Washington Capitol Memorial Session Honors Late President
The Capitol held a joint Memorial Session with Secretary Hay delivering remarks for the late President. Notables included Prince Pleury of Prussia and the Roosevelt cabinet. The ceremony featured formal tributes, military salutes, and a somber audience in the congressional hall.
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Washington
Congress
Ato
Hay
Creenberg
Aleene
House of Depple
Cabimet
Dayton Ule
Supreme Court
Comecress
Gambling and Gambling: A Tale of Degrees and Moral Gray
A long-analyzed view argues that gambling spans grades from casual games to explicit bets. It cites examples from poker to church contests, noting varying moral judgments and the danger of encouraging hazard regardless of outcome or setting.
A Boy's Composition on Heds
A child's humorous composition on heads describing various types of heads. The narrator notes his father has a bawled head and his mother a long and level head, joking that a boy’s smart end is his head except when spanked while contrasting a bee’s head.
A Few Leon''ts for Boosters
A list of cautions for boosters warns against rash acts and financial missteps. It advises not to throw rocks at others, avoid risky schemes, spend within earnings, keep life insurance active, save on groceries, guard speech, resist ego, mind neighbors, maintain newspaper subscriptions, avoid empty promises, and not assume perpetual prosperity or give indiscriminately.
Burglars Work in Surrounding Towns Caution Urged
A local alert warns residents of recent burglaries in nearby towns over several weeks. It urges strengthened night watch and quick neighbor calls, urging people to use the telephone only for real emergencies. The latest break in at Leasburg saw two local sites entered and valuables stolen under duress at the Stanley residence.
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Smith
Leasburg
Burelars
Hiram B. Stanley
Living Up to Date with Rural Electric Light
The exchange notes electric light is being furnished to farmers along traction lines direct from the trolley. Companies are wiring farms and will expand soon. Every farmer with rural delivery and a telephone may have house and barn lit as cheaply as town lighting. A farm with these services is living up-to-date.
Obituary of Jionesa Smith of Tanover Germany
Jionesa Smith was born in Tanover Germany on April 1. She died February at her daughter’s home in this city at age US years, 4 months, and 4 days. She leaves one son and three daughters. She joined the Lutheran church in youth and attended services regularly. Funeral conducted at Rose Vil Church by Rev. J. W. Tilman at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
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Jionesa Smith
Tanover
Germany
Stephen Pistier
Rose Vil
J. W. Tilman
Htis
Seventeen Year Locust Threats Warn Indiana Orchards
Geologist DBlatebler warns Indiana will face a 17 year period locust invasion this year. The pest appears rapidly, damages crops, and lays millions of eggs, with the insect closely related to the horse fly and maturing quickly in favorable conditions.
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Indiana
The Treatment of Horses as Gentlemen
A historic plea for humane horse care, arguing city life and cruel practices like clipping and tight bits harm horses and people. It stresses kind, proper feeding, housing, and calm handling to keep horses safe and well behaved.
Honor Roll and New Swindle Warn Farmers
The Grammar Room honor roll at Silver Lake Public Schools lists Ruth Dorsey Opal Bertin Lula Soria Olgie McCoennen Kenseth Raver Everett Shtyeey Roy Sprive Prank Piney oe Haney Dale Tronigian Gialys Henderson Fawn Werun Mins Leonard Nellie Ale Clare Roy Miller. A new swindle targets farmers near Wabash by a well dressed man selling cholera remedy for chickens and offering a paper weight inscribed with a religious text while taking payment.
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Ruth Dorsey
Opal Bertin
Lula Soria
Olgie McCoennen
Kenseth Raver
Everett Shtyeey
Roy Sprive
Prank Piney
Oe Haney
Dale Tronigian
Gialys Henderson
Fawn Werun
Mins Leonard
Nellie Ale
Wabash
Yhose
Methodist Episcopal Fourth Quarterly Meeting in Silver Lake
The Fourth Quarterly Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held in Silver Lake from March 14 to 16. The quarterly conference occurs Friday March 14 at 2 p m with Rev. E L Simons of Wabash delivering a sermon Friday evening. An invitation is extended to all.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Silver Lake
E. L. Simons
Wabash
A Drop of Water Across Seas and Skies
A reflective meditation traces a single water drop’s journey through ocean and river, sky and cloud, touching coral islands and Cuban shores, crossing Spitzbergen, Ireland, and Europe. It travels by Gulf Stream, forms ice beside cliffs, waters mossy springs, and returns to its origin ready to power life again.
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Cumberland
California
Florida
Cuba
Spitzbergen
Loulou
Europe
Heaven
Earth
Town builds news value by collecting notices
The speaker urges residents to hand in every notice they see to create a busier community paper and aid town development.
The Ep worth League Service Plans The Secret of Endurance
Frank Ferree will lead the Epworth League service this Sunday evening with both interested and disinterested attendees welcome. The next meeting topic is The Secret of Endurance.
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Epworth League
Frank Ferree
Lawmen nab Roann trio in clover seed theft scheme
Agent Hall of the Erie railroad Roann with Ross Julion and Esty Abshire were caught in an attempt to steal and dispose of clover seed valued about 75 dollars. Hall posted 300 dollar bond at a preliminary hearing, with trial set for the tenth.
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Roann
Ross Julion
Esty Abshire
Hall
Housecleaning Old Papers Available at Local Office
Readable notices advertise that old papers for housecleaning can be purchased directly at the office. Buyers can acquire surplus pages for cleaning tasks and archival disposal.
Seventh Teachers Joint Institute Report March 1 1902
Teachers from Clay and Lake townships met at Claypool to discuss The Nineteenth Century Sanitation and Decoration and duties of school authorities and patrons. Miss Clink led the quiz on The Nineteenth Century and Miss Hoke presented Poets and Poetry of Indiana. A motion carried to meet in joint institute next year.
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Clay and
Lake Townships
Claypool
Tennyson
Ahuddell
Haworth
Miss Clink
Lillie Minear
Indiana
Miss Hoke
Adams
Brutus
Blue
Curious Bacon Cipher Rumor Grips Literary World
A two-letter misprint cipher recurring in Bacon's works is analyzed as possible evidence of a hidden romance. The theory links Queen Elizabeths imagined marriage to the Earl of Leicester in the tower, Bacon heirs, and the Earl of Essex. Prof Garrett P. Le Vis shows March Cosmopolitan devotes a review.
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Lord Bacon
Elizabeth
Earl of Leicester
Earl of Essex
England
March
Garrett P. Leviss
L Bacon
School Scholars 5th Recap Office
Fragmentary OCR notes show a reference to a school scholars fifth recap/office. No clear event date or names detected.
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