The Man Who Is Always Talking Of His Progeny
A mayor trims a razor while describing a male neighbor obsessed with his brood. The piece mocks a habit of fathers boasting about children, lampooning the endless, tedious yearling tales and the social burden of such chatter.
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Jim
Mullane
Mulhall
Knight of the Razor
James
Curry Township
Sullivan
Cuppy
Charley
Pep
Harve
Sirius
Debate Over Union Christian College Relocation
A March 1905 Herald of Gospel Liberty article questions the move of Union Christian College and urges President C J Jones to hear supporters. It recounts trustee elections, stockholder votes, proxy battles, and attempts to relocate to Merom or Muncie, Indiana, versus preserving Merom’s campus.
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Herald of Gospel Liberty
Union Christian College
C. J. Jones
Nancal
the Herald
Herald
Atkinson
Board of Trustees
M. E. Church
Christian Church
Merom
Merom College debate over location and endowment risks
A local defender argues against moving the Merom College from its current site under the Whitelock charter. He warns trustees could relocate to Kokomo, threatening endowment assurances and harming Sullivan county funding. He defends Mr. Larr and urges keeping the college in Merom, criticizing attacks in the Herald and urging church trustees to maintain principled control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Curry
Carmichael
Jones
Atkinson
Whitelock
Gray
Indianapolis
Butler University
Jones, Atkinson and Co
Merom
Palmer
Herald
Muncie
O. W. Whitelock
Ind
Indiana
Kokomo
Sullivan County
I. H. Larr
Larr
Church
Rural Postal Plague Prompts Winter Stamp Cure
The item warns of a comical yet alarming ailment among rural carriers tied to pennies in mailboxes. Symptoms include fixed gaze and elongated fingers with a protruding tongue, described in humorous asides. Cure suggested: patrons stamp letters in winter. An old advertisement for Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ends the fragment.
Chaney plans river and public works push in coming congress
Congressman Chaney aims to push improvements for the Wabash river and secure public building funds for Bedford and Bloomington. Louis Ludlow writes from Washington that Chaney will introduce bills for these projects, though he warns next omnibus bills will be difficult due to prior carryovers.
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Chaney
Louis Ludlow
Washington, D. C
Bedford
Bloomington
South
Wabash
Terre Haute
Pruential Insurance Company 1904 Annual Statement Highlights
The 1904 Annual Statement shows Prudential issued over 312 million dollars in paid for life insurance, with nearly six million policies in force and over one billion dollars in insurance in force. Assets exceed 88 million, surplus 13 million, liabilities 75 million. Over 13 million was paid to policyholders in 1904, totaling over 92 million to date. The company operates nationwide from Newark New Jersey and has paid cash dividends and other concessions totaling over five million to policyholders.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Prudential Insurance Company
Newark
N. J
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Prof. Atkinson
Ohio
Mfincie
O. W. Whitlock
Durham
L. J. Aldrich
The
Brotherhood of the Christian Church
Investi
H. B
George W. Buff
Ciers
Mollister
Rocky Mountain
Joe K. Smock
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