Digest shows methods to curb auto slaughter across states
A digest from multiple midwestern states details heavy fines and jail terms for speeders and intoxicated drivers. Cities like Chicago Detroit Cincinnati and St Louis report high death tolls up to November. Officials propose license revocation stricter penalties and public schooling to reduce crashes.
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Detroit
Charles L. Bartlett
Ohn Duval Dodge
Jorge Bartlett
Fiincin
Crewland
Lambhas
Eipines
John Haimi
Dade Gegge E. Min
St. Louis
Delbert Wilmeth
Indianapolis
Cour Y
Kansas
Ity
Wuege
Wappick
Omaha Tees
Jurge Silvester J. McAfee
San Fransco
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Muskogee
Muskogee County
Elevesa
Dallas
P. 2. Crawford
Old Mortgage Settled in Clinton County
A mortgage of 650 dollars dated November 8, 1845 against the Haagen farm in Becca Creek township Clinton county was satisfied at the office of register and recorder P. B. Kift Lock Haven. Original holder William G. Jackson later moved to Nottingham. The amount was paid within a year and cleared from the books.
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Phiadelia
Becca Creek Township
Clinton County
Register and Recorder
William G. Jackson
Nottigham
Newtons Principia and Universal Gravitation
Renowned treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton (1642 1727) published 1687 by Royal Society or Halley. Three parts cover motion and solar system with universal gravitation stating all matter attracts all others with force inversely proportional to distance squared.
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Isaac Newton
Royal Society
Halley
Laplace
Lightning safety on gasoline tankers sparks explanation
An exchange column explains why fuel trucks drag a ground chain. A mahout driver says the chain directs a lightning bolt to the ground, reducing the risk of gasoline explosions in most strikes.
Sun Exposure Dangers and Care for Burns
Prolonged sun exposure can cause blotchy skin and painful eruptions. Actinic rays damage exposed skin, destroying tissue and causing painful burns that may leave brown patches. For mild burns boric acid helps, but serious burns require medical consultation.
Odd Anniversary Custom in Pepys Diary
Pepys notes a curious practice on wedding anniversaries in 1601. On Sir W Pens’s wedding day they dined on a chine of beef and 18 mince pies to mark eighteen years of marriage. A month later Sir W Batten’s third anniversary was celebrated with three pies among other friliques.
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Pepys
W. Pens
W. Batten
Animals Unfit for Human Food Doctrine
The text traces a belief that only animals housing a human soul become unclean. Pythagoras learned this in Egypt and held that transmigration marked unclean species. It cites biblical rules: cud chewing and cloven hooves as clean, birds of prey unclean, and fins with scales as fit food.
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Pythagoras
Egypt
Penmanship Decline Noted in Modern Writing
A writer laments waning penmanship and recalls the beauty of old copy-book specimens. A well known penman notes that most people now merely draw their names rather than write them in proper form.
Beecher on nautical identity and ship design
The passage argues that vessels must maintain their own form and function. It compares a yacht to a man-of-war and insists each ship type must sail with its own hull and sails, not imitate another.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Fairy Queen Hosts Early Banquet For Butterflies And Birds
The Fairy Queen and attendants attend a banquet at Witty Witel's with guests arriving early. The tale explains metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly, including egg, chrysalis, and wing development. The Butterfly courtship and wedding feast are described, highlighting Mother Nature's wondrous creatures.
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Witel
Jeauty
Store owner returns after injury as city life and gossip noted
Charles Wheeler spent most of Saturday at his store the first since his injury. In Indianapolis era large cities bring autos risks while small towns rely on gossip. Will H. Kiser was taken sick Saturday with a high fever and confined to bed with influenza.
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Charles Wheeler
Will H. Kiser
John Hiser Buys Kerlin Property on West Church Street
John Hiser expands real estate holdings with another purchase, acquiring the Charles Kerlin property located on West Church Street.
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John Hiser
Charles Kerlin
West Church Street
County game wardens warn violators after streams patrols
The text notes wardens patrolling county streams with a strict warning of heavy penalties for violators. It also reports the death of Mrs Barrett, mother of Mrs Parrish, at her Richmond home after paralysis earlier in the week, and that Rev Fred Stevenour, former Hagerstown pastor, is critically ill at his Portland Indiana home at age 88. M H Gaar expands his nursery facility with a long basement cellar and loading rooms to handle increased business.
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John Parrish
Barrett
Richmond
Fred Stevenour
Hagerstown
Portland
Ind
M. H. Gaar
Emulated Mule Holders Urged to Realize Town Value
The speaker urges people who chase failing ventures to wake up and realize property near a prosperous growing town is more valuable than holdings in a dead community. The point is stressed as a critical lesson.
