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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1910
Page
2
The college team opens the season next Friday April 29 with Franklin town. Coach Goheen notes twenty candidates tried out in the latest practice and competition is keen as no spots are cinched yet. The first regular game will follow May 6 against Hanover.
Special Messenger recounts Professor Aytoun's plea for Miss Emily Jane Wilson to speak to her father about marriage. Emily guides the proposal, finding her father in the library. The answer pinned to the library door reads author’s compliments and signals the offer is declined.
The United States Indian School hosts three performances of The Captain of Plymouth during commencement week with baccalaureate tomorrow and graduation Thursday. Miles Standish romance drives comic adventures as students play all roles and the school orchestra. Wednesday features track events lacrosse exhibition and the school prints the program. The school founded 1879 with Congress aid houses 1004 students and offered 385 jobs last year. Pay your subscription.
A Washington clergyman contrasts emotion and form in faith and recalls a Richmond colored congregation talk. He recounts an aged deacon's prayer with vivid dialect and imagery asking for salvation and fiery zeal.
A brief letter from H. C. recounts two fans debating the age of baseball. One traces it to 1850 while the other cites biblical events from Eden to Moses, Goliath, and the Prodigal Son as a metaphor for a home run and a shutout in the era’s spirit.
The new drug store clerk returns a prescription to an old customer and asks him to wait for the boss. He explains he won’t fill it for outsiders, only for locals in the neighborhood.
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