The Martyr of Mannheim Kotzebue and Sand’s Triumph
German dramatist Kotzebue slain in Mannheim in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand a Bursenschaft student. Sand’s later execution in Baden shocked Germany as crowds swelled with sympathy while Mannheim later tempered reverence for the event.
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Ugust
Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Weimer
Mannheim
United States
Germany
Goethe
Schiller
Kotzebue
Russia
Siberia
Paul
Bursenschaft
Universal German Students’ Association
Mitau
Karl Ludwig Sand
Napoleon
West Africa's grim fascination draws seafarers homeward
The piece notes a biographical lure of West Africa for sailors who endure fever and hardship. It cites a proverb about “coasters” and describes fevered men vowing not to return to the coast, only to be drawn back by the grim allure of life there.
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West Africa
Creation and a Meat Chopper
A factory worker narrator notes it takes a girl two days to assemble a 17 part meat chopper. He muses on the vastness of the universe, then admits uncertainty about how worlds came to be and asserts he is merely a plain manufacturer of cutlery. He jokes that shaking the 17 parts in a washtub won't yield a meat chopper.
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America
Entertaining the Trade in the Market Scene
A merchant and a gilded youth discuss trust as the governor vows to impress out-of-town customers. The youth responds confidently, promising to reflect credit on the merchant and deliver an unforgettable experience for visiting traders.
Sympathetic remark touches political loyalties
Fragmentary line shows a speaker reflecting on a wife’s voting stance and a claim about a woman’s tender heart. The snippet hints at gendered views in political discourse without clear context or events.
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Ek Fc
When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play in Families
A columnist argues that absence of parents reveals differences in children's behavior driven by parental discipline and household habits. Guidance, not constant admonition, builds self direction. authority should shift from fear to leadership to foster responsibility.
Indiasample of mental defectives shows urgent care need
A governor appointed committee audits Indiana mental defectives, revealing 9,484 in state and county institutions and a broader estimate of 32,000 feeble minded, epileptic or insane in the state. Report urges immediate state provision, cites school reports, and notes extensive pauper care and misallocation in asylums and poor houses.
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Indianapolis
Committee On
Ralston
Michigan City
Indiana
Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Superintendents of Schools of
Eugenics Record Office
Third Indiana Regiment at Fort Harrison Returns Home
The Third Indiana PERERA regiment settles into routine at Fort Harrison after a five day trip from the Mexican border. Officers begin checking property accounts as they prepare to muster the men out of federal service. Each man will have a physical exam before returning to civil life, with Christmas furlough possible if accounting is not completed.
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Fort Harrison
Indiana
Indiana News Briefs From Across The State
A sweep of Indiana notices details actions from border service praise for Colonel Kuhlman’s unit to a drayman’s injury in Rushville. Other items report a horse theft conviction in Anderson, a Miami Indian killed by a train near Converse, K P district meeting at Gosport, a Gary man’s suicide, bankruptcy filing in Indianapolis, and civil suit settlements in Shelbyville. Reports also cover a church pastor’s move, an accident in Chesterton, a large Indiana Grange convention in Elkhart, coal car shortage rules in Indianapolis, and a federal bankruptcy ruling in Terre Haute. Governor-elect Goodrich to speak at the Grange convention. preparations for public reception noted.
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Rushville
David Stoops
Drayman
Anderson
Glen Savage
Flrwood
Marion
Sylvester Shapp
Converse
Gosport
K. of P
Brown, Morgan, Monroe
Owen
Gary
Louis Rhodes
Overiess
Indianapolis
Jerome T. Mitchael
Logansport
Shelbyville
Nettie Meyers
John F. Coldazier
Knightstown
M. O. Jarvis
The
Christian Church
Fairview Park
Clinton
Valparaiso
Edward Holland
Chesterton
Elkhart
A. H. Beardsley
Thomas Goldsberry
Beardsley
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Indiana Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
J. ¥. Goodrich
Goodrich
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Referee Rabb
Maurice Walsh
Terre Haute
Walsh
Andianapolis
Ralston
William
Shakespeare as a Poacher in a 19th Century Picture
A Russia to Poland image over a century old depicts Shakespeare before a justice with his stolen venison and a lively boy by his side. The piece, unsigned, echoes the tale of Shakespeare as a country poacher with hawking and hunting lore filling the scene.
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Shakespeare
Russia
Poland
Moth
Warwickshire
Saving Sense of Humor in Society
The piece argues the mind stays sharp when protected by a saving sense of humor. It notes humor varies by race or nation with America and Britain showing stronger traits than Prussia and Turkey. It claims humor thrives with good physical condition and warns world-weariness dulls perception of humor.
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America
Great Britain
Prussia
Turkey
Minneapolis Journal
India
No title due to fragmented source text
The fragmentary text shows a nervous stranger asking about how long an orchestra will play in a grillroom in a large city. A clerk answers for several more hours and mentions waking someone up. The exchange ends with a request for something to put to sleep.
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Gregt
Scott
Briggins Says He Is An Anarchist in Offbeat Exchange
In a terse exchange the subject Briggins is described as an anarchist, drawing a spoke about beliefs. The wording hints at a provocative stance and a cautious response suggesting curiosity about motive. No further context provided in the fragment.
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Briggins
Evansville Fisher suffers head injuries from fall at work
Evansville book keeper for a wholesale grocery firm suffers concussion of the brain and several serious scalp lacerations and other injuries from a fall from high steps. Jeffersonville reports injuries to one person in similar incident.
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Evansville
Rupert Fisher
Jeffersonville
Indiana Campaign Expenses Report Highlights Individual Spending
Thomas Taggart filed a statement showing total expenses of 5045.19 with no contributions. largest item 1500 for printing and 1400 to the Democratic state committee, plus a note for 2500. Other Republicans in districts Nine and Five reported expenses around 1000 to 1417 with varying contributions. David F. Marsh ran in Ninth with 2066.06 expenses and no contributions. Milton Kraus in Eleventh spent 1282.45 with 1000 from the Republican congressional committee. Frank Deutschley reported Socialist district seven contributions and equal expenses.
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Indiana
Thomas Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Fred 8. Purnell
Hardy Sanger
Charles Smith
Warren Goodykountz
Everett
Sanders
Republican Congressional Committee
David F. Marsh
Milton Kraus
Frank Deutschley
Socialist Party
Trustees oppose rural school reorganization plan in Indiana
At the twenty sixth annual Indiana Township Trustees association meeting at Claypool Hotel members condemn a proposed plan backed by city and county superintendents and the state teachers association to make the county the unit of the system. They vow to fight any removal of local township control and seek higher trustee salaries due to heavy duties for the pay.
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Indiana Township Trustees’ Association
Claypool
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Business incorporations and capital changes listed
New incorporations include a varnish company in South Bend raising capital from 20000 to 420000. South Bend Current Control Company shows capital at 15000 with directors D R Wescott C Berwergel Harvey Koontz Peacock. Indianapolis Specialty Shop for novelties shows capital 2000.
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O’brien
South Bend
South’ Bend
South ‘Bend
D. RE. "Wescott
C. Berwergel
Harvey Koontz
Peacock
Indianapolis
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Sidonie M. Gruenberg
Commmission
Henry A. Roberts
C. E H. Thomas
Shriver Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
the Employment Bureau
Glenn R. Cranor
Marion County Auditor’s
Statician
Edna Gardner
John T. Gardner
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Vermont Street
Aldine Taggart
SiXnox
Taggart
Joseph Stubbs
Pera
Basra
Mexican
William Hein
South Bend Company
Kuhlman
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