Gov Wood's Expenses and Prison Report Critique
Gen Wood's itemized Cuba expense report shows heavy drinking across champagne cognac and liqueurs including a waffle iron purchased in a distracted moment. The Michigan City prison inquiry scolds Indiana state responsibility, condemns harsh treatment of insane inmates, and urges legislative action and a house-cleaning at the prison with reforms.
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Board of State Charities
Michigan City
Indiana
Barnard
Fair minded citizens protest for Abromet's release
The Sun notes citizens who aided Abromet with bond while protesting what they see as harsh treatment. It mentions Brother Watkins distributing free tickets to municipal players and critiques President Hal deman of the council. A Rooterville rooter chorus denounces an iron bridge over White river on Washington st and the Democrats' responsibility for such projects.
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the Sun
Brother Watkins
Golons
Haldeman
Rooterville
Rooter Creek
White River
Washington St
Farmer’s Quiet Endorsement of Meat Trust Noted
The genial farmer shows no opposition to the meat trust and seems content with the prevailing situation, offering a calm, unruffled stance as the issue circulates among local readers.
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Meat Trust
What the Papers Say on Tariffs and War News
Brief clips from papers comment on tariff impact on the beef trust and U S policy toward Cuba and South Africa. Reports note England’s stance toward Boers, U S annexation of Cuba, and Palma’s ongoing governance of Cuba with cautious optimism.
Feeble attempt to down beef trust ends in failure
The Spirit of the State Press notes that the administration’s effort to curb the beef trust has faded. The trust remains operative, with editorials from Connersville Examiner and Spencer Democrat criticizing current policies and predicting hardship as meat, eggs, and butter become scarce due to trusts. The piece also mentions an Auburn girl shipping an egg with her name for a matrimonial proposal and cites Booth Tarkington.
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Connersville
Kokomo News
Spencer Democrat
Booth ‘Tarkington
Doughnut Diets and Nightmares In Literary Labor
A fragmentary reflection notes that craving doughnuts fuels a writer's drive for inspiration while warning that the editor, though not claiming authorship, has also indulged in doughnuts. The piece suggests inspiration comes from dread rather than genius.
Swirl of Society notices include weddings and travel
Social items report Mr. and Mrs. William EB English planning a European summer after a Thursday departure via Washington and New York. Miss Berthe Duenweg returns from Terre Haute after visiting Miss Springsteen and Miss Wheeler. Major and Mrs. Charles Shaler hosted dinner with guests Arthur Bartlett Maurice Louise Fletcher and Griffith. Engagement announced between Miss Marietta Thompson and Waite Sprague. Invitations issued for Miss Nettle Ewing Snover and Herbert Philip Dahlen’s June Terre Haute wedding. Mrs. Myla Ritzinger hosted a Country club dance for Mr. Armstrong. Maria Foster Buchanan to attend Clarence Zener’s Vincennes wedding with plans to visit relatives and Grand Rapids.
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Berthe Duenweg
Terre Haute
Helen Springsteen
Anna ‘Wheeler
Major
Charles Shaler
Arthur Bartlett- Maurice
Louise Fletcher
Miss Griffith
New York
Lucy Taggart
Marietta Thompson
Muncie
Waite Sprague
Waterville
Thompson
Butler College
Nettle Ewing Shover
Charles E. Snover
Herbert Philip Dahlen
Myla Ritzinger
Country Club
Armstrong
Hampton Roads
Ritzinger
Maria Foster Buchanan
Clarence Zener
Vincennes
City Life Highlights Knights New Hall Opening
Knights of fidelity dedicate new hall at 135 N Delaware with smoker and vaudeville. Billingsley ordinance on weights and measures to be favorably reported Monday by council committee on public safety and comfort. Committee approved it Thursday night. Machinists union may order work stoppage Friday over unsigned plants. National executive board decision expected Friday. Grace Cathedral Knickerbocker hall commencement honors graduates Alice Butler Mary White Janet Turner Gertrude Maliphant Marie Michie Helen Hunt.
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Delaware St
Billingsley
Council Committee On Public Safety and Comfort
Machinists' Union
National Executive Board
Knickerbocker ‘Hall
Grace Cathedral
Alice Butler
Mary White
Janet Turner
Gertrude Maliphant
Marie Michie
Helen Hunt
Albany and allied firms list large city contracts
Albany telephone company Albany 10000 Fowler utility company Fowler 360000 Buettner Shelborn machine company Sullivan 8000 Indianapolis tin company 50000 Directors Grafton Johnson E T shul brick J B Nelson
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Albany Telephone Company
Albany
Fowler Utility Company
Fowler
Buettner & Shelborn Machine Company
Sullivan
Indianapolis
Tin Company
Grafton Johnson
E. T. Shulbrick
Senator Pettus and Others in Early Morning Office Tales
A Washington Post item recounts Senator Pettus of Alabama at his desk at 7 a.m. declaring he rises at 6 to work, despite being 81 and poor. Cleveland Star notes Senator McCreary of Kentucky as a genial campaigner who once refused warming coffee. Indiana's Beveridge is praised as a letter writer. a New York World anecdote tells of a touching misread letter about a husband’s death. Chauncey Depew recounts a humorous encounter when mistaken for Adam Forepaugh the circus man in Philadelphia.
