Hoosierisms and Indiana News Roundup
A bus of local incidents from Indiana includes Clayton Fender's fatal horse kick near Muncie, an 82 year old Frances Lee pleading guilty in Terre Haute, and Christina McCaffrey visiting from St. Louis to Brownstown. Also reports of a Bluffton murder, Winona Lake choral contest honors, a drowning at South Bend, and political staffing changes. The Newcastle Retail Merchants ban advertising schemes, a saloon liquor warning, a Culver Military Academy War Dept notice, and a general staff inspection of U.S. military schools.
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War Department
Culver Military Academy
Secretary of War
United States
General Staff
Unclear OCR incidents span Indian river ill news
Across Crawfordsville and nearby areas the text records accidents and odd events. A farmer’s wife fractures an arm after losing balance during a kick at a hen. A child’s body is found in the river at Aurora prompting coroner inquiries. A wing addition to a courthouse aims to house city and new court spaces at a cost around 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Duouglass
Crawfordsville
Douglass
Indiana Canning Plants Bar Workers with Certain Diseases
State officials ban employing workers with cancer tuberculosis or similar ailments in Indiana canning plants and require employees to wash hands before and after work as announced by H. E. Barnard the state pure food and drug commissioner.
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State Pure Food Commissioner
Indiana
Barnard
H. E. Barnard
State Pure Food and Drug Commissioner
Former Governor Taylor Refuses Testimony From Indiana
William 8 Taylor of Kentucky, a refugee for years due to an murder indictment linked to Governor Gobel, says he will not return to Kentucky to testify for Caleb Powers even with immunity. He notes it would be unwise under any circumstances. Taylor now resides in Indianapolis.
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William 8. Taylor
Kentucky
Gobel
Indianapolis
Caleb Powers
Taylor
Indiana
Steam plows and farm labor woes in Indiana
Steam plows reach across the Wabash in southwestern Indiana with twenty five horsepower units capable of ten furrows fourteen inches wide and thirty acres every twelve hours. Farmers fear a growing thrashing ring among Delaware county growers hurting independent farmers. Hezekiah Wright advertises high wages and perks to attract workers, drawing applicants from multiple states with questions about wealth, death, wills, and Wright daughters. Governor Hanly defends state rights against federal overreach, urging solutions at state level during Chautauqua address in Elkhart.
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Indiana
Wabash River
Davis McClary
Zeason
Delaware County
Combine
Hanly
Elkhart
Chautauqua Assembly
Senator Clark Baffled By Watchman At Fifth Avenue Palace
Senator William A. Clark of Montana, owner of a four year construction project on Seventy seventh street and Fifth avenue, was halted by a watchman who did not recognize him. After producing a card, the owner escaped but later learned the guard was loyal to the contractor.
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William A. Clark
Montana
Fifth Avenue
Great Palace
Seventy Seventh Street
Seventy-seventh Street
Senator Clark
Culver
Clarson
Mont
Palace
Seventy-sevens Street
United States
Miana
Clark
deBarear
W. A. Clark
New York
Appetites of Famous Men Across History
A historical note on famed composers and gourmets reveals their voracious appetites. Handel dined alone yet ordered meals for three, Haydn enjoyed meals for five, Lucullus scolded chefs for a modest feast, and Brillat Savarin described extravagant single sittings by revered diners.
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Handel
Haydn
Norfolk
Lucullus
Ucullus
Lord Hugh Cecil Emerges as Salisbury’s Notable Son
Lord Hugh Cecil, son of Lord Salisbury, is described as a distinguished and remarkable figure. He embodies the old family fire and conviction, with fervent eloquence and a touch of wildness. He stands as a principal pillar of the high church party amid royal and political currents.
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Lord Hugh Cecil
Lord Salisbury
Elizabeth
Hugh
High Church
Hot Gardens of Babylon Recalled By Sunday School Exchange
A Sunday School teacher asks about the famous gardens of Babylon and a child answers with a grim historical note that they were used to hang people. The exchange is depicted as a simple, cautionary moment in a family or classroom scene.
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Babylon
Little Bob
Comets and Dire Foresight in History and Legend
The piece surveys how comets have been linked to wars plagues famines and disasters across eras. It lists historic events and rulers reputedly foreseen by comets and names peoples nations and notable figures who believed in such omens.
Nadab and Abihu Questioned by God in Tabernacle Fire
A Sunday School lesson recalls Nadab and Abihu offering un commanded fire and dying as Moses enforces reverence at the tabernacle. It quotes the warning against wine and strong drink and stresses difference between holy and unholy for Israel.
