School Board Election and Building Plans Highlighted
The Indiana polis school board faces a coordinated election with municipal offices under new law. Within a year Indianapolis will spend over 600000 on major building improvements and site selection. Incumbents W M Taylor and John H Emrich are urged to seek renomination for capable leadership. Taylor leads Chandler and Taylor Co while Emrich heads Emrich furniture firm. The Sun notes these men may not be candidates but should be urged to run.
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Indianapolis
W. M. Taylor
John H. Emrich
Taylor
Chandler & Taylor Co
Dr. Sloan
Emrich
Emrich Furniture
Public Health Urges Action On White River Pollution
Citizens demand severe penalties for polluters and closure of factories if needed to protect health. The Sun cites dire water conditions with dead fish and stench, urging quiet but swift action to halt river contamination, while criticizing local editors and political factions over alleged falsehoods.
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White River
No pity for the country editor in town satire
The Northfield Leader ridicules the country editor for being content with rural life while mocking the metropolis. It defends the editor’s blunt honesty against city praise, noting he sees hypocrisy and refuses to bow to urban airs.
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Green
Raelf
Northfield
Tenn
Fragmented State Press Snippet Reflects Racial Strife
A garbled clipping depicts racial tension with a police arrest of a Black individual. It mentions a guard, a biting attack, and crowd hostility, set against a backdrop of Indiana politics and national humor, highlighting volatile race dynamics in a historical snapshot.
May Van Alen Rattlesnake Slippers Highlight Fashion Piracy
The piece notes Miss May Van Alen endorsing rattlesnake slippers with red French heels as a fashion idea amid New York trends. It cites a court ruling on dress designs copyright and recalls Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s dress design piracy case, illustrating rivals copying notable outfits.
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May van Alen
New York
Wisconsin
Alice Roosevelt Bown
Miss Roosevelt
Thas
Reminiscences From Lake County Rebels and Stay-At-Homes
A Crown Point Bar feature reprints J. G. Vandewalker’s 1860s letter from Camp Morton Indianapolis describing stay at home supporters who urged Union soldiers to enter the war. Vandewalker, then in Hammond, praises locals who stayed at home while others fought, enjoying safe hearths and profits.
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Lake County
Crown Point
J. G. Vandewalker
Hammond
Camp Morton
Indianapolis
The Songs and Sketches of a Singer and Couple in Twilight
An older couple sits on a shady walkway as twilight falls. A narrator recalls their silent prayers and dreams of a heavenly light guiding them, while locals joke about aging and life’s work. Edward Singer signs off with romantic fantasy and a nurse’s future marriage plan.
Hints for the Cook Caramel Hickory Nut Ice Cream and Dishes
A digest from a cooking column with instructions for caramel nut ice cream use a hot caramel fold in chopped hickory nuts optional asparagus in egg dish and croquettes. Provides steps for caramelizing sugar making sauces and assembling croquettes cutlets and a peas salad with peanuts and pickle.
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Philadelphia
A Corner for the Women Why She Went Early
A fragmenting domestic essay depicts a woman coping with wardrobe costs and social expectations, preferring an early vacation to avoid public dowdiness. It includes household tips on cleaning, pillow feather care, white garments, egg and potato salad, and bread making, reflecting practical homemaking guidance interwoven with fashion pressures.
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Alwayn
Margaret
Fragmented column notes on social and political bustle
A jumble of quoted riffs and brief observations about law, home life, and public figures. It references polieyman behavior, a dog, Rape remarks, editors, a New York preacher, and a New York dem with a bathing suit, all in fragmented style typical of a page note collage.
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Lee
Brookeman
Khaile
le Witoe
Vite
Jeanine
Woruman
Chou
Fred
New York
Hully
Gap Colter
Everyday Mayhem Halts in Tangled Tale of Crime
A chaotic scene unfolds as a man named Tie triggers a deadly chase causing injuries and deaths, while a crowd witnesses a grisly corpse. Police struggle with luck and a rash of violence sparks a wave of street warfare and grisly signs toward a grim future.
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Tie
The Mother Who Scolds
A Victorian-era guide discusses maternal authority and child obedience. It argues a mother must model self control before parent commands count, detailing how irritable temper and empty threats undermine discipline. It urges steady, enforced rules and personal restraint to cultivate compliant children.
Notable Judge Profiles Crime and Rule in Early West
A historic sketch describes a busy judge who sentenced many criminals to death, with several hanged, amid the western United States’ lawless era. It notes deputy fatalities, the judge’s long tenure, and a period of reform as major figures like Avery Mindy and Frank Lenlie’s Weekly comment on law and order.
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United States
Avery Mindy
Feneman
van Tsien Packer
Phe
Brayton Astriet Julay
Aritineas
Becomelighing
Almple J
Nia
Fehia
Frank Lenlie
Difficult Digestion and Irritable Stomachs Describe Symptoms
The passage describes dyspepsia with unavoidable eating, irritability, and general discomfort. Readers note a bad mouth taste, stomach tenderness, and a sense of bloating and fullness.
Why the Ostrich Lies About Hiding Its Head
excerpt explains the common belief that an ostrich hides its head in the sand while the male bird guards the brood. it notes the head’s color and the bird’s camouflaged body making it hard to spot, and that the male searches for threats, while the head-in-sand image is a myth. It ends with an advertising notice about tree nets.
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Exchenek
New European Travel Concepts in Harper’s Weekly
Reflections discuss transatlantic routes and a proposed faster voyage to America. It notes a new Europe to America service, compares distances from Galway to St Johns and Liverpool, and suggests a London to New York shortcut might save at least a day.
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Europe
England
Gal- Wa
Ireland
St Johns
Newfoundland
New York
London
Bouthantpon
Galway
Clothes From Fish Skins Show cultural textile innovation
The Cat Staten fish commission reports progress on using water animal skins for clothing. Experiments show fish skins and whale skin fibers offer viable materials for waterproof garments, tested by Esquimaux communities in extreme northern regions. The note highlights new textile potential from marine sources and early practical experiments.
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Staten Fish Commission
Wiel
de Fay
Esquimaux
Swirl of Society Party Guests and Travel Plans
Social notes show Mixture Lucile Donlonhia returning from Fiwood to visit Mrs. E G Weatnuty and Miss Katherine Gihann entertaining several trends with a mustcale. Several guests prepare visits to Grand Maven and New York. Mrs. Wilam Rich and Mrs. Uerman Bagley depart for a month in New York. Miss Effie Burnam of Chicago arrives to join Mrs. Maria Foster Buchanan for a Chinese feast at the Columbia club.
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Mixe
Lucile Donlonhia
Fiwood
E.G. Weatnuty
Katherine Gihann
Ellen Volk
Blaridge
Kathrytz Ridridge Wileave
Grand Maven
Mra. Wilam & Rich
Uerman Bagley
New York
Charles A. Schafer Haa
Vawter Park
Effle Burnam
Chicago
Will Arive
Maria Foster Buchanan
Columbia Club
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