Federated Clubs Meet at College Avenue Church
Fifth district Federated clubs hold a convention Friday at College Ave Church. Mrs John R Miller delivers welcome, replacing ill Mrs Frank Donner. The event highlights include a charter member welcome and sizable attendance with over eighty confirmations. London will serve forty visitors in church dining for 25 cents.
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Fifth District
College Ave
Frank Donner
John R. Miller
Donner
Witch
Indina
London
Greencastle Boy to Represent HTH District in State Meet
Marshall Abrams son of Mr and Mrs Rey Abrams will go to Bloomington Friday to represent Greencastle High School in the state declamation contest Abrams earned the right by winning local county and fifth district contests The event focus is How to Solve the Railway Problem Theophomeris class will accompany Abrams to Bloomington A social party will be held in the high school building next Fri night Further reports note Frank Donner is recovering well from surgery at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Also remodeling progresses at the R E Knoll Co Frank Street showroom The Maple Chapel ladies announce a sale in Hamiltons Music Store
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Marshall Abrams
Bloomington
Bris
Rey
Abrams
Theophomeris
Leanard Wood
Greencastle
Frank Donne
Sythodist
Indianapolis
Donner
E. Knoll Co
Frank
N Street
Maple Chapel
Hamiton
Transylvania beats DePauw 7 to 3 in baseball clash
Transylvania College defeated DePauw University 7 to 3 in Lexington after a first inning rally that produced four hits and five runs for the victors. The DePauw lineup featured a string of players in a game jeopardized by early deficit.
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Lexington
Transania College
DePauw’ Niversity
TransyVania
DePauw __ pe ky Troneviventa
Tatteries
Ghnotk
Wrtson and Powell
Outlaws Get Back Only by Losing Rights
New York April 21 railroad employees who participated in an unauthorized strike will not be reinstated with their seniority. J J Mantell spokesman for the Railroad General Manager's Association said returning strikers will be registered as new employees after a conference with four railroad brotherhoods. Brotherhood leaders failed to secure an extension of the union stoppage that expired at noon last Sunday.
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New York
J. J. Mantell
Railroad General Manager's Association
Brotherhoods of Railroad
Mantell
Merchants Discuss Greencastle Sales Plan
Members of the Greencastle Chamber of Commerce met to discuss a merchants sales plan offering a special on a set day. No definite agreement was reached and the board of directors will meet again this evening for further discussion. Charles McKee of Indianapolis attended his mother Mrs Smiley's funeral services in the Christian Church this afternoon.
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Greencastle
Chamber of Commerce
Ing
Charles McKee
Indianapolis
Mrs. Smiley
How Franses Rebuilding of St Quen tin area
Villages near St Quen tin, France, rise from ruins as artisans reconstruct homes. Facing state and material shortages, they organize a communal event to repurpose salvaged rubble into new mortar for shell houses.
Willamette River Houseboat Sinks Amid Snow
A derelict houseboat sank as heavy snow toppled it into the Willamette River near Sales Grove. Passersby and a few residents woke to the crash as the crew fled in night attire, narrowly escaping with their lives.
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Willamette River
Cerpanns
PhD
Unclear text on Clover Harvesting Machine Invention
Fragmentary note describes a machine for clover or pottage harvesting with references to seeds and potatoes. No coherent events or entities are extractable from the garbled text.
No Main Sticks for mar bid you ever see on United States were in cofliern
Pedestons on Sands street, Hrook. ten, caught no glinse of a marine re cruit carrying a contraband. "harihers shoot" during westerday's rain stern. At the vet corset of the recruit's Jonnnes two her macrines met him to leve unovelia away from him, broke it up before his horrified gaze and gave him a severe lecture on its heary proprieties. There is no service regulation to prevent the carrying of umbrellas by uniformed men, but there is an un written law of the marine corps which puts the taboo on the umbrella.
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United States
Sands Street
Westerday
Jonnnes
Marine Corps
Future civilization: wireless power and living spaces in 2420
A scientist envisions a distant future where wireless power drives cars and telephones, cities underground and streets watercooled, with drawing room interiors and advanced Televisions. He notes U S progress in medicine and chemical production shifting from Germany to domestic manufacture.
How Old is the Incubator
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Merom college and a polite young Japanese student. He treats teachers as Honorable Professors and refers to a visiting sister as Miss M’s honorable sister. A minor dispute over titles sparks a brief, ironic exchange.
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Merom College
Siser
Ribbon by the Mile in New York Charity Drive
A New York City Y W C O A event sells ribbons by the mile to invite small gifts for a national drive this spring. The creative fund raiser uses festooning decorations and aims to engage association members and friends in a decorative contest fostering generosity.
