Local Notes and Critics From Rushville Weekly
A Rushville weekly summary notes the absence of rancor in the Rushville Ameri can, weather reports declare the cold snap over, and a discussion of national figures from Admiral to Dewey. It highlights county electric line expansion, the fate of Spain, the Soldier s and Sailor s Monument, and local politics in Posey county with praise for home merchants and warnings to beware outside competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Commonwealth of Indiana
Notice on County Schools Building From State Superintendent
We are obligated to county Sup t A L Gary for a copy of the Report of the Sup t of Public Instruction. The concise statement covers many facts about state school conditions and highlights our own school building in special notice among others.
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Sup
T. A. L. Gary
Sup’t of Public Instruction
Joint Mass Meeting of Hancock Rueh County WCTU
The Joint Mass Meeting of Hancock and Rueh County WCTU will convene at Walnut Ridge Meeting House on Saturday March 4 1809. Schedule lists devotional welcome addresses songs recitations and papers by multiple local unions with all members expected to participate. The Gottshels are expected to attend and provide duets.
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Hancock and
Rueh County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Walnut Ridge Meeting House
Anna Nigh
Barclay Binford
Lydia Starbuck
Walnut Ridge Union
Mary Wilson
Walnut Ridge
Kate Price
Laura Parker
Clark Street
Carthage
Commisioners Court
Rush County
OTICE
William P. Henley
Indiana
Orthodox Meeting of Friends
Said County
Board of Commissioners
Main Street
Water Street
Board of Rush Co
Prodigal Daughter’s Flight From Nutley Boarding School
A juvenile tale reports Miss Carrie Millard of Cloverside School Nutley New Jersey seeking life in New York through a personal column. After drifting for a month she is found and brought back home weeping that she has seen life. The piece condemns such curiosity as juvenile ignorance and urges corrective harshness.
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Carrie Millard
Cloverside
Nutley
N. J
Meredith
Ouida
New York
Global fairs rise as world braces for peace era
Despite war rumors and expansion, Paris plans a vast 1900s expo while Glasgow, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans schedule fairs celebrating humanity and labor. Severe cold damage hits the south with Mardi Gras disrupted, palm trees killed in New Orleans and mobile.
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France
Glasgow
Scotland
Buffalo
Detroit
St. Louis
New Orleans
Transportation tale and debt bust in urban vignettes
A Montreal Star anecdote shows Jim Wardner using a misinterpreted telegram to secure instant transport to Montreal and later meet Tom Shaughnessy. The miscommunication prompts a humorous exchange about intention and messages. A New York Times joke follows, about a debtor paying double to reclaim a bust that drew crowds.
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Jim
Vancouver
The
Canadian Pacific
Jim Wardner
Tom Shaughnessy
Montreal
Tom
Shaughnessy
Wardner
Montreal Star
Whisky Sampling by Smell Not Taste Says Captain Ryan
Captain Joseph E. G. Ryan, a former Seventh officer and noted whisky expert in Chicago, tests samples by smell not taste. He can identify brand, distiller, origin, age, and detect adulteration from a few drops, and determine blends from sniffing alone. He warns that tasting dulls the palate and harms discernment as nose work sharpens with use.
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Chicago
Joseph E. G. Ryan
Ryan
Chicago Journal
Hamlet Actor George Melville Receives Gruel On Stage
An English actor playing Hamlet in Bristol has a humorous tale of his daily gruel ritual. His landlady sent the bowl to the stage door for the green room. A new servant girl, unfamiliar with theater, asked where he was and then delivered the gruel during the soliloquy.
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Mr. Melville
Kansas Cement Mill Mystery Sparks Local Interest
A Mulvane area tract known for years as smoking prairie drew attention as a stranger bought it and claimed a fortune. Reportedly, cement lies near the surface in quantity worth ten dollars a barrel, a detail cited by the New York Tribune.
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Kansas
Mulvane
New York Tribune
Shipwreck and Pearl Record Revealed in London Fun
In London Fun, a bizarre exchange on a shipwreck prompts M for luck as Juggins questions the find. The item notes the Tavernier pearl fetched a then unprecedented $550,000, described as the largest price paid for a single pearl, with details on its exact length and oval form.
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Muggins
Juggins
London
Tavernier
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J. D. Dennis
Weather Bureau
U. S. Senate
Dewey
Schley
Aguinaldo
Fredericksburg
Whittier
Barbara Frietchis
Admiral Schley
Gen. Otis
Hoar
Massachussets
McKinley
Johnson
Arnold
Ind
Boston
Spain
Cortez
U. S
Weyler
Henry A. Johnson
C. B. Landis
Mr Johnson
Posey County
Manilla Union
Lulla F. McWhirtie
Mesers Murray
Howard Parker
Bob Lilian
Carthage Union
Prodigal
South
Gulf States
Palmyra
Mobile
Uncle Sam
Admiral Worden
Senate
House
Worden
Sam
Baltimore American
Werchojansk
Siberia
A. C. McClurg
West
Europe
Senleys Grocery
Indianapolis Journal
Journal
Middle West
PO Money Prder
Journal Newspaper CO
Coffin
Cartrage
Enos Henley
George Dillman
Henley & Dillman
Josh, Edgar
O S Coffin & Co
W. J. Porter
George 8. Secord
Towanda
N. Y
New York Times
Ghigago
Milwaukee
Graham & Morton Line
City OF
and Propellers
City OF Louisville
J. F. Ford
Benton Harbor
Big Four
M.B H
St. Joseph
West Michigan
Vandalia Line
Wabash Ave
Milwaukee—River St
E. Water St. Bridge
Joseph
E A Graham
North Water St
J H Graham
Pres’t
Benton Harbor, Mich
P. W. Hebebrand
Pres
Ohio Pipe Covering Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Miles
Nervine
Allists
Renee Ole
Dr. Miles Medical Company
Elkhart
Montgomery Ward & CO
Mich. Ave
Madison St
Owen L
Carr Auditor Rush Co
Allen W Newsom
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