St Meinrad and Jasper notes of funerals and events
Personal A C Clifford returned from Texas Saturday. Numerous residents and visitors from St Meinrad and Jasper appear in town for business, church, and family matters. The Becher and Kunkler families are highlighted by long notable histories and a funeral procession at St Meinrad. A canning factory contract is set for Jasper and Senator Milburn is named associate professor at Indiana Bloomington with expected Attorney General candidacy.
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Court House
Jasper
Sothern
Indiana
R. M. Milburn
Law Department
The
State University At
Bloomington
Democracy of
Becher Family News From St Meinrad and Local Notices
Miss Emma Becher returned from Evanaville last Friday while Miss Mary Sturm came back Tuesday from Louisville business. John Kost leaves on a business trip with International Investing Machine Co. Melchior Becher died Saturday at midnight after four weeks illness in St Meinrad. born in Oberlunk hofen Switzerland May 18 1632. family notes his peaceful departure and faith.
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America
St. Meinrad
Ind
Elisabeth Klueh
Leopold Becher
George Becher
Edward Becher
Mary Becher
Ferdinand Sisters
Vincentia
Frank Becher
Elizabeth Leng
Ferdinand
Becher
John Becher
St. Meinrad College
D. O’donoghue
St. Johna Church
Vincehnes
Katy Kunkler
Evaneville
Philomina Kunkler
Evanaville
Peter
Alois
Margareth
Anna
Aloysius Schnellenberger
Anthony Weerdehott
Blessed Sacrament Society
Rosary Society
Mary Sturm
Louisville
John Kost
The
International Investing Machine Co
Melchior Becher
Mr. Becher
Oberlunkhofen
Qanton
Argan
Switzerland
Fisher of Huntingburg Candidate for Prosecutor Nomination
Leo JY Jasper of Huntingburg predicted to be nominated by a large plurality on the 17th inst. Phillip Durcholtz, a top southern Indiana machinist, advertises property for sale next Saturday and plans to move northwest. County commissioners met Monday with Luebbers, a possible successor to Landgrebe, promising to attend every board meeting if nominated to gain practical experience. Hastings Industrial Company called a stockholders meeting.
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Jasper Canning Company
Court House
Leo JY
Fisher
Huntingburg
Phillip Durcholtz
Indiana
Great North- West
Luebbers
Landgrebe
Puccini’s Humble Start in Milan Revealed by Early Struggles
In London the renowned composer Signor Puccini recalled his early days when he wrote his first opera Le Villi. He spoke of four months on credit at a small Milan eatery Alda, dining on a meat piece and sour wine, sneaking out to avoid a tip, and living on a government charity pension with friends pawning umbrellas and coats for immediate needs.
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Signor Puccini
London
Chronicle
Milan
Emperor gifts eight chamois to New Zealand colony
An Austrian warship visit to New Zealand last year led to Emperor Francis Joseph gifting eight chamois. The animals were transported safely across the globe with careful shielding from heat and only a temporary loss of appetite. New Zealand's alpine climate suited the chamois as they settled in.
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New Zealand
Francis Joseph
Tropics
Uses For Fans in Japan
Visitors to Japan note many curious uses for fans. Umpires in wrestling and fencing rely on a large fan as a signaling language. Men, women, and children carry fans. servants use flat fans for embers and dusting. farmers use stout fans to winnow grain. another fan type waterproofs paper and creates a cooling evaporation.
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Japan
Egyptian College Girl Makes BA History in Egypt
An Egyptian Moslem girl student has earned a B A degree, the first Egyptian woman to do so. Seven government girls schools already operate with teachers from the Women’s Normal School in Boulaq, signaling a rising movement.
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Hypathia
Women's Normal School
Boulak
Eyesight Declines in Venetian Glass Workers
The article notes that most workers in the Venetian glass industry begin losing sight between forty and fifty, often becoming blind quickly due to the extreme heat and glare from the furnaces.
London’s Many Messages Through the Telephone
A London observation notes sixty thousand messages spoken daily by telephone. It comments that word counts per message cannot be estimated as language varies while callers wait.
