Elora Poultry Show Planned With Notable Premiums
Elora Poultry Association announces a strong winter show lineup aiming for record entries. Judges include B. Lane, with Crystal White Orpington Grace Kellerstrass offering a $3000 setting of eggs and other premium offerings. A business meeting is set for October 3 to elect a new president after Swinda’s resignation.
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Elora Poultry Association
B. Lane
Central States
O. P. Hackler
Grace Kellerstrass
Orpington Fame
Extra Examination To Be Held Saturday In Washington
County Superintendent A Fulkerson has been instructed by Charles A Greathouse state superintendent to hold a teachers examination in the court house Washington on Saturday September 23. The exam will be in the second floor examination room and all applicants or those seeking a license are urged to be present or inform Mr Fulkerson beforehand. Open to all graduates.
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A. O. Falkerson
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Fulkerson
Greathouse
Interstate Telephone Co Notice on Monthly Rent and Collections
A notice from the Interstate Telephone Co states subscribers must be ready to pay rent when collectors arrive. It warns against missing calls for collections and notes possible extra charges for collectors’ trouble. Bills are collected on the 1st and 10th of each month.
Fish of Burns City Harvests Fine Pears
Fish of Burns City is seen with a fine load of pears on the street. The pears are excellent in size and Mr. Fish reports a fine crop at his farm.
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Fish
Burns City
Ministers Placed by ME Conference in Indiana
The Indiana M. E. conference at Jeffersonville announced appoints before adjournment. F. A. Lester to Ojon church and Rev. F. W. Davis to Richland. numerous district assignments follow across Vincennes District including Biddle, Pope, Ragsdale and many others serving in towns such as Odon, Plainville, Terre Haute, Vincennes First, Connersville, and more.
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Rev. F. A. Lester
Odon
Rev
F. W. Davis
Richland
Indiana
M. E. Conference
Jeffersonville
F. A. Lester
Falmouth
G. W. Spemir
Geneva
J. W. McClure
Glenwood
Orange
H. D. Sterrett
Laurel
E. O. Thomas
Plainville youth Claud Booker dies by his own act
Claud Booker about eighteen, son of Alonzo Booker, killed himself in a tree near Plainville using carbolic acid. His body found by a relative after search near noon. inquest held at 6:30 pm. Despondency noted, funeral arrangements pending.
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Claude Booker
Alonzo Booker
Ancient linens from Tarkhan and Memphis on display
Prof Flinders Petrie displays antiquities from Tarkhan Heliopolis and Memphis at University College under the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. The collection includes linens over 6 000 years old from Roebangr cemetery south of Cairo and other sites.
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University College
Flinders Petrie
Tarkhan
Heliopolis
Memphis
British School of Archaeology
Egypt
Washington. Herald
Roecbangr
Cairo
School notes invite visitors to the school
The superintendent and assistants extend a cordial invitation to patrons and all interested to visit the school. Senior class officers are Edith AleCallian president, Mabel Laughlin vice president, Esther Bair secretary treasurer. Freshmen officers are Dot Skemp president, Elmer Richardson vice president, Fern Alford treasurer. Freshmen choose old rose and canary as class colors.
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Edith AleCallian
Mabel Laughlin
Esther Bair
gee'y.Treas
Dot Skemp
Elmer Richardson
Lev’y Treas
Fern_Alford
Horse Runs Away Hurts Boy Near Town
Clay Thompson was thrown from a buggy when a frightened horse bolted about a mile east of Town. He suffered a cut nose and considerable facial bruising as his head struck a picket fence while returning from school. The incident occurred yesterday.
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Clay Thompson
Thompson
Jefferson as a Naturalist and the Virginia Bones
Thomas Jefferson traveled from Monticello to Philadelphia with bones claimed as mammoth remains found in Greenbrier County Virginia. He set them up at Monticello and hailed them as a carnivorous clawed animal unknown to science, only to learn in Philadelphia they were misidentified by expert Doctor Barrow.
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Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Philadelphia
Greenbrier County
Virginia
Jefferson
Lyons Fair Boosters Here
Eleven automobiles carrying about fifty people arrived from Lyons to advertise the agricultural Fair and Stock Show set for October 16-12. The group paraded with banners and a sheep-skin band, while two megaphone speakers urged attendance before moving on to Elnora.
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Lyons
Obedient to Nature's Law argues against degenerate theory
Lieut. Col. Charles E. Woodruff, stationed in the Philippines, disputes claims that Americans are doomed to die out. He argues immigration sustains civilization in both Britain and America, with new blood reshaping the population and highlighting the role of the fitter in survival and progress.
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Charles E. Woodruff
U. S. Army
Philippines
Woodruff
British Islands
America
Mexico
Peru
England
Puritan Verse and the Rise of Bible Mens Verse
The article notes Puritans left little verse in English from Bible and New Testament while in England they printed obliquely witty pamphlets. After the Reformation verse of Psalms and scripture began, with quaintly titled collections now valued by collectors.
Damage suit against Hindman dismissed as death occurs
The suit by Archie Spencer against his wife Tressie Spencer and co respondent merchant A. F. Hindman was dismissed by the plaintiff without trial. Thomas Sargent, Burns City merchant, died suddenly Monday night while fox hunting four miles from home. Cause of death was heart paralysis after prior strokes. He lived mainly in Martin county, and would have been 65 in January. He left eight children and two sisters, and was a member of the M B E Church and Mason order. Funeral services were held at Old Salon with Rev. A Pliegeag in charge. burial at Hd Salon cemetery with Masons in charge.
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Archie Spencer
Tressie Spencer
Mr. Hindman
Sargent
Martin County
Lizzie Sims
Capt. Sims
Dover Hill
Nestay Mooening
Old Salon
Rev. A. Pliegeag
Cherge
Masonstach
Hd Salon
Uncle Hank Barnhart and the stage trouser rips
Indiana state representative Uncle Hank Barnhart faced a ruined suit on stage as his trousers ripped before a public address. With no time to procure a replacement he used pins to hold the trousers and delivered his speech, later recounting the comical episode with a grimace and a wink at the embarrassment.
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Hank” Barnhart
Indiana
Barnhart
Hank
Giants of Woodpeckers Reach Remarkable Sizes
The article explains woodpeCKER species vary greatly in size from the pileated and black woodpeckers to the ivy billed and imperial kinds. It notes the North American pileated reaches about 20 inches, the imperial woodpecker of Central America spans a yard in wingspan, highlighting the vast differences within this group.
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North America
Europe
Eeetis
America
Judge Alleges No Damages In Maine Scrap
In a Maine case a lumberman Jones pleaded guilty to assault on Libby a fellow woodsman The judge noted no injuries or bruises and ruled there were no damages though the court would cost one dollar and twenty one cents on the defendant.Libby testified no bones broken and no blood drawn confirming there were no injuries.
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Maine
Jones
Yibby
Libby
High Caste Pushcart Men at Calcutta Station
At a Calcutta railway station an early train of mainly third‑class cars forms amid disputes common to Orient commerce. Pilgrims traveling to the Holy City buy greasy sweets from high caste venders while Hindus avoid food from lower caste vendors, a result of caste rules. The railway, seen as a civilizer, forces Brahman to sit beside Sudra to travel.
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Calcutta
Orient
Holy
India
Sudra
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