Elwood resident backs Trutona tonic with relief claims
I K Lewark of Elwood says four months of stomach liver and kidney troubles eased after using Trutona. He reports better sleep appetite and energy. The ad notes Trutona aids digestion nerves and sleeplessness and is being promoted in Greencastle by R P Mullins, druggist.
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Elwood
Ind
Ek, Lewark
American Sheet and Tin Plate Works
South PD Street
Trutona
Greencastle
R. P. Mullins
Adv
Births and local moves noted in Mt Pleasant area
In Mt Pleasant a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Claude Sears on August 28. Local families Mr and Mrs A T Hillis and others enjoyed ice cream at Roy Ferrand's Saturday. Charles Watsons plan to move to Greencastle. Mrs Stella Foley of near Crawfordsville visits D V Hurst and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Sears
A. T. Hillis
Fay Childs
D. V. Hurst
Lackey Hurst
Estel Minnick
Roy Ferrand
Charles Watson
Predicted Ocean Air Routes and Daily Mail by Plane
Leon Cammen of the Aeronautic Society predicts transatlantic air mail soon. He says planes and dirigibles could cross the ocean with relay ocean voyages, charging about $1 per ounce, enough to cover mail, banking and technical documents, and newspapers.
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New York
N. Y
Leon Cammen
Aeronautic Society of America
American Society of Mechanical Lawmeers
Cammen
Aeronautic Society
Ding
Laewmenaut
Charles J. Sanford
Britsh Royal Air
British Isles
Ocean
Meaning of Bolshevik explained by linguist critic
A language expert analyzes Bolshevik etymology noting bolshe from big with vik as agent suffix. He traces history to split with Mensheviks and argues Bolshevism is a non Russian, alien formation despite its association with Russian movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Socialist Democratic Party
Bolsheviks
Mensheviks
Finger-Print Records Fail in New York Case
Levy John son, colored, recently sentenced in New York City to a three month term in the workhouse. Magistrate orders finger prints as precaution. Louis Gottlieb, a dactylographer, discovers only stumps of two wooden logs showing beneath the prisoner's trousers, making identification impossible.
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New York
N. Y
Levy Johnson
Louis Gottlieb
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Freak Ear of Corn Demonstrates Bean Shaped Grains
S. L. Fleewood of South Macon shows an ear of corn with kernels formed like butter beans and okra. The unique specimen was grown in a garden where the vegetables also appeared.
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Macon
S. L. Fleewood
South
Millionaire estate pays for a boy's future home in New York
Surrogate Ford ordered $100 090 from the J Arthur Hinckley estate to fund a permanent home in Hamburg Dutchess County for thirteen year old John Arthur Hinckley. His father left a $4 million fortune with staged access at 15 and full access later. the guardian is grandmother Mrs Josephine Wood and the mother will help with costs and upkeep. The estate may total over $4 million with income to the boy reaching about $1 million by age 21.
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New York
N. Y
Paris
France
Ford
John Arthur Hinckley
J. Arthur Hinckley
Bellport
L. Fe
Liss
Hamburg
Dutchess County
Justice Ford
Josephine Wood
Bay
Detective McParland and the Molly Maguires Terror Era
Forty years ago the secret Molly Maguires terrorized Pennsylvania coal regions. Detective James McParland tracked leaders, infiltrated the gang, and helped secure mass arrests that ended the reign of terror with multiple first degree murder convictions.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Molly Maguires
Outliw
James McParland
Pat Dormer
Pottsville
McParland
The
Mully Maguires
Shenandoah
Jack Kehoe
Yellow Jack” Donahue
Judge rules Amish man may wear suspenders without stigma
In Millersburg Ohio Judge F B Kinkead ruled Eli Ginerich an Amish Mennonite farmer may wear braces to hold up his trousers. He faced ostracism, denied church support for farm work and even barred from his daughter's wedding due to suspender wear, which the court deemed not a disqualifying Christian act.
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Christian
Millersburg
Ohio
Eli Ginerich
F. B. Kinkead
Columbus
Eli
Ginerich
Freedom of the City Grant to Prince of Wales
The freedom of the City of London was presented to the Prince of Wales. The parchment document lists names and titles and guarantees privileges including tax exemption within city gates and no naval or military service, plus potential pecuniary aid in hard times for him and his descendants.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Car Thieves Foiled By Salvation Army Poster Stop
In New York a patrolman halted a stopped car to ask the occupants to display a Salvation Army drive poster. The two well dressed men fled when he asked, revealing the car was reported stolen, a case of unintended detective work.
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New York
Polimean
Themo
Salvation Army
Pageant impresario Imre Kiraliy dies rich at Brighton
Imre Kiraliy organizer of pageants and spectacular plays died at Brighton. He left an estimated fortune of 7 million dollars and reportedly earned 22.75 million from colossal pageants produced mainly in America and abroad. A World’s Fair Chicago pageant alone brought in about 1 million, the statement adds. It claims to be the largest total receipts in opera drama spectacle and pageantry history.
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London
Imre Kiraliy
Brighton
America
Chicago
Will Leaves $500000 to Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges
The will of Charles N. Clark former Smith College treasurer leaves nearly his entire estimated $500000 estate to Smith College and Mount Holyoke College. Mrs. Clark states the gift honors his late sister Mary Fowler Clark a Mount Holyoke graduate and would be her wish if she could speak.
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Colleges
Northampton
Mass
Charles N. Clark
Fromer
Smith College
Smith
Mount Holyoke
Ten Years for Ten Words in Budapest Scandal
A Hungarian lawyer was jailed for ten years in Budapest for uttering ten words deemed seditious. The case centers on a barber shop remark claiming the French navy entered Budapest and Bolsheviks were overthrown, leading to harsh punishment under Bela Kun’s prosecution drive.
