Durbin’s Move to Control State Republican Committee
A political column discusses Gov Durbin seeking influence over the state central committee and its districts. The piece notes his shifting ties with Senator Fairbanks and speculation he aims to lead Fairbanks county and shape leadership within the Republican Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ais Ludlow
Diana Politics
Ais
Blican State Committee
Durbin
Fairnks
R Roved
Fairba County
Pioneer Elliott Dies at 78 in Fayette County
Jesse B Elliott, a leading pioneer of Fayette County since 1851, died at his Atquina home Wednesday morning at age seventy eight. He served as president of the Fayette County Pioneer Association and was known as a speaker on agricultural topics and as a Republican politician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse B. Eiliott
Payetto County
Atquina
Jfe
Hae
Ife
Vhrne Jie
Pioneer Association
Fayette County
Henry County Historical Society to Hold Semiannual Meeting
The Henry County Historical Society plans its semi annual gathering at the society rooms on Saturday October 3 0. The event is organized by the society’s women members and promises an interesting program with no questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Henry County Historical Society
Spry Greensboro Vendor Peddles Homegrown Potatoes
A spry old man, Needham Sanders of Greensboro, 6 past 80, was in town yesterday peddling a load of his own homegrown sweet potatoes. He handles a bushel with skill and ease, surpassing many younger men in this line of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham Sanders
Greensboro
Richmond Electric Worker Killed by 1000 Volt Shock
The second electricity related death in two weeks occurred Tuesday at 6 pm. Frank McClellan, a Light Wear and Power employee, was on top of a pole when he received a 1000 volt shock and fell to the pavement. death was nearly instantaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frank McClellan
Light, Wear and Power Company
Tlls
For Sale Household Furnishings Sale Before November First
For sale includes a sewing machine six chairs a table rockers carpets heating stove cupboard lace curtains clock linoleum dishes and more. Must be sold between now and November 1 at 209 N 1th street or call Press office. tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. 1Th Street
Gifts to Earlham College Benefit Biblical Department
Mrs. Sallie A. Mills, who died recently near Danville Indiana, bequeathed 4000 to Earlham College for the biblical department. Mr Allen of the Union Restaut Company plans to depart after arranging a raise in the COR pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie A. Mills
Danville
Ind
Earthan College
Allen
Union Restaut Company
Senate Etiquette During Roosevelt Inauguration Curbing Ceremony
A 1901 scene in the Senate chamber shows Vice President Roosevelt seated in formal etiquette as a presidential inauguration ceremony unfolds outside. The episode notes the strict rules and a ceremonial adjournment motion required before the inauguration proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMinley
Senate
Ksiow
Theodore “Roosevelt
Roosevelt
The Camel in Desert Travel and Temperament
Central Asia notes discuss the African camel and wild souital species near the Gobi. It states camels are indispensible for desert travel yet ill tempered and dangerous, capable of biting riders and making a night mast blare that disrupts a camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Asia
Gobi Desert
North Africa
Arabian Desert
Catamels
London
Newa
Evangelist McCawley Battles King Alcohol in Kansas
Carthage Kan evangelist McCawley leads temperance drive in Washburn where a saloon keeper named Mooney converts then donates eleven quarts of whisky and two dozen beers to the preacher who destroys them on a railway track. The druggist John Black is drawn into reform after McCawley persuades him to quit liquor business. Black sells his store, joins the church and travels with the evangelist. The piece notes early American typesetting by Christopher and mentions Sowers German Bible printed circa 1743 and brought to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCawley
King Alcohol
Kansas
Evangelist McCawiley
Carthage
Kan
King
Washburn
Mooney
John Black
Isaacn
Black
America
Christopher Over
John the Baptist
Christ
Jesus
Temperance and health rhetoric in skeptical verse
Readable fragments ridicule overreliance on pills and hot water regimens. The text reflects a tongue in cheek critique of temperance slogans and medical modernity as it mocks attempts to shape behavior through fad remedies.
Shadow message changes moral tone in a mysterious letter
Phillips Brooks jots a cryptic note to a visitor and seals it for home reading. The note hints that standing in different light reveals a shadow, challenging the man's honest ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Time’s Smallest Unit Sparks Big Thoughts
A discussion shows how much can happen in a second. Light travels 186000 miles in a second, electricity speeds beyond such, and Earth races through space at about twenty miles per second. A tuning fork in France vibrates 570 times each second to yield the note A.
Unusual Marriage Notes From 18th Century News
The London Express recounts age disparate nuptials. Aug 22 1782 Bath saw Captain Hamilton twenty eight wed widow Mrs Monson eighty six though wealthy. Also Robert Judge of Cooksborough Ireland aged ninety five married fifteen year old Annle Nugent. Judge, a former King William army officer, was wounded in the nose.
