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Newspaper
Knightstown Journal
Location
Knightstown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1905
Page
4
A humorous exchange defines a bachelor as a man who has avoided marriage and a bachelor girl as a woman who has resisted efforts by men to bound her life to marriage. The dialogue appears in a Modern Society column through a witty back‑and‑forth between parent and child.
Old papers at The Journal office as Mrs. Frank FT. Grubbs returns to Indianapolis after a brief visit with R. Montieue and family. Mrs. Phoebe Whitesell and Mrs. W. J. Hanly come home from Chicago where throat treatment and a fall recovery were noted. Jeptha Hudelson, once Knightstown, visits with relatives, brothers in law of Hill and Wagoner, active in Nebraska Odd Fellowship. Asa McDaniel and family of Rockford Wash. depart for Green town. Mrs Will Dill heads to Grant county. Mary Rhodes near Shiveley’s Corner dies after apoplexy. funeral held. Lee Jodgson and family attend Blue River services and dinner with Albert Thomas. Percy Metcalf from Indianapolis tunes pianos for local girls. Ed Stevens and wife hosted by Oren Behr’s family in Carthage. Mrs Clem Baird of Lewisville visits McDaniel family.
Frank McBride and family visited Rushville relatives last week. Numerous residents hosted dinner and attended meetings despite heavy rain. Wandering guests from Knox to Knightstown shared church and missionary events, with several locals traveling to Ogden and Henry County for gatherings.
The Progress club held a Saturday afternoon program with papers by Mies Trees and Mre Ina Cooper, a sketch of Joel Chandler Harris by Mre May, and discussions on Owen Wister and The Virginian led by Mrs Minnie Apres and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A May musicale is planned for May 27 at Mre Kaley's home.
The article surveys diverse facts from around the world including Eweden’s timber trade valued at 25 million annually, river canal reconstructions, fire chiefs using three automatics, a Lew Walinece statue bound for a national gallery, and Amsteniam’s push for a laboratory. It covers Japan Tokyo’s cable greetings, Abyssinia’s telephony policing, Staten Island museum plans, and postal totals. It notes lessons on wine canal theory, Watertown cattle shifts, and a Bristol will case.
A man presented a twenty three year old Bank of England note that had been stopped long ago. Two clerks who kept the missing note and the accompanying money were traced and later refunded their £5 losses after more than two decades.
Colonel Brenry Watterson narrates a quirky tale about Ezekiel Hopkins in Frankfort. While on a family excursion train engineers warn of a danger as a crew member spots a derailment risk. Zeke signals the train in time, averting disaster and earning a congratulatory testimonial from local residents weeks later.
Townspeople raise a gold watch in honor of Zeke for valor but the committee head bows and offers the award. Zeke declines in a moment of restraint, spitting a stream of tobacco juice from his mouth while the crowd watches.
Railroad notices detail fares and return limits for trips from Bloomington to Niagara Falls and Carthage Indiana. Rates include one fare plus 25 cents with various return deadlines in late May and early June 1905. Additional decoration day and spring outing routes are listed with date-specific ticket sales and return allowances.
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