Local notes list community movements and visitors
Ralph A Call assumes charge at Standard Oil Service Station Indiana and Walnut. Danville’s Ben Barnett visits Claire and Wilmer Albin and plans Purdue attendance. Jones residents host guests including Dr and Mrs Cook Hammond and Terre Haute’s Clyde Randel. Rotary traveler J F Stevens arrives to join his family. Browning to open new grocery. several local social and club events noted.
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Ben Barnett
Danville
Claire Albin
Wilmer Albin
Purdue
Clyde Randel
Terre Haute
George Cook
Hammond
James L. Randel
Proxy social calling takes hold in London society
A London paper reports fashionables now use proxy for all calls. Stationers print and distribute cards, with a dressed proxy delivering them to Mayfair helpers. Intimates only host visits while hired attendants may soon handle dancing, bridge, and dining out for exhausted fashion elites.
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London
West End
Mayfair
Woman seeks acquaintance with sister’s husband via marriage
A Burlington Free Press note argues that a woman unsure about her sister’s husband should not be legally barred from learning more about him through marriage. The piece reflects on navigating family ties and marital bonds within social norms.
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Marria
Burlington Free Press
Glass that won’t break from French factory source
A glass factory in Baccara France claims a new heat treated glass will not break. The process heats the composition to boiling then cools rapidly in water at freezing point for use in safety lamp tubes.
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Baccara
France
Moments of Love and Living Echo Henry Drummond
A reflective quotation highlights how true living comes from acts of love. The passage invites readers to recall personal moments shaped by compassion and generosity that define a meaningful life.
Sparks Fly In Earnest Between Mrs X And Mr X
A lively exchange unfolds as Mrs X accuses, and Mr X retorts calmly that without her money he would be a bachelor. The dialogue captures a sharp, financially charged quarrel in a Boston theater script.
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Mrs. X
Mr. X
Boston Transcript
Pine Needle Road Covering A Florida Highway
In parts of Florida officials cover sandy roads annually with long leaf pine leaves to improve travel. The practice creates a temporary seal and reduces dust as crews work to maintain safer routes in outlying districts.
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Florida
Wedding Note Grain of Rice Causes Bride's Death
A ten year old grain of rice lodged in a bride’s ear has now caused her death. Friends had earlier thrown old shoes in celebration, but fortune favored the bride's well meaning friends who did not.
The Man Who Knows Says Bosses, Fire Rules
A noted adage from Rich ard's Poor Almanac quoted in Salt Lake Herald warns that a man who believes he knows more than his boss may be dismissed. The saying cautions against overestimating expertise in the workplace.
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Richard
Salt Lake
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy Persuades Skeptic
A skeptic doctor and patient abandon faith in medicines after chronic stomach trouble. A friend convinces him to try Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy and all symptoms of indigestion and gas disappear. The simple preparation claims to remove catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. One dose proves it. money refunded. Sold by leading druggists.
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Mayr
Classifieds Classified Acts and Rental Note
Subscribers in arrears urged to call and pay at this office or mail a check or money order. The Herald requests prompt attention. For rent three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping, phone 613 X.
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THE
Herald
For Sale Duroc Gilts Pedigreed and Male Hogs
Duroc gilts for sale with good quality and pedigrees furnished. Also a few male hogs available. Contact D R Hurst on Greenscastle Route 6.
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D_ R. Hurst
Greencastle
For Sale Old House Goods Auction Notice
For sale by Mrs E C Dod and son items include a gas range oak bedstead and springs rocking chairs Spanish leather couch library table coal range refrigerator and other household articles phone 363.
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E. C Dod
Miller Market Offers Home Killed Juicy Steak
Miller Meat Market advertises home killed juicy steak and fireplace wood. Fire place wood is four dollars per cord with phone contact options 564 for steaks and 65 for wood.
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Miller Meat Market
Good Roads Boost Virginia Dairy Prosperity
In Rockingham County Virginia better roads spurred creameries and pure bred cattle. A local movement to improve roads led to a network of macadam streets and a thriving dairy industry with farmers adopting pure bred stock. Milk delivery resumed year round and profits rose as road quality improved.
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Virginia
C. C. Conger, Jr
Rockingham County
Farmore
Road markers aid tourists in Wisconsin system
Since Wisconsin adopted a standardized highway marker plan other states and England have followed. Each trunk highway is numbered to match the official map with markers at close intervals guiding travelers to remote villages.
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Wisconsin
England
Black’s Tea Room Opens in Donner Block
Mrs Lucy Black announces new tea rooms in the Donner Block offering a business men noon day lunch at 35 and regular dinner in the evening with breakfast from 6:30 to 8. Also advertising electrical work and repair services by J. B. Tibbs in Cloverdale Indiana.
Authority on Road Traffic Pioneer William Phelps Eno
William Phelps Eno of Washington DC a Yale graduate class of 1882 is an authority on highway traffic regulations. He has been closely identified for many years with solving traffic problems in large cities worldwide.
