The Night of the Jail Door and the Veteran March
Judson recalls a 20 year old jail siege where Sheriff Breen, a militia captain, and a Civil War veteran commander faced a mob seeking revenge. As a log rammed the door and flames rose, a rescue line of Colonel Reed and Company 1 approached, marching in with bayonets blazing and restoring order without bloodshed. Breen, the speaker, reveals he was the observer in the tale.
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Judson
Atory
Breen
Ers
Hedlam
Bers
Elds
Ald Reed
Health board cites Indiana deaths from consumption
The Indiana state board of health reports that in one year 790 mothers aged 18 to 45 and 425 fathers were killed by consumption. The fathers and mothers left 2,515 children under 12, deprived of parental care. The piece urges continued fight against the great white plague and asks what readers are doing to help.
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Indiana
Persistent Kicker Sparks Better Air In Public Spaces
Public benefits arise when theater patrons and church attendees press for ventilation improvements. While motive may be selfish, effective complaints lead to healthier air for hundreds, including streetcar riders.
One of Nature's Marvels: The Axolotl’s Surprising Life Cycle
The axolotl, a large black water amphibian kept at the London Zoo, remains larval in form yet breeds like a salamander. Historically thought to be a never-aging larva, it was shown over 50 years ago to link to a land salamander in Mexico, Amblystoma, proving a direct connection to mature terrestrial forms.
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London Zoological Gardens
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Charley Mann and a White Card at Baltimore Convention
A portrait of Charles H. Mann, superintendent of the Riress gallery, noted for charity and compliance with rules, who once guarded the Baltimore convention entry for newspaper men and received a mysterious white card. The piece also cites London hospital findings on writer's cramp, attributing the condition to brain fatigue rather than muscle exhaustion and describing recovery challenges.
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Charles H. Mann
Riress
House of Representatives
National Capitol
District of Columbia
Charitable
Charlie
Baltimore
Popular Magazine
London Hospital
Curtains and Scrim Drapery Edges and Inserts
Advertises Lacet Arabian curtains with edge insertions priced at $5.00 per pair and scrim curtains with white or Arab insertions and edges at $2.76 per pair.
Horse Breeders Advertise 1918 Season Schedule Near Onberg
Thorne King driving horse Cea sar Percheron Gideon Belgian Howard and David Wadding Jr a fine jack will make the season of 1918 beginning April 21. The first three days each week at the owner’s barn near Onberg and the last three days each week at the Indiana stable on Homer City road opposite the fair grounds. David Edwards owner and keeper. Also notices on trespass and wanted good veal calves at Homer City Pa.
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Thorne King
Ceasar
Percheron
Gideon
Howard
David Wadding
Onberg
Indiana
Homer City Road
Fair Grounds
David Edwards
In the Days of Prosperity on Living Costs
Des Moines banker Henry S Oliphant at a banquet laments high living costs and monopoly. He notes prices rise once trusts secure control and compares meat pricing to broad prosperity. He recalls a jokey exchange about a wife’s churchgoing to compare attire among women.
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Henry S. Oliphant
Des Moines
Precepts of a President for Parents
The words of John Adams to his wife on education and virtue serve as enduring watchwords for parenting. He urged training children to virtue, habits of industry and spirit, and to consider vice as shameful and unbecoming.
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John Adams
United States
Maugham Praises Faltering Drama in New York
W Somerset Maugham praised a historical drama in New York saying it was singularly accurate though it had failed. He told the author on opening night that his familiarity with the subject matched the king who kissed the parlor maid.
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W. Somerset Maugham
New York
Mr. Maugham
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