Gas and oil excitement spreads in Indiana county
Terre Haute May 6 reports say Eastern interests seek five year leases on northern county lands with option for twenty five years. Leases allow drilling at lessee's choice with one eighth of products if oil or gas is struck. Secrecy noted and thousands of acres already leased. Coal Bluff Mining Co. cited as holding outlet land. Also reports on Western League games and multiple local murder, inquest and accident notes.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Coal Bluff Mining Company
Terre Haute
McDonad
Rioombeep
Jesse Mavity
Henry McDonald
Linton
Greene
Mavity
McDonald
W. L. Slinkard
Grief-Hill
Actor Grau Receives 25th Year Impresario Gift
After Le Cid at the Metropolitan Opera House New York the company presented Gran Grau with a 360 piece ebony dinner silver set and a $1000 check from stockholders. A framed resolution from Abbey Schoeffel Grau and a cane from Andrew Boyd were also given along with a cable from Sarah Bernhardt. Varieties of Sponges noted the diverse tropical sources و depths of the most valuable specimens.
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Grau
Metropolitan Opera House & Real Estate Company
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Andrew Boyd
Sarah Bernhardt
Princess Henrietta to Celebrate Silver Wedding
The aunt of the German empress, Princess Henrietta of Schleswig Holstein, who wed her physician Prof. von Esmarch, is nearing her silver wedding anniversary. The dialogue references a front door miscalled as a storm door in a New York Tribune item.
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Henrietta
Schleswig-Holstein
Prof. von Esmarch
Enduring Truths and Quips From Yon kers Statesman
A jumble of quotes and wry maxims on life, knowledge, and social conduct from the Yon kers Statesman. It notes that desire for knowledge becomes a habit, that comforts define success, and that family Bible mishaps slow memory. It also shows a cynical exchange and hints at a wary outlook on moral schemes.
Do You Know Your ABCs Weird Alphabet for Immigrants
Robert W. Mason proposes a Cosmo-Roman alphabet of 45 characters to aid immigrants in learning English and reading the New Testament. He plans dual-text Bibles with English and the new signs, printed in 20 languages on the title page to welcome newcomers at U.S. ports. The system reconfigures vowels and consonants, introduces new signs for digraphs, and merges foreign sounds into single symbols to simplify pronunciation.
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Robert W. Mason
New York
Boston
United States
Earth
Mason
New Alphabet Proposes 20 Vowel Signs Aimed at Immigrants
A discussion of a proposed reform by Mr. Mason to create a phonetic English alphabet with twenty vowels including fourteen simple sounds and four diphthongs. The system features new signs for A and E sounds and two symbols for Lk and LJ like consonants. Endorsers include several college and church figures. A separate note recalls a Belgian legacy tied to elaborate dining etiquette.
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Mason
Europe
Michael Burnham
Charles Jacobus
T. W. Hawkes
S. H. Lee
D. D
Springfield
Mass
Joshua Coit
E. FE. Strong
James B. Bell
Boston
Alvab Hovey
J. B. Thomas
Newton Center
F. J. Childs
D. G. Lyon
Alexander McKenzie
Cambridge
A Chameleon Eyes A Lilliputian Nightmare Creature
A grotesque chameleon with a three sided head and dual rolling eyeballs stares from a strange headpiece. Its ability to change color and the eerie motion of its eyes create a uncanny spectacle that amuses and unsettles observers.
Uncle Sam origin tale and Greece contrasted in travel notes
The article recounts Samuel Wilson as the origin of Uncle Sam and moves to a broad, opinionated comparison between ancient and modern Greece. It notes population shifts, military history, and Greek character, praising shrewdness and wanderlust while criticizing excessive factionalism.
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Mark Twain
Acropolis
Greece
Athens
Europe
Piraeus
Santesta
Pericles
Spero
Marath
George
Demosthenes
Dored
Philip
Macedon
Hellas
Buffalo
Marathon
United States
Xerxes
Mahaffy
T Bollies
Kapnikaraca
Hermes Street
Odysseus
Mediterranean
Croesus
Promethea
Jove
Vors
Ce Walker LO
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Porraxp
Lake Erie & Western
Ohio Line
Fort Recovery
Autos
John Lentz
Tin-Plate Company
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de Pauw
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Daniel W. Voorhees
Old Asbury
B. F. Rawlins
Indiana
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N. Y. Tribune
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Uncle Sam
New Yorker
Samuel Wilson
Elbert Anderson
Lbert Anderson
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St. Nicholas
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Walker Loveland
France
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