Elkhart Coal Bid Scandal Tied to Local Dealers
M. U. Demarest details a scheme involving Hunter W. Finch & Co. and local Elkhart coal dealers to route school board coal purchases direct from Pocahontas and New River sources at inflated prices. The plan split 25 cents per ton among dealers, while Brusman & Co. push for a direct Board sale, raising questions about bids, pricing, and dealer influence.
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Ree
Pocahontas
New River Coal Direct
Elkhart
Michigan and Indiana
Smith
Bell & Zoller
Sanders
Gaia
Air. Sanders
Hunter WW. Finch & Co
Chicago
Finch
Wm. Brusman & Co
School Board
Wm. Brosman & Co
B. Flkhart
Brusman & Co
Brusman
Michigan
Indiana
Anc
Rose
Hunter W. Finch & Co
South Bend
Hilkhart
Brushman & Co
Owensiamers
Sarder
New River
Jackson
F. O.B
West Virginia
M. U. Demarest
Epworth League Social Attracts Many In Bristol
In Bristol last Saturday the Epworth League social drew a large crowd. Miss Jessie Hagan of Elkhart visits the Congdons for a few weeks. Various locals were noted passing through or visiting including George Hilbish kinfolk north of town and residents from Elkhart Kendallville Williamsville and Kendallville.
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Epworth League
Jessie Hagan
Elkhart
George Congdon
Charles Culp
George Kinyon
Michigan
Warren Hill
W. R. Merritt
Williamsville
M. J. Virgil
Kendallville
E. J. Finehout
Hilbish
Peter Hilbish
Thank you smokers praise Leonard Bentz Chico cigar
Elkhart smokers plan to honor Leonard and Bentz for introducing Wadsworth Bros. Chicos, a Havana filled cigar priced at a nickel. Law and business leaders have praised the smoke for quality, not price, urging others to try it and join the Chico Club.
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Leonard & Bentz
Elkhart
Wadsworth Bros
Notable Dunate: Local Socials and Visits Reported
Mrs. Alice Keely and daughter Agnes returned to Dunlaps after visiting her sister Mrs. Ben Long. Miss Hazel Dills and Mr. Charles Butrick attended Paradise meeting. Edwin Hilbish spent Tuesday with J. P. Bickel. Myrtle Curtis returned from Goshen. Homer Roth, Bristol fisherman, caught a ten pound bass in the St Joe River last Friday and invited his companion to dine. Mrs. L H Welter and son Floyd visited J. P. Bickel family. Jessie Smith spent Sunday with Jessie Bickel and Ray Irick.
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Alice Keely
Agnes
Ben Long
Dunlaps
Hazel Dills
Charles Butrick
Paradise
Edwin Hilbish
J. P. Bickel
Mrtle Curtis
Goshen
Homer Roth
Bristol
St. Joe
L. H. Welter
Floyd
Jessie Smith
Jessie Bickel
Ray Irick
Teachers Excursion to Asbury Park by Lake Shore Ry
Announcement of a teachers excursion to Asbury Park over the Lake Shore Railway via New York City from June 29 to August 3 for return. Includes New York City stopover and various privileges. Inquiries to A. J. Smith G P A Cleveland Ohio. ask ticket agent for folder.
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Asbury Park
Lake Shore Ry
New York City
A. J. Smith
G. P.A
Cleveland
London House Number Mix Up Sparks Civic Action
The owner of a London suburb residence swapped 183 to 124. Borough authorities objected but he argued against a 13 door number. They required removal of the 13 on the door.
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London
Notice of separation and debt nonresponsibility
Statement declaring wife has left home and author will not be responsible for any debts incurred by her. Dated 2 3 10. Francis E Sparr.
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Francis E. Sparr
Remarkable Japanese Mice Delight London Audiences
In London a pair of highly trained mice from Japan perform remarkable feats. They are accomplished waltzers and rotate rapidly, moving faster than observers can track. They do not hold each other by the tails as they spin separately.
