Indiana towns list of odd names prompts reform debate
The census focus on Indiana town names like Santa Claus Sleepy Eye Popcorn and Pignut spurs calls in the state to reform post office addresses. Legislators discuss how goofy monikers hinder prominence and advertising while noting many villages fear ridicule and lost opportunities.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Census Department
Indiana
Poker Flat
Roaring Camp
Ig ‘Theta
Santa Claus
Big Foot
Tug
Popcorn
Ad ‘Nicholson
Durbin
Fignutt
Anderson
Naylor
Riley
Beechy Mire
Greenfield
Beechy Mirs
Beachy Mire Jim
Beveto
May Wright
Segwell
Churchill
Cluta
Amy
Paradise
Dern
Rpmtown
W. Oo
Brewersville
Poseyville
Posey
Raintown
Bogestows
Tazonville
Dreamburg
Tanisville
Home
Weed
Patch
Hill
Potato Creek
Center
Wakeup
Dean Blossom
Clay Bank
Yankeetown
Bear Branch
Buck Creek
Dark Hollow
Toll Gate
Cross Roads
Dogwood
Ogleville
Spraytown
Needham
Buckstown
Eaglesville
Piketown
Newville
Nine Mile
Fourteen Mile
Muddy Fork
Snowball
Rush Creek
Tobacco Landing
Long Run
Marble Corner
Greenbriar
Floyd’ Knobs
Crooked Creek
Horntown
Nulltown
Scalesville
Pigeon
Gessie
Daysville
Aurora
Modesto
Azae
Azalis
Metea
Mifin
Modoc
Myoma
Nabb
Nails
Narrows
Noveltown
Noxid
Oecolla
Otisco
Oxions
Owasco
Omega
Olean
Olio
Okalla
Obi
Peoge
Pelzer
Pleona
Poneto
Paltolea
Prospera
Quercus
Stips
Stoko
Stohl
Staser
Spiker
Soest
Snicks
Smiley
Smooley
Shock
Happy’ Valley
Irish Hollow
Wash
Murphy's Point
Hell's Half Acre
Kilsonta Wolf Run
Rabbit Dent
Bale Hollow
Pes Camp
Olive Branch
Homer
Plato
Shakespeare
Byron
Hugo
Tennyson
Dana
Oliphant
Buddtha
John Wickliffe
Titus
Schley
Washington
McKitley
Jordan
Alaska
Iceland
Titled Women in Trade Unearth Startling Discovery
England reports a startling discovery by titled women in trade. The details are unclear in fragments but point to notable findings affecting commerce, industry, and social status. Further confirmation is awaited from sources detailing the involved parties and locations.
What Tammany Hall Is Regimes Saturday Evening Post
An explainer on Tammany Hall as the Democratic Republican county organization of New York. It details the Columbian Tammany Society ties, membership counts, and the primaries selection process with district tickets and independent challenges.
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Saturday Evening Post
Tammany Hall
New York
Columbian
Tammany Society
the Patriotic Society
Democratic-Republican Committee
Gladstone’s Million Cathedral Plan Reported
A London Express item recounts a tale that Mr. Gladstone wished for a million pounds to fund a Liverpool cathedral and its chapter on St James Mount after telegraphing delayed interest in Truro. The anecdote, shared by his son in law Dr Wickham, recalls Cannes dinner chatter from February 1898.
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Liverpool
Truro
St. James Mount
Mr. Gladstone
Lincoln
Wickham
London Express
Isle of Wight to House Benedictine Monks at Appuldurcombe
Eighty Benedictine monks fleeing France due to the religious associations act plan to settle at Appuldurcombe House Isle of Wight. The house once belonged to Normandy monks, changing hands through Henry V and the Worsleys to the Yarboroughs before its current owners. The estate’s history spans about two centuries with notable transfers. Manitoba and northwest farmers will receive $30,000,000 when crops are marketed this fall.
