Washington Gossip on Round Table Librarian and Justices
Washington gossip piece highlights Herbert Putnam headlining the Round Table club at the Library of Congress and praises his leadership in transforming the library. It notes Justice golf habits, Armstrong’s rise as assistant secretary, and Chandler’s parallel early age in public service.
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Putnam
Round Table
Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of
Congress
Round Table Club
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Tittman
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Simon
A Golf Enthusiast Justice Harlan at Murray Bay
Testice Harlan has gone to his summer home at Murray Bay where he may be addressed in vain until the next term of the supreme court. The justice, president of the Murray Bay Golf Club, treats the position with high regard alongside his bench seat.
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Washington
Harlan
Murray Bay
Marian
Justice McKenne
Chevy Chase
Testice Harlan
Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Tribute marks Crosby Noyes at 79 in Washington
The Washington Evening Star editor Crosby S. Noyes receives a civic tribute and loving cup from leading citizens as he turns 79. He has never held office, yet influenced city life through journalism and philanthropy, guiding Washington from a muddy frontier to a modern capital.
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Noyes
Washington
Crosby S. Noyes
Washington Evening Star
The
Star
Star Citizen of
Crosby Noyes
Maine
Suppose the Earth Turns Over In Our Sleep
A poem by Kate Lawrence in Youth's Companion muses on the earth spinning and stars rolling in the sky. The speaker questions a child about the earths motion and notes historical doubt before affirming that someone knew the truth. It blends whimsy with a teachable moment for both grown and young readers.
Recalling a Wren Family in the Woods
A Bt. Nicholas reader narrates watching a wren family. The father's harsh actions, hunger sharing, and a mother’s song lead to a nest departure as the young wrens learn to forage and fly, revealing a mixed parental dynamic and natural upbringing.
At-Home Target Shooting Demonstration in a DIY Kit
The Cincinnati Enquirer describes a simple home target shooting setup using a cigar box wood target, numbered cardboard pieces around a central circle, and a gun made from a cardboard tube wound with material around a lead pencil stem. A whale bone propels the wooden peg, released by the whalebone spring.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Cat Adopts Mouse Family at Indianapolis Rail Shops
Busy Body a six year old Maltese cat at the Indianapolis Union railway shops adopted four tiny mice after giving birth to four kittens. The cat famed for killing more than 10 000 rats and mice cared for the newborns and the mice, while a dog named Fanny swallowed one during inspection. The tale highlights the cat s remarkable nurturing and hunting record at the shops.
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Busy Body
Indianapolis Union Railway
Indianapolis
Hundle
Indianapolis Sun
Tabby
Fanny
Union Railway
Rat Wears a Diamond Ring Victim to a Barn Cat
A rat wearing a diamond ring on its neck was killed by a cat in a barn owned by Uriah J. Allen at New Gretna New Jersey. The ring had been lost by Miss Maggie Adams two years earlier, and the rat likely slipped its head through the ring while small and grew attached to its neck. The banyan tree of East India is noted for branches that droop to the ground and root as separate stems.
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Wren
Uriah J. Allen
New Gretna
N. J
Maggie Adams
East
India
Eye Diseases Abound With Forty-Eour Eye Conditions
The eye hosts 48 distinct diseases, more than any other human organ. The statement highlights the eye as uniquely susceptible to numerous disorders affecting vision and eye health.
Complications Grow Over Double Marriages In Muncie Case
In Muncie Indiana a young woman once Miss Alice Frazee is entangled with two living husbands while her former husband has two wives. Land deeds and divorces complicate the matter as Reuben Minnich holds a farm valued at about 50000 dollars and seeks a valid deed amid disputed marriages.
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Muncie
Ind
Alice Frazee
Joseph Miller
Miller
Minnich
Indiana G.A.R. Encampment Parades Reach 3000 in Warraw
The Indiana G.A.R. parade drew about 3,000 participants with Gen John C Black and Gov Durbin on the reviewing stand. Twenty thousand spectators witnessed the event. Madison won the next encampment. At Warsaw and Winona Lake the annual G.A.R. encampment closed with state officers elected for both the G.A.R. and Ladies of the G.A.R. Officers include Commander Daniel R. Lucas and President Cora Leach among others, with W.R.C. leader Clara Hess noted.
