Burns City Local Notes Mixed with Lodge Plans
Ingram Williams returns from Newberry. Mrs. Sara Hastings visits daughter Mrs. Crane in Elnora. Miss Burndette Keller to Odon. Starlin Woodruff of Eaglesville in town. Grandma Poindexter improving. C. P. Poindexter ill. Rosaree Kutch visits Bedford. Huff family at Indian Springs. Woodmen Lodge organizer near completion and plans a band for the order. J Taylor of Burns City noted in California. Truelove Sipes from near Boggs A Creek on week’s end business. Shelvy Hoit and Joe Westfall traded property here recently.
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J. Taylor
California
Truelove Sipes
Bogg
Lyons Arrives From Jeffersonville to Serve as Guard
Elmore Lyons reached town at the start of the week after coming from Jeffersonville where he was serving as a guard.
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Elmore Lyons
Jeffersonville
Local Visitors and Church Officers Noted in Southern Sugarland
Clay McDonald and John Gamble visited Washington areas on Monday and Sunday. John Ward from Glendale and George Wilson of Epsom also came on business and visited friends. Mrs. Wm Ellis celebrated her forty fifth birthday with seventy five relatives and friends. Antioch Sunday School elected Supt Joe Feagars and officers. Y P S A elected Libbie Feagans as president and Joe Feagans as vice president with Miss Mary Parsons as organist.
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Wm. Ellis Weg
Antioch Sunday School
Joe Feagars
Jesse Wilson
See
Thomas Keith
Dora.Hiam
Myra Keith
Minnie Jones
Y.p.8.a. EB
Libbie Feagans
Joe Feagans
Mary Parsons
Dimfantize Asters and Aztec Descendants in Artistry
The text describes feminine direct descendants of Aztecs as tiny, refined creatures with copper skin and black hair. It highlights their delicate craft in pottery, weaving, and embroidery, noting they preserve ancient Aztec forms and decorations from Mexico.
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Mexico
Call for Reform in School Textbook Selection
The Washington Democrat notes fatigue with frequent textbook changes and argues for a rational overhaul. It urges a uniform price, removal of Officials as agents, and a board of teachers and superintendents to select common school books, citing past misalignment with needs.
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Seasion
Farlen items note local visits and church figures
The copy records multiple arrivals and visits including Alfred Keck and family from Kansas, M Wallick and substitutes at Mt Clive Sunday School, Phipps and Myers heading to Lima for summer, and local merchant Charles Plummer selling stock to August Fessler with William Sanders taking charge in Odon.
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Mt Clive
GQ. M. Wallick
GW. Myrra
Schy. Jer &Tchem
Maulie Stickles
Charles Plummer
August Fessler
William Sanders
Never suppress a sneeze warns nurse to patient
A trained nurse advises a young woman to sneeze openly and not suppress the act. She explains that holding in a sneeze strains nerves and brain vessels and could rupture a weak vessel, risking instant death. The nurse stresses that sneezing loudly is safer and natural.
Fragmentary note on weather or tides with damaged text
A partially readable excerpt discusses fluctuating conditions over hours with phrases about sinking rising and decline and mentions urgent forces or foes. The garbled OCR obscures full meaning but indicates a sequence of changes from evening to morning.
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Mugent
Tage
de Ke
Emperor I am and dumplings I will have
An anecdote about Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria who favored coarse flour dumplings after a thunderstorm. His insistence on the dish angered cooks and physicians, but he threatened to halt government by refusing to sign papers. The phrase Emperor I am and dumplings I will have became proverbial for yielding to silly whims.
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Ferdinand I
Austria
Syrian
Vienna
Tf Am
Two Foundations and the Sermon on the Mount Principle
The text argues that genuine religion expresses creed through conduct and obedience to God. It emphasizes doing Jesus' sayings as the true measure of faith, contrasting it with mere profession. It notes the danger of a life built on chance and cites early Christian trials under Roman persecution.
