Indiana Highway Funds and Postmaster Examinations
Indiana reports a $1,305,004 share of next year’s federal highway funds, pending state match, with new limits lowering government participation per mile. Officials set July 15 exams for eighteen Indiana postmaster positions, ranging from $1,000 to $2,100 salaries across Albion to Summitville.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Post Office
Indiana
Albion
Atlanta
Cloverdale
Darlington
Geneva
Goodland
Lynn
Mulberry
Pendleton
Plainfield
Remington
Rising Sun
Scottsburg
Summitville
Thorntown
Vevay
Warrick County
Boonville
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Clinton
Greensburg
Decatur County
Indianapolis
Marion County
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
McCray
Knox County
Vigo
Sullivan
Marion
Grant County Brotherhood of Thrashermen
Petersburg
Asa Miller
Winslow
Pike County
George Miller
Miler
Velpen
Indiana State Firemen’s Association
Indianaports
Hammond
Wlinola Car and Equipment Company
Calumet
Chicago Heights
Bosse
Hvansville
Zodiac of Great Antiquity
The zodiac is a sky belt eight degrees wide on each side of the ecliptic, containing the sun moon and planets. It splits into 12 signs Aries to Pisces with six ascending and six descending, beginning at the vernal equinox and evolving through precession. Originating in Babylon, likely before 2000 B C, adopted by Greeks in the sixth century B C, with zodiacal symbols appearing by the tenth century.
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Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Scorpio
Capricornus
Aquarius
Perth
Babylonia
Pages of Experience and Reading Life by Sainte-Beuve
The passage portrays Sainte-Beuve aging to view all experience as a single book. It argues intelligent observation and listening yield true education beyond strenuous study, and notes that knowledge surrounds us if one observes and smiles. It ends with a line about the paper reaching every home.
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Sainte-Beuve
Ife
R. L. Stevenson
Taste and Smell Intertwined in Sensory Perception
Physiologists note that many tastes arise from smell. French scientists show air reaches the olfactory chamber both via nostrils and a mouth inlet, so perfumed air can be detected when breathing out. Thus pleasure from foods may come more from smell than from taste in some cases.
Meaning of Red Sunset Signals Storm Warnings
A Scientific American note explains a flame colored sunset during hurricane season may warn of tropical storms. Seen below the thirty-fifth parallel it can precede upper cloud movements by 24 to 48 hours, serving as a timely safety alert for a small diameter tropical storm.
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Scientific American
Lost child confesses wandering during call interruption
A parent recalls telling their four year old to wait during a phone chat. After finishing, the child laments that she has lost her way, revealing the sadness of being interrupted and left anxious.
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Louise
Why Sunday Is Named for the Sun God
The article explains that Sunday is named for the sun and for pagan worship in ancient times rather than for sunshine. It notes the historic practice of sun worship by ancestors and links the day’s name to this tradition.
No Inducement Promised to Unemployed Worker
A Philadelphia Retail Ledger article quotes an unemployed man saying, We start you without a dollar, Humph, that's nothing, as he asserts the lack of wages or support before moving on with the day.
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Retail Ledger
Philadelphia
Parrot Escapes as Mr Wisely Loses Collar Button
In a brisk domestic scene Mrs Wisely orders Liz to move the parrot to another room after Mr Wisely realizes a collar button is missing. The incident unfolds with urgency and comedic tension.
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Mrs. Wisely
Lizwie
Mr. Wisely
Young Dentai Couple Plight Union Surrounded by Spring Vows
A damaged clipping notes a young couple from Western origins entering marriage vows in a spring setting. The report uses whimsical phrasing and floral imagery to describe the ceremony and the couple’s pledge.
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Boston
Nature Faking Jump Between Seasons Cited by Tiger
The Tiger notes that nature cannot leap from season to season without the intermediate spring or fall. The remark frames a broader argument about natural cycles and timing.
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George W. Applegate
Corydon National Bank
Ben Applegate
Wilson E. Cook
A. B. Anderson
Walter J. Hiley
East Chicago
Interstate Harbor Commission
Iliois
Wolf Lake
Lake Michigan
Indiana-Illnois Line
Calumet District
Valparaiso
Porter County
John L. Lewis
Kentucky
State Board of Health
Noblesville
Logansport
Edward Carson
Della Carson
Jesse Carson
Mary Carson
Harry Demsey
Onward
Thomas A. Riley
Free Employment Service
Anderson
Annnual International
Church of God
Laporte
United States Volunteer Naval Reserve Force
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
South Bend
of the Ladies of the Maccabees
Bloomington
Prell-Bland
Jordan
Supreme Colored Orchestra
BASE
Liberty Park
Batesville
Greensburg Eagles
Christ
Lea
Ience
West George St
Carl
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