Indiana’s Famous Sons and Daughters Across a Century
Indiana’s centennial year highlights a lineage of leaders and luminaries. Presidents Harrison and others, governors, jurists, and poets joined a long roll of notable natives. From Lincoln’s years in Spencer county to Be veridge’s Senate tenure, Indiana shaped national life across politics, education, literature, and science.
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Indiana
Commonwealth
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States Senate
United States
John W. Kern
Senate
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Indiana University
Robert J. Aley
University of Maine
Parral and Durango Rich in Mines and History
In view of Arral Mexico the Parral mining district yields vast gold and silver wealth. Parral, near Durango, hosts historic mines and a famed La Pamilla mine owner. Durango state showcases silver, gold, timber, and 1,000,000 head of stock, with Durango City famed as the town of sunshine.
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Arral
Mexico
General Pershing
Republic
Aragon
Castile
Francisco Villa
National Geographic Society
Parral
Sierra de la Cruz
Minas Nuevas
Santa Barbara
United States
Europe
la Iglesia de la Virgen del Rayo
la Pamilla
Little Palm
Alaska
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Sonora
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Calfornia
Colorado
Durango
Nazas
Lake Habas
Egypt
Ibarra
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
St. Augustine
Mercado
Paradise
Santiago de Papasquiaro
Durango City
Spain
Estimating Stars in the Heavens by Modern Telescopes
The article notes an earlier star count of 125 million with a telescope and cites a more recent figure of about 219 million stars. Professor Hale is quoted stating there is reason for the increase and discussion of brighter stars beyond the twentieth magnitude.
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Hale
Devil's Bible Exhibit At Stockholm Palace Draws Awe
A remarkable display at the Stockholm royal palace features the so called Devil's Bible, a large copy of the Scriptures written on 300 prepared skins. Tradition says the piece carries a ominous origin and draws attention from visitors and scholars alike.
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Royal Palace
Stockholm
Selling A Dog With Tricks Ends In A Deal
A peddler tries to sell a dangerous looking dog to an old lady. She asks if it will bite and he replies the dog will only bite meat. The exchange turns into a bargain as the plan shifts toward a different purpose and a deal is struck.
Worth Knowing Note on Rust Removal Steps
A fragment describes removing fast from steel and rusted parts with oil, allowing to stand for 48 hours, then rubbing with soft leather. The text is incomplete and reads like a kitchen or workshop guidance excerpt.
European War Update A Year Ago This Week
British forces advanced north of La Bassee but failed near Neuve Chapelle as of May 22 1915. Russians offensive on the lower San captured four towns while Germans defeated them at Shavn. Austrians retreated in Bukowina. A German submarine sank a Norwegian steamship. German aviators bombed Paris. Italy ordered general mobilization with martial law in northeast regions.
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la Bassee
Neuve Chapelle
Lower San
Shavn
Bukowina
Paris
Italy
Arras
San
Monte Baido
Venetian Alps
World War I battle notes and shifting front lines
British push east of Festu bert and French near Notre Dame de Lorette and Neuville St Vaast. Russians recross the San to outflank Germans but the German right wing defeats them. Italy declares war on Austria Hungary. Austrian patrols cross into Italy and are driven back. Turks repulse Allies at Sedd el Bahr. Britain France and Russia issue a joint statement accusing the Turkish government of Armenian massacres.
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Festubert
Notre Dame de Lorette
Neuville-St. Vaast
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Sedd-ul- Bahr
Great Britain
France
Russia
World War I Updates Across Multiple Fronts
German gas attack near Ypres amid Allied countermeasures. Mackensen’s wings moved as Russian advances near Nisko pressured German lines. Przemysl assaults intensified with fierce German offensives south of the city. Austrian artillery targeted Italian outposts before Rivoli, while coast towns faced bombardment from Austrian vessels and a sunk Turkish gunboat. Monso and Kamerun saw German surrenders to France. Mackensen seized six fortified villages north of Przemysl. Opatow saw Russian gains. Italians crossed the Austrian frontier along a 67 mile front. Nebraskan struck by torpedo or mine near Italy. Austria declared lipid blockade of Austrian and Albanian coasts. Austrian destroyer sunk. Allied forces hit Asia Minor coast towns. British battleship Triumph lost at Dardanelles to a submarine. British coalition cabinet announces.
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von Mackensen
Przemysl
Opatow
Italy
Asia Minor
Triumph
Dardanelles
World War I Update May 26 1915 Gains and Losses
British advances near La Bassee and at the San River, Italian towns seized in Trentino, and naval losses include a Turkish gunboat, Austrian and German blows across the San and Dardanelles. Zeppelins bombarded Southend while Princess Irene exploded and 321 died. Allied attacks at Gallipoli and in Lud wigshafen Ostend raids noted.
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la Bassee
Some Interesting Facts About Malaria Spread
A fragment outlines how malaria is transmitted by a specific mosquito species and mentions factors influencing transmission. The text stops mid‑sentence, with limited readable context on prevention or geography.
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State
America
By Ellis Searles
Benjamin Harrison
Schuyler Colfax
U.S. Grant
William Henry Harrison
Jonathan Jennings
Jennings
Wayne County
John Paul
Muadison
State Senate
Isaac Blackford
Vincennes
James Noble
Walter Taylor
Cateb Mills
the Treasury
Grant
McCulloch
Walter Q. Gresham
Arthur
Cleveland
William A. Woods
John H. Baker
Francis E. Baker
Albert B. Anderson
Oliver P. Morton
Morton
Union
George Chapman
A. B D. Streight
John Coburn
R. S. Foster
George F. McGinnis
Alvin D. Hovey
James R. Slack
Robert H. Milroy
Willis A. Gorman
Lew Wal
William H. H. Miller
Indianapolis
Henry Ward Beecher
Abraham Lincoln
Spencer County
Kentucky
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Mllinois
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas A. Edison
Invention
John Clark Ridpath
Booth Tarkington
Meredith Nicholson
Charles Major
Maurice Thompson
Gene Stratton Porter
Juillet Strouse
James Whitcomb
Riley
Mary
George Ade
Kin Hubbard
Abe Martin
Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
John Marshall
United States Supreme Court
Lew V Wvallace
James Whitcomb Riley
Devil's Bible
Ypres
Nisko
Mackensen
Rivoli
Monso
Kamerun
San River
Trentino
Constantinople
Zeppelin
Southend
England
Dixmude
Stry
Upper
Vistula
Dniester
Austria
Praedil Pass
Plocken
Gallipoli
Ludwigshafen
Ostend
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