Local Clergy Attend Jubilees and Ceremonies Across Indiana
Fathers Columban Henry Augustine and Lawrence of St Meinrad traveled to Evansville for a silver jubilee at St Anthony church. Henry and Augustine then went to Terre Haute for Bishop Ledvina’s consecration as Bishop of Corpus Christi Texas. Mr and Mrs R J Beckmann and Mrs Henry Beckmann joined a trip to Jasper before weather forced hiring a rig home. Additional notes: Coy Hail of Huffmann and I G Merkel of Dubois visited, while George Ruxer of St Meinrad spent Wednesday night in town.
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Columban
Henry
Augustine
St. Meinrad
Lawrence
Evansville
St. Anthony Church
Terre Haute
Ledvina
Corpus Christi
Texas
R. J. Beckmann
Henry Beckmann
Heffry ‘Meyer
Jasper
George Ruxer
Hooke Teawer
Fds
Dale
Miro
Joseph Barth
Thubert Quante
Peank Menpineer
Jysmend Reekelhad
Loulag
Vinda Peekelial
Everesses
St. Josephos
Charles Llorny
Loouisy
Local Pioneer Teacher Taught U S War Heroes
Mrs. Celia Goodrich von Coella of Cootsburg Ohio just turned 86 and recalls teaching two renowned U S figures in her Ohio school days Gen Adna Chaffee and Admiral George Dewey. The note highlights her role in shaping notable military leaders from her early career.
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Celia Goodrich von Coella
Cootsburg
U. S
Ohio
Gen
Adna Chaffee
U. S.A
George Dewey
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
An editorial style promotional piece extols daily morning internal cleansing with hot water and limestone phosphate. It claims flushing the stomach liver and bowels improves health, appetite and overall well being, urging readers to start each day with the ritual.
Remains In Her Memory and a Shadow Road Memory
Frank Lester Warner recalls childhood visits to his grandmother and grandfather. He describes walking home after supper with his grandfather guiding toward two shadows under street lamps. The memories center on tree top North Star sightings and a white night snow that never falls on any road.
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Lester Warner
The
Atlantic Monthly
Bell's Noisy Lodgers Sparked Early Telephone Fever
In a Boston lodging house, young Alexander Graham Bell and Themis A. Watson protested a landlady by using a dual connected device, a first model of the telephone. The Western Union Telegraph offered Bell 100000 for his patents, which he refused to pursue a fortune, leading to widespread telephone use today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Themis A. Watson
Young Bell
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bell
Grisp
Wuatson
Bell Telephone
Birth of Gur Lord marks start of Christian calendar
The text explains counting years from the birth of Our Lord as year one, creating BC counts before that event. It likens the method to railway timetables where distances count from a starting terminal and notes this system is used in Christian countries while Jewish counting begins at creation.
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Tone
Termina
Bette
Spelling Reform Advocate Inside University Chronicle
A University professor and scientist publish a recent volume from the anthropology department noting experiments in phonetic spelling. The work, translated from a Kerehi legend of Ciatemiutta by Rob ert Porkitt, critiques traditional orthography and proposes sound based reform.
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Guinea
Goovne Tine University
WOK Emilee
University Oidseum
Bec
Ciatemiutta
Robert Porkitt
Old Estates in America and English Holdings
The piece notes long established English heritage in America with lines of descent from original owners. It mentions Accortiin Willigay Trouglas arriving in 125 and settling near New London Connecticut, describing a house and estate still in descendant hands. It also cites Gardinom's Tshind on Long Island Sound, owned by Gardiner descendants since 1680, with a Gardiner home built in colonial times and largely unchanged.
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America
England
Armperdem
Accortiin Williguy Trouglas
Seothud
New London
Connecticut
White Hie Butta
New York State
Gardinom
Long Telana Sound
Lion Gardiner
Wiamd
Toughest American Wood Osage Orange Strength Tests
The Osage orange wood tops strength tests by the U S Forest Service noting a 30 inch by 1 inch block bends at 13 000 pounds. The Pralines called it tow tree for bow making. A sample withstands 10 pound impact before failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Our Dearest Friends on Reading and Books
Agnes Repplier reflects on the value of literature and the training of the mind. She praises reading as a doorway to sweetness and light, asserts a preference for books over wealth, and defends the loyal critique of literature as a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaulay
Aoogrest King
Agnes Repplier
Complex Prescription Confusion At Local Pharmacy
A student apologizes for not studying more and for a tense moment at a store counter. A friend suggests a simple cough remedy while the clerk reads a note including words such as precarious and imperceptible from a dictionary it seems the moment caused embarrassment.
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Dace
Lem
Travelers Avoid Town Saloons In Old Grub Street Note
In a bygone era a traveler notes how towns often had a single hotel with a saloon in the same building. A passenger asks if hotels run saloons and is told a driver will fetch anything desired, reflecting common travel etiquette and services of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sual
Dudy
Dietd
Poes
Chitage Triftine
Paper Once Royal Gift From Ancient China
An ancient tale describes Emperor of China gifting 8000 reais worth of paper to Pararpor Prajan of Rome. The abundance of paper raised the recipient’s status and expanded his library, highlighting the era when paper was a luxury for powerful rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilstory
Rarperor
Prajan
Rome
Emperor of Chin
China
Local residents travel to Louisville amid town social links
Misses Gertie Henteker and Kia Ina Seutert joined a Tuesday morning crowd for a trip to Louisville. The diary lists numerous visits, meetings, and arrivals from Evansville Jasper St Meinrad and Vernon with residents attending commencements and social gatherings at various local spots.
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Gertie Henteker
Kia Ina Seutert
Louisville
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Mrs. Coy Hail
Huffmann
George A. McLane
Ferdinand
Ind
Brad
North Star
Dodge
H.C. Harlan
Knust & Werne
Huntingburg, Ind
Cal
Academy OF the Immaculate Conception
Indiana
Sisters of St. Benedict
Board of Education
Caoul l Evanse
Rosaline Madiville
Hubertina Quinte
Mrs
John Schipp
Siberia
Mr. and
Joe Daunhauer
Spent Tuercay
Henry Bromine
Mage Lanke Enrie
Lou Dallie
Koo Sehnellenberger
St. Mejirad
Meron
Frances Metichtag
Gutel Snyder
Kantingbarge
Mary Schlegel
Henry Grewe
Victor Grewe and Son
Vernon Sunday
Rd Lindensehmidt
Evansivadle
Ouest
Alay Lindeeseheaidt
Elizabeth
Murs Ragh Gehthauesen
Hiepman Petry
Barre Saday Niehdt
Tacehitver
Apes
St. Anthony
Mr. Tied
Ales
Henrys J. Schaffer
Joe Wever
Marsdolin Weer
Henry Fleck
Doe Liretti
Duhy
Vince
Buser
Verena
Wedescin
Sper Hageedourn
Doch Hess
Pros
Henis Kempoot Pell
Athert Stenstenavel
Ireland
Ben Dupps
Town
John Kaetzl
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