Now the Vote Was Won Play Prompts Suffrage Debate
A community stage night at May's opera house presented Now the Vote Was Won a satirical play on women leaving home to seek work and support from male relatives. Cast featured Robert Taylor as the nearest male relative and D. M. Stahr as Etiel, with Miss Martha Geyer and Miss Rachel Cahill in key roles. Local merchants sponsored living pictures before the performance and a large audience praised the acting and moral message.
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May
Pera House
Robert Taylor
Sidney
Norace Cole
D. M. Stahr
Etiel
Meilame Christian
D. B. Rant
Martha Geyer
Nieee
Rached Cahill
Lorenstes-millet
Jeds Mawnan
Ann
Lizaie
Mary Tivghes
Maud Sparks
Fiergaea
Amaid
Steanar Cane
John Rreymiller
Gerald Williams
Horace Cole
Living Picture
Cowpeas Are Really Beans and Pulses in Medicine
A Indiana Star reprint outlines cowpeas or southern field peas as nutritious as other dry beans, with varieties like white and black eye valued for the table. It details uses from boiling to Hopping John, then pivots to humorous notes on pulses as heart indicators, insurance saves, and medical aids.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indianapolis Star
Let Old Wounds Heal by John D. Barry
The piece reflects on how a wounded person can ruin peace of mind by dwelling on harm. Recovery is possible and may even improve character if one stops letting the wound control life. The danger lies in letting the wound poison the whole system.
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John D. Barry
When Is an Untruth Pardonable in Writing
A terse note questions moral latitude in polite correspondence. It notes that people often pen insincere salutations such as Dear Sir and Yours Respectfully while withholding genuine sentiment, implying a nuanced view of feigned civility in letters.
Uric Acid Eradicated by Dr Pierce’s Remedy
A promotional piece explains uric acid as a body toxin causing headaches pains and rheumatic symptoms. It advocates cutting meat tea and alcohol drink water and taking An uric and Anuric to aid kidney disposal of uric acid. It also mentions laxatives May-apple aloe jalap pellets as Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to relieve intestinal blockages.
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N. C. Cook
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Personal notes of local residents and visitors
Will and Garbrey returned from Detroit in a new eight cylinder Cadillac. Rufus B and B Fish and J R Miles visited Bradford on official business. Mrs Allen B Hermat of Celina guests over Sunday. Bonnie Reuter returned from Fine Bluff Ark. Fred Lange from LaFayette Ind. Chas Barberie and Dorothy visited Riverside Drive. they returned today. J F Jervis called to Lima for his ill father. Helen Williams of Toledo to visit a week. Mrs Claire Hughes in Dayton. Mary Cronerberry in Cincinnati. Dr J Caywood in New York for a medical meeting. Shay Wondcox drove to Sidney with Mrs Z R Miles and Mrs Katherine Tobias.
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Chas. Barberie
Dorothy
Detroit
James Turk
Riverside Drive
J .F. Jervis
Lima
Elusive ransom signal from banker on third kidnap bid
From the Peer building tower in Springfield Missouri J Hol land S Keet a millionaire banker will flash the signal to kidnappers holding baby Lloyd Keet as he begins his third attempt to pay the ransom.
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Widnauvers
Springfueld
Tower of the Peer
Springfield
J. Holland S Keet
Lloyd Keet
Oklahoma Legislator J C Thurmond Arrested
Oklahoma City reports state Representative J C Thurmond, among the oldest in the Legislature, was ordered arrested by federal authorities following an anti conscription speech at his hometown. He said no local young men enlisted and hoped they had. The remarks prompted the action per Governor Williams.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
J. C. Thurmond
Oklahoma
Thurmond
Williams
Red Cross Meeting Tonight at Greene Street Church
Red Cross organizers seek volunteers to form a city chapter with a charter to be presented at a Greene Street M E church meeting tonight after the Call to Colors Day parade. Citizens urged to attend to register for personal work or offer encouragement and practical patriotism.
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RED Cross
Greene Street Methodist Church
Red Cross Society
Greene Street
M. B
M. E
Pigqua
Dover 200th Anniversary Noted As Colonial Capital
Dover, Del celebrated its two hundredth founding anniversary, recalling its ties to Williamsburg and Annapolis as one of the colonial capitals. The piece recounts early survey warrants in 1683, land purchases, and the region’s historic growth, alongside notes on British Army boots and calorie as a heat unit, tying heritage to everyday detail.
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Dover
Del
Williamsburg
Annapolis
Dever
Great Nan
Willian Peane
James, Duke of York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Tommy
Atkins
From Private to General Rise of British Officers
The article traces the officer path from private to general, noting nine steps from private to general and the easier route to commissions in times of need. It cites Leslie's and contrasts peacetime caste controls with wartime opportunities for capable enlisted men to earn commissions through study and duty.
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Army
Luchard Smith
Leslie
War Prisoner’s Diversions Amid Wind Sails Pram
Lieutenant F. S. recalls a cold windy afternoon when Captain Ayres tried a three wheeled pram with a blanket sail. He launched himself along the street to cheers from prisoners, crowd, and even street urchins, though the front wheel wagged and required push backs, provoking further laughter and cheers from German doctors and the Brothers on the balcony.
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Ayres
Lieut. F. S
Atlantic
Albertinns
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