Indiana and national roads funding and local notices
Indiana secures 1922 28 federal highway apportionment with $1 305 904 due next year. state must match funds as government reduces maximum per mile aid. Postmaster exams set July 15 for eighteen Indiana offices with salaries from 1 500 to 2 100 dollars. Cypress creek drain bid under engineers estimate to save landowners. numerous local notices on coal strikes land sales taxes and public works across cities including Boonville Greensburg Indianapolis Terre Haute Petersburg Hammond Valparaiso and more.
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Washington
De.c
Secretary of Agriculture
Post Office
Indiana
D. C
Albion
Atlanta
Cloverdale
Darlington
Geneva
Goodland
Lynn
Mulberry
Pendleton
Plainfield
Remington
Rising Sun
Scottsburg
Summitville
Thorntown
Vevay
Waynetown
Zionsville
Boonville
Cypress Creek
Warrick County
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Clinton
Greensburg
Decatur County
Indianapolis
Marion County
Marion County Tuberculosis ‘Association
McCray
Knox County
Vigo
Sullivan
Marion
Grant County
Brotherhood of Thrashermen
Petersburg
Asa Miller
Winslow
Pike County
George Miller
Miler
Velpen
Indiana State, Firemen’s Association
Hammond
Ilinois Card
and Equipment Company
Prosperity News
Calumet
Chicago
Heights
Evansville
Benjamin
Bosse
Trobate
Fife
Bosse - W
Erapeville
Ben. Applegate
Wilson
Cook
A. B. Anderson
Walter J. Riley
East Chicago
Illinois
Wolf Lake
Lake Michigan
Indiana-Illinois Line
Valparaiso
Porter County
John L. Lewis
Kentucky
State Board of Health
Noblesville
Logansport
Edward Carson
Della Carson
Jesse Carson
Mary Carson
Harry Demsey
Onward
Thomas A. Riley
Free Employment Service
Anderson
Church of God
Laporte
United States Volunteer, Naval Reserve Force
Ezekiel Watchman Duty and Divine Calling
A church lesson outlines Ezekiel’s vision of God, the Spirit filling him, and his commission to warn Israel. It stresses the watchman role, listening to God’s Word, delivering the message, and the consequences for failing to warn or heed warnings.
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Jer
Matt
Acts
Ezekiel
Israel
God
The Wise Shall Understand Verse Cited
A brief excerpt echoes Daniel 12 10 about purification and wisdom. The note contrasts the fate of the wicked with the understanding granted to the wise. It presents a religious text fragment in a historical newspaper context.
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Daniel
Plato on true wisdom versus appearances
A philosophical maxim contrasts genuine wisdom with mere seeming. The quote emphasizes inner wisdom over outward display, suggesting virtue lies in authentic understanding rather than crafted impression.
Honest Error at Chesterfield Pits Pitied Not Ridiculed
A fragment cites Chesterfield noting an honest error should be pitied rather than mocked, reflecting a moral stance from a quoted source. The terse remark juxtaposes pity with derision in a social commentary context.
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Chesterfield
Cuticura Advertisement Claims Skin Benefits
The ad touts Cuticura products for skin improvement and dandruff relief. It promotes using Cuticura Ointment with Cuticura Soap and hot water, claiming rapid five minute results and addressing poor complexions and rough hands.
Left Alone Desertion Case Cited Over Golf Affection
A divorce case cites desertion with the spouse charged. the husband allegedly left for another woman and for golf, prompting questions about motives and fidelity within the marriage.
War boosts value of table linen buys Red Cross Ball Blue
Advertisement notes war raises linen value and suggests Red Cross Ball Blue to improve wear. Advises use and to buy from grocers.
Not Wholly Love Match A Comely Scotch Widow Chooses MacIntyre
A Scottish widow mourns her late husband Macintosh for 18 months and then picks honest MacIntyre from suitors. She jokes that all her linen is marked Mel so the suitor Donald will know her name. The scene ends with a puzzled betrothal exchange.
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Macintosh
MacIntyre
Saemony
Mel
Donald
Kings Lead Easy Lives in Royal Schedule
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports King’s day opens with conferring the order of the Golden Lem on the premier of Choko-Slavia and granting a 15 minute audience to the rajah of Sfambang. An afternoon racecourse appearance is planned along with a later introduction to the heavyweight champion.
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Choko-Slavia
Sfambang
Birmingham
Gerald
Man Promises Ten Cents Turned Quarter Returns
A bold local claim suggests that turning ten cents into a quarter will attract people to invest their dollars. The remark frames a money making scheme and promises communal financial gain.
Upheld the Family Dignity in a Child's Tale
A minister visits an otherwise poor family. Little Ethel replies she has seven siblings to spare the mother's embarrassment. The tale, from Everybody's Magazine, underscores pride and social shame in a humorous, moral anecdote about wealth and family status.
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Ethel
Everybody's Magazine
Made Bagpipes Useful: Adventurer's NSW Tale of Pipes and Escape
A ninety four year old adventurer in Australia is recalled as the only man to put bagpipes to a useful purpose. Captured at Hureka stockade he joined the Victoria police and helped capture bushranger Jewboy. He later led an expedition chasing Leichardt with a retreat chant that stunned 200 natives.
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Australia
Hureka Stockade
Victoria
Jewboy
Leichardt
McIntosh
Charlie
Drought Rediscovered in Old Timer's Tale
An elderly New York Sun reader recalls the 1870s drought era with a tale of exceptionally high corn yields per bushel in the early 1870s, contrasting modern harvests and underscoring farming hardships.
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New York
Sun
Why Some Men Go Insane in Washington Post Style
A humorous Washington Post inspired tale follows a busy boss who orders an Agriculture call. Annie searches a phone directory but cannot find Agriculture or Mr Culture, realizing no such phone exists among the Cs and Ks.
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Colorado
Washington
Post
Annie
Chappell Gains Notoriety with The Cruise of the Kawa Spoof
London notes say George S. Chappell, author of The Cruise of the Kawa, has quickly risen to prominence. He lectures on what he forgot to put into the book and performs in a polo helmet he calls the original Marco Polo headgear from the first chukka. The piece jokes that fame abroad comes easier than on this side of the pond.
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George S. Chappell
Marco Polo
London
A Clever Manon Mistakes and the Many Errors
A pithy saying notes that a smart person avoids repeating errors yet faces a vast spectrum of mistakes. It contrasts learning from missteps with the inevitability of new faults arising across life and work.
The Fool Will Be Wise As Tomorrow's Promise
A reflective note hints that folly may yield wisdom and idleness can give way to industry tomorrow. The saying frames a moral shift as an upcoming change in behavior and effort.
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Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory
South Bend
the Ladies of the Maccabees
Bloomington
Fitzwater
de “D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper
Union
Powell
Bas Ong
Oane
Malin
Ain
Gray
Michels
Iowa
Wrothers
Fletcher
California Post
Station A
San Diego
Calif
Williams Co
W. Kinzie St
Ada
Eeceene
Alanmnewan
Alberta
Fish Columbia
M. J. Johnstone
Monument Place
Ind
I and Colonization
Dominion of
W.F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
National Frading & Manufacturing CO
New. St
Newark
N. J
W.N. Y
Postum Cereal Go.,. Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
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