Hoosierisims Fight the Demon and Civic Drives
A new Good Citizens League forms to oppose saloons in Anderson. Diphtheria closes Urbana and Wabash county schools. Civic Improvement Committee plans South Bend beautification. Indiana Oil hits 99c after 5c rise. Peru post office project eyed at 50 000. Bluffton anti saloon drive to abolish 15 saloons. Morocco hunter Alonzo Bell reports eight gray wolves killed since January, last at Beaver Lake.
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Alonzo Bell
Morocco
Beaver Lake
Bell
Flintlock Rifle Carried Through Three Wars by Morocc o Attorney
Attorney M. E. Graves of Morocco owns a flintlock rifle carried by relatives in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Black Hawk War. A bullet fired from an Indian gun is embedded in its stock.
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M. E. Graves
Morocco
Boy Undergoes Surgery With Bone Substitution
A boy named Verne Wolfe fourteen from Oaktown had a large arm bone removed and a leg bone from a large St Bernard dog substituted. The operation was successful and the boy, who suffered rheumatism, is reported improved.
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Verne Wolfe
Oaktown
Death of Emmet L Batman in California News
Rockville notes the death of Emmet L Batman editor of Progressive Country Life. He had traveled to California seeking a health return and died there recently.
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Rockville
California
Emmet L. Batman
Progressive Country Life
Marion County Faces 2.5 Million Debt With Cash Shortage
After selling all new bonds authorized by the last county council session, Marion County would owe about 2.5 million dollars. The county treasury holds no funds to cover current expenses.
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Marion County
Farmer Martin Coulson Ends His Life in Jay County
Martin Coulson a 55 year old farmer near Walnut Corner Jay county died by his own hand cutting his throat with a corn cutter. The act was witnessed by his young son who could not stop him.
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Martin Coulson
Walnut Corner
Jay County
Coulson
Conductor and Ex-employee Arrested Over Ticket Theft
William Berger conductor on Evansville street car lines and Edward J. Schellhasse formerly in the company office were arrested accused of stealing nearly 200000 tickets valued at about 10000 from the company.
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William Berger
Evansville
Edward J. Schellhasse
Governor Hanly Not Aiming For Senate Seat Says He Is Not A Candidate
Reports claim Governor Hanly will seek the U S Senate after his term ends but he declares he is not a candidate for any office. He denies political ambitions while observers note discussions abroad about his possible bid.
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Hanly
United States Senate
Man Convicted in Batesville Attempted Killing Trial
Andrew Mohr of Batesville is found guilty on charges he attempted to kill Prosecutor Davis last July. The court imposes a sentence of two to fourteen years in prison.
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Andrew Mohr
Batesville
Davis
Bloomington Phone Fight Ends with Rate Compromise
The Bloomington dispute between the city and the Home Telephone Company ends as the company accepts a $1.35 rate instead of $1.50. Nearly 150 phones were ordered disconnected when the rate rose on January 1.
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Home Telephone Company
Bloomington
Iso
Boy shoots to save sister in deadly domestic incident
Stephen Biro, 15, killed Louis Turok, a former South Bend firefighter, to stop him from harming his sister and her mother. Turok fired at the wife as she lay sick, and the boy’s two shots ended the attack. He was released from custody.
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Stephen Biro
Louis Turok
South Bend
Hartford City Women Face Traitor in Card Game Rumors
Hartford City women club members allege a traitor among them after blue laws halted prize card playing five weeks ago. Mayor James Lucas reveals a list of nearly all women who played ecard games and prize winners since the ban, allegedly provided by a meeting attendee. The mayor may present the evidence to the grand jury.
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Hartford City
James Lucas
Bass shipments planned for Shelbyville from government
S. H. Morris of Shelbyville arranges to receive 5,000 small mouth black bass from Michigan government fisheries within weeks. A further 5,000 will arrive in the fall and be released into the larger streams of Shelby county.
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S. H. Morris
Shelbyville
Michigan
Shelby County
Indiana clubs unite in crusade against tuberculosis
The Indiana State Federation of Clubs plans to join a nationwide effort to fight tuberculosis. Local clubs will organize fundraising and public health actions to combat the disease and promote awareness.
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Indiana State Federation of Clubs
Ear Obstruction Relieved By Bean Sprout Discovery
Morris Crail aged three from Shelbyville was taken to a physician after days of headaches. An exam found a sprouted soup bean lodged in one ear, filling the cavity and pressing on the eardrum, which was removed with difficulty.
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Morris
Harry Crail
Shelbyville
Mishawaka Woman Survives Oven Fire Adrift in Snow
Mrs John Harkins of Mishawaka placed paper over bread to save the crust when the oven door opened flames ignited her clothing and burned off her hair. She leaped from a door onto a porch and into a deep snowdrift nearby to escape. Her burns are described as terrible.
