Dancer says Whitney baby to bear his name
Miss Evan Burrows Fontaine claims the 18 month old child she bears with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney should be named Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Jr. The dancer says the baby’s name is desired despite Whitney’s engagement to Miss Marie Norton and his Yale days. Norton says their friendship remains unchanged.
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Harry Payne Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Evan Burrows Fontaine
New York
Young Whitney
Marie Norton
Yale
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Jr
Miss Norton
Feeding Spring Pigs for Healthy Litters
The article outlines three essentials for proper hog development: feed, exercise, and sanitation. It emphasizes selecting pure bred stock, palatable rations with balanced protein and minerals, ample clean water, and diet management paired with increased exercise as pigs grow. It warns against bulk hay or rough feed and stresses clean, well-ventilated, dust-free quarters.
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Fool
Lime Boost for Soil and Prosperity Urged in Rural Advice
Farmers urged to lime soils to improve crops and livestock. Emphasizes widespread lime needs, benefits to bones and teeth, and economic sense of using lime. Advises communal efforts to obtain lime and notes lime bins by lumber yards and grain dealers in Sullivan County.
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United States
Sullivan County
Look Upward Quote by Alexander McKenzie
A compact motivational line on posture and character. It asserts that physical and mental elevation lift life, urging readers to keep heads and thoughts high to maintain upright life and integrity.
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Alexander McKenzie
Tailor Ad Recalled in Domestic Joke
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet recalls a home tailoring ad with the line I will take your measure and give you fits. The punchline jokes that the wife handles that task instead.
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Tallors
Boston Evening Transcript
Presbyterian Church Urged to Resist Centralized Power
The speaker argues the Presbyterian Church must expel heretics who deny Christ and the Bible, reject being used as a meal ticket by faddists, and avoid centralized authority. He calls for a return to presbyterial sovereignty and warns against agents and machines undermining church government. Awake, grand old Church of liberty and evangelism.
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Presbyterian Church
America
Ian
Christ
The
Grand Old Church of Liberty
Can Honesty Still Be Honest Yet Dead Wrong
A reflective verse questions whether true honesty can coexist with morally wrong beliefs. It ponders public opinion, belief, and the danger of self deception, arguing honesty may reside with fools in a world of debate and taxation. The speaker seeks reason and guidance in a moral and philosophical inquiry.
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Hell
LICKSKILLET ITEMS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON STAR
Eph Keef invents a bigger remedy while Dec McFadden calls it quack. A cobbler patches a preacher’s shoes for free. Various locals joke about work and quirks as a cider mill restarts and a one cow dairy resumes. A long list of Bloomington figures closes the column.
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Eph Keef
Barber College
Dec McFadden
Dick Bledsoe
Arminta Jones
Sewing Society Social
Bingen
Si Plum
Sally Hawkins
Divine
Sally
Johnny Spruceby
Abner Hamilton
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Jewell Reunion Held At Collett Park Terre Haute
The Mary Jewell descendant reunion of Sullivan county held in Collett Park Terre Haute featured a noon picnic and cheerful gathering. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Fred Beeler Friendswood Mr and Mrs L M Harris Cicero Mr and Mrs Nelson Houpt and family Cabs Mr and Mrs Clyde Thomas and daughter Fairbanks Mr and Mrs Charles Thomas and Mr and Mrs Loyal Taylor and family Graysville among others.
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Elmer Thomas
Harold Harris
Indianapolis
Raymond Brooks
Emalyn
Nashville
Tenn
A. V. Penny and Family
Decatur
Ills
Mae
Fern Wilson
Sullivan
Wm. Thomas
A. O. Payne
Rhoda Jewell
John McClure
Herbert Plew
Robert Thomas
Ocie Brentlinger
Norma Thomas
Terre Haute
Mary Jewell
Sullivan County
Collett Park
Fred Beeler
Friendswood
L. M. Harris
C. J. Haris
Cicero
Nelson Houpt
Cabs
Clyde Thomas
Fairbanks
Charles Thomas
Loyal Taylor
Graysville
Birthday Dinner Honors P. T. Alsman at 46th
A noon birthday dinner for P. T. Alsman brought about ninety friends and relatives to his northeast Paxton home. Guests from nearby towns joined family members for music and a bountiful meal in a single gathering with many Alsman relatives and friends listed.
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P. T. Alsman
Paxton
Ira Alsman
Dorothy
Freda
Lloyd
Elsahine
Maud Watkins
Banns
Virgil
Near
Dugger
Fred Bohn
Lee Farr
Hene
Elizabeth Farr
Darwin
Ills
John Alsman
Pansy
Scott Willis
Frances
Ira Woodard
Clarence Hines
Geo. W. Unger
Katherine
Harold
Carlisle
Geo. W. Whitlock
Kesther
Laran Dillingham
Paul Cox
Lillian
Eugene
Opal
Roy McCowan
L. V. Creager
Near Sullivan
James Mason
Earl Mason
Lorene
Jones
Lewis
Albert
Russell Leon
Albert Walters
James
Katharine
Will Swaby
Arvil
Earnest
Carl Bedwell
Willie
Jessie
Golda
Pearl
Lexie
Delbert
Cecil
Kenneth
Eli Yates
Jennie
Libby
Georgie
Bessie
Mildred
Dave Bedwell
Clarence M
Jesse Mae
Lillie Marjorie
Excellent Varnish Stain For Oak Floors
A home tip describes making a cheap oak varnish stain using Japan black diluted with methylated spirits to the right color and consistency. It promises revival of shabby floors with a coat of the mixture yielding a beautiful finish at minimal cost.
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Japan
Culbin Sands in Moray Firth Isolated Desert in Britain
The Culbin sands cover a large area in Nairn and Elgin on the Moray Firth's south side. Once the land was rich and cultivated centuries ago, now the desert remains a striking remnant of shifting shores and deforestation.
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British Isles
Culbin Sands
Nairn
Elgin
Moray Firth
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