Denial of Knee Rubbing Testimony Stirs Ohio Exam Scandal
Witnesses recount the probe into alleged improprieties in Ohio’s school system. Professor S. P. Humphrey of Ironton is accused of knee rubbing in Latins exams with Mrs. Mary Bertha Dollinger, Sidney superintendent, claims denied by Humphrey and supported by Miss Iona Kilmer.
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Ohio
Senator Meek
State Board of Examiners
S. P. Humphrey
Ironton
Mary Bertha Dollinger
Sidney
Iona May Kilmer
Patterson
Milner
Birth of the Wheat and Its Hidden Life
A features explainer on wheat production in 1907 with world and United States production figures and exports. It then ambles into a philosophical meditation on wheat as a foundational food source and a detailed layperson’s guide to germination from planting to first leaves, highlighting the plant’s natural growth stages.
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World
The Hollow Allure of Nobility in American Matches
An essay argues marriage between American heiresses and European nobility is inherently flawed. It contends such unions fail to blend American ideals with titled expectations, producing unhappiness and eventual divorce. The piece dismisses the notion that precedent guides marriage, labeling many alliances mere “marriage treaties” devoid of genuine compatibility.
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Garden of Eden
Duc
International Marriage and the Question of Titles
The author derides paying for foreign titles in international marriages. She condemns the sale of status, calls such marriages a poor exchange for ruined lives, and argues for legal or tax barriers to brides marrying foreigners.
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France
England
Germany
Rhode Island
Europe
New York
Wedded Or Not Wedded Sparks Illinois Divorce Rule
Chicago couples who remarried out of state after divorce face possible nullification under Judge Carpenter. He voided Maggie E. Gilmour and John C. Gilmour’s union for evading Illinois law within the legal year. The ruling contrasts Judge McEwen’s earlier decision in Cummings v. Cummings.
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Carpenter
Maggie E. Gilmour
John C. Gilmour
Union Avenue
McEwen
The
Supreme
Judge Carpenter
Indiana
Michigan
Jerome A. Ellis
Paulina Robison
Ida May Platz
Alice H. Ellis
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railway
Jerome W. Egbert
Mathilda Canman
Marion Egbert
Windey
Joseph Howard
Mabel Barrison
Thomas Chadbourne
Grace Wassalls
George Wassalls
Albert Dahlstrom
Annie Pederson
Judge Walker
Illinois
Philip Henrici, Jr
Margaret Price
Waukegan
Magige van Wagnen
Gilmour
Judge McEwen
Laura C. Cummings
Norman P. Cummings
Stevens Honored at Wabash College Publication
Ralph Stevens of this city, a student at Wabash College, is elected assistant business manager of the Bachelor the college's new semi weekly publication. Local Wabash students will return home next week for spring vacation.
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Ralph Stevens
Wabash College
Wabash
Postum Beverage Claims Health Benefits and Pure Ingredients
A historical note touts Postum as a coffee substitute made without caffeine or harmful substances. It highlights modern processing with paral phosphate of potash for brain cell rebuilding and asserts the drink contains no coffee or other additives.
Maple syrup scarce as logansport farms skip camp season
The Logansport region reports a very early maple sap season with few farmers opening camps. Producers indicate a brief two week flow led to a small crop, forcing residents to seek substitutes. Mrs. Lou Campbell visits father John Campbell in Camuen.
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Mrs
Lou Campbell
John Campbell, Camuen
Why Green Apples and Mapl Flake Teach Starch Cooking
A narrative argues green apples must be cooked to convert starch into digestible dextrines. It claims bread and wheat starch require thorough heating, detailing maps flake process: steam cooking six hours then flaking and 30 minute toast at 400 degrees to ensure full starch nutrition.
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Venient
Sites’ Committee
Prof. Humphrey
Mrs. Dellinger
Miss Kilmer
Washburn-Crosby’s
Wasasurn
Ceosey Co
Gore Meoar Frouk
United States
Doe
Jossie M
Partlon
Chicago
Chicago, Il
Maron
Court
New Castle
Brazil
William H. Book of Columbus
Christian Church
Roswell, New Mexico
Soldiers and Sailors
Grant County
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Union
Ott Crownover
Milton
Karl Beckham
Lawrenceburg
Owensville
James Davis
Chattanooga
Tenn
B. G. Edwards
Robert Rabbington
Franklin
New Orleans
Mary Johnson
Roann
Earlham College
M. L. Willets
Chicago University
William Welling
Jeffersonville
Stevens
Otto
Boston
Bath
Logansport
Maine
Battic Creek
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