Local lecture on state constitution draws mixed views
A LaPorte speaker at the M E church argued for a new state constitution while criticizing democracy and liquor interests. He implied lawyers would gain under a new basic law, and Westville voters rejected both constitutional propositions amidst cautionary notes about the disease lecture at Town Hall.
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Smith
Laporte
M.E
Democratic Party
State Bar Association
Westville
South Bend
Woman sues over deed amid insanity and partition dispute
Emma Etta Mohr, once of unsound mind, now mentally normal, sues Annie J Frayar and others in circuit court. The Coulter estate south of Wanatah valued at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars is involved. Plaintiffs claim she owned part of the property and that attorneys aided an amicable partition while she was insane, with her husband and daughter also involved. The suit seeks court supervision and a just partition under the court’s jurisdiction.
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Emma Etta Mohr
Annie J. Frayar
Coulter
Wanatah
Burglary Strikes Saloon in New Carlisle
A Monday night burglary in New Carlisle saw a thief enter a saloon and force the safe. He took about 150 dollars in cash, a 200 dollar gold watch with Filgin movements, a bracelet, two watch chains, a manicure set, a pearl handled pocket knife, two or three bottles of whiskey, several foreign coins, and World’s Fair nickels.
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New Carlisle
Hunters rise in La Porte County in October licenses
The number of hunting licenses granted in October rose by 416 in La Porte County compared with last month. Clerk Bielefelt reported the total licenses issued for October.
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Laporte
Bielefelt
County Commissioner F C Arndt Improves Daily
County Commissioner F C Arndt is improving daily and spends a few hours each day at home. He receives visiting friends who take the opportunity to see him during his recuperation.
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F. C. Arndt
Appreciation for kindness during illness and after loss
The husband and relatives of the late Mrs. R. H. Coulter desire to return their appreciation for the kindness shown during the illness and in the preparations for the long sleep of their loved one. Thoughtfulness as sympathy was extended to the bereaved from all sides.
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R. H. Coulter
International Live Stock Exposition expands at Dexter Park
The 1914 International Live Stock Exposition runs November 28 to December 5. Management plans larger show grounds, more exhibitors, and greater visitor comfort, with hundreds of thousands invested in permanent quarters and enhanced facilities at Dexter Park to accommodate a rapidly growing display.
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Dexter Park
Rules for Staying Young From an Elegant Speaker
A Philadelphia Telegraph piece quotes Dr L K Hirshberg describing a woman who looks younger than her daughter and even her granddaughter. She emphasizes busy living kindness worry-free philosophy, simple diet, and regular walking as her beauty rules.
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L. K. Hirshberg
Philadelphia
Telegraph
Angling Contest Ends With All Mr Browns
In a Severn fishing match about twenty to thirty anglers shared a bottle of beer. A boy delivered the jar to a friend named Mr Brown and was told to tell him to have a pull. The bottle went empty as all the Browns drank it before the friend reached him.
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Mr. Browns
Severn
Brown
Mr. Brown
London
Morning. Something happened about him behind TM him
A fragmented OCR passage describes a mysterious event surrounding a man. Vague phrases reference writing many times and reading about a thousand instances, with imagery of broad foliage and distant pearly night. The text remains unclear and speculative.
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Ain
Darwin on Man Origin and Common Descent Misconceptions
W P Pycraft of the British Museum clarifies that Darwin spoke of a common stock for humans and apes, not descent from monkeys. The piece notes Huxley’s early effort to correct the misconception and praises his detailed evidence of human ape similarities, especially with chimpanzees and gorillas.
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Darwin
W. P. Pycraft
British Museum
Illustrated London News
Huxley
Carlyle
Thimble Sparked a Modern Gas Jet Invention
A narrative recalls how a worn thimble used to cap a gas pipe led to a breakthrough. Murdock, the inventor, found that perforations in his wife’s thimble allowed flames to spread and gave a brighter light, becoming the ancestor of the modern burner.
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Murdock
Arata Japan Tea Promises Quality and Satisfaction
Ad copy asserts Arata Japan Tea as the tea of quality offered at 60c per unit with a satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded promise. Sold only by C. Matotte.
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Arata Japan Tea
Pede Je C. “Matotte
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