The Sorrowful Samson Line of French Headsmen
The tale follows Charles Sanson de Longval who falls in love with Marguerite Jouanne, defies his regiment, and after rescuing her from her father’s torture ends in marriage. Their son begins the Samson dynasty of France’s official headsmen, ending with the last heir who vanished after 1847.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sanson de Longval
Charles
Normandy
William the Conqueror
Dieppe
Marguerite Jouanne
England
America
Marquis de Laboissiere
Marquis
Marguerite
Samson
France
Training Today’s Boys and Girls Cunning Age Perilous
Sidonie M Gruenberg argues that excessive sympathetic attention harms children in the cunning age. Youngsters crave limits. overpraise leads to conceit and dependency while neglect and disappointment build resilience and real-world understanding.
Missouri Motto Worldwide
A New York Sun editorial remarks that curiosity drives experiments in science and danger as people seek proof of claims. The piece cites a Connecticut youth biting a golf ball and a Californian venom test to illustrate cautious skepticism and the impulse to push boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Jersey
Missouri
New York Sun
Japanese Politeness Story From a War Correspondent
War correspondent Mr. C. E. Donohone, famed for the Lisbon to Vigo escape, lingered in Tokyo while surveying the East. He sought to reach the Russian front via Serbia but faced a difficult journey, noting a Japanese policeman who quietly used a conversation handbook to greet him in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Donohone
Portugal
Lisbon
Vigo
Tokyo
Serbia
Why Orchestras Tune Up for Temperature
A theater musician explains that orchestras tune instruments to match the venue temperature where they will be played. He notes that different rooms have varying heat levels and audiences can warm the air, affecting tuning. The practice is to tune in the actual playing environment.
Indiana Officers Complain of Carranza Troops at Rio Grande
Report from Mercedes Texas describes Third Indiana and Fourth Nebraska officers meeting Mexican river guards who offered mescal at two dollars a bottle. Hatbands from rattlesnake skin and a young boy swam across for payment. Mosquito nets ordered due to dengue and protests over discipline. A barber finds human bones while fishing, joking they could be Villa’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
Tex
Carranza
Aubrey L. Kuhlman
Indiana
George A. Healy
Rodifer
Kuhlman
Flealy
Benson
Rio Grande
Mexico
Donna Pump
Llano Grande
Nebraska
Hoosiers
Floors in tents by Indiana First regiment units
Companies A and C of the First regiment Indiana spent Labor Day installing real floors in their tents. Company A improved round-tent floors by carving them into circles and test results showed dry floors with soldiers removing shoes. Company I from Bloomington finished its flooring during the day under the supervision of carpenter Herb Alexander who led the saw and hammer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Regiment
Indiana
Anndianapolis
Indianapolis
Company I
Bloomington
Herb Alexander
Discipline Demands at Llano Grande Camp Prompt Strong Measures
Brigadier General E M Lewis condemns lax discipline at Llano Grande Donna and Mercedes camps. He warns colonels they must enforce orders and set up boards to try undisciplined subordinates or he will appoint boards himself. Also notes a humorous tent scene at Indianapolis field hospital with a 35 cent loss and a proposed escalation to a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Lewis
Llano Grande
Donna
Mercedes
Lewis
Sutherlin
Padgett
Private Pratt Prefers Peaceful Wait by Polliwog Lake
A private from Newcastle in Company M First Indiana sits on a nail keg with rifle across his knees, watching a pond where pollywogs jump and mosquitoes swarm. He says conditions are improving and wonders about fish, noting a drain will soon empty the lake.
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Pratt
Company M
First Indiana
Newcastle
Resignations From First Indiana Infantry Reported
Maj. Frank W. Foxworthy chief surgeon of the First Indiana Infantry and Lieut. Leonard Fk. Collins of Winamac have sent their resignations to the War Department for business reasons. Col. Leslie R. Naftzger and staff hosted Francis B. Sayre at dinner. Sayre, President Wilson's son in law, spoke to soldiers at the Indiana YMCA building after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Infantry
Frank W. Foxworthy
Indianapolis
First Indiana Infantry
Leonard Fk. Collins
Winamac
War Department
Leslie R. Naftzger
First Indiana
Francis B. Sayre
President Wilson
Pay Day Nears as Soldiers Return Home
Bugler Carr of Company L Second Indiana leaves hospital and proves he still can play the pay-day call. Rumors say pay day expected soon. Interest on loans has fallen from $1 per $1 to 25 cents. Our First Indiana soldier borrowed $1 for a sack of tobacco.
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Bugler Carr
Company L
Second Indiana
First Indiana
Soldier's Diary Notes Captain Cary Recalled to Regiment
The Soldier's Diary reports Captain N B Cary of Crawfordsville ordered back to his regiment after Maj Frank W Foxworthy's resignation. It notes uncertain permanence of Cary's detail and lists several soldiers sent home under dependent relative acts. Twenty eight carloads of horses arrived for Llano Grande and other camps, with artillery units unloading through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Cary
Crawfordsville
Llano Grande
Frank W. Foxworthy
Captain Cary
Trand
Lie H
William C. Hoeltke
Signal Corps
Indianapolis
Don L. Downing
Thomas W.hendrick
First
Indiana
Edward L. Dodd
Second
Indiana News Briefs Roundup of Local Incidents
A string of Indiana items reports strikes at Indian Creek mine with nonunion workers, a Bloomington quarry operator's death, a South Bend company formation, school movie ban talks in Anderson, a Kokomo shooting deemed accidental, a San Diego death by a Civil War veteran once from Hartford City, and planned White River damming and park expansion in Muncie. Also notes hail and rain damage, a Chesapeake train derailment near Medford with injuries, a gas- and fraud-related suit in Gas City, smallpox control in Tipton, a stamp tax repeal affecting notes and bills, Indiana prison farm leasing near New Carlisle, a Harris will probate in Indianapolis, a Newcastle family tragedy, state education appointments, and Hancock county budget approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell
Indian Creek
Bloomington
John A. Hunter
Indiana University
Indianapolis
D. M. Shively
South Bend
G. K. Kitner
A. A. Fulke. Anderson
Mellett Anderson
Dale Gibbs
Twentyfour
Kokomo
Gibbs
Hartford City
J. D. Brown
San Diego
Cal
Muncie—McCulloch Park
White River
Board of Park Commissioners
Whiteley Malleable Iron Castings Company
Anderson
Blackford County
Jefferson County
Muncie
Chesapeake & Ohio
Medford
A. N. Decker
Chicago
Robert Harris
Peru
Marion
Emma
Benjamin Myers
Lansing
Mich
D. Rice
Elbert C. Ferris
Gas City
Myers
Tipton
Michigan City
Edward J. Fogarty
Indiana State Prison
New Carlisle
G. G. McCaulley
Fogarty
Addison C. Harris
Austria
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the Sons OF Sorrow
Sidonie M. Gruenberg
Bessie
Jeanie
Garrakza
Edgar Alltop
Elmer Wray
KE. M. Peckinpaugh
I. Ur
Alltop
Villa
Hoosier News
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