Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin to Cost 210000
Groundbreaking for the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin marks construction of an administration building two cottages a hospital a laundry and a power house on 225 acres near the Pennsylvania railroad The project includes 600 beds and a circular 800 foot yard plan with a colonial design The first shovel was turned by Dr O E Holloway construction bids totaled 140773 for the main contract and 210000 overall with completion expected to roof by January 1. project to be financed by multiple Indianapolis firms.
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Franklin
Indiana Masonic Home
O. E. Holloway
Knightstown
State Construction Company
Indianapolis
Woolen & Callon
Hatfield Electric Company
That City
Eastern Star Hospital
H. P
Arrest of Robert Ward on murder charge near Norway
Robert Ward, sought at Monticello for burning his wife to death near Norway Indiana, was captured by Benton County Sheriff Robert Hamilton at Frank Scott's farm east of Oxford. Ward denied his identity but revealed burns on his arms when the wounds were exposed. He was sent to Fowler jail and White County officials were notified.
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Oxford
Robert Ward
Monticello
Norway
Indiens
Robert Hamilton
Benton Co Nty
Frank Scott
Ward
Fowler
White County
Band of 200 Gives Concert at Wilson's Park
A district band concert drew about 200 players from twelve towns all in white. After a street parade, the bands performed separately and then formed the "great white band" for a concert at Wilson's park. Estimates place attendance around 5,000. Fred Jewell of Worthington directed.
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Worthington
Wilson's Park
Fred Jewell
Lightning Fire Destroys Modoc Postmaster Home
Lightning struck the Winchester residence of Jared Mc Gunnegill, Modoc postmaster, destroying his home. The loss is estimated at $2,000.
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Winchester
Jared McGunnegill
Modoc
Orphans from Marion County go to Grant County home
Marion county and Grant county officials finalize a plan to place up to sixty Marion orphans at the Grant County Orphans' Home. Marion will pay 40 cents daily per child and provide a matron. the guard ians t p of the children remains with Marion for future placements. Emma McCoy serves as matron.
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Marion
Marion County
Grant County
Board of Children's Guardians
Indianapolis
Marion County Commissioners
O. M. Brumfield
Grant County Board of Commissioners
Joseph G. Hayes
Emma McCoy
Indiana Pensions and Patents Granted to Indiana Residents
Washington report lists pensions of 12 dollars for Indiana individuals including Laura Beaty Ossian and Sarah Copeland Liberty, among others. Patents granted to Indiana residents cover inventions from Laporte to Veedersburg, with assignees in Chicago, Indianapolis, and New York, including sulky, engine starting device, and typewriter machine developments.
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Indiana
Washington
Laura J. Beaty
Ossian
Sarah A A. Copeland
Liberty
Catharine R. Fillinger
Dana
Mary E. Guier
Connersville
Anna K. Rook
Jonesboro
Elizabeth Spangler
Saltillo
Lutiile A. Armstrong
Laporte
Martha J. Jones
Grand View
Mary Quick
Knox
Sarah J. Seiders
Martinsville
R. H. Brown
Chicago
Robert E. Gregg
Indianapolis
Hamilton Corporation
New York
Harry W. Hamilton
llam-Meix Manufacturing Company
Horace 8
Hewitt
James
Maeterlinck Abandons Tobacco Through A Curious Artifice
The London Chronicle reports Marius Maeterlinck escaped tobacco reliance by using a dericotinized, tasteless substitute. His pipe remains lit while he writes, serving mainly to satisfy a persistent mechanical craving rather than to spark inspiration.
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M. Maeterlinck
M. Gerard Harry
London Chronicle
Ostentatious County Council Member and Dragon Seal
A council member famed for pomp parades a large St George seal to bystanders. He boasts that an ancestor supposedly killed the dragon, prompting a listener to quip whether he ran over it. The incident centers on pride, history, and a rural county’s social rumors.
