Old Time Country Newspapers And Their Hoosier Humor
The piece reminisces about rural Indiana country journals of the past, their offices, printing presses, and rivalries. It recalls the tramp printers, old Washington hand-presses, and the social aura, with anecdotes about editors, prank furniture, and the humor of local correspondents. It ends with a portrait of the country editor’s stable, home life, and pride in independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Rural Journal
Ada Grey
Mrs. Mc
Bean Creek
Gil Peabody
Link Bascomb
Hiram Muhler
Hiram
Amos Bascomb
Tinchard
Zeb Wakefield
Doc Reed
Cale Stebbins
Rafe Plunkett
Olly Wiggins
Lee Reed
Issac Jordon
Henry
M. E
Washington
James D. Williams
Muncie
Edgar Wilson Nye
Laramie
Louisville Courier- Journal
George D. Prentiss
Governor Foote
Mississippi
Prentiss
Horace Greely
Lfe
D. G
Covet the Best Gifts for a Simpler Life
A Cambridge minister urges readers to curb overburdened living by choosing the greatest, most worthful tasks. He argues freedom in religion requires willful testing, promotes a universal, inward religion, and urges seeking the best gifts through disciplined, simple living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Lfe
Thomas A Kempis
Votive Ode From Oliver Wendell Holmes
Poem lines praise the Lord of all life and the cosmos. The speaker asks for truth and freedom, warm hearts, and a shared sacred light. Holmes’s verse links starry grandeur to intimate faith, ending with a pledge of unity and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Unity of God Reflected in Pure Ideal Life
The passage argues that all creation mirrors the unity of God and warns that separating ideal purpose from practical life is the gravest error. It asserts that only a pure and simple ideal can guide living to reveal beauty and seize truth in the world.
Greene and Gaynor release sparks U S justice debate
The Atlanta Journal reports outrage over a Canadian judge freeing Greene and Gaynor, alleged confederates in a $3,000,000 fraud against the U S government linked to Oberlin M. Carter. D A Marion Erwin accuses Canadian officials of sheltering fugitives, suggesting corruption and vexing treaty responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Journal
Greene and
Gaynor
Oberlin M. Carter
United States
United States Department of Justice
Savannah
Marion Erwin
Canada
Greene
Great Britain
Carron
Superior Court of
Quebec
Enous
Embezzlers Face US Demand Over Extradition
The piece argues the US should press Britain to deliver fugitives from justice held in Canada. It claims Judge Carron of Quebec aided the fugitives and urges the State Department to pursue direct extradition under the treaty, warning Canada and Britain to act promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carron
Quebec
State Department
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Locust Holes Baffle Scientists Insect Earthwork Theory
Washington Star reports an Agricultural Department official explaining seventeen year locusts create deep six to ten foot holes with diameters about a third of an inch. The earth displaced amounts to two to three pints, with speculation on how the soil is moved and compacted during the insect’s exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Agricultural Department
Star
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George Gould
Gould
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wabash System
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Samuel M. Crothers
D. D
First Parish Unitarian Church
Cambridge, Mass
New York
Baudoines
Larchmont
John T. Baudoine
May Chatterton
East Rise
Atena
PMR Sons
Nens&s
Catts Bry Gevels
East Alste
Rockhaven
Rosie
Mall
Wilbur
Mascot
Tr Bei Hess
N. Drucker
Mrs. Austin
Devaertmest
Ifort
HISG
Lalance & Grosjean Mfg
York
hosTox
Citcaca
Indianapolis
Martin Wade
Meridian ST
Willig’s Cash Furniture Store
Mi West
Washington Street
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