Hoos terisms At Eighty Dances Still Draw Crowds
Carrington D Holmes eighty preserves country dance style. A baby fathered by William King aged 2, while his wife sheltered in Logansport jail. Miss Sahm died after lightning struck the Sahm barn near Lawrenceburg. Poison death of Mrs Goodson in Owensville. Irene Staller of Elkhart jailed for kidnapping partner Martin Goodhart aged 17. Explosion near Lafayette burned two men, with three others injured. machine reached thirty mph before fire.
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William King
Logansport
Adam Sahm
Lawrenceburg
Miss
Lafayette
Thomas Denman
Ralph Sear
Boswell
James Webster’s Widow Probes Forty Acre Farm Well
The obituary note says James Webster, who lived near Joliesville, had many dreams about a forty acre farm. His widow has sunk a well to inspect its contents and learn more about his late wishes.
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James Webster
Joliesville
Wirebuas Warned Willan House as McAtee Freed Stock
In Pike County McAtee warned the Willan house to ensure safety before he liberated all stock at Purning Ghee house.
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Wirebuas
House of Willan
McAtee
Pike County
Ghee
Statewide holiday proclaimed by Governor Hanky
The executive proclamation declares Friday September 1 as a general holiday throughout Indiatia. The measure designates the day as a public holiday affecting government offices and services.
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Hanky
Indiatia
Fishing camp owner reports seventeen pound white perch catch
Harry Kinnes of a fishing camp below Commas on White River reported a seventeen pound white perch brought in from the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kinnes
Nine Feasters Prove 70 Cent Meal Feasible
In a Winona Normal School domestic science class, nine persons demonstrated that a meal costing 70 cents suffices for a shared feast. Researchers and students observed portions and pricing, illustrating economical meal planning.
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Winona Normal Schau
Petition Drives Against Columbus Theater Machine
A group of businessmen circulate a petition claiming a machine in the Columbus Theater is a nuisance after a prowsrard in the vesti bule plays an afternoon and evening.
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Columbus
Attack on George Mondie in Evansville during riot talk
George Mondie, a nesro, was attacked by two white men at Evansville after they discussed the Springfield riots. Mondie was stabbed and may die. the assailants fled. The incident links to race tensions and civil unrest of the period.
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George Mondie
Evansville
Stablbeal
Mondie
Government to consign 3000 fish to county streams
The Government informs Will F. Little and S. Herbert Morris of Shelbyville that 3,000 fish will be consigned to local streams. The fish will be smallmouth black bass and yellow perch varieties.
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Will F. Little
S. Herbert Morris
Shelbyville
Indianapolis Gun Club calls for organized crow hunts plan
At an Indianapolis meeting Joe Michaels, a club director and avid hunter, urges wholesale prosecution of the pestiferous Jim Crow in Indiana, proposing extermination of crows by crow clubs and systematic hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Man Fights Bulldog in River Bathing Incident
John Small of Shel byville battled a vicious bulldog for three hours while bathing in the Blue River. The dog drove him into deep water five times as he struggled to avoid drowning and protect his clothes. Richmond puzzled by a litter described as pussy rabbits or bunny cats that hop and show carnivorous teeth.
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John Small
Shelbyville
Smal
Blue River
Small
Richmond
Bedford Building Society Faces Crash After Oversight
The Bedford Building Savings and Loan Association failed last week with the treasurer reporting no cash and an overdraft of 474.11. Formed in 1878 the firm once handled 125,000 yearly business. attorney cites poor bookkeeping, not irregularities, as cause.
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Bedford Building, Savings and Loan Association
Muncie Heiress Macy Wilkerd Weds Ball Brothers Superintendent
Society circles were surprised by the secret marriage of Macy Wilkerd, a young heiress, to Glen Harker, superintendent at Ball Brothers glass factory. Yenus Harker recently left school, and the engagement between the two was not suspected by close friends.
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Muncie
Macy Wilkerd
Glen Harker
Ball Brothers’ Glass Factory
Yenus Harker
School Fraternity Ban Announced by Public Schools Intendent
J. T. Pearcy, head of public schools, announces action enforcing a law that prohibits school fraternities. The notice notes the restriction aims to curb fraternity activity within the school system.
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Agmast Tig
J. T. Pearcy
Then
Public Schools
Hiszh
Fane
Indiana Republican Rally at George Ade Farm
Charles S. Hernly, acting director general, announces a major Republican rally at Break on George Ade’s farm, with big speakers expected and forty of Ade’s best beef cattle needed to satisfy attendees. The rally is set for September 30.
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Charles S. Hernly
George Ade
Indiana
Mr. Henniv
Insect Collection of Isaac B Woods A Sum merville Curiosity
Isaac B Woods of Summitville guards a vast insect collection built over 45 years. He owns 190000 specimens, each labeled with common and scientific names, with notes on food, breeding, and family history. The display covers indigenous Central States species.
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Isaac B. Woods
Summitville
Indiana Horses: On Hand and Sold Figures for 1908
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics reports horses on hand March 1 1908 at 35 342 versus 436 975 on the same date in 1907. Yearly sales totaled 3 907 for the year ending March 1 1908 compared with 104 197 the prior year. Leading horse counties list Allen Boone Clinton Delaware Elkhart Marion Madison Montgomery Randolph and Tippecanoe with counts ranging from 10 512 to 15 295.