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Budapest
Hungary
Bela Kun
Glittering Craze Drives Ultra Rich Purchases in London
London reports a wave of wartime and postwar wealth fueling purchases of antique furniture from historic houses, Russian palace jewels, and rare paintings. Prices for flowers, food, and even cars reach record highs as the newly affluent flaunt spending, with critics noting peace fuels a social divide.
Elkton Elopement Tells of Bold Union Across States
Edward Herbert a 35 year old Philadelphia businessman eloped with May Arbour 20 of Atlantic City. After detours through City Hall Philadelphia and watchful parents in Atlantic City they crossed to Elkton for license and marriage. Police had pursued after earlier failed attempts and disguises were used to avoid detection.
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Elkton
Dan Cupid
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Edward Herbert
May Arbour
City Hall
Miss Armour
Delaware
Herbert
Bookie Operates from Police Headquarters
An order prohibiting loitering at New York police headquarters reveals a poolroom operator used the bootblack Coney Spinia nicknamed Sixes with six fingers to take bets from detectives reporters and others in the building. Spinia loses the bootblack privilege valued at about two hundred dollars monthly.
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New York
Coney Spinia
Spinia
Ban on September Morn Bathing At Rail Bridges
In Altoona Pa railroad officials and state police ordered arrests of men and boys who bathe near western Pennsylvania railroad bridges while improperly dressed, ending a nuisance for travelers on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Birth demographics in Los Angeles rural areas showed major Japanese share
A county health report led by Dr. J. Pomeroy states that one third of all rural births in Los Angeles County outside incorporated cities were Japanese. The rural birth rates were white 48 percent, Japanese 33.4 percent, Mexican 18.2 percent, Chinese 1 percent, with other groups unlisted.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Los Angeles County
J. Pomeroy
Best Man at Wedding In Saco Sets Record Age
In Saco Maine William Lorenzo T Davis aged eighty one wed Dora Augusta Weymouth Davis aged fifty seven. Alan Davis aged ninety two served as best man in a record age for the role.
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Saco
Maine
William Lorenzo T. Davis
Dora Augusta Weymouth Davis
Alan Davis
University for Detectives in Rome Trains Italian Police
In Rome the Scuola Di Polizia Scientifica trains detectives in modern methods. Entry requires two years of law study and graduates in sociology or criminal law. The four month program covers dactyloscopy record keeping penal law psychology motives and cross examination. The fingerprint bureau, enlarged and supplemented monthly, includes Italian impressions from crimes abroad.
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Rome
iItaly
Scuola di Polizia Scientifica
Scientific Police School
Italy
Flivision
Trapped by His Typewriter
Two Chicago detectives spotted a man carrying a typewriter into a State Street resort and attempting to sell it. He claimed it came from Paltsburg, and a test of his typing showed his unfamiliarity with the craft, leading to his arrest.
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Chicago
State Street
Pattsburg
Roumanians Adopt Uniforms Change Traditional Costume
In Bucharest the Roumanians for the first time since ancient Dacia adopt the short white tunic and replace the embroidered Roman styled dress with gray wool hospital robes. Peasants depart Red Cross stations wearing bath robes and hospital jackets, expressing satisfaction with the swap.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Dacia
Epparel
France’s path to republics and emperors through upheaval
The piece recounts France’s failed attempts at stable government from the revolution era to the third republic. It notes Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise, Napoleon III’s hereditary rule, the Franco-Prussian War, the German emperor at Versailles, and Thiers’ role in preserving the republic.
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Paris
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon III
Prussia
Versailles
Third French Republic
Louis Adolphe Thiers
Cavour
Wedding ties in doubt in Charleston over Hill license
Several hundred couples married by H J Hill the marrying parson face uncertain status as Hill allegedly conducted ceremonies without legal right. An injunction halted his practice months ago, but he continued. Now it is said marriages performed during the injunction period may be invalid.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. J. Hill
Hill
Adopts a Boy at 41 in New York
Surrogate Slater sues to confirm the adoption of Max Wardell forty one by his foster mother Mrs Grace A Duff of New Rochelle. Wardell has no living parents. He divorced his wife in Washington state. He has a twelve year old daughter. He is presently a captain in the army and has lived with his foster mother for ten years.
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New York
Slater
Max Wardell
Grace A. Duff
New Rochelle
Wardell
Washington
Letter Delays Highlight Slow Mail in Cleveland
In Cleveland the phrase Return in five days proved useless as a letter took 948 days to cover two city blocks and another required 561 days to reach its destination illustrating mail inefficiencies and unusual delays.
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Cleveland
Sea terms on land reveal naval origins of phrases
Lieut Com Cleveland Davis explains how common expressions such as first rate, on the wrong tack, and carry on derive from ships and sea duty. He cites terms like water way seam, by the helm, fair and above board, and close quarters, tracing their nautical roots and usage in politics and daily speech.
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Cleveland Davis
United States Navy
Navy
Ealers
Ranusmen
Europe's Oldest Beauty Shop and Its Monastic Perfume Line
The ancient perfumery at Santa Maria Novella in Florence has fed fame for centuries with abbey recipes and monk chemists. The convent produced Orachnis powders and waters used for skin, hair, and teeth care, selling beyond the cloister after four centuries of cultivation and a noted sales expansion.
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Santa Maria Novella
Alrest
Innocent XI
Santa Maria
Convent
Rome
Florence
Cor Vent
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Jones
School of Auctioneering
Robert M. McHaffie
Stilesville, Indiana
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Britain
May Armour
Maryland
Bookie
University For Detectives
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Stalin
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