Young Taft Lionized for Holiday Social Round in Washington
Master Charles Taft, son of the president, enjoyed an active holiday schedule in Washington. He attended a luncheon at Mrs. Benjamin Macon’s, a tea hosted by Miss Squire, a dinner at Mrs. John C. Hewson’s, and a Washington club dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Nagel, endearing himself to the social circle and displaying a gregarious nature during Christmas week.
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Washington
Charlie Taft
Charles
Charlie
Taft
Master Charles
Benjamin Macon
Miss Squire
Archie Roosevelt
Force
Archie
White House
The Yeggman Trade and Its Dangerous Craft
A stark profile of bank burglars or yeggs detailing their organized gangs, territories, and elaborate methods. It explains how nitroglycerin, soup, and wet blankets are used in vault robberies, the careful planning, and the dangers that can end in injury or capture.
College Girls Shine Shoes at Mount Holyoke Fund Drive
Mount Holyoke College students in South Hadley Massachusetts operate a shoe shining stand to boost a $500,000 alumnae building fund. Ten cents per shine collected, restricted to college women, with traditions keeping freshmen from patronizing the stand run by sophomores.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Hairpins Help Car Run In Athol Report
During a local afternoon run in Athol Massachusetts a car faced fuse trouble. A motorman asked for hairpins and several women offered hairpins to complete fuse connections. One by one the hairpins were used to keep the current on and enable the car to continue its run.
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Athol
Mass
Loring
Lesson on Kindness From Child’s Mischief
A Detroit Free Press quote shows a child explaining his attempt to be kind, while admitting rough behavior to show peers should also be nice to him. The exchange frames a classroom or playtime moral about mutual respect and gentleness.
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Detroit Free Press
Liberty Will Not Descend to People The Prooen Teaches
Fragmentary literary aphorism notes that liberty must be earned by individuals rising to freedom, rejecting the notion that liberty comes passively from rulers or chance. The passage emphasizes self-reliance and initiative as the path to liberty.
Boy Hurls An Ax At Hold Up Men In Store Fight
Joseph Healy a 13 year old boy faced two robbers in William Davis grocer shop at East Fifty third street. Healy struck one robber with an ax after defending his employer and chased the fugitives into the street as they fled. Davis was knocked unconscious during the assault and the bandits escaped with six to seven dollars.
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New York
William Davis
East Fifty-third Street
Joseph Healy
Davis
Healy
Third Avenue
Giatta
Gillilan’s Back Seat Lifted to Fame and Lecture
California poet and lecturer S. W. Gillilan, once a city editor in Marion Indiana, rose from backing a circulation manager to national fame with poems like Off Agin On Agin Finnigin. He will lecture and recite in Winona Lake on August 5, likely to move audiences to laughter and tears.
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Strickland W. Gillilan
California
Baltimore
Richmond
Ind
Marion
Gillilan
Winona Lake
Old Tribune
Leader-Tribune
Agin
Finnigin
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Zephyr
Winona Lake Season Opens June 30 With Full Program
Winona Lake Indiana announces a busy summer with concession stands ready and grounds prepared. Winona College summer term, Redpath Lyceum school, and prep for crowds are underway. Assembly closes August 22, Bible conference starts August 23, Lyceum Model Chautauqua runs September 2 to 11, and Kinemacolor films plus Nat W. Brigham lectures highlight the opening week.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona College
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
International Lyceum Association
Public sale of Pinonibal C L Yount estate assets
Under Fountain Circuit Court order and with court approval, administrator of Pinonibal C L Yount’s estate will sell at private sale from the home in Covington Fountain County Indiana the stock in several banks and trusts, Indiana Supreme Court reports volumes, library, text books, and assorted office furniture and fixtures. The sale will commence at the administrator’s office and include cash on delivery arrangements.
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Fountain Circuit Court
Pinonibal CL Yount
Aclock A
Fromi
Avon Washotter
Salahe Pountain
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
Ogether
Diag
Dss
Mohartaiea Prost
VRE Fountain Trest
Malleibal
C. Yount
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Murray St
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Precident
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Yeggs
Albany
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Boston and
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Gillian
Kansay
Glen Bros
Rochester
Bible Conference
Lyceum Association
Chautauqua
Mound City
Looix
Rainier’s Pharmacy
Evan W. Heath
South East Corner
W. R. Massey & Sons
Tinsley Block
Covinastom
Livebiana
Vis Ae
Comercte
Jeterson
Washinatem
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Charles AL Baldwin
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