Klansmen Parade Through Terre Haute on Armistice Day Night
From the Terre Haute Post April 11 1925 a crowd gathered as 500 Klansmen marched along Wabash avenue from 18th street to the courthouse. A masked speaker claimed to be an Indiana Protestant minister denouncing crimes and social ills while urging Klan principles. The pageant ended with robed participants leaving in cars after a fiery cross procession.
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Terre Haute
Herrin
Ku Klux Klan
Anderson
Cooper Chapel Community Notices Brighten Week
Sunday services at Cooper Chapel drew solid attendance. Mont Allen from Kingman stays with grandmother Mrs. Hattie Clodfelder. The Shumaker family hosted Sunday dinner. Neighbors attended Bower sale near Cates last Thursday. Mrs. Susie Allen visited Mrs. Frank Allen. Dewey Yee and family visited Charles Woodrow. Dewey Babb and Miss Lela Clodfelder traveled to Kingman. Mrs. Glen Gose, recently ill, is improving. Minnie Clodfelder visits Howard and Mrs. Clodfelder near Perrysville. Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Pearl Grahood. Dewey Babb and Fred Stanton went to Danville. Bebb bought a new Ford.
City Grants Franchise to Wabash Electric Company
The city council promulgates an ordinance granting a franchise to the Wabash Electric Company to operate and serve local electric utility services.
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The
Wabash Electric Company
Tanlac praised by Indianapolis woman in testimonial
Mrs N J Reysell of 3150 Kenwood Ave Indianapolis says Tanlac cured her nervous weakness poor appetite headaches and sleeplessness. She reports feeling healthy happy and maintains Tanlac as family medicine. Tanlac marketed by all good druggists with over 35 million bottles sold.
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Tanlac
N. J .Reysell
Kenwood Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Taniac
Local Nevis Mayor Rateliff Transacts Business in Town
Veedersburg local notes report Mayor Rateliff of Nevis conducting business here on Tuesday. Items mention farm activity as oats sowing progresses and plowing for corn, plus social visits and several personal notices across Covington and nearby areas.
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Rateliff
Veedersburg
Covington Republication Ownership Report April 1 1923
Statement of Ownership Management etc for the Covington Republican weekly Covington Indiana April 1 1923. Publisher Editor and owner are T A Clifton of Covington Indiana with all roles listed. No bonds or securities holding 1 percent or more reported. Sworn before Notary O M Gardner April 16 1923.
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Covington
Indiana
State of Indiana
Fountain County
Thomas A. Clifton
T. A. Clifton
Mortagees
Retire See Engle and Evans Advertisement
Work on the new Standard Oil Station began by contractor Fine Boggs on Monday. Mrs T A Clifton spent Tuesday afternoon in Veedersburg with friends.
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Belle Bilsland
Engle & Evans
Standard Oil
Fine Boggs
T. A. Clifton
Veedersburg
Notice to Breeders at Covington Fair Ground
Keeper announces top stallions and jacks for the season at Covington Fair Ground with daily demonstrations. Public urged to come see the animals and breeders invited to inspect the stock.
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Jacks
Covington Fair Ground
FD. Hunt
Go in Business Ad Seeks Man for Chicago Territory
Chicago Company seeks qualified man to manufacture and distribute Snofruit Chemical Heat and other products in this territory. Earn $30 to $40 daily and $300 to $50 required, fully secured. Wire or write qualifications to President Five South Wabash Room 1804 Chicago.
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Chicago
South Wabash
Indiana Postmasters Exam Set For May 12
The civil service commission designated May 12 as the examination date for selecting Indiana postmasters at Boswell Orleans Roachdale and Veedersburg third class offices paying 1400 to 2100 a year. Candidates may take the written test at Cannelton Crawfordsville Fowler Greencastle or Mitchell.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Indiana
Boswell
Orleans
Roachdale
Veedersburg
Cannelton
Crawfordsville
Fowler
Greencastle
Mitchell
Arbor Day Observed In City Schools
Arbor Day will be observed in city schools with an appropriate program. The boys in all grades will plant trees on school grounds to replace many large trees that are dying.
The President Signs Names Through The Year
A report notes that the U.S. president must sign his name roughly twenty thousand times annually reflecting ceremonial duties and official paperwork.
Should Be Real Partners It Is Not So Nearly True
A Philadelphia Record excerpt argues that while women influence many finances and decisions, men still hold chief agencies for earnings and that persuasion rather than coercion governs public and private dealings. It notes men resist being driven to unwelcome choices but are often swayed by persuasive argument.
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Philadelphia Record
Horseracing in the Desert at Basrah Meet
The Basrah autumn horserace meet in Mesopotamia draws natives and Europeans to a new brick grandstand with Persian rug benches. Trainers stewards and the totalisator gather behind the grandstand as a dusty paddock hosts stables and betting crowds amid heat warding sheds.
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Mesopotamia
Tibetans Trade Wool For Indian Goods In High Mountain Market
Tibetan sheep owners barter fleece for tea rice and cotton goods at Patseo Tibet. Traders trek to a valley at 13 000 feet and stockpile packed fleece ropes tied on pack animals. The wool, resembling buffalo robes, is sheared mid July and carried to camps high in the mountains.
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Patseo
Tibet
Designing the Great Seal and Its Founding Moment
A historical note recalls July 4 1776 when Franklin Adams and Jefferson debated symbols for the seal. Franklin urged Moses parting the Red Sea, Adams chose Hercules, Jefferson favored the guiding of the Israelites. The seal with the eagle was finally adopted on June 20 1782.