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Bath
Hamilton
Monson
Robert Judge
Cooksborough
Ireland
Annle Nugent
Iobert Judge
London Express
Oddities of Love and Language Shifts in Children
A fragmentary discussion on how love trends among girls and a note on Hinguiatic instincts in children. The piece links rumors of romance to language shifts as children explore feelings, suggesting energy manifests in evolving forms of expression and color imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bortog
Werktree
London’s Drink Bill and Puzzles of Narrow Text
Fragmentary OCR style note outlines a London drink bill with odd spellings and misread words. Mentions inmates and various quantities like pints or quarts, with garbled phrases about housing and numbers. Reads as an unfinished, mixed transcription of a historical notice or column.
Punitive Dress Code Targeting Drunken Soldiers
A general orders distinctive winter and summer coats for punished soldiers as a public shaming tool. White coats for summer service and blue for winter, with any tavern supplying alcohol to those confined punished as out of bounds. Publicity will reveal the circular to ensure recognition of offenders and deter further inebriety.
Modesty of the Great: Gladstone and Darwin Seen as Ordinary
James Bryce notes two stories from Studies in Contemporary Biography showing how Gladstone and Darwin viewed themselves as ordinary people. The anecdotes recount Gladstone's reaction to a tale of a Ravenna lectureship and Darwin's remark on a visit that made him feel like an average man. The message: great minds rarely boast of their own stature.
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Gladstone
Darwin
James Bryce
Sir. Gladstone
Ireland
Mr. Darwin
Mr. Gladstooge
Guy
da Guly
Jude
Pupil and teacher clash over imperative rewrite of a line
A pupil and schoolmaster debate turning a sentence into an imperative. The pupil asserts the horse draws the wagon while the master probes correctness and tone. A fleeting exchange hints at deeper discipline themes and personal resilience.
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Jones
Chuma
Demon of the Rapids Pulled Boat Into Boiling Foam
An account describes a dramatic river chase where a swift boat bucked by rapids is pushed toward danger. The crew struggles as the demon of the rapids seems to claim them, finally being hurled into the foaming caldron amid a deafening roar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Heming
Scribner's
English Smugglers and Two Word Difference
A century ago Samuel Pellew fought corruption as Falmouth customs chief. Smugglers and a hostile crew attacked a house after a bold wine smuggling attempt. The piece also contrasts the meanings of appear and seem in a linguistic note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Samuel Pellew
Falmouth
Pellew
Billa
Bankruptcy Notice for Castle PS Goods Sale
The undersigned trustee in the above entitled cattle will on the 2nd day of Cornier at 1:30 p.m. hold a public auction at East Bruni street near Crsthi lite to sell the stock of ready made clothing hats and fur nishing goods along with all furniture and fixtures. George M. Barnard trustee now Castle Indiana October 7. Banlarger and Fiebleman attorneys.
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Bruni Street
George M. Barnard
Castle, Ind
Banlarger & Fiebleman
Exhumation Notice for New Castle Cemetery District
The Board of Trustees of New Castle Indiana will exhume and re inter deceased from the burial ground near section 15 township 1 north range 10 east in Henry county to South Mound Cemetery. The action begins Starday October 1004 and applies to John T. Elliott heirs and others in late addition. Clerk H G Thornburgh issues the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Indiana
Temelery
Henry County
John T. Elliott
South Mound
H. G. Thornburgah
Notice of Deceased Interments in New Castle Cemetery
Public notice lists all deceased persons remaining interred in the burial ground near New Castle Indiana in Henry County. It names Elliott heirs and several individuals with burial years, including William P. Hobson Revel Colburn Margaret Colburn Marian T. Leonard George Tewsford and Jane Webster. H G Thornburg Clerk of the Town of New Castle Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrying Ground
Township
North Range
Henry County
Indiana
Ebu ‘I. Elliott
New Caale
Williau P. Hobson
Revel Colburn
Margaret Colburn
Marian T. Leonard
George Tewsford
Jane Webster
H. G. Thornburge
New Castle
Executors Sale of Personal Property 1908 Notice
Executors sale of Thomas R. deceaseds personal property to be sold at his late residence three aisles north of New Castle on the Muncia and New Castle pike starting at 9 am October 1908. Items include horses cattle hogs sheep farming implements grain hay house furniture and more. Terms five dollars and under cash. over five dollars 12 month credit with note and security. Also a creditors notice for Allan O Brien estate final settlement in Henry Circuit Court October 31 1908 with proof of heirship required.
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Thomas R.ra
Watd
New Castle
Muncia
Naid
Sylvester Davis
Eugene H. Bundy
Allan O' Brin
Henry
Indiana
Wittoens
Dnax
M. Bhown
Henry Circuit Court
Aenury W. Paliter
Admr
Notles
Joseph M. Brown
Henry Chenif
Leander P. Mitchell
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