Auctioneers Seek State License and Professional Status
Indiana auctioneers push to classify the trade as a profession and require state licensing. New Market’s H B Saylor named president with officers Thorpe Burkhart Hulick. Gov. Samuel M. Ralston discusses insanity crime and child licensing at Newcastle meeting.
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Indianapois
H. B. Saylor
New Market
EB. F. Gartin
Burney
Ind
Wite’ Association
H. B. Thorpe
Brownsburg
Ora Burkhart
Indianapolis
F. H. Hulick
Tipton
L. Walters
Danville
Samuel M. Ralston
Newcastle
Indiana
Michigan City
Jeffersonville
Panama Canal
Ralston
Edenharter
Central Hospital For Insane
K. of P. Hall
Arbor and Bird Day Proclaimed for Indiana April 17
Charles A. Greathouse state superintendent urges all Indiana schools to celebrate Arbor and Bird day on April 17 1914 per Governor Ralston proclamation. Emphasizes tree planting reverence for plant and animal life and using school libraries for materials. Observance urged even if school terms end before April. Includes note on October Arbor and Bird day books. Faithfully signed.
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Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Ralston
Greathouse
Samuel M. Ralston
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Schuol
New Kinnard hat blends sport and style for outdoor wear
Julia Bottomley describes a new aristocratic millinery. The Kinnard hat uses silk fibre braids and yarns with a tiny wire core for pliable, wire-free support. It suits motoring golf and outdoor use, offering adjustable brims and ventilation for easy wear.
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America
Binar
Julia Bottomley
Three New Pieces in Lingerie Ribbons
A vintage note on the rise of decorative lingerie ribbons and ribbon ornaments. It details satin ribbon accessories with safety pins for transfer between garments, under bodices made of wide messaline ribbon, and fashionable rosette bows for summer wear.
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Julia Bottomley
To Cleanse Vells and Wash Chiffon Vella Guide
New Haven Journal Courier suggests cleansing chiffon veils by placing them in a large jar with hot soapy water. Cover with lid and shake to remove dirt, then rinse thoroughly.
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Enys
New Haven Journal Courier
Veshis Life on a Yangtse Launch and the Yale Cheer
Bartlett G. Yung recalls an 1890s Yangtse voyage where about thirty ragged Chinese soldiers mobbed a launch. He fired fifty shots into the air with a loaded machine gun and yelled Yale college cheer to deter them, then reached Nanchang with passengers safe but shaken.
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Yangtse
Bartlett G. Yung
Yale College
Chen
Yale
Nanchang
New Discovery In Surgery Challenges Graft Rules
Dr Clarence A McWilliams of Columbia University reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association that bone grafts can survive and grow in soft tissue without direct attachment to living bone. Experiments on dogs show grafts succeed when the periosteum is present and some succeed without periosteum, indicating bone can form in soft parts from periosteum alone.
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Clarence A. McWilliams
Surgical Research Laboratory
Columbia University
New York
Journal of the American Medical Association
Drastic Justice and Naval Change In 19th Century Warfare
The piece recalls brutal French suppression of communists at La Roquette and the British account of executions. It also notes the US Navy a century ago with 33 vessels on the Atlantic coast and the advent of Robert Fulton’s floating steam battery signaling a shift to steam warships.
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Paris
William Butler
la Roquette
United States
Atlantic
Congress
Robert Fulton
Bargain Stamp Hunt Across City Post Office
A Kansas City matron and her daughter sought stamps for invitations after considering a cheaper option than the department store substation. The mother insisted they go to the postoffice, doubting the savings at the store location.
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Kansas City
In the Insane Asylum a visitor questions a man in a straightjacket
A keeper explains the patient is in that state due to trying to understand the income tax law and a visitor notes the man constantly mailing letters. The janitor imagines he erred in a desert rite, reflecting a delusion.
Parrot in School Calls Roll Boosts Punctuality
Miss Dorothy Booker in Independence near Brenham trains a parrot named Professor Tom to call the roll and quiz pupils on present or absent. The bird learns names and early multiplication tables, delivering nasal calls that prompt on time arrivals and attentive study.
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Brenham
Tex
Dorothy Hooker
Booker
Tom
Independence
South America
Secon
Willie Jones
Jones
Man Uses Knife After Gun Explodes Wounding Leg
Edward Campbell of Parsippany New Jersey crawled a mile to a farmhouse after his gun exploded while hunting. He borrowed a penknife to cut away fragments from his shattered leg which was described as wooden in nature.
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Borrows
Parsippany
N. J
Edward Campbell
Bear hunter Mendel kills aging mother bear
In a grim incident, Alpine naturalist Mendel engaged a mother bear and killed the cub, then squeezed the mother bear to death. The clash ended with Mendel as the decisive stronger fighter in what authorities call a bringeing match.
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Scar
Mendel
Bear
Mary's Brother Alive in Lancaster Family Tale
Richard K Powers of Lancaster presents himself as a cousin of Mary the Lamb figure, claiming kinship in a long running birthday commemoration. Mary reportedly died 40 years ago, keeping the tale in local lore.
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Mary
Lancaster
Richard K. Powers
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State Museum
State House
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Hall
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Veshis
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