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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
4
A farmer notes eight of his nine sons stayed on the farm while one diverged. Rob, the prodigal, ran to the city and for over twenty years has edited an agricultural paper. He writes columns like Hints to Farmers and Stick to the Farm Boys.
Traveling man recalls a risk on cross continental trips as a mouse trap catches a live mouse in a sleeper car. He notes trains often carry mice and that he once bought a five cent trap in Chicago but did not catch any.
The article traces how polis means city from a reduplicated root pol in Greek and how Latin adop ted populus for all citizens. It notes the Aryan lineage, the shift to English people from populus, and the emergence of politics from polis meaning the science of being a citizen.
A St John’s College Shanghai address argues Chinese are orderly, lawful, reliable in debt and contracts, dutiful to parents, fond of children, polite, and respectful to elders. The speaker claims these qualities show China possesses many requisites for national greatness and welfare without seeking abroad.
A physician with wide experience in children's hospitals warns that heavy books injure kids. The habit can tilt a shoulder and elongate an arm, enlarging the hand. The advice favors a separate set of home books or lighter homework loads.
A collage of local notices from Francesville and nearby towns includes social updates, marriages, engagements, visits, and a Monon ditch case hearing set for June 6. Also mentions Franesville residents at events and a brief note on the secretary bird of South Africa with its hunting method.
A Skye terrier seems to show remarkable time sense by daily guiding a group of scholars home at 4 pm except Saturdays. If indoors he watches a window for their arrival and begs to be let out. On Saturdays the dog goes to the children's cottage and stays until Monday.
A fragment discusses Johnny cake as a cornmeal bread tied to Confederate era history. It mentions an iron ramrod roasting method and a claim that Sam Houston ate similar corn cakes, noting Texas lore and a reference to Methodist Church Notes.
The church invites all to attend on June 4 for Bible School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with a farewell service on Tuesday at 7 30 p m Y P S meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m The cordial invitation is extended by Pastor Theo Mayer.
The report details three horses making the season at West Side Livery Barn in Francesville. PIC ARD is a French imported bay stallion 1756 pounds with a blocky build and a service fee listed as S12 and £15. WESTERN LAD, an English Shire stallion, also imported and bay with a white face and white hind feet, has a dubious weight entry and service fees of $15 and $20. PRINCE, a jet black Black Percheron, weighs 1700 pounds and is sired by Roland 43397 with a service fee of 88 to SLO. Care disclaimers accompany the notice.
The article lists Godisson No 43788 WMONGH making the season of 191? with routes on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays at a farm four miles north of Monon and the same distance from Francesville. Remaining days are at the Wayler Livery Barn in NA.
I offer hot beds for raising garden plants for the market and pure blood Light Brahma Eyes. Will sell 15 for 50 cents. Harry Doyle west side of town.
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