Madam Crow and Mr Fox Encounter Over a Scarecrow
Madam Crow hides in a tree near a cornfield and warns of Mr Fox. Fox evades a farmer by slipping to the field edge and schemes with his friend Coon to raid nests. Madam Crow defends her territory but resumes foraging at dawn, while Fox remains annoyed.
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Crow
Mr. Fox
Madam Crow
Abr Fox
Madam
Fox
Coon
Mr. Coon
Mr.oon
Rogum
Crow Satoon
Havng
Alice Joyce Reaches Apex in Recent Film Roles
The text claims Alice Joyce shines at her career peak in a popular movie, noting she has played a wider range of roles than any screen star. It recalls her early lie about riding a horse to secure an engagement, which she proved she could do.
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Alice Joyce
Palm signs indicate money earned by own merit in business
The text explains how the money line and fortune line on the palm signal wealth from personal effort. It notes upward lines from life to head, life-to-wrist links, and fate-line ascents as favorable. Practical square hands show these acquisitive signs more often than artistic pointed hands.
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Apollo
Iceberg joke in Boston Transcript weds remark on married men
A letter from a correspondent notes a drug store window card reading Take home an iceberg opposite the Transcript. The writer suggests married men might as well take one iceberg home after work, delivering a wry remark on domestic life.
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Transcript
Boston Transcript
June Name Origins and Symbolism Explored
The article outlines two origins for the name June, linking it to the goddess Juno and to the sixth month. It notes Juno as a mythic ruler and ideal of beauty, mentions agate as June's talismanic stone, and states Monday as the lucky day with two as the lucky number. The wild rose is cited as June's flower.
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June
Juno
Zeus
Mount
Olympus
Junius
Do You Like To Talk A Guide To Conversation Etiquette
This excerpt offers advice on speaking and listening in social settings. It cautions talkative people against vanity and urges hosts to invite others into conversation. It emphasizes giving others attention and avoiding monopolizing discussions.
Exterminate the House Fly
Among 180 bacteria and organisms from house fly bodies researchers find infantile diarrhea typhoid anthrax food poisoning amoebic dysentery abscesses leprosy tapeworms hookworms bubonic plague conjunctivitis summer complaint tuberculosis enteritis trachoma erysipelas gas gangrene stomach worms pinworms ophthalmia listed.
Ghost Exorcism Through Food In Central Africa
In Central Africa belief in ghosts is widespread. A person who thinks he is possessed visits a local medicine man who may prepare a meal to tempt the ghost to leave the body.
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Central Africa
Poorly worded state pest and crop condition report
The state agricultural statistician George Clersant reports a heavy infestation of ojuasts is expected in parts of the state with corn ground being prepared and planted. Spring weather and growing conditions are overall favorable with good wheat, potatoes, fruit and livestock, though insect pressure and drought stress in some areas require continued field work.
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Adianapolis
George Clersant
State Agricultural Astatistician
State Legislative Reference Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Attica Bridge Dedicated Atop Witbush River
Attica June 3 a new 2500 concrete bridge over the Witbush river was dedicated with ceremonies before a large crowd. The bridge was decorated with flags and bunting. The National Car Coupler band played On the Banks of the Wabash for the christening. Four year old Mariamma Levyer broke a champagne bottle to name the bridge Attica.
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Attica
Mariamma Levyer
Indiana Voter Registration Dates Updated Across State
Indianapolis June 5 Voters registration dates set for September 4 and October 29 across Indiana per George Healey of the state election board. The two registrations will become permanent, with future enrollment consolidated into an early October session for new voters or moves.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
George Healey
State Election Board
Healey
Auto Hit by Train Near Muncie Injures Woman
In Muncie on June 5 Mr and Mrs Jacob Gilmore of Yorktown were riding in a car that stalled on a Big Four track west of town. Mrs Gilmore could not escape as a fast train struck the vehicle. she suffered severe head and body injuries while Mr Gilmore escaped. The auto was wrecked.
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Muncie
Jacob Gilmore
Yorktown
Gilmore
Mrs Carl Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
In Shelbyville on June 5 a jury in the Shelby district court found Mrs Clara Carl guilty of murder in the second degree for the poisoning of her second husband Frank Carl. The verdict included a recommendation of life imprisonment.
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Carl
Shelbyville
Clara Carl
Frank Carl
Shelby District Court
FourYearOld Girl Injured by Farm Roller Near Newcastle
Thelma Mundell four daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Mundell living near Honey Creek eight miles northwest of Newcastle was seriously injured when run over by a concrete farm roller.
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Hurt
Newcastle
Thelma Mundell
Floyd Mundell
Honey Creek
Here
Thomas Amos Dead in Shelbyville at Seventy Seven
Thomas Amos age seventy seven a retired farmer and business man is dead at his home in Shelbyville. He is survived by three
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Thomas Amos
Shelbyville
City
Birthday Poem of Sun and Moon by Twilight Fairy
A whimsical dialogue features Mr Sun and Mr Moon celebrated by Fairy Princess Twilight-Bell. They reflect on aging and birthdays as fairies illuminate the world with their glow instead of cake. The Moon and Sun exchange playful verses and wishes.
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Mr. Sun
P wilicht-Pedt
Redeo
Moom
Tie
Mr. Moon
Fairy Princess Twilight-Bell
Lemons Replacing Eggs Spark Winter Errand Mixup
Johnny returns from the store with six egg shaped items instead of eggs. He explains the slippery streets led him to buy lemons to avoid breaking eggs, in a humorous misunderstanding reported by the Boston Transcript.
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Johnny
Boston Transcript
Incorrigible classroom exchange on quirky synonyms
A teacher asks for a synonym like bemoan in a literary class. The first pupil offers Bedew. The second pupil proposes Bedaub. The third suggests Bespatter. The fourth delivers Begorra.
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Bedew
Bedaub
Tanlac Restores Health Says Lincoln Woman
Mrs Anna B Crawford of Lincoln Nebraska reports Tanlac improved her indigestion headaches and sleep loss and restored appetite and energy after months of weakness and rheumatism making walking painful. She praises the medicine and notes it is sold by all good druggists.
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Tanlac
Anna B. Crawford
Yao
Too Optimistic Not Always at the Races
A quoted exchange questions optimism versus realism with a remark about following good men. The lines hint at caution in judgment and strategy in pursuing progress.
Prices of cotton and linen doubled by war
War drives prices for cotton and linen higher while shoppers seek laundry tricks like Red Cross Ball Blue to extend fabric life. An ad from grocers urges smarter housekeeping and hints at the era’s consumer wars.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Recalls Everett Testimony
A Everett woman describes years of back and hip pain and fatigue eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports feeling better and recommends the remedy to others, citing improved energy and comfort for work and daily activities.
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Everett
Washington
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. M. Lipbert
High St
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New York
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LD Somers
de’ Ave
Brooklyn
South Jersey
Davenport Realty CO
Hammonton
New Jersey
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Oklahoma
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