Neck breaks leave man unaware of injuries in Pittsville
George Ploppert a 25 year old Pittsville man lives two years with a broken neck and fractured spine after a brewery fall. Physicians at Miners hospital in Pottsville say injuries would have caused instant death but he only suffers pain and paralysis. He has been moved for operations as doctors seek to offer relief.
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Pottsville
George Ploppert
Pittsville
Miners’ Hospital
Ploppert
J. C. Middle
Floppert
Irvington
Indianapolis
Ervington
Drs. McGaugher
Drs. Towles
Smiths
Robertses
Zangwill
Alamo
Emerson-ave
Your Vagabond Debutante Exits on Broadway Night
A distressed debutante confesses crossing into a new life in New York. She recalls past vagabond nights, seeing handsome men and elegant women, while lamenting current loneliness and the loss of former innocence. She muses on art, fashion, and a chaperoned future, calling herself a grand lady.
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Reah
Larry
Jim
Mr. Brent
Lares
Acard
New York News
Danish Danes in Indianapolis A steady Scandinavian presence
A reader letter to The Sun discusses Danish and other Scandinavian languages spoken in Indianapolis. It highlights Danes in business roles such as gas company workers, praises Danish and English learning by the community, and notes a young Danish immigrant’s progress after six months in the city seeking similar work. The writer asks for recognition of good Scandinavian residents.
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Anapolis
Interxt
Indiana
Etter Ds
Inter
Siero
Indianapolis
Indianapatia
Tee
Thm
Copenhagen
Stetter
Irvington As Athens Claim Shaping Up For Modern Era
The article extols Irvington as the modern Athens of Marion County, noting its cosmopolitan population and emphasis on professional careers. It highlights Butler College, local physicians, and a growing literary and athletic culture, plus planned campus and firehouse projects and the rebuilding of Irvington High School for September.
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Marion County
Athens
Irvington
Pericles
Socrates
Demosthenes
Crawfordsville
Lew Wallace
Wabash College
Matthew Arnold
Serge Crane
Ston
Scott Butler
Butler University
Virgil
Monte Carlo Coats and Fashion Donts at Dressmakers’ Convention
Chicago March items lampoon dressmaker rules with a list of fashion don’ts from a convention. The piece cautions against automobile coats on the street, Monte Carlo jackets, oversized violets, high French heels, and cosmetics, urging natural beauty through diet and air.
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Chicago
Monte Carlo
Miss Massey and the Calf in Kokomo Disturbance
In Kokomo Indiana Mrs Catherine Bard keeper of a juvenile bovine causes a stir when the calf escapes and clownishly greets neighbor Miss Minnie Massey provoking laughter and sharp remarks. A court hearing before Justice Marsland will address a charge of provoking.
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Kokomo
Ind
Catherine F. Bard
N. Kenstucky
Jean
Minnie Massey
Massey Pieads
Hard
Ard
Cooper
Hoosierisms Dick Is It Proprietor of City Mills
The Hoosierisms column notes G. W. Dick as proprietor and head of City mills at Hagerstown run by steam and water power under Richmond Stem. Miscellany items mention Annie Finley’s upside down blouse at Musserville basketball practice and other small town anecdotes including a jail term for Leonard Slater from Peru Journal.
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G. W. Dick
Hagerstown
Richmond Stem
Annie
Musserville
Annie Finley
Slater
Leonard Slater
Kentucky
Peru
Read His Own Obituary Used for Wrapping Purposes
In Indianapolis a man who reportedly read his own obituary in a local paper says the notice was used for wrapping purposes. Capt Gust Grol of the Indiana National Guard received the letter from Ed Connell, who the paper had reported as murdered by Filipinos over two years ago. Cowell notes he recently saw his obituary in an Indianapolis newspaper repurposed as wrapping paper.
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Indianapolis
Eleitar
Ind
Gus Grol
Company FL
Indiana National Guard
Ed Conel
Iilipinos
Cowell
Shively term on reformatory board expires without successor
Charles E. Shively of Richmond who serves on the Jeffersonville reformatory board has his term expire Monday with no successor named. Governor Durbin will delay announcing the new member for several days, though the choice is practically settled.
