Parcel Post Sale Aims to Raise Church Funds in Greencastle
The Christian church Ladies Union plans a parcel post sale in Greencastle around September to raise money for church expenses. Parcels will be mailed with no contents revealed to buyers until unwrapped at the sale, each placeholder priced at ten to twenty five cents. Over a hundred postal cards and parcels have been sent, led by treasurer Mrs. Nellie Anderson and organizer Mrs. A. M. Hootman.
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Ladies’ Union of the
Christian Church
Greencastle
Probane
Indi
United States Mail Service
The
Ladies’ Union
United States
A. M. Hootman
Jlan
Nellie Anderson
Hen with 560 batting average tops poultry record
A White Leghorn hen bred by James Dryden of the Oregon College of Agriculture posted strong four year production with 240 eggs in year one, 222 in year two, 202 in year three, and 155 in year four. She remains healthy and laying well in her fifth year despite the steady decline in yield noted over time.
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James Dryden
Poultry Department
Oregon College of Agriculture
Accane
A Hint to the Wise About Constipation Relief
Advert says no one can have good health with constipated bowels. Take Chamberlain's Tablets for relief. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Obtainable everywhere. adv
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Chamberlain
Farm Couple Sees Mortgage Extension Lead to Transformation
An old-fashioned farmer Bates seeks more time on his Bates place from George Ross who refuses. Bates proposes Ross take over management for a year. Ross installs advanced electrical devices, turning the farm around and boosting value. Bates ends the year improved and self supporting.
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Joseph Galbraith
Pepeles
Vivian Rich
Jack Richardson
Vg Snrl
Louise Lester
Ceca Mata Watin
Terry Banks
John Bates
George Ross
Bates Place
Ross
Bates
Jury commission changes shake Vigo County politics
In Vigo County Indiana Judge Charles L. Pulliam replaced jury commissioners Charles Harlan and Peter J. Kaufman with Charles R. Hunter and Earl E. Houck. Hunter, a 1915 mayoral candidate, runs a general store. Houck, a local cleanup supporter, joins from Citizens committee. Both replacements end Eli H. Redman era in the circuit court.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eli H. Redman
Vigo County
Charles L. Pulliam
Redman
Charles Harlan
Honey Creek
Peter J. Kaufman
Harlan
Kaufman
Pulliam
Charles R. Hunter
Earl E. Houck
Hunter
Donn M. Roberts
Houck
Fort Leavenworth
Donn Roberts
Tom Ferguson
Lost Creek Township
Ferguson
Roberts
Rich Live By Robbin the Poor Mystery
A cryptic line contrasts wealth and poverty with a hint that the rich rob from the poor. It notes a mystery about where the poor’s money goes and who benefits from the alleged plunder.
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Michael
Patrick—Yis
Success Comes to the Mind That Faces No Fear
A compact adage collection asserts that success follows those who do not fear failure and that an idle mind spawns a vocally busy tongue.
Men and women urged to marry as widows seek spouses
A widow in an interior county advertised for marriage proposals with photos and received about 150 of each. Many men acted in good faith despite some rejections, showing that men are ready to marry. The piece argues for broader matchmaking and suggests eastern regions with more women or seeking Western appeals as alternatives.
Age of Specialization and Social Aphorisms
The piece notes specialization in modern industry with examples such as sleeping cars express companies and electric signs. It contrasts expert roles in railroads and shipping with separate industries. It concludes with a collection of humorous maxims about marriage, gender, and love reflecting social views of the era.
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United States
National Magazine
Big Guns of the Russo Japanese War Leave Mark on Armor
A veteran recalls a 12 inch rifle shot at Port Arthur that penetrated fourteen inches of nickel steel Krupp armor with ease. The impact heated the plate and the copper driving band was driven into the steel, showing the power of artillery.
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Port Arthur
Lightning holes reveal glass tubes formed by bolts
A geologist explains fulgarites or lightning holes formed when heat from a lightning strike fuses sand or rock into glassy tubes. They occur in sand beds dug up to thirty feet deep and also in solid rock, notably on Little Ararat in Armenia and at Nevada de Toluca in Mexico where rock faces turn green glass under sunlight.
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Little Ararat
Armenia
Humboldt
Nevada de Toluca
Mexico
Song of Winds Restores Lost Memory of Composer
Boston composer Charles Fizzhugh McReigh regains memory after his wife poses as pianist in Worcester. He wandered months, tracked to Norwalk, Connecticut, then memory returns during performance of The Song of the Winds. The couple, wealthy and devoted, plan a western honeymoon.
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Worcester
Mass
Charles Fizzhugh Mc Reigh
Boston
McReigh
Tom
Frances
MecReigh
Norwalk
Turtles bite man as he slices ham in smokehouse
Walter Millman walked barefoot into his smoke house to cut ham when two snapping turtles fastened to his foot. His family freed him after nearly an hour of struggle. James Millman had caught several large snappers and kept them in the smokehouse.
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Ellendale
Del
Walter Millman
James Millman
Tailor Finds Hidden Pennies Inside Turtle
Ashville Ohio tale tells of Roy Bowsher who caught a turtle and sold it to R Cook saloon owner. On preparing the creature for lunch, Cook discovered 984 pennies inside the turtle shell in a surprising discovery.
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Ashville
Ohio
Roy Bowsher
R. Cook
Cook
Placing the Blame in a Domestic Exchange
A dialogue captures family tensions as Theodore-Mother warns of punishment, Nell blames the mother for forcing unwanted tasks, and a sequence of remarks hints at social pretenses, self made status, and an abrupt medical note about going away.
How White Woman Came Near Being an Indian
Omaha tale of a white child kidnapped by a domestic Indian squaw half a century ago. Mrs Josephine Carroll of South Omaha, now a charity worker, was rescued by her mother Mrs John Godola during a hill country chase along the Missouri river bluffs. The incident, set in early Omaha, ended with the white child recovered in a swift pursuit.
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Omaha
Neb
Josephine Carroll
South Omaha
Missouri River Bluffs
John Godola
Edison
Bird Rings Burglar Alarm At Wrightsville Bank
A flicker from the woodpecker family has taken to tapping the First National Bank gong in Wrightsville Lewistown Pa. The bird pecked a surface insect on the bell and learned its musical ring, duplicating the burglar alarm sound.
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Lewistown
Woodpecker
First National Bank
Wrightsville
Rooster Crowing Backwards Baffles Town Residents
In Tarrytown New York Jacob Newman a clothier on Washington Street owns a rooster that crows backward. Two strangers walking by heard the backward crow and the natural rooster answer echo like noting the odd sound. Newman explained the backward crow has always puzzled him.
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Tarrytown
Jacob Newman
Washington Street
Mr. Newman
Selling Street Cars Chicago Crooked Trade Exposed
Cleveland report notes government buildings skyscrapers and gold bricks allegedly sold to farmers as wonders of cities with police saying such crooked deals ended. Adorjan Antal is under arrest for selling street to foreigners who recently settled Kane county Illinois.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Illinois
Adorjan Antal
Kane County
Ilinois
Indian Farmer Buys Car for Diamond Valley Runs to Eureka
Eureka Nevada reports Piute John Hawley, the state’s only known farming Indian, purchased a car a week ago and now drives daily from his Diamond Valley ranch to Eureka to sell produce to residents. He learned to operate it in a day and stands out as the sole Indian car owner in the area. The piece ends with a moral jab about chasing easy money.
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Eureka
Nev
John Hawley
Diamond Valley
Hawley
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