Cheap gas debate sparks insult and calls for inquiry in Indianapolis
In a mayor’s office meeting, labor reps urged more time to study a proposed gas franchise. They warned the plan would deliver cheap gas to only a small city portion and faced insinuations of ties to Indianapolis Gas Co. The piece contends residents deserve full debate and warns against biased accusations while touching on broader global remarks and university ties.
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Indianapolis
Swhich
Potts
Consumers’ Gas Trust
The Shooting Beabon and the English Love of Killing
A critical commentary on English gun culture during the hunting season. It queers the leisure class savoring sport while condemning poaching, noting vast preserves, high rents, and the mass slaughter of game including stags, grouse, and rabbits. Mentions Holtzman and Jim Morlatite at a gas meeting.
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Great Britain
Port Arthur
Holtzman
Jim Morlatite
The Sad Case of Russia and Envoy Witte
A brief critique notes Russia as whipped and bankrupt, headed toward revolution. It credits Envoy Witte with saving face before the world but asserts Russia cannot pursue peace or continue the war. The piece presents a bleak view of Russia’s prospects and diplomacy.
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Russia
China
Europe
Peter the Great
Japan
M. Witte Pnns
Envoy Witte
Deacon
Manchuria
Korea
Abanda
Public critique of Judge Baker decision in Consumers case
Readers see the Caneumera Trust Company as failing public service by not honoring a contract. The News calls Baker's ruling absurd and dangerous, arguing it could weaponize law against the public. The Star defends Baker’s integrity but concedes possible error, urging sustained scrutiny.
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Francis Baker
Caneumera’ ‘Trust Company
Baker
Public Service Corporation
Senator Beveridge
Village editor mocks society intelligence inquiry
A reader asks why society intelligence is not published in the paper. The village editor replies with a satirical reference to “Soviety intelligence,” contrasting it with community news common to city papers. The exchange highlights local press attitudes toward society mentions.
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Chicago News
Divorce or Death Echo in Ailing Romance Tale
A veranda confidant scene reveals a strained engagement as a couple spar over emotional distance and a worn pair of shoes symptoms. The Chicago News vignette links the moment to a broader comic anecdote about a Baptist minister praising Pilgrim fathers and mothers for enduring hardship.
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George Dear
Darko
Colt
Tom
Chicago News
New England
Pilgrim Fathers
Garry
Harper’s Weekly
Fate Ridden Family Tragedy Strikes Maderlu Household
Special to the Sun from Columbia. In a grim span of 18 months six of eight members of Jas. K. Maderlu’s family at 96 Hunter Street have died. An application is pending for guardianship of another member as the family mourns and investigators seek a cause for the deadly pattern.
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Columbi
Jas. K. Maderlu
Hunter St
President of Eagles Headed Fraternal Order Vote
Ava M Rae Davis of Cleveland is elected grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Denver Colorado on Friday afternoon. Henry D. Davis is noted as a key figure in the transition.
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Eagles
Bcripps-M
Sea Serpent Captured By Oyster Bay Citizens
Three well known residents claim to have captured a Teal Sea serpent on Oyster Bay beach last evening. The creature reportedly had a bobcat like head and teeth resembling a Prairie wolf, covered in brown hair, leaping along the shore with Rocky Mountain goat grace. When secured it slipped away, diving deep after a startled rush toward the waves. The escape is deeply regretted in a season described as dangerous for seals and sea life.
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Oyster Bay
Jmst
Roosevelt
Inez
Vinn
Public Letters and Radio Chats Echo at Rivide Park
A collage of readers and officials comment on park use, sports, public health, education, and city services. George Warren anticipates New York vs Pittsburgh games at Pate grounds while other citizens discuss temperate topics from yellow fever to school salaries.
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George Warren
New York
Pittabuley
Pate Grounds
A Life at Stake and a Fragmented Detroit Tribune Snippet
A garbled tale recalls a laundryman falling on Contuetue near Pekin and a talk of a boycot against a faction. The piece weaves in a department store spree with a shopper's small fortunes and a talking machine pitched to an exclusive hotel crowd in Detroit Tribune context.
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Contuetue
Contuetir
Topeka Drinkers Debating A Lost Quarter
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a comic exchange in a Topeka saloon where an Irish patron quibbles over a forgotten 25 cents. The tale, told by Fred Collier, implies a lax lid on tab security as the man in white apron is pressed about owing a coin.
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Fred Collier
Topeka
Kansan City
New Homes in the Want Offer Low-Rate Tickets
The notice promotes starting new homes under favorable conditions with Roundstrip Homeseekers tickets priced at one and 34 Toneéay monthly. It invites readers to write W.B. Kalekern BT. 2 CW By Chicago for booklets maps and information about the program.
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Toneéay
CW By
Chicago
Predictions by Raphael the Astrologer Sunday and Monday
Readings for Sunday August 2, 1950s style offer fortunes for business, promotions, and savings with birthdays cited. Monday August 7 cautions travel and disputes, warns against quarrels and legal trouble, and predicts varying outcomes in marriage and fortune based on birth dates. A note mentions weather and monthly savings plan options.
Vacation Season Proves Work Keeps Rolling in Upon Return
This piece notes that many workers leave for a month or more and find office scenes intact, as a diligent office boy handles tasks successfully. It quotes the Denver Republican on vacation contrasts, saying the hardworking vacationer returns to labor and finds rest in tending daily duties.
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Lng
Tim
Denver Republican
Government of the People Quotation Origin
The article traces the phrase democracy used by Daniel Webster in a January 26 1830 congress speech and notes Abraham Lincoln later used a similar line. It discusses the concept of a people governed by the people and for the people.
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Daniel Webster
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Fiehmons
Times
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