Campaign of 1840 remembered in Indiana parade
In Cot ton township Indiana 103 year old James Courtier recalls the 1840 Whig campaign with log cabin imagery coon skin caps and hard cider. A grand float from Rising Sun to Indianapolis featured a wagon canoe and brass band drawing vast crowds over a hundred mile two day journey.
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Dilsboro
Ind
Cotton Township
Switzerland County
James Courtier
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
United States
Indiana
Rising Sun
Lawrenceburg
Indianapolis
Prohibition Watchers Appointed At Polls In City
Prohibition party watchers will be placed at precincts to observe counted ballots. Appointees include J A Swartzel in Logansport First ward, various others across wards two to five and townships. transportation arranged for absentees and students returning to vote. Lindley Sutton Ernest Wilkins Herbert Keesey Russell Brown and Indiana university group arrived to stay for the election.
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Prohibition Party
Logansport
J. A. Swartzel
David Powlen
Edmund Brumbaugh
W. A. Keyes
Philip Veornees
O. T. Smith
L B.garver
Arthur Voorhees
J. A. Jones
O. Fenton
Will Ball
Will S. Rosier
J. M. Bray
S. J. Mellinger
Adams Township
D. A. Hopkins
A. J. Decker
Boone
Samuel P. Hoffman
Henry K. Smith
Bethlehem
Ego Smith
Clinton
Charles Watson
H. M. Landry
Deer Creek
David B. Babb
Harrison
Leonard Cast
James Stevens
Jackson
H. Z. Carey
Miami
W. B. Smith
Brown
Guthrie
District of Columbia
Lindley R. Sutton
Ernest R. Wilkins
Herbert Keesey
Russell Brown
Indiana University
Re-election bid for George Rentschler in Cass and Fulton counties
George Rentschler, Democratic candidate and joint representative for Cass and Fulton, presents himself as a self-made farmer and stock buyer with a strong reputation for honesty and progressiveness. A letter from Fred L. Feick, chairman of Indiana’s Trainmen Legislative Board, endorses his record and urges voters to reelect him for serving labor interests in the last session.
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Didate
Cass
Fulton
Indiana
George Rentschier
Cassard Fulton
State Briefs: Accidents, Crimes, and Business Moves
Allen Lykens near Newcastle dies by rat biscuit suicide. Rushville child burns to death lighting lamp. Victor Culp dies after a 40 foot fall from a tree. Eagles theatre lease sold for season at Wabash. George Fain loses right arm on corn shredder. William Day of South Bend jailed 15 days for harming wife. Simon Wagner & Cook hat factory may move to Ft Wayne. Hinkle of Delphi dies of heart failure. Lydia Cromer of Evansville dies after playtime. Missing South Bend grocer William Clarke found above his store. Kimmel flour mills destroyed by fire with 15900 loss. Emery Cassell to face trial again next week.
Osgar and Adolf Advance Guard in Africa
A rugged account from Osgar to Fred Schaefer describes a perilous trek in Africa seeking big game. The explorers face blunted weapons, cannibal tribes, and immobilizing headhunter threats while awaiting a 1910 release for a planned big show.
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Osgar and Adolf
Africa
Osgar
Fred Schaefer
Afrika
Vich
Chartches
Adolf
Vinter Kivarters
Marriage and divorce fears from professor at Woodlawn
Chicago observer reports Professor Edward D. Monroe of Leland Stanford warns at the Woodlawn Women’s Literary club that marriage often ends in divorce due to lack of adaptability and true compatibility. He cites rising American divorces and urges couples to weigh temperamental traits before marrying.
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Chicago
Edward D. Monroe
Leland Stanford University
Womans Literary Club
Woodlawn
America
Runyon Praised For Forty Years Loyal Service
Panhandle Trainmaster Runyon of the Richmond division receives strong commendation from Panhandle Conductor Richard T. Hughes at 1413 High Street. The letter lauds forty years of faithful service, wishes him long health and a well earned pension, and notes the pride of officials and his family in his career.
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Panhandle
Runyon
Richmond
Richard T. Hughes
High Street
Trainmen Cleared in Flora Collision After Witness Accounts
Eye witnesses say the Cunningham accident near Flora shows the trainmen not at fault as the victim drove directly in front of the train.
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Flora
Obedience and Initiative in Child Rearing Change View
A reflective essay argues obedience is not the supreme virtue and urges fostering initiative self reliance and discernment in children. It contrasts old maxims with modern views, noting obedience without reason harms trust and may hinder growth.
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Iittie
Miss Muffet
Jimmy
Reginald
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van Buren
Wanderers
George Rentschler
Can
Cass and
Fulton Counties
The
Legis
Lature
Cass County
the Hand
Organized Labor
Fred L. Feick
Board of Indiana
Allen Lykens
Newcastle
Eliza Patterson
Rushville
Victor Culp
J. T. Carpenter
J. L. Quilbert
Eagles
Wabash
C. A. Holden
George Fain
Petersburg
William Day
South Bend
Simon, Wagner & Cook Hat Factory
Ft. Wayne
J. H. Hinkle
Delphi
Lydia Cromer
Evansville
William Clarke
Kimmel
Emery Cassell
Spencer
Thomas Mills
Memrely
Cen
Alzo
Adolf Wass
Teddy
Von
Prof. Monroe
Merc
Ohta
Japan
Nickel
Standard Oil Sars
Jessic
Partlon
M. A. St. Clair
Eskdale
W. Va
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