A Woman Triumphs Above Men
A Chicago sculptress wins first prize for entrance doors to the New Naval Academy and a series of articles highlights dramatic disasters including the San Francisco quake and Vesuvian eruption. The magazine set promises profiles, fiction, and horticultural guides.
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Chicago
New Naval Academy
California
San Francisco
Walcott
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Mount Vesuvius
Marion Crawford
San Juan de Capistrano
County round up and small town notices from Indiana
Local edition notes county commissioners in session and lighthearted jests about the Spring Poet. It lists damaged newspapers for sale, frost damage in Southern Indiana, and calls to promote Fourth of July celebrations in English. Public notices include a Leavenworth district Sunday School convention set for June and 8, pension claim approval, sermons, lectures, and a prefab warning about clean streets and sanitation.
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Indiana
Crawford County
Leavenworth
Jerry L. Sucharth
Wm. T. Ford
Ira O’neal
Christian Church
David Burwell
Louisville Daily Herald
THE
News
Sterling Township
Presbyterian Church
S. D. McCracken
Milltown
S. C. Patton
G. B. Hammond
Seth Newlin
Corda Hubbard
North Pole
Indiana Supreme Court
Benj
Jas. A. Goodwin
Goodman Clothing Co
Paducah
Good Roads Debate Spurs Labor Struggle and Rent Fears
A contended critique argues that paving schemes will increase capitalist profits while burdening the poor. The writer claims road projects cut work for laborers, raise rents, and steal two days of weekly pay, leaving workers idle four days a week. The piece warns against pike building as harm to the needy.
Two Democratic conventions nominate in Third District race
Reports from Jeffersonville detail two Democratic conventions and split nominations for Congress between W T Zenor of Harrison County and W E Cox of Dubois County. The scene included clashes over timing and adjournment as Zenor supporters bolted, signaling a likely two candidate ticket with Republicans watching closely.
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Jeffersonville
W.T. Zenor
Harrison County
W. E. Cox
Dubois County
Mark Storen
Scotsburg
Edward Fitzpatrick
Storen
Charles Scott
Floyd County
Scott
William T. Zener
Levi O’bannon
The Only Man to Arrest a President
Chicago editor buys trousers that prove too long. His wife and relatives cut off six inches each, then the editor’s wife revises the hem before breakfast. The tale shifts to W. H. West, the mounted policeman who arrested Ulysses Grant for speeding, later serving as a DC juror and friend of the president.
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Chicago
United States
District of Columbia
Grant
West
Washington
Monument craft and rustic work by Alson Roberts
Alson Roberts offers monument purchase and custom work with up to date style and rustic specialty. Home phone 548w.
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Alson Roberts
Man who pays a year ahead earns lifelong luck
A country paper lauds a man who pays for his newspaper a year in advance and is praised for a streak of never being sick, never losing crops, and never facing family troubles. He has served three school board terms without criticism.
Bashful Bridegroom’s Humorous Wedding Night Tale
A bashful groom recounts a comical wedding night misadventure. He hides on the stairs and, terrified, ends up in bed next to the groom and bride’s parents, after a night of mishaps and fear.
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Alaric
Postoffice Department
Congress
America
United States Bureau of Census
New Albany
Hubby
Benedict
Sloan Post No
English
T. B. Cummins
Com
G. W. Sloan
Adje
Augustus
W.L. Gregory & Sons, Inc
Peoples’ Store
English News Building
F. R. Gobbel
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