Monon Negotiations for Southern Branch Line to Evansville
Dispatch reports the Indianapolis and Louisville Railway known as the Monon is negotiating with South ay Company for the purchase of the Southern branch from Rick to Evansville. A roughly estimated offer covers the line and track but rolling stock is not included. President Delang denied plans to extend into Evansville.
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Ansville
Chi Fanapolis
Louisville
The
Monon
Southay Company
Ick
Ind
Dan
Buysville
French Lick
Evansville
Delang
Cute
Evans
Ma Cane
Hio
Long Term Farm Loan Bills Presented by Finance Officials
Indiana February conference prompts Senators Fletcher and others to push administration bills for long term farm loans. Proposals create a Treasury Department bureau to supervise regional banks, issue credit, and fund cooperative farms. Loans limited to 50 percent of land value, extend up to thirty years, with strict state land title and taxation oversight.
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Ington
Tire House
Idiana
Fletcher, Ja
Fed Amission
Ad Senate
Treasury Department
Teasury
National banks limits on long term business and deposits
The bill limits each bank to a maximum long term business of fifteen times paid up capital and surplus. Banks may accept and pay interest on deposits up to 50 percent of capital and surplus and receive postal savings deposits to the same extent. The report was drafted by Senator Fletcher chairing the rural credit commission with Senators Core Moss Coulter and others.
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Fletcher
Core
Moss
Indiana
John Lee Coulter
Minnesota
Rural Credit Commission
Births Outnumber Deaths in Putnam County 1915
County Health Officer King reports 1915 saw 240 deaths and 410 births in Putnam County with tuberculosis the leading killer at 26 deaths. The county death rate was 10.6 per 1000. Greencastle had 22 per 1000. Contagious diseases totaled 105 cases, led by scarlet fever 40 and typhoid 34.
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Putnam County
King
State Board of Health
Greencastle
Mary Ann Bicknell obituary notes 1824 birth and 1914 death
Mary Ann Bicknell daughter of George and Susan Bicknell born February 10 1824 died January 18 1914 aged ninety. Her father a veteran of the war of 1812 served under General St. Clair. In 1818 he moved from Pennsylvania to Brunerstown Putnam County Indiana where she married 8 D Irwin January 15 1850. They had seven sons and two daughters including Henry C George E Robert S William W and Mary L.
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Mary Ann Bicknell
George
Susan Bicknell
General St. Clair
Pennsylvania
Brunerstown
Putnam County
Indiana
D. Irwin
Henry C
George E
Robert S
William W
Mary L
DePauw appoints Harry Eller athletic manager
The article notes Wabash College mirrors DePauw by naming Harry Eller class of 1904 as graduate manager of athletics. Eller will devote full time to athletics, with field work in summer to recruit high school athletes to Wabash under a new trustees funded contract. It mentions his prior role in Little Giant athletics and the college allotment for the position.
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DePauw
Wabash College
Harry Eller
Little Giant Athletics
Eller
Warbash
Anglo Saxon Mission For World Second Coming
Rev George McGinnis argues Anglo Saxons unite Rome Greek and Hebrew strengths. They prepare the world for Christ second coming by spreading the gospel, teaching English, and opening markets. The sermon frames missionaries as drivers of civilization and global commerce.
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Rome
Greece
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Mexico
Japan
China
Christ
Relan
Cros
Jie
Africa
Asia
Anglo-Saxon Destiny and Global Business Privilege
The author argues manufacturers should invest in foreign missions and expand into Asia and Africa. He frames the Anglo-Saxons as the Ten Tribes chosen to rule, spreading a just, impartial, and charitable governance that grants life liberty and happiness to all if laws are followed.
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Asia
Africa
Israel
Gospel of Leisure and the Earned Rest for Workers
The essay urges a balanced life of toil and leisure, arguing vacations must be earned through hard work. It extols nature as the ultimate rest giver and criticizes idle holiday boasts while celebrating moments of renewal found in country or scenic escapes.
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Broadway
Ben
Abraham
Each Trial Has Its Lesson
The passage reflects on enduring hardship with strength drawn from faith. It teaches that trials come in measured steps to teach lessons, each aimed to strengthen us without overwhelming. The speaker notes that many years of trouble would break us were it not for divine ordering.
The Choir of Birds at St Peter's Chapel in Florence
A Florence chapel houses a unique choir of three hundred birds kept in cages along the altar. A girl leads the birds with two years of training, and the church service features their exquisitely rendered music beginning with the call Aa wae.
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St. Peter
Florence
Whistled hymn inspires birds to join in
A brief note describes a scene where a whistle leads a human through a simple hymn and, as the hand signals guide, birds instinctively join in the tune with light, coordinated chirping. The moment captures harmony between human gesture and avian response.
Prayer and worship in spirit not form
A religious reflection argues that Jesus warned against vain repetitions in prayer and urged sincere worship in spirit and truth rather than in man made places or fixed formulas. It notes the parallel with other faiths and elevates prayer as a living reality guided by inner devotion.
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Jesus
Christ
Greatness of gentleness in Lincoln and biblical examples
The article extols gentleness as divine power shown in Christ, David, and especially Abraham Lincoln. It lauds Lincoln as a gentle, righteous liberator whose patience tamed conflict, pardoned soldiers, and inspired a nation toward peace and charity. Lincoln and Washington are praised as masters of gentleness guiding moral manhood.
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Bethlehem
Jesus
David
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Judas
Lincoln
Washington
The Gospel and a German Artist in a Cracked Studio
A Gypsy girl sits for a German artist who shows an unfinished crucifixion and explains the Gospel tale in a tense exchange. The dialogue probes faith and reform, contrasting Christ’s salvation with worldly fixes while urging inner peace over endless desires.
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Filu
Ruskin on Fortitude and Peace in Christianity
A quotation discusses Christian promise of peace over happiness and highlights perseverance courage and patience as essential, citing F. W. Robert son and Ruskin to emphasize fortitude as both valuable and rare.
Every Man Dwell In His Own Land And Purpose
The piece argues that wealth or status does not dictate virtue and that people ultimately become what their inner attitudes produce. It cites Jeremiah, Hans Andersen, and Jesus to claim that individuals come into their own land by mindset, not magic, stressing the primacy of character over circumstance.
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Hans Andersen
Ife
Trustees' Notices from Madison Mill Creek Jackson and More
Trustees announce weekly times and places to transact office business. WW Knauer will be at his Madison Township residence on Mondays and Fridays. Ernest Kivett at Mill Creek Township home on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Benjamin Walls at Jackson Township office Fridays. Oliver Stringer at his residence Tuesdays and Saturdays. D Beetcheson at Bainbridge Wednesdays. Fred Todd at Floyd Township residence Wednesdays. Rector notes Marion Township at home Fridays and Fillmore Tuesdays.
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Madison Township
Knauer
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Ste
Oliver Stringer
Floyd Township
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Fillmore
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement From Greencastle Resident
Greencastle resident William Sillery testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys after visiting Jones Stevens Co. Drug Store. He reiterates in 1912 that the cure was permanent and continues to recommend them. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the U.S. agent.
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Greencastle
Dean
William Sillery
Barber
East Liberty St
Ind
Chronic Constipation Cured by Chamberlains Tablets
Five years ago S F Fish of Brooklyn Michigan suffered a severe case of chronic constipation. He credits Chamberlains Tablets with the cure and notes the remedy is sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
S. F. Fish
Brooklyn
Mich
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Gospel OF Leisure
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George Clarke Peck
the Choir of Birds
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