Indiana to Require Teacher Training for Licenses
The Indiana board of education mandates that all beginning teachers complete a course in instruction at a recognized normal school before license issuance. State Superintendent F A Cotton directs county superintendents to enforce the rule, signaling a sweeping shift. The reforms aim to raise school standards despite anticipated staff opposition.
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Indiana
State Board of Education
F. A. Cotton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Education
Modern Woodmen Grow in Sheridan Community
The Modern Woodmen lodge in Sheridan is expanding after several years of presence. It has grown to about fifty members and continues to recruit. The camp meets in the I. O. R. M. hall on the first and third Friday nights each month.
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Sheridan
I. O. R. M. Hall
Foland Enrolls in Purdue Winter Animal Husbandry Course
R. C. Foland of Lafayette takes the winter course in animal husbandry at Purdue. The term ends March 18. He will return home to handle sales duties on dates other than February 12, 29, and 26.
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R. C. Foland
Lafayette
Purdue
Nancy Wheeler 85 Dies After Stomach Trouble Near Sheridan
Nancy Wheeler died at her brother Thomas Jones's home southwest of Sheridan Tuesday morning at eighty five from stomach trouble. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Antioch church with interment at Jones cemetery. She had been living with her son Ben Wheeler until a week ago when she visited another son.
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Nancy Wheeler
Thomas Jones
Sheridan
Antioch Church
Jones Cemetery
Divinity of Christ Lecture to Return at M E Church
Mr. Ben Goldsberry to repeat his Divinity of Christ talk at the M E church next Sunday evening at seven. The lecture impressed town churches and will be open to all with no admission fee, a free will offering taken at the close. Fraternally W D Barile.
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Ben Goldsberry
Christ
Christian Church
M. E
Goldsberry
W. D. Barile
The Water Cure for Coffee Reliance
An authority promotes the water cure to counter excessive coffee use. Drink a glass of water half an hour after breakfast, then two more before lunch, and continue with a quart daily from breakfast to supper to flush the system of deleterious matter.
Pension Papers to be Executed at McCarty's Tin Shop
Pensioners are notified that pension papers will be executed at McCarty's tin shop on Main Street on February 4. Signed A. G. Mendenhall.
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McCarty
Main Street
Money to loan on good mortgage security at five percent
Union Loan and Trust Company of Sheridan Indiana offers loans on solid mortgage security at a five percent interest rate.
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Union Loan and Trust Company
Sheridan
Ind
White Rock cockerels for sale
White Rock cockerels for sale advertised by G R McMurtry of Route 23 local seller promotes young birds suitable for breeding and farm use.
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G.R. McMurtry
Bargain 60 Acre Farm West Of Sheridan Indiana
For sale at a bargain a 60 acre farm one mile west of Sheridan Indiana offered by EK E Newby Co real estate and insurance appealing for buyers to compare prices. Atalata 19.
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David George
Sheridan, Ind
EK. E. Newby & Co
Atalata 19
Rostand and the Peasant with Power Over Animals
A Paris paper recounts Edmond Rostand’s sleep struggles at Bayonne. A nearby peasant claimed power over animals and used a bark trick to silence the dogs, earning twenty francs before Rostand thwarted him with a police threat.
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Rostand
Edmond Rostand
Bayonne
Paris
Barker
Abundant Virginian Food Scene in Seventeenth Century
The article highlights seventeenth century Virginia's rich food supply. It notes plentiful cattle, venison, poultry, wild fowl, fish, shellfish, fruits, grapes, berries, watermelons, corn products, nuts, and honey. It emphasizes hospitable colonial life and self-sufficiency across plantations.
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Virginia
Porthy
P. A. Bruce
Lips Tell Truth Through Facial Clues, Professor Says
In a New York Press excerpt, a professor explains that lip movements reveal emotion more than eyes. The inventor notes mustaches obscure the lower lip, which often conveys true expression, while the upper lip mirrors it.
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New York Press
Bad Night For the Show
A manager explains staging tactics for a struggling tour, planning to call reserves during each engagement to fill seats. The piece cites the local skeptical manager and a newspaper quip about crowds during Saturday nights.
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New York World
Bank Director Steals 2,000,000 Rubles in Secret Vault Heist
The director of the Union bank of St. Petersburg tested its police with a midnight disguise. He rushed the vault with a pistol and swiped 2,000,000 rubles while guards stood idle. He vanished and was never seen again.
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Union Bank of
A King's Undressing and a Fraternal Mourning
A text from an 1781 1814 memoir describes Louis XVI naked moments during dressing a court scene. The second item from Sheridan Encampment I O F 259 notes the loss of Patriarch M S Johnson and calls for 30 days of mourning and sympathy for his family.
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Comtesse de Soige
Charles Nicoullaud
Louis Nxvi
H. B. Weaver
M. L. Teter
J. B. Cottrell
Old vicar fires groom over oat theft in court tale
In a London Answers style anecdote a vicar plans to dismiss a groom who stole oats. The curate urges leniency quoting scripture but the vicar remains firm, noting the theft warrants dismissal. A separate joke about Pat answering a judge about age ends with eight before being fourscore.
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London
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Prompts Sheridan Notice
Sheridan resident Mrs. John L Blessing urges kidney care and touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache lumbago and nervous fatigue. She reports her husband improved after using the remedy bought at Elliott's drug store and says both she and her spouse felt better, with sales by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as US agents.
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John L. Blessing
West Second Street
Sheridan
Ind
Dean
Elliott
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doans
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