McMillen Secures Nomination at Noble Township GOP Meet
A large Republican convention at Center School House, Noble Township, nominated William McMillen for trustee after a first ballot gave him 67 votes to 53 for Horace P. Gottschall. Charles C. Brandt was named assessor by acclamation, with David Heckard as Justice of the Peace and Norman Myers as West precinct Justice. John Weber seeks East precinct constable, R. E. Dean West precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Township
Center School House
A. O. Brandt
Z. W. Dritt
Ellis Dean
W. A. Light
Horace P
Cass County Corporations Face Ultimatum on Reports
Private Cass County corporations were to file stock and holdings reports with the board of review by May 15. Yesterday officers appeared. today the rest were due. Only three or four of sixty had submitted, triggering a $100 daily penalty if reports are late.
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Cass County
Board of Review
Re organizado Longcliff Orchestra Plans Hospital Performance
The Longcliff orchestra has been reorganized to provide music for inmates and visitors at the hospital. Members include Harlow Byerly as leader, Robert Kramer on clarinet, Sam Wise on cornet, Helen Clymer on piano, Elmer Worstell on trombone, and Charles Worstell on traps and drums.
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Longcliff
Harlow Byerly
Robert Kramer
Sam Wise
Helen Clymer
Elmer Worstell
Charles Worstell
Police Change Assignments Quiet in City Beats
Police report a quiet period with few drunks and minor disturbances. Patrolman Svelton moves to the east end after patrolling the boat north of Broadway while Patrolman Fromm is reassigned downtown.
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Svelton
Broadway
East End
Fromm
Growth of Fishes Exhibition At Natural History Museum
A London Daily Graphic report notes a display at the Natural History Museum South Kensington showing the Marine Biological Association’s fishery studies. Pollack growth rates in the English Channel range from 1.5 to 2.5 inches by four months to around 21⁄2 inches by six summers, with scales used to age fish. Plaice from English coasts and the North Sea illustrate that male and female growth is similar for three years, then males grow slower, linked to earlier male maturity.
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Natural History Museum
South
Kensington
London Daily Graphic
Marine Biological Association
English Channel
England
North Sea
Sheep fattened on snails sparks controversy among breeders
A Southdown breeder claims fine mutton comes from sheep fed on snails, noting seasonal abundance yields delicious flavor unseen with standard feed. He argues snails, not thyme, largely credit the meat's softness and sweetness, saying "Good snail year, good sheep year" among shepherds.
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Southdown
Brilliant English Woman Lady Huggins as eminent astronomer
A London writer argues that Lady Huggins, after Miss Agnes Clerke, is our sole truly eminent lady astronomer. Margaret Murray studied astronomy from age ten and aided Dr. Huggins after marriage at Tulse Hill, pioneering the modern approach to celestial bodies and their composition. Lady Huggins also excels in music painting wood carving botany and garden cultivation.
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Huggins
Agnes Clerke
London
Margaret Murray
Tulse Hill
Not the Right Man Clerical Anecdote Wins One Church Family Prize
The Church Family Newspaper contest awards Rev. G. Emery of Penmaer Glamorgan England the first prize for a village church wedding anecdote. A youth announces the bridegroom is not the right man and the groom explains the real man is at the bottom of the church, too ashamed to come up.
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Church Family
G. Emery
Penmaer
Glamorgan
England
Autograph Trick Foils Hall Caine in America
Hall Caine, famed author, fell prey to a cunning autograph hunter in a hotel. A porter delivered a registered letter. Caine signed twice, then learned the second paper thanked him for his autographs he had already signed.
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Hall Caine
America
Fragmented quotation hints at antiquity charm
A readable fragment notes a speaker praising something for its antiquity while contrasting it with an unmentioned rival. The limited text emphasizes patriotic framing and pride without clear subjects or outcomes.
Freak Newspapers and Inks That Glow in the Dark
A French writer notes remarkable papers such as Madrid’s Luminaria printed with phosphorus ink making text legible in darkness. He also cites Regal printed on nonpoisonous dough sheets that could nourish a reader after consumption. Norway reports ultra tough paper that can be cut into rope after reading.
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Madrid
le Bien ‘Etre
le Mouchoir
Seacoast
Courier Des Baigneurs
Courier
Norway
Leopardess in Rampore jail yard assaults prisoner
A leopard enters Rampore Boalla jail yard and attacks a prisoner before fleeing. Col R. R. Weir, inspector general of prisons, retrieves a rifle and shoots the animal, whose carcass is weighed at over seven feet.
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Rampore Boalla
Col R. R. Weir
Col. Weir
London Daily Telegraph
Origin of Chinese Lilies Explains Riches From Rocky Bulbs
A Chinaman recounts a fable of two brothers heirs to contrasting lands. While one land yielded abundantly, the rocky strip produced only a single bulb flower. The discovery that bulbs transplanted to rocky soil thrived led to wealth for the bulb owner, while the valley heir stayed poor.
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Orient
China
Among the Worst City Noises
A Kansas City Journal critique notes street peddlers shouting from carts disrupt daytime rest for night workers and the sick, calling for legal protection against the nuisance as a cause of nervous disorders.