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France
Appuldurcombe House
Isle of Wight
Normandy
Henry V
Frys
Worsleys
Richard Worsley
Earl of Yarborough
Yarborough
London News
Manitoba
Northwest
20 000 Lady Bugs Sought to Combat Insect Invasion
South Africa asks for 20 000 lady bugs to fight a crop pest threatening farms. West Stockbridge children hunt for the beneficial insects amid a debate on exporting them, as Berkshire farmers worry about losing a natural ally.
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South Africa
Lounsbury
F. C. Tobey
West Stockbridge
Coleoptera
California
Australia
Berkshire
Divorce easy in Turkey and a peeping plot
A Turkish man seeks a divorce and plans to wed a second wife under Koran practice. He peeps through a tram curtain to woo a hidden woman, learns her family, and declares to his current wife that she must leave with her jewels. Tears and protests ensue.
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Turkey
Benedict
Tor
Farisha
Divorced Woman Leaves Home After Shocking Outburst
A terse dispute ends with a divorce as a woman departs the house after a heated scene. The following day a relative is sent to the girl's father and a marriage contract is drawn up with the new partner.
London’s Big Traffic Figures and Rail Plans
Engineering Magazine notes London handles vast daily flows with a day population around 300 000 and a night population far smaller. The city uses 200 miles of tramways, 150 omnibus lines, 12 000 cabs, plus underground lines and three deep level roads. Authorities cite two lines under construction, six more authorized, and 13 railway projects seeking parliamentary rights.
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London
Sayings of P D Armour on business, youth, and virtue
A collection of pithy maxims attributed to Philip D Armour recorded by his office staff. The quotes cover ambition, youth voting, banking risk, decisiveness, loyalty, handling controversy, and practical wisdom for management and character.
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Philip D. Armour
Cardiff Eyes Red Wood Paving Trial From New Orleans
Consul Phillips reports Cardiff public works committee favors a trial of 1500 loads of deadened redwood gum from New Orleans for paving at 31.60 per load delivered to the depot. The plan undercuts McDowell’s jarrah wood by 4.68. Jarrah blocks and British oak are the current Cardiff paving materials while red gum is used in London.
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Phillips
Cardiff
Wales
Cardiff Public Works Committee
New Orleans
Corporation
McDowell's
London
Thrift versus Law in Roosevelt’s Minneapolis Address
Theodore Roosevelt argues law cannot insure prosperity and that good laws prevent wrong while aiding the thrifty and hard working. He cites wartime needs including an army of 30,000 with 10,000 horses for three months and an estimated 11,000 tons of food for forage.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Minneapolis
Late President's Ancestors in Ulster Story of McKinley
The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner details the McKinley lineage from Dervock Antrim linking William McKinley to the United Irishmen of 1798. It notes the Dervek strong clan home and the Coleraine market execution of a McKinley ancestor amid Irish independence clashes.
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Irish Weekly
Ulster Examiner
Belfast
Ireland
President McKinley
Examiner
McKinley
William McKinley
Coleraine
McCracken
Monroe
Ulster
Leinster
Ballynahinch
Antrim
Wexford
Father Murphy
Father Rooke
Bagenal Harvey
MW Kinleys
Dervock
McKinleys
County Antrim
Derveck
Aruder
James I
Plantation of Ulster
O’ Neill
Charles II
James McKinley
Shamus Oge
James the Younger
William
Lough Neagh
David McKinley
David
Hannah
James
John
Peter
America
Washington
Dervork
Henry Joy McCracken
Emmets
Sheares
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Wolfe Tate
Wilkes McKinley
Dervock House
Wiliam McKinley
Hanna
Gossoon
A. Dragoon
Coleraine Market Place
McBinley
Kildare
Hettenint Ribe
Market Place
William ‘McKinley
Orie
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Hoosier
Miss Cockerell
Augusta Noel
Albert Hall Mansions
South Kensington
England
Gladstone
P.D
Armour
W. M.K
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