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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
3
A quirky column notes playful lines about Shirk Hall proposed as library name and a spring vacation flue fear. A judge questions Pat as two police officers back an exchange about drinking. A hungry mice cartoon shows Miss Wood puzzled by gnawing wooden hat box while a matron offers simple hunger reasoning. An item lingers on a comic about singing during visits, ending with a home laughter tone.
A dialogue notes a factory mishap last week with a man sustaining severe injuries. The newspaper did not specify whether the man survived, leaving the outcome unclear.
A customer, a beautiful young girl, asks about a kiss in the moonlight. Clerk Mr Crose replies he has just arrived a week ago and does not recall the encounter, implying someone else was involved.
Professors and students from Earlham and Butler discuss intercollegiate debates on worker representation in industry. Earlham approves a triangular format with Wabash and Butler, and may pursue a dual debate with Butler on a narrower phase.
An overview of early African American and Creole musical contributions. The piece traces origins of slave tunes, rhythms, and scales, notes Methodist and Wesleyan influences on spirituals, describes performance practices with percussive accents, and cites Fisk Jubilee Singers and Hampton as funding sources. It mentions evolving tunes with education, and references Creole subjects like Pasquinade and La Bamboula in piano works.
The article lists athletes by event with names such as Tomlinson Hamilton Mattingly and Cline in middle distances and Kingsolver Stivers Lowery in sprints. It notes Campbell as top broad jumper and McClure in high jump, with Mattingly McClure Kingsolver Hamilton in hurdles and Naugle in the steeple. It mentions a 1919 baseball opener vs DePauw on April 15 and a track meet vs Butler on April 19, plus plans for a local tennis team in the ICA L and court improvements awaiting spring weather.
In a brief exchange, McCauley asks what is taken for a cold and Rator responds with a sharp retort, inviting a price. The item hints at playful banter in a public setting. Advertisers are encouraged to patronize.
The club will present a spring schedule in several towns featuring Viking Song Dawning readings Coleridge Taylor Cadman and Annie Laurie. Selections include Just a Song at Twilight Old English Melodies Russian Rhapsody and The Cossack with piano solos and operatic pieces. A quoted line about a speaker notes a traffic policeman as the great orator in a town setting.
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