Debs Pardon Reflections On Socialist Leader
The Sullivan Union weighs Eugene Debs pardon by President Harding. It notes public opinion split, cites his unpatriotic acts and punishment, and urges him to abandon radicalism and embrace lawful progress while maintaining dignity and usefulness.
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Eugene Debs
Eugene V. Debs
Wilson
Harding
Debs
Congress
Leval Legion
Legion
Delos
France
United States
America
Mary Alice Wade Obituary Highlights Two Marriages and Families
Mary Alice Wade born February 14 1855 in Iowa married Samuel Adams in 1870. They had five children with three passing away and her husband also being mourned. She later married John Monk on June 28 1884 and they had four children with one dying in 1910. John Monk died in 1916 leaving five surviving children.
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Mary Alice Wade
Iowa
Samuel Adams
John Monk
Adams Family Funeral Details Close of Christmas Day
The obituary notes surviving family members including William and Henry Adams Commodore Monk Mrs Tinie Shryock Mrs Nines Kasinger and step daughter Mrs Lora Padgett. Funeral services were held at the home Christmas Day with interment in Union cemetery.
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Viving
William and
Henry Adams
Commodore Monk
Tinie Shryock
Nines ‘Kasinger
Lora Padgett
Union Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Mary Monk
The family thanks friends for kindness shown during the illness and death of Mary Monk their mother and grandmother.
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Mary Monk
Gentle correction goct$ullifer provokes sharp wit on language
A retired merchant laments critics of his speech and mocks those who correct him. He recalls a shoemaker’s drummer who tried to teach shall and will, only to learn the lesson backfired as the crowd and insults rose. The tale underscores pride, stubbornness, and social humor.
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Tam
Lindley Murray
Christmas Visits From Area Families Highlight Community
Mrs. Frank McClellan and daughter shared Christmas with relatives while Miss Edith Lang visited her parents in town. Several residents and former locals traveled from Toledo Spokane St. Maries Vandalia and other cities to celebrate with family. W. H. Poston received a rocking chair from county officials, and others including Hinkle Hays Harold Hummel and James Lawson were noted visitors or guests during the holiday period.
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Frank McClellan
Myron Hummel
Edith Lang
Follawsbee
W. Va
James M. Lang
Robert Carruthers
Toledo
Ohio
Ed . G. Carrithers
Marlow Arnett
St. Marles
Idaho
New York
Harold Hummel
Armour Institute
Chicago
Will Hummel
James L. Lawson
Isley, Ky
W. J. Lawson
North Cross Street
Maurice Nesbit
St. Paul
State Highway Commission
Headquaters
Indianapolis
James Miesenhelder
William H. Bland
West Johnson Street
Ernest Lloyd
Harry Bland
Hud Bland
Helen
Reecei
Rose
M. H. di
Helen Emily Mahley
Martha Bayard
Vincennes
Albert Hazelrigg
Terre Haute
Carrie Kivett
Dick Conker
Pekin
History of Chess Names Across Cultures
The piece traces chess origins from Hindoostan where it was called Cheturanga, to Persians as Chetrarg, then Arabs as Shetranj due to alphabet gaps. It notes the claim of Chinese play in 1748 B C and that Hindus practiced it earlier, highlighting cross cultural naming and antiquity.
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Hindoostan
Cheturanga
Chetrarg
B. C
An Athenium Bourse Essay Observes Renaissance Attic Style
The passage praises a building named the Bourse as Greek in its colonnade and Roman in its arches and windows, Renaissance in its flat vault, and crowned by an attic. It notes a fine straight line and mentions chimney pots as accents, attributing these traits to Athens fever and asserting the structure’s correctness and purity.
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Athens
Victor
A Shrewd Man
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript where a patron complains of music in a restaurant and the proprietor says the music eases the pressure by giving people something besides the food to find fault with.
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Boston Transcript
Sirius matter on stage as lecturer riffs at audience
The exchange has a lecturer lamenting that his celestial description is pushed to a routine program slot while the stage manager quips that it is a Sirius matter. The humor hinges on a pun linking the Dog Star to Sirius in a light theater moment.
Bride’s Curtain Headwear Sparks City Laugh
A humorous anecdote recalls a neighbor girl visiting a home where a newlywed couple, two months into marriage, was discussing the wedding. The girl quips that the bride may have been married with a curtain on her head, prompting lighthearted chatter.
True Detective Tales of Courage and a Naples Diamond Theft
A moral tale leads with James H. McConkey on sacrifice and faith, then shifts to Triangular Flaw where Lord Herbert Sheffield exploits a Naples jeweler. Detectives uncork a long chase from Naples to London, ending with Sheffield jailed for twelve years while the necklace caper collapses.
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Lord Herbert Laurence Sheffield
Via Schiaia
Naples
Italy
Lord Herbert
Grand Hotel di Napoli
Sylvia
Ingland
Lord Sheffield
Grand Hotel
Hey
Luigi Bonfi
Rome
Sheffield
London
Benfi
Proverbs on the Ants as Weary Sluggards Learn
A biblical proverb urges readers to imitate the ant’s thrift and industry. It highlights self-sufficiency, preparation for harvest, and wise living without overseers to guide daily labor.
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Cuicugy
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Mr. McConkey
Apostle
Christ Jesus
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
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Dryden
Maxwell-Brown Shoe CO
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Stee
J. A. Hash
Grocer
Schloot-Gordon Furniture CO
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