Local notes reflect visits and town life
Locals E at 25cup Rose Davis and Nina Waters spent Sunday with relatives. Clara Jackson from Crawfordsville visited relatives here. Lena Forbes of Louisiana spending week with Mrs. Ralph Jones. Carl Bowman and wife hosted Mr and Mrs Smithton of Lebanon. Area residents hosted guests from Ohio Indiana and Jamestown. Town to host a Carnival for a week. remnant frost reports and mild weather noted.
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Clara Jackson
Crawfordsville
Lena Forbes
Louisiana
Ralph Jones
Carl Bowman
Mrs. Smithton
Lebanon Sunday
June 1912 costs rise across United States economy
The survey notes broad price increases in June 1912 with meats and staples up about 22 percent from a year earlier while fruits fell short of 1910 levels. Leather goods and chemicals rose 12 to 13 percent, textiles mild, and meat products jumping highest. Economists cite worldwide upward trends for the increases.
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United States
Cleanliness on curbside ice cream cans urged by inspector
State pure food inspector H A Barnard warns ice cream dealers about unsanitary practices. Empty cans left in tubs outdoors attract flies and germs, with up to 20 cans piling up. He orders immediate thorough cleaning, replacement of covers, and proper disposal to protect public health.
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H A Barnard
Barnard
North Salem Faces Ownership Mystery of Idle Telephone Plant
North Salem residents debate who owns the idle telephone plant after service suspension since November. The unincorporated company lacks mortgages and clear claims, leaving citizens seeking a responsible party to register their complaints. The plant was recently advertised in an Indianapolis paper as a listed telephone plant.
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North Salem
Henne
Indianapolis
Town Board Grants Street Wear Rival Event Permits
Town board held a regular meeting last Thursday night and approved permits to use town streets for a summer wear rival event. Disbursements include Hustler Pub Co printing 3.45 and John Whitsett salary 13.65. total expenses 80.55 with a cash balance of 287.42.
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Hustler Pub. Co
John Whitsett
Pointed Paragraphs From a Chicago News Page
A collection of satirical observations on social norms and success. It notes that trouble seekers rarely fail to catch something, fame costs a press agent, and appearances influence credit and popularity. The piece blends wry humor with social commentary on gender, wealth, and deception.
Five Social Proves Successful at North Christian Church
The Willing Workers of the North Christian church held a successful Five Social last Saturday night. A large crowd attended for the band concert and supper in the church basement, with about $21 raised. The organizers thank attendees and the band for their support and music.
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North Christian Church
Concert Program for Saturday Night Show
The program for Saturday night features the band performing marches and pieces including Lieutenants Rosenkrans Fall in Line Life's Golden Hours Loyal and True Dreamlind Saltair Sweetening Ballad and other titles by Kiefer Walizis Rockwell Buglione and Rosenkrans.
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Walizis
Kiefer
Ram's Horn Brown Insight on Blame and Belief
A rambling moral musing contrasts blame with faith and tradition. It contends that fault lies in human choice rather than divine will, while warning against equating difference with heresy and noting fruitfulness may come from unlikely sources.
Voting Demographics and Eligible Electorate Decline
The article estimates 46 999 151 males over 21 but only about 16 million will vote. It cites noncitizens lacking naturalization, inmates in penal institutions and asylums, and residents without established addresses as reasons for ineligible voters. It notes soldiers and sailors with nominal residences complicating voter eligibility.
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United States
North Christian Sunday Report Reports Attendance and Fellowship
Attendance at Sunday School was 133 with a collection of 3.09. Mr and Mrs John McConaughby and daughter Sarah joined the fellowship after moving from Indianapolis. Brother Kelley delivered two sermons Sunday and spoke again at Providence to a large audience.
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John McConaughby
Sarah
Indianapolis
Brother Kelley
Providense
Children’s Day Program at Shi loh Church
The Shi loh Christian church hosts a Children’s Day program Sunday at 7 50 p m featuring a processional songs recitations and exercises by children led by Lena Jackson Hugh Ross Edna Edrington and Oakley McClaine with special offerings for Home Missions. An orchestra and choir perform numbers including The Day Has Come The Rose and The Promise Wreath of Roses along with a violin and piano duet The Dying Poor.
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Shiloh Christian Church
Mr. Frown
Mr. Smile
Grace Edrington
Poer
Letha
Lester DeBard
Miss Daisy
Oakley Smith
Drowning scare for three at Ewart Michigan river
Ver gil Dean of Ewart Michigan and two companions nearly drowned when their boat lodged in a toppled tree during a night storm. They were stuck on the riverbank all night as flood waters rose, finally freeing the craft at dawn and reaching shore. A twenty acre field was submerged as the river rose higher than in years.
