Speed Wins Race as Covington Faces Jail and Decoys
The Flying Heart ranch plots to have Culver Covington replace J Wallingford Speed in a sprint against Centipede's Skinner after a web of love, deception, and wagers. Speed edges ahead in a dramatic finish, ripping the ribbon as Skinner falters, amid cheering chaos and romantic entanglements.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Cantipede
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Helen Ishike
Wally
Thyme
Fresno
Glee Club
Stanford University
Sood
Glass
Willie
Omaha
Glass N & Pante
Spee
Weeley Blake
Sinner
Larry Glasa
Skinner
Corral
Prairia
New York
J. Wallingford
Gallagher
Lawrence Glasa
Wally Speed Wins and Wedding Plans Fuel Echo Phonograph Bustle
In a frontier contest at the Echo Phonograph show, Wally Speed wins amid a pratfall by Skinner and cheers from Helen Blake. Larry Carara captures Glass with a lariat in a wild chase. Speed and Helen share a quiet victory on the hammock as the group heads toward a wedding feast and future.
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Skinner
Lawrence Glass
Covington
Glass
Larry
Echo Phonograph
New York
Paris
Mariedetta
Stover
Gallagher
Helen
Berkeley Fresno
Colin
Mr. Speed
Speed
Albuquerque
Misa Blake
Mr. Skinner
Misa
Mise
Wally
Chapin
Catara
Eceaay
Wallingford Speed
Helen Blake
Mme. Melba
Holy City
Silas
Fifth Avenue
Eli
Jack Chapin
Freeno
Mias Marie
Down the Scale of Wedding Praise in Witty Parody
A bride lavishly praises her husband with humorous food metaphors, from chocolate cake three layers deep to four layers deep, while a visit from her mother turns the joke on a missing depth punchline ending with the quip a dog biscuit. The anecdote captures affectionate humor and family teasing in a light national slang tone.
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John
National Wanthiy
Indiana Faces Heavy Borrowing to Meet Debts and Taxes
Indiana state finances face a January loan estimate between 300000 and 500000 to cover casual debt while 125000 in foreign debt falls due. Officials hope tax increases from 1913 legislation and insurance settlements will ease year end cash needs, with plans to settle January payments and adjust monthly treasury settlements thereafter.
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Hoosier
Indianapolis
State Board of Finance
This Year I Shall Endeavor to Be Brave and Kind
A poetic pledge in verse style. the speaker vows to judge others fairly, earn trust, avoid envy, labor for honor, curb swearing, ease fear, spread cheer, and comfort those burdened, even as life remains difficult. The refrain centers on self improvement and maintaining serenity despite adversity.
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Amile
Indiana Historical Society Elects 1914 Officers and Members
At a meeting of the executive committee held at the Union Trust Company in Indianapolis, the Indiana Historical Society elected several new members for 1914 and conducted other business. New members include Mary Stewart Carey Mrs Roacoe C Hawk ins Mrs Sarah F Atkins and Joseph T Elliott all of Indianapolis Charles W Brown of Milford and Ernest A Shockney of Bloomington.
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Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
State Fair Grounds
W. E. Stone
Purdue
Ernest P. Wiles
Evaneville
J. B. Pearcy
Anderson
Adelaide S. Baylor
Indianapolias
D. €. McIntosh
Worthington
W. C. Goble
Nashville
W. ¢. Heironomous
Richmond
D. F. Moore
Munele
W. E. Schaulaub
Kentland
O. H. Plossom
Auburn
W. A. Morers
Hartford City
M. A. Buerk
New Albany
Indiana
Mary 8. Snow
Chicago
Jenkin Lloyd James
B&b
Indiana Historical Society
Union Trust Company
Indianapolia
Mary Stewart Carey
Mra
Roacoe C. Hawkins
Sarah F. Atkina
Joseph T. Elliott
Charles W. Brown
Milford
Ernest A. Shockney
Bloomington
Cause of His Trouble in a Lunatic Asylum
A passing lady asks a patient how long he has been in the asylum and why he lost his wits. He reveals seven years of confinement after trying to prove he is the reincarnation of Oliver Cromwell, a claim that society refused to accept, causing humiliation.
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Indiana
Ohio
Pittsburgh
William Houston
Indiana United Mine Workers
Houston
Indianapolis
Oliver Cromwell
The Model Dad and Other Sketches
A compact fragment collection features poems and humorous vignettes about parenting duty, secret desires, and social foibles. Characters include a stern father whose upbringing shaped virtue, a magazine editor and a coy contributor, a meddling neighbor, and a chautauqua quip about modern manners.
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Rex
Harper
Wested
Rex Beagland
Paul Armstrong
Tihstrate
Eogar
Poe Smith
Picion
Finance Board
Ralston
Elmus Carter
Sullivan County
Carter
State Board
Joseph Orr
Sullivan
Ind
Horace Porterfield
Posey County
Major G. W. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
Porterfield
Richard Swanson
John Mobley
Monroe
Thomas Frye
Brown County
Alonso Foster
Lawrence County
Irby Kacret
Marion County
Peait
William Crocket
Clinton County
Indiana Corporationa
Paoli Creamery Company
Paoli
Terra Haute Film Company
Terre Haute
B. B. Sheets
H. Sheets
J. Weinstein
C. C. Shafter
George F. Vogt
J. B. Lents
J. H. Dillinger
Henry Howland
Historical Society
Mark
Newton
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