Trans Atlantic travel amid war fears tempering plans
Readers are urged to avoid long voyages as war dominates Europe. The Cunard line Titanic is hailed as a luxury beacon but warns that many ships will be sunk and only a small portion crossing the Atlantic will survive. The piece suggests preferring home comfort over lavish trans Atlantic travel during wartime.
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WAL Times
Plavirus
Burujer
Orturse
Bary St
Our
Lobe Trotters
America
The Seasonal Rise of Auto Travel and Curious Attitudes
The passage notes spring and summer bring more car trips as roads become busy on weekends. It contrasts fast driving with a desire to observe scenery and village life, arguing speed is a childish urge and real enjoyment lies in broader travel and human scenes.
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Hia
Uplift Efforts Meet Resistance in Seattle Quote
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer selection reflects on attempts to uplift others facing rejection and indifference as people tell the speaker to mind their own business. The caption frames frustration over social outreach.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Notable Illinois to Washington Press Ties Across Decades
In Olney Illinois SAM WELLS recalls Jerry A Mathews who built a Democratic Advocate and later served as private secretary to Hon. C. W. Fairbanks and as a correspondent for the New York Sun. The anecdote, sourced from the Louiseville Courier Journal May 2, recounts Mathews’ rise from rural beginnings to national press influence and a humorous apple butter subscription dispute.
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Wilson & Hutchingon
Oney
Ill
Bis Chums
Jerry A. Mathewas
Jerry
Wyrooge
Ilinois
Jefferson County
Ind
Olney Times
Olney
Advocate
Illinois
Egypt
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
New York Sun
G. OO. P
C. W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
United States
Louiseville Courier Journal
Fred C Kelly
Larry Mathews
Washington
Inlinois
Scott County Journal
Cupid Closures Hit Flat Rock Exchange Amid Weddings
Shelbyville reports the Flat Rock telephone exchange closed for hours traced to Daniel Cupid. Two operators resigned to prepare for their weddings, Fern Endicott to marry William Hill and Grace Fiddler to wed Lee Rouse, prompting manager tension and new hires.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Flat Rock
Daniel Cupid
Fern Endicott
William Hill
Miss Grace Fiddler
Detroit
Lee Rouse
Parrot distraction saves steeplejack in Indiana fall
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on May 12 John W Schrodt a 43 year old steeplejack from Jeffersonville was painting a tin roof on a dwelling owned by councilman J C McCullough when he slipped while trying to grab a parrot that escaped its cage. He fell forty feet to a cement pavement but was not injured and later returned to the roof to finish the job after capturing the bird.
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Inawrenceburg
Ind
John W. Schrodt
Jeffersonville
Elm Street
J C. McCullough
Schrodt
District Medical Society Meeting and Local Notices
Cambridge City hosts the District Medical Society convention on Thursday May 27. Alexandria townsfolk plan a general clean up day on May 20 with city teams offering free refuse hauling. Winchester reports Samuel C Deeds arrested in Muncie, Heming indicted for fraudulent checks. Auburn appoints C A DeBontwell as vice deputy commander for Indiana for the Revolutionary War descendant order. New Albany notes bartender John Waldron hospitalized with a razor neck wound, Charles Petz charged in the incident and released on bond.
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Alexandria
Alexandra
Winchester
Samuel C. Deeds
Muncie
Heming
Parker City
Auburn
C. A. DeBontwell
Indiana
Order of Washington
New Albany
John Waldron
City Hospital
Charles Petz
Fetz
Walden
Adeline Fetz
Pleasant Point Visitation Notes and Church Schedule
Cecil McGee and sister Misa Edith with Luella Werning visited Crogan Plains to see Uncle A. T. McGee and family. Cousin Roy McGee and Cora Underwood joined a motor trip to Osgood Versailles Vevay Markland Dam No. 39 Moorefield. Madison visitors Frank McGee Walter Bechman Emma Wetzel with Louis Bechman. Bechman paints his house. George Valillee visits Hanover area. Rev Sorrell to fill Wirt appointment Sunday with Sunday school at 9:30 preaching at 10:30 and 7:30 and a 2 pm business meeting Saturday.
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Cecil McGee
Misa Edith
Luella Werning
Crogan Plains
Me. A. T. McGee
Roy McGee
Cora Underwood
Osgood
Versailles
Vevay
Markland
Dam No. 39
Moorefield
Sterling
Frank McGee
Walter Bechman
Emma Wetzel
Madison
Louis Bechman
George Valillee
Hanover
Sorrell
Wirt
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted Ad Declares Mercury-Free
An old newspaper ad warns against mercury containing tonics for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internally taken. The notice notes testimonials and 75 cent price and urges purchasing genuine medicine from listed druggists. Also mentions a coroner inquest into a murdered infant and a golden wedding anniversary in Carmel.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Buyng Hall
Ohio
Fr. Jd. Cheney & Co
Washington
O. E. Lett
General Sir Ian Hamilton Leads British Forces at Dardanelles
London reports General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, commander of the British French army at Gallipoli, renowned as a poet soldier with a brisk Scottish edge. Born near current operations, Hamilton rose under Lord Roberts, earning honors in the Boer War and Burma. his musketry methods reshaped British training at Blythe and Hythe.
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London
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Trin
Lord Roberts
Hamilton
Little Bobs
Muelener
Ife
I Amade
Dar
Danelles
Ian Tramilton
D'Amade
Sir John French
France
Flanders
Vamiltun
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Jiamilton
D’amade
Roberts
Gordon Highlanders
Majuba Hill
Miajuba Hill
Evelyn Wood
A. D C
India
Majuba Ta
Burma
School of Musketry
Blythe
Ile
Hythe
Quiet Title Suit Filed in Jefferson Circuit Court
In Jefferson County Indiana the May Term 1915 of the Jefferson Circuit Court opens with Frank Nichols et al filing a complaint to quiet title against numerous named and unnamed Nichols heirs and other defendants. The defendants non residents are warned to appear by June 28 1915 or the suit will proceed. Clerk Edw M Prenatt notes the filing with Curtis Marshall as attorney.
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Indiana
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Frank Nichols
Mary C. Nichols
Jacob Nichols
Catherine Nichols
Jacob Nichols, Jr
William D. Nichols
Neoma C. Nichols
Margaret Nichols
Isaac Nichols
Mathias Nichols
John Clark
Ibby Clark
James Bland
Sarah Bland
Charles Rose
Leona Rose
Irby Clark
Eli Jones
Mary Jones
Ishi Jones
Jesse B. Thomas
Jane Thomas
Elias C. Thomas
Martha C. Thomas
Mins C. Thomas
William UI. Thomas
William H. Thomas
Lucinda Thomas
James N. Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
Elias Thomas
Caroline Thomas
Elias C
Alexander Rowland
James Blankenship
Riley Blankenship
Robert Chapman
Rachel Chapman
Milton Lansbery
Nancy Lansbery
Dennis Willey
Lydia P. Willey
Eli P. Jones
Cary Jones
Joseph Rankin
Letitia Rankin
Joseph Griffin
Madison
M. Prenatt
Jrs
Notice of Administration for Nellie Gray Estate
Administrator appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County Indiana for the estate of Nellie Gray deceased. The estate is insolvent. Madison Safe Deposit and Trust Co. is named as administrator. May 3 1915.
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Circuit Court
Jefferson County
Indiana
Nellie Gray
Madison Safe Deposit & Trust Co
Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake Delights for Breakfast
A brief ad promises Mrs Austin's Bag Pancake mix with delicious light cakes for breakfast. The copy emphasizes quick preparation and crisp texture for quick morning meals.
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Austin
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