Closing programs announced for junior and senior highs
School superintendent E C Dod son outlines the year end events for the junior and senior high schools. The featured act is the Princess Crysanthemum operetta directed by Mrs George Christie. The calendar includes Tale of Two Cities on April 22, High School Night May 14, Eight Grade entertainment May 21, Junior-Senior Reception May 23, Class Sermon May 25 26, Exhibition of Maintaining and Domestic Service May 28, and Commencement Exercises in the High School Auditorium.
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E. C. Dodson
Chosn
Princess Crysanthemum
Motionature
Torium
P. M
Death of 17 year old William J. Roberts on Sackville Road
The death of William J. Roberts aged 17, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Rovers, occurred at home on Sackville Road this morning near 2 30 following illness of several days. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 pm, Rev A T Tidrick officiating, burial in West Hill Cemetery.
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William J. Roberts
Aze
Charles Rovers
Sackville Road
Les
A. T. Tidrick
West Hill Cemetery
Worley Timmons
Timmons Harbor
Timmons
Fouts & Newgent
Henry B. Langdon
Anderson Street
S. E. Perry
Fillmore
Phi Psi Fraternity
Merle Heights
Chester
Ben Louden
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Kearne
R. F. Powell
Rt Trewin
Glennburn
North Dakota
Powell Wrs
Ayi
Population figures for Greencastle from census data
Census officials in Washington released figures showing Greencastle with 8 790 residents in 1910 and 8 780 in 1920. The drop of ten people represents about three tenths of a percent.
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Encastle
Greencastle
Washington
Marriage of Franklin Paul Yurdt and Berry at Salem Reformer
Franklin Paul Yurdt of Greencastle wed Berry, daughter of Mrs. Yondt, Wednesday afternoon. Rev George performed the ceremony at the parsonage of the Salem Reformer in Chico. The couple will reside on a farm near Greencastle.
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Lafayette
Franklin Paul Yurdt
Greencast
Thomas Yondt
Mes. Berry
Varles Props
Lafyette
Mr. George
Salem Reformer
Chico
Greencaste
Crawfordsville
Twentieth Century Club
Cheries West
Mary Jones
George Pax
Scout Tale Shows a Turnabout in a Curious Debate
A playful interchange among scouts centers on a swallowed teaspoon and a misread name, revealing humorous miscommunication. The dialogue emphasizes curiosity and misdirection rather than a serious event, with the line about First Class Scout and Tenterfoot highlighting a comic misunderstanding.
Cancelled American Legion benefit concert by Josef Konecny
The American Legion concert planned for tonight by Josef Konecny has been canceled due to difficulties arising. Proceeds were to support the Legion.
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Josef Konecny
American Legion
Funeral services for Jas R Nichols held near Fillmore
Funeral services for Jas R Nichols were held Wednesday at 2:30 PM at Fillmore Christian Church. Burial followed in Fillmore Cemetery. The death occurred Monday at his home south of Fillmore.
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Jas. R. Nichols
Fillmore
Theta Sorority Acquires Tilden House For New Sorority Home
The Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority at DuPauw University bought Mrs. James Riley Weaver’s South College Avenue property for 15 250 dollars. Ford Lucas acted as agent. possession set for July 1 to prepare for the fall semester.
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Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
DuPauw University
Tilden
East Andes
James Riley
Weaver
Weaver Hogs
South College Avenue
Ford Lucas
Theta’s
Rail Employers Against Strike In Chicago District
Thirty thousand ballot clerks and eight thousand freight handlers in Chicago district suspend action awaiting Wage Board hearing in Washington. An unauthorized strike to press for higher pay was voted down after James J. Forrester urged restraint. Yardmen and enginemen’s strike hampered freight movement while traffic gradually returns to normal elsewhere.
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Chicago
Strck
Ballony
Railroad Labor Board
Washington
James J. Forrester
The
Brotherhood
Labor Board
Middle West
Far West
FiveYearOld Refuses to Sing America in Sunday School
Mortland Jones, five, son of Rev Rhys Alice Jones of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin, declines to sing America with his Sunday school class. He explains he cannot say the line Land where my fathers died because his father did not die.
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Mortland Jones
Rhys Alice Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Franklin
America
Indianapolis News
Woman seeks navy aide’s help to buy a battleship
In 1920 a secretary asks how to interest the Elepir woman of the naval committee in battleship shopping. The Louisville Courier dour notes the idea of bringing the committee member along to inspect battleship options.
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Elepirwoman
Naval Committee
Louisville
Willing Auditors Seek Truth Behind Wires
In a terse exchange the willing auditors debate the habit of talking over listening. The telephone operator asserts that early tales reveal who cares for quiet work and who is drawn to the party line.
Heavy rainfall floods streams and forewarns greater damage
Over two inches of rain fell over the past week with 1.18 inches Monday and 1.15 inches Sunday causing streams in Putnam County to overflow and threaten higher flood levels. Damage to low lands is reported as more rain is anticipated and could worsen the situation.
