Oratorical Contest Selections Made For Tri City Meet
New Albany chose its tri city contest representatives after two nights of oratory music and reading in the auditorium. Marian Shrode won the girls oratorical title with The Missionary in History. Clifford LaDuc won the boys orators with A Plea for Moral Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Tri-City
Salem
Bedford
Marian Shrode
Clifford LaDuc
Gus Weinmann
Utopia
Lee Lapinsky
Dan Walsh
Byron Hartley
Ellsworth McAfee
Ruth Rough
Neil Lemmon
Irene Brown
Eleanor Stoy
Ruth Shrader
Wilton Terstegge
Ella Gardner
Ethel Dupaquier
Vera Fisher
Elizabeth Cain
Malinda
Jean Valjean
the Bishop
Mary Morrison
Irene Rohlfing
Bonnie Morbley
Bessie Ruthenburg
Margaret Greene
Elizabeth
Fashion Notes on Hats and Sleeves This Summer
A fashion briefing notes black hats lined with bright contrasting straw colors, cerise popular, and sleeves with fringe details. White garments are less dominant. color is in, with brussels net in black white or matching hues. A jumper frock with guimpe and lace trims, percale and lawn fabrics documented for dress finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerise
The Turned Up Mustache Through European Courts
The piece traces the turned up mustache from its 1625 origin at Philip IV’s court to its spread across Europe via Spanish soldiers in the Thirty Years’ War. It notes adoption by Philip IIIs successors, German imperial imitation, and Spanish coercive efforts to maintain the upward arc amid fashion shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William II
Philip IV
Europe
Charles I
England
Philip
Hapsburgs
Belgium
Germany
Sweden
France
Louis XIII
Spain
Velazquez
Murillo
Minneapolis Journal
Do You Think For Yourself 7
The fragment discusses Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pie and generic products, noting a repeated printing habit. It mentions makers habituated to printing practices and a vague critique of promotional material without clear events or dates. The text lacks coherent narrative but preserves named entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Meredith Nicholson and the Port of Missing Men origin
Meredith Nicholson, born 1806 in Crawfordsville Indiana, found inspiration for The Port of Missing Men while staying in a Virginia cabin near Lexington. He turned scraps of paper in a kitchen shelf into the famous romance after choosing a fresh start over a formal desk. He has worked as reporter editor stock broker and coal company treasurer before dedicating himself to literature for six to seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Nicholson
Virginia Mountains
Lexington
Mr. Nicholson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Tailors advertise fashionable drudgeries and suits
Notice offers ready made clothing at The Two Golden Balls Bow Street Covent Garden. Druggers Sagathie and Duroy Sults suits in various sizes cost from 3 pounds 10 shillings to 5 pounds 10 shillings. Horsemen's great coats sold at 2 pounds each. Morning gowns, cloaks, and jackets available.
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Sagathie
Duroy
Great Hart Street
Bow Street
Govent Garden
Home Notes on Cleaning Tricks and Kitchen Care
Twenty four hour old cold cream is best for whipping. Paint floors with boiled linseed oil for easy cleaning. Add a pinch of carbonate of soda to bath brick to polish knives. Do not use sand soap on white enamel sinks or tubs. For general cleaning use kerosene or gasoline on a rag. Wash bottles by filling cruets with warm soapy water and crushed eggshells for scrubbing without scratching.
Plays and Players Headline News in London and Paris
Joseph Hart scores a hit in London. Olga Nethersole travels to Paris. Marle Wainwright will perform stock engagements in New York this summer. Maude Fealey heads to a tour next season in The Stronger Sex. The Admirable Crichton nears its five hundredth London performance before withdrawal. Fallierg Leaves may be rewritten and Mary Mannering to appear in the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Nethersole
Paris
Marle Wainwright
New York
Maude Fealey
Crichton
London
Fallierg
Mary Mannering
Electric campaign cane novelty lights up candidate head
A Popular Mechanics idea describes an electric campaign cane with a glass head housing a small bulb. The illuminated head swings on a leather neck from the cane while the battery sits inside the neck, making the light visible at night during campaigns.