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London
Japan
Whewell Confounds Dons With Been There Before
Two junior dons studied Chinese music in an encyclopedia to outshine Dr. Whewell at a dinner. He quietly revealed he had written that encyclopedia article thirty years earlier and it was full of mistakes.
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William Whewell
Trinity
Cambridge
Momerie
Dons
Whewell
Grasse: Birthplace of the Perfume Trade in the Riviera
The Grasse region in the Riviera dominates perfumery with jasmine rose tuberose and violet fields. Locals harvest flowers for fat-based pomades and hot pressed essences used for scented waters sold in toilet and pharmacy markets.
The Electricity Habit and Its Allure
A New York Post excerpt discusses the electricity habit as a compelling addiction praised for its perceived benefits. It notes people seek regular galvanic currents to boost health and mood, with some professionals even vending treatments at homes.
Kiss in the Tunnel A Tale of Disdain and a Sneer
Two women ride in a railway compartment with a stranger. They sneer at his attire and manner prompting a silent revenge. In a tunnel the man loudly kisses his hand, causing suspicion and mutual denial. On light return he hints he will not reveal who was kissed.
Sago Plant and Its Processing
The Sago plant yields a farinaceous substance from palm pith. The stem is cut, pith dug out, and sifted in a sieve to wash flour into a vessel. The dried flour becomes sago flour while the remaining pith forms common brown sago.
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Java
Sumatra
It's curious that women are never great poets or musicians
Mr Meeker remarks that women are too sensible to squander their energies on poetry and music to the extent that some men do, provoking his wife's belligerent response as she questions the remark.
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Mr. Meeker
Young Sailor Recounts Terrible Accident and Injury
An old salt recalls losing a leg after a night in the dog watch while carrying a baby jib. He describes stepping on a starboard tack and blood poisoning ensued, per the Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Permanent. Jokoe-Charlie’s Thorough Fooling Reported
Jokoe-Charlie claimed she made a regular fool of him two years ago. Jinks-Well notes her workmanship is thorough and the effect appears permanent.
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Jokoe
Charlie
Mercy Turns Her Back to the Unmerciful Quarles
A fragment quotes Quarles noting mercy turning away from the unmerciful. The line presents a moral emphasis on mercy amid harshness, reflecting a biblical or literary context.
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Mercy
Quarles
Roosevelt Prays With Cabinet In Forest Luncheon
The Chicago Tribune recounts Theodore Roosevelt and his cabinet dining on grass ten miles from Cleveland on July 5. Roosevelt knelt to bless the meal and prayed for John Hay’s spiritual welfare before resuming the journey to Pittsburg.
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Forest
Agrie
The
Chicago Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
John Hay
Cleveland
Wheelock
Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Ranch Automobiles Transform Western Texas Ranch Life
A Houston Post interview with a ranch salesman details how automobiles now knit western Texas ranches to rail lines, cutting travel from days to hours. Ranchers widely own cars, speeding across prairies and even changing cattle rounds from horse to vehicle on large ranches.
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Texas
Houston Post
The Formation of Clouds
Clouds form when air cools and water vapor condenses into visible droplets. Their height is inferred by their shape and lighting, with some clouds estimated to be at least ten miles high. Cloud speeds rise with altitude, about three times faster than ground currents at five miles, in summer versus winter.
Panama Hats and the History of Expensive Headwear
A New York hat dealer recalls the most costly hat ever made a gift to General Grant in 1882 costing 1500 in gold now housed in the National Museum in Washington. He notes Panama hats once sold up to 560 each in 1872 and that such hats are no longer common. He explains they are not Panama made but named for Panama as its former large market and that Peru supplies the finest hats woven from pita fiber and could be folded like silk or carried in a vest pocket.
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New York Post
New York
General Grant
Mexico
National Museum
Washington
Panama
South America
Peru
Cat a Bird's Chief Enemy Urges Cat Extermination
Clark University biologist Professor Clifton F. Hodge of Worcester Massachusetts calls for municipal extermination of all cats. He argues cats are the worst enemy of bird life and cites the German cat trap method that reportedly killed 30,000 cats in Hamburg in one year.
