Crawfordsville School Notes
Fred Franklin was absent from grammar school this week. Central College Glee club visited on Monday with two songs and two readings, uniting all divisions for a shared show. Fire drills have been practiced. the last drill had the four rooms outside in 1%¢ minutes. The ball team seeks games with nearby towns. Earnest Clark visited Washington on Wednesday. Sophomores started American literature Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Franklin
Central College Glee Club
High School
Grammar School
Earnest Clark
Washington
Local residents seen in city on various errands
Mr. Schroeder of Wellman and Mrs. C. K. Needham arrive and depart on business. Miss Melicent Brown leaves for Letts. Ed Farrier of Muscatine visits. Earl Dusenberry heads to West Chester. D. H. McLaughlin to Wyman. Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Wilson travel to Winfield. Dr. G. W. Hay goes to Wyman. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Rogers visit from Chicago. Families travel to Muscatine and Mediapolis for a brother’s funeral. Home Guards to meet Monday evening. turnout urged. Advertisements note Frey’s photo ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Schroeder
Wellman
C. K. Needham
Oskaloosa
Melicent Brown
Letts
Ed Farrier
Muscatine
Earl Dusenberry
West Chester
KR. H. Wilson
Winfield
G. W. Hay
Wyman
Rare 1817 silver three-cent piece found in Menlo Park
A silver three-cent piece from 1817 was found three feet deep in Menlo Park soil by James Bickford during sewer work near the Stanford Park addition. Bank official Congdon verified the coin’s date via illustration. Bickford refuses offers to sell, keeping it as a relic. Some speculate pirate treasure could lie buried nearby along San Francisquito Creek.
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Palo Alto
Menlo Park
James Bickford
Stanford Park
Menlo
Bickford
Congdon
Bank of Palo Alto
Jim
California
United States
San Francisco Bay
San Francisquito Creek
Mexico Town in Ruins After Seismic Concussion
Official wires report Chilapa in Guerrero shaken by two earthquakes followed by fires. town of 15 000 inhabitants destroyed with uncertain fatalities and extensive property loss. Telegraph links broken, couriers sent from nearby towns as residents flee destitute into the open. In Vera Cruz a US citizen dies in a panic at a theater and a gendarme is killed in Mexico City with fifteen injured.
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City of
Mexico
Chilapa
Guerrero
Chilpancingo
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Emma J. Dorville
United States
Mark Twain Epigrams Arrive From Bermuda Visit
New York reports two new Mark Twain epigrams arriving from Bermuda where the humorist is staying. At a Hamilton dance he partnered with many young girls, and he penned phrases on a girl’s program praising youth and cautioning behavior. One girl’s saucy episode drew his remark favoring a young June bug over an old bird of paradise.
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New York
Bermuda
Hamilton
June Bug
A Life at Stake Kidney Warning Ad
A warning ad urges immediate action on early kidney or bladder trouble asking readers to take Kidney Remedy at first symptoms. It cites Brights disease and diabetes as risks and promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source.
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Bright
Lemmon
Awfully Pleased by New American Lady Flour Bread
A lady praises American Lady flour saying bread and cake turn out excellent and that no other flour is better for every purpose. McCall Bros. invite customers to learn more about the brand at their shop, 28 31.
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McCall Bros
Stolen Boy Returns Home After Year With Gypsies
Leonard Allen, sixteen, son of Mrs. Mary Allen of Middletown New York, returned home March 28 after an absence of a year with Gypsies who had taken him from his home. Detectives traced him to Fall River Massachusetts March 16 and found him with Gypsies named Stanley. He was malnourished and mentally faded, barely recognizing his own name.
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Middletown
N. Y
Leonard Allen
Mary Allen
Stanley
Fall River
Mass
April American Boy offers stories and guides for boys
The April issue highlights Jimmy Jones Pirate and Four Boys on the Mississippi, with Canal and Jungle ending. It features stories like The Poetry of Steeples and How Karl Got Even, plus articles A Poor Boy's Country and The Origin of Easter. Includes talks with the Doctor, secrets of cleverness, Destroyers of Boys, and Forty Stunts in Magic. 82 illustrations. $1.00 a year. The Sprague Publishing Co., Detroit, Mich.
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Jimmy Jones
Mississippi
Mr. Weir
Karl
The
Sprague Publishing Co
Detroit
Mich
Death of Rev Dr Sims Former Syracuse Chancellor
Rev Dr Charles N Sims ex chancellor of Syracuse university died at his Liberty Indiana home aged 73 He was born in Fairfield Indiana educated at Asbury University earned a master’s degree at Ohio Wesleyan He led Valparaiso College as president in 1861 and later served Methodist pastorates in Indiana Maryland New Jersey and New York City Brooklyn
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Syracuse
N. Y
Charles N. Sims
Syracuse University
Liberty
Ind
Farman the Aeronaut Hurt in Issy Accident
Henry Farman an English aeronaut, was injured at Issy while maneuvering an aircraft traveling sixty miles an hour. The left wing struck the ground causing a swerve and he was thrown about thirty five feet. He suffered facial cuts but his other injuries are not serious.
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Farman
Paris
Henry Farman
Issy
Tornado strikes New Boston Iowa causes extensive damage
A March 28 tornado tore through New Boston Iowa blowing twelve freight cars from the tracks demolishing a church and injuring several people. No deaths reported though farm houses suffered considerable damage.
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Work
Iowa
New Boston
Mr and Mrs Harvey and Mrs Stinson Return After Death Call
Mr and Mrs A Harvey and Mrs C M Stinson arrive home Thursday night from Horton Kansas where they were called on account of the death of Mrs Edmund Anderson.
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A. Harvey
C. M. Stinson
Horton
Kan
Edmund Anderson
Invited to Step Down In Port Arthur Case
A Russian army officer panel led by Grand Duke Nicholas and Minister of War Fudiger invited Generals Fock and Reiss to surrender their commissions over alleged Port Arthur surrender ties. Reiss complied. Fock declined awaiting probe tied to a duel with General Smirnoff. General Stoessel, jailed in St Peter and St Paul fortress, is writing memoirs.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Fudiger
Fock
Reiss
Port Arthur
Smirnoff
Stoessel
Fortress of
St. Peter and St. Paul
White en route to Chicago for Ringling Bros show
W Al White passed through the city from Brighton heading to Chicago where he will begin his season with Ringling Bros. snow. The notice adds Foley's Urino Laxative sold with a money back guarantee by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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W. al White
Brighton
Chicago
Ringling Bros
Snow
Foley
Lemmon’s
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Harness and Saddlery
C. C. Starr
Barden Harness Company
Ederheimer, Stein & Co
Dougherty Bros. Clothiers
Wyatt Helwick
Hunter, Okla
Mabel
Tondre & Benz
Crawfordsville School Notes
D. H. McLaughlin
G. H. Rogers
S. Anderson
J. A. Hillhouse
Charles Thomas
C. L. Thomas
Mediapolis
J. W. Thomas
Frey
J. M. Bickford
Coin
Shock
Mark Twain
Dr. Sims
Dr.a.w.chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
J. BE. Lemmon, Vruggist
W. Chase
Siverwaress
J. A. Harwood
Coon Snore Store
J. J. McKeone
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