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The Albion New Era issue dated Wednesday June 23 1915 edited and owned by E L Adair with the Albion publication line.
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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
4
The Albion New Era issue dated Wednesday June 23 1915 edited and owned by E L Adair with the Albion publication line.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat surveys William Jennings Bryan’s career as a critic and controversial figure. It notes his support for the Philippines treaty then opposition to Aguinaldo, attacks on Presidents Cleveland McKinley Roosevelt and Taft, and claims he boasted of the Oklahoma constitution while influencing European readers.
The Hickory Times Mercury argues that many former Democrats who backed McKinley Roosevelt and Taft and later supported Wilson will return to the Republican fold in 1916. It says these voters vowed to abandon the Democrats if their policies failed, and now aim to keep that pledge by voting Republican again, restoring the party of their forefathers.
Miss Edith Franks will return home this week after visiting New York. She recently graduated from Pratt School of Domestic Science in Brooklyn.
P R Edgerton visits Noble county as Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board representative. Law requires enrollment and pedigree verification for stallions offered for public service and places a lien on offspring. Violations carry fines up to 2000 dollars or sixty days imprisonment. posters and barn signs enforce disclosure. Edgerton anticipates improved horse production statewide.
The Presbyterian congregation hosted a Friday evening surprise at Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith home on North York Street for Rev. E. F. Lilley and family as he ends his labors. Guests included most pastors and wives. Rev. Payne was away. Entertainment featured Grace Matthews and Mary K. Yoste in solos, a piano violin cornet trio, and refreshments. The Lilleys received a silk quilt made by 224 Albion residents. They plan to move to Warsaw after purchasing property. Lilley retires due to ill health, and his departure is mourned as the church grew under his ministry.
The hearing on the township line road near Albion produced a compromise. The revised petition calls for a 12 foot road with 9 inches of rolled gravel rather than 14 feet with heavier gravel, cutting cost about $1000 per mile. A remonstrance can be filed within ten days.
The following pairs received licenses: Jess Huser with Ethel K Gill Frederick Eichelburg with Rosa Ettie Burch Lloyd Williamson with Eva Spry Arlow Young with Ethyle Gale Cart Leming with Mary Hyndman Charles Wolfe with Alice Fruchy.
Wesley Mallon and wife spent Sunday at Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. G Schwab visiting relatives in Fort Wayne. Merle Stone returned to Detroit after a week with his father. Harry Thomas summoned to Richmond for his father’s illness. M C Talbert and family of Garrett with Fred Talbert and family Sunday. C C Rule residence to be occupied by Mr Sinninger and family from South Dakota. Ralph Hafferty attended Richard Renier’s funeral in Avilla. Mrs T M Reed and daughters visiting sister Mrs Anna Griffin in Brimfield. Claude Walton and family of Avilla with J T Walton’s parents. A F Williams on vacation. W H Menaugh delivering mail. Mrs Howard Rawleigh and children visiting Garramone family. Birth of a daughter to Charles Dawson and wife in York township. Late Bud remark about honeymoon and smoking cart. Some mention of fountain pens for losers. Glenn Moore to tour west with Madison University band to San Francisco exposition. E Field, former Albion lawyer now in Hood River, Oregon, greeting Albion friends. C R Stoops and two sons of Nappanee. W B Barnard and two sons of Millersburg. Mrs Slyter and Mrs Mamie Zartman with children of Goshen visiting S W Stoops and S Morris families. Raymond Foster, Jefferson Township, injured by needle. doctors remove broken needle piece in Albion.
Lu Hayes and family were traveling in Lagrange last Sunday. Mrs Charles Brumbaugh of Albion visited Mrs Clare Bloom last Tuesday. Mrs Bogner of Kendallville visited cousin John Linder last Sunday. Guy Baker visited his mother in law Hattie Mc Williams in Ligonier last Saturday and discussed farm work. Carl Brundige visited grandmother Mrs Moore in Fort Wayne last week while his Kendallville brother Clide stayed with their mother here. Georgie Wise of Butler aged fourteen will perform a musical and elocutionary program at Union church next Monday evening June 28 for church benefit. She plays three instruments at once and often uses her feet. A free will offering will be taken.
The article notes early punctuation lacked quotation marks and used simple marks, cites 1465 Lactantius as introducing the colon and interrogative forms, and praises Johann Gottlieb Fichte as a towering thinker whose philosophy shapes global thought across time. It urges readers to explore Fichte’s works in libraries.
Sodney Smith offered a list of recipes for cheerfulness including remembering pleasant things said about her and keeping a candy box and a kettle simmering at the hearth. The guidance urges against melancholy and avoids heavy questions, recommending easy inquiries instead.
A brief quotation notes that nothing is impossible, while asserting many men excel at doing nothing. It reflects on paradoxes of effort and perception.
F W Cole and family visited friends in Churubusco on Thursday. Mr and Mrs E W Hicks of Auburn were guests of relatives in Albion on Tuesday. Mrs Virgil Nobles entertained her sister Miss Mildred Myers of Covington Kentucky.
The article highlights excellent attendance at St Mark s church services last Sabbath including morning and evening worship. It notes Children s Day observances at Mt Pleasant and outlines upcoming services with sermons, school reports, offerings, and an annual congregational meeting set for June 30 with four church council seats to be filled.
Notice of a congregational meeting at St Mark's Lutheran Church on June 30 at 8 15 pm in the lecture room. Elections will pick two elders and deacons for two and three years respectively and four council members for their unexpired terms of one and two years. Treasurer's report to be given. Full attendance urged.
A group of Albion youths traveled to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Kitt near Merriam Friday evening to honor the newly weds Mr and Mrs Hershel Kitt with a social shower. The following evening they attended a reception hosted by the bride's parents Mr and Mrs J M Chilcote.
Roy Wrigley is expected to arrive home this week after spending the past year as a student at Cambridge University in Boston. Supt. C. V. Kilgore attended the County Superintendent association annual meeting in Indianapolis last week.
Order for an adjourned term beginning August 16, 1915 at 9 A M to finish May 1915 term business. Publication required in The Albion New Era and The Albion Democrat. Clerk J William H Favinger certifies the order and records on June 6 1915.
An opinion arguing that the United States should create free ports to eliminate wharfage charges on farm cargoes. The author notes 51 ports, high rail progress, and calls for Congress to shift Rivers and Harbors appropriations to ports with no fees, claiming free ports speed commerce and spread benefits widely.
Peter Radford argues that agricultural progress hinges on solving the marketing problem. He says government spending has focused on soil and seed but neglected marketing, calling for a united effort by farmers merchants bankers editors and statesmen to build a massive organization to master marketing strategies and balance production with demand. The Farmers Union advocates science and marketing, urging sustained support from governmental and commercial bodies for marketing alongside production.
A reflective essay argues that ancient horse neighing as a royal prize could settle modern partisan disputes. It laments politicians who inflame the public forum and warns that such quarrels hinder industry and work, urging a return to civil, productive debate.
Miss Eva Spry and Mr. Lloyd L Williamson, popular young people of Kimmel, united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage this city on Friday afternoon at 2 00 oclock by Rev Charles S Bream.
Miss Margaret Spencer is visiting relatives in Gas City Indiana seen during a local social note.
Readers and performers headline a Chautauqua program with Emerson Winters delivering platform humor and monologues and Alice Suire Winters dazzling as a whistler and impersonator of small boys. The pair’s acts like Hoss Race and The Carpenter Man Said a Naughty Word draw strong crowds, with Spring Birds in the Morning noted for charm.
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