Separation petition filed in murder case and court activity noted
In Superior Court this morning Mrs. Rebecca A Myers filed for complete separation from Benjamin R Myers alleging cruelty. The session under Judge Van Fleet showed brisk filings including partition and divorce suits as Coroner Dewey and Sheriff pro tempore oversaw proceedings.
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Dewey
Lormer
Dennett
Benjamin R. Myers
Rebecca Axtell- Myers
Franklin
Third Streets
Myers
Orrin M. “Conley
J. L. Harman
Teacher Threatens Lethal Licks In Trustee Meeting
A school teacher insists corporal punishment is needed to control unruly students. After a recital of trials, he urges trustees to allow him to lick the boys. The chairman resists, noting law prohibits corporal punishment. The teacher warns he will lick a trustee next if trouble continues, implying weekly licks.
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Dante
Board of ‘Trustees
Queens Not Better Than Kings In City Casino Dispute
A young man at a Sixteenth Street cigar store buys a poker machine win with two queens and claims the line reads Kings or better, two cigars. The proprietor insists the hand is only two queens and refuses the cigars, prompting a humorous dispute cited by the Denver Post.
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Sixteenth Street
Denver Post
Fat Man Debates Peary Pole Feats After Lecture
In a bar a stout man with a polka dot vest questions the claim that Peary reached the pole. The two men argue over whether Peary was nearest the pole and if a supposed jockey manipulated the outcome, dismissing recent dope reports from New Orleans via the Washington Post.
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Peaty
Lstout
Peary
New Orleans
Washington Post
Avenger Belief: Cat Spirit Targets Maid After Killing Pet
A servant girl killed a cat and its three kittens and fell violently ill, as locals recount an oriental tale. The mistress blamed the haunting spirit of the dead cat, which tormented the maid by convulsions and eerie happenings.
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China
Apeanus
Modern mining plant at Sumitomo Bessis described as engineering marvel
The Engineering Magazine details a dramatic shift from laborious trails to a cableway and railroad system hauling ore to the sea. It highlights Sumitomo Bessis as a modern mining plant, built largely without foreign engineers, transforming daily output from a few hundred baskets to thousands of tons.
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Sumitomo Bessis
Wife Surprises Family With Flat Decision After Five Weeks
A couple quarrels over moving as the wife drives a long hunt for a new flat. The husband remains calm and claims he decided this morning while the wife says the church has given five weeks of absent treatment. He dodges the sugar bowl.
Wedding Present Mixup Ends With Monogram Dilemma
A Providence woman who married about six months ago tries to swap a duplicate wedding gift, a silver card tray, for a friend. She asks a jeweler to remove her initials and re monogram, but the jeweler says the tray has been altered five times, is worn thin, and cannot be re engraved without cutting through the bottom.
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Providence
Young Rural Man Visits Harvard Observatory
A country youth visiting Boston toured the Harvard astronomical observatory and asked about a bright star. The attendant identified the star as Aldebaran and explained it lies about 10,000,000 miles away.
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Boston
Harvard
Astronomical’ Observatory
Jook
A. Creat
Aldebaran
Tomato Plants Slashed In Indiana Crop Losses
Reports from fruit growers indicate eight million tomato plants killed in Indiana by continuing cold weather. Pea crops are heavily damaged, peaches and some fruits show losses while strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries remain sound. Early tomato harvest will be delayed by one week to three weeks unless more cold snaps arrive.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Franklin Yan Camp
Yan Camp Packing Company
Fish Thief Threats at Wharf Spur Night Departure
At the wharf the keeper covers a pile of dried fish with a tarpaulin as Eliphalet Hoskins eyes the mound gloatingly. He offers two fine fish to two men in exchange for an agreement not to steal the rest, then hesitates over the deal.
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Old -Eliphalet Hoskins
Eliphalet
Selphalet
Goshen Row Tied Up In Bitter Paving Fight
A mass meeting in Goshen ended in a stormy adjournment after three hours as citizens clashed over street paving. About half the crowd backed brick while the rest demanded asphalt, leaving the issue unresolved and the session a fiasco. Mayoral involvement hinted at next steps.
