Traction Plan Discussed by Columbus Greensburg Richmond Line
Officials from the Columbus Greensburg and Richmond Traction Company met in Conn e rsville to propose public financial participation in building the line. They plan to offer one third of the bond issue to residents along the route between Columbus and Richmond. August M Kuhn was absent due to illness. M A Peoples and local figures attended as company representatives and future meetings were planned in small towns along the line.
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Columbus, Greensburg & Richmond Traction Company
Connersville
Traction Company
Columbus
Richmond
August M. Kuhn
Indianapolis
Wolves Forcing Families From Elkinsville Area
Four families left their homes near Elkinsville after recent wolf encounters. The animals attacked Simon Helms and his eldest son Edgar, biting arms and legs. The Friday incident happened at the Helms residence two miles south of Elkinsville, driving families toward Hibbardsville twenty miles west where more people live.
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Indianapolis Star
Elkinsville
Simon Helms
Edgar
Helms
Here
Hibbardsville
October birth rate rises statewide with 4 340 births
State board of health reports October birth rate at 18.7 up 810 from last year. Total births reach 4 340, up 194 year over year. Males 2 212 and females 2 128. Warren County tops with 31.5 rate, Floyd lowest at 9.5. St Joseph 27.7 and Marion 19.1.
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State Board of Health
Warren County
Floyd County
St. Joseph County
Marion
Receiver Henry's Report for November 1909 filed
Charles L. Henry as receiver for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Tra c tion Company has filed in superior court a report for November 1909 showing total operation earnings of 35025.16 dollars, operating costs of 21676.75 dollars, and net earnings above operation of 13348.41 dollars. The report notes figures come from daily car earnings and costs incurred that month, not cash ticket receipts.
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Charles L. Henry
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Conscience fund gifts vary in form across nation
Washington notes that conscience fund contributions arrive in diverse forms. Citizens mail letters and send remittances in bank drafts stamps checks currency and other forms. A Hartsville Indiana man once sent a $15 check made payable to James E Watson then Indiana representative.
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Washington
the Conscience Fund
Conscience Fund
Hartsville
Ind
James E Watson
Indiana
Ill Health Costs More Than Any Cure
Essay warns that neglecting a cold leads to long term illness and expense as many travel seeking cures. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable treatment to prevent serious disease and states it is sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Silver Wedding of Rev J B Thomas Celebrated
The silver wedding anniversary of Rev J B Thomas and his wife was observed at Occidental Heights Baptist Church on December 16. Family members including four sons and a daughter joined a church ceremony with a wedding march, flowers, a silver gifts exchange, and remarks from local ministers. Florence Pierce served as maid of honor and gifts included twenty six silver dollars and a silver tea set. Other gifts came from religious groups in the community.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. B. Thomas
Thomas
R. M. Thonias
Baptist Church
Lizzie Pierce
J. W. Pierce
Florence Pierce
Occidental Heights Baptist Church
J.B. Thomas
Florence
Cecile Bruner
Dr. Hill
Berkely
H. C. Preples
Rochester
N. Y
J. H. Consdale
Arthur S. Phelps
Coyne
Hazelrigg Landrum Wedding Shocks Town Guests
Arthur F. M Hazelrigg and Daisy Landrum wed in secret at the Baptist parsonage with Rev. J. F. Fraser officiating. The couple planned a bridal trip to Indianapolis and then Medford Oregon with Hazelrigg’s mother joining the journey.
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Kirby Bros
Medford, Or
Jin
Far West
New Post Office Rules Increase Perjury Fine for Mail Fraud
Postmasters report a government order raises the maximum perjury fine in mailing first class matter to 100 dollars from 10 dollars after January 1. Misrepresenting mail content becomes proof for conviction. a separate 200 dollar fine applies if someone opens a neighbor's mail. The bulletin urges reporting misdirected mail to curb losses.
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Post Office Department
The Natural Compass by a Canadian Guide
A New York hunter learns from a famed Canadian guide how he finds his way back to camp in a straight line without tools. The guide cites windward tree inclination and environmental cues as the key, noting variability with terrain but insisting a general prevailing wind guides a straight course.
