Local baseball clash set at Haseman Park tomorrow
The Jasonville Vevets travel to Linton for a 2 30 batting practice and 3 00 game at Haseman park. Batteries Allen Southard and Robinson Perkins promised rallying defense and sharp hitting as fans from both towns expect one of the season’s best games. The American Legion squad expects a Velvets victory while Jasonville backs their pitcher. The crowd will see a heated, hammer and tongs contest between rivals.
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Jasonville Vevets
Linton
Haseman Park
Hammer and Tongs
American Legion
Velvets
Chuck” Robinson
Jasonville
Jasonvile
Allen
Southard
Robinson
Perkins
Roadside booze and spooning parties halted near Vincennes
About 35 cars parked along country roads Tuesday night were ordered off near Vincennes as the Horse Thief Detective association pledged to curb booze and petting parties. A dozen cars were moved from Skeeter Bend and another dozen from the Fort Knox crossroads. Parking with lights off is illegal and spooning can be charged. The H T D A has about 60 Knox county members and includes prominent local businessmen among those told to move on.
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Vincennes
Ind
Horse Thief Detective Association
Skeeter Bend
First federation of New England colonies formed in 1643
The article notes that on May 19 1643 the Massachusetts Bay Plymouth Connecticut and New Haven colonies united for common defense. It describes initial reluctance from Rhode Island and Maine and cites subsequent tensions with Narragansett Dutch and Swedish colonies, leading to later broader federation twenty years later.
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Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Connecticut
New Haven
Hartford
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Maine
New
Indianapolis Markets Wagon Market and Stock Prices
INDIANAPOLIS WAGON MARKETS report grain prices with Wheat at 1.00 and Oats at 0.52 to 0.55 per unit. Timothy hay quoted at 21.00 to 23.00. Stock quotes include Hogs best heavies at 7.40, Steers 10.50 to 11.25, Calves 7.00 to 8.00, Bulls 5.00 to 5.75.
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Tad Gale Oteasne
Timothy Hay
Soul Development and Opportunity in Trials
A meditation on trouble as a moral task that builds spiritual strength. Every challenge is a daily opportunity to grow character and deepen grace through facing hardship with endurance and faith.
Charcoal Eph Reflects On Concealed Conscience
Charcoal Eph declares that explanations fail to alter inner truth and asserts a conscience that stammers like a stubborn engine, captured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch style mood. The quip reflects a rustic, humorous take on self awareness and speech.
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Charcoal Eph
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Vaudeville Trick Baffles Audience On Sandy Beards
A vaudeville performer explains the beard match trick to a curious audience member. He notes the partner's whiskers are sandy, making the stunt appear simple and mysterious to onlookers.
Safe in State Department library lacks fireproof protection
The ordinary thin steel safe housing the originals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in the State Department library is described as fire and water vulnerable. A yearly request for 20 000 to fund a fireproof vault is ignored, and the safe is said to fail in a severe fire within 20 minutes.
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United States
State Department
Washington
Patriots in Boston: Sons of Liberty Origins and leaders
The Sons of Liberty formed October 1765 in a Harvard Square distillery room Boston to oppose the Stamp Act. Paul Revere emerged as a leader and the secret society included young fiery organizers. The tea party assailants are believed to be members in disguise.
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Patriotic Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Harvard Square
Boston
Paul Revere
Boston Harbor
Jefferson’s quote sparks century-spanning democracy debate
The article reflects on Jefferson’s claim that governments derive their powers from the governed and contrasts it with political changes over the last 146 years, highlighting the tension between democracy and oligarchy in the modern era.
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Jefferson
Evansville Shooting Kills Negro Man at Night
Fred Mays, 84, a Black pool hall employee, was shot at 2 a.m. behind a car and died in Evansville Indiana. Two white men fled after the fatal shot near John’s restaurant, witnesses say one urged turning away before firing. The motive remains unknown.
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Evansville
Ind
Fred Mays
Campbell’s
Sycamore Street
South Water Street
Water
Main Street
Millard Connor
East Indiana Street
Frank Sturgis
Fulton Avenue
Connor
Sturgis
Mags
Air power race sparks UK France debate in London
London reports a sharp clash over expanding air forces as Britain defends its program amid Labor opposition and press backlash in America. France plans a larger fleet with 35 million francs extra credit, raising total air credits beyond 210 million francs. Paris cool to Baldwin’s international arms conference idea.
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London
Samuel Hoare
America
France
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Britain
Labor Party
Air Move
Ramsay MacDowall
Daily News
Paris
French Chamber of Deputies
Baldwin
Ended Friendship Reflections From a Chicago Journal Note
A childhood dispute over a game ends a friendship for two boys aged ten and twelve. During hide and seek four players, one guides the other to a hiding spot and then leaves, severing the bond forever as recorded in the Chicago Journal.
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Chicago Journal
SARGENTS BROWN BUS LINE BICKNELL TO LINTON
SARGENTS BROWN BUS LINE operates routes between Bicknell and Vincennes and Bicknell to Linton with multiple daily departures. Timetables show morning and evening departures from Bicknell to Vincennes at 6:36 and 4:00 and 9:30 and 10:30 etc, with return trips from Vincennes to Bicknell at indicated times. Special runs at 7 p m and 11 p m noted.
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Sargent’s Brown Bus Line
Bicknell
Linton
Eave Bicknell
Vincennes
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Patterson
West Linton
C.F. Parks
Near
College Hill School Bldg
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Chas. W. Johnson
Nooper
Frank M. Welch
Will C. Welch
Hamilton
Little Baby
Marie
Grand Opera House
Baby Marie Osborn
Thirteen Colonies
Indianapolis
March of Democracy
Oakland
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Mich
Earl Jackson
England
Labor
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Chicago
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NATM
Taxt Service
Elmer Poole
South Main Street
Opera House
Linton Hotel
Edwardsport
Westphalia
Sandborn
Marco
Trene
Lyons
G. F. Chapman
12Th St. N. E
St. S. EL
Bloomington, Indiana
Gentry Building
Bollenbacher & Marley
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Phont Oe
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