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Pettus
Alabama
Washington. Post
Telect McCreary
Kentcky
Washington
Congress
McCreary
Cleveland
Stat
Enator Beveridge
Indiana
New York World
Joseph Hart
Chauncey Depew
Adam Forepaugh
Forepaugh
Philadelphia
Depew
Great Caesar
Adam
New York , Tribune
Fashion Hints for Graduating Dress and Velvet Trim
Small bowknots and white velvet ribbon decorate a graduating dress with a festoon effect. A new skirt features ten vertical gores and eleven horizontal sections joined by piping cords, showing increasing fullness at the waist. White silk bodice borders grapes in raised embroidery with gold thread. Red velvet cherries applique among black lace on a gown of black Point d Esprit adds color.
Deep blue etamine ensemble with plaid accents and hat
A cool day outfit features a box-plaited blouse and skirt in deep blue etamine. Sailor collar revers and cuffs are inlaid with bias plaid in blue and emerald green. Hat is deep blue straw trimmed with green foliage.
Boyden Takes Charge of Indianapolis Federal Building
A. J. Boyden arrived in Indianapolis to supervise the new federal building project. He will oversee contractor interactions, approve all bills, and collect rents from tenants in the block.
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A. J. Boyden
Federal
Indianapolis
A Fish Out of Water in a Fallen Star Tale
A brainy man drifts socially, loses stature, and falls into lower company. He wrestles with drink, longs for Shakespeare, and recalls how pals boast of barroom antics while he dreams of better paths. The scene contrasts intellect with social decline.
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Corbett
McGovern
Joke Reveals Hidden Point in Seat of Pants
A dialogue exposes the humor as an "intellectual girl" voices disbelief and a clerk confirms the gag. The punchline rests on a chair prank involving a pin, making the joke hinge on the seat of Blank's trousers.
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Blank
A Necessary Adjunct at the Coronation Invite
A wry remark questions attendance at the coronation if the invitation lacks a round-trip ticket. The line suggests travelers and costs as a gatekeeping factor, implying etiquette mixed with practical travel concerns.
Rumor of Elopement Incites Madam’s Scorn
The narrator visits madam in her boudoir to relay a gossip that her husband eloped with a handsomer woman. She dismisses the rumor as false while acknowledging a possible departure, scorning the maid who repeats the tale and revealing her sharp, ugly reaction.
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Madam
Bribery Question In Doctor Patient Exchange
A tired man confronts a doctor about bribery, arguing the crime is enormous and implying the doctor advised his wife to the seashore for more than the usual fee. The exchange highlights suspicion of improper compensation and moral criticism.
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Edward Singer
Smiles and Jokes Shared Across Newspapers
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers includes quips on love in old novels, modern romance, aging, poetry versus prose, and a shaggy dog of a joke about a zebra and an elephant. The snippet ends with a rural driver and countrywoman exchange about a donkey’s hind resting on a hill.
Fashion notes for little girls but still in style
The piece describes regulation suits for infants and toddlers with changeable taffeta coats, reefers for young children, and floral trims. It notes preferred colors blue black red and mentions Norfolk after age ten. It also mentions white stockings for the smallest, garden flower motifs, and tiny button roses in bonnets.
The Psalm of the 614 Soldier Verse Fragment
A Baltimore American poem recalls fallen soldiers with imagery of blue fading into gray and dawn a new day. It contrasts bugle calls, drums, and graves with roses and daisies, honoring those who wore the blue and their quiet repose.
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Ufe
Baltimore American
Passage of Months and Lost Love in Verse and Prose
A lyrical fragment contrasts a hopeful May awakening with a tale of a woman isolated by sorrow. It weaves seasonal imagery from January to June and March winds with a dreamlike Christ of Galilee vision, ending on themes of lost youth and redemption in a newspaper-era voice.
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Christ of Galilee
The Fugitive's One Friend
A hunted figure moves through woods toward his ancestral home as moonlight wanes. He slips into a garden, sees a sleeper with a companion, then flees before dawn with his old hound trailing. Century poem preserves a tense chase and reunion image.
Friendly Inn Approved Moves Board to Registry and Paint
The county charities board reports to the county commissioners that Friendly Inn is approved. They compliment management and urge a register of all inmates with last residence birthplace and arrival date, plus painting of the premises.
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County Charities Board
Friendly Inn
Six ministers ordained at Downey Ave church Irvington
The Downey Avenue Christian Church in Irvington ordained six ministers on Thursday night. Rev. F. W. Norton preached as the newly ordained ministers were H. D. Watts W. W. Blair M. W. Foster Harley Jackson H O. Pritchard and J. W. Carpenter were named in attendance.
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Downey-ave. Christian Church
Irvington
F. W. Norton
D. Watts
W. W. Blair
M. W. Foster
Harley Jackson
H. O. Pritchard
J. W. Carpenter
Health Boards in Conference Near Louisville Meeting
State health board members left for Louisville at 7.4 a m Friday to join the Kentucky health board. A Louisville dispatch reports that Indiana authorities may cancel quarantine if the Kentucky board deems such steps proper.
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State Health Board
Louisville
Kentucky Health Board
Indiana
Kentucky Board
Columbia Club Roof Garden Opens June 7 Vaudeville Show
Columbia club roof garden opens for the season on June 7 with a vaudeville program at bargain prices. First class talent is secured and the bill is described as two good long acts.
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Columbia Club
Roof Garden
Doing Business In Over 400 Towns Capital of 16 Cents
The Sun advertises its extensive reach using the phrase Wanted Miscellaneous or For Sale Miscellaneous as a cost effective way to reach customers. Ten words, three days, six cents highlights the low price model.
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Ates
Maar “Sams Wa Onward
Imany
Stransky
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