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Newspaper
Orland Zenith
Location
Orland, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
1
A crowd from Shady Nook visited Orland for a seven inning ball game. Orland won 14 to 8 with E D Bishop leading the visitors’ lineup and Phn Legg guiding the travelers. A return game was planned for July 25 1904. The piece also carries a note on grace and ease in daily motion from July Woman's Home Companion.
A Kansas obituary notes a woman who reared nine children and cooked countless meals while joking about the dead heart beating for pay. The column riffs on ministers, smoking before visits, advertising as an investment, and a farmer’s macadamized road grown from a hen’s eggs.
A north front plinth at the new federal building in Indianapolis shows markings resembling rattlesnakes. An old Bedford stone expert suggests the serpentine tracery formed when prehistoric snakes were petrified, appearing most clearly in damp weather.
A collage mixes light witticisms on romance and gender with notes on the 2d agricultural fair committees. It mentions the Indiana fair program, monograph plans, and preparations for the St. Louis Exposition, including women’s work, bicycle rules, and veterans reunions.
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