Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — GLEANED from the EXCHANCES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GLEANED from the EXCHANCES

Warden Fogarty has shipped 275,000 sets of auto tags to the .secretary of state for use in Indiataa thia year. These tags for the first time were made at the penitentiary and Secretary of State Roach says that Warden Fogarty saved the state $8,750 in their mainufacture over former years. The lower house of the Indiana legislature Monday, by a vote of 75 to 12r rejecte'd the woman’s suffrage amendment, adopted by the legislature in 1917, which had already been rejected by the senate. Similar action was taken on the proposed amendment to prevent salary increases and terms of public offices being extended during incumbency of officials. The vote was 78 to 10.

Overseas soldiers numbering 600 marched through our streets Monday afternoon for exercise, enroute from Newport News to Camp Dodge, lowa. They were members of the 126th Field Artillery and 109th Regiment of Infantry. They had all been overseas, but only the infantry saw active service. They were a husky looking bunch, all smoking cigarettes and making no noise. The troop train was held here during their diversion. They belonged to Pocahontas Division and live in lowa and Minnesota. —Monon News k