Rally Day At A B Sunday School Draws 234 Pledges
Rally Day at A B Sunday school drew about 234 persons to pledge cards last week. Carnations were given to attendees and an Easter program was presented. At a Yedda convention Hardy Norris and Shell Williams were chosen as delegates to the Frankfort Congressional convention. Hugh Banta announced candidacy for Parke County Recorder on the Democrat ticket. Scott F Ratcliff and T M Jackson were seen in Covington on business Wednesday.
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A. B. Sunday School
Yedda
Hardy Norris
Shell Williams
de Gates
Frankfort
Rockville
Tribun
Hugh Banta
Recorder
Parke County
Democrat
Scott F. Ratcliff
T. M Jackson
Covington
Gold as a Base Metal Sparks Transmutation Debate
A French review raises scenarios for gold losing value if produced in bulk. Contenders include sea water extraction, mine output, and chemical synthesis. If gold fell to base metal levels, global finance would rethink money standards. only cheap artificial production could rescue the system.
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South Africa
Charles A. Conant
North American Review
Anticlimax and Courtroom Quips Spark in Briefs
A Buffalo Commercial item recalls a haughty new rich woman boarding a street car and telling the conductor to drop her at her husband’s bank while an old Italian jokes about a peanut stand. In a separate gag, Wilbur learns Dawson is divorced after a fellow quips he was bounced last Saturday. In the wedding punchline, a best man notes the groom’s apparent folly at the altar.
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Buffalo Commercial
Wilber
Dawson
Hickenlooper
Wilbur
Man of Action Stocks Up On Photo Alias
A husband on a business trip forgets his wife’s photo but, a man of action, he has a copy made and framed for travel. On returning, his wife discovers the deceit yet learns the photo saved his spirits, ending with tears and a forgiving twist.
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New York Mail
Hugo and Merimee clash over Les Miserables critique
The passage notes Hugo faced severe vilification for Les Miserables while Merimee mocked Hugo’s Brussels dinner remarks. Hugo replied by calling Merimee vile, highlighting a bitter literary feud between the two writers and their acolytes.
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Hugo
Merimee
Byron
Victor Hugo
Prosper Merimee
Brussels
M. Merimee
Seizing Opportunity and Old Gossip Across the Ages
The text compiles a playful anecdote about romance during skating and a joke about declaring love. It then recalls Professor Tait's quip on noise in a Edinburgh classroom and notes the 17th century origin of Lloyds as a coffee house run by Edward Lloyd, later evolving into the Lloyds insurance market.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Professor Tait
Edinburgh University
Lloyd’s
London Gazette
Edward Lloyd
Tower Street
London
Lloyd
Lombard Street
The Town Chicago News Responds to Local Poet
A boastful poet claims readers are sick by his verses and a stranger challenges the remark. The stranger asks the bard his identity and reveals himself as the town newspaper, The Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Public Hearing on State Street Improvement in Kingman
Notice invites affected residents to attend a May 4 1914 public hearing by the Kingman Town Trustees to decide on a paving project for State Street up to the eastern limit, with plans on file at the Town Clerk’s office and property assessments to be considered for cost coverage.
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Kingman
Ulcreek Township
Library Association
James A. Copeland
Indiana
Library Board
James. Copeland
Ind
King ‘A
King‘a
Board of Town Trustees
Trustee's Sale Public Notice in Indiana
Public notice states on May 20, 1914 a trustee in bankruptcy will auction real estate in Fountain and Parke Counties Indiana. Properties include half of the northeast quarter section 25 township 18 north range 8 west and Kingman additions totaling about 90 acres plus other described parcels with encumbrances and 25 percent cash deposit. Auction at Bank of Kingman between 1 PM and 4 PM with terms cash or deposit and balance by purchaser.
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Bank of Kingman
Kingman
County of
Fountain
Indiana
Alexander Pate
District Court of the United States
Eastern District of
Illinois
Township 18
Fountain County
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Ratcliff
Kingman Heights
Township
Parke County
Charles E. Russell
Rearick
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Edward E. Strauss & CO
Big Merchant Tailors
Chicago
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Della
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Hobart Duncan
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Bass
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Royal Tailor Service
New York
Voice Caruso
J. H. Ephlin
Engineering Record
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England
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Kingman Hotel
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Otice
Scott E. Ratcliff
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