The Mystery of Sidone Clark and the Hotel Fire
A first person recounting of a blaze at a bar racks hotel where Sidone Clark braved flames to rescue Fitzpatrick and a nurse. The story follows the engineer’s disappearance in the ashes and later rumors that Clark may still be alive, with Fitzpatrick running an engine and memories tied to a tablet honoring Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siclone
Mies
Pfitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Mienatriet
Fuip
Jed
Ope
Peonie
Sidlone Clark
Derawin
Clark
Sidone
Sidone Clark
Sidney Blair
Blair
West End
Sidney
Neighbor
Sicone Clark
Panhandle
Holmes Kay
Finois
Cuba
Santiago
Holmes
Roosevelt
Kay
Ray
Man Sankey
Ostrich Disrupts Show At Music Hall
A trained ostrich disrupted a music hall performance by repeatedly trying to escape and climb into the orchestra. The act ended abruptly as the trainer apologized, saying they must cease engagement until a new orchestra leader is hired because the current one cannot keep the bird from pulling its hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Trembling Pillar of Reims Puzzle for Architects
The Trembling Pillar in the Church of St. Nicaise at Reims exhibits a curious sway when a specific bell is rung. A 1775 roof window test with glasses of water showed the pillar responding to that bell alone, while other bells had no effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reims
St. Nicaise
Spiritualism as a science of the occult and psychic force
The piece traces spiritualism from medieval occultism to modern inquiry, noting medical interest in hypnosis and induced sleep, the study of personality change, telepathy, and the measurable psychic force cited by Crookes and others, with science granting the last word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookes
Nearic
Baretz
Vital
Baraduc
Reichenbrach
Plato
Cardan
Cagliostro
Everybody’s Magazine
Indiana Sheep Population Rises Amid Tariff Talk
State Statistician Joseph H. Stubbs reports Indiana sheep numbers climbed from under 600000 to nearly 900000 in the past year. The piece notes the Wilson bill demonetization and Hoosier wool growers hoping for tariff continuation that ends the dog as a sheep killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Stubbs
Indiana
Plant a Rose for the Living and For Obedience in the Family
A moral appeal urges young men to avoid aimless loafing and seek purpose. It champions kindness to living friends, strong parental discipline, and unconditional obedience as the royal road to virtue and good citizenship.
Why Tom and Mary Should Share Household Tasks
The author argues children and parents should divide chores. Mary and Tom should not depend on others for routine tasks. Each person gains independence and future benefits by doing their own work and keeping personal duties orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Mary
Mother
Papa
Sister
The Tip of the Alligator Tail and Moral Readings
A collected editorial voice discusses reading ethics and parental guidance in schools, then shifts to a Florida delicacy story about the tip of an alligator tail, citing the Cleveland Leader. It describes alligator behavior during ricebird season and ends with a quip on the tail tip being tender and sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cleveland
Farmer’s chicken lot becomes fish aquarium after flood
Thomas Gognat of Hazelton Indiana found his acre fenced chicken yard turned into a fish pond when White River fell exposing the netted top. Buffalo and perch filled the pen with many fish weighing two pounds or more escaping through one and a half inch mesh. Gognat says the harvest will compensate for the lost poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gognat
Hazelton
Ind
White River
Fourth Trial Halts Bicknell City Incorporation Effort
The town of Bicknell again faces a failed move toward city government. Opposition by a few wealthy property owners stalled incorporation after repeated attempts. A recent hurdle was a township built school building, now partly paid for, shrinking the debt below the limit and blocking the new town plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell
Coade
Market Prices in Odon for Wheat and Produce
Odon merchants provide corrected prices up to Thursday. Wheat 70 cents per bushel, corn 37 cents, oats 33 cents, butter 17 cents per pound. Chickens hens 8 cents per pound. Eggs 29 cents per dozen. Turkeys hens 12 cents per pound, geese 6 cents, ducks 7 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
Bogard Township Leases Oil Prospects and Local Deaths
Oil prospectors have leased most of Bogard township land as residents push for better gravel roads. Philip Shultz, 63, died Friday night. Matilda Herman, 50, wife of James Herman, died Tuesday morning of pneumonia. funeral at St Michael's Church yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Shultz
Bogard
Bogard Township
Matilda Herman
James Herman
St. Michael’s Church
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Icto
Sidlone
Reims Peezle
Spiritualism
Azores
Thousehold
Royal Roads
Ruskin
Hamilton Brown
Queensware and Glassware
Barkley & Overton
Odon Markets
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