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United States
Franklin
Adams
Jefferson
Moses
Red Sea
Hercules
Children of Israel
America
Were-Wolf Legend in Hampshire England
Folklore endures in Hampshire with villagers fearing a field path on the downs said to be haunted by a werewolf. An old woman recalls warnings from ancestors about a creature appearing as a large dog before vanishing when approached. Reports describe reluctance to cross at dusk and sightings of a doglike figure.
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England
Hampshire
Downs
Hy F Ahways
Salt Farm Mystery Beside Melrose Abbey Ruins
The Melrose abbey ruins on the River Tweed in Scotland, founded in the 12th century, are described as a Second Pointed style treasure and burial site for notable figures. The Salt Farm region of California is also discussed, detailing vast salt basins, annual salt yields, and heat dangers in June as Indian workers harvest salt.
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Melrose Abbey
Ruiins
Tweed
Scotland
du Caties
Edinburgh
Davie ST
Earl of Elertform
Melrose
Michael Scott
Alexander II
Johanna
Willis Douglas
St. Waltheof
Robert Bruce
Thraush
California
Siat
Beginnings of the American Public School System
The article traces early public education in America from Purmont’s 1634 Boston schoolmastering grant to the Boston Latin School and notes Massachusetts 1647 acts requiring towns of 50 families to hire teachers and larger townships to establish grammar schools. These steps laid the foundation for public schooling.
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Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Philemon Purmont
Purmont
Boston Latin School
New England
General Court of
The Idyl in Poetry: Varieties and Examples
The idyl contrasts with major poetry types by offering a reduced, delicate depiction of a chosen scene or theme. It spans pastoral, domestic, social, and heroic subjects, with examples including Ruth, Tobit, Burn's Cotter’s Saturday Night, Esther, Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and Greek or French practice.
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Spenser
Theocritus
Burn
Cotter
Tennyson
C. M Gayley
Oldest American coal mines and early discoveries
The earliest coal sites in the United States include bituminous fields near Richmond Virginia. Anthracite was first found in Rhode Island in 1760, then in Wyoming valley Pennsylvania in 1762. The Schuylkill beds were found by 1770 and by 1775 Pennsylvania ferried coal down the Susquehanna to Harrisburg for Arsenal works.
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America
Richmond
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Government of
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Harris Ferry
Arsenal
Carlisle
Moist and Dry Air Weights and Foggy Air Comparison
Dry air is slightly heavier than ordinary humid air and foggy or smoky air. The number of air molecules in a given volume equals that of water vapor at the same conditions, so introducing water into dry air displaces air molecules. Since nitrogen weighs more than water vapor, replacing heavier air with lighter vapor makes the total weight lower. Foggy air is likely heavier than dry air.
Thirteenth Wife Leaves After Short Stay
In a terse exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript a maid notes she is the thirteenth wife to leave this year. She explains she came to “get it over with” as one leaves tonight, highlighting a string of rapid marriages.
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Jane
Boston Evening Transcript
Signs of Love Read in a Dark Room
Conversation reveals mutual affection as Miss Wise asks if he loves her and Miss Guy confirms the signs are readable even in low light. The exchange emphasizes obvious, nonverbal cues of romance.
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Wise
Guy
North End Table Seating Adopted By New York Clubs
New York clubs adopt the north end of the table as a signal to staff for breakfast seating between 11 and luncheon. A steward explains that late morning arrivals are asked if they want breakfast or luncheon, placing breakfast diners at the north end and luncheon arrivals at the south. This system reduces service confusion by matching different table layouts and menus to the meal.
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New York
Army and Navy
Washington
New York Sun
Man From Prince Edward Island Defends Island Name
A Nova Scotian traveler in a Boston hotel refuses to concede the island’s spelling. The amused clerk asks for his origin and the guest insists Prince Edward Island is the only island of that name, insisting on the correct map reference.
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Prince Edward Island
Boston
Prinee Edward Island
Sleepers Word Origin in Railways and Ships
An explanation on the term sleepers shows its broader use beyond railways as timber or metal laid horizontally. The piece traces the word to the Norwegian ship meaning timber or stone laid for dragging and surface support, noting naval workers adapted it to English while building railways and ships share etymology.
Animal pedometers in horses through hair whorls
The hair whorls and crests on horses and other animals may act as animal pedometers, recording locomotive activity. The domestic horse shows the best examples, including the graceful feathering at the flank hollow and crests on the chest and other body parts.
Portly-Riche and the Bropsons In Charity Snub
A quip from the London Mail contrasts Mrs Portly-Riche and the Bropsons who refuse charity. The exchange notes they have money to give only in appearance and mocks their stinginess in a humorous social jab.
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Kingman
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Frank Allen
Dewey Yee
Charles Woodrow
Dewey Babb
Lela Clodfelder
Glen Gose
Minnie Clodfelder
Howard Clodfelder
Perrysville
Ladies Aid Society of
Cooper ‘Chapel
Pearl. Grahood
Fred Stanton
Danville
Mr. Bebb
Mrs. Russell
Nevis
Frank Faust
Ben Bilstand
the Grione
McGeorge
Jennie Lacey
Ninth St
Coving_ton
Harry Burnside
Laura M. Little
Covington, Ind
Joseph Nelson
Wisconsin
John Schmelig
Denver, Colo
Holder
Schmelig
James Taylor
Liberty St
Ode Hickman
Ode
Harry
J. W. McMahon
Harry S. New
Fletcher Martin
Florida
O. M. Gardner
Marion Davies
Lyric’ Theatre
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Astoria
Saltea
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