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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
3
West Bound and East Bound schedules list arrival times with notes on flag stops. Agent G H Hughes provides details for connections to Effingham, Apolissengers, and points beyond as applicable.
The notice discusses ad deadline rules and paid locals, then comments on June graduates and air travel fantasies. It notes Indianapolis penalties on fireworks and anticipates a Fourth celebration with a morning parade and municipal displays.
The Ben Harrison Camp Sons of Veterans pass a resolution urging a statewide petition against desecration of Memorial Day. The petition, starting in Indianapolis, will circulate across the state through the G. A. R. and patriotic groups seeking to bar certain sports on the holiday.
A Pittsburg picnic finder wrapped a hornet nest in newspaper and took it home. On a streetcar the wrapper came off, releasing a swarm that caused pandemonium as passengers tumbled from the car before it was stopped. The nest owner did not claim the nest.
Gov Marshall suggests unifying the state house and Purdue laboratories under one head to free time for field work and to streamline the entomologist and experiment station for greater efficiency and lower cost.
The Rev. Joshua Stansfield of Meridian Street M E Church in Indianapolis is mentioned for a bishop role at the General Conference in Minneapolis next May. The Tie Her ALD editor, who knows Dr Stansfield well, believes he would be a worthy, earnest, capable appointee.
The death of Carrie Nation ends a notable crusade against Kansas saloons. Her estate valued at 10000 dollars primarily funds a home for drunkards wives and widows illustrating her public spirited aims.
Two men argue over Baptist and Presbyterian merits as they seek which church leads to salvation. A passing neighbor offers a blunt analogy comparing the choice to routes to a mill, one through the valley and one over the hill, highlighting common ground in religious differences.
The text urges constant vigilance against flies spreading illness. It stresses screening doors and windows, keeping flies away from food areas, and avoiding bringing disease into homes. Prompt screen installation is championed as a key health precaution.
Mrs Lena Phillips entertained her Sunday School class on Wednesday evening, inviting attendees to enjoy a social and spiritual gathering at her home.
A Varian school teacher was arrested after tying the arms of a 14 year old boy and a 12 year old girl who were whispering during class. The act occurred during school hours and left the students fainting. The case has not yet been tried.
At a Tottenham inquest an elder brother testified that four year old Frank Bloom of Walthamstow drowned in the River Lea while reaching for a cork. He said a nearby man refused to help claiming he had his best clothes on.
A satirical piece contrasts thriftism with a dealer’s claim of economy, noting a man who judges his wife by her bar gains. The excerpt weaves in a bank statement ending with an affirmation by J Phillips Cashier and notary seals, dated 1915 in Hendricks County Indiana.
The Campaniles of St Mark and Pisa were begun in the twelfth century. The leaning towers rise 179 feet high with a diameter of 51 feet eight inches, cylindrical in shape, exteriors of white marble and interiors of Verruca stone.
Epigraph presents James Russell Lowell on gifts of daily life and practice as the true measure of truth taking possession of a person. The maxim contrasts gifts of words and money with a life lived in consistent truth.
Sealskins are becoming rare with prices climbing from about five dollars per skin forty years ago to around forty dollars today. The shift reflects ongoing scarcity and rising demand for fur products in the market.
The University of Santo Tomas in Manila is cited as the oldest educational institution under the American flag.
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