University President Denounces Hazing at Illinois
President James condemns hazing as a violation of good manners and individual rights. He notes existing university rules allow dismissal for hazing and urges student cooperation to end the practice, warning of public and institutional harm. A Carnegie Hero Fund gift to Miss Helen L. Stapp supports her post fire relief actions and future plans.
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Cdy
University of Illinois
Board of Trustees
Pittsburg
Helen L. Stapp
Reianer Street
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Mies Lulu
Bresdlove
Mies Stapp
Cource
Thve
F. A. Rathburn & Co
Harding Street
Misa Stapp
Indianapolis Star
New York Times
Newport
Ministere’ Union
Swindle Tricks Target Old Farmer In City
An elderly farmer fell for a dressed stranger’s scheme promising a quick $1000 profit with $3000 for a few hours. He handed over the money but found only waste paper when he returned home. The swindlers disappeared, likely to strike elsewhere.
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Buoko
Indiana
Newspaper Courtesy and Editors Deserve Public Trust
The Shelbyville News notes that readers value newspaper courtesy and kindness most when in trouble. It urges cordial relations with editors and reporters who hold much unseen information.
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Shelbyville
St. Johnson Suffers Second Arm Break in Summer Break
Sherman St John son of Charles St John, who fractured his arm last July, was laid up again after a similar accident Tuesday night. Dr Wright fears full recovery is unlikely after a second injury in the same place.
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Sherman
St.Johnon
Charles St.John
Wright
Belief and Blisters in Historical Stigmata Claims
The text discusses belief in bodily stigmata and miraculous marks such as blisters on the feet and hands. It cites Dr. Frederick Peterson and references Professor Krafft Ebing, describing alleged experiments with blisters produced by gluing a stamp-like source to a ship and hidden bandaging, implying dubious methods and sensational claims.
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St. Francia of
Assisi
Krafft Ebing
Vienna
Excuses Mark Local Prohibition Fund Drive
In a Kerr County scene on the drive to petition for statewide prohibition supporters clash over funds. One citizen cites Kerr brothers meetings as key to success while another Republican refuses, saying Prohibition would have passed if Watson supporters had joined them.
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Mary Gray
Kerr Brothers
John Barleycord
Wateon
Greensburg Lodge Elects Officers for Installation Set
Officers of Greensburg Lodge No 36 F and A M were chosen for the coming year. W M Bruce Bishop, W John Livingston, J W A D Berry, Treasurer Robt Wood, Secretary Ed Denner, Trustee Frank E Ryan, Tyler S Browning. Installation scheduled for the next regular meeting in January.
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Greensburg Lodge
F.&a M
W. M
Bruce Bishop
John Livingston
J.W
A.D Berry. Treas
Robt
Wood Fill
Leo’y—Ed Denner
Frank E. Ryan
Tyler
S. Browning
Pequannock Tribe elects officers and wedding note
Officers of Pequannock Tribe No. 185 I O R M elected on Tuesday include Sachem G O Barnard and Senior Sag Fred Stier with other posts filled by George Jackson Elijah Porter Wm Mann and more. Also a Kansas paper reprints a card of thanks for two weeks of quarantine during smallpox exposure and a marriage of Walter Foster and Emma A Will lame at Rev Morrow's home with future living arrangements noted.
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Pequannock Tribe
G. O. Barnard
Fred Stier
George Jackson
Wm. Mann, Co
Wm. Snell
Elijah Porter
J. L. Lachte
Clink Beeson
Kansas
Walter Foster
Emma A. Willlame
Needless Legislation and Tax Reform Demands
A reader from Belle River Illinois objects to inflated political ads and labor costs, urging a graduated tax on fortunes over 25 000 and trimming government staff pay. The letter argues for pay limits for lawmakers and state officers, while condemning waste and mismanagement.
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Indiana
Atate
A. FL
Belle River
Ill
The Lone Shark and the Salaried Man
Amsn family on a small NYC salary struggles to cover emergencies and future needs. With illness hitting the mother, no bank collateral or loans exist. Appeals for sympathetic lenders describe confidential advances based on one's own name without security and easy repayment terms.
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Amsn
New York City
Psychic Society Offers 5000 Dollar Prize for Oranges Test
A New York psychical research group offers 5000 dollars to any medium who can name the number of oranges spilled behind the back. Applicants submit to a preliminary box-contents test known to two committee members. Many trials occur, but only one person has shown partial success, while skeptics say spirits refuse such manipulation. Mrs Jake Jonaumes and daughter Emma of St Paul were in town shopping Thursday.
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S Sei
New York City
Samuel McCune Lindsay
American Review of Reviews
Psychical Research Society
New York
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Greensburg, Ind
James
Urbana, Ills
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Miss May Belt
Mr. Berry
Miss Belt
W.J Grant
Milford
Frederick Peterson
Collier
Coats & Suits
Choice
Idalmbert 8& Co
Indiana Farmer
Jake Jonaunes
Miss Emma
St. Paul
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