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Indiana
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Allen County
Boone
Clinton
Delaware
Elkhart
Marion
Madison
Montgomery
Randolph
Tippecanoe
Sunrise Nude Portrait Painted On Brown County Peak
A Brown County rumor claims a nationally known artist is painting Sunrise as a nude woman poised on a mountain crest. Each dawn before 4 am he sketches while the sun rises, forcing rapid, evolving light to create ivory contours against the sky.
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Brown County
Old Soldiers Day at Indiana State Fair Begins
Old soldiers and school children will gain free admission on Tuesday September 8 the second day of the Indiana State Fair. The day features Weber’s band Indianapolis Military band vaudeville attractions and late races at 1 PM promising a record crowd as veterans relive Gettysburg and Antietam memories.
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Indiana
Webers
Indianapolis
Gettyspurg
Antietam
Car negine gives medal to blacksmith for lifesaving acts
Frank Scott of Rigdon is proposed for a medal and allowance by Andrew Carnegie after friends claim he has saved nine lives in recent years. The report notes Carnegie considers the honor for Scott’s services.
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Frank Scott
Rigdon
Andrew Carnegie
Grant County Octogenarian Club Holds Sixth Annual Meeting
A large assembly of residents over eighty gathered in Marion for the Grant County Octogenarian Club sixth annual meeting. The county reports about 200 octogenarians.
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Grant
Marion
Grant County
Octogenarian Club
Alligator Overpowers Wolf in Paragon Park Fight
A rabid wolf escaped bindings at Paragon Park and fought Jumbo Joe the largest alligator for about 40 minutes. The alligator finally crushed the wolf, breaking bones with its enormous jaws as keeper Robert McPherson watched.
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Paragon Park
Jumbo Joe
Robert McPherson
Mr. McPherson
Boston Herald
Touching a Death by Own Action Hand Belief in England
The article notes widespread west country superstition that contact with a death by own action or hangman could cure illnesses. It cites legends from Cornwall and Northampton and mentions a Devonshire belief about a handkerchief on a coffin and rope knots carrying curative power.
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England
Cornwall
Robert Hunt
West of England
Newgate
Northampton
Bundle Wrapper and A Penitentiary Question at Store
A department store girl of tender years palms lace and wraps collars while a neighbor customer probes Annie about her family. A sharp interruption asks Mrs Blank how long her son must stay in the penitentiary, ending the brief, tense exchange.
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Annie
What He Would Do
The anecdote recalls Francois Coppee’s election to the academy and his remark to Theodore de Banville. Banville joked he would keep the nomination on a silver salver and not accept it.
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Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Townsend's Desperate Courtship Ends in City Wedding
In New York City, Frank Townsend abducts Miss Annette Van Deveer to ransom her into marriage. After a tense confinement and bargaining, she capitulates, the couple marry amid New York society, with Townsend forgiven after a long wait.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
James
Townsend
Mr. Townsend
Annette van Deveer
Frank Townsed
Paul Murphy
Miss van Deveer
F. Townsend
Frank Townsend
Editor regrets he cannot use your drawings
Harpers Weekly recounts a humorous exchange where an office boy quotes the editor as saying the sketches “take em away, Joe, they make me sick,” revealing the editor’s impatience with the drawings. The fair artist questions the exact wording as the exchange ends lightheartedly.
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Joe
Harper’s Weekly
Ways of the Smokers in Scientific Observation
A New York Tribune critique links smoking habits to character traits. It notes pipe smokers show nervous habit patterns and frugality while cigarette smokers tend toward excitability and constant activity. Cigar smokers are praised for taste though ash reveals ostentation or irritability.
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United States
The
New York Tribune
Throckmorton Retort and Ejected Dickens at His Inn
Major Throckmorton of Louisville in antebellum days is famed for sharp wits and bold retorts. He ejected Charles Dickens from his hotel and quarreled over a horse and status, declaring himself a gentleman and a candidate who had faced defeats in the state senate race.
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Major Throckmorton
Louisville
Charles Dickens
Arkansas
Colonel Wilson
Woodville
Mississippi
Anna Throckmorton
The
Blue Licks
Kentucky
Big
State Senate
Wil
Miss Lilian Hill Urges Clothiers to Advertise and Print Fashions
Miss Lilian B Hill speaks at a Grand Rapids clothiers banquet praising advertisers for promoting men and boys fashions. She notes improved dress standards and recalls a family memory of a father’s beard and a boy's red garment, highlighting changes in clothing culture.
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Lilian B. Hill
Clothiers
Grand Rapids
Missing link Pithecanthropus erectus found by Dubois
A New York American report recalls Dr. Dubois discover ing in 1895 along the Bengawan river in central Java the skull thigh bone and two molar teeth that scientists used to build a creature not human yet closer to man than the ape. The fossil was named Pithecanthropus erectus.
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Dr. Dubois
Bengawan River
Java
New York American
David Spares Saul as Bloodless Clash Ends in Backing Down
The encounter shows Saul chasing David with 3000 troops in the hill country of Ziph. David enters Saul's camp at night, steals the spear and water, spares the king’s life, and rebukes Abner. Saul acknowledges his folly and blesses David, while David trusts Jehovah to deliver him from tribulation.
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Saul
David
Israel
Shou
Ziph
Abishai
Abner
Jehovah
Evid
God
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Bedford Loan Company
Muncie Society
Ade Farm
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Andy
Buckingham
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