Masons Visit Shelbyville Chapter for Fraternal Night
Masons from Chapter No. 8 Greensburg joined Shelby Chapter No. 20 in Shelbyville on Monday night. About thirty members traveled on the 6:30 car. Two Greensburg brothers were exalted to Royal Arch. High Priest Downey oversaw the work with Frank Bass, and a banquet followed as Downey and Pleak expressed gratitude for the hospitality. The gathering strengthened fraternal bonds among the groups.
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Greensburg
Shelbyville
Anniversary celebrated for Rev James B Lathrop
Rev James B Lathrop turned eighty three on Tuesday and was honored yesterday with a family gathering at the old home. A former pastor and longtime Citizens National Bank president, he remains active and sharp. Attending were Judge Frank E Gavin and family of Indianapolis, John Shannon and family of Alexandria, Louis Lathrop and wife of Indianapolis, Harry Lathrop and family of this city, and Miss Lizzie Lathrop at home.
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James B. Lathrop
Indiana University
Frank E. Gavin
Indianapolis
John Shannon
Alexandria
Louis Lathrop
Harry Lathrop
Lizzie Lathrop
Batterton to Open Savings Bank Store in Washington Iowa
Frank Batterton returns from Washington Iowa where he purchased a nation store known as the Savings Bank Store and will assume management February 1. He will move his family there later as Ernest and Claude Lemmon also relocate from the city. Wealth of local friends regret their departure yet wish them success in the new venture.
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Frank Batterton
Washington
Iowa
Nation
Savings Bank
Batterton
Ernest
Claude Lemmon
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs. George Miers
Friends gathered Monday evening to honor Mrs. George Miers with a surprise birthday party planned by her husband. Music was provided by Eva Haytt and Hester Brown, refreshments served, and guests departed late leaving best wishes for many more anniversaries. Attendees included John Burney and wife Clyde Jones and family Mrs Ed Yost and daughter James Burton and family James Wildman George Shafer and wife Henry Saunders and family Charles Brown and family Willard Miers and daughter and George Smith and family Milt Vandiver and family.
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George Miers
Miers
Eva Haytt
Hester Brown
John Burney
Clyde Jones
Ed Yost
James Burton
James Wildman
George Shafer
Henry Saunders
Charles Brown
Willard Miers
George Smith
Milt Vandiver
Osteopathic Physician J B Kinsinger Advertises Greensburg Office
Dr J B Kinsinger an osteopathic physician announces office in Hamilton Block Greensburg Indiana offering treatments Tuesday and Saturday from 9 to 4 with free consultation and a Kirksville Missouri Americana School of Osteopathy background. He promises hope for the sick beyond old methods.
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Americana School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Hamilton Block
Greensburg
Ind
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertisement Claims Healing Cough
An old ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy to clear air passages ease throat irritation and stop a stubborn cough. It claims to heal sore lungs expel the cold and strengthen the system and warns to refuse anything but the genuine yellow package by J. H. Batterton.
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Foley
J. H. Batterton
Foley’s
Peliey 2 Company
Chicago
Fate of a Stage Prodigy Betty Boy Actor of 1800s
The piece recalls William Henry West Betty known as Master Betty Irishborn child prodigy who rose to fame in 1803 to 1807. His Glasgow Edinburgh runs drew record crowds and injuries in crushes before Drury Lane triumph. Later life faded as public interest waned and fortune supported education.
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Henry Irving
Glasgow Mail
Glasgow
Edinburgh
William Henry West Betty
Young Betty
Belfast
Betty
Dunlop Street
St. Mungo
Drury Lane
Metropolis
Timekeeping through centuries and a Portland idler
A World note recalls medieval clocks as fair timekeepers only recently became accurate. The tale credits Galilei for pendulum isochronism and mentions mercurial pendulums reducing errors. A Portland man tells of Tobe Carter in Maine who weighs price changes to minimize effort for a $1 grocery bag of flour.
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Galilei
Church of
Pisa
New York World
Portland
Maine
Tobe Carter
Tobe
Bill
Philadelphia
Seeing Mont Blanc From Dijon to Marseille Trains
An October Dijon to Paris Marseilles rail view shows Mont Blanc 136 miles away in a clear sky. The article notes frequent visibility from Lyons Macon and Chalon sur Saone and cites other farthest peaks seen at sea, including Vesuvius Etna Fujiyama and Chimborazo.