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Clifton F. Hodge
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
New York Tribune
Hodge
Hamburg
World’s Finest Hospital in Mexico City Opens
In Mexico City a new hospital completed with thirty five detached buildings laid out on sanitary French plan. It features a large operating theater and a full system of isolated wards for all infectious diseases as described by the Metropolitan Magazine.
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Mexico City
Metropolitan Magazine
Man of Many Attainments in Rural Route Carrier Role
Doce Cowley editor of the Cowgill Chief is now a rural route carrier and loves his job. He is editor of a newspaper physician farmer and member of the pension board secretary of the county Republican committee town poet and holds several other roles per the Kansas City Journal.
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Doce Cowley
Cowgill
The
Kansas City Journal
Cowley
Pension Board
Republican Committee
Snails Revived After Long Dormant Periods
A naturalist found snails mounted on cards revived after four years in warm water and others revived after about fifteen years when left loose. Tepid water used to clean shells brought the snails to life, surprising the collector who had believed them dead.
Auto passenger run speeds up western gold rush
Gold prospectors in the west adopt autos to replace horses. A fifteen passenger automobile now operates between Bull Frog and Las Vegas, California, covering 130 miles of rough roads about four times faster than horse drawn stages.
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West
Bull Frog
Las Vegas
California
Talking two language bird joins London zoo
A larger hill mynah from northern India now at London zoological gardens can speak two languages. It repeats seventeen phrases with three in an Indian dialect and the rest in English, expanding the zoo’s talking birds exhibit.
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London Zoological Gardens
Mynah
India
Automobile Club for China Opens Shanghai Garage
Court officials in China operate an automobile garage with fifteen to twenty cars and native chauffeurs. The Automobile Club has been formed with headquarters in Shanghai and includes twenty five members.
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China
Automobile Club
Shanghai
Reading Poetry as a Pillar of Imagination
The piece argues that poetry preserves imagination in a scientific age and stresses education in poets like Spenser Wordsworth Milton Burns Shelley. It claims naturalistic thinking cannot replace sense sublime and cites Beethoven and Macbeth as richer than slim scientific essays, per Collier's Weekly.
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Darwin
Spenser
Wordsworth
Milton
Burns
Shelley
Herbert
Spencer
Macbeth
Collier’s Weekly
Fire rituals in Burghead linked to pre Christian Baal worship
A traveler recounts Burghead near Forres where the clavie fire festival marks year end on January 12. A tar barrel is carried through the town then placed on the old Roman altar the douro atop the hill. Sparks are witches, the burning barrel breaks, women salvage embers to light hearths, and the dug tar on the douro preserves luck. nearby Roman well and carved stones are set in a wall.
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Scotland
Burghead
Forres
Douro
French Art Vitality Across Posters and Shops
The London Outlook notes French plastic arts retain vitality beyond salons, visible in Goors-in posters illustrations for journals bijou terie and railway ornaments, despite days being past and quality varying. It observes bustle rather than health, with signs of energy amid vulgarity.
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France
London
Sea Birds Drink Water From Incoming Storm Waters
Sea birds spend weeks at sea and are believed to quench thirst by consuming fat and oil. Observers note their keen eyesight and flocking toward storms as rain descends, seemingly drinking the falling water.
Duty Reminders Over a Five Dollar Debt
Jimson urges repayment of a five dollar debt as a duty owed. Stimson dismisses the request, saying he is glad the duty has been discharged.
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Jimson
Stimson
Why does a woman always get off a car backward
A Life magazine quote ponders a playful stereotype about women's actions in cars. It uses humor to suggest hesitation and an opportunity to reconsider by reversing the motion. The remark reflects dated gender attitudes common in mid century humor columns.
Work Is a Good Thing in News Commentary
A quotation from Dalias of Texas opens a news section, asserting work as a positive force. The remark ends by noting much human meanness emerges through daily life, reflecting a journalistic voice on work and character.
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Dalias
Tex
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Dr. Whewell
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Riviera
New York Herald
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Sago
Cat
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