Olive Rhodes wins pocket plowing loving cup at Oakland City
Miss Olive Rhodes of Orwell wins the loving cup with 92.5 percent in the Pocket Plowing association meet held at Cronbach Industrial school Oakland City college. Mrs Joseph Richardson places second at 91.7 percent. Attendance estimated at 5000.
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Orwell
Pocket Plowing Association
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Vawter Park
Lake Wawasee
Huntington Street Bridge
Syracuse
Wawisee
Franklin
Whiteland
Burgersville
Arafalgar
Needham
Johnson County
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Indianapolis
Cole Motor Company
Fred Miles
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White
Miles
Evansville
United States
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Oscar Hungate
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Ilvansville
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J. L. Waters
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Cincinnati
Washington
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White River
Petersburg
Aubrey Gowens
Union
Warsaw
C. W. Coons
Montgomery County ‘Chamber of Commerce
Crawfordsville
Indiana Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Waona Lake
Gary
Merrillville
French Bluebeard Henry Landru Faces Murder Charges
Paris detectives press case against Henry Landru charged with eleven women and a boy murdered. Fernade Segent detained as possible thirteenth victim. Evidence spans Villa Gambais with ashes bones and teeth found. tar mix and kitchen tools suggest body disposal. Landru arrested after ruse by two detectives posing as buyers.
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Paris
Henry Landru
Landru
Bluebeard
Fernade Segent
Villa Gambais
Guillet
Town Tries to Uproot Gossip in Northfield
Northfield Massachusetts launches the first no gossip league with no rules or dues. Founder Jr Ambler Welch editor of the Northfield Press promotes a national No Gossip day and urges towns to reduce envy driven talk.
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Northfield
Mass
Jr. Ambler Welch
The
Lovers Refuse To Part Ends In Tragic Suicide Pact
In Northampton Pennsylvania Nava Newhard sixteen and Pal mer Lilly nineteen died in a suicide pact. They walked to Hometown and sat by the roadside. The girl reportedly set fire to her dress and perished. Lilly then shot himself. A note explained they could not live apart.
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Northampton
Nava Newhard
Palmer Lilly
Lilly
Howertown
GOAT PAYS LEG FOR LOYALTY
New York report on Jim the goat mascot of the British minesweeper Canada. Jim leaped overboard with his captain during an East River rescue, was rescued with a broken leg and minor injuries, while the sailor McGregor drowned after leaping in. Jim remains at the Ride-a-Wee home for treatment.
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New York
Jim
Canada
East River
A. V. McGregor
McGregor
Sirup Chemist Accused in Bitter Divorce Suit
Mrs Gertrude Hazenkamp files for divorce in San Francisco alleging Theodore Hazenkamp a Berkeley Sirup Works chemist imprisoned her in a closet and damaged the home during the quarrel. She states he knocked their daughter down stairs when asked to release her mother and then barred her from his acquaintances.
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L. E. Hartman
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Grand Hotel
Hartman
Bluffton
Nancy Hartman
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Thomas IF. Moran
Purdue University
James A. Woodburn
Indiana University
Anderson
Shoals
Rosa Bell Powell
George Powell
Here
French Lick
Rushville
Frank Mattingley
Glenwood
Cincinnati
Indianapolis & Western Railroad
Brazil
Perry Zenor
Brazil Township
Sullivan
Union Baptist Association
Tfirst Baptist
Vincennes
Knox
Dunviess
Frankfort
Clinton County
Petersburg
Petersburg.— Taylor Dearing, Age Seventy-Two. of Marion Township, Pike County
Velpen
Wis Skuwil
Chesterfield
Indiana Association of Spiritualists
Henry Sweaney
Gaston
Evansville
Logansport
Frank Benson
Pennsylvania
Indiana Silo Company
Star Traction Company
Findlay
Mollie Breckwell
Howell
Annabelle Albrecht
William A. Lewis
Elwood
Madison County
South Bend
Hugh P. Dunahoo
O’donnell
Charles O’donnell,Jr
Argonne
Charles Bullen
Thomas Shields
Dugger
San Francisco
Theodore Hazenkamp
Berkeley Sirup Works
Gertrude Hazenkamp
Stray Plants Verses on Patriotism and Society
In Ohio Farmer column J. H. Mackley laments cheerful jests on war and duty, blending pro patriotism with social quips. The verses critique sacrifice slang, consumerism, and political bravado while praising steadfast virtue as a monument built with truth and heroic blood.
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J. H. Mackley
Ohio
Mere Musings on Money and Human Folly
A compact collection of aphorisms on thrift gratitude consistency and risk. It remarks that costly bait defeats the purpose questions the value of experiments and cautions against relying on Uncle Sam for savings while noting dignity in paying bills and learning from others.
Do You Know That
A collection of curious claims on law and history. It notes French law banning doctors from inheriting from deceased patients, the origin of the term Yankee, an ancient Japanese shipping yard, a claim about old Chinese writing in the British Museum, and a Greek athlete’s diet of plant foods and milk with no meat.
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British Museum
Congress Biographies Highlight Varied Lives and Trades
The Sixty sixth congress directory presents biographies of senators and representatives from lawyers to iron molders bankers and dairy farmers. Many share ancestry some boast thrift campaigns and notable achievements while others offer brief entries. Politics makes strange congressmen as well as bedfellows.
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Ashington
Congress
Continental Congress
Hannah Dustin
Europe
James O’connor
Louisiana
United States Mints Produce 100 Million Pennies Monthly
Fray Baker directs U S mints as demand for copper coins soars. The San Francisco facility joins Philadelphia in penny production to meet rising need, while stores and households raid pennies from jars and jars.
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Fray Baker
United States Mint
Ray
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Suffragists Seek Damages Over White House Picketing
Damages suits totaling 800000 against District of Columbia officials remain postponed for a fifth time at the government’s request. The National Woman's party says the delays aim to avoid trial after suffrage pickets were jailed and mistreated at Occoquan. Miss Alice Paul vows to press the suits. Eight named plaintiffs include Lucy Burns and Dorothy Day, among others from New York Baltimore New Orleans Jacksonville.
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White House
District of Columbia
Waddell
National Woman’s Party
Occoquan
Zinkham
Whittaker
Congress
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
John Winters Brannan
Dorothy Day
Henry Butterworth
New York
Julia Emory
Baltimore
Cosu
New Orleans
Mary A. Nolan
Jacksonville
Fla
Uncle Sam’s Taxes Versus the President’s Pocketbook
President Wilson faces high tax costs on a 75000 salary with 21340 tax including normal and surtax. White House receptions add about 5900 per event, with four such events yearly plus official dinners. The piece notes rising cost of living and pressure to cover expenses while in office.
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Wilson
White House
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Washington
Japanese Proverbs About Wisdom And Conduct
A collection of Japanese proverbs offering guidance on planning, kindness, happiness, conflict, respect, and self discipline. It contrasts strength with planning, warns against arguing with fools, and elevates good deeds over wealth.
Lost San Francisco Safe Recovered With Bonds
Ten years after E. C. McCormick of San Francisco misplaced his office safe containing bonds worth between 25 000 and 30 000 the safe surfaced with no key fitting. An attorney discovered a strong box that a locksmith opened revealing the missing bonds in the device's interior.
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San Francisco
E. C. McCormick
Mistake in Verdict Reported in Portland Trial
In Portland Oregon Judge Daytor announced a verdict error as jurors rose in protest claiming they had signed a not guilty verdict by mistake. The misstep prompted a recheck of the jury’s decision and potential retrial considerations.
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Portland
Ore
Daytor
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