Indiana House Defies Senate Amid Rail Lobby Pressure
A column criticizes the Indiana House for rejecting Senate amendments to a bills tied to railroad interests. It questions James L. Keach’s sincerity in breaking from the Taggart machine and outlines actions needed to prove reform, warning that without clean allies Keach risks being seen as the same old crowd. The piece also mentions Roosevelt’s Indiana expectations and local political maneuvering around public works and leadership bids.
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House
Indiana House of Representatives
Dammmiss
Indianapolis
Senate
Jim Keach
James L. Keach
Missouri
Keach
Charles Polater
O Id
Sketches and Songs From A Singer and Poems
A gathered mix of verse and doggerel includes sketches and songs about racial tension and bravado, a humorous exchange on reading, and several poems about love and daily life. The page also carries a correction note from the Boggsville Bugle and a playful ad hoc verse by Edward Singer.
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Edward Singer
How We Made Up A Rural Love Tale In Orange Indiana
A first person poem recounts a quarrel with Martha, remorse, and a failed parting. Returning home, the speaker finds Martha with their baby, shares tears and repentance, and hears forgiving words in an intimate farm kitchen scene. The memory of past vows and a rekindled bond closes the piece.
A Corner For The Women The Fashion And Cooking Notes
A feature on home dressmaking and fabrics discusses gowns and trims including lace medallions and patterns for splitting figures for appliques. It covers flounced gowns, shirred rufns, and millinery folds on lower skirts with neat stitching options. Also includes advice on white dress fabrics for summer and practical notes on caring for babies flannel and making waffles and pancakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Chaimbray
Lincoln's Last Laugh: Lincoln Assassination Anecdote Recall
Mrs Amy D Hawley of Burlington Michigan forwards a Detroit Free Press clipping recounting a Ford's Theatre incident from the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. George Van Duzer of Washington DC, present at the theater, shares a tale from Our American Cousin in which Lord Dundreary jokes about a draft before the fatal shot, provoking laughter just moments before tragedy. The piece notes Gov Dix and Secretary Blanton actions amid Civil War endgame rumors.
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Amy D. Hawley
Burlington
Mich
Pres
Batavia
Abraham Lincoln
George van Duzer
Washington, D. C
Grand Lodge
Abraham Dinegan
van Duzer
Ford
Lee
Mary Meredith
Lord Dundreary
Nation
Detroit
Little Shavers and Wind Kids Tales From the Farm
A collection of humorous farm household vignettes recounting children mispronounce words and observe odd quirks. Scenes include Elsie learning to spell and say bay, Margery watching wind kids, and siblings noting pups wagging tails with family banter.
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Margery
Why do turnips crow on trees and other quips
A playful laundry list of curious questions about growth and nature begins with why turnips crow on trees and why watermelons grow and apples fall. The text wanders through fruit, vegetables, and seasonal curios, then shifts to ads for remedies and local goods and services with scattered brand names and addresses.
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Dullétag
Curtle
Nigida
Bilson
Foreign Advertising Department
Tribune Building
New York
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Indiana
Booth
John B. Cockrum
B. Cockrum
Mra
Generol O'Brien
Jim Statesman
Ives
Peru
Warren Sayre
Wabash
UU Statesman
Layra
Anzious Inquirar
Spirit OF the State Press
Alfred Mknapp
Laporte Herald
Lumyerts Vourier
Li Benster Morgan
Marian
Kekomo Tribune
Bellicosa
Wagner
Berlin
The
Fort Wayne
Montpelier
Munels
Timex
Ficanora Duse
Bowers
North Caroline
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
New Orleans
Boston Club
Virginia Pape
Lynn
Mans
Offera~ Tong
Memorial Baptist Church
Pat McEweeny
Almaranda
Almaranda Butterworth
Boggsville
Lester Carroll
Carroll
Helen
Martha
Marthy
Binot
Kore
Lincoln
Howard
Bee
Alice
Etty
Auintie
Elsie
Nohnol
Manne
Martin
Papa
Marti
Rena Jay
New York Press
Mia
Winston
Heidwin's
Stevenson Building
the Devore
Boyer’s
Ohio
Baldwin's
Bonort
Washington-st
Albert Thayer
Hane
Baldwis
Jackson, Mack, Raymond and
Pittsburg Coal
Albert Thayers
Pratt St
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Arbalarn
FUE
Indianapolis Nisiness Universit Whee Buliéin B.J. Heh
Credit de Ax
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Poe Giata
Pronenglogm
Pennsylvania
J. Kyle
Newton L Building
Jens
Hore
Union Sults
Anthony
Bermain
Tesco
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Alsia
Atyles Beautiful Portieres
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Damaska
Chiazale
Barker
Liebix
Tate
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