Deaf Boy Learns with Special Training at Indiana School
Ten year old Jess Liston, deaf, blind, and mute, shows progress under Ms. Nettie Newell at the Indiana Institution for the Deaf after Governor McCray funds. He now bows, kisses, and reads simple letters by touch, with delight in a camera and a radiator as learning tools.
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Jess Liston
Indiana Institution For the Education of the Deaf
O. M. Pittenger
Indiana
McCray
Jess
Nettie Newell
Hyhi
Logansport
Apple
Miss Newell
Vumbie
Tie
Destitute American Soldiers Repatriated With German Wives
Twenty one former U S soldiers, seventeen with German wives and children, left Coblenz for Paris and on to Cherbourg to sail for the United States with other repatriated Americans. Rhineland Post 700 funds eleven Rhineland-born children sent to the U S. A December 5 return trip from Paris is planned for another group of destitute veterans.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Covlenz
Paris
Cherbourg
United States
American Relief Association In
America
Rhineland
Rhineland Post 700
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Germany
Thanksgiving Prayer Verses by Lundy Engleman
A devotional verse poem thanking God for rain and sunshine, health and strength, and national unity in praise. It closes with a blessing to give thanks at the festal table. Signed by Lundy Engleman of New Albany, followed by an advertisement line for Snow White Flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy Engleman
New Albany
Reader complains the paper misses the mark
A Waterbury American reader lambasts the newspaper for lacking useful content and ignoring readers needs while claiming to devour every issue from weddings and social events to ads and notices. He vows to visit the paper to set them straight.
Holiday Shopping Boost at The Christmas Store
The Christmas Store promotes new season items as an ideal time for holiday shopping. Shoppers are urged to check fresh arrivals and seasonal specials for gifts and decorations.
Two Foolish Jackasses At Miles Variety Store
A humorous verse recounts two stubborn jackasses who refuse to unite yet end up sharing hay and forming a bond. The poem closes with a sunset scene and a playful moral about cooperation. The line ends with a store signature, N-22-2-w Miles' Variety Store.
Potatoes Drop to West 20–30 Cents Bushel in West
Department of Agriculture reports potato prices at rock bottom with farmers paying diggers and some leaving crop in the ground. The note adds a quip about a pre election tariff effect on prices.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Corydon Republican
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O’coats
Kerseys
Raglans
White House
Pittenger
New Middletown Milling Co
Chester Arthur Saffer
Kirlow
Mystic River
Christ
Sister Dessie
New Middletown
God
Waterbury American
Jackasses
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