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New York
New York Sun
How to Be Happy Though Married Lecture Joke
A lecturer rails about a wife's duties to her husband while a small man in front jokes that the last duty is sewing. He points to shirt cuffs fastened with pins as evidence of neglected chores. The exchange turns on domestic roles and humor.
Not Need Weights A Farmer Weighs Butter With Bread
A village baker complained his butter was short weight. The farmer, summoned, produced no weights and claimed he did not need them. The magistrate asked, and the farmer explained he weighs the baker's weekly pound of butter with the loaf he sends.
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London Mail
The Wisdom of the People
A saying on collective intelligence noting that many minds detect and spread truth from fallacious arguments. It asserts individuals rarely know everything while crowds learn from each other, increasing the chance of correct answers. The passage emphasizes communal discernment and the superior insight of many over a single deceived person.
Inn Showrooms and the Birth of Public Museums in London
The article traces the origin of public museums to inns and taverns in the 16th century, noting sites in London such as the Bell and Mackerel and the Hole In the Hall. It highlights the Tradescants as pioneers, their 1620s to 1660s museum in South Lambeth, and the Ashmolean’s 1656 catalogue. It recounts relics, curiosities, and the 1673 court ruling over the Tradescant collection ending with Ashmole and a tragic death.
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Mile End Road
East
Lambeth
Izaak Walton
Evelyn
Elias Ashmole
Mauritius
Turkey
Diana
Isle of Wight
John Tradescant
Ashmole
Court of Chancery
Tradescantian Museum
Ashmolean
Oxford
Met and Did Not Meet An Old Friend on Subway
A Harlem resident recalls a morning subway encounter with a man he had known fifteen years earlier. Both trains ran briefly parallel as the riders exchanged a mutual salute before separation, a paradoxical meeting that felt like a reunion without contact.
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New York Globe
Remarkable memories of historical prodigies and feats
The passage lists exceptional memory talents from ancient to modern times. Themistocles recalled every citizen by name in Athens, Cyrus knew every soldier, Lord Granville recited Greek Testament, Lord Macaulay memorized Paradise Lost, Theodore Parker dates, Thomas Cranwell memorized the Bible in three months, Ben Jonson recalled all he wrote, and Lyon repeated an entire newspaper by wager.
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Themistocles
Athens
Cyrus
Lord Granville
Lord Macaulay
Theodore Parker
Thomas Cranwell
Ben Jonson
Lyon
A Slight Mistake At Civic Banquet
A near sighted St John forgets his glasses and sits beside the Chevalier Pique assiette. The chevalier’s hand rests on the cloth as guests react to the myopic guest who harpoons the lily white hand with a fork and says My bread, I think.
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St. John
Leaps From Burning Hotel Save Two Guests
John C. Ruey of Greensburg and James Peck of Hope leaped six floors to escape a fire at the Occidental Hotel in Columbus Indiana. Landlord Frank Kovels and his family fled in night clothes. The building was destroyed after an electrical fire, worth about $5 000, and Ruey and Peck were only lightly hurt.
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Columbus
Ind
John C. Ruey
Greensburg
James Peck
Hope
Occidental Hotel
Frank Kovels
Indiana
Eczema and Tetter Relief Sold By Druggists
The intense itching of eczema and tetter is almost instantly eased by Chamberlain's Salve which has cured many severe cases. For sale by all druggists. Pure buckwheat flour 4c at Golden Rule Store. 5212.
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Chamberlain
Golden Rule
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Traction
Wolves
Brown County
Stork
Henry
Jim
Hazelrigg
Landrum Wedding
Arthur F. M Hazelrigg
Daisy Landrum
Baptist Parsonage
J. F. Fraser
Fraser
North Franklin
Twain
Landrum
North
Lincoln Street
Clay
Porter
Greencastle
Mr. Hazelrigg
Florence Hazelrigg
Mable Cofield
Rogers Bros
Rogers
Meriden Britannia CO. Co
Meriden, Conn
Haines Bros
Emerson
Kingsbury
Edison Records
D. W. Owens Music House
South Side Square
Greensburg, Ind
Geo.w. Magee
N. B
Guthrie & Mitchell
North Side Square
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