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Paris
Marseilles
Dijon
Mont Blanc
Jura
France
Lyons
Macon
Chalon-sur-Saone
Puy de Dome
Forez
Europe
Vesuvius
Ventoux
Canigou
Etna
Tenerife
Fujiyama
Kamerun
Chimborazo
Aconcagua
Andean Cordillera
Spinning the Eggshell as a Breakfast Astronomy Lesson
A breakfast table experiment shows an empty eggshell spun around a rim by tilting a plate. The shell slides and spins around the edge while also rotating on its axis, illustrating how the Earth travels around the Sun through a simple, playful lesson.
Fisk tale links Colonel James to peddler father defamation
The Argonaut recalls a Wholesale tale where Colonel James Fisk is summoned by a woman who claims his father once peddled. She accuses him of lying about a yard of calico, while Fisk doubts a lie for 12144 cents. The elder Fisk refused to fund a cemetery fence at Brattleboro, saying no one outside could enter and none inside could get out.
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James Fisk
Fisk
Brattleboro
Fisks
Argonaut
What a Water Beetle Can Do
An entomologist notes a common black water beetle weighing 4.2 grains carried a load of shot in a bag weighing 814 ounces, 858 times the beetle. Extrapolating to a 150 pound man suggests lifting a forty five ton locomotive and hauling railroad cars at five miles per hour.
Australian Tales recounts fears of crocodiles among natives
The piece notes aborigines fear sharks little, attributing bites to crocodiles as a debil debil. It cites a beche de mer cutter crew losing a swimmer to a fatal attack unseen, and a Clump Point youth who dived after a hook and was mauled by a crocodile. A mobile boy’s boast about a horse jump ends with a taunting, blurry liar remark.
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Dank
Jimmy
Clump Point
Misguided Genius Forged Antiquities Shock Critics
A historical note on Italian forger Bastianini born 1830 who created convincing terra cotta antiques such as a Savonarola bust. Despite praise from Dupre and Leighton and interest from the Louvre, the pieces were fake, with buyers exposed as dupes in investigative claims reported by Scientific American.
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Bastianini
Savonarola
Freppa
Dupre
Michelangelo
Robbia
Frederick Leighton
Marie
Russia
Lippart
Benevieni
Florence
Louvre
Scientific American
Real Storm During Tempest Rehearsal
During rehearsals for The Tempest a real storm raged outside while Beerbohm Tree urged firmer imitation of nature. A lightning flash and thunder echoed through a window above the scene deck, prompting Tree to insist it could still be improved.
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Beerbohm Tree
Mr. Tree
Parrot's Warned Burglars Save Lady's Silver
An old lady's parrot repeatedly says Get the gun sparking a home defense. Burglars enter the house but flee after Polly's warning, leaving the silver intact. A London Mail item notes the amusing tale from Home Notes.
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Polly
James
London Mail
Witty Professor Jebb and the Falling Plaster
In Glasgow a Greek professor, Jebb, taught below Professor Veitch in the same building. Veitchs rhetoric class drew about 200 students who applauded loudly. A plaster chunk from the Greek room fell on Jebbs head prompting his quip that his premises may not support Veitchs conclusions.
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Jebb
Glasgow University
Veitch
Notice to heirs and creditors in estate of Milton B Stapp
In the Decatur circuit court January term 1909 notice is given that William Burkman as administrator has filed his account and vouchers for final settlement of Milton B Stapp deceased. The court will examine on the sixteenth day of January 1908. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved. Witness Myron Jenkins clerk at Greensburg Indiana November 18 1908.
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Milton B Stapp
Decatur Circuit Court
William Burkman
Milton B. Stapp
Decatur
Greensburg
Indiana
Myron , Jenkins
A Youthful Experiment Delineator Anecdote
A three year old girl Clara craves dried apples. Her mother warns of a boy whose stomach swelled from dried apples and died. Clara is influenced yet temptation wins as she proclaims she is not dead yet from the room with apples hanging.
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Clara
Woman credits Pinkham's Compound for relief from female troubles
Lena V. Henry of Norristown Georgia writes that after fearing surgery she tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improvement after the first bottle and urges other women with female troubles to try the remedy.
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Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Job work done at this office prices reasonable
Advertisement notes that work completed at the office with reasonable prices and satisfaction guaranteed.
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J. B. Kinsinger
Osteopathic
Lydia E. Binkham
CH. Thomson & CO
Jewelers
Greensburg, Ind
Citizens National Bank
Greensburg, Mnd
S. P. Minear
Charles W Woods
Third National Bank
Boand OF
Charles Zoller
Morgan L. Miers
Walter W. Bonner
Louis Zoller
Louis Willey
J. E. Robbins
Frank R. Robbins
W. W. Bonner
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