Education notes on Prof Eli Jav talk at Richmond school
Education notes report Prof Eli Jav of Richmond spoke to pupils about pioneer work in education and Horace Mann. The talk impressed, highlighting Ford’s father and Earlham College. Several students were absent last week due to illness including Lillie Duncan, Ed win Gates, and Miss Berry. Mrs Evans remains critically ill as Prof Evans cares for her. The school received government reports from the National Academy of Sciences on acetic acid in foreign countries.
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Eli Jav
Richmond
Horsee Stann
Earlham College
Ford
Gon Valescert
E Sharer
Lillie’ Dancan
Edwin Gates
Miss Berry
National Academy of Sciences
Call for Fire Protection Upgraded for Carthage Town
An early 20th century plea urges Carthage to upgrade fire protection as current can’t reach fires quickly. The speaker cites a small engine, high insurance costs, and delays in mobilization. They propose town authorities move the engine to a reachable shrine and equip horse access. Water works and political backing are urged to ensure safety. A medicine ad ends the piece.
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Carthage
Meeting Notice for W. F M.S Held February 25
Henry Martin Masie The W. F M.S. will hold its next meeting with Ella Newsom on Thursday afternoon at two thirty o'clock February 25. Devotional led by Ella Newsom with mission lesson by Almeda Trueblood Ida Henley Mary Hubbard. By order of Committee Alice Watts Chairman.
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W. F M.S
Ella Newsom
Almeda Trueblood Ida Henley
Mary Hubbard
Allice Watts
The Churches at Walnut Ridge and East Street
The Rev Franklyn Meredith preached at Walnut Ridge and began a meeting at the Friends church with his wife Mrs Meredith. Attendance grows and services run daily except Sunday with a Sunday 11 am meeting. East Street Church to hear Rev Halli on the Second Coming. ladies quartette and aid society noted. A box social at J J Anderson's followed.
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Franklyn Meredith
Walnut Ridge
Meredith
Friends’ Church
Mary Moon
Richmond Yearly Meeting
Halli
Christ
Ladies Aid Society
J. A. Sipe
J. J Anderson
Earlham College offers spring and summer study for teachers
Earlham College invites teachers and others employed in fall and winter to enroll in a half year of college work in spring and summer sessions at moderate cost. Over forty courses for teachers are offered plus summer term courses in common school subjects. Schools not closing before spring term may enroll by mid April with special arrangements. A twelve page announcement is available from The President Earlham College Richmond Indiana.
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Earlham College
Richmond
Indiana
Seniors Entertained at Rev Truebloods by Graduates
A pleasant eight to ten was given at Rev Alpheus Truebloods last Friday evening by his daughter Winifred Truvd and Miss Nona White for the graduation class. Guests Estella Pierson Ida Hall Carrie Kizer Iola Jessup Leonard Clark and Clarence Price attended while Mary Herklew was sick. The young people returned home at the prescribed hour praising their hostesses.
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Alpheus Truebloods
Winifred
The Mills of the Gods In Shel by County Case
The vivid portrait of Elitor Ray mirrors a justice system episode as a smiling energetic man faces sentencing. He received a penal servitude term ranging from two to fourteen years in the penitentiary for offenses linked to government officers and court actions.
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Elitor Ray
Ray
Shelby Coun Y
Oil firm seeks 25 000 acre leases in Laporte south
An oil prospecting company aims to acquire leases on 25 000 acres in the southern portion of Laporte county, having already secured 10 000 acres of land in the same area.
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Laporte County
Houdini Escapes Hands of Police and Guards
The article recalls Houdini’s England visit where officials refused a handcuff exhibit, then a moment in St Paul where two detectives shadowed him. A police chief of a jail escapeer drama ends with Houdini miraculously freeing his wrists. Also includes Sunday habits and quips from Atchison Globe and Philadelphia Press.
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Harry Houdini
England
Scotland Yard
London
Rouch
Houdin
Houdini
St. Paul
Minn
Death of Stanley Hathaway in Chihuahua Mexico
Dispatch from Chihuahua to Fort Bliss reports Stanley Hathaway formerly of Muncie found dead in his bed at the Robinson House in Chihuahua. The coroner’s exam cites bursting of a blood vessel in the brain as the cause. Hathaway, tied to Muncie connections, had been on a mining venture in Mexico since 1898 with J. D. Dennis and others, gaining local prominence before his sudden death.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Fl Paso
Stanley Hathaway
Muncie
Robinson House
Hathaway
Libbie J. Hill
Mr Hathaway
J. D. Dennis
Rockies
Paral
Chihuzhua
Cordileras
Down South of Town Land Replenishes Rural Mail Tales
Fragmented village notes discuss Aunt Phoebe Nelson improving, icy roads hindering travel, and wheat condition. It mentions Greenfield rural mail delivery to Carthage area, township library push, local names W C Nelson and William Scroughan, Dr Sipe, Daniel Winslow with tires, and a plea to editors for more space amid soliciting requests.
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Greenfield
Carthage
Trustee
Nation
All Creation
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Knightstown
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Henleys Grocery
Henley’s
K. Henley
Columbia Hall
TE Parker
Coffin’s Drug Store
Cassus Gray
the King OF Handcuffs
Atchison Globe
Bridget
Tommy
Philadelphia Press
Phoebe Nelson
William Scroughan
Sipe
Daniel Winslow
Morristown
Lewis Weingart
Grocer
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R. H. Hill & Co., Agts
Logan Stinger
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