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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
8
Miss Marie Underwood aged nineteen was accidentally shot and killed while Billing at a piano in Huntington county Indiana. A fourteen year old girl fired a revolver owned by Thurlow Rickets after being told it was unloaded. Witnesses include Mrs Waterman and several Hartford City residents. The coroner Dr Cameron of Grant county is investigating.
Jeffersonville June 19 a divorce suit filed by a wife married secretly in the city on April 26 exposes James A. Carter a former Indiana reformatory employee. Carter held roles from assistant engineer to chief engineer and superintendent of repairs earning up to 150 dollars a month and was paroled then returned to duties. the case ties his marriage to Clara May Taber to his employment and admission of parole violators.
James Harris, Civil War veteran, reports a hen at his Bedford farm laying two eggs a day in spells. The bird, kept tied in a yard with its nest under a business, stops laying for several days before repeating the pattern, drawing interest from local chicken fanciers.
Vincennes man Jethro Utt 50 commits suicide by gunshot. An elderly couple Mr and Mrs George Zatin celebrate their golden anniversary. A brakeman Albert Tiffernseer 23 dies after being crushed by cars. A public health ordinance is passed in Alexandria. John W Gambrel is elected to Princeton city council to fill vacancy. Vanderburgh grand jury indicts Robert Collier for first degree murder. Southern Indiana club women plan July conference to boost industrial girls clubs. Three boys escape Plainfield school and are recaptured in Greencastle. Wabash River gauge planned near Terre Haute after 1912 flood. Ononga tribe 40th anniversary celebrated in Andersen. Richmond Maennerchor to music meet in Louisville with 55 singers. Beggs and Swain family reunion near Mlai Rock. Judge Welbourne upholds fine against Landgrebe in county surveyor case. Shelbyville teen robs chicken coop. Whiting train fire on Lake Shore mail car cleaned up by fire dept.
A mother tries to persuade her son to share his wagon with Melville, a boy without a father. The boy questions why they should give away what they prize, joking that perhaps they should give Melville his father instead. The exchange reveals a child's blunt moral logic.
A humorous exchange from Ladies' Home Journal about a wife and her husband and a pun on sow and sowing. The piece notes a general benighted view of marriage and a comment about blindness from drunkenness. It ends with a remark that wishes are many but effort is needed to obtain anything.
A fragment from a humorous piece features advertising men in New York discussing persistence of ads, with a sequence about Mr Jors and Mr Brown. A tale recounts Mr Barleycorn the brewer taking workers to church, provoking the parson’s complaint about snoring during sermons.
A rustic report highlights long standing activity involving Squire Grampus-Pill Bigsnort and Hill planning setups against noted legislators. References to Petrus’ store and two decades of limited action among local figures are noted in a dated tone.
In a Life section snippet Clarence reports his father witnessed Jack kissing Gladys the other night and was greatly shocked. Gladys reassures Clarence that nothing like that should worry him, noting their father is an electrician.
A man asks for a 5 cent or 10 cent cigar. The druggist replies no 5 cent cigars exist but offers a 10 cent option described as just as good.
A humorous dialogue ponders suitable dress for a fishing party with a witty suggestion about a swallow tale. The piece notes a girl’s effort to marry may not guarantee her doing household work to support a husband.
In a Seemingly humorous scene from the Ozarks, writer William Hamby joins a hill filly on a fishing expedition. The hill character notes Hamby’s restraint, saying he has not taken a drink, smoked, or cursed all day, admiring his odd sobriety.
Incomplete text mentions an armchair remark and a committee forming a Society for the Promotion of Higher Learning Conditions. Reads like a fragmented historical note with garbled names and hints of organized effort.
In under a year the horse is to disappear from the British postal delivery system. Motorcycles with sidecar attachments will take over the country’s mail work. The exchange is framed as a shift in discipline and method within the service.
In a sharp local vignette Aepinster notes a widow who has married three times and seeks a fourth. The quip suggests that generosity is scarce and families should be approached before others.
A fragmented tale from an American Mage magazine describes a clerk at a famed New York jewelry store showing a five inch square pentinum piece with almonds for decoration to a tired customer Gladys Handbaw. The price hinges on a single disclosed side with diamonds while the other side remains unseen. The customer studies the band and details, then makes a decision amid confusion and ambiguous terms.
A reader questions whether Softly is drinking or preparing for a legal career. The exchange notes that he recently boasted of substantial practice at the bar. A separate remark praises a person who smiles despite quinine discomfort as a winner. The note adds a statistic that nearly forty thousand electric vehicles exist in the country.
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