 30 Illinois institutions, including eight in Illinois and six in Chicago, offering reeducation and vocational training for disabled servicemen. Programs span 23 courses from beekeeping to boilermaking, farm management to photography, with preference for local and existing schools over new establishments.
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Middle West
Chicago
Illinois
Federal Board of Vocational Education
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