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Warraw
Ind
Indiana
John C. Black
George W. Grubbs
Durbin
Madison
Warsaw
Ndiana G. A. R
Winona Lake
Daniel R. Lucas
Indianapolis
Charles W. Scott
John 8. Young
Butler
F. M. Huckerberry
Logansport
Warren R. King
Greenfield
Wm. W. Ketchum
N. C. McMahen
Council of Administration
Amos Walter
Fort Wayne
James M. Barlow
Wm. B. Harris
Cyrug Seiler
Elkhart
Andrew Fite
New Albany
Cora Leach
Indiana Harbor
Ella Tyron
Monroeville
Lydia Stephens
Goshen
Holding His Horse In Indianapolis Over 50 Cent Charge
A Kentucky carriage horse owned by Taylor is held at a Indianapolis livery stable for 50 cents unpaid after wandering, prompting police involvement. The horse was moved to a North Alabama Street stable and a Taylor boy failed to return with the payment, leaving the horse detained.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taylor
Kentucky
North Alabama Street
Indian News Reporter Reported Captured at Port Arthur
Cable gram from Che Foo states Hector Fuller staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News was captured by four Russian soldiers and taken to Port Arthur. He was blindfolded and placed in prison after landing near Port Arthur about June 12 following departure from Che Foo in an open boat with two Chinese oarsmen. The Washington State Department was notified on the prior Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Che Foo
Hector Fuller
Indianapolis News
Port Arthur
State Department
Washington
Fuller
Riots and fires stain Indiana towns in June reports
A Bloomington riot at McCann railroad camp left Stephens mortally wounded and another Negro shot after an altercation with a colored stable boss. In Evansville three men set a fire that burned one man’s limb necessitating toe amputation. Newcastle reports a woman in critical condition after leaping from a second story window. Goodlands bank doors closed with president missing. Milroy bank run averted by local loans backed by Rushville banks. Indianapolis records Penfield Pope killing his wife after alleging infidelity.
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Bloomington
Ind
McCann
Stephens
Indianapolis
Penfield Pope
Beveridge Roughly Handled on Electric Car
Senator A J Beveridge was forcefully jostled in a crowded vestibule on a Friday night electric car returning from Fairmount. A man and a woman drew annoyance over abusive language, the motorman mistook Beveridge for the offender and shoved him through a door, leaving him bruised and unsettled before he continued to Indianapolis.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Boy James Liddle Injured After Ladder Fall
Lawrenceburg Indiana June 16 a 6 year old boy James Liddle son of Thomas Liddle fell from a stepladder at home. His chin struck the ladder and his tongue was bitten severely losing about an inch of its end. Doctors say the tongue cannot be repaired.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
James
Thomas Liddle
Dynamite damages Bluffton home. family escapes harm
Bluffton Indiana June 16 parts of Mrs Mattie Conners residence were wrecked by dynamite. The family survived due to not sleeping in the rear where the charge was set. No arrests reported. Threatening letter received in Rensselaer. Addison Parkison bank president warned to hide $5 000 on his farm or be shot. Parkison employed detectives. Col Bowman to resign from Indiana national guard. Sterling Buggy Co placed in receivership with $75 000 liabilities and assets. Anna Maria Xilthau awarded $692 for care of orphan children in Lawrenceburg court.
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Bluffton
Ind
Mattie Conner
Rensselaer
Addison Parkison
First National Bank
Parkison
A. McCoy
McCoy Bank
Col. Bowman
South Bend
Waterloo
Indiana National Guard
G. M. Studebaker
Durbin
Lawrenceburg
Anna Maria Xilthau
John Garnier, Jr
Big Price For a Stolen Hamm
Terre Haute Indiana June 18 Butcher Shields of Linton opened his meat shop Friday morning to find a ham stolen and a twenty dollar gold piece dropped by the thief found at the scene.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Butcher Shields
Linton
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Shaw
Chicago
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Lovell Finley
Nicholas
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Tobe Ostean
Edward Wood
Wood
Newcastle
Andere Albertson
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Home Bank
F. D. Gilman
Rushville
Milroy
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Oscar M. Thomas
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