Casey News Roundup Includes Leases and Deaths
Ray Phillips near Westfield has leased the Chas Briscoe garage in Casey. J C Freeman heads to Logansport Indiana for winter with his daughter. Kirk Brown 14 died of influenza at Brazil Indiana, remains due for Casey burial. Infant Mary Madeline Ralston died Sunday. Floyd and Mrs Ralston grieved. LeMay couple return to Casey from Indianapolis seeking to settle there. A M Bell of Rebecca Iowa visits his mother Barbara Montz. Florence Brown of Syracuse visits D S Lee family. Four aeroplanes refuel at Casey en route east. Marion Partlow William Misner and Mrs Mary Cox depart for St Petersburg Florida for winter. Howerton of West Union joins.
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A. M Bell
Rebecca
Barbara Montz
Florence Brown
Syracuse
D S Lee
Casey
Marion Partlow
William Misner
Mary Cox
St Petersburg
Fla
Howerton
West Union
Town's Self-Cercle Curses Return of The Familiar
A wary townsperson notes that a critic who condemns a community often never leaves the area, implying local bias and familiarity shape such judgments. The remark reflects residents' skepticism toward outsiders and self-critique.
WAVY Best Place for Him
A small town narrative recalls a town drunkard amid wartime enlistment talk. The editor-cheerful narrator contrasts local gossip with real events as boys join the infantry and other services. A banker’s son reports the drunkard’s enlistment, prompting family banter about military service.
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America
Tom McDonald
Tom
Navy
West Africa Suffers Lace Shortage and Imports Rise
African demand for laces and embroideries is unmet as no laces are produced locally in West Africa. Imported machine-made goods mainly from England France and Switzerland flood the market. Native women adorn garments with embroidered under and top skirts chemises chemisettes and kimonos while preferring light voiles and dimities in Senegal.
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West Africa
England
France
Switzerland
Senegal
Consular Report on Import of Women’s Ready Goods
The report notes women favor higher quality goods especially gowns though cheaper varieties sell more. No importer statistics are given yet the trade is important with large importers broadly interested in samples and price lists as in cotton goods overall.
New Explosive Compounds Challenge Mercury Fulminate
The Scientific American notes lead azide as a strong challenger to mercury fulminate as a detonating substance. Hydronitric acid salts like mercury azide silver azide and lead azide form crystals that show high sensitivity to mechanical shock. Large dry crystals of lead azide can explode from brushing with a feather, signaling rising danger as crystal size increases.
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Scientific American
Contrivance Defies Germs in 1900 Baltimore
Miss Cornelia Fiske of Baltimore proposes a waxed paper square folded and placed over the edge of a drinking glass to prevent germs from contacting lips. The compact protector fits in a purse or pocket and can be made sturdier with celluloid for longer use.
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Baltimore
Cornelia Fiske
Self-Sacrifice as a War Ethic in Spongeleigh
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes Spongeleigh’s stance on wartime thrift. He claims patriotic duty to limit borrowing from friends to five dollars at a time, citing their Liberty bond purchases and war philanthropy as justification.
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Spongeleigh
Birmingham Age-Herald
Optimist War Hero Says Thanks Amid Loss
A war hospital surgeon recalls meeting an optimist who lost a leg. When he was found, the first remark was gratitude for the spared leg free of rheumatism, reflecting unexpected resilience and grace under injury.
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War Hospital
England Bound: A U S Navy Escort Through English Harbor
Gregory Mason describes a dawn scene as ships line the harbor bound to supply England, a destroyer with black plumes and a white bone teeths the air, and a Stars and Stripes flag signaling allied resolve amid wartime pride. A South African cheers the Yank effort and the Zulu war cry rings among the crews.
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England
Germany
Isles
Yank
East Africa
France
Gregory Mason
Inner Man Well Fortified In Paris Cafe Menu Feats
An American doughboy in Rue Richelieu studies a menu and orders breakfast lunch and dinner in one sitting. The waitress returns with bacon and eggs cheese beer roast beef vegetables chicken tea wine and fruit. After paying the bill he departs for the front as the paper notes Herald subscription reminders.
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Rue Richelieu
Inter
Stars and Stripes
Subscriptions Requested for Herald and Terre Haute Daily Star
Reader encloses four dollars to obtain one year of both the Herald and the Terre Haute Daily Star sent to the same address.
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Herald
Terre Haute Daily Star
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Schwanecke’s
Mr. Felix
Department of the Service
Bubeck
Gallagher Home Furnishings and Undertaking
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Foster Martin
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