Raven omen in Paris recalls palace calamities across history
A gray raven is reported sighted in the Elysee gardens, Paris, a bird long linked to misfortune for French rulers. From Marie Antoinette to Napoleon and Thiers, its appearances accompany famous upheavals, though Thiers’ case is noted as an exception.
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France
Elysee Palace
Paris
Sen
Bibliotheque Nationale
Versailles
Trianon Farm
Marie Antointte
Marie Louise
Napoleon
Austria
Thiers
Carnot
Felix Faure
Deschanel
President Hart8ing appoints Irvin Cobb major in reserve army
Irvin Cobb receives a reserve army commission from President Harding, serving in the intelligence branch. The story notes a humorous contrast with Kentuckians as colonels and recalls Cobb’s war service and journalism career. An anecdote about an English visitor at a Louisville hotel adds literary humor to the report.
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Harding
Irvin Cobb
Irvin
Uncle Sam
Cobb
Louisville
Los Angeles Times
Policeman Help Tests Lost Mary With Clever Pretend
A story about little Mary who often ran away and was told to speak only to a policeman if lost. During a walk her father pretends to be a policeman and Mary tearfully pleads I am lost and gives her name Mary Jackson as she tries to locate her home.
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Mary
Mary Jackson
Honor Long Dead Saint Exposition Draws Half Million Pilgrims
Half a million pilgrims gathered in Goa to view the body of St. Francis Xavier, who died in China 500 years ago. The relic, never embalmed, is displayed in a shrine as crowds from many faiths seek cures and blessings.
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Goa
India
St. Francis Xavier
China
Wheels by the Million in car and truck production
The Motor Wheel corporation reports eight million wheels used in 1922 for cars and trucks, excluding spares. If laid end to end with rims touching, those wheels would stretch 58,030 miles, across the American continent from Atlantic to Pacific.
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Motor Wheel Corporation
Atlantic
Pacific
European and American Children The Decline of Childhood
The New York Sun notes that American children retain innocence and playfulness unlike European trends. It contrasts sensible American outfits with European styles that press girls into adulthood early, citing Spain and Latin regions where children dress in black and formal wear, even at young ages.
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United States
Helen Beckett
New York Sun
Europe
England
America
Spain
Latin
Azores
Speed Range of 22 Migratory Birds in Flight
The article lists speeds for various birds noting crows average 45 feet per second or 80 mph, far slower than others. Curlews and jackdaws reach 55 and 65 feet per second, quail and grouse about 75, doves around 100 feet per second, and species like red heads teal and Canada geese can exceed 100 feet per second (68 to 88 mph) though typically slower.
The Lady of the Kleagle
A Mecca native named Alimony fails to appear for supper as camel milk vendors pass. Upon returning, his spouse confronts him with a marble Encyclopaedia Arabiana, asking where he has been after claiming detention at a lodge meeting.
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Mecca
Al-imony
New York Herald
River Reaches high-water mark during past week
Mrs. N W Clark travels to Indianapolis on Sunday after the death of her niece. Mr. Frank Reeder and wife of Terre Haute visited Sunday with the Reeder family in the city.
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Frank Reeder
Terre Haute
J. C. Reeder
Notice to Trespass on Farmland Proclaimed by Local Landowners
The undersigned farmers land owners and tenants warn that trespass hunting or trapping on their lands will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Names listed include Grant Knight William Dean Johan Weaver Harry Wolfe H B VanSickle E Frazier A G Heber John H Myers Emery Mathas George Featherston Lake Nichols and L H Davis.
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Grant Knight
Wm. Dean Johan Weaver
Harry Wolfe
H. B. VanSickle
Sra
E. Frazier
A. G. Heber
John H. Myers
Emery Mathas
George Featherston Lake Nichols H. L. Davis
Local Notes from Wabash Township and Mecca
Wabash Township notices report illness recoveries and visitors with Mrs. John Brown and Miss Margaret Bradfield among those mentioned. Mecca farewell party honors Miss Alice Inglert as she moves to Fontanet. The section records births deaths and family condolences including the passing of a one-year-old in Blanford and the death of Mrs. Elizabeth with condolences from D. W. Machin and family.
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James Falls
Blanford
Mecca
Alice Inglert
Fontanet
James Conlin
Columbus
Columbus City Hospital
Unclear Text Note Mentions Burial in Morgan Cemetery
Fragmentary notice references a death and burial in Morgan Cemetery. Mentions Rev Otis Edward Frank and Rev Theo Breed. Source text is garbled with unreadable lines and incomplete names and dates.
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Otis
Edward
Frank
Theo. Breed
In Memory of a Classmate Poem
A tribute poem honors a departed classmate who has left this life to join angels in eternal peace. The piece speaks of release from troubles and suffering and a hope for a bright land without clouds or darkness.
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Roy Bartley
Matilda Andrew
Paul Smith
Catherine Emmeline
Harry Heslar
George Lawson
D. W. Machin
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Silvertowns
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Silvertown Corp Tire
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HCE
Montezuma Enterprise
Montezuma, Ind
Ohio Farmer
R. F.D
Terre Haute Daily Star
E. Runnion
Busy Bee
James Gilmore
Montezuma
F.B. Maghlett
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Pitman & Son’s Garage
U.S. Army Goods Store
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