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Vergil Dean
Ewart
Michigan
Dean Farm
Afernoon
Boys Band Draws Large Crowd for First Open Air Concert
The Boys Band gave its first open air concert last Saturday with a large attendance and a high class program. Under director C. H. Beaver the band is developing into a fine musical organization and has received several offers from other towns to play weekly concerts, which remain unaccepted.
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C. H. Beaver
M E Church Sunday School Report and Upcoming Events
The M E Church Sunday School reported 44 attendees and a $1.26 offering for last Sunday. Next Sunday includes morning and evening services with Crosses singing at the evening service. New Ross church nears completion and aims for dedication by July first. Francis finishes DePauw college work and will devote the year to church work after a unanimous quarterly conference vote for another year.
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Brother
Cross
Ross
Francis
DePauw
Quotations on Women From 19th Century Authors
A compilation of pithy lines about women from Ouida Hardy Rabellais Barrie Thackeray and Thackeray-like voices. The quotes cover perceptions of women's influence on youth and romance and their social roles in a late 19th century context.
Local Visits Across Town This Week
Earl Bruce and family spent Sunday with Jas Sullivan and wife. Dot Joseph and wife of near North Salem visited friends here today. John Grea and family of Idaho came Tuesday for a visit with Jas Bowman and wife.
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Earl Bruce
Jas. Sullivan
Dot Joseph
Near North Salem
John Grea
Idaho
Jas. Bowman
Chesterton Woman Injured After Fall Reoccurs
Mrs. C. A. Brown of Chesterton Indiana who earlier fell from a box and never fully recovered was badly bruised again last week in a fresh fall.
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C. A. Brown
Chesterton
Indiana
Osler Cure for Gout Revealed In Comic Anecdote
An anecdote portrays Dr. William Osler as mild and humorous. He allegedly advised a six step process using a cleaned handkerchief from a virtuous source, washed in a pond and heated to treat gout, claiming a speedy cure.
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Osler
William Osler
Doctor Osler
Social Visitnotes and Funeral Conduct in Local Circle
Joe Threlkeld and Leba non spent Wednesday with Carl Bowman and family. Rev C A Brown of Chesterton spent Tuesday night with Olin Brown. He came to conduct the funeral Jno Kersey near Stewards Chapel. The Search Light Club was entertained by Miss Ross Davia on Wednesday evening. A theatre party formed and all went to the show.
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Joe Threlkeld
Lebanon
Carl Bowman
C. A. Brown
Chesterton
Olin Brown
Jno. Kersey
Near
Stewards Chapel
Search Light Club
Ross Davia
Civic Improvement Plan urged to clean town and curb flies
Advance urges a civic improvement program to sweep streets alleys and premises. It argues filth breeds flies and improving cleanliness will promote health and make the town more attractive to visitors and residents.
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Advance
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Lesaton Loop
Ohio
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Roy Hoover
Zionsville
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Hats
Pierce McClaine
Scott County
William
James Peffley
Noblesville
Emma McClaine
Argit
Ors Hoovermale
Jamestown
Simeon Canada
Artis Hilland
Baby of
Fear Old Union
Merrit McClaine
Tomas
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Oxford
J.W Waters
Jas. Golladay
Basil
Cecil Smith
Harley Golladay
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Roachdale
John Weldon
Francis Lefton
Don Weldon
Mary Shinn
Clara Whitecotton
Idona Sutton
Ruby Whitecotton
Juanita Coolman
Mary Dale
Leola McCuaine
Leola
Eval
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Ordidoey Wetnesdaz
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Cordelia
Chicago News
Claude Lucas
Perry Pointer
Rosenkrans
Dreamlind” Rockwell
Saltair
Buglione Waltzis
God
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Svile
C. H.beaver
North Christian
Ce -Lena Jackson
Lewis Owens
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Abid
Lena Jackson
Hugh Ross
George
Edna Edrington
M. E. Church
Ouida
Thomas Hardy
Francois Rabelais
J. M. Barrie
William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Reade
Haliburton
Hippolyte A. Taine
Albo
Bigler
the Aquanse Hustler
Ora McDaniel
Secondilags
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Joan F. Miller
Paes
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Pocohontas Lodge
Isa Edrington
Dipmusck Aylafe
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