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William Phelps Eno
Yale College
Washington, D. C
Central Trust Company offers Gravel Road Bonds for sale
The Central Trust Company advertises $50 000 worth of Gravel Road Bonds available in long or short terms and various denominations at market price. Investors are invited to visit in person to consider the investment opportunity.
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Central Trust Company
Nerv Worth Claim By Coal Miner Promotes Remedy
A Punxsutawney miner J Dellman explains nervous and stomach ailments from coal work and testifies Nerv Worth restored steady work. Ad claims $1.00 bottle with money-back promise if trial fails, sold by leading druggists and reinforced by R P Mullins druggist.
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J. Dellman
West End
Punxsutawney
R. P. Mullins
Wily Old Bird Outsmarts Hound And Hilltop Nest Trick
A writer recalls a wily cock grouse that tricks a dog by leaping ahead to vanish beyond a hill. After a patient search, the hunter finds the bird perched on a crow nest high in a dead pine, enjoying the bird’s clever ruse before releasing it.
Large Families in Ireland and a Clever Beggar
In Ireland large families are seen as a divine blessing and a tale from Mr. Robinson recalls a tramp with seven children in a perambulator at a Tipperary doorstep. He carried a card seeking aid, claiming to follow the command to increase and multiply and that he could not support his large brood. The card bore the name Patrick Keenan, and Westminster Gazette notes the man routinely obtained help.
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Ireland
Robinson
Tipperary
Ile
Lis
Municipal golf links expand across British cities
The Municipal Journal notes several British cities have created or taken over public golf courses. Brighton and Nottingham each operate one course. London Troon and Bournemouth two each. Glasgow Hull and Edinburgh ten. Bradford considers a private course, while Liverpool and Manchester explore municipal links. Income slightly exceeds expenditure for these ventures.
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Great Britain
Brighton
Nottingham
London
Troon
Bouremouth
Glasgow
Hull
Edinburgh
Bradford
Liverpool
Manchester
Bournemouth
Municipal Journal
Flying Frog Of Java And Other Realms
A flying tree frog from Java and elsewhere features a green back a white belly and bright orange toe membranes with circular toe discs. It changes color with surroundings feeds nocturnally and glides from trees when disturbed. Observers debate frog versus tree toad classification.
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Java
St. Nicholas
National Library in Washington Hosts Vast Collection
The National Library in Washington D C houses about 2 500 000 items including 1 500 000 printed works and nearly one million manuscripts maps prints and music. It is the western hemisphere's largest collection and possibly the world's third largest, growing by around 70000 books and pamphlets plus 50000 other items each year.
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National Library Connection
National Library
Washington City
Western Hemisphere
The Golden Age and Human Progress
Fichte argues that what we will become is foreseen by what we once were and what we seek to regain is shown as something we have previously lost, a pattern common in past ages. Rousseau’s state of nature and ancient poets frame the idea that progress is mirrored by former states.
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Rousseau
Fichte
Pensions for Clergymen Prompt Nationwide Debate
The article discusses the push to raise clergy salaries and provide old age pensions, noting many ministers lack adequate retirement provisions. It cites rising living costs, minimal outside earnings, and criticism of clergy for low pay. It urges organized action by church members and practical leaders to implement a systemic plan.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
New Zealand Prosperity and socialist claims rebutted
The piece argues Tip rejects socialism and says New Zealand prospers with strong work ethic. It cites March 31 quarter exports near nine million with a twenty four million trade balance in favor, praising natural resources and warning against draining them. The tone defends free enterprise against socialist doom.
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Tip
Tom
Harry
New York
New Zealand
An Exacting Calling of a Rural Clergyman
The Rev. T. Mercier of Athens Ga demonstrates a strenuous day. He christened two children, visited three ill members, preached a funeral, married a couple two miles away, joined the funeral procession to the grave, then prepared his Sunday sermon and led evening prayer.
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T. Mercier
Athens
Accompanying Evil in Modern Inventions
The British Medical Journal warns that many new inventions bring distinct modern diseases. It cites calcium carbide fumes causing acetylene poisoning, aniline dye effects, caisson disease from rapid decompression, telegraphers' cramp from Morse key use, and various organ and skin ailments from industrial dusts and irritants.
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British Medical Journal
Man Catalogues World Phrases of I Love You
A Swedish linguist, noted by Corriere della Sera, works on collecting how people express love in different languages. Examples include Yougal ni in Chinese, Se siren as hez in Armenian, Ne habbek in Arabic, Sidi sevelorum in Turk, and a 15 syllable Greenlandic phrase.
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Corriere Della Sera
Yougal Ni
Siren
India
An Echo Not a Voice By Amiel
A compact quotation notes that a person who drifts with the current lacks convictions and purpose. It portrays such an individual as a mere article of the world’s furniture, an echo rather than a voice.
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Henri Frederick Amiel
The Kiss In Current Art And Public Taste
A local discussion debates the prominence of kissing in art and postcards. Critics complain of vulgarity in modern media while defending taste and refinement amid shifting social mores and sensational imagery.
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