Northwest Indiana Women Conference Opens at Battle Ground
The twentieth annual meeting of the Northwest Indiana Conference branch of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church is set for August 1 and 2 at Battle Ground. The program includes devotional services, round-table discussions, reports from district officers, and an itinerary question for debate. President Mrs. D. M. Wood will preside with special organizing work in California.
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Indianapolis
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Methodist E Episcopal Church
Northwest Indiana
Battle Ground
Plana
George F. Keiper
Lafayette
EB. W. League
Plymouth
W. B. Warriner
Dorothy Blederwo
South Bend
Mary Baldwin
Frankfort
George ¥. Kelper
T. J. Everett
Brook
Mra
C. BE. Kendrick
Gary
Mra. Biederwolf
Monticello
Myron Campbell
J. W. Secor
Laporte
D. M. Wood
California
H. L. Rank
West Lafayette
Postal savings banks to open at Indiana post offices
Indiana post offices listed will host new postal savings banks starting August 1. Towns including Leesburg Lelters Ford Liberty Center Linden Linngrove Losantville Macy Matthews Mellett Michigantown Monroe Monterey Montmorenci Mount Ayr New Market New Richmond New Ross New Town Pence Petroleum Pine Village Raub Reynolds Roann Rossville Saratoga Schcleville Sedalia Sharpsville Silver Lake Stockwell Twelve Mile Uniondale Urbana Walton Waveland Waynetown West Lebanon Wheatfield Whitestown Woodburn Yeoman Young America Zanesville Advance Ambra Bippus Brown's Valley Bryant Camden Carmel Cates Chalmers Clarks Hill Claypool Denver Etna Green Forest Fulton Grabill Harlan Hillsboro Idaville Jamestown Kempton Kingman Kirkland Lagro Lapel Larwill
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Indiana
Leesburg
Lelters Ford
Liberty Center
Linden
Linngrove
Losantville
Macy
Matthews
Mellett
Michigantown
Monroe
Monterey
Montmorenci
Mount Ayr
New Market
New Richmond
New Ross
New Town
Pence
Petroleum
Pine Village
Raub
Reynolds
Roann
Rossville
Saratoga
Schcleville
Sedalia
Sharpsville
Silver Lake
Stockwell
Twelve Mile
Uniondale
Urbana
Walton
Waveland
Waynetown
West Lebanon
Wheatfield
Whitestown
Woodburn
Yeoman
Young America
Zanesville
Advance
Ambra
Bippus
Brown's Valley
Bryant
Camden
Carmel
Cates
Chalmers
Clarks Hill
Claypool
Denver
Etna Green
Forest
Fulton
Grabill
Harlan
Hillsboro
Idaville
Jamestown
Kempton
Kingman
Kirklin
Lagro
Lapel
Larwill
State Federation Plans Three Day Lafayette Meeting
The State Federation of German Societies announces its annual meeting in Lafayette on August 31 to September 2. The local Verein hall will host with a German National park outing. All state societies will be represented with large delegations from Indianapolis Evanaville and Fort Wayne. About 200 delegates expected with many bringing families.
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State Federation of German Societies
Lafayette
New
Verein
German National Park
Indianapolis
Evanaville
Fort Wayne
Shimer Recommended for State Lab Director Post
Dr William Shimer assistant director at the bacteriological and pathological laboratories is to be recommended by Dr John N Hurty secretary of the state board of health to succeed Dr James P Simons as director when Simons resigns August 30. Hurty will present the recommendation to the state board and board action is not yet known.
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Shimer
Simonds
William Shimer
John N. Hurty
State Board of Health
James P. Simons
State Board
Doctor Shimer
Doctor Hurty
Doctor Harry
Indiana Life Insurance Claims Share in 1911
Indiana elites secured a major portion of life insurance claims and benefits paid by U S and Canadian companies in 1911 totaling 9592 640 000 for both nations. Indiana received 600 000 000 of that year's payout.
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Indiana
United States
Canada
Woman’s Occupation and Rights in Practice
A terse assertion that true occupation for a woman lies in the expansion of her own sphere and that any occupation which fails to do so is not rightful for a woman to pursue.