Chambermaids get nine dollar weekly minimum wage
The Washington industrial welfare commission sets nine dollars per week as the minimum wage for chambermaids and other help in the state. The article notes the decision drew divisions. It also wittily rejects the idea that poverty cures dyspepsia and mentions other odd factoids about social conditions.
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Washington Industrial Welfare Commission
Chambermaits
Australian sergeant major A L Sherbourne killed in Turkey
Word arrived that A L Sherbourne aged 31 a sergeant major in the Australian division of British troops was killed in the fighting in Turkey. He formerly worked as a trolley car conductor here and had served in the Spanish American war before joining the Boer War era British army.
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Turkey
Newcastle
A. L. Sherbourne
Sherbourne
Woman Charged With Bigamy In New Albany
Albert Summers of Indianapolis filed a warrant charging bigamy against Mrs Laura Summers Mackey age twenty. She was arrested at her New Albany home where she and Edward Mackey were living as husband and wife. She pleaded guilty and remained in jail awaiting trial.
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New Albany
Albert Summers
Indianapolis
Laura Summers-Mackey
Edward Mackey
Another Dimmer Ordinance Goes Bad
Richmond officials dismiss fifty arrests for alleged dimmer violations. A committee with the city attorney will draft a new enforceable ordinance to replace the failed one.
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Richmond
Edinburg Business Man Dead After Prolonged Illness
Edinburg business man Frenk Otto dies at age forty after years of nervous troubles and poor health. He had been a local merchant in Edinburg for fifteen years.
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Edinburg
Frenk Otto
Attorney Gary-Richard Elwood Named Deputy Collector
Gary-Richard Elwood an attorney has been appointed deputy collector for the port of Gary in the Chicago customs district. He succeeds prior appointee and resumes duties immediately, bringing legal background to the customs office.
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Gary
Richard Elwood
Chicago Customs District
Faith and Good Works
A country woman arrives late to church after the horse acts up during the ride. The parson admonishes trusting Heaven, she replies she did until the harness broke and she jumped.
What Moved Em Locomotives in War
A schoolteacher lectured on patriotism noting the high motives of territorials who left home to defend their country. A pupil, asked what motives took territorials to war, answered after memory of a local regimental sendoff: locomotives. The tale appears in London Tit-Bits.
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Territorials
London
Gas Plate and cupboard built into kitchen design
A compact gas plate integrated with a matching cupboard shelf arrangement provides convenient storage. The top shelf allows the oven to be kept ready and accessible, while a door finished to match the kitchen adds a cohesive look and practical usefulness.
Let Us Cement Our Friendship Through Concrete Action
A playful quip from Firm Sasis on friendship and action contrasts with a pun about concrete. The fragment mentions a seedless tomato bred by a California amateur horticulturist and notes a remark about married men as either optimists or har.
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Sasis
California
Waterspout narrow escape off Diamond Shoal light ship
The Gordon Castle, a British steamship from Beira to the Philadelphia South Africa route, narrowly escaped a waterspout about 3,000 feet high and 800 feet thick off Diamond Shoal. Captain Gardner described a great white whirl of water passing within ten feet as the ship veered to safety.
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Diamond Shoal
Gordon Castle
Beira
South Africa
Philadelphia
The Imaginative Hawk Compared To Modern Airplanes
A Ohio State Journal note likens a hawk’s flight to the latest airplane model. The comparison highlights human conceit and fascination with technology through a simple birds eye view.
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Ohio State Journal
Banana Peel Prank Turns Lady into Comic Slip
A humorous cartoon caption describes a woman stumbling on a banana peel and a bystander quipping she resembles a lady slipper. The exchange captures lighthearted mistaken identity in a playful moment.
Different Ways to Bring Men to Book
A brief quip plays on biographers and retribution. It suggests both pursue accountability, using a pun about “bringing to book.”
Isolating Typhus Germ Moves Young Serbian Scientist
The typhus germ, Serbia's scourge, was isolated by a twenty five year old scientific investigator. The passage argues it is better to quarrel over trifles than over something of real impor tance.
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Serbia
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