New County Superintendent Candidates Named for Daviess County
Discussion centers on who will replace B. J. Burris as County Superintendent of Schools for Daviess County. Democrats are favored given trustees elected. front runners include P. H. McHenry A. O. Fulkerson and Chas. McMullen. McHenry formerly held the post. Fulkerson teaches at Washington High School. McMullen leads Kinnora High School. Election set for June 1911.
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Daviess County
P. H. McHenry
A. O. Fulkerson
Washington
Chas
Valparaiso University
Juries Drawn for Daviess Circuit Court Term
The November term of the Daviess circuit court opens next Monday with grand and petit juries drawn by the jury commissioners at the county clerk’s office in Washington. The docket is light aside from the state’s murder case against Hardee Hale. Grand jurors include George A. Coyle and Thomas R. Walker. petit jurors include Tsane Wo Feagans and Scott Armes.
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Washington
August and Essie Laughlin wed at Bramble
Rev JF Stanton wed Augustus Dant and Miss Essie Laughlin at Bramble on Thursday afternoon. A dance followed at Frank Dants. Various locals visited relatives and neighbors as the community notes ongoing sickness, farm water shortages, and a wild cat rumor in Martindale County.
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Augustus, Dant
Essie Laughlin
JF. Stanton
Bramble
A. Frank Dant
To Electric Light Consumers
A harnessed notice from an electric service head explains dissatisfaction with service and declares past rates too low. He states income has not covered expenses and repairs. A readjustment of rates is proposed to fund improvements while promising first class service from sun down to sun up. No changes will occur until the system is ready.
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Odon
Traveling Tom Nugent Seen In Bellview
In Bellview on Monday Traveling Tom Nugent of Washington was observed in town. Community members and visitors include Miss Ruby Johnson of Elnora who spent Sunday with Misses Nola and Fay Wilson. The piece notes several local social visits and a birth, with Alva Shirk's daughter born to Mr and Mrs Alva Shirk.
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Tom” Nugent
Washington
Ruby Johnson
Elnora
Nola
Fay Wilson
Alva Shirk
Note on Cleta Herodon’s Discontinued Work
Cleta Herodon of the Sophomore class has discontinued her work in the U S. The notice appears in the H.GH School notes segment.
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Cleta Herodon
Oscar Hall
M I C Meeting Notes and School Updates for 1908
M I C to meet with Mrs J W Anderson hosting. Report on pupil absences at O H S and request for permission during the year. Freshmen banner, new book case, and a debate on Othello. Oct 18 1908 minutes include readings on Colonial Life and early American topics and a social hour led by Mrs D W Hayes.
War Veteran Robert Cissell Dies at 74
Robert Cissell, a veteran of the Civil War from Company B Todiana Infantry, died suddenly at his Washington home Sunday of heart failure. He was seventy four years old.
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Robert Cissell
Washington
Mr. Cissel
Goth
Todiana ‘Infantry
Dutch Dragging and Crazy Dutch Field Cultivation Methods
In Rural New Yorker notes, Uncle Reuben describes Dutch fashion drag with diagrams to create convenient corners, dragging twice diagonally on square or near-square fields. He then introduces Crazy Dutch zigzag dragging for longer plots, claiming efficiency in plowing and cultivation.
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Uncle Reuben
New Yorker
The Diamond in a Coat Button A Brazilian Tale
A green tinged, valuable stone hidden in a coat sewn by a buyer travels from Brazil to a New Haven sailor. The diamond passes through a jeweler, a family in poverty, and a mother and sister who patch and repair the garment. The owner is never found.
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Brazil
United States
Villa de Principe
Rio
New Haven
Conn
South America
Fannie
Tor Jeweler
Pineapple Juice Said to Cure Cold and Diphtheria
An 19th century National Magazine claim promotes pineapple juice as a remedy for cold influenza throat inflammation and membranous croup or diphtheria, whether raw or canned, after other remedies fail. The text also mentions Irish moss and flaxseed lemonade as accompanying tonics.
Ulrich von Hutten Dies in Misery Amid Frost
The article recalls Ulrich von Hutten, famed German writer, who fell on hard times and wandered as he begged for food. A bitter winter night ended with his body found frozen outside the village. His biographer Zuinglin notes only a pen remained among his rags.
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von Hutten
Ulrich, von Hutten
Germany
Zuinglin
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New “County
Senator Hethenway
Senate
B. J. Burris
Fulkerson
The
Washington High
Kinora School
McMullen
Daviess
Circuit Court
Hardee
L Hale
Hamlet Dilles
Portance
Grand Jury
George A. Coyle, Val Buren
Thomas R. Walker
Jabez A. McCord
Reeve
James Sparks
Bogard
Charles T. Tones
Washinton
Daniel R. Smith
Petit Jury
Tsane Wo Feagans
Barr
Scott Armes, Harrison
Thomas F Seales
Wwifftar
Hamilton
Henrry T. Stone
Leonard Foruwald
Richare Burrows, Elmore
George W. Beaver
Mseerguson
Madison
Cyril. d. Ward
William Bennington
Steele
John"Trueblood
van Buren
Ragkesville News
Wadsworth
Baum
Seley
Wilbur Evans
North Dakota
Ape
John M. Williams
John W. Riggins
Elmer Maryfield
Joe Callahan
Bert Joliiff
U.B
P.R. Wadsworth
Mildred Werg
Hera, Fron
Thos. Wadsworth
Lowa
John B Pate
Danville
Priday
C. &B. I. Railroad Company
Marti
Young
W In
Hubbard
Bellview
Lewis , Clemmens
George Hélstine
Charley Trotter
Plainville
Norval Bynum
Alpha Bowman
Mrs. McGee
D. H. Courtney
Eli Hannah
Miss Gladys
James Collins
Pearl, Hasting
Mary Killion
Asiac Falkergon
Mies Effie
Dav Courtney
Martin Nugent
C.L. Courtney
Earl
James Wilson
H.gh School
J. W. Anderson
Maher
John York
Sadie Harman
Othello
M.I. C
Reapone
Miles Standish
Early Pathfinders
Plymouth
England
Mra
W. E. Sneed
Ase
Mrs
Belden Correll
Old Salem Town
Mra .W
J. W. Anderab
H. A. Torrey
Mra. D
Hayea, Sec'y
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