Man Walks Five Miles To See First Movie Ends Up Disappointed
Sixty eight year old Ben Locke trudged five miles through subzero cold to a local theater for his first film. After ten minutes he left, saying it was only all right and he did not care for it. He prefers walking to town to play pinochle with the No. 6 engine house crew and vows to stay with his rural home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, III
Ben Locke
Quincy
Husky Ben Lacke
Locke
Mr. Locke
Farm hand confesses murder of Miss Georgia Miller
Clair Mitchell 25 admitted killing 62 year old former teacher Miss Georgia Miller on her 400 acre Lafayette County farm on March 7. He beat her with a stove poker and set the house on fire to conceal the crime after she opposed his plan to marry 19 year old Isabell Oilar. Mitchell told investigators he stole grain to buy furniture and hoped to become farm manager.
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Lafayette
Georgia Miller
Clair Mitchell
Mise Miller
Mitchell
George E. Weigle
Earl Staley
Tippecanoe County
Harvey L. Hire
Quotable line on rebellion by Carlyle
A reflective aphorism notes that men rarely or never rebel against things that do not deserve opposition, underscoring restraint and discernment in dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Present Is Past and Past Is Present in Time's Web
A philosophical aphorism notes that current reality mirrors prior causes and effects, asserting the unity of past and present in the flow of time. The idea emphasizes recurrence and causality shaping existence across moments.
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Henri Bergson
Quote from La Rochefoucauld on focus and greatness
A reflective adage notes that overemphasis on minor tasks can hinder achieving grand goals. It cites French moralist La Rochefoucauld to warn against diminutive preoccupations.
Sanforizing and Bunsen Burner Origins Revealed in Curious Notes
A 66-year-old Troy native Sanford L. Cluett pioneered sanforizing after World War I to shrink fabrics uniformly for shirts with soft collars. The article also explains the Bunsen burner named after German chemist Robert Wilhelm von Bunsen and traces the Romans' early use of the sandwich as noted by National Geographic.
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Troy
Sanford L. Cluett
Cluett
Fnally
Robert Wilhelm von Bunsen
Kassel
Breslau
Heidelberg
P. von Bunsen
Earl of
Sandwich
National Geographic Society
England
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National Remedy Co
West 42Nd Street
In.y. C
Cicero
Park Laboratory Co., Inc
Antouig
Sanford Cluett
von Bunsen
American Astrological © and Research Bureau
York
N.Y
Ostetter
Charlotte Bronte
WLS
Star
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Emerson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pinkham's
Goethe
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Harold Ra, Inc
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WNU
Easerriis Eee
Dean
Dynker
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