Indiana counties win livestock contest at state fair
Blackford county team led by Mark Langdon Charles Clamme Jr and Vaughn Johnson captured first place in the boys livestock judging contest earning an $80 trophy and a trip to the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Dearborn county won dairy cattle judging and will compete at the national dairy show in Chicago in October. Other top finishers included Madison Wells White Tippecanoe.
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Blackford County
Mark W. Langdon
Charles Clamme, Jr
Vaughn Johnson
Chicago
Decatur
Tipton County
Madison County
Clay County
Dearborn County
Indiana
Madison
Wells
White
Tippecanoe
South Bend
Michigan
Jeffersonville
Board of Commissioners
Chirk County
Anderson
Sparks
Richmond
Wayne County Council
Lafayette
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Evansville
Valparaiso
William St. Clair
Peppermint Growers’ Association
Tak
St. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
Atansas City
St. Joseph County
Bermuda
Laredo
Tex
United States
L. W H. Wright
State Highway Commission
Public Service Commission
Tlinois Sand and Gravel Producers’ Association
Commission
State Highway Department
Franklin
Franklin Canning Company
Fame Canning Company
New York
Wabash
North Manchester
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Society For the Presention of Tuberculosis
Benton
Warren
Serb Goes Shopping Gowns Donated to National Museum
Mrs Woodrow Wilson donated a striking evening gown to the United States national museum for the historical costume collection. The black velvet ensemble trimmed with jet and lined with electric blue silk will be displayed on a wax model as one of the most beautiful dresses in the presidents’ wives collection.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States National Museum
Trousseau
May Be Home for the Shell-Shocked
The old United States Weather Bureau building above Iluemont Virginia, abandoned about six years ago, could become a government home for shell-shocked soldiers if Surgeon General reports favorably.
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United States Weather Bureau
Iluemont
Cud
Prelate Sharpshooter Quips on License Ruse
The article recalls a former Durham bishop named Shute famed for marksmanship. It jokes he never carried a game license, jokingly quoting his license as I Shute by divine permission amid remarks on clergy wielding firearms.
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Singapore
Durham
Shute
London Morning Mail
He Was Handicapped by Fear of Dogs
Leslie feared dogs since childhood and faced scolding from his mother after a struggle near a large dog on the corner. He retorted that his fear stemmed from feeling morally degraded.
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Leslie
National Reading Circle Grows Under Interior Department
The home educational division of the interior department expanded a national reading program to 13 000 readers. Courses cover literature history biography and practical topics, with 22 courses available to readers including boys under twenty regardless of schooling. Enrollment is free through the Home Education Division by mailing name age occupation and address.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Education
United States
India
China
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
France
Canada
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Extension Division
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
North Carolina
Arizona
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Home Education Division
Department of Education
National Reading Circle Register
Champ Clark Faces Farmer He Once Feuded With
A recollection from Champ Clark recalls returning after ten years to confront the farmer who beat him as a boy. Despite planning a decisive beating to settle old scores, Clark finds the man impoverished and alone, with a changed temper and life, and decides not to carry out the planned retribution.
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Hamp Clark
Kentucky
Champ
Champ Clark
Own Your Own Half-After-Six Clothes
A lighthearted reminiscence about Representative Albert Johnson of Washington who once shared a dress suit with a roommate. An awkward encounter at a senator’s wife Mrs. Stewart’s reception led to a fall, a shattered dress suit, and a lifelong nervous memory. Johnson now champions the motto own your own half-after six clothes.
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Albert Johnson
Washington
Congress
Johnson
D. C
Smith
Stewart
Nevada
Stewart Mansion
Legal Right to Remain in Ignorance Highlights Child Labor Law Gaps
The Children's Bureau reports many US states allow child labor with weak education rules. Only 4 percent of working children with certificates attended or finished eighth grade. Several states let sixteen-year-olds work despite illiteracy or lack of schooling. Continuation schools are rare, unlike England's move to age eighteen.
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Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Bureau
The
Bulletin
Cleveland
United States
District of Columbia
England
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I. B. Harter
Sinn Fein
Heart of London
Trafalgar Square
London
Serbia
Mrs. Wilson
Mariakerke
Ostend
Belgium
Ryan
Hammer
Pat Ryan
Antwerp
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