Craven Confesses Hidden Life To His Daughter Lydia
In a dramatic revelation Craven explains his double life. He urges Lydia to guard a great secret about his real work as the head of a secret diplomatic service for Downing Street in the United States while maintaining a public image as a feather-brained real estate man. Lydia learns his past and his hopes for their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Craven
Daddy
Lydia
Merrileen
New York
Downing Street
United States
Question on Tad Craven’s secret service work and Lydia treatment
The inquiry asks whether Craven’s covert duties as a British secret service operative rationalize his long bachelor pose and his handling of Lydia. It weighs moral implications of deception against perceived wartime duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Craven
Lydia
Cavalry Regiment for Indiana Guard Organized Now
Indiana news confirms the War Department order to form a cavalry regiment for the Seventeenth Indiana National Guard division. Three troops are active in Indianapolis and Evansville, with a fourth ready in New Albany, moving toward a full regiment of twelve troops. Major P A Davis leads initial organization and recruitment. The piece also notes two girls donate violets to the Red Cross in South Bend and an Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends session in Anderson elects leaders Zeno Dean, J R Walter, and Mildred Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
War Department
Harry B. Smith
Cavalry Division
Militia Bureau
Washington
Indiana
National Guard
Smith
Evansville
New Albany
P. A. Davis
Red Cross
South Bend
Vineland
St. Joseph
Mich
Anderson
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Zeno H. Dean
Knightstown
J. R. Walter
Mildred Allen
Centerville
Refusal to Renew Fort Wayne Beer License
Delaware county commissioners refused the C. L. Centlivre Brewing Company of Fort Wayne permission to renew its wholesale beer license in Muncie. The action followed a local agent's recent conviction for selling liquor illegally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Delaware County
C. L. Centlivre Brewing Company
Fort Wayne
Rain Damages Crops and Storm Hits Indiana
Severe rain and hail last week damaged growing crops and newly planted corn fields across the region. Low-lying potatoes washed away or buried, early gardens beaten into mud, and a farmer drowns while trying to save a planter from Raccoon Creek. In other towns, a window glass plant manager in Hartford City learns of a brother's death in France near Vimy Ridge. A Brazil school exhibit features girls crafting furniture. A Fort Wayne home is blown twelve feet from its foundation, and Frankfort records a $300 bequest awaiting recovery in Utica, New York. The Elkhart Red Cross chapter gains over 4,000 members in a three-day drive.
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Benham
France
Hartford City
G. T. Fulton
Johnston Window Glass Company
Anothe Brother
Vimy Ridge
Fort Wayne
William 8
Clackstone
Hebron
State agency sets specs for institutional supplies
Indiana officials report approval of standard specs for state institutional supplies. A committee led by Governor Goodrich will pursue purchasing a coal mine for state institutions while another group handles flour and meats. Jeanette Harris named secretary. Goodrich chairs the general committee. Fort Wayne district finishes second in YMCA army fund drive. Peru church rededication set for June 10 with historic pews and seats preserved from 1852 church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Goodrich
W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
T. C. Terhune
Linton
J. W. Sule
Bluffton
Estes Duncan
Jeanette Harris
Ft. Wayne
Fort Wayne
Y. M. C. A. Army
Peru
Peoria
Businessman Arrested for Giving Liquor to Minors
Muncie Harolds M. Sherritt, a local businessman, is under arrest on a charge of giving liquor to minors. He allegedly took two girls in his car to a street in front of a saloon and bought liquor there, serving it in the vehicle. Hartford City veteran Harrison Mickay claims to have invented a net to end submarine menace and has written to a U.S. Navy admiral offering his idea.
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Minora. Muncie
Harold M. Sherritt
Hartford City
Harrison Mickay
U. S. Navy
Farmer John M Deck Ends Life at Knightstown Home
John M Deck a 55 year old farmer shot himself at his Knightstown area home after months of illness. Neighbors report no known warning and police are instructed to file a standard inquest. The tragedy adds to a string of similar incidents in the county this year.
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Newcastle
John M. Deck
Knightstown
Deck
Audrey Ogle Wins Marguerite Thiebaud Scholarship
Connersville sixteen year old? Connersville Miss Audrey Ogle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Ogle, won the Marguerite Thiebaud memorial scholarship granting a year of free instruction at Earlham College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Audrey Ogle
Paul Ogle
Marguerite Thiebaud
Earlham College
Indiana urged to speed up army recruiting drives
The article notes Indiana, having met its regular army quota, is urged to accelerate recruiting to aid states with weaker response, aiming to bolster overall manpower during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hoosier Notes and Local Administrations
Bluffton W H Eichhorn names Thomas L Fisher and John A Bowman to the board of review with county auditor assessor and clerk. Indianapolis Physicians plan to give families of doctors in government service one third of patient fees. Lawrenceburg A brewery ammonia tank exploded causing $4500 damage and several workers escaped injury. Lagrange County commissioners Nelson and Belden died within a week of pneumonia. Terre Haute City school trustees reject 20 percent salary increase for teachers. Decatur Geneva board elects E A Harbin superintendent and keeps Miss Inez Kelly as principal. Terre Haute Fire in wholesale district causes $21000 loss to A Bogart Co. Columbus Forty five girls and thirty two boys, seniors, received sheepskins. Princeton Aged 18 months dies after coal oil ingestion near Wheeling. Gary Little interest in city elections registrations. few men and fewer women registered. Anderson Five hundred acres cultivated as gardens in Anderson. Gary Lake county farmers plant 4000 more acres of corn than last year.
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Bluffton
W. H. Eichhorn
Thomas L. Fisher
Nottingham
John A. Bowman
Lancaster Township
Board of Review
Indianapolis
Lawrenceburg
John B. Garmier
Lagrange
Francis M. Nelson
Wallace A. Belden
Terre Haute
Teachers’ Association
Decatur
Geneva Board of Education
E. A. Harbin
Inez Kelly
Anderson
T. Anderson
Gary
Lake County
Four Weeks in Hospital in Cleveland Woman Speaks
Mrs. W. C. Brown of 2944 W 12th St Cleveland Ohio recounts four weeks in a hospital for severe pain and fainting. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her condition and urges others to try it before leaving the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. C. Browm
12Th St
Haunted Rifle in Trenches Story From the Front
An officer describes superstitions in European trenches including a tower omen and unlucky dugouts. A captured German sniper rifle with ivory disks cursed its bearer as shells rained when the weapon was to be cleaned. The officer refused to let others touch it and the tale passed to future occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Fritz
Fearful Prospect
A terse exchange between two individuals hints at a grim forecast for crops. One warns of a prolific growing season while the other quips about burying a mother in law, underscoring tense humor in a rural setting.
Woman defies husband in choosing her own path
A remark notes a woman's autonomy when she acts according to her own wishes unless constrained by her husband expectations. The line highlights gender role tensions and personal agency within marriage.
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Louis Joseph Vand
Lydia Craven
Synopis
Liverpool
Amelia Beggarstaff
Lucy Carteret
America
Lucy
Quoin
Thaddeus Craven
Liddy
Young
Keyea
Young Keyes
Ulttle
Ghris
Brazil
Spencer
Fred Banard
Raccoon Creek
Frankfort
Frank B. Miller
Utica
N. Y
James Conley
Miller
Elkhart
The
Pew
Istate
Hoosier Notes
Mrs. Brown Fin
Sherman, Tex
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