Republican delegate convention to meet in Indianapolis 1908
Pursuant to state committee order Republicans invite delegates to Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis April 1 and 2 1908 to adopt a platform nominate state and district officers and elect national delegates and electors. Delegates 1457 required 734 for choice with articles on district meetings and committee selections.
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Republican State Committee
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Ocleck A.m
Supreme Court
Fifth District
Appellate Court
First District
Fred A. Sims
Vermillion County
State House
Pam
Claypool
Levine
Republica Press
Inshallah Promises in Moorish Cloth Trade Tale
A Gibraltar cloth vendor recounts a Moorish buyer who vows to pay in 60 days with Inshallah. The seller notes the phrase allows evading faith by blaming God when promises fail, illustrating cross cultural attitudes toward oaths and commerce.
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East
Gibraltar
Inshallah
Together Hand in Hand We Walk Life's Rugged Hill
Poem celebrating enduring marriage and shared life through hardship and joy. The speaker pledges lifelong support, mutual comfort, and unity as they face fate together from youth to eternal rest, stressing love as solace.
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Dearte
Prodigies at Early Ages Among Great Musicians
The article traces astonishing early starts in music history. Elgar showed prodigy status by age twelve while Samuel Wesley Franz Schubert Handel Vieuxtemps and others began composing or performing in childhood. It notes Halle Liszt Chopin Rubenstein and Mozart achieving public performance or composition by ages five to nine.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward
Samuel Wesley
Franz Schubert
Handel
Vieuxtemps
Charles Halle
Liszt
Chopin
Rubenstein
Halle
Joachim
Mozart
Women’s Rights in Brazil Called a Curse on Illiteracy
Edward B. Norris, an English resident of Rio de Janeiro, argues illiteracy in Brazil reaches 80 percent with only one in five men and one in twenty women able to read. He laments the country’s lack of modern enterprise and warns of the low status of women as chattels, noting early marriages and women silenced by husbands.
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Brazil
Edward B. Norris
Rio Janeiro
Republic
Cotton as a Food Becomes Possible With Cotton Sugar
Absorbent cotton composed of cellulose can be converted into grape sugar by sulfuric acid. The Red Cross Notes claim future cheap transformation of cellulose into starch could turn absorbent cotton into a food source, ending famines and high food prices.
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Red Cross
Angel charity sparks city settlement visit
A city settlement worker tours a crowded tenement where children ask for the angel who visited last week. The youngster Tommy Tuff explains a woman gave one child a nickel to wash his face. The scene contrasts cleanliness and poverty in springtime.
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Tommy Tuff
Gladstone head growth linked to enduring youth claims
The fragment notes Canon Mac Cochle’s remark that Mr. Gladstone’s head growth was a sign of perpetual youth. It mentions late 19th century commentary on brain size and aging, with references to a near 70 year old figure and ongoing measurements.
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Canon Mace
Mr. Gladstone
Canon MacCocll
Between and Between Fer and Pigh
A tourist asks how far to the next town and receives a dialect laden reply style comparing distances. The exchange highlights rural speech and humorous vagueness about distance.
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Lippincott’s
The Poor Box Tale Of A Town Butchered Tobacco Joke
A smart clerk plays a prank on a persistent town visitor by feeding him a leather plug soaked in tobacco and molasses. The man pits his teeth against the mock chaw and concludes his aging gums cannot bite it, deciding to retire from work and deed the farm.
Miller’s sensitive skin leads to lost union suit
Miller, a man with a delicate temperament and skin, sought a smooth undergarment at a State street store. He tested several union suits, demanded guarantees against irritation, and left without the garment after vouching for a guaranteed softness.
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Miller
Rag Time Ramblings On Spring Gags And Gardens
A collection of light verse and quips about spring, gardening, and daily life. Jokes touch on garden seeds makework, the vanity of genius, and comic observations on cab drivers and dogs, with a playful tone and homey humor.
