George Washingtons church and Christ church Alexandria
Washington was a devout churchgoer who attended services weekly despite travel from Mount Vernon. Christ church in Alexandria, known as George Washingtons church, housed his pew and features his autograph plate, with Lee’s pew nearby and a history of vestry membership and a 1767 Bible and early church records preserved for visitors.
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United States
George Washington
Washington
Virginia
Old Dominion
Mount Vernon
Old
Alexandria
Christ Church
Robert E. Lee
Christchurch
Virginianta Church
Edinburgh
Weedy fields and farm practices in Indiana notes
Indiana farmers face weed problems and are urged to clip pastures and roadside areas, rotate crops including corn and legumes, and use clean seed. Other reports cover a dairy barn heat and air needs, a woman’s suicide in Richmond, a double murder in Lawrenceville, liquor remonstrances in Franklin, and various local health and accident notes across towns like Lafayette, Marion, Columbus, Portland, and Evansville.
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Bluffton
Indiana
G. M. Frier
Purdue
R. P. Edgerton
Greencastle
Joseph Johnson
Bertha Johnson
Fulwood
Willian Bailey
Lafayette
William Collyer
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Bruce Gildersleeve
Terre Hame
John Glasson
Clinton
Terre Haute
Marion
Henry Uphouse
Edward Uphouse
A& Gas
Uphonse
Swayzee
Columbus
H. H. Kamman
Board of Health
Portland
Andrew W. Holmes
Evansville
John Sitzman
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Delphi
Mysteriound
Earthquake Reactions Highlight Odd Domestic Tales
A British man in India tried to kick a tremor thinking a dog caused it, only to realize the quake after looking under a rattling table. An American mother in Mexico awoke to tremors while punishing her sons for antics, then discovered she was spanking them during an earthquake.
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India
Mexico
Swiss Plan to Tunnel Caucasus Link Black and Caspian
Swiss engineers claim a sixteen mile tunnel through the Caucasian mountains near Tilflis to connect the Black and Caspian seas. The project, backed by a Paris banking firm, could be completed in seven years starting in early 1913 at a high cost.
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Caucasian
Tilflis
Paris
Poultry Raising Study Urged In Indiana Schools
Specialist predicts state study will reach 2 000 000 in Indiana as poultry show at Tomlinson hall features Purdue exhibits. Professor A G Phillips warns of 2 000 000 loss from bad eggs and outlines profitable methods including city poultry keeping and careful breeding stock selection. A Indiana Poultry Association drive backs curriculum inclusion with a committee to discuss with State Superintendent Charles A Greathouse.
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Indianapolis
Fanciers’ Association of Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Poultry Department
Purdue University
A. G. Phillips
Purdue
Indiana
Phillips
American Poultry Association
Frank P. Johnson
C. St. Kishel
Hope
Ind
Charles A Greathouse
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Driver Pleads Guilty in Fatal October Collision
George Bechtold, driver of the automobile involved in the October 5 wreck with a westbound Wabash fast freight near Huntington at Favorite crossing three miles west, pleads guilty to speeding. He pays a $20 fine plus $8 costs totaling $28. Mr and Mrs Sterling Dobbs and their daughter died in the crash.
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Huntington
George Bechtold
Favorite Crossing
Sterling Dobbs
Funerals In Indiana Cities Delayed By Frozen Ground
In Valparaiso and nearby towns funeral burials are stalled as cemetery soil is frozen five and a half feet deep. Funeral services are held at homes and bodies await thaw. about twenty remains are held by undertakers as weather improves for interments.
Mumps Epidemic Closes Emerson School in Gary
In Gary an outbreak of mumps forces the Emerson school to dismiss classes. About one hundred teachers and pupils are affected and an estimated three hundred cases are reported in the city.
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Gary
Emerson School
Deficient in Arithmetic at County Teacher Exam
Ninety four candidates sat the last county teacher's examination. County Superintendent Fisher reports only fourteen passed. Failures predominantly occurred on arithmetic problems.
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Princeton
Fisher
Great Northern Ry Announces Colonist Fare West
Great Northern Railway offers a special one way Colonist fare of 33 dollars from Chicago to Northwest points from March 1 through April 15. Regional fares from St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Duluth and Superior set at 25 dollars with tickets to Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia. Tickets available to Helena Butte Great Falls Havre Kalispell Spokane Seattle Tacoma Everett Bellingham Vancouver Victoria Portland and more with through tickets at low figures and free Colonist Folder upon planning a trip to the Golden Great Northern States.
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Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Great Northwest
Golden Great Northern States
Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Duluth
Superior
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
Bellingham
Vancouver
Victoria
Portland
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Fairfax Parish
Gpitexard
Richmond
Etta Carson
Wife
Vincennes
Otis Corey
Nellie
Lawrenceville
Here
Carey
Franklin
Johnson County
Ndiana News
Black and
Caspian
Jennie F E. Caldwell
Hammond
Kate Conroy
Ellett Conroy
W. A. Huchanan
Muncie
John R. Fowler
Elkhart
Waterloo
Cincinnati
Plymouth
Great Northern Ry
C.W. Pitts
South Clark Street
Chicago, NL
Sloan
San Francisco
Fletcher
Norman, Whittier, Calif
E. Am
Brooklyn
N.Y
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Canada
Carter
Speead
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