Morton High School Tigers Win 25 Straight Games
The Morton High School basketball team of Richmond has won all twenty five games this season. Glen Chapman formerly of Cambridge City has joined the team and is making a strong showing in tryouts.
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Morton
Richmond
Glen Chapman
Cambridge City
DeHays Named Assistant Advertising Manager at Earlham
Carl DeHays of Cambridge City is elected assistant advertising manager of the Sargasso Earlham College annual to be published by the senior class next year. He has been active in student affairs and has also been elected treasurer of the Junior class for the remainder of this year.
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Carl DeHays
Cambridge City
Earlham College
DeHays
Earlham
Filling station to rise at Main and Gay streets East Cambridge
Joe Wade and William Orman began work Monday on a brick filling station at the Stobaugh property corner Main and Gay streets East Cambridge. Roy Knise and Fred Cornell hold the construction contract. Wade and Orman also started a supply tank station at Beason’s station serving Connerville Fayette county and north to Hagerstown.
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Joe Wade
William Orman
Stobaugh
Main
Gay Streets
East
Cambridge
Roy Knise
Fred Cornell
Wade & Orman
Beeson's
Connersville
Fayette County
Hagerstown
Cambridge High Basketball Team Falters in District Play
Cambridge City High School basketball played fast and clean, entering the schedule at 50 50 before a tough second half. The loss of Chapman and bad luck hindered their run. In the tournament they were eliminated by Centerville 13 to 8.
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Cambridge City
Chapman
Centerville
Thirty-third Degree Masonry Honors Planned in Indiana
The piece notes honorary Thirty-thirds in the Scottish Rite for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction and lists three active members in Indiana. It covers the Council of Deliberation in Evansville Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, the March 19 23 convocation in Indianapolis, and plans to perform full degree ceremonies beginning March 20 including an honor banquet and meals for candidates.
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Supreme Council of
United States of America
Leslie D. Clancy
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection
Indiana
William Geake
Fort Wayne
Supreme Council
Thomas Riley Marshal
Winfield T. Durbin
Evansville
Indianapolis
Council of Deliberation
A Kentucky Tale of Cussing and Conversion
William Clements of Eminence Kentucky once swore loudly over a black snake incident and after a neighbor’s fancy cussing, they both quit swearing. The pair attended Mt Zion church together and vowed to lead better lives after hearing a Ten Commandments sermon. The author identifies William as his uncle and Abrams as a mountain neighbor who shared the farm.
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Chester
W. Va
Kentucky
the Tribune
William Clements
Eminence
William
Kentucky River
Abrams
Clements
Melvina
Mr. Abrams
Black Snake
Cussin
Mt. Zion
Andy Abrams
Milton Obituary and Local Notes In Mil ton Area
Walter Houseworth age 56 died Friday at his brother Richard Houseworths home near Doddridge Chapel Funeral services were held at Doddridge Chapel Sunday Rev Coleman officiated and burial followed at Doddridge Cemetery Other items note road conditions Fayette county Milton to Bentonville Ed Beeson reports two World War buddies Walter Higham visited by Charles Ball Connersville Miss Ruth Musgrave headed for Congo Bellv Africa missionaries Milton High basketball lost to Fountain City 27 16 Several social events and visits by local residents are listed with ministers and schools mentioned.
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Walter Houseworth
Richard Houseworth
Doddridge Chapel
Harry Houseworth
Richard
Clara
Coleman
Doddridge Cemetery
Florida
Milton
Beeson
Fayette County
Bentonville
Charles Ball
Connersville
Walter Higham
France
R. W. Warren
Ruth Musgrave
Indianapolis
Floyd Hines
Roderick McCormick
Butler College
Christian Women’s Missionary Society
McCormick
Ruth McCormick
Olive Sharp
Gussie Miller
Albert Ferris
Doty
Abercrom
Postmaster General Work Signals Parcel Post Restructuring
Postmaster General Work states the surge in parcel post traffic prompts plans to separate some parcel post from fast letter mail. Main routes would process parcels once daily and often move large parcel post shipments in a fast freight train.
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Middle Western
Chicago
Chicago Journal
FAIRY
Huse Wren
Buick
F.o. B. Buick
Cambridge Buick Company
Brown
First National Bank
Te Er
Cincinnati
Tri-State Butter CO
Tri-State
J.K. Smith
Pres
J. A. Boyd
R.A. Hicks
Secy
Treas
Wayne Trust Co
Cambridge City, Ind
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