Estate court notes multiple probate and sale actions
The court records probate proceedings across several estates including Biederwolf Sims Doyle and Hibner with postings of public notices, private sales, and administrator appointments. It also approves final settlements, disbursements, and various claims, with guardianship filings and judgments on real estate and note suits.
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George Biederwolf
Harry Sims
Strauss Bros. Company
Dora Belfield
Alfred W. Doyle
James P. Cullen
Albert Hibner
Kindie Barnhart
Asa Donalson
Indiana court docket items and civil actions
Row on you Find it? an Alice K. North executrix vs Jesse F. Harness cause dismissed with costs. Multiple cases listed with continuances, payments, or orders including Iva M. Kelley vs Alba E. Kelley support payments and suit money, and others involving White County matters. Final reports, appearances, and filings indicate ongoing civil actions and court orders through 1920.
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Alice K. North
Continental Ins. Co
Christ Steller
Claude J. A. Bier
Anna EB
Miller Phan
State Bank of Wolcott
White County Loan, Trust & Savings Co
William M. Fisher
Asa W. Conwell
Everett
William FL Brown
Os City
Cat
Howard T. Brockway
Wilbur TD
Smith Chen
Hharry Eddy
Clair
Brook Tile & Brick Company
L. R. Snyder
G. A. Thomas
Remark on Greek literature and language by Thomas Reightly
The writer extols Greek literature as the most extraordinary human achievement noting its language as vast and flexible. He claims all other tongues are poor by comparison and credits Greek with limitless expressive potential that expands with science.
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Hercules
Theseus
Thomas Reightly
Eats a Thousand Insects a Day
A Washington forestry bureau notes that a cave swallow eats about a thousand flies mosquitoes and other pests daily. The bird also nests on barn exteriors or cliff faces in colonies of thousands, building gourd shaped pellets from chewed bits of straw feathers and twigs. It overwinters in the tropics.
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American Forestry Association of Washington
African Witch Doctors and the Ills of Africa
A Christian Herald opinion piece decries Africa as a sick, rich continent plagued by tuberculosis and pneumonia. It claims natives fear death and revere witch doctors over foreign governments, while suggesting colonial presence changes native beliefs.
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Africa
Madluria
Christian Herald
Mule Loyalty and Demobilization in British War Aftermath
The piece urges Britain to honor mules as war veterans and vital labor partners. It argues the empire owes debt to the mule for support of cotton and global commerce, noting surplus animals after hostilities and calls for jobs for army mules as demobilization proceeds.
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Lancashire
Trees and value of timber in culture and economy
A reflection on humanity’s relation to trees drawing on Ruskin vaun Dyke and Joyce Kilmer. It notes the avocado tree in California yielding 3000 dollars annually and once insured for 80000, and recalls a yellow poplar felled in the Cumberland hills with 11000 worth of lumber, lamenting loss of natural beauty to profit.
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Ruskin
Earth
California
Cumberland Hills
Joyce Kilmer
Detroit Free Press
Wild Tiger Scout Corps of Siam Formed by King Vajiravudh
In Siam the Wild Tiger Scout Corps, revived from ancient military corps, is led by King Vajiravudh who personally drills with Bangkok scouts. The program, inspired by American Boy Scouts, has grown to about fifty companies with civil officials as members.
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Boy Scouts
Siam
Vajiravudh
Wild Tiger Scout Corps
Boy Scout Movement
Kingdom
Bangkok
Land of the White Elephant
Frederick Dean
Asta Magazine
Islands Once A Place Of Exile For Byzantine Princes
The Princes' islands earned their name from centuries past when Byzantine emperors banished disobedient dignitaries there. Located ten miles from Constantinople in the Sea of Marmora, the eight islands include four inhabited ones. The uninhabited islets host fishermen and many dogs, a consequence of a Turkish effort to reduce Constantinople's stray canine population.
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Elile
Byzantium
Constantinople
Marmora
Library Letter Task Sparks Quiet Morning
Two voices discuss preparation and a task in a library. One plans to compose an important letter while the other waits, estimating the work will take about an hour.
Verbal Vagaries and Shifting Word Use
A brief quotation note discussing how language evolves with context. It contrasts hiring a ship’s cook by a captain with firing a housewife cook by a homemaker, reflecting on how circumstances alter meanings and usage.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Egg auction lines spur bidding in Louisville
The Louisville Courier Journal notes an egg of the creative auk is valued at $500 today. The bidding rises as the line about a high mark multiplies interest, yet the hen remains in contention.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Notice to creditors and heirs in Martha Orr estate
In the White Circuit Court the November term 1919 allocates December 19 for creditors heirs and legatees to appear and show cause why final settlement of administrator William G Harrington should not be approved Also heirs must prove their claim or heirship by that date Henry C Thompson attorney for the estate.
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White Circuit Court
White County
Indiana
George M. Bridge
George F. Marvin
Mary K. Holman
Delos Thompson
Cass
Jasper
Harry
Eddyditch
George A. Thomas
Lester Newton
Henry W. Greist
Carrol
Joseph S. Miller
Alfred Snavels
Henry Denhart
Paul Ward
Beard
Sim Davisson
Charles S. Preston
Trensnacer
Pauli Ward
George R. Clayton
Horton and
Mosely
R. A. Lawrie
Hlorten & Mosley
James T. Graves
L. D. Carey
Susie Floyd
JAW
Kassa- Daun
Cornelius M. Plortier
Edward DL Saath
Cornelius M. Horner
Edward L. Smith
Martha Orr
William G. Harrington
Deptt
Henry C. Thompson
Charles J. Schultz
Fis
Mary Schultz
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American Serioal of Osteopathy
Goodman Building
Herald
Circuit Court
Robert Han
Twinkle
Han
Chauncey
Perry Spencer
Sarah Green
Emery Green
T. J. Hanna
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Soldiers & Sailors Civil Relief Act
Ocfe
Ireland
Sam Fisher
Delft
South Aim Street
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National Joy
J. Reynolds Tobscoo Co
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Winston-Salem, N. C
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White
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