Seeing Life with JC In Henry Henry And A Woodshed Moment
Aunt Martha gives a friend a new camera as Peaches snaps scenes of Uncle Peter's home. The camera misloads triggers comic chaos with elaborate makeups and funny misreadings of pictures. The narrator endures 21 219 attempts before two photos emerge, and the day ends with playful vanity and a pocketbook longing.
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Martha
Peaches
Uncle Peter
Wall Street
Newport
Uncle Pe
Jer
William the Conquéror
Doctor Cook
North Pole
Peter
The Mother Cheers The Girl's Coming of Age
A mother recalls a quarrel that tested her daughter The Girl and her own restraint. In a sewing room scene The Mother resolves to stop shielding The Girl and let her confront consequences, guiding her toward mature responsibility and independence.
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Mary
Mary Lee
Irish jockey testifies in trial with sharp wit
A courtroom confrontation features an Irish jockey who calmly answers a barrister’s insinuations. The exchange pivots on whether jockeys cheat, with the witness joking that judges and angels might train bosses for the angels, and that lawyers would be unable to find one there.
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Troth
Paddy
Be a Lawyer Not a Criminal Says Professor
A professor of jurisprudence asks if an American can own property and a student replies that a criminal cannot. The professor argues ownership remains with a ranch owner who goes to prison, prompting laughter and the punchline that one should become a lawyer and avoid crime.
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America
Not an industrious Lad Biggs son and miller's view
The tale recalls Henry Biggs the miller’s son who shows little progress as an apprentice. Farmer Grubbins hints the boy does nothing and the elder Biggs worries his conduct and potential, suggesting Henry would want another pocket to fill if he had more hands.
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Henry’ Biggs
Old Biggs
Miller Biggs
Harry
London
Call for Assistance in Reform Debate
Fragmentary notes show a call for assistance in a reform discussion featuring phrases about persuasion and a speaker. Names, dates, places, and concrete details are unreadable, leaving a vague outline of a political or social reform appeal.
Vicarage Vacancy at St Alphinge London Wall England
A vacant living at St Alphinge on London Wall in England is discussed by a vicar. The notice notes the property recently became empty and is available for allocation or sale.
Governor seeks reform of penal farm law in 1917 session
Governor Ralston urges the 1917 legislature to amend the 1915 law on escapes from Putnamville to let judges sentence escaped inmates to either Michigan City State Prison or the Jeffersonville Reformatory. He favors sending under thirty year olds to the reformatory and notes cases of youths aged eighteen to twenty one in Putnam county. The move follows discussions in Greencastle with Judge James P. Hughes.
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Indianapolis
Ralston
General Assembly
Indiana
Putnamville
House of Representatives
Huber Hickman
Spencer
State Farm Commission
Michigan City
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Greencastle
James P. Hughes
Putnam County
Roy McCorkle
McCorkle
Indiana County Officials Plan Sept Convention in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis executive committee arranging the County Commissioners Association of Indiana convention in the state capital for September 28 29 and 30 has invited Senator John W Kern to bring in a government road expert. State Geologist Barrett will speak and Jesse Taylor of the Ohio Good Roads association is expected. Committee chairmen met at the chamber of commerce to finalize groups with William F Moore leading the finance committee and Fred W Connell heading the roads committee. Publicity panel includes J L Kingsbury Earl Mushlitz Frank Chance W E Burns and Charles A Casad.
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Indianapolis
County Commissioners’ Association of Indiana
John W. Kern
Barrett
Jesse Taylor
Ohio Good Roads Association
Chamber of Commerce
William F. Moore
Homer L. Cook
C. A. Bookwalter
Richard Lieber
Joseph G. Hayes
A. R. Holliday
Fred W.connell
Carl G. Fisher
Luke W. Duffey
Fred I. Willis
QO. A. Strass
William R. Schoonover
Carl D. Franks
B. E. Miller
M. J. Moore
Death and birth rates drop in early year says city health board
The city health board reports decreases in both deaths and births for the first seven months compared to the prior year. Deaths through August 1 totaled 2 481 with 3 223 births. last year 2 689 deaths and 3 318 births. Dr. Herman G. Morgan cites fewer gastro intestinal deaths and fewer typhoid and tuberculosis deaths as reasons.
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City Health Board
Herman G. Morgan
City ‘Sanitarian
South Bend Briefs: Forging and Postal Fraud Charges
Federal officials seek Josephi Veresh and Gabriel Karey on charges of forging and passing fraudulent postal money orders in Gary Indiana. Authorities pursue arrest and custody details for the two suspects.
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South’ ‘Bend
Josephi Veresh
Gabriel
Karey
Smeoney
Gary
Ind
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