Leftover Cheese Ideas From Simple Recipes
Practical guidance on storing and using leftover cheese and several quick dishes. Tips include wrapping in vinegar cloth to prevent mold, grating and storing scraps, and adding cheese late in cooking. Dishes described include cheese stuffed cabbage shells, cheese macaroons, cheese balls with tabasco and walnuts, and stuffed peppers with cream cheese.
Chafing Dish Recipes and Elegant Egg Dishes
A fragmentary collection of chafing dish instructions covers frogs legs scrambled eggs and cheeses. It lists sauces and methods for mushrooms omelets and chicken preparations with notes on butter cream and various seasonings. The text reads like culinary guidance for entertaining on a porch or theater setting.
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Minerva
Cheaper to Stay Married Than Pay Alimony
Feature snippets promote household topics and household products with humorous lines about marriage health and grooming. The tone mimics a midcentury advice or advertisement page, naming garfield brand items and a red cross ball blue laundry product as playful prompts.
Well Defended by Nature’s Quiet Guard
A quotation from Mrs. Olphant contrasts study and nature, noting a hidden coat of mail guarding one amid turmoil as the shadows and lights of nature surround a thoughtful mind.
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Olphant
Two Indispensable Supports for Political Prosperity
Washington asserts religion and morality are essential supports for political prosperity. This aphorism reflects 18th century views on virtue guiding governance and public life, underscoring personal character as a foundation of a healthy republic.
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George Washington
Pomps Baby's Friend Cures Crying Infant Says Rockland Mother
Mrs L P Plummer of Rockland Maine credits Kopp's Baby's Friend with stopping her baby's constant crying from birth to three months and aiding teething. She notes the product is sold by druggists in 10 25 or 50 cent sizes or mailed from Kopp's Baby's Friend Co York Pa. Bampie by mail on request.
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Kopp
L. P. Plummer
Rockland
Baby’s Friend Co
York
Modern Miracle Quip Sparks Lighthearted Exchange
In a playful exchange Dobkins asks if miracles are real. Snobkins replies with a humorous tale about his wife buying cigars and his ability to smoke them, adding a nickname reference to Dobby for comic effect. The quote from Harper's Weekly captures a streetwise, tongue in cheek tone.
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Dobkins
Snobkins
George
Dobby
Harper's Weekly
Blessed Sympathy and humane bonds with animals
The Christian Register notes that sympathy for animals humanizes people and teaches a liberal education when one truly engages with animal life and even plants, observing life’s workings and forming real relationships with beings that may direct and love in return.
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Christian Register
Shocking Bathing Dress Sparks Town Talk
In Dinard a beautiful young countess and wife of a millionaire drew comment on her bathing dress seen on the casino terrace. Two men debated whether the attire was improper, comparing it to her dinner dress worn at Mrs Hughes-Halstead's dinner the prior night, noting her diary ads.
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Dinard
Hochester Evening Telegram
Springs in Their Grains
Two French visitors in an art gallery admire an American painting. The artist, present, explains the work as an off spring of his brain. The joke notes that Americans act odd when they have springs on their brains.
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Monsieur
When He Drew the Line A Brutish English Earl
An English earl who died childless was known for hating children and once set a pensioner named McMicken as lodge keeper. Months later McMicken’s wife bore a son, prompting the lord to ride to the lodge in a rage and declare he was meant to open a gate not to propagate.
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McMicken
Harry
Nations face shortage of beds for consumptives
Dr. Livingston Farrand notes only four states lack any beds in special tuberculosis facilities. He cites eight years of growth in anti TB work but says roughly 200 000 to 250 000 indigent consumptives remain without hospital care while total beds reach about 30 000, urging more hospital provision to stamp out TB in the United States.
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Mississippi
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
National Association For the Study and Prevention
United States
Livingston Farrand
National Association
Vague Romantic Candidacy Notes Spark Debate
A fragment notes a romantic man may be good as a lovemaker but not as a steady family supporter. It mentions a candidate who ran and then struggles to explain the sequence to friends amid political chatter.
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Cordeila
Siso
Ban
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Auditor of State
Simonde
J P. Simonds
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WII
Equal Suffrage Association of Indians
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Central Labor Union
Equal Suffrage Association
William A. Landgraf
Landgraf
Hannah M. Graham
Graham
George Mills
Baltimore
Carrie V. Barnes
Garfield ‘En
Libby, Mr Neill
Libby
Chicago
Gilter
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It’ethy Geodn
Musqrove
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