History of the Michigan Road through Logansport and Indiana
The Michigan Road began as a state project to connect Lake Michigan with the Wabash River and the Ohio, with treaty negotiations in 1826 involving Governor James B. Ray and General John Tipton. Lands granted funded the road, opened to Madison by 1832, and completed by 1834 as a 264 mile route. It carried plank sections, later toll lines, faced vandalism, and helped draw settlement, commerce, and inns along its length.
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Indiana
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
James B. Ray
John Tipton
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Cass County
Tipton
United States Senate
United States
Wabash River
Indianapolis
General Assembly
State of
South Bend
Congress
Madison
Logansport
Michigan City
Trail Creek
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Noble
Deer Creek
Red Man
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Social items and notices from Logansport area
Mrs Vickers and son visit relatives in Logansport while Mrs Laumle and Bertha plan travel to Pipe Creek due to Ira Kitson Sr death. Edison patient suffers rheumatism. funeral set for Sunday at 2 30 pm. Ethel Rogers injured by coal oil explosion while starting a coal burner. Mary Mannering seen in Glorious Betsy at Nelson. Wind storm causes minor damage with downed trees and broken wires. Local visits include Beall to Burnettsville and Arkansas plans, Gruell visiting Runkle, Andersons visiting relatives, and Little and daughter traveling to Walton in a new auto. Bert Small buys J C Bridge piano. Mrs Martin noted in poor health. Jesse Martin in Wlt.
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Robert Vickers
Logansport
Ms Laumle
Bertha
Ira Kitson
Edison
Ethel Rogers
F. M. Kistler
B. A. Conrad
S. M. Anderson
Eva Anderson
Mary Mannering
Betsy
Nelson
H. Nile
Burnettsville
R. W. Anderson
Fred Anderson
Eugene Gruell
J. B. Runkle
Local residents head to vacations and moves across towns
Lincoln Cleveland Graham leaves Thursday for Arcadia Indiana for a two week vacation. John Berryman family moves to Lincoln from Bunker Hill. E Elkins visits Mud Lake for a few days with son Chas Elkins. Homer Frush attends Masonic Temple cornerstone laying in Indianapolis. Several go fishing on the Wabash river. About fifteen travel to Kokomo for a high school commencement where Cleo Howard graduates. Chas Cook moves from his father's home to Galveston to work at Jackson and McGlew en store. Harvie Anderson, a blacksmith for Wm Sprinkle, visits Homer.
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Homer Frush
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
Wabash River
Kokomo
Cleo Howard
Lincoln
Walton Miss Maud Fair Visits Kin in Logansport
Miss Maud Fair of Logansport has stayed with her brother Frank and sister Miss Arthur Widner for a few days. Kenneth King finished installing a galvanized iron roof on Smalls elevator.
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Maud Fair
Logansport
Frank
Arthur Widner
Kenneth King
Smalls
Galveston Guests At Wampler Family Saturday
Willard Philapy and wife of Walton and Grace Enoch with Gertie Smith were hosted by Mr and Mrs Wampler. Decoration day noted with family visits and social guests in Galveston.
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Willard Philapy
Walton
Wm. Wampler
Grace Enoch
Gertie Smith
George Eliot's Chilvers Coton Church Bells Recast
The London Standard reports Chilvers Coton parish church tower bells are recast for 15000 pounds, with three new bells added. As a child, author Mary Ann Evans attended the church with her parents and later wrote vivid depictions of its incumbents. Mr Gilfil and Amos Barton are noted as vicar and curate in the local story.
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George Eliot
Chilvers Coton
London Standard
Mary Ann Evans
Chilvers Coton Church
Gilfil
Amos Barton
Shepperton
Weary Willie Gee Gets Help From Frosty Woman
In a brisk street scene a man named Willie Gee asks a frosty looking woman for aid. He greets her with a cautious good morning and asks if her mother is home, hoping for a handout amid hunger and hardship.
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Willie
Higgins
Fat Men and Jobs Report Suggests Hiring Bias
Employment agents say fat men face as hard a job hunt as gray-haired workers. Employers deem the fat man indolent while preferring the hustler who does more work. Agents advise dieting before canvassing for work. Br. Osler has ex-
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Osler
Uncertain Opinion on Chloroforming Running Men
The fragment does not present a clear event or人物. it hints at debate over the expediency of chloroforming men who are running to adipose tissue, a vague and possibly misread reference lacking上下文.
All Were Prime Ministers
An eminent surgeon was sent for by Cardinal Du Bois to perform a serious operation. The cardinal warned him not to treat him as he did the poor wretches at the Hotel Dieu. The surgeon replied that those so called wretches are all prime ministers in his eyes.
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Cardinal du Bois
France
Hotel Dieu
Success Magazine
Felt at Home by New Sexton After Troubled Stewardship
The former sexton left at year end after trustees requested retirement. The new sexton, a colored man, impressed all with gentle movements and quiet work. A trustee quipped he trained in Pullman service teaching care for sleepers.
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Sexton
Reading unlocks the world of thought and imagination
James Russell Lowell declares reading as the key to access thought and imagination. He argues reading brings us into contact with sages saints and the wisest and wittiest minds across time. It sharpens perception enabling us to see hear and listen with finer faculties.
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James Russell Lowell
Conversation on women, flying, spinning and cars
Modern Progress debates gender roles as Gladys notes women now go out and spin with a good auto while Grandma recalls women stayed home and spun. The dialogue contrasts past expectations with present mobility and independence.
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Grandma
Gladys
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Luther
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Eva Gray
Ella Holman
Meredith Thomas
Florence McConnell
John Philapy
Elizabeth Fickle
Kokomo Dry Goods Co
Pearl Thomas
Lincoln Street
Elsie Platt
Hooley & Tucker Tailors
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