Local News Notes From Lynn Creek Valley
T B Nelson is no better. Chas Winslow is able to be out after a short illness. The young son of Mr and Mrs Henry Nelson was received into the ME church last Thursday. Several from this neighborhood attended the funeral of Hadley Hill at Carthage Monday morning. The Riverside meetings closed last Sunday night with much good among church members and no conversion.
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Lev
Chas
Winslow
Henry Nelson
Hadley Hill
Carthage
Riverside
Ed Siler
Local News Notes From Farmerton and Nearby
Farmerton residents report sick folks improving. Visitors include Charlie Draper Frank Price at Rushville Orin Henley on business and Lige Whiteman who plans to move to Knightstown. John Garten visited Tuesday sharing jokes as usual. Young neighbors attended a social at Ed and Mrs Siler. Merril Ball narrowly avoided a fire at his Henderson area home when a stove fire damaged a dining room floor.
Volunteer Tribute to Rev Fletcher W Hypes
Captain D C Benjamin writes a personal tribute from Cartace Ohio on the death of Rev Fletcher W Hypes of Owenaville. He recalls their close ministry, wartime service, and Hypes as brave and true, likening their bond to David and Jonathan.
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Fletcher W. Hypes
Owenaville
Ohio
D. C. Benjamin
Advocate
Cartace
Irp
West Union
David
Jonathan
D. C. Bensammin
As Others See It in Boston Herald Ad Pitch
A Manila paper copy shows a Boston Herald voice touting home made pies and bakery items with a playful reference to Americanization debates over the Philippines. The ad highlights American bakery offerings amid a larger, contrasting anti expansion sentiment.
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Boston Herald
Cavite
Manila
Substituted Hogate Bill reshapes Indiana education board
Indianapolis Jan 28 The Hogate bill to reorganize the Indiana state board of education underwent a compromise via amendment substituting bill 107 by Senator Goodwine for the original. The heads of Purdue University, the State University and the State Normal stay on the board with three governor appointed members. The amendment passed 25 to 21 and the measure moved to engrossment. Other bills faced votes and amendments as the session advanced, including mileage reforms for legislators and insurer rate limits on gas companies. A stray quotation references Phillips Brooks on personal conduct.
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Hogate State Board of Education
Indianapolis
Hogate
State Board of Education
Senate
Drumanond
Goodwine
Purdue
State University
State Normal
Noel
Roberts
Artman
What Is a Sleeper Definition and Practical Examples
A sleeper is one who sleeps. It is that on which a sleeper rests and moves while the sleeper sleeps. The riddle explains how the sleeper and the sleeper’s actions intersect until the sleeper wakes.
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Peter Piper
School notes list punctual pupils through Dec 23 1898
The record names students who were neither absent nor tardy as of December 23, 1898 including Zella Bundy Forrest Rawls Ethel Coffin Fred Hill Edgar Heathcock Frank McCullough and others. Rev Elwood Scott spoke to the school on Wednesday morning and Mr Inlow of Arlington visited Tuesday morning. Visitors welcome. patrons urged to stay informed about their children’s work.
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Zella Bundy
Forrest Rawls
Ethel Coffin
Fred Hill
Edgar Heathcock
Frank McCullough
Jesse Stinger
Floyd Miner
Elsie Wall
Cecil Coffin
Marley Ball
Helen Gallagher
Warren Bundy
Fred Jessup
Ednd Kay
Ertle Price
Belva Galloway
Howard Newsom
Russel Phelps
George Anderson
Merril Coffin
Lois Charles
Roy Harrold
Carrie Herkless
Blaine Sutton
India Heathcock
Lillian Righter
Mary White
Joanna Morris
Oma Miner
Ota Bundy
Walter Hughes
Henry Stinger
Mary Wright
Leone Heathcock
Celia Judy
Mary Michael
Mable Gear
Albert Heathcock
Carrie Kizer
Iola Jessup
Elwood Scott
Card of Thanks for Jaulys H Hill
We thank friends neighbors and comrades of the G A R and I C O F for their kind assistance and sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father Jaulys H Hill.
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G. A. R and I. C.O F
Jaulys H Hill
Indiana Senate Fights Over State Board of Education Reorganization
In Indianapolis on January 27 the Indiana Senate debated a bill to reorganize the state board of education. Amendments proposed that governor appointees include two businessmen and four educators. The amendment failed 28 to 25 amid a heated clash between nonstate colleges and state institutions.
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Indiana Senate
Indianapolis
State Board of Education
Hogate
Newby
Drummond Dem
Shideler
Michigan City
House
Artman
Herod
Noel
Duke of Devonshire and a hare near Chatsworth
A duke strolling with a gun near Baslow startled a hare. A hedge-escaped boy warned him off claiming it belonged to the duke. The boy conducted the hare to Chatsworth kitchen and received a shilling after realizing the error. The piece closes with a note on the first permanent Yeomen guard in 1486.
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Devonshire
Chatsworth
Baslow
Meester
Fayther
Local items and society notes fill Carthage week
A long list of brief notices covers illnesses, moves, property issues, pension exams, marriages, club happenings, and local sales. It notes Mrs E J Dann’s illness, Mrs Mary Hinshaw and Eva moving to Dublin, a skating outing, pension examination for John W Bishop in Indianapolis, a suicide attempt by Charles Roberts, property vacated by Roy Peters, found lap robe, and multiple marriage licenses. The town hosts a 5 and 10 cent sale, lectures by Rettger at Westland, religious sermons, and reflections on local newspapers aiding trade.
