Indian Cigar-Store Guardian Holds Bellefontaine Watch
An Indian girl statue in Bellefontaine has stood guard in front of a cigar store since the 1870s, witnessing countless social changes from telephones and electric lights to flappers. The figure, painted in the traditional Indian style, never used lipstick and is now noted for remarkable preservation.
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Bentine
Bellefontaine
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bellefontaine High School
Weat
Columbus Avenue
W. B Stokes
Albert Bodey
Stokes
Bodey
United States
Royalty's unusual dining tastes from history
A column notes eccentric royal meals from Catherine II to Stanislaus and Wenxuan emperors. It cites Catherine preferring salted cucumber and boiled beef, Stanislaus ordering geese roasted alive, and Wenveal aus roasting a cook for an ill prepared capon, among other tales.
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Catherine II
Russia
Charles XII
Sweden
Joseph II
Stanislaus
O'Dair
Milwaukee Sentinel
Richard
Henry VIII
Hardicanute
Orleans
Louis XIV
Wenvealaus
Hin
The Secret of Bad Acting and a Rate Case Hearing
A discussion on bad acting praising artlessness over polish appears alongside details of the Indianapolis rate case hearing with Frank Wampler on the stand. The Indianapolis News notes the phone hearing coverage and a local anecdote from Frankfort about a chamber of commerce secretary’s son reading the paper aloud.
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Indianapolis
Frank Wampler
Indianapolis News
Wampler
Robert
French Hagadale
Chamber of Commerce
Frankfort
Inn
Platenla
Indianapolie News
Amended Quotation Sparks Senate Comment on Stage and Screen
Senator Surglua says the world is a stage but now resembles a screen. Quotation marks attribute the line to a constituent. Report notes camera operators are seen as enterprising and some lawmakers resemble motion picture actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surglua
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Noble Drug Co
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Florseheim Shoe
Hartford
Stoel
W.L. Vaughn & Son
Geiser
Pern
Irs
Washington, D. C
Security and Service
Lander State Bank
Lander, Wyoming
Cigar Store
George Jean Nathan
Hart, Schaffhier
Mark
Oswald & Read
Chevrolet
Ford
Scott Garage
Lander, Wyo
Lander Meat Co
Easthan
Firestone
Winchester
Greenough
Noble Hotel
Frank Arnold
Bath
Lander
McMurthy
Lander Furniture Hardware CO
Ea Lander
Trockery
Grand Theatre
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