Lovely La Porte Nuptials Unite Thompson and McCutcheon
In La Porte on November 22 a refined wedding united Miss Hiilio McCutcheon of La Porte with Perry Paul Thompson of Jacksonville Illinois. The ceremony followed Episcopal ritual with double ring vows in a white rose decorated parlor. Attendants included Miss Virginia Walker and best man George Pr. Coebel. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L McCutcheon, studied at Cornell and other colleges before settling into readings and elocution. The groom, son of Judge Owen P Thompson of Jacksonville, is a DePauw graduate and a practicing lawyer. After a Chicago honeymoon the couple will reside in Jacksonville Illinois. Out of town guests included Judge and Mrs T Thompson and several Walker and Dinham family members from Waterloo Cedar Falls and Watering.
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Floy Graham
Credar Walls
Lohengrin
Graham
Irene Thompson
Jacksonville
S.treming
Presbyterian Church
Virginia Walker
Waterloo
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
State Teachers’ College
Womai College
Phi Nu
Ark
Othe Groemt
Owen BP. Thompson
Lilinois College
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Mlinovng Wesleyan Law School
Bloomington
University of Washington
Seattle
T. Thompson
OC. Thompson
George PF. Dinebe
Flor Dinham
Cedar Palle
A. J. Walker
Virginia
Nina Walker
Carlton Walker
A. R. McQuilkin
Watering
We countrymen have the best of it in hard times
A Washington Herald quote exchange contrasts rural resilience with urban strain. The countryman claims food from forest preserves and pride in simplicity, while the city resident counters, noting a subway jam as urban pressure.
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Washington Herald
Better Than Book Learning on a Kentucky Mountain School Board
A colonel leaves the bluegrass to lead a Kentucky sawmill camp and tries to place a college educated teacher in a mountain school. Locals favor a homegrown instructor with limited schooling who can outmatch the outsider in state tests, arguing practical skill outweighs formal education. The colonel withdraws his candidate.
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Kentucky Mountains
Blue Crase
Mountaineer
Stand Alone or Die: The Dangers of Leaning On Others
Orison Swett Marden argues in Success Magazine that power comes from self development and independence. Leaning on others weakens character and kills originality, especially for youths who imitate and remain echoes if crutches are provided.
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Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Trust controls creosoted paving blocks in nationwide market
The article reports a growing creosoted paving block industry forming a nationwide trust east of the Rockies. It notes secret price agreements, city tax burdens, and a Chicago clearing house directing prices, with a failed midwest merger attempt and a Minneapolis connection to leadership and salaries.
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Minneapolis Journal
Rocky Mountains
CPN
Industex
Furi Mercer
Minneapolis
United States
Ainneapolis
Chicago
Torg. Smr
Use of Checks in France and Rat Explosion Method
Summary of a Scientific American report noting Banque de France circular on crossed checks to curb immobilized capital. It compares French and English monetary statistics per head and notes risks of a rat destruction method using carbon bisulfide gas poured into rat holes, with concerns about fire danger and a call for safer devices.
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France
Banque de France
Bank of France
England
East Africa
Java
Scientific American
Courter Want Ads Describe Unlikely Pet Pair
A playful exchange notes a dog and a hen as fast friends, with the narrator suggesting both animals may be setters. The humorous tone frames a curious domestic bond in a small town notice.
Bernhardt Denies Plans to Wed Flemish Actor of 26
London Tit-Bits reports Mme. Bernhardt denies a claim she will marry Von Tellegen a 26 year old Flemish actor from her company. The piece notes she is widow of Jacques Damala and recounts past marriages bankruptcies and romantic turmoil surrounding the actress.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Low Telegan
Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Jacques Danila
France
Germany
Sarah
Aris
von Tellegen
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M'Cutcheon
LA Porte
Perry Paul Thompson
Wiinois
Jan Porte
J. Quackenbush
Hiileo McCutcheon
Per Paul Thompson
Crystal
ST. Julians
Swore & Westbrook
Nordstrom & Gibbs
Lyndon & Dorman
Kentucky
Bert Gotcee
Carl Brown
The
Or Pheu Lear
DPRE
Youngiey
W. Marshall Smith Piano Company
Omaha
Neb
Story & Clark
Smith & Barnes
Wagner CO
Decker Bros
Reliable National
Cnast
Arthur J. King
Davis & Sons
Hampton
J. Marshall Smith
F. C. Evans Piano Co
West Fourth Street
Waterloo, Iowa
Iav
Damala
Maurice Bernhardt
Marseilles
Spain
Couriie
Shel
Maaurice
Sarah Ternhardt
Menoairs
Alme. Bernhardt
Mr. Singleton
London
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