Local Notes and Notices From Winamac and Nearby
A collection of town items: local tradesmen and visitors in Knox and Francesville, travel promos for a world trip, and a for sale post. Reports on education meetings, the Pulaski county school superintendent death, peat industry interest in Starke County, staff changes in city schools, and a mystery $30 found near a farmer’s fence. Post office robbery alerts and juvenile offenders sent to the county farm, with a note from the Winamac Republican.
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G. Mathews
Riga
Mich
Toledo
Mathews
Starke County
Walter Jones
Jones
C. W. Cannon
Knox
Lewis
Albert Rains
Fierce Earl of Buchan and the Wolf of Badenoch
During Dunkeld cathedral restoration workmen uncovered the remains of Bishop Sinclair and Alexander Earl of Buchan, known as the Wolf of Badenoch. A memorial marks the burial site, highlighting his infamous raids on churches and destruction, including Elgin Cathedral, with a reputation for savage cruelty.
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Alexander of Buchan
the “Wolf of
Badenoch
Dunkeld
Sinclair
Alexander
Earl of Buchan
Wolf of
Wolf
Robert II
Scotland
Fife
Buchan
Robert Iiii
Elgin
Pall Mall Gazette
Simplifying Legal Texts Prompts Reader Frustration
A Chicago Inter Ocean quote critiques legal phrasing that hides meaning with archaic terms. It laments archaic clauses and proposes removing superfluous verbiage to ease understanding in property transfers and legal documents.
Man Delivers Furniture Across Third Avenue
An open moving van laden with furniture crawls along Third Avenue in Harlem. The driver, calm and confident, rests against a makeshift back support with a framed painting exposed and unprotected on the back. A passerby warns him about the painting as the vehicle proceeds.
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Third Avenue
Slarlem
Gwan
New York Globe
Wee three year old fears elephant at zoo
A tiny girl on her first zoo trip clings to her father as the crowd and unfamiliar beasts overwhelm her. She whispers that she may scare the elephant and stays back from the towering animal, her brave heart showing through.
Seeing Plants Says Darwin Was Right On Vision
An article notes that plants such as corn and rye can respond to light and display what appears to be perception. It cites experiments suggesting plants may “see double” and sometimes perceive things that are not present.
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Professor Darwin
New York Telegraph
End of Mankind Joke Reveals Class Answer
In a juvenile class dialogue a teacher asks for the final end of mankind and a student from the back row quickly replies that it is the letter d. The response turns the exchange into a playful moment.
Deaf man to leave his hearing next week
A humorous old-time exchange notes that a man arrested yesterday is deaf and will reportedly leave his hearing the following week, inferred from a newspaper line.
Pa and cartoon humor on drama seating
The Chicago Record Herald quotes a father explaining drama and melodrama to his son. The punchline notes melodrama offers no empty seats.
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Chicago Record-Herald
F G Eatinger in Chicago on business last Saturday
Miss Lillian Luken and brother Roy attended a large stock show and visited friends in Chicago from Friday evening to Sunday. A private sale offers 10 acres of gardening land one mile south of town with a work horse harness buggy farming implements and easy terms. A surprise party celebrated Frank Stejskal’s sixteenth birthday at his parents home with many friends.
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Lillian Luken
Roy
Chicago
Frank Stejskal
Parens
John Stejskal
John Burijanelx
Bddie Dahlke
Frank Ketz
Clean One Side
Diner complains a napkin is dirty but waiter explains it is merely folded the wrong way in a humorous exchange from Sloper's Silhalf Holiday.
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Sloper
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North Judson
G. H. Baker
Neuport Block
Gross’ Bros
City Property
Gustav Klotz
24Th Place
Chicago, Ili
Phone
F. J. Smutney, Prop
Oscar Broduehrer
LaSalle St
W. JF. Horton & CO
C. F. Jenkins
North Judson, Ind
Elmer E. Rodgers
M. R. Caddy
Judaon, Ind
Reiss
Spitler
Wakeman
Ayers Boles
Henry E. White
Toto
L. W. Hubbel
Francesville
H. A. Little
Valparaiso
Ind
Laporte Ave
H. P. Schuyler
Willard McNett
Carey Ill
County Board of Education
Rodgers
Marsh
Wayne Township
J. H. Reddick
Pulaski County
Winamac
Prof Reddick
South Bend
Chicago Inter
Santa
Claus
GUS Reiss & CO
F. G. Eatinger
C. Schricker
Santa Claus
Citizens Bank
Mickel
America
WM. Luken
C. W. Weninger
G. N. Peterson
New Country
London Opinion
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Indiana
J.F. Manz
A. Schricker
V. H. McCormick
Accuraey
Ryu Tren
Javor Keller
W. Weninger
Notary Public
Keller & Weninger
Red Cross Drug Store
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