The Crorofts Revel in a Quiet River Walk
Brice Rutherford and Barbara Bradleigh share a charged moment by the river as Miss Wentworth and Mr. Dewan observe. Brice apologizes for past insinuations and expresses jealousy over Dewan, while Barbara remains cautious yet drawn. The group returns to Crorlands for supper and a music session with Dewan and Wentworth.
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Miss Wentworth
Mr. Dewaco
Crorlands
Mr. Dewan
Brice
Barbara
Rutherford
Miss Bradleigh
Dewan
Mir. Dewan
The Woods at Croylands echoes in a magazine poem
Brice and Barbara share a charged moment as Miss Bradleigh's poem The Woods at Croylands captivates Brice. Barbara listens at the piano while Miss Wentworth’s authorial credit stirs Brice, who admires the verse and contemplates confessing his feelings.
Telephone Clearing-House Promises Fast Bank Settlements
A Chicago Inter Ocean report quotes a country banker boasting of a telephone clearing-house in Central Illinois. Banks would call noon daily to read check amounts and drawer names, enabling rapid balance settlements and reducing overdraft worries. The system aims to extend beyond Chicago and New York, with several county banks coordinating through a central bank to expedite payments.
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Chicago
Illinois
New York
The Yellow Monarch Poem on Greed and Its Toll
A 1903 verse by Mrs. W Mott Pierce laments the corrupting power of wealth. It portrays gold as a tyrant that devastates families, provokes crime, and blinds humanity to spiritual grace, urging a return to higher virtues.
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Marion Young Pierce
Gold—Guild
Indianan Items Show Local Unrest and Events Across Indiana
Brief Indiana clips report a New Castle retail clerks union push for shorter hours, a Winchester doctor’s death at age ten, and a company aiming to control Anderson electric light and water plants. Fire at Laporte furniture plant causes 10000 dollar loss. cherry buds killed by cold threaten Northern Indiana fruit. Genevieve Brown to contest at Rensselaer May 16. Arthur Jordan Co ships 7000 dozen Paoli eggs in a day. Richmond church opened clubrooms draw 6000 visitors in four to five months. Otis Hann bound over for larceny in Noblesville. Elks state convention set in South Bend June 24–27. South Bend editor Werner Hager missing. Kokomo council actions to reroute trains around city. Speake brothers released after alibi. Maguire’s Fowlerton saloon burglars net about 15–20 dollars. Paoli factions push tax cuts with a tack box emblem. Mrs Wolff seeks 2000 insurance payout for missing husband. Bertha Page struck by stray bullet with no injury. Tiny terrier birth yields seven pups, two sold for 125 dollars each. Centerville man Otto Bertram bond 2000 per charge, total 16000. court lowers to 5000. Anderson crowd needed two halls for police ball. grand march led by Mayor Forkner. Huddleston will case favors defendants. Senator Newhouse’s Greensburg son under smallpox quarantine. Clarksburg exam by telephone. Russelville post office robbed of 800 dollars. horse stolen and recovered. South Bend egg named by a Miss Barber eventually leads to Edman of Irondale, Chicago connection. Brotherhood rail case suit in Greencastle ends dispute.
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Newcastle
John T. Chenoweth
Winchester
Wold
Anderson
Laporte
Indiana
Genevieve Brown
Monticello High School
Rensselaer
Arthur Jordan Company
Paoli
South Eighth Street
Otis Hann
Indianapolis
Noblesville
Powell
Logansport
Milburn
South Bend
the Elks
Werner Hager
Fowlerton
John C. Wolff
Order of Foresters
Bertha Page
Chapin Park
Otto Bertram
Centerville
Bertram
John L. Forkner
Gas Belt
Headington
Portland
Huddleston
Lee Huddleston
Dunreith
Emory Huddleston
Greenfield
William Huddleston
Louis Newhouse
Senator Marshall
Newhouse
Greensburg
Clarksburg
H. C. Doles
Russelville
Elmer McCutcheon
Andes
Alice Barber
Barber
Chicago
Edman
Irondale
Ernst Edman
Sarah Frances Perry
Greencastle
Gr. Lodge
Brotherhooc
Indianapolis skater Frank J. Davis performs steel loop the loop
The Indianapolis performer Frank J. Davis wears twenty five pound steel roller skates and executes a daring loop the loop. He explains starting from a fixed position, relying on a patented upright handle and a twist in the loop to keep his balance, with speed varying by conditions and practice.
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Frank J. Davis
Indianapolis
Davis
Edison Anger Sparked His Greatest Invention
An anecdotal piece recounts Thomas A. Edison crediting anger with inspiring the incandescent light. In his early days he labored in a small house with no proper lab, facing a gas bill crisis that spurred hard compromises and late nights of experimentation.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Brooklyn Eagle Quotation Reflects Business Decline
A Brooklyn Eagle quote notes an entrepreneur admitting limited progress toward clearing a market of bankrupt firms. The speaker reflects on efforts and outcomes amid industry-wide challenges, signaling cautious optimism about future work.
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Frank HW. Stauffer
Asthor
Walt
Miss Wentsworth
Marguerite
Charlie Dewiin
Crowlands
Miss Werworth
Brice Rutherford
Barbdara
Longfellow
Indies
Mrs Wentworth
Bradleigh
Basil
Charlie Dewan
Mr. Rutherford
Croxlands
Croylands
Barbars
Migs. Wentworth
Mrs. Rutherford
Anna Brown
Ae On. Rae
Neues Ek
Yellow Monarch
Mr._ Edison
Western College
Kipling
McAndrew
Brooklyn Eagle
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