Madison Township News and Local Notes
The column records weather and garden updates, local illnesses, repairs, and social visits. Roy Carter of Indianapolis and Brackney joined family greetings, while Thoma Ely is noted as the township’s oldest man. A river bottom flood is reported and a Danville wedding of Joseph Chapman and Miss Mattie Rains draws local congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Rinker
Nora.Passmore
Brooklyn
C. Carter
Miss Passmore
Thoma Ely
Township
Mr. Ely
Joseph Chapman
Mattie
Rains
Danville
Mooresville
Why Five Acts Shakespeare Trusted Fewer Scenes In Text
Brander Matthews argues in Tum. that Shakespeare wrote a continuous narrative not divided into acts or scenes. He notes editors later cut plays into five acts and subdivided into scenes, a practice not originally intended by Shakespeare or his medieval predecessors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Tre
Rowe
Brander Matthews
Totum
Sickness and Social Notes From Monrovia Community
Local notices report residents ill with flu and ailments including Mrs O E Kennedy Mr and Mrs David Marley and Mrs Rebecca York. Also details on social visits church events creamery prospects memorial sermon and town gatherings plus a large birthday surprise for Mary Pike with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Marley
Rebecca York
Sam Pike
Mary
One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs Cries and Crout
A brief item touts a rapid remedy for coughs and colds claiming relief in minutes. It highlights ease of use and availability, pointing to a common remedy promoted in the period.
Hosiery Mills Ships One Hundred Dozen Hose in Colors
Local supplier announces receipt of one hundred dozen hose in all sizes and colors. Armor plate chest gear advertised at Mull's Cash Store for protection and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosiery Mills
Mull’s
The Model and the Model of Her Sex Joke
The Duke of Wellington faced a dinner toast to the mayoress he had never met. He called her the model of her sex, prompting Lord Ellenborough to ask how he could praise an ugly plain woman. The reply claimed some models are unknown until seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Wellington
Lord Ellenborough
Physiognomy Through the Ages From Pythagoras to Lavater
The passage traces physiognomy from ancient times with Pythagoras and Hippocrates referenced for judging faces. It notes Aristotle as author of an early systematic work and records a flourish of literature in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries culminating in Lavater’s influential book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythagoras
Trippocrates
Lavater
Prohibition Debate and Budget Impacts Highlight Old Voter Panel
The article quotes Bishop Potter of New York criticizing indiscriminate repression of vice and cites Captain Harris of Washington U noting his 11th year as warden with 15 executions and 34 000 prisoners aided. It estimates 2 000 000 mouths fed and wages lost if prohibition expands, urging attendance at the Indianapolis prohibition convention May 19–20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Warris
Washington
DD. U
Ray
Guiteau
Harris
America
Leist
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
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William Harvey
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Minnie Hobson
Miss Isa
Mrs Luther Dillon
Will Franklin
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Edith Newlin
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Elizabeth Hubbard
Ashley of Lebanon
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Carrie Kelley
Lillian Thompson
Sam Phillips
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O. C. Brewer
Eva Bowman
Rachel Clark
Miss Bowman
Mrs. Queansey
Ed. ‘Tansey
Miss Blanch
A. E. Diflen
Chas. Tansey
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Alvin Henry
Arda
Elizabeth Shannon
Rachel McNoun
Homer Prry
Ernest Kenworthy
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