Local Notes and Political Nods in Beaver Township
Beaver township reports several illnesses including W. D. Street with dropay and heart failure, Mrs. Mike Hooker liver trouble, and Tillie Hintz grip. J L Peetz of Indianapolis visits Franceaville. he seeks the State Statistician job on the Republican ticket. Purdue to supply farmers with free corn oats cowpeas Foy beans varieties for cooperative tests in Indiana.
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L. C. Logan
Gillam
Cecil Culp
Beaver Township
W. D. Street
Mike Hooker
Tillie Hintz
J. L. Peetz
Indianapolis
Franceaville
Bureau of Statistics
Washington City
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Indiana
The Secret of Happiness Is Inside Your Heart
The text argues that happiness comes from inner state, not wealth or travel. It warns against constant comparison with others and chasing dreams of elsewhere. True happiness is a mindset, not fortune or possessions.
Miserliness and a dead woman’s fortune tale
An undertaker urges not to hoard money and recalls a Lewiston Journal tale. An elderly woman saved $5000 for a lifetime but died with none left for comfort. Her heir spent it on funeral costs, hacks, a monument, and gifts, then squandered every dollar within six months. The story questions the value of saving at the expense of living.
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Middle Atlantic
Lewiston
Bookworms and historic punishments in old quips
A collection of short excerpts discusses bookworms as mere insects harming volumes less dramatically than legend suggests. It notes American bindings resist borers, European libraries suffer from borers and ants, plus a Dur hem knocker relic of sanctuary and a humorous Victorian cartoon exchange about a patient tongue.
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Europe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Scotsmen in kilts ups a London writer’s Edinburgh visit
A London Tatler writer in Edinburgh notes the absence of kilts among Scotsmen and jokes that many locals are falsely seen as Highland chiefs. He describes encounters with a postal worker in London and a Perthshire man who remains silent, highlighting Scotland’s famed reserve and humor.
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London Tatler
Edinburgh
Edinbs
Queen City
The
Forth
Cormuck
Hodgins
Lothbury Avenue
London
Scotland
Frederic Street
Donald
Perthshire
Jamaica
Old Glory origin traced to Captain Driver and his flag
The article recounts how the term Old Glory for the American flag originated with Captain Driver of the bark Charles Doggett. It details the flag’s gift in 1831, its travels to the southern Pacific, Nashville residence, wartime use, and preservation by the Essex Institute after Driver’s death.
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Wilfiun Kriver
Charles Dogcett
Driver
Southern Pacific
South Seas
Nashville
Tenn
Nasville
Ohio
Capitol
Essex Institute
Salem
Kansas City Journal
Peanut Meal Bread Gains Note for Diet in Spain
The article discusses peanut meal as a staple for the poor in Spain. Bread made from peanut meal is light and porous but reportedly has an unpleasant poppylike taste. Rye bread with 25 percent peanut meal resembles ordinary rye in appearance and is more nutritious. Skim milk cheese is noted as a comparable source of nitrogenous matter.
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Spain
All Alike Visitor In Country Village
A village exchange quotes a playful debate on selecting a man to lead. A villager laments the lack of a truly clever candidate, while Meg Gendorfer Blatter notes a curious aside about a bar of lead cooling to three hundred degrees below zero emitting a musical tone.
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Meggendorfer
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Jentz
Political Information Bureau
Schuyler Emrick
White Post Township
Joseph Fox
Francesville
John Hoch
Fred Ginder
Monroe
Andy Phillipson
Franklin
Aren Ld
Burget & Sons
R. Brenneman & Son
India
Geo. Pugh
Pulaski County
J. A. Clark
Salem Township
State Bank
Drs
Sharrer
Physicians and Surgeons
Houns
IF. UL
J. C.sharrer
Main St
Caleb W. Barker
Attroney and Counsel-at-Law
Rea
Winamac
F. A. Hollett
Abs Whitaker
L. Beesley
Cashier
Bank Examiner
Soli
Francegville
IND
Mullins & Hepp
Yuourseif
Sat
Alkires
Alkire & Son
R. T. Alkire & Son
Clark’s
H.O. Jentz’s
Richaand Pratt
Grieger
England
Durham
London Spectator
Pearson’s Weekly
John Allen
Mme
Nordica
Maine
Ile
John
Cleveland
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