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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1901
Page
7
A curacy recounts a haunted room in Hesex village and the investigator’s careful preparations. He ventilates, lights a fire, and awaits a ghost as two maids watch from afar and the gardener prowls below.
In a 17th century parish house, a curate narrates eerie night noises, a hollow chimney, and a hidden cellar. A mason reveals a skeleton in chains beneath a dining room, linked to a former hidden chamber built to shield rebels. A sealed document then ties the tragedy to a Parliament era claimant and Naseby.
A poem mourns a Western born soldier who loved the South and fought in its cause. He sleeps now beside his beloved homeland in Indiana. The poem bids mourners to place spring garlands on his grave as a tribute to his patriotism and sacrifice. It recalls the Civil War era flames, battles, and reconciliation after bloodshed. A Philadelphia Record note follows with a lighthearted aside about perceived flaws in women's figures as described by a Walnut Street tailor.
A Madison audience plans to host a Chautauqua on Beech Grove Park with Ohio Valley appeal. Organizer G C Meneley, known for Illinois and Iowa resorts, will arrange lectures, concerts, sports, and family tents, aiming to draw visitors and provide both education and recreation in a riverside setting near the electric line.
A mixed historical digest notes that only about ten percent of U S workers are organized, France hosts 28.27 million people with one third in large towns, Norway banks hold more specie than notes, and voter turnout differs sharply between Cleveland school elections. It cites ancient European bridges, new savings banks in Russia, and shifting population totals across Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Italy. It discusses anti slave societies in Philadelphia in 1775, wood seasoning limits, and cotton production around three million bales annually with half consumed domestically.
Honolulu Evening Bulletin reports that sending terms from Honolulu to Hilo shows Marconi wireless telegraphy is not yet practical yet solves interisland communication. The finding is reflected in legislative measures and efforts to connect the islands by telegraphic cable. The community praises the men who established local telegraphic communication and predicts broader benefits for business and public affairs.
A brief item notes a woman asserting descent from the Bourbon royal line while others joke that her grandfather was once dubbed the whisky king, reflecting local wit in a society column snippet.
Notice to contractors and builders. Yellow pine timbers and other materials are available at the lumber yards on St. and nearby locations.
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