Will and partition suit notices in Jefferson County
In the Jefferson Circuit Court Madison Indiana January term 1915 Mary Kalb et al vs John Yunker Sue Yunker Edna Yunker minor et al. defendants are required to appear January term 1915 to answer the complaint or judgment will be rendered. Witness Edw M Prenatt Clerk Madison November 24 1914. Sean Bear attorneys. nov26w3t
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State of Indiana
Sas
Jefferson County
Jefferson Circuit Court
Mary Kalb
John Yunker
Sue Yunker
Edna Yunker
Indiana
Madison
Sean
M. Prenatt
Ulter & Bear
Patronage Job Given Out in Indianapolis
Auditor Crittenberger appoints Frank Hawley an Indianapolis attorney and Brotherhood of Engineers member as Land Clerk with a salary of 31800. Described as the department’s fattest patronage job.
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Indianapolis
Crittenberger
Frank Hawley
The
Brotherhood of Engineers
Engagement of Miss Jennie Eades to Mr Matt Quirin
Mr and Mrs Robert Eades of west Third street announce the engagement of their daughter Jennie to Mr Matt Quirin. The wedding is set for December 24th. The couple are described as popular with many friends wishing them happiness.
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Robert Eades
West Third Street
Jennie
Matt Quirin
Real estate transfers listed with private considerations
Anna E. Gibbs heirs transfer to Estella L. Gibbs in Scott's Garden. Samuel Stewart sells to Home Building Association No. 5 in North Madison. Frederick L. Raichley and wife convey land in Saluda township to William L. Lee for $50. Sallie A. Tower sells property in the city to Charles Adler. All transfers note private consideration.
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Anna E. Gibbs
Estella L. Gibbs
Scott’s Garden
Samuel Stewart
Home Building Association No. 5
North Madison
Frederick L. Raichley
William L. Lee
Saluda Township
Sallie A. Tower
Charles Adler
Spain Tests American Dry Farming Techniques
EU report notes Spain experimenting with American dry farming methods to boost yields. The story mentions drought resilience efforts and adoption of new grain and forage practices to improve productivity in arid regions.
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Spain
Germans Battle Near Ypres Echo Western Front Struggle
The report details heavy fighting around Ypres with 120,000 German troops massed and a major clash ongoing. Berlin claims western attacks repulsed while Paris and London relay tensions, with King George strengthening British resolve as weather and naval activity affect operations.
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King George
London
Amsterdam
Ypres
Flanders
Zonnebeke
Langemarck
Dixmude
Berlina
North Sea
George
France
Tragic double murder and suicide attempt in Clinton County
William McCoy shot his wife and John Byrely in Frankfort Indiana after suspecting infidelity. He then drank carbolic acid at his home and will likely die. Byrely died an hour after the attack. McCoy showed no remorse and failed to surrender.
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Frankfort
Ind
William McCoy
John Byrely
McCoy
Byrely
Clinton County
Laundress Happy Over Red Crosse Ball Blue Promise
A fragment notes a laundry soap claim praising Red Crosse Ball Blue for whitening clothes. It also briefly mentions a Laplander marrying a girl by parental wish and the possibility of harsh punishment.
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Red Crosse Ball
The Royal Box and European Nobility Titles
The Belgian queen trained as a nurse per her father’s wishes. The English queen admires old Wedgwood pottery with Windsor Castle housing a room of rare pieces. The title King of the Wends and Goths appears in Swedish and Danish royal forms, while Mecklenburg princes and the German emperor hold Wendish ducal titles.
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Windsor Castle
Sweden
Denmark
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg- Strelitz
Tales of Cities and Urban Growth
Chicago plans 400000 for Grant Park improvements. Los Angeles expects 2015 population add of 100000. Philadelphia urged to run street cleaning as a municipal enterprise now privatized. Buenos Aires has nearly tripled in twenty years becoming the world’s largest city south of the equator and the largest Spanish speaking city, second largest Latin city after Paris.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Buenos Aires
Paris
Miscellany of social musings and misprints
A stream of quips and observations on manners politics and culture spans topics from manners and mustaches to religion and science. It notes fame sports and travel with satirical pitches and references to Edison religion Turkish coeducation and the Titanic era.
German Gleanings on Navy, Population and Kiel
The German for submarine is unter seeboot. Agriculture a year ago employed 0 732 472 Germans. The German merchant marine in 1913 had a tonnage of 4 576 855. The population of the German empire before the war was estimated at 7 812 000. Kiel is the chief German naval station in the Baltic and the seat of the naval training school. Strongly fortified it possesses a royal palace and a university.
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German Empire
Kiel
Baltic
Uncertain political shifts taint republics and war lessons
A compilation quotes observers from the Washington Post the Philadelphia Ledger and the New York World noting the strain on the Chinese republic under Yuan and the changing governance in Turkey. It contrasts hopes for progress with warnings that regimes struggle to keep pace with events and military advisors continue teaching warfare to locals.
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Ti Yuan
Washington Post
Philadelphia Ledger
Turkey
Moltke
New York World
Smoking Tree of Ono Japan Fires Evening Smoke
The article describes a smoking tree in Ono Japan that emits smoke only in the evening after sunset. It notes the tree vents smoke from the top of the trunk and is considered a natural wonder. A curious tropical metapale tree relies on another tree for growth, gradually enveloping and killing its partner.
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Tropics
Ono
Japan
Firearm speeds and library purchase in congressional report
A rifle bullet travels about 8000 feet per second while a pistol round moves under half that rate. Congress has bought the Dobell collection in London, 1500 privately printed books and pamphlets from forty years. The final War Department report says raising the battleship Maine in Havana harbor cost the United States 900000 dollars.
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Biary
Congress
London
Dobell
War Department
Maine
Havana Harbor
United States
Aerial Flights and Global Feats Mentioned
A routine aeroplane overview notes foolproof claims and risks of passengers. The Washington Star highlights aerial demos by French aviators with potential fatal outcomes. The New York World praises a world circumnavigation prize idea to spark enthusiasm. The piece on the Arabic alphabet explains 29 letters with varied forms and 116 signs to memorize.
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Detroit Free Press
Lfe
Washington Star
New York World
Truth and Love Quote by Hamilton Wright Mable
The writer states that men struggle to think into the universe but fail, asserting only lives rooted in truth reveal it and that love remains immortal. He attributes this insight to Hamilton Wright Mable.
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Hamilton Wright Mable
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von Mackenzen
War Office
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Clinton Co
the Royal Box
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Boston
Attorney General
Pankhurst
Onts
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Jess
Ohio
Hmability
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Mexico
Villa
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J. Meyer
MAIN
Foreign Affairs
Pearl Packing House
Gus Yunker
Prop
Truth and Love
C. A. Stanton
Shoeists
W. H. Anger
Pfortner’s
F. W. Pfortner
S. Jefferson Street
New York
Washington
J. Bourden Harriaman
Heres
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