Plainfield Republicans oppose issuing city bonds without voter approval
The Courier reports that the Mayor, Republican councilmen, and Republican candidates oppose bond issuance unless the people vote at polls. They denounce the Big Six claims and affirm a policy of funding only with explicit public consent.
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Courier
Repubican
Str
Warnes F. Bartlett
Planfeld
H. L. Wever
Dan Sia
E. H. Biro
Erickson
Bok
Plainfield
Allso
Lee
Quoted Aphorisms and Observations From Various nineteenth Century Sources
A collage of witty maxims and moral observations from multiple periodicals. Topics range from health and industry to drinking habits and social conduct. The items mention benevolent aims, temperance, and expectations about manners, with authorship attributed to magazines and newspapers like Puck Century Magazine and Indianapolis Banner.
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Board of Health
Century Magazine
Louisville
Grange
Cumberland Presbyterian
Indianapolis
John Ploughman
Philadelphis
N. Y
A Woman’s Hand and Its Symbolic Significance
A discussion on the beauty and symbolism of a woman’s hand, comparing hand shapes and hair color to character traits, noting long slender hands signal excitability and short plump hands suggest domestic contentment, with editorial reflections on love and social gesture.
Mermaids Lure Florence in a Dangerous Sea Adventure
A young girl named Florence wanders from the shore and meets a mermaid who invites her underwater. They swim as peril grows and sea creatures threaten, leading to Florence's frightful fall from the Mermaid’s neck and a rescue by her mother.
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Sapte
Alos
Johnnie Waters
Eliza
New Hampshire
Mig
Walt
Plorence
Bosbe
Florence
Flore
Moss
Mermaid
Piorence
Mr. Jonah
Aged Indians Face Decline and End of Chiefs
Salem Oregon Statesman notes the Klamath and Modoc nations graying with consumption and changing ways. Henry Jackson cites diet and climate shifts as factors while aging leaders Boonchin Chostaw Allen David fade from living memory as tribal life fractures and the origin chiefs near extinction.
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Klamath Agency
Henry Jackson
Klamath
Mr. Jackson
Boonchin
Chostaw
Allen David
How Coat of Tar Feels and the Pain of Tarring
Louis Gobe Democras describes the agony of tar and feather punishment used by White Caps in Wyomley. He details tar removal as a days long, excruciating process that causes skin irritation, hair loss, and potential death, warning of the infliction as a dreadful punishment.
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Wyomley
Louis Gobe Democras
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