Rush County Republican Nominating Candidates Announced
Announcements name Jesse M. Stone Ripley township as Auditor candidate and Geo W Looney Jr Union township for Auditor for one term both subject to Republican nominating convention. Also Ora V Herkless for Surveyor, Frank Catt for County Surveyor, Henry B Guilin for Representative, Clara L Bebout for Sheriff, John C Blackiidge for County Treasurer, and Charles H Kelso for County Commissioner Southern district all subject to the convention decisions.
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Jesse M. Stone
Ripley Township
Rush County
Geo. W. Looney Jr
Union Township
Ora v. Herkless
Frank Catt
Henry B. Guilin
Clara L. Bebout
Walker Township
John C. Blackiidge
Southein
Charles H. Kelso
Richland Township
Tinner on Roof Inspires Busy Poet in Garret
A tinning worker perched on a roof presses a fragile skylight, sending the timer into a garret where a poor poet keeps a pile of verse manuscripts. The poet greets the incident, writes a rapid line on his typewriter, and sells it for breakfast money.
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Jie
Baltimore American
Fragmentary courtroom exchange noted in transcript
In a tersely recorded moment a judge and two speakers debate a prior statement. Mr Thompson repeats a message from last week while Mrs Thompson and Mrs Thozip react anxiously. The fragment ends with a caution not to reveal information again.
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Mr .Thompson—Jones
Mrs. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Go Together At The Store In A Quiet Exchange
A Princeton Tiger note recounts a shopper at a counter who receives a pack age and wanders off while the clerk suggests needing hose with the lawn purchase. The brief scene captures a mundane domestic moment.
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Princeton Tiger
Civil service tale of a hopeful applicant
Assistant Trestmaster Knowles recalls a civil service tale about a bright but restless applicant who doubted the examination. The man claimed indifference to distances and quitted after being asked how far Philadelphia is from Chicago, saying he would walk to deliver mail.
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Trestmaster Knowles
Hladelphia
Chicago
iLoa
Farang
Philzdelphia Press
Beggar and Starter Scott Wage Quip Over Sixpence
A fragment from a period publication recounts Starter Scott Lied telling of being approached by an Irish beggar in the street. The beggar pressed for a sixpence, and Scott, laughing, paid sixpence while joking that the man would repay him. The exchange ends with the beggar wishing him good fortune until repaid.
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Scott
The Morning After Tee Tale Sparks Odd Exchange
A cryptic exchange recalls a playful postgame moment with Tye and Brice as hints of a mischievous tee gag surface. The dialogue hints at a tense playful mood and possible inside joke among players.
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Tye
Tee
Brice
Tuck
Humor and World Facts From Antique Column
A fragment from a period miscellany lists varied items such as racial dialect humor, educational costs, colonial and imperial notes, and curious anecdotes. Entries mention Boston school costs per pupil, U S Cuba trade, Emile de Quanten's death, a French armored cruiser Ernest Rejan, Alaska’s roads, and a Lake Tahoe fishing tale with a tall lake-widener punchline.
Bright heiress teases princesses over scandalous conduct
In a Chicago Record-Herald note, an American heiress quips that rival princesses dating music teachers and coachmen are fodder for tabloids. Her friend asks how she can excuse the behavior, adding that each escape fuels new titles on the market.
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Pracade
Aiverta
Chicaga Record- Herald
Do you trust the reformed cannibals says missionary
A newly arrived missionary asks if one should trust reformed cannibals and recalls sitting at a meal offered mock turtle soup, as the judge notes. The exchange highlights caution and suspicion in unfamiliar cultures.
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Aya
Magnificent Picture In Which the Best of Old Masters Meets Modern Art
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition presents an ivory white palace complex with Renaissance inspired architecture. Builders cite classical forms from Parthenon pediments to Taj Mahal domes, detailing varied designs for Education, Manufactures, Liberal Arts, Machinery and Government pavilions, with Tudor Gothic and art nouveau touches throughout. Educational displays will feature live demonstrations by model training schools, blind and deaf education methods, university laboratories, telescopes, and global showcases of school life and higher education.
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United States
Greece
Rome
Palaee of Education
Palace of Agriculture
France
Versailles
Germany
Charlottenburg
Great Britain
Kensington Palace
London
Japan
Nagoya
China
Prince Pu Lun
Belgium
Antwerp
Mexico
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Jersey
General Washington
Morristown
Connecticut
Sigourney
Hartfor
Virginia
Montila
Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Texas
Washington
Oregon
Concessions
St. Louis
Palace of Education
Loys
New York
Cleveland
United Sta
Education featured prominently at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Claude H Wetmore notes the Education building dominates the fair with use constructed school life displays. The Federal Agriculture department funds experimental stations illustrating soil fertilizing and crop handling. Exhibits emphasize practical agricultural education, with accessible facilities and comfortable viewing spaces for visitors.
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Claude H. Wetmore
Chicago
Paris
St. Louis
Taling
Agricultural Department
Congress
Grand Basin
Cascades
Palace of Education
World Fair at St Louis Near Opening Date Despite Weather
Large numbers of workers are active on the Exposition grounds with April 30 opening approaching. All major exhibit palaces are nearly complete with sculpture and decorative work underway. Japan Brazil and China are advancing fast on replicas and structures, while the Intramural railway opens January 27 to shuttle visitors across the 40 acre grounds.
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St. Louis
Dizzy Heights
Liberal Arts
Ilall
Cascade
St Peter's
Rome
St. Paul's
London
Creat Beain
Grand Trianon
France
Mexico
Germany
Chark Icnburg
Japan
Nagoya
Brazil
Rkentels
China
Peking
United States
Agricultural Plans Completed by U S Government Agent
Mr James L Farmer chief special agent of the United States Government board World's Fair has completed plans for the exhibit of colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts and experiment stations He secured space in the Educational building for most of the display aimed at southern planters.
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James L. Farmer
Tennessee
United States Government Board
Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and Experiment Stations
Four or Five Seeds Romance Charm In Dialog
A playful exchange from a New York parody column features two girls debating love signals a girl with a ring and a girl with bulging rompa dour share a jokey charm about seeds on a stove revealing a suitor, while a father and son joke about reflections and science in a mirror.
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Papa
Pop
Little Willie
New York
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