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Goshen
Casphalt
uDi
Men and hair fashions raise vanity and wigs
A period piece notes that most men are vain about appearance and many wear wigs. It reflects on hairdressers supplying both wigs for fathers and hairpieces for mothers, hinting at the social pull of changing looks and shared routines in households.
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Papa
Mamma
Earth-Space Message Lapses After Long Search for Meaning
After years of attempts to contact Mars the signals proved unintelligible and bore no Earth language. Efforts then tried to reach another planet with interpreters but met worse gibberish. In frustration Earth authorities ordered the Jupiter signal to be sent and its stations dismantled.
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Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Paris Stage Discusses Emperor Mustache in Rejane Play
Paris theatergoers debate whether the emperor mustache worn by the leading actor in Mme Rejane's performance is historically accurate. Some claim the mustache was dark chestnut, while others argue for a different shade.
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Mme. Rejane
Hey Theater
Paris
Napoleon
Raus
Thas
Ellery Shopman Case Confusing Phrase
OCR fragment mentions Ellerly and Jose and Adelphi with unclear terms. It lacks coherent events, dates, or clear entities to summarize a specific news item.
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Ellerly
Jose Élieve Hasinsky
Boot
Adelphi
Adnquirers
Notable historical figures listed in a fragmented vote tally
A partial OCR list shows diverse figures including Franklin and Nightingale, Japanese loyalists, and global leaders like Napoleon and Columbus. The fragment hints at a small vote array with many names each receiving a few ballots, including Roosevelt and Katsura among others.
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Franklin
Kusunoki
Uriu
Murasaki Shikibu
Bismarck
Sugawara
Michizane
Hirose
Napoleon
Roosevelt
Niijima Jo
Galileo
Columbus
Socrates
Katsura
Saionji
Yamagata
Nogi
Peter the’ Great
Makharoff
Railroads Target Full Crew Law Face Supreme Court Challenge
Indiana labor leader President Feick of the Trainmen's legislative board said railroads aim to have the state full crew law declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He cited railroad political influence and warned of efforts to "fix" higher courts if labor-backed measures fail. Feick noted the law’s goal to better crew trains and reduce wrecks, with flagman duties and safety signals central to the reform.
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Supreme Court
Indiana
Fred
Peiki
Elkhart
ALA
Bearnstey
General ’ ‘Assembly
Indiana Assembly
Peith
Dancing grandmothers attend dancing school this season
An early West Side visitor finds a child explaining that their grandmother attends dancing lessons. The teacher confirms many elderly women join a large class, performing fancy steps to keep active rather than simply social dancing.
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Fla
Swift Was Sold an Amusing Coal Weight Affair
A Boston man named Mr Swift agreed to buy coal and watched the weighing to ensure fairness. While the coal was weighed the driver joked that Swift himself was on the scales, prompting Swift to admit he had bought himself along with the coal in a humorous miscue.
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Swift
Boston
Office Clerks and Cleverness in the Post Office
Puzzle for Post Office clerks notes cleverness as essential for workers sorting mail amid odd, humorous, and puzzling phrases. It highlights the varied tasks and encounters with quirky characters in the postal setting.
Adjutant General Investigates Goshen Guard Unit
Adjutant General Oran Perry arrives in Goshen this afternoon to inspect Company G Indiana National Guards and to decide on Captain Henry W Pease resignation. If no new captain is named the 41 member company may be disbanded.
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Oran Perry
Goshen
Indiana’ National Guards
Henry W. ‘Pease
Goshen Company Mustered Out Discussion at Adjutant General Office
The Goshen company may be Mustered Out as discussions at the Adjutant General Perry's Indianapolis office consider actions to appoint a captain. No definite decision was made and the outcome remains pending.
Elkhart Rector to Lead Final Discussion in Champion Match
Elkhart’s Rector is set to lead the final discussion in a decisive Champion v 53 Mission showdown. Names and exact roles appear unclear in the readable fragment, but the match centers on Rector’s guiding hand in the concluding dialogue.
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Elkhart
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Sarah Clark
Edward Clark
Orrin M. Conley
Louis Krumpetz
William Molebach
Perry L. Turner
Indiana, ‘National Bank
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