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Y. W. Coa
Cratches
New York City
Fragmented 19th century prose fragment with garbled dialogue
Fractured quotes reference Thomas Carlyle and Professor Pare. The text wanders through phrases about marked foreheads, air posts, and labor versus dishonor. It ends with a vague exclamation about the other fellow and a stray Kansas citation.
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Thomas Carlyle
Professor Pare
Kansas
A Worthwhile Job, A pessimist and an Optimist Weep
An erratic exchange of lines explores hopeful versus doubtful views on changing the world. The pessimist doubts, while the optimist insists the purpose is to strive toward a better future. The dialogue emphasizes effort over outcome.
Banker's $40,000 Gift To Yale For Pacific Study
Bayard Dowinick, banker and big game hunter, donates 40 000 dollars to Yale University for scientific exploration in the south Pacific. Researchers will seek origins of the Aztecs and Incas and whether ancient vibrations linked them to a people who spread westward across the seas.
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Bayard Dowinick
Aig
Yale University
South Pacific Ocean
Peru
Mexico
Maeltie
Golf Novel Quote Reveals Amateur Confidence Clash
A humorous exchange shows a novice defending skill to a skeptical expert. The amateur claims equal ability, while the veteran notes the rough start with thirteen or fourteen stokes on the opening hole, highlighting the humorous tension over competence.
Fossil Egg Found in Gila River Stone
A prospector in Arizona found a waterworn pebble four to five inches across in the Gila River. Breaking it open revealed a fossil egg preserved in bitumen, resembling an ancient duck or goose egg. The find, brought to California experts, suggests long geological ages and shows bitumen may derive from organic remains.
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Gila
Arisona
California
Volewnte
Hofell
Glin
Wan
Virtsburgh
Extravagance of Japanese New Rich In Literature and Art
An obscure excerpt notes the extravagance of Japan's newly wealthy as they seek literature and art. A judge’s quip about a ring and a nose ring hints at cultural values and social tastes in this fragmentary scene.
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Japan
Murder confession shocks Indianapolis with teen victim Martha Huff
William Ray, 19, held in solitary as he confesses stabbing 14 year old Martha Huff in Eagle Creek aftermath. Nora Smock identifies Ray at West Michigan Street bridge as the girl leaves with Huff before detectives secure the confession.
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Indianapolis
William Ray
Columbia Avenue
Martha Huff
Eagle Creek
Washington Street
Ray
Nora Smock
Huff
West Michigan Street
San Jose Plans Wests First Community Educational Theater
Miss Mabel L. Dorsey proposed a community educational theater in San Jose California to develop residents talents in singing speaking and dancing while offering opportunities for all to participate. Chamber of Commerce members embraced the plan.
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San Jose
Cal
Pheard
Qiurke-Hetleve
Petlong
Mabel L. Dorsey
Dorsey
Chamber of Commerce
Old Mother Hubbard and the Missing Dog
A pupil Mary quickly sketches a crude house with Old Mother Hubbard beside the door. The teacher praises the effort but asks where the dog is, prompting an amusing moment in class.
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Mary
Stetton Peet Bard
Old Mother Hubbard
Malta Notes on Visits and Local News
Malta residents attended Greencastle meetings as Mr and Mrs Morris Campbell and Mrs Jennie Carpenter visited Sam Campbell. Thomas Wright bought a pony and buggy in Greencastle. Sam Campbell has been ill at home. Mrs Magic Lawson Eva Walls and Miss Mary Shuck went to Green castle. Alva Wright and son Thomas visited relatives in Anna. Glen Morehart has recovered from illness. Anna Goodwin visited Sam Campbell. Sarah Snodgrass visited relatives in Coatesville. Frank White and daughter returned from California. Hubbard and Bain sales were well attended. Allan Lawson visited his aunt Eva Walls.
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Morris Campbell
Jennie Carpenter
Sam Campbell
Thomas Wright
Greencastle
Magic Lawson
Eva Walls
Mary Shuck
Alva Wright
Thomas
Anna
Glen Morehart
Anna Goodwin
Sarah Snodgrass
Coatesville
Prank White
California
Hubbard and Bain
Allan Lawson
Protracted meetings postponed at Brick Chapel by rain
Heavy rains postponed planned protracted meetings at Brick Chapel Sunday. Roy Ferrand and family visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Raymond Flint.
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Somerset
Brick Chapel
Roy Ferrand
Raymond Flint
Boy Scout Notes and Local Meeting Details
The local troop held a business meeting at the College Ave church basement at 6:00 P.M. The efficiency contest scores were issued with Donald ORear earning fifty points, Marshal Christopher twenty, and Roland Taulman ten. The gathering included a talk by Mr Carpenter and plans for future rope demonstrations and nest meeting drills.
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College Ave
Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
Johnny Friend
Louis Stephens
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