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Putnam County
Putnam
Embraced Opportunity on the Bright Surface
The fragment describes a pair skating scene with uncertain dialogue and a strained exchange. It evokes a fleeting moment of connection and conflict as one character declares love amid a tense idea of separation on the ice. The piece preserves a newspaper voice through quoted imagery and a sense of immediacy.
Louisville Courier Journal Confusion Over Geometry Professor
A garbled user prompt quotes disjointed phrases about a geometry professor and a courtly setting. The fragmentary lines reference confession, a park, a site, and a query about histories, attributed to the Louisville Courter Journal.
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Louisville
Jourial
Pioneer Dies at 100 in Los Angeles Area
George Howhe Kibbe, pioneer resident of Los Angeles, died at his son W. T. Kibbe's home in Lamanda Park aged 100. A native of Connecticut, he came to California in 1849 and helped in early wagon transport between Los Angeles and San Gabriel Canyon. He once ran a store at El Monte and was the oldest living graduate of Trinity College Hartford. Survived by son TH Kibbe, nine grandchildren, and several great grandchildren.
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George Howhe
Los Angeles
W. T. Kibbe
Eloise Street
Lamanda Park
Me Kibbe
California
Cape Town
San Francisco
Kibbe
Leo Dieno
Trinity Callece
Hartford
Mount Wilson
TH. Kibbe
Owo
Brighton student joins Boston Brickmasons union ceremony
Miss Watueryo Siadik of Brighton presented with a union board cornerstone for a new building. Thomas S. Pickett presented the board while Master Mason George W. Downs approved admitting the student to membership in the Boston Benevolent and Protective Union No. 3 of the Brickmasons' union.
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Watueryo Siadik
Brighton
Mass
College of Secretarial Science
Boston University
Thomas S. Pickett
George W. Downs
Boston Benevolent and Protective Union No
Brickmasons’ Union
Diphtheria Claims Six Children of Pennsylvania Farmer
Diphtheria claimed six Beck children from Gardner Hill Pennsylvania as the farm family faced tragedy. The strain is said to have driven Ross Beck to attempt burning his home while his wife lay critically ill. He buried each child in hillside graves after their deaths, the oldest at nineteen and the youngest at four days old.
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Ross Beck
Gardner Hill
Beck
Mother Leads Her Class at Fifth Avenue Night School
Mrs. J. W. Schad, mother of four, tops the Fifth Avenue Night School graduation list in Pittsburgh after mastering English French and German. She started to keep pace with her children and now plans further study.
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Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
J. W. Schad
Wives Work at Home in Many Cities Say Labor Dept
A Labor Department survey across nearly 100 U.S. cities finds in Jobstown N Y that three quarters of wives earn money. The Lauber Review notes homemaker work in Johnstown stems from local industry. In York, Reston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh smaller shares contribute earnings. Gardens and poultry provide income for many town residents.
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United States
Department of Labor
Jobstown
N.Y
Lauber Review
Johnstown
York City
Reston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Thrift Magazine
First Texas District Court in Nacogdoches Stone Fort
The 1887 session of the District court of Nacogdoches county met in the old stone fort. The first criminal case and a contested election between Haden Edwards and Daniel Lacy were heard, with Lacy upheld as a county citizen. The article notes broader wartime era labor shifts among crews and workers.
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District Court
Nacogdoches County
Texas
Nacogdoches
Detroit News
Haden Edwards
Daniel Lary
Beth
Letter for Miss Toodles Sparks Florida Trip Tale
A postman asks if Miss Toodles lives here and confirms the mail is for her. The maid explains Mr. F is away in Florida and the letter is meant to be read to Miss Toodles by the dog’s caretaker.
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Miss Toodles
Mr. F
Florida
White dove omen during WWI linked to St Boniface chapel legend
A story by Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall recounts a white dove appearing in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine during spring 1918. The dove’s movements, seen during a tense wartime moment, were claimed as a peace omen as Allied offensives shifted toward a counteroffensive and eventual peace.
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Tloe
Edward Hagaman Hall
St. John the Divine
New York Evening Sun
St. Boniface
The
Marne
St Boniface
Engh
Dean Roberta
Khim
Sun Release Observed in West Africa May 20
An afternoon event in Metet Kamerun district West Africa reports a total sun release. Natives called an observer the man who put the sun out and asked if he could view God’s town up there. He used instruments to study sunlight and ray inclination.
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Metet
Kamerun
West Africa
Carnegie
Kamer
Tarpon Springs Sponge Industry Boom Shaped by Philadelphia Banker
Florida sponge fisheries exceed a million dollars annually centered in Tarpon Springs. A Philadelphia banker who moved to Florida created the industry hub, expanding the town with railroad links and a Greek diver system. In 1965 he modernized harvesting by using divers to depths of 30 to 180 feet, replacing shallow water hook methods.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Florida
Peekesette
Properti
Tog
Gulf of Mexico
Greece
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