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Kansas City Journal
Neighbor Discreet Sunday Quarrel Over Maid Listener
A humorous exchange shares marital tension as a wife reveals their quarrels flare only on Sundays between three and six when the maid is away. The maid’s door listening becomes the comic punchline of the domestic discord.
Asking a Good Deal First Tramp Dialog
A brief humorous exchange from Smart Set contrasts two tramps debating lodging in extreme cold. The first laments the North Pole’s chill, the second agrees and notes reluctance to seek shelter if nights lasted six months.
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North Pole
Honeymoon in Sahara Tent for Hon. Bourke-Cockran
During the couple's European and Egyptian honeymoon, Hon. William Bourke Cockran and his wife rested in a desert tent in the Sahara to aid Mrs. Cockran's health.
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Desert
William Bourke -Cockran
Europe
Egypt
Sahara
NEW USE FOR DIPLOMAS IN DRESSMAKING
A New York dressmaker explains that diplomas ease customer doubts. Many women demand a printed certificate of experience before trusting a dressmaker. One seamstress even worked four months to earn a framed diploma to display like a doctor’s credential.
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New York
Olmerly
Mme
Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Jeff Davis for President, a tale from Adlai Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson recounts a postwar gathering in Bloomington where Davis was discussed as a rival to Grant. A farmer friend quips that it’s early to nominate Jeff Davis, reflecting Illinois Democratic chatter and concerns about potential candidates.
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Jeff Davis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
United States
David Davis
Gen. Grant
Mr. Stevenson
Bloomington
Davis
Stevenson
Adlai
Chicago Chronicle
General Pau Takes Command of Twentieth Corps in France
Gen Pau, who succeeded in command at Nancy, France, assumes charge of the Twentieth corps. Gen Railoud, relieved for talking too much, is said to have resolved not to repeat the fault as Pau takes over the army corps from this day forward.
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Pau
Nancy
France
Railoud
Jury trial in Crimson Gulch sparks community tension
In Crimson Gulch Broncho Bob argues against moving to a jury trial after a distressing homicide that killed a leading citizen. He questions the need to lock up more prominent residents and fight it out at close range, reflecting the town's unrest.
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Crimson Gulch
Broncho -Bob
Washington Star
Beggar-Kind Sir Negotiates Family with Four at Home
An unclear dialogue fragment shows a beggar seeking two sons for three children while a “Kind Sir” responds. The exchange implies a moral dilemma about adoption or sacrifice as the speaker mentions already having four children at home. The text ends with a partial name or phrase.
Train lines and routes from a faded timetable fragment
The text lists several rail services with origins and destinations such as New York to Kansas City and New York to St. Louis, plus Toledo to St. Louis. It references daily and general route notes with garbled fragments, indicating a damaged timetable snippet.
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St. Louis
New York
Kansas City
Gally
Toledo
St. Lows
Train Schedules and Sleeping Car Routes for 1908 Northbound
In May 1908 timetable, multiple Pennsylvania lines list passenger trains between Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Indianapolis with numerous sleeping and parlor cars. No. 6 and No. 1 offer sleeping cars. Nos. 3 109 travel Chicago to Pittsburg via Columbus. Nos. 118 119 provide parlor dining between Chicago and Louisville. No. 12 Mid N Spl and No. 7 Mid N Exp detail services.
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Louisville
Logansport
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Columbus
Pitts
Masked Time Marks in Unclear Schedule
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple times such as 4 05 p m 8 50 p m 7 41 p m 10 05 p m 3 05 p m 11 35 p m and other assorted entries. The data lacks context, entities, or a clear event to anchor a full summary.
Limited rail schedules and connecting lines advertised
The notice lists times from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for limited trains and connections at Tipton for Elwood and other towns. It notes direct routes to Indianapolis and Muncie with interchange options and mentions coupon books offering $12 value for $10 usable on 32 traction lines across Indiana, Ohio and Michigan totaling 1 807 miles.
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Kokomo
Indianapolis
Tipton
Elwood
Alexandria
Fairmount
Anderson
Middletown
Muncie
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Hartford City
Montpelier
Bluffton
Farmland
Winchester
Union City
Greenville
Times Between Kokomo and Marion Listed
Schedule details show transportation times from Kokomo to Marion and back with multiple departures throughout the day. Entries include morning, afternoon, and evening slots at various intervals.
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Todd & Simons
Market St
Ws. Steinhart
Race Street
Fifth Street
T. J. McElhaney
J. A. Reed
Henderson’s
School of Music
Joseph T. Bahr
Third and Broadway
Philip Voorhees
Sycamore St
Reid
John H. Reid
Mrs. Cormell
B. W. Booth
Township
M’millan
Charles C. Brandt
Longcliff Orchestra
Good Bunch
Archibald Gladstone and
George
Tery
Traveler's Guide
D. m. M. Burke
Pennsylvania Lines
East
CIA
Keys
Bradford
Effner
Logan
South Bend
Acc
T. Haute
Louts
T.haute
Terre. Haute
iSunday
Terre Haute
Logan Accommodation
Butler
Sun
West Sound
Logan Ac
MONON
Delphi, Ind
North Bound
Fast Mail
Acem
Frank J. Reed
Wayn
E & Wabash Valley Action CO
Effi
Peru
Wabash
Huntington
Ft. Wayne
Delphi
Iate
Boyd Park
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Gars
R&r. T
U. T
Marion
Kokomio
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