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London
Modern Lantern Powers Light With Small Mantle
The Modern Lantern describes a new incandescent lighthouse lantern using a three and one half inch mantle to yield 3,400 candle power and consume less oil than the old six inch wick burner.
Death in a New Guise in Hungarian Frontier Village
In a village near Pressburg a peasant woman received 400 kronen from her husband in America and deposited it in the Post Office Savings Bank. She withdrew it after claiming Death demanded the money to spare her life. Death proved to be the local Judge, who is jailed. the money remains in bank.
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Pressburg
America
Post Office Savings Bank
Vienna
How London Was Hoaxed in 1860 Tower of London Bearer Card
In 1860 a harmless prank invited the public to view washing of the Reese White Lions at the Tower. On April 1 at noon, admission via the White Gate was promised, provoking Londoners to flock and cabmen to profit while many believed the spectacle real but failed to locate the White Gate.
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London
Tower of London
White Gate
Marriage Fair in Belgium Sparks 27 Engagements
At the annual Eeaus sinas marriage fair in Belgium, twenty seven engagements were recorded with about a dozen more bachelors expected to decide soon. The event aims to curb emigration by encouraging suitors to settle locally. Maidens and bachelors mingle as markets display mottos like A bachelor is only half a man.
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Eeaussinas
Belgium
Motive of married quarrels likened to a Scot’s grief
Bishop Doane compares the motive in marital quarrels to a Scottish man who mourns his wife. A neighbor, drawn by the cries from a fire side, asks what ails Saunders. Saunders laments Donald Mackintosh's wife is dead and wishes for a change like others.
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Bishop Doane
Saunders
Donald Mackintosh
Sand Dunes Inland Move Along Lincolnshire Coast
The London Globe notes dunes along the Lincolnshire coast steadily advance inland. Sea winds blow sand from hill faces to the back, burying two acres of land at Mablethorpe and turning former fields behind the dunes at Anderby into a sandy waste about 40 yards forward.
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Tincolnshire
London Globe
Mablethorpe
Anderby
Hibernation of Bats
Bats hibernate with a true sleep and very low pulse, heart action, and respiration. They awaken on warm winter days when insects reappear, and could likely endure brief water immersion like other hibernators.
Conditions in Bulgaria reveal very low wages and small workforce
The latest statie shows Bulgaria has only 6,149 town workers including men women and children. Average wages are around 20 cents for a 12 hour day for adults, 10 cents for children. Only about 15 percent earn 36 cents daily, all of them skilled mechanics.
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Bulgaria
First Mint ratio in ancient Greece and Italy
The common mint in ancient Greece and Italy traces its name to Menthe, a young Greek woman transformed into the herb by a goddess. Today mint oil is a staple for druggists, candy-makers, and cafe owners.
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Greece
Italy
Ovid
Menthe
Cafe Impresario
Tobacco consumption records shift to Belgium
The Tobacco Record notes Belgium now leads tobacco use per person at .21 pounds annually, followed by the United States at 6.40 pounds, Germany at 3.44, and Great Britain at 1.05 pounds per person.
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Germany
United States
Great Britain
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August Priester
Bellville
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Tell City
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Ferdinand National Bank
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Ed Duhme
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Katie Saalmann
J. H. Beckmann
Theresia Bogersmann
John K. Chappell
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John Daunhauer, Sr
Mariah Hill
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Frank Eyersmann
Murphysboro, Til
Peter L. Cable
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Pike
Father Roman
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St. Paul’s Church
Europe
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St. Henry
Elisabeth Handorf
John
Vincennes
Geo. Voeger
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Martin A. Gossman
Metropolitan Surety Company
H.M. Kean
Hunter and Fisher
Hubert Quante
Emma Becher
William Meiring
Anna Brockmann
Grouw
Hastings. Industrial, Company
Death
J. A. Sondermann
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
the Great
Indianapolis, Indiana
S. L. Goode
Veer Mane
American Farmer Paper
Roth
Loe Daunhauer
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