Cured Lung Hemorrhages With Foley’s Honey and Tar
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana reports years of severe lung hemorrhages improved after taking Foley's Honey and Tar. He claims his lungs are now sound and advises others with advanced long trouble to use the product, warning against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
Knoefel
Kaiser and the star above the cross tale
A Samuel Blythe anecdote in Everybody's recounts Kaiser Wilhelm II obsessively revising plans for the Emperor William Memorial church in Berlin. A blot of ink, interpreted by a Teutonic architect, becomes a star above the cross, symbolizing the Kaiser’s ceaseless control and whimsy.
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William
Germany
Roosevelt
Empire
Emperor William Memorial Church
Samuel
Blythe
Chiefs of the Supreme Court Through the Early Republic
The Chicago Tribune notes the rarity of appointing a chief justice and lists the eight early chief justices, with terms and origins. It highlights John Marshall’s long influence and Roger B. Taney’s stormy prewar tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
John Jay
New York
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Olver Ellsworth
Connecticut
John Marshall
Virginia
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
Morrison R. Waite
Melville W. Fuller
Ilinois
Fuller
Chicago Tribune
Pennsylvania man unveils continuous window glass machine
A Pennsylvania inventor launches a glassmaking device that produces a continuous forty two inch wide sheet at fifty six inches a minute with no blower or gatherer. Only cutters and a superintendent are needed now, and auto attachments may replace cutters. The plant employing three men and six boys per machine yields more glass than the old cylinder method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pathfinder
New Zealand Waiters Punished for Skipping Weekly Half Holiday
In Auckland at the Grand hotel waiters ignored the weekly half holiday and stayed on for extra pay. Authorities acted, the hotel proprietor appeared in court, and was convicted and punished for flouting labor law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Grand Hotel
Auckland
Mr Pickwick's Tree Cut Down Near Dulwich College
The aged sycamore near Dulwich College, famed as Mr. Pickwick's tree, was cut down due to severe decay and danger. Residents of Dulwich village lament the loss, recalling a tradition that Dickens hero rested there in his later years.
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Mr. Pickwick
Dulwich College
Dulwich
Dickens
London Globe
London Paupers Indoor Poor and Outdoor Relief Rise
In the history of the poor law the figures for London's indoor poor reach a new peak. Forty years of greater London show 80,188 boarders and 45,821 people receiving outdoor relief. This yields about 26.5 paupers per 1000 residents.
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London
London News
Untitled ad satire on opportunity and self improvement
A string of aphorisms and scam style pitches promoting cheap self help lessons by mail. It ridicules tyranny and indifference while urging readers to hire a nurse for grievances and to enroll in various courses for wealth. It advertises many lessons from riding a bronco to sharpening a razor and promises quick wealth for a small effort.
Stronger Reason Expounds Escape From City
A man seeks distant exile to avoid civilization. He says the appeal is escape from the locomotive roar and factory smoke. He is not disillusioned by love but burdened by insurmountable debts.
Square the Circle in Political Economy Banter
A dialogue on political economy and circular reasoning. The student concedes modest study while the other notes economics won’t solve all, comparing it to “squaring the circle” and joking that aligning with the ring may be the real challenge.
Not Looking For Rivals in Senate Women’s Suffrage Debate
The passage shows a polarized view on woman suffrage in the Senate with remarks labeling the body conservative and shortsighted. Critics fear a capable woman member could outtalk the body, reflecting tension in the era’s political discourse.
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Senate
Puffa Him Up. Conversational Crackers About Men Women
Dialogues reveal humorous stereotypes about baseball gender understanding marriage and social roles. Jokes ask why women cannot grasp the game and why men avoid explaining it. A piece titled Strange that women cannot understand baseball and related quips lampoon domestic expectations and pride.
Fire Alarm Stations Listed Across City
A list of fire alarm stations shows location pairs at multiple cross streets including Weet Seventh and Obic Street West Tenth and Floyd Streets and City Hall at State and Spring. The entries reference Reel House locations on Market streets and various crossings such as Vincennes Spring Main Oak Pearl and Union streets.
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Weet Seventh
Obic Street
West Tenth
Floyd Streets
Weat Seventh
Main
Reel
Lower Fourth Spa
City Hall
Spring
Fourth
River
West Eighth
Spring Pearl
East Fourth
Culbertson
Thirteenth
Market
East Eighth St
Oulbertson Ave
Upper Sirth
River G Works
Vincennes and
Bee
Robinson’s Panta
East Third and Railroad
Elin Avenue
East Seventh
Spring Streets
Vincennes and Chartres
East
Silver Street
R. R
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