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Shively
Charles E. Shively
Richmond
Hs Jeffersonville Reformatory Board
Gov. Durbin
Birds Return as Indiana Sees Spring Warblers Arrive
Wilkin Wanh Wiel Ten, president of the state Audubon Society, notes spring bird migration paints the state with arrival dates for many species. He calls the pattern a matter of chance and wonders at the work of Providence guiding arrivals from February through June.
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Beldam Dory
Altugerhee
Indiana
Khenouvky
Teunissee
Duis
Obie
I @iana
Kentucky
Babailtk
Canton
Sated Wilkim Wanh Wiel Ten
State
Audutiin Society
Dead Girl at the Window in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick New Jersey March 45 Rose Gallagher a 16 year old died of diphtheria. Her family placed the coffin by a sealed glass window so friends could view the face before burial. The corpse was kept visible through the window for visitors to say their last goodbye.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rose Gallagher
James Gallagher
World News Briefs From Across The Nation And World
A digest of diverse items including a Wheeling drowning and a fireman killed in a wreck in Morristown Tennessee. A laborer William Whelan dies after being struck by a streetcar in St. Louis. A St Vincent eruption near La Bouffriere is reported. Cuba to exhibit at world’s fair. revolt in Uruguay ends. Baron Clemens Heereman of the Reichstag in Detmold reported dead. Two personal crises in St. Louis with Mrs Catherine Lewis swallowing acid and Peter Schoelder cutting his throat. About 3,100 Cumberland miners threaten to strike for higher wages and union recognition. Archbishop W H Eider of Cincinnati marks his eighty fourth birthday. ordained a priest 87 years ago. President Roosevelt, visiting Yellowstone, will be joined by John Burroughs to study bears and birds, not hunt, as they discuss protecting wildlife.
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Charles Arnett
Wheeling
W. Va
Hingelt
Wood
Morristown
Tenn
William Whelan
St. Louis
la Bouffriere
St. Vincent
Cuba
Uruguay
Baron Clemens Heereman
Reichstag
Detiie
Catherine Lewis
Peter Schoelder
Cumberland
W. H. Eider
Cincinnati
Hie
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
John Burroughs
Burroughs
Trust in Morgan and his cautious planning
A fragment mentions J. Vierwont Morgan and his alleged method of consulting partners before executing schemes. It references opinions about his conduct and hints at his controlling nature, while also promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla, a Harmond typewriter, and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup with brief product pitches.
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars to West Coast Ports
Pacific Coast travel offer from Chicago with low rates to Colorado Utah Oregon and Washington. Pullman tourist sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland daily double berth $6.00. Personally conducted excursions and multiple routes. Address N M Breese 5 Vine St Cincinnati.
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Pacific Coast
Chicago & Northwestern Ba Y
Chicago
Point
Colorado
Utah
Oregon
Washington
California
Pullman
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
N. M. Breese
Cincinnati
Florida and New Orleans Queen and Crescent Route Details
Through sleepers via Hennaylventu lines Big Four route and G H M & K railway connect with Chicago and Florida special and limited. Departure from Cincinnati at 13 m with double daily service to Bl Augen tine. Through sleepers to New Orleans from Cincinnati. Write for Florida book Tet. Ww. C. Rinearson G B A Cincinnati.
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Hennaylventu B
Big Four
G. HM. & K. Railway
Chicago
Florida
Uncinnati
Assy Nm
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Florida Book
C. Rinearson
G. B.A
History teaching by field trips praised for civic value
Excerpt discusses object teaching and Froebel methods, praising history learned through field trips to historical scenes as more impactful than textbooks. It cites Leslie’s Weekly and notes Union Pacific travel offers to the West with low fares for colonist and excursion tickets from Missouri River terminals, valid on select dates in 1908.
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New York Central Management
New York
Leslie's Weekly
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Menpee
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