Woman's Clubs and Suffrage Debate at Institute
An article advocating women's suffrage as read by Miss Mary Stout at the Institute on January 20, 1906. It summarizes Grover Cleveland's views opposing most women's clubs, contrasts them with clubs for study and culture, and cites Mrs. D. Stephens on club life expanding women's roles and improving domestic and civic life.
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Ladies Home Journal
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Woman’s Clubs
D. Stephens
Associate Clubs
Kansas City
Association of Women
Meetings at German Baptist Brethren Church End After Sessions
The in progress meetings at the German Baptist Brethren Church two miles east since January 13 concluded last Tuesday. Rev. George E. Swihart of Roann led the sessions and the membership rose by twenty five, despite poor weather, with attendance deemed fully satisfactory.
Debate on US Honor Versus Shame Draws Crowd
A school debate last Thursday evening drew a full house with standing room nearly gone. Dr J C Hay chaired. J M Amiss S P Haskell and J L Arthur acted as judges as C L Leonard opened the discussion. The resolution claimed the United States' Honor is greater than its Shame and the negative won.
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J. C. Hay
J. M. Amiss
S. P. Haskell
J. L.arthur
C. L. Leonard
United States
Suffrage and Club Habits in Public Life
The article argues that clubs and theatres tempt excess but should not be banned, noting clubs often exclude religious or political discussion. It questions fears that universal suffrage harms women’s dignity, urging informed mothers to vote and teach civics, citing Harriet Prescott Spofford on strong movements and progress.
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Harriet Prescot Spofford
Wreck on Big Four Kills Two Engineers In Fog
A head on collision between Big Four trains 34 and 31 in fog near Nabbs on the B and O line 28 miles south of North Vernon collapses engines and baggage cars. Engineer Radibaugh died from injuries. Engineer Himes lost a foot. other crew injured but surviving. Conductor Crabill linked to a prior 1903 incident.
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Nabbs
Vernon
Lousville
Andrews
Radibaugh
Crabill
Engineer Himes
Himes
Violets Gathered Across Winter Weeks
Mrs. S. F. McKrill sent a bunch of violets gathered on January 16 from her mother's flower-bed. Mrs Evans had a bouquet on her dining table for several days, gathered on January 10.
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S. F. McKrill
Second Presentation of Hickory Farm at Claypool
The Silver Lake Dramatic Company staged Hickory Farm to a crowded house last Saturday with new specialties and strong net receipts. Tonight the company returns for a second presentation at the Claypool opera house seeking liberal patronage.
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Hicko Ry Farm
Silver Lake Dramatic Company
Hickory Farm
Claypool
Combination Horse Sale At Goshorn Livery Barn
Large mixed horse sale planned at Goshorn’s livery barn North Manchester Indiana on Saturday February 17. Owners urged to list their stock now with terms available on request. Auctioneers John Isenbarger and Ed Bowers. manager A H Goshorn. sale to attract many buyers and gain good prices.
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Goshorn
North
Manchester
Indiana
John Isenbarger
Ed Bowers
A. H. Goshorn
Advertise Always Main Theme At Retail Merchants Meeting
Speeches at Indiana Retail Merchants Association in Fort Wayne urged constant honest advertising. Leaders urged educating the public against mail order grafts and promoting truthful goods and prices to show merchants work for community interests and business growth.
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Indiana Retail Merchants’ Association
Ft. Wayne
Death of Mr. True of Rochester and Cherished Family Loss
A Rochester telephone message reported the sudden death of Mr. True, father of Charles True who works as a baker for O. A. Pearson in this place. Charley had visited recently and left his parents in good health. He traveled to Rochester Monday for his father’s funeral.
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Rochester
Mr. True
Charles True
O. A. Pearson
Charley
Fire razes five businesses in Mentone blaze
Old Kosciusko County resident Mrs. Sarah Robinson died at 3 PM Sunday in her son George’s home after long illness. A Thursday fire in Mentone started at the Ben Sell meat market and swept five business rooms Elsworth shoe store Aughenbaugh harness Jenkens store and Lewis store. Fire raged until about nine o'clock with substantial losses.
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Kosciusko County
George Robinson
Monoquet
Meatone
Thursda
Ben Sell
Meat Market
Elsworth Shoe Store
Aughenbaugh Harness Shop
Jenkens Store
Lewis
Secured Position on Big Four Riles Up Rail Work
Tony Underhill applied for a brakeman job at the Big Four office Monday and secured the position. He started work Tuesday.
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Tony Underhill
Wabash
Big Four
Article on Woman Suffrage Read at Township Institute
Miss Mary Stout read an article supporting Woman Suffrage at the township institute held in the school building Saturday January 20. Next week a contrasting article opposing suffrage read by Miss Edna Wells will be published.
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Mary Stout
Township Institute
Edna Wells
Road Hauling Rules Enforced In Indiana Townships
Indiana townships will enforce thawing or muddy road hauling laws with fines up to 50 dollars per load. Wagon wheels under three inches wide limit loads to 2,500 pounds as roads must be protected. Trustees will watch for violations.
