Taft General Favorite in the Quaker City
Taft dominates local sentiment at the Republican convention nomination. City residents praise Taft over Fairbanks and Knox with endorsements from Wilfred Jessup, E H Cates, A J Spekenhier, and others. An improvised Taft celebration followed at the courthouse with bands and fireworks.
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Taft nomination greeted by Cortelyou and Bonaparte
Washington June 19 Among the first to congratulate Secretary Taft on his nomination was Secretary Cortelyou who hurried to the war department to offer cordial congratulations and best wishes. Attorney General Bonaparte, upon hearing the nomination, expressed great satisfaction at the result.
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Benton Called to Old DePauw
Indianapolis June 19 A dispatch from Hamilton C today announced Guy Potter Benton president of Miami University had received a call to the presidency of DePauw University Greencastle to succeed Edwin Holt Hughes who becomes a Methodist bishop Benton declined the call.
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The Berlin neldkopf tale of Old Fritz and the shrew
The New York Tribune recounts a Berlin legend of a carved bust above a goldsmith's workshop window. King Frederick William I ordered the bust to rebuke an envious rival’s wife, shaping a centuries long symbol of scorn kept in place at the workshop. The bust vanished then resurfaced in 1840 restplaced by the king in the same niche.
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Social News From Town And Dances In June
Mr and Mrs Walter Dean hosted a breakfast at their home 111 South Twelfth street with nasturtiums and a flower centerpiece. Guests included Annie Stubbs MecKtin stry Carrie Modlin and others. A ballroom dance planned at Jacksons Park June twenty six features Ben Foster painting and Jacksons Park hosting a large crowd. Also noted were concerts and social gatherings including the North American Saengerbund festival in Indianapolis and a May Zwissler Leona Buening party for Gesina Kennepoll with a bridal shower and dinner.
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Annie Stubbs
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Carrie Modlin
May Zwissler
Leona Buening
South Tenth Street
Gesina Kennepoll
Clara Nichter
The Baby Helped
A brief urban note records a household claim of national ties as Jones asserts English, his wife Irish, and the nurse Scotch, while mentioning a baby, in a London Express style tease.
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Public Sayings on Equality and Domestic Roles Highlighted
A Cleveland Leader quote questions equal rights before marriage, while a Danish proverb notes women shaping homes. The rest mocks medical nonsense about sig tubes, root carets, and disease breath, mentioning malaria and stomach trouble without clear context.
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Local notices and social events around Fort Wayne
Rhoades will establish a home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Dell Matchett of Cincinnati attended Gaston recitals and returned home, staying with Miss Laura Gaston. On June 24 the wedding of Arthur Test and Edna Moore will be held. A members-only dancing party is planned at the Country Club House and July Fourth celebrations include a lawn picnic, fireworks, and porch dancing. John M. Louis celebrated his birthday at his country home near Earlham College with friends and luncheon. Augustus Scott and children visited Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Swayne and Juliet Swayne dined at the Country Club.
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Psychic forces prove but elusive to science
Hamlin Garland in Everybody's Magazine notes that while witnesses attest to psychic phenomena, scientists remain unconvinced. He cites Zollner Richet and Maxwell, who doubt certainty follows demonstration, while predicting future, orderly discoveries may integrate these facts into knowledge.
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Cube Root. Do You Know the Method of Extracting It Without Pain
Instructional note extolling a painless method to extract cube roots. Appears as a fragment teaching readers to divide a number into periods for extraction, with incomplete steps and stray characters from a primary source. The text emphasizes practical value and saving money, though the procedure is not fully described.
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A Genuine Grouch and Caesar at the Rubicon
A farmer James scolds a neighbor about weather and farming conditions in a terse exchange. The London Family Herald notes the remark about his wife and labor. The Rubicon describes Caesar crossing the stream and entering Italy, transforming into an invader.
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Measles Singularity Quips From a Chicago Tribune Clip
Merelyn Sample notes a playful exchange as a professor quips about a single measles, turning a child’s wordplay into a classroom pun in a Chicago Tribune clipping.
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