Causes Which Led to the Extinction of the Mammoth
Dr. Koch reports a mammoth skeleton found in Gasconade County Missouri with evidence suggesting human involvement in the animal’s death. The piece discusses climate change after the glacial limit and the role of predators and weather in mammoth extinction, including migration habits and winter storms.
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Y G.frederick Amm A.m.ll
Koch
St. Louis
Journal of Science
Gasconade County
Eton
Schmidt
St. Petersburg
South Africa
Alaska
Beers Gee
Robert Bell
Arctic Ocean
Dr. Bell
Ungava Bay
Siberia
Rajputana Reveries Past and Present in India
A travel vignette through Rajputana and Udaipur, describing Chitor’s ruins, the Rajput heartland, and Udai pur’s white palaces. The narrator meets a sober Rajput ruler, details court life, religious rites, and the clash of old chivalry with modern pressures, noting retained faith and reticence to bow to Calcutta.
WANTED TURKEY AS EMBLEM
Rostand's Chantecler in the title role with Miss Maude Adams is discussed as an allegory. The cock, France's old emblem, represents national character and appears on coins after Napoleon. Franklin favored the turkey for America, noting its native, social nature and potential as a totem. The piece also mentions the vermiform appendix and its practical value to medicine.
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Rostand
Maude Adams
France
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Turkey
Chicago Daily News
Fourteen Counties Advancing Good Roads Plan at South Bend
Delegates from fourteen Indiana counties including St Joseph Elkhart La Porte Porter Marshall Lake LaGrange Steuben DeKalb Starke Noble Fulton Pulaski Kosciusko attended a second good roads conference in South Bend. A permanent organization was formed and an active campaign began to secure ideal highways. Delegates comprised city and county officials farmers and wealthy men pledging time and money. The movement aims to push road law revisions in the state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Laporte
Porter
Marshall
Lake
Lagrange
Steuben
Dekalb
Starke
Noble
Fulton
Pulaski
Kosciusko
Indiana
Boards of County Commissioners
State News Briefs in Indiana Highlights
Ft Wayne, Alva Deal, sixteen, patent air brake coupling valued at $52,000. A suspected murder suspect Frank Evans held on vagrancy in Louisville case. Anderson cloak shop owner Glen Gates seeks divorce from Lena Gates amid jealousy and threats. Laporte church conference officers named for German Evangelical group in Michigan City. Shelbyville pastor Rev. S M Hawthorne missing, Chicago letter says he left for new location. Bloomington D A R gains park on old college campus opening June 14. Unionville Industrial City opened for colored orphans. dedicatory sermon by Rev A Hall. South Bend to host state convention of Indiana Stationary Engineers early July. Freetown opens new state bank with $25,000 capital. Isaac Smith president.
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Tie
Gates
Laporte
Indiana
Southern
Michigan
German Evangelical Church
Michigan City
Paul Trion
C. H. Spathelf
Owasso
Mich
Geisen
Chelsea
Philip Eichhorn
Port Jhuron
Shelbyville
S. M. Hawthorne
Gwynnville
Chicago
Windy City
Anderson
Bloomington
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Indianapolis Southern
Unionville
Monroe County
Halson V. Eagleson
South Bend
Seymour
Freetown
Isaac Smith
Carl W. Meade
Bloomington student athlete wastes potential after mercury poisoning
A Bloomington football hopeful and Indiana University law student swallowed bichloride of mercury at a drugstore after asking for mercury. Local doctors fear his life is in danger as conflicting rumors about motives circulate among fellow students.
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Indiana University
Bloomington
Loop
Greentown
Jeffers
Dunkard Meeting Puts Spotlight on Secret Societies
Rev J B Trout of Pennsylvania addressed the national Dunkard session at Winona Lake criticizing lodges and secret societies. Dunkard ministers preached in Warsaw churches as Ottawa Kansas is favored for next year’s national convention with St Joseph Missouri also bidding.
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Winona Lake
J. B. Trout
Pennsylvania
Dunkard Church
Dunkard
Warsaw
Ottawa
Kan
Far East
Middle States
West
St. Joseph
Gary Firm Plans Gary Like City Expansion
United States Steel announces Pittsburg Bolt and Screw buys land to build a factory employing 300 at start. Plant sits near Merchants Mills to receive hot metal directly. City aims to match Gary in the wilderness with a second subdivision on 9,000 acres of steel property.
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Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg Bolt and Screw Company
Iar Mills
Steel Company
Steel Corporation
Husband’s murder attempt linked to jealous rage at dance hall
Arthur Goodchild confessed he attacked Mrs. Bertha Medara with a razor after she ended their relationship. He said he wanted to frighten rivals away and force her to return, claiming no remorse for the act.
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Goodchild
Saloon Ban Ordered in Jefferson Township and Hagerstown
Richmond officials issued a two year ban on saloons in Jefferson township and Hagerstown after a remonstrance with an eight vote majority. Debate over Cambridge City and Jackson township remonstrances was postponed for several days at the request of liquor interests.
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Richmond
Jefferson Township
Hagerstown
Cambridge City
Jackson Township
Rushville Editor W O Headlee Dies After Long Illness
Rushville mourns the death of W O Headlee former county superintendent and editor of the Rushville American aged thirty three. He resigned his county post two years ago due to ill health and is survived by his widow and four children.
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Rushville
W. OO. Headles
Headlee
Worry Reported in Death of Fairview Woman
Worry over a two week old quarrel between her husband and neighbor James Powell is linked to the death of Mrs. Marshal Brown sixty at her Fairview home. The husband was involved in a fight and attacked Powell with a spike.
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Rushville
Marshal Brown
Fairview
Here
James Powell
New Playground Assured in Evansville Purchase
Evansville city playground commission agrees with L A Daus and J W Gleich on a $10 000 purchase for a two acre riverfront tract above Sunset park to be turned into a playground immediately.
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Evansville
City Playground Commission
L. A. Daus
J. W. Gleich
Sunset Park
Trouble the deputy dog helps nab burglary suspect in Wabash
In Wabash Indiana the dog Trouble wearing a deputy marshal badge and honorary police member helped Officers Uhlman and Bidwell pursue a suspected burglar. A man calling himself George Smith of Buffalo New York tried to enter homes but was captured after Trouble the dog overtook him and held him until officers arrived.
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Wabash
Trouble
Indiana
Police Department
George Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
Uhlman
Bidwell
Smith
Mothers Who Have Daughters Advised by Pinkham’s Remedy
Hudson Ohio readers share letters praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from irregular and painful periods and related symptoms. The company notes many mothers report improved health and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts.
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Hudson
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Strickler
R. No
Lydia Fb. Pinkhan
Lydia Ne Pinkham
Lynn
Lydia FE. Pinkhim
Pinxham
Lyon
Mass
Foxy Rip Joke About Rip Van Winkl Tax Evasion
A quip humorously suggests Rip Van Winkle slept 20 years to dodge taxes. The line plays on the famous sleep tale with a financial punchline and no further context.
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Rip van Winkl
Jones Receives Grandmother's Testament Twist
Jones mourns his rich grandmother and learns he is named in her last will and testament. Friends tease as he sobs, finally declaring that his name is mentioned and he will inherit the estate.
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Jones
Jenkins
Brown
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Calcutta
Legislative Aid
Ft. Wayne
Alva Deal
Payne
Deal
Fort Wayne
Nan
Frank Evans
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Louisville
Evans
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W. H. May
Pearl Strait
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Foxy Rip
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