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Indiana
Timber Wanted by J. W. Strauss Card Ad
J W Strauss of North Manchester seeks timber for any kind and offers the highest price. A card will bring a man to see you.
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J. W. Strauss
North Manchester
I O O F County Meeting In Warsaw
The I O O F lodge of Warsaw plans a county meeting similar to last year with twenty five new members to receive the work. The event is set for Wednesday February 7 and all Odd Fellows of the county are invited to attend.
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I. O. O. Lodge of
Warsaw
Cost of Handling Rural Mail 1905 Operations
A memo by P V De graw fourth assistant postmaster general outlines rural free delivery since establishment through January 1 1906. It reports 51590 petitions received and referred with 13125 acted adversely, 34677 routes in operation, and over one billion mail pieces handled in fiscal year 1905 at about 14 cents per piece. The net cost of 35055 rural carriers in 1905 was about 16871733 dollars.
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P. V. Degraw
Indiana Farmers Asked to Aid Quail Rebound
An appeal to Indiana farmers by the fish and game commission and the League of American Sportsmen urges cooperation to boost quail numbers. The effort targets reviving Indiana as a top quail state after years of overhunting and poor winter care reduced the birds, leaving the state among the weakest quail stocks in the Midwest.
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Indiana
Fish and Game Commission
League of American Sportsmen
Union
Middlewest
Rural Carrier Survives Brake Down on Route 1
Rural carrier on route 1, Mr. Flora, met a brake down near Jontz corners last Saturday when a coupling bolt failed. The mail pouch scattered as the bed dropped. the horse bolted but Flora stopped it and completed the trip after delaying repairs.
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B. Flora
Jontz Corners
Fiora
Public Sale Promised on Leonard Farm Near Silver Lake
A. Erontz announces a public sale to be held on the Leonard farm located one mile south of Silver Lake. The notice specifies the sale action and the venue.
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A. Erontz
Leonard
Silver Lake
Wheat Prospects Said to be Good
Farmers report the wheat crop is healthy with good size color and strong growth after a timely thaw. Countywide acreage is heavy with many not growing last year planting again due to strong last fall yields.
Monster coon captured by Jesse Martin near Rose Hill
Jesse Martin living southeast of Rose Hill, a noted coon hunter, faced a dramatic hunt when his big coon hound tangled with a monstrous coon. The animal weighed about forty pounds and measured thirteen inches with a body length of fourteen inches before the dog prevailed.
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Jesse Martin
Here
Rose Hill
Ohio funeral mix up ends with distant kin identified
Mrs. W. H. Kern learned of her grandmother Young's death in Sulphur Springs Ohio last Friday. She traveled there but found her grandmother alive, her late relative actually the aunt Mrs Doris. The funeral occurred Sunday and Mrs Kern returned home today.
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W. H. Kern
Young
Sulphur Springs
Ohio
Grandma Young
Doris
Farm sale notice records livestock and goods
Friday February 2 1906 at 11 o clock a m sale includes heavy farm geldings a bay mare chunk 1450 black geldings four years old cows milking yearlings heifers steers brood sows ewes bucks chickens farm implements corn wheat rye and more with usual terms to be settled by D Gill auditor and clerk at the sale location
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Poland
Shropshire
Gill
Audr
Itton
Administrator Sale of Elias McClure Estate Items
Notice states the administrator will auction on a Kemper farm near Silver Lake listing horses cows binder mower wagon hay tools and farming gear including plows cradles barbed wire and miscellaneous farm equipment at public sale on the estate lands not specifying date beyond the stated terms.
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Elias McClure
Kemper
Silver Lake
Delinquent Tax List Records Nine Delinquents
The county publishes a very small delinquent tax list showing only nine teens who failed to pay their taxes last year. This is the smallest total ever recorded in the county.
Postmaster Erects East End Mail Box Near Depot
Postmaster Ferree places a mailbox in the east end near the depot making it convenient for residents to mail letters without traveling downtown and have them collected with the next mail.
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Ferree
Young Man McIntire Seeks Admission to Longcliff
Kelsie McIntire, 25, is confined in Marshall county jail for two months and has become violently insane. An application will be made for his admission to Longcliff. He is under a 200 day sentence for failure to provide for his family.
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Kelsie McIntire
Marshall County
Longcliff
McIntire
Quarterly Meeting of Silver Lake M. E. Circuit
Quarterly Meeting scheduled for February 3 and 4 with Saturday afternoon session at 2 30, Rev E L Lemans preaching, lovefeast at 9 30 and 2.70 sacrement of Lord's Supper after morning sermon, special choir music, pastor A E Sarah.
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Silver Lake
M. E
E.L. Lemans D
A. E. Sarah
Holidays in 1908 and an upcoming total eclipse
The article lists 1908 holidays falling on specific weekdays including New Year's Day and Washington’s Birthday. It notes Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas dates. It also mentions a total lunar eclipse visible at midnight February 8, weather permitting, offering an excuse to stay out late.
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Washington
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Clymer
Kern
Echbach
Kline
Flora
Mentone
I. O. O. F. County Meeting
East Enders
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