Call for Republican State Convention 1912 Indiana
Republican State Central Committee calls Indiana Republicans to a delegate convention at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis on August 6 1912 to adopt a platform nominate electors and candidates for statewide offices and organize for the November 1912 election. Delegates apportioned by county votes with total 1439. 720 needed for a choice. Delegates to meet August 2 3 1912 counties. district meetings August 5 1912 in Indianapolis. Fred A Simms and E T Staley sign.
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Indiana
Republican State Central Committee
Tomlingon Hall
Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
U.h
Otis E. Gulley
Fountain County
Warren County
Republican County Central Committee
State House
Fred A Simms
E. T. Staley
Call for Republican Congressional Convention in Crawfordsville
A Republican delegate convention in Crawfordsville is called for August 2 or 3 1912 at 10 a.m. The 248 delegates are apportioned by counties based on votes for Otis E Gully in November 1910. Each county may appoint alternates. County chairs will fix meeting hours and places and publish notices in Republican newspapers. Signed Charles J Wheeler District Chairman.
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Otis E. Gulley
Republican Central Committee
Republican County Central Committee
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Advertisement
Deal offering one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin and J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with testimonials and retail price 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
J. Cheney & Co
Johu D. Marcin Offers Paint and Wallpaper Services
To all whom it may concern the willing craftsman Johu D Marcin with 46 years experience in renovating offers house painting and papering for old and new customers. Work performed in a workmanship manner with samples of wallpaper displayed Covington Indiana corner Pearl and South streets.
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Johu D. Marcin
Covington
Ind
Pearl and
Sth Streets
Half Shirt Wisecrack From a London Sermon
A young minister praised his half shirt in a sermon on worldly vanities. Next day a parishioner sent brand new shirts, prompting the rector to recall his comment and the donor to explain that the other half was in front.
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London
In Amazon Jungle Life Where Ants and Spiders Go On
A narrator recalls Algot Lange's travels in Brazil describing tiny pests and giant dangerous spiders. Ants invade hammocks and tables while a large six inch spider, a feared habitat lodger, resists multiple attempts at destruction and keeps occupying the hut amid attempts with hammer and pistol.
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Algot Lange
Brazil
Amazon Jungle
Moon Phases and the Lunar Month Timings
The moon's phases arise from its position relative to earth and sun. Full moon moments align globally, while the lunar month averages twenty-nine days, twelve hours, and forty-four minutes due to earth's orbit. The dark of the moon is the period when the moon shines least at night.
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Earth
Cinnamon trade and production in Ceylon outlined
The article explains that most cinnamon comes from Ceylon. Trees are kept under ten feet tall. Harvesting occurs twice yearly. Branches of three to five years are cut and bark scraped off. Bark is sliced and sun-dried into quills. Oil diffuses through bark during drying, imparting aroma and flavor.
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Ceylon
Moisture in the Air and Temperature Effect
The passage explains how air holds water depending on temperature. Warm air around 75 degrees Fahrenheit can saturate with about eight to ten drops per cubic foot, while cooler air near 20 degrees requires only one full drop to saturate the same volume.
The Bargain Book Tale of Saint Jerome Picture
In Jerningham and Bettany's The Bargain Book a poor fruit retailer and her three children face eviction. A small dim painting of Saint Jerome, inherited from the grandmother, is sold at auction. A bidding duel between a painter and a connoisseur drives the price to 600 guilders and beyond, revealing it to be an original Raphael that rescues the family from ruin.
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C. E. W. Jerningham
Lewis Bettany
St Jerome
St. Jerome
Jerome
Raphael
Family Mealtime Jollity Fails To Bloom
Mr Wackhard reads a paper urging laughter at meals and tries to spark cheer around the table. He orders his family to tell stories and be merry, with the girls to talk and the boys to laugh. The effort feels strained as the jollity appears forced.
Gilbert Mot Sees Barrett in Stratford Twist
After days away from London Gilbert enters the Savage club and is hailed. He explains he went to Birmingham to see Wilson Barrett as Hamlet. The reply parries about the production, noting it was funny and not vulgar.
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Gilbert
London
Savage Club
Birmingham
Wilson Barrett
Mexican courtship described as bear walking and staring
A Mexican courtship tale explains a man walking up and down the street opposite a woman's window and staring for days. If his appearance pleases, she appears at the window, then meets her father and, after marriage arrangements, the couple proceed. The initial strolling is called doing the bear.
No Brighter. Lessons Between Father And Son
A governor recalls his childhood discipline saying he was thrashed whenever he disobeyed his father. The young interviewer remarks that he has not learned easier than the governor did, highlighting a paternal teaching moment.
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U. K
Detroit Free Press
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U. S. Patent Office
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Fatory Direct
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