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Nadab
Abihu
Aaron
Moses
Mishael
Elzaphan
Uzziel
Eleazar
Ithamar
House of Israel
Israel
God
Fragmentary History Snippets From 19th Century News
A collage of notes cites grand canal schemes for Florida drainage and 6.5 million acres, pennyDividend savings for Britain, Tavernier’s famed Persian pearl valued at 550000, Swedish waiting rooms with couches, and scattered references to trains, law offices, and John Marshall’s Richmond home under purchase and preservation debate.
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Florida
Tavernier
Beloning
Persia
Paris Fashion Hints No 1902 Shirtwaist and More
The page lists sewing patterns including No 1902 Ladies Shirtwaist or Slip with peplum and varied sleeve options in sizes 32 to 42 inches bust. Yardage for a thirty six bust shows options 3.5 yards 20 in wide or 2 yards 36 in wide or 1.75 yards 42 in wide. Also No 1448 Girls Suspender Dress for ages 6 to 12 and No 1801 Misses Semi fitting Jacket with three-quarter sleeves in ages 13 to 17. Conscience never makes cowards of us until we turn our backs on it.
Effect of Fancy Breeding on Meat Prices
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes a butcher replying to a shopper that meat costs high yet points to cattle sales at $10,000 a head as a sign of strong market values. The customer accepts the broader economic context after the remark.
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Philadelphia Ledger
At the Sewing Bee Bacon Ridge Rumor Sparks Proposal
Miss Polly notes that Jason Hardapple has not visited Sue Waggs for two years but last night he proposed. Aunt Matilda exclaims the speed mania has reached Bacon Ridge at last.
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Sewing Bee
Polly
Aunt Matilda
Jason Hardapple
Sue Waggs
Bacon Ridge
Window Visit Returns Full Circle In Quick Exchange
A brief exchange centers on two people poking their faces into each other’s windows. The dialogue recalls a mirrored action where both parties describe peering in without hesitation. The light exchange captures a playful, symmetric moment of intrusion.
Glycerine in Dr Pierce’s Medicine Enhances Cough Relief
The glycerine in Golden Medical Discovery boosts extracts from native roots and acts as a demulcent nutritive and antiseptic. It aids Black Cherry bark Bloodroot Golden Seal Stone root and Queen's root in chronic bronchial and lung affections and helps build flesh and strength in wasting cases. No alcohol is used and a free booklet is available from Dr R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Dr. Pierce
Finlay Ellingwood
Bennett Med. College
Chicago
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Impossible to Find Time for Wife Says Husband
A dialogue cited by the Houston Post features a husband saying he has time but his wife is too busy talking to him. The exchange highlights domestic communication friction and time constraints within marriage.
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Houston Post
Suburban shopper speech sparks a curious sidewalk exchange
A perplexed shopper in a Louisville suburb mutters about needing a lawn and hose as she trails a woman, while a nearby vendor overhears her request for a counter and felt.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Soaked in coffee until too stiff to bend over
A testimonial touts Postum as relief from headaches nervousness biliousness and stomach trouble after giving up coffee. The speaker cites a mother neighbor and others who improved after switching to Postum Food Coffee and urges readers to look for the booklet There’s a Reason.
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Wellvile
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Clayton Fender
Muncie
Frances Lee
Bailey
Terre Haute
Christina McCaffrey
St. Louis
Matilda McOsker
Brownstown
Ireland
Florence Becanson
Bluffton
Ella LaPointe
Winona
National Choral Society
Winona Lake
Ohio
Paul Knightlingsr
Agscd 9
South Bend
St. Joseph River
George B. Lockwood
Marion Chronicle
Fairbanks
Mr. Lockwood
Durbin
Retail Merchants’ Association of Newcastle
Holzbog
Jefferso
EL Davies
Eiu Ae
Ate Hangin
Bass
Milltown
Blue River
United States Fish Commission
The
Fish Commission
Aurora
Bookwalter
Board of County Commissioners
Peterson
Wiliam Peterson
Wabash
Pra Ion
Frank
Sage Taylor
Hezekian Wright
Elwood
Wright
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Illinois
Iowa
Watchamn
Bobby
Babel
Sodom and
Semorrah
B. C
Pharaoh
Red Sea
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Achaea
Hessia
Bura
Julius Caesar
Agrippa
Jerusalem
Nora
Vespasian
Macrinus
Constantine
Phrygia
Attila
England
Philip Agustus
France
Europe
Charles I
Garfield
Abraham
Josephus
Enoch
Prophets of Israel
Alexander the Great
Origen
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Chrysostom
Bede
Thomas Aquinas
Luther
Melancthon
Zwingle
John Howe
Jeremy Taylor
John Knox
Milton
Shakespeare
Kepler
the Sunday School
Abiru
Wandrinne Abbey
Switzerland
Ng and Knott End Law Railway
John Marshall
Richmond
Paris
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