Lamps That Never Die in Ancient Tombs
In Henry Villars time a lamp in a monastic tomb burned for 1200 years. medieval writers recount perpetual flames in tombs. legends include Paul son of Evander and a lamp that burned over his head for over 2000 years near Rome. Baptista Portia notes a 1550 phial lamp found in a Roman marble sepulcher near Naples.
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Henry Vill
Paul
Evander
Virgil
Rome
Baptista Portia
Naples
Alestes
Padau
Maximus Glybius
Internal Revenue tax on physicians who dispense liquor
The Lebannon Reporter notes an IRS ruling requiring physicians who prescribe liquor as medicine and also dispense it to pay a $25 annual retail liquor tax. The piece argues the tax is harsh and condemns misfortune as judgment, while describing Mormons in Indiana and their discreet missionary methods.
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Internal Revenue
Wilson & Neal
Lebanon
Smoking and the danger to boyhood and manhood
A 19th century style warning argues boys mistake cigarettes as manly. It quotes Lindell Railway superintendent George Baumshoff saying he will not hire smokers and that nicotine weakens nerves and endangers growth. The piece claims cigarette smoking correlates with operational faults in motormen and recruits.
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George Baumshoff
Lindell Railway of
St. Louis
Cman
Ood
Child poet riffs on newspapers and editors in a humorous essay
A 12 year old boy near Princeton recites a literary exercise about newspapers. He humorously notes editors as missing links and jokes about editors belonging to church or growing whiskers, ending with a quip about liars in his neighborhood.
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Princeton
Church
Editors Never Die Says Princeton Record
The Princeton Record laments editors who never die, noting editors avoid school, lack funds, and live poorly. The piece mocks the paper as a poor publication kept for pantry shelf use and mentions unpaid subscriptions spanning five years.
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Paw
Princeton Record
Jamestown Gets Another Paper Amid Newspaper Rivalry
Commentators note Jamestown will host two newspapers the Jamestown Press and Covey Neff’s new paper. Opinions differ on whether a town this size can sustain both, while a local revival led by Revs Brown and Martin continues through next week.
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Jamestown
Newa
North Salem
the News
Thorntown Argus
Union
Brown and
Martin
Territorial Extent Expands Across Many States and Provinces
A broad listing covers multiple regions including Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Arizona Arkansas British Columbia Colorado Idaho Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Louisiana Manitoba Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Washington Wisconsin and Wyoming as subject to unspecified overreach.
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Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
Colorado
Idaho
Indian Territory
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Manitoba
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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Duces Us
Clothiers and Furnishers
Ind
PO West
Washington St
North Side Square
Fordsville
Brebia
Tia Pedis
New Ross
Owfordss Ie
Dane Frawfordsville
Lien
THE
Danville Trust CO
First National
Mord Carter
Sec
Danville
DEANS
Moore
AEA
SocTsa
Syraree
B. T. Magers
New York
Jagner
Warrey J. Luxon
Pass
Cincinnati
Warner
Geter
Leasure
Lux
Alvin Smock
M. E. Church
Dix Building
Indiana
Evansville
Terra Haute
Fort Wayne
Anderson
Lafayette
Elwood
Muncie
Indianapolis
Jamestown Roller Mills
Justus Nerbaugh
Indianapolis Sentinel
Thernrianetalie Sentinel
Associated Press
Sentinel
Chicago
Louisville
Poltics
the Sentinel
T@FMS
Lake
Here
Jamestown Press
Veedersburg
Scekefs
Roemer’s
Roemer
Roemer’s Cough Syrup
Price
Roemer Drug CO
Wis
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