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Tock
Iron in Antiquity Across Civilizations and Scriptural Mentions
St James' Gazette cites Tubal Cain as the froyv discoverer and links iron to Zephaestus and Dactyles on Mount Ida. It notes iron’s early use in Egypt, Sparta money, British barter, export to Gaul, and smelting works lasting into Saxon times, with Scriptural references to Jeremiah and Ese kiel and Job.
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Tubal Cain
Froyv
Amiths
Zephaestus
Phpy
Mount Ida
Jeremiah
Esekiel
Moserz
Job
Sparta
Britain
Gaul
St. James’ Cazette
Dining Confusion On Multinational Steamer Sparked By Language Gap
A small French Italian steamer carried passengers of English American French Italian and one German. When dinner was announced in multiple languages, most groups rose but the German stayed seated muttering about German food. The scene, cited by Harper's Weekly, highlights cultural misunderstandings aboard.
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Trimmel
Harper’s Weekly
The Haglish of India Applicant Seeks Police Post
A native applicant to a provincial Indian police force describes himself with favorable physical traits and a storied family history. He notes a grandfather who became wealthy, a father who faced hardship, and a respected pension for a late guardian, then expresses piety and a wish for the recipient's long life.
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Haglish
India
Ecantgal
Saltwater chase ends in ink and escape
A conger eel stalks an octopus and closes in as the octopus clings but cannot hold on. The octopus erupts ink and flees under turbid water to avoid pursuit while changing color to blend with its surroundings.
Unclear text fragment on folklore and marriage customs
Fragmentary note references a Sus sex folklore about brides returning home from church and single friends involvement. No concrete events, names, dates, or places available.
Rapid vegetable growth noted in unusual report
Fragmentary text mentions exceptionally fast plant growth and a cryptic phrase about mushrooms and stains. The passage includes unclear terms like comprop and fte with references to tiny or teeny. Details are too vague to identify a clear event or source.
Foundations of Character in The Lantern Essay
Tre Tracner argues that like St Mark's bell tower and Giotto's, moral ruin stems from weak foundations. He cites Jesus ethical teachings as essential bedrock, warns against building on Mammon, and contrasts two paths of conduct. The piece reflects on enduring values and the peril of failed foundations.
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Tre Tracner
Venice
Florence
St. Mark’s Square
Giotto
Winstanley
Eddystone
God
Mammon
Jesus
Wanted: Assistant Manager for County Territory
Chicago wholesale house seeks an assistant manager in this county and nearby. Salary 80 weekly plus expenses, no investment required. Write with self addressed envelope to 132 Lake Street Chicago Ill. 7-14.
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Lake Street
Chicago
Til
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Conducted By
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Qdon
Indiana
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Burns City
D. A. Storm
Ingram Williams
Newberry
Sara Hastings
Elnora
Mrs. Crane
Starlin Woodruff
Eaglesville
C. P. Poindexter
Rosaree Kutch
Bedford Sun
H. W. Huff
Indian Springs
Woodmen Lodge
John Mannsfield
Mrs. Tilford Kutch
Grandma” Poindexter
Wallace Summerville
Williams
Louisviile
Shelvy
Hoit
Joe
Westfall
Sugarland
Clay McDonald
John Gamble
Washington
John Ward
Glendale
George Wilson
Epsom
George Batemen
Text Books
Ndiana
Reater
Ferior Books
Churches of the School Book Trust
the Common Schools
Jay
Washington Democrat
Farlen Items
Alfred Keck
Kansas
Forex
Mrs . M. Wailwk
Ohvo Syndiy
Jen Keakisi
Gerpe City
Macze and
Herron
Odon
Mrs. P. M
Laughlin of
Mrs
John Stotts
J. B. Phipps
Buckum, Syndzy
Arthur Phipps
Andrew Myers
Tollinais
Cmy
Wwe
the International
Seteleepernice Terks
Cincinnati
Conger Eels
Sussex
Cherch
Sniggins
Loy
London Telegraph
Cooper & CO
Alexand
Er’s
J, Lu. Seal
Main
Spring Streets
Claig’s
van Buren Township
Angclesville
Hiram
Madison Township
Wm. Sims
W. T. Alexander
A. M. Williams
Ind
Sona Neet
York
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