Center of U S Population Found in Salt Creek Gully
Monroe County Indiana reports locate the center amid a second growth forest near Salt Creek. Prof William A Cogshall Indiana University describes access via a rough road near the Brown County line and nearby farms of John and W P Stephens. The article notes local wildlife, spring blooms, and Salt Creek Township’s long Democratic leaning with sparse Republican victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County
State of Ana
William A. Cogshall
Indiana University
United States
Bloomington
Ill
Brown County
Indiana
John Stephens
W. P. Stephens
Stephens
Salt Creek
Pike
Stephens Place
Prisoner Remains Within Bounds. Ends in Jail
A terse exchange notes that the defender did not cross ethical limits and the result was imprisonment. The remark implies the defendant faced jail despite acceptable defense behavior.
Boy Runs 43 Miles to Reach Dying Father
Royal Eubanks, aged fourteen, ran forty three miles from Morton to Centralia in thirteen and a half hours to aid his father J. M. Eubanks believed dying. He fainted upon learning his father was recovering, and his brother Bernie accompanied their father home while Royal followed on foot through darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Eubanks
Morton
Centralia
J. M. Eubanks
Wood
Bernie
Tilton River
Ried
Royal
Papa
Father Takes 2500 Bank Debt Instalment Lesson
A poignant dialogue records a young man named George revealing that he told his fiancée to inform her father of the 2500 he possessed. He explains the father’s reaction as he borrowed the amount after initial resistance, leaving all parties unsettled and sorrowful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
London
Unclear fragment cites illness and dog inquiry
Fragmentary text shows a sick man speaking to his wife after a doctor cites smallpox. The passage abruptly shifts to unrelated phrases about a pet dog, hydropro, and disjointed directions, with no coherent event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Telephone Love Died After Early Marriage
Miss Myrtus Denison, 16, married Kansas City operator Dessie Wilkinson in 1909 after loving her voice at first hearing. She sues for divorce on abandonment and non support, alleging he mocked her education and tried to keep the marriage secret. He reportedly died in the Chicago & Alton offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Wilkinson
Myrtus E Denison
Kansas City Star
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Ruth Bacon Sleeps After Fall From Window
Ruth Bacon a 14 year old somnambulist slept through a fall from her bedroom window to the pavement. Her father Frank Bacon woke to her dog Bob’s barking and helped her up as she murmured in sleep that she would get the kindling. A stray line notes an annnunciation and a raid with a large electric torch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bacon
New York World
Bob
Frank Bacon
Par achute trousers stun Pittsburg crowd Fashion icon arrives in silk trouserette
French fashion plate Count Burgosse Bernert arrives in Pittsburg promoting a hipless silk trouserette with empire waist and corset-like bodice. Police protection requested as crowds follow him. stores decline to stock the new style, plans to move east tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Pittsburg
Count Burgosse Bernert
Fifth Avenue
John Dean
East
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Messaline Petticoats
Altman
Emil Blum Company
E. Houston ST
Wallace
Salt
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P. J. Owens Lumber CO
Flores Street
Mitchell Street
Cor
Roosevelt Ave
Ifalion
New York
Shanghai
Pet
Big Bart
Myrtus Denison
New York American
Health Department
Margaret
Toto
Wilmot Worth
Worth
Mwoum
Aeter
Leo i
Ree Shine
Littell
Rhuma-Sulphir Co
N. 2Nd Street
St. Louis
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