Local items from Greensburg and vicinity
Warren Laughlin of Connersville visits this week as six candidates prepare for the initial degree in the Odd Fellows lodge on Monday. Numerous regional guests and residents travel, visit relatives, attend picnics, funerals, and memorials, while local officials report road and bridge work and civic events across the area.
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Odd Fellows Lodge
G. O. Barnard
J. W. Craig
Ft. Worth
Texas
John W. Harlan
Harlan
Barnard
W. B. McKinstry
Sardinia
Ocal
H. J Moody & Son
Gas Creek
East North Street
Charles Towler
Alonz Nard
Flowers In a Mexican Jungle
The narrator travels four to five miles through marsh then climbs foothills into a dense tropical jungle. Palm trees giant ferns and luxuriant undergrowth enshroud the road while flowering vines orchids and honeysuckle fill the air with color and perfume as heat and humidity bite the noon day sun.
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Outing Magazine
Lincoln Leads Illinois Volunteers Through Gate Incident
During the Black Hawk War Abraham Lincoln as captain faced a high fence with a single open gate while his twenty man column stood at a halt. He ordered the company dismissed and instructed them to reform in single file as they passed through, then promised they would come together again afterward. Norman Hapgood cites Life of Lincoln for this anecdote.
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Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Norman Hapgood
Lincoln
Philanthropist raises collection for the poor at winter aid
A generous citizen in a small town organized a free public entertainment with recitations music and sleight of hand to aid townspeople in need during a bitter winter. The hall was full and after performances the audience contributed 5s 6d for the poor with the organizer noting the crowd was all there.
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London
Extravagance in Dress in Eighteenth Century Paris
The piece contrasts lavish fashion of the era with today by detailing gowns at £800, multiple outfits costing £100 each, and numerous accessories. It notes vast differences in wealth distribution, comforts like heat and water, and how modern spending favors utilities over luxury fabrics.
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de Tournon
Paris
Mme. de Verrue
England
France
Ora Pro Nobis Misread At Village Schoolhouse Concert
A village concert ended in humor when a local merchant chair misinterpreted the Latin phrase Ora Pro Nobis as We thank you. The singer struggled, the audience laughed, and the chairman attempted to cover the error as the performer left the platform.
Farewell Joke From the Drill Sergeant
A short sergeant drills a tall Irish recruit who must keep his head erect. When the sergeant lifts his head, the recruit quips that he must keep it that way forever, prompting a witty farewell line about never seeing the sergeant again. The tale comes from London Tit-Bits.
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Pat
Begorra
London
Alphabet Counts Across Nations Include 20 000 Chinese Signs
The article lists letter counts for many languages from 28 Arabic to 49 Sanskrit and notes Chinese uses no alphabet but 20 000 syllabic signs. It contrasts alphabets with nonalphabetic writing systems in a concise survey.
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Warren Laughlin
Connersville
Elmer C. Jerman
Indianapolis
Clyde Willard
Enos Porter
Shelbyville
Elmer Koester
Cincinnati
Gertrude Kendall
Michigan
Henry Miller
Marion Soldier’s Home
Harry Logan
George Logan
Milford
John Pohlman
Trenton
New Jersey
Edgar Mendenhall
Childrens
Judge Miller
Franklin
Rush County
the Baptist Sunday School
Hillsdale Park
G. L. Tremain
K. of P. Lodge
Flatrock
Shelby County
E. D. McLaughlin
Stanley
James Homsher
Hope
Lewis S. Yarger
Pearl M. Baker
Centenary Parsonage
J. A. Browne
Williamstreet
Robert E. McKay
K. of P Lodge
Brookston
Bob
Burney
Big Four
Greensburg
Franklin Street
Izans
W. L. White
Undertaker
Parsons’ Undertaking House
Joseph Drake
North Broadway
James Anderson
Richmond
Ruth Ralston
Methodist Church
Ben T. Black
Kentucky
George Hightower
Marion
George
Menter Luther
Oscar Pavey
Rachel Armstrong
Mrs. Cassius Hamilton
Woman’s Club
H. H. Zeigler
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Earl Shelly
Ira Hollenslee
Everett Hamilton
Paul Hamilton
Springfeld
Ohio
Lewis Harding
Newpoint
Indiana University
Mr. Harding
Oscar Sparks
Greensburg Installmen Company
Jue Ili
Michigan Avenue
Mr. Hitt
W.G. Johnston
Chillon Lodge
K. of P
Ethel Watson
Arlie Rowe
Frank Gray
Lon Homsher
Hope Journal
Mary Zoellner
Good Samaritan
Miss Mary
Jacob Lambert
Rugby
John Plessinger
Hartsville
Victor Carr
Govrnment
Washington
Harry Woodtill
North Vernon
Albert Zoller
Louis Zolier
Mary Lewis
I.O O. F
Judge Hogate
Bloomington
Frank Schaufler
Albert Schaufler
Adaline Shepherd
Herbert Shepherd
Clara Eberhart
Ann Kreiger
Lawrenceburg
Bertha Eberhart
T. B. Peery
Literary Club of
J. F. Fraser
Bernice Logan
Stella Logan
Dorothy Kammerling
Bavaria
Germany
Jed
Henry Kammerling
Isaiah McCoy
Charles Howe
Pagel
St Paul
Ralph" Kgee
Liberty Church
Ralph
George I. Eisner
Terre Haute
Will Ehrhardt
W. S. Harvey
Will Snell
Vinas
The
Saxony
Geo. W. Magee
Young Hyson
Linegar Bros
East Side
OUR
Love & Ardery
Porter & Porter
West Side Square
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