Hill brothers renovate store as they push spring hardware push
Hill brothers Revamp store with new stock and bright paper and plan addition to house a full hardware line. Luther Bundy hired as solicitor to pursue new business in Carthage region while Walt Hill travels to Sidney to source goods. Curfew amendments debated in Kokomo. one targets mothers at card parties. A local fraud case unfolds as John Lane and John Rakestraw battle over a brass watch and a bad check in Charlottesville. The affair appears a shell game.
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Hill Brothers
Luther“Bundy
Carthage
Walt B Hill
Sidney
Ohio
Kokomo
John Lane
Charlottesville
John R. Rakestraw
Rakestraw
Bank of Carthage
Lane
Indianapolis
Thomas L. Walker
Walker
Child corrects arithmetic by guessing the sum
A girl boasts to her father that she topped her class after guessing the answer to the teacher's addition problem. The dialogue reveals the quirky sequence of wrong yet asserted sums before she claims 18, noting no one said 8.
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Pearson's Weekly
Debt Notice from 1898 Caller L Weingart
A dated appeal from L Weingart seeks immediate settlement of accounts from 1898. The message asks indebted parties to pay promptly to provide the author with needed funds.
Ingersoll Lectures in Indianapolis Draw Mixed Reactions
Colonel Ingersoll spoke Sunday night to a modest crowd in Indianapolis. Critics found fault with some remarks as the Indianapolis News offered brief coverage while other papers ran longer analyses. The piece notes a broader decline of Ingersollism, contrasting materialist views with the comforting promise of life after death.
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Laurel Review
Fight Over State Normal Licenses in Indiana Senate
In Indianapolis on February 1 the Indiana Senate debated repealing the State Normal school's license granting power. Senator Agnew’s bill was killed in committee. Senator Early’s amendment bill moved toward engrossment. The session also advanced a health board bill on vital statistics reporting and passed several measures on justice of the peace, telegraph rates, candy purity, dog theft, and a pioneer graves monument. The House focused on second readings and a heated debate over Hugg’s contributory negligence bill, which sought to require proving negligence as an affirmative act, with amendments limiting personal injury grants to certain child cases. the bill was altered but then passed.
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Indianapolis
State Normal School
Senate
Friends of
State Normal
Agnew
Early
State Board of Health
House
Hawkins
Justices of the Peace
Nusbaum
Dem
Hugg
Friends of the Bill
Noel
Inj
Time in Indiana Assembly with Unfinished Business
Indianapolis Jan 80 Most of the session was spent on unfinished business in the General Assembly. A governor residence appropriation bill was rejected in committee and the house sustained the committee report. A Jay county member impressed with a bill to let justice of the peace jury verdicts in civil cases under $50 stand final. The minority report passed, pleasing the bill’s author. Several measures advanced from committees include inheritance taxation and a primary election bill.
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Indianapolis
Senate
House
Strong
Joe
Powers
Jay County
Sam
Peace Court
Judiciary Committee
O'Bannon
Caraway
Henring
Pete Ami and Loan Associations
Two Bills Revived With Antilynching and Injunction Proposals
Indianapolis January 31 reports routine legislative activity. A smallpox scare led to a rules suspended bill granting capitol custodians and staff police powers to eject undesirable persons. The antilynching bill failed last week but a new attorney general measure was introduced. A revived bill would allow state injunctions without bond to curb natural gas waste. Senator Hubbell pushed militia bills. three measures would reimburse volunteers for uniforms, reorganize counties into military districts, and fund the militia at 100000 per year. Senate passed express company and fish protection bills and created a state entomologist. A Spanish war memorial service filled the chamber with flags, arms stands, Apollo Quartet, and remarks by Agnew, Winfield, Hubbell, Gilbert, Ball, and Drummond.
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Indianapolis
Capitol
House
Noel
Hubbell
Gilbert
Indiana
Senate
San Jose
Agnew
Winfield
Ball
Drummond
School attendance penalties in Swiss system
The article explains Swiss school laws where a child missing school triggers a parent fine that increases each day. If illness excuses absence, a doctor may be called. if suspicion of sham exists and proven, the parent bears the doctor’s fees.
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Switzerland
For Sale or Trade Two Lots in Vinemont AL
For sale notice offers two central parcels in Vinemont Alabama. Describes an excellent opportunity for a prospector. Signed by Lucyp W Hexrey Carthage ta da.
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Vinemont
Alabama
Lucyp W. Hexrey
Carthage
Ta da
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Farmerton
Charlie Draper
Frank Price
Rushville
Lige Whiteman
Orin Henley
Knightstown
John Garten
John
Merril Ball
Henderson
Goodwane
Bill
Phillips Brooks
Mr Inlow
Arlington
The
E J Dann
Mary Hinshaw
Eva
Dublin
Welkin
John W Bishop
Charles Roberts
J C Hall
Roy Peters
Zenos Bundy
O'Sea
Allen W Newsonaters’ Institute
Rush
Henry A. Hoyer
Birdie A. Wiley
Clarence Dillion
Allie Littoral
Stoner—Cregor
Mary
EJ Dunn
Rettger
Ture
Westland
Hancock County
Angus
F M
Gowdy Corlville Graphic
Gton
D. C
G A Studer
Singapore
Des Moines
O S Coffin & Co
Florence Hunt
State of Indiana
Rush County
Bush Circuit
William P. Henley
Hesekiah
Clark Et. al
Thomas M. Green
Isid i Court
Frank Sherwood
Chamberlain
Missouri Valley
Iowa
J.Q. Rakestraw’'s Jewelry Store
Cata
Gohn
Jewelér
L. Weingart
Col
Ingersoll
Indianapolis News
Pagan Bob
General Assembly
Man As
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