Commencement Invitations Scrutinized By Local Papers
Local comments criticize invitation printing for high school graduation. Citizens complain about omissions and errors from out of town printers while praising community support for schools. Articles from Linton Bloomfield and Ledger note newspapers missing invites and later borrowing copies to list graduates.
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Linton Citizen
Indianapolis
Bloomfield News
New York
Ledger
the News
Publisher sues 45 subscribers for unpaid bills
The publisher obtained judgments against 45 men who refused payments. Twenty eight swore they owned under the legal limit, avoiding attachment. Following a Supreme Court decision they were arrested for petit larceny and bound over for $200 each. all but six posted bonds as they remained jailed. The new postal law declares larceny for taking a newspaper and refusing to pay.
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Supreme Court
Temporary injunction extended in Noblesville case
The Noblesville Times reports Judge Christian continued the restraining order until June 11 in a dispute over public funds for Gut 10 work. Thos Kane argued for the plaintiff while E E Cloe represented the commissioners, with the merits to be heard then.
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Christian
Thos. Kane
E. E. Cloe
Noblesville Times
Maude Adams Stages Joan of Arc in Harvard Stadium
Maude Adams mounts a large scale "Joan of Arc" production in Harvard Stadium Cambridge Mass June 22 with 10000 expected attendees. The plan uses the stadium bowl as stage turf features 1300 costumes 1000 supernumeraries 50 captains and 10 stage managers. An extensive electrical and scenic setup mirrors Oberammergau scale with signals via incandescent lamps for cues and 13 hundred participants. Rehearsals in Boston will train cavalry maneuvers under Captain Shelburne of Battery A Harvard graduates.
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Maude Adams
Joan of Arc
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Miss Adams
John Alexander
America
Oberammergau
New York
Adams
Empire Theater
Boston
Shelburne
Battery A
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Boutet de Monvel
Meissonier
Joan
Napoleon
Harvard Stage Chooses Joan of Arc Benefit Night
A Harvard organized event will stage Joan of Arc with Miss Adams as Joan atop a white horse. John W. Alexander crafted a full stadium model for the scene. The performance benefits the Germanic Museum under Harvard’s German department.
Airship Coast Guard plan for coast defense balloons
Major George O. Squier leads plans to build a national network of war balloons with depots and balloon houses along the U S coast from Maine to Florida. The scheme divides the coast into zones with airships stationed at ends to patrol, reconnoiter, and link artillery depots using vertical searchlights and signaling bells.
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United States
George O. Squier
Signal Corps
Washington
Squier
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Department
Congress
Maine
Florida
Europe
War Department
Baldwin
Army signal corps plans for aerial fleet near coast
Officers discuss a small mobile fleet of aeroplanes to support signals operations and relieve balloons. The plan envisions using airplanes for rapid orders and officer transport while freeing dirigibles for patrol work. Steps depend on Congress approval and costly projects to chart coast air currents.
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Rious
Thouzit
Signal Corps
Congress
Ocean
Clothes and the Vacation
Poem by McLandburgh Wilson in the New York Sun. Father favors nature and fishing with simple dress. Mother wants travel and space for luggage. Sister seeks privacy and private nooks for two. The old suit is pressed, still worn, amid these desires.
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McLandburgh Wilson
New York Sun
Taft Endorses Baseball As Clean Sport
President Taft praised baseball as the leanest sport and the manliest, disliking bunting and preferring slugging during a Sunday gathering at T. K. Laughlin Jr. home in Pittsburg while watching the Pittsburg versus Chicago game.
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Taft
Pittsburg
Chicago
T. K. Laughlin, Jr
Monster gun tests far surpass prior automatic weapons
The McClean Lissak automatic gun, tested in Cleveland, fires 250 shells per minute, hurling three pound projectiles three and one half miles into Lake Erie. The English government has contracted for it to guard the channel, with S N McClean of Cleveland as inventor.
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Cleveland
McClean
Baseball pointers from a Baltimore era feature
Roy Thomas plans to rejoin the Pittsburgs after the college season while Jack McAleese shines for the St. Louis Americans. Outfielder Oakes of Cincinnati, Ira Thomas with Philadelphia, Ellis and Evans of the St. Louis Nationals, and other players are noted with brief scouting remarks. An advertisement for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and T. A. Linton’s lice killer and chicken remedies closes the column.
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Roy Thomas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgs
Stone
Jack McAleese
St. Louis Americans
Mr. Oakes
Cincinnati Nationals
Ira Thomas
Philadelphia Americans
Detroit
St. Louis Nationals
Ellis
California
Evans
New York
Mutts Form Mock City Cabinet After Local Election
Disappointed Fehrman supporters in Elgin Illinois create a "mutt" club forming a dummy cabinet to mirror city departments. Eighteen members invited to the post-election banquet discuss what might have been and imagined positions they hoped to hold.
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Albert Fehrman
Elgin
Ill
Mutt” Club
Not His Fault Cafe Quarrel Sparks Midnight Throwdown
A humorous cafe scene shows a couple arguing over a 3 AM return. The man deflects responsibility claiming the cafe closed first, while the woman insists the lateness is his fault, amid irritable chatter.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Restorative to Health
A testimonial from Charles Oliver of Noblesville Indiana proclaims Doan's Kidney Pills cured his acute kidney trouble after a cold caused severe back pain. He notes rapid relief and full recovery, urging others to try the remedy. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is named as U.S. sole agents. price 50 cents. remember the name Doan's.
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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