Chicago to be a city of knights and chivalry
Mrs. Isabel Garrison leads a Chicago movement to drill boys in chivalry through Arthurian knights in grammar schools. Chapters named for Arthurian knights will pledge loyalty to Chicago, with a royal chapter Chevalier de la Salle. A $25 prize funds youth achievements.
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Cervantes
Italy
Chicago
Chicago Post
State Street
Jackson Boulevard
Isabel Garrison
Europe
Arthur
Nfiy
City
Tennyson
Garrison
Chevalier de la Salle
Mrs Longworth Rescues London Cat From Boys
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the president's daughter, intervenes in London after seeing two boys attempt to drown a cat. She orders the carriage stopped, obtains the cat, and departs for Dorchester House with the rescued kitten. The incident follows her shopping tour and publicized by a Kansas City Times dispatch.
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Nicholas Nkworth
John
Tramp Racing in Wilson North Carolina Provokes Outcry
Wilson North Carolina officials institute a town sport called tramp racing where arrested hobos line up and dash toward a ditch marking town limits. Marshals whip participants as they race while crowds cheer and dispersal follows, though no flogging is recorded.
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North Carolina
Wilson
N. C
Raleigh
New York Herald
M Marshal
Urime Smd
Flying Company
Wooilson
Birthday feast for horse at Mrs Curtis's summer home
Mrs Sophie Curtis hosted a lavish dinner at her Pines estate in Sheffield Massachusetts in honor of her pet horse Surprise. Guests included New York Berkshire society members and notable families. Surprise attended, bowed to guests, and later trotted back to his stables after a display of learned responses.
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Sophie Curtis
West Fortieth Street
New York
the Pines
Shefield
Mass
Surprise
Great Barrington
New York Herald
Berkshire
Miss Curtis
B. B. Glenny
Buffalo
Richard Percy
Ludwig
E. E. Widder
Howard Whiting
Betty Whiting
Boston
R. C. Taft
Anne Taft
South Egremont
E. B. Kidder
E. B. Glenny
Mrs. Kidder
Mrs. Taft
Mrs. Whiting
Why Britons Win Our Girls Why Britons Win Our Girls
English editor Lord Northcliffe tells New York audience that Englishmen are better husbands for American women because they adore and woo their wives, while American men rush courtships and rely on money. He argues devotion and sentiment win wives over material display, and denies English trusts exist.
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St. Regis
New York
Alfred Harmsworth
Lord Northcliffe
America
London
England
John Bull
Miss Elda Parr and Jesse Harris Visit Doddsville
Local notes report Miss Elda Parr and Jesse Harris visiting Miss Zelma Ransford and Harvey Woodard Sunday. Ruth Morris plans to return to South Dakota next week. A magic lantern fundraiser seeks strong attendance. The 2nd annual high school oyster supper at Graysville drew many, with the Doddville Bubble feature and Miss Fletie Stone elected Bubble chairman.
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Elda Parr
Jesse Harris
Zelma Ransford
Harvey Woodard
Ruth Morris
A. O. Myers
South Dakota
Graysville
Doddville
Fletie Stone
Bubble Society
Indian State nickname for Oklahoma gains support in Indian Territory
A Muskogee writer proposes Oklahoma be called the Indian State arguing the land was owned by Indians and remains so for decades, claiming it honors the Five Nations. The concept, reported by the Kansas City Star, seems popular on the Indian Territory side of the state.
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State of Oklahoma
Muskogee
I. T
Oklahoma
Five Nations
Kansas City Star
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Wins Statehood Fight Opposed No More
Pryor Creek Clipper notes Oklahoma has secured statehood, declaring the victory and urging celebrations with spirited cheers and bells. The poem-like item captures regional pride and the relief of gaining state status.
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Oklahoma
Rip
Pryor Creek
Okla
Clipper
Chrysanthemum Smoking Debuts in England
Chrysanthemum leaf cigarettes and cascarilla bark are reported as a new England novelty for smokers and are claimed to relieve epilepsy. One doctor suggests them as a substitute for tobacco.
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England
Notice to non residents show cause condemnation of railroad right of way
In Sullivan County Indiana the Indianapolis Southern Railroad Company seeks to condemn parcels of land in Sullivan County for a railroad right of way. Vandalia Coal Company and Union Trust Company of Pittsburg are named defendants and must appear before the Sullivan Circuit Court judge on the specified date. If they fail to appear the complaint will be heard in their absence. Clerk Tilghman Ogle notes the December 17 1906 date with attorneys John T and Will H Hayes for the plaintiff.
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Union Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Charles E. Henderson
Sullivan Circuit Court
Said County
Court House
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Indiana
Indianapolis Southern Railroad Company
Vandalia Coal Company and Union Trust Company
Towit
Dugger & Neal Coal Company
Dugger
Tilghman Ogle
John T. and
Will H. Hays
Attys
H. Hays
Burley E. Telley
LL H. Hays
John T
Local Notes From Linton and Surrounding Towns
Otto Hicks was in Linton Monday on business. John Bicknell spent Sunday in Marco with friends. Mrs M V Hale shopped in Sullivan Tuesday. Mrs George Wyatt visited son Will in Sullivan last week. Hinkle Cox clerks for the Supply Co and visited his best girl Sunday. Harry Holdson was in Linton on business Saturday. Lettie Beck was in Linton Wednesday. Roy Figg and Ben Figg called on Miss Lola Land Truston Isbell and wife were in Sullivan Tuesday. Clarence Hale was in Sullivan Tuesday.
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Otto Hicks
Linton
M. V. Hale
Sullivan
George Wyatt
Will
Hinkle Cox
Harry Holdson
Ben Figg
Roy Figg
Miss Lola Land
Truston Isbell
Clarence Hale
License Application to Sell Intoxicating Liquors in Sullivan County
A white male resident of Sullivan township Sullivan county Indiana will apply to the Sullivan county board ofiners at the next regular session starting January 1907 for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The premises described as a lower room on the ground floor of a brick building on Washington street with a specified lot description. 2013 O L Springer.
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Sullivan
Hamilton Township
Sullivan County
Indiana
Board of Oners
Washington Street
O. L. Springer
Mrs Cox and Daughters Visit M V Hale
Mrs. Cora Cox and her young daughters called on M V Hale on Monday. Ollie Knuckles traveled to Linton on Saturday.
Vandalia Coal Co Abandons Engleside Mine Near Dugger
The Vandalia Coal Company decideds to abandon the Engleside mine near Dugger. Work to dismantle the shaft and remove machinery has begun. A test hole to the No. 4 vein showed the vein unprofitable to mine.
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Vandalia Coal Co
Engleside
Dugger
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