Bibbs Sheridan Finds Love and Doubt at Home
In a melodramatic chapter from a Sheridan family saga Bibbs after a clash with his father seeks Mary Vertree and confesses a proposal while she rebukes his assumption that she would marry for money. Mary reveals misreadings about affection and money and they confront longing and pride in a tense domestic moment.
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Vertreeses
Mary
Sheridan
Edith
Sibyl
Roscoe Sheridan
Bobby Lamborn
Sybil
Armhorn
Bibbs
Jim
Sheridans
Hibbs
Biohbs
Maury
Poe
Passage on the sidewalk with a placid woman and anxious man
As Bibbs exits a new house a Sunday stroll unfolds on the sidewalk. A tall calm woman and a thin black-clad man with anxious wary expression appear in the scene, setting a quiet, tense mood.
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Bibbs
New House
Wilson to Speak in Indianapolis During Centennial Road Day
President Wilson will address Indianapolis on October 12 as part of Indiana centennial highway celebrations. The event aims to showcase road improvements with $75 million federal funds nationally and Indiana receiving over $137,000 in the year to June 30, 1917. Senators Kern and Taggart praised by the Grand Army of the Republic official organ for backing the widows pension bill.
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Indiana
Grand Army of Republic
Willis 8. Thompson
Indianapolis
Wilson
Ralston
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Organization
National Tribune
Grand Army of the Republic
the Tribune
Kern
Taggart
John W. Kern
Thomas Taggart
Registration Push Warns Indiana Voters in 1912
A call urges every resident to verify registration and register if needed. Citizens should check for changes to the registration law that could remove names and ensure all eligible voters cast ballots in the upcoming Woodrow Wilson era contest.
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Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Congress
Senate
Philip Zoercher a Lifelong Democratic Public Servant
Philip Zoercher born October 1 1866 in Tell City Indiana rose from cabinet maker to lawyer and politician. He served Perry county in the Indiana House in 1888 and 1890, published the Tell City News, was prosecuting attorney for the second judicial circuit, and later Reporter of the Supreme Court renowned for annotating cases and expanding the state’s legal reports.
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Philip Zoercher
Tell City
Indiana
Central Normal College
Danville
Ind
Perry County
Zoercher
Cannelton
E. T. Franks
Kentucky
Second Judicial Circuit
Perry, Spencer and
Warrick
Supreme Court
Attack on Wilson Foreign Policy and Republican Panic Claims
The piece argues Republicans struggle to find a people’s issue, attacking Wilson’s diplomacy while praising peace and prosperity. It contends Mexican policy and eight hour laws were forgotten, accusing Wall Street bankers of benefiting from panics under GOP rule and harming the public with stock and land interests.
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Wilson
Wall Street
Treasury
United States
Mexico Policy and Wilson’s Democracy in U S Relations
A historical overview argues that President Wilson pursued a Mexico policy grounded in sovereignty and self government. It notes insistence that nations control internal affairs and warns against forcing peace on Mexico amid Civil War and external pressures.
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Wilson
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
Services Rendered Not Promises Broken
President Wilson asserts Americans favor continued Democratic governance, praising those who have served over others who make doubtful promises. He argues voters prefer proven service to false assurances.
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United States
Democratic Party
Wilson
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Summer House
Jim Sheridan
Mary Bibbs
Yan
Astro
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Roscoe
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Siheridan
Roswe
Nix
Lamborn
New York
Thare
Aoe
Lamora
George
Capitol
Hughes
John A. M. Adair
Marshall
Adair
Thomas R. Marshall
America
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