Play at St Meinrad Sunday draws local readers
Names of residents and visitors appear in a report on a church play at St Meinrad. Loran Cherry and Barbara Willis Hensley with relatives attend Sunday services. Anna Volker of Fulda attends Miss Katie Jacobs's event. Maude Robertson from Bristow visits. The play David and Jonathan will be repeated next Sunday in the college hall. residents reflect on its life lessons.
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Willis Hensley
David
Jonathan
St." Meinrad College
Hall
Missing Lizzie and Mrs Lehr visit Fulda and town plays
Fulda residents recount social visits as Miss Lizzie Schneider and Mrs John Lehr spend Sunday with Misa Alina Schaffer. Almost the entire town traveled to St Meinrad for a Sunday play with many others passing through. Ed Weaver reportedly broke a bogey last week in a run against a telephone pole. John Rupprecht remodeled his saloon last week in the latest style. Joseph Hildenbrand and Miss Rose Weldbach were married at Tell City Tuesday with many local relatives attending. The couple will live on a farm southwest of town formerly owned by Mr Borger. Ford Collignon and his best friend joined an excursion to French Lick Sunday. Muhibauer of Wadesville is visiting relatives and friends. The State Board of Education reports on five year book adoption costs for a child from entry to completion with arithmetic graphics and readers totaling $3.42. The question remains when a child completes the grades as state law prescribes eight years versus five years for adopted books.
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St. ‘Meinrad
Weaver
John Rupprecht
Joseph Hildenbrand
Rose Weldbach
Tell City
Wadding
Borger
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Corn planting dominates week in St Meinrad
Farmers focused on corn planting with large acreage as Ruxer brothers’ shops filled with cultivators and mowers. The town welcomed many visitors for a performance by St Meinrad College in the College hall titled David Jonathan, praised for music energy and acts.
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Ae Ruxer Brothers
Jacob Roxter
Bunday
David
Jonathan
St. Meinrad College
Enery
Local notes from Jasper and Huntingburg events
Judge Bretz improves veranda with concrete floor and steps. A 10 year old, Arnold Rickelman, fell on the sidewalk near the jail and broke his left arm. Alph Sermersheim and family welcomed a healthy baby boy last Sunday. Penny Rotte threw Otmar Dick, injuring eight sinews in his leg during a noon hour scuffle at the desk factory. An elocutionary and musical program entertained Jasper College faculty and guests. George Wachner bought the Fisher house on East Fifth street for $1500 from Phoenix Loan Association. Huntingburg debates a new court house. locals doubt its move for years. Joseph Sam Charney and Miss Cora Jacobs wed in the county clerk’s office with witnesses Ostav Hays and wife.
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Penny Rottet
Otmar Dick
Joseph Sam Charney
Cora E. Jacobs
John
E.” Jacobs
Jefferson Township
Cumberland’ Telephone Company
Ostav Hays
Jaaper Herald
Spraying Weed Control Tips From June Farm Journal
A fragment from June Farm Journal provides advice on summer boarders learning country ways and on making a spraying solution to kill weeds. It notes using iron sulfate in water, straining through cloth, and applying on a clear day after spraying does not need rain for 18 to 20 hours.
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June Farm Journal
Lincoln's Wedding in Springfield Tense Moment
In Springfield Illinois the Lincoln wedding featured an Episcopal service with Judge Browne and Parson Dresar observing a solemn ceremony. Lincoln placed the ring on Mary Todd's finger and recited the customary line before an interruption by the judge who joked about worldly goods.
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Lincolln
Springfield
Lincoln
Parson Dressar
Bragdon Appointed Constable Encounters Cy Keith in Green
In Crigfield civic reform, college graduate sociologist Bragdon becomes town constable. He finds old Cy Keith drunk on benches in the Green and tries to escort him to the lockup. Keith retorts that he knew the step before Bragdon was born.
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Crigpfield
Mr. Bragdon
Cy Keith
Polite Congressmen Noted for Courtesy in Street Car
In New Hampshire and New York, The Hon. Cy Sulloway and The Hon. Charles Blakeslee Law are praised as the politest men in Congress after a Boston Journal item. They were seen together in the street where Law gave a seat to a lady and Sulloway offered seats to two arriving ladies.
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Cy Sultoway
New Hampshire
Charles Blakeslee Law
New York
sLory
Congress
House
Law
Sulloway
Boston Journal
Heaven or Hellish Wedding Scheme
In a Scottish tale from the Letroit News a harsh almsman urges Nancy to wed another man after his death to keep her comfortable. Nancy refuses, arguing she cannot marry a second husband even in heaven. Andy recalls John Clemmens, a kind man not in the kirk, as a potential husband to suit heavenly logistics.
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Nancy
Andy
Lone
John Clemmens
The
Kirk
John
They Are Engaged and the Banter of Friends
A fragment describes social engagement rumors. Saya and her friends discuss a young couple with speculative views on appearance and propriety. The dialogue reflects judgments about romance and public perception.
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Saya
Slim
Monument to Grant Underway Near Capitol Hill
A grand Washington memorial project advances with a large ground footprint. Construction begins at the mall area and stretches along Capitol Hill as workers push the costly tribute forward. The piece notes public interest and the ambitious design for the late president.
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Sherman
Capitol Hill
Washington
U. 8. Grant
Hank Waters Spotlighted in West Virginia Mountaineer Character
A Richmond man seeks mountaineer opinions on Hank Waters for regional work. An old local confirms Waters is not widely known yet shows grave caution, saying Hank Waters is mighty promising while noting no known killings.
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Wam
West Virginia
Richmond
Hank Waters
Harper's Weekly
Winchester faith story shows child’s illness lesson
A Winchester tale notes how Christian Science took root as a prominent woman’s son misses school due to sickness. In a classroom with an elderly teacher, the boy answers questions about illness and his mother’s care, saying she mended his trousers while he lay in bed.
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Reillef
Winchester
Joe
Choice of Two Evils
A Cleveland Leader quip recalls Hartford Press editor Charles Dudley Warner and a printer who chose service over selling more of Warner's copy, saying he would rather be shot than sell it. The anecdote highlights editorial zeal and printer loyalty in a humorous clash of duty versus sales.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford
Conn
Cleveland Leader
Boston Burglary Tale With Humorous Exit
A Boston burglar enters a house at midnight climbing a carpeted stairway by candlelight. A mistress calls out and the intruder freezes then retreats to the basement. He eats a small piece of cold chicken before slipping away dejectedly through the back door.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Man Offers Ice Cream Advice In Odd Restaurant Scene
A man in a restaurant watches melting ice cream and approaches the proprietor to offer a free tip on making ice cream. He speaks confidentially and attempts to present a portion of his guidance despite garbled dialogue.
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Weil
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Fulda
Lizzie Schneider
John Lehr
Misa
Alina Schaffer
Joe Waliinger
Chrisney
Ee Muhibauer
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Jasper
John L. Bretz
Arnold Rickelman
Alph Sérmershiem
Alph
Jasper College
George Wachner
Fisher House
East Fifth Street
Jos. A. Eckert
Phoenix Loan ‘Association
Huntingburg
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Ferdinand Foundry & Machine Works
Ferdinand, Ind
JS. H Reckmann & Sauer
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