Red hair noted as Scots trait in large survey
A scientist reports from a color survey of over 50,000 Scottish school children that red hair appears more in the northeast and Grampians region, but Scotland shows no single dominant hair color. Dark and fair are equal, brown is common, and red hair is about 5 percent overall. Some links to Tacitus and possible non racial factors are mentioned.
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Grampians
Scotland
Germany
Sweden
Italy
Continent
Tacitus
Geometry and memory aid a craftsman tale from Milwaukee
A Milwaukee writer recalls using a 15 year old geometry lesson to plane five eighths inch wood for hexagonal flower stands with 16 inch tops. He cites Daniel Webster on dormant facts and notes how useful learning can become later.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Daniel Webster
Funny Stories Cure a Morbid Businessman Health Tale
A Baltimore physician prescribes a course of funny stories at meals to a overworked businessman. The patient, once solemn and gloomy, embraces the humor and recovers, as laughter is described as a cheap, effective medicine that revives mind and body.
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Baltimore
When Like Cures Like
A New York Press quote describes a woman noting that living with a cigarette fiend cured her of smoking. She recalls waking to matches, breathing smoke, and wanting to throw the smoker out, concluding she is cured and will not smoke again.
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New York Press
Curious Cyclone in Japan Bulletin
Prof Omori reports a regular phenomenon near Tokio linked to a cyclone pass. The seismological observatory recorded tilting of the earth as the storm approached and after it moved away. He attributes the effect to suction at the storm lowering atmospheric pressure and disturbing the sea bottom.
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Japan
Omori
Tokio
Parents Held Responsible For Child Health Rules
New York adopts strict health rules for school children and makes parents liable for their children’s health. Proponents call it common justice against neglect, noting some parents fail to provide adequate clothing food or care even when funds permit.
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New York
Vermillion Court Sets March 1908 Hearing in Quiet Title
Vermillion circuit court in Newport schedules March term for John S. Wright vs Lewis Leduc et al to quiet title. Notices target numerous defendants and heirs unknown. appearance due March 16 1908. Also Josie Runyan seeks name change to Josie Little with hearing March 24 1908.
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County
Vermillion Circuit Court
John S. Wright
Lewis Leduc
Lewis LeDue
Stephen B. Gardner
William Hart
Eli Newlin
Amos W. Cole
Daniel B. Cole
James J. Cole
Spencer K. Hunter
William Hunter
Elisha G. Earnhart
Elisan Earnhart
Elijah Earnhart
John B. Rupp
Henry Bruce, Jr
Mary Bruce
Eli M. Bruce
Sallie E. Bruce
William Resor
Mary T. Resor
David Sinton
E. M. Bruce
Elisha Earnhart
John B. Rupe
Eli
Circuit Court
Indiana
Newport
State OF
Josie Runyan
Josie Little
Josizk” Runyan
Horse Blanket Ad At Harlan,AMS & Higgins
A brief classified notice invites readers to buy a blanket for a horse. The ad mentions a free line at Harlan a, ams and Higgins with no additional details.
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Harlan A, Ams & Higgins
Public Auction at the Phillip Webster Place near Libertyville
George Jared sells February 14 1908 at the Phillip Webster place one mile east of Libertyville three miles west of New Goshen. Seven horses two cows sixteen hogs farming implements and miscellaneous items with nine month credit options and cash discounts. Auctioneers H. U. Borer listed.
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Libertyville
New Goshen
Phillip Webster
Belgium
George Jared. H. UO. Borer
Second Hand Store Ad Listing in Town
A small notice for Second Hand Store run by S. Workman at Bridge and Main Street offers buying and selling of second hand goods in the local market.
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S. Workman
Bridge and Main Street
Real Estate Security Co Offers Incentives in County
A representative for a large real estate corporation solicits county residents with special inducements to become financially interested. The Real Estate Security Co located in the Fort Dearborn Building, Chicago, Illinois, handles the offers and arrangements.
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the Real Estate Security Co
Fort Dearborn
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Srain
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Southeast Corner Bridge and Main Streets
Warren Harrison
Wm. F. Wells
Joseph W. Amis
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Zemo
Rose Medicine CO
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