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John Harkins
Mishawaka
Indiana Teacher Gets Philippine Post For Love
A Sheridan Indiana teacher A L Hickson was appointed to a 1200 salary post in the Philippines. He asked the Insular Bureau to allow him to marry his fiancée Chloe Sims. The bureau also named Miss Sims to a 1000 post in the Philippines to accompany him. Mrs Olive Woolen of Franklin Indiana, wife of W E Woolen, inventor of an invalid bed, has become wealthy from the invention and received offers up to eighty thousand dollars but awaits better terms or company plans.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Cupid
Indiana
A. L. Hickson
Sheridan
Ind
Philippines
Insular Bureau
Chloe Sims
Chloe
Olive Woolen
Franklin
Wollen
W. E. Woolen
Thomas Woolen
Woolen
Valparaiso University Feeds Students On Tiny Pennies
Valparaiso University offers meals for 10 cents dinner 4 cents breakfast 4 cents supper and 5 cents for a furnished room. With annual revenue over 200000 dollars and more than 5000 students the university has expanded to fifty acres, nine buildings, and a staff of over 162 professors.
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Valparaiso University
Valparaiso
Harvard
Nbw
The Danger of Electric Shocks and Public Safety
Edison warns that humanity still does not understand electricity yet its benefits fuel industrial growth and wealth. The article stresses dangers in transmission overhead and underground wiring, urges caution by novices, explains voltage and amperes, and notes 2000 to 1000 volt street lines and trolley circuits with grounded safety in cities like Boston.
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Thomas A. Edison
Paris
Boston Globe
Cent Conquers the West in Coin Reform
Leslie's Weekly notes a shift in the northwest when Oregon and Washington merchants begin accepting copper cents. The change ends the era of five cent minimums and even money transactions, despite added accounting and register work. Slot machines and department stores install penny slots to encourage cent use.
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Oregon
Washington
Northwest
Leslie’s Weekly
Just Like the Country Sunday Welcome in New York Flat
A country bride in a New York apartment experiences neighborly contact. She recounts the downstairs neighbor borrowing sugar and inviting her to use the telephone, highlighting surprising early neighborly warmth in the city.
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New York
Fred
Bread of Life lesson from John six in Sunday school
Sunday school text presents Jesus as the Bread of Life from John 6 22 40 with the golden text I am the Bread of Life and within it Jesus contrasts earthly bread with eternal life pledging that those who come to him will not hunger or thirst. The lesson includes study prompts on the true bread and the Father s will and asks readers to consider faith works and the last day resurrection.
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Jesus
Tiberias
Capernaum
Rabbi
God
Moses
Winter Wheat and Oats Yields and Values Reported in Southern Alberta
In Coaldale Alberta on November 19 1907 W Hl Pawson Jr reports 349 acres of grain 197 acres spring wheat and 152 oats. Wheat average 38 bushels per acre oats 74. Valued at 1.00 per bushel wheat and 0.50 for oats yielding 38.00 and 37.00 per acre. Additional hay 50 tons at 13.00 per ton and 500 bushels potatoes at 0.60 per bushel. Best yields 41 bushels wheat on 107 acres and 95 bushels oats on 47 acres sold at 0.50 per bushel. 50 acres oats stubbed. Describes 1906 spring breaking and work with one four horse team raising 19 000 bushels worth 12 000. Signed W Hl Pawson Jr.
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Coaldale
Alta
W. Hl. Pawson, JR
Eminent Singer Flirts At Dinner With Host’s Daughter
A renowned foreign born singer dined with a mature party and then spoke with the host’s nineteen year old daughter. He complimented her in Latin style, saying she seemed like a flower among vegetables, and she answered that he could not hope to occupy first place in her thoughts at dinner.
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Harper’s Weekly
High Stakes Stella and Belle Bridge Duel
Stella and Belle discuss a high stakes bridge game with playful banter about cooking as the prize. The exchange hints at a social contest and friendly rivalry in a historic periodical tone.
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Stella
Belle
Harper’s Bazar
How it Works
A parable from Success Magazine about a struggling young author who believes friends will buy his book once published. He prints the book hoping for wealth, but his friends wait for autographed copies and the venture fails, ending with him losing his friends.
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Success Magazine
Mineral CityWomen Demand Action Over Recruitment
The young women of Mineral City near Linton threaten to file a complaint with the United States army unless measures are taken to prevent local men from enlisting. In the past month twelve young men from the town have joined the infantry.
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Mineral City
Linton
United States Army
Infantry
Mrs Rosa Lamphire Seeks Legal Separation and Two Divorce Suits
Mrs Rosa Lamphire of Columbus consulted two attorneys about an action for legal separation from Lorenzo Lamphire and two divorce suits were filed in Circuit Court.
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Rosa Lamphire
Columbus
Lorenzo Lamphire
A Cheaper Dream
A Berliner Fliegende Blaetter quote contrasts a wife dreaming of Ostend with a husband preferring her stay, humorously weighing travel dreams against domestic closeness.
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Hubby
Ostend
Berliner Fliegende Blaetter
Tired Tiffins in Jail After Dismissed Conviction
Pittsburg Post reports on a local case where Tired Tiffins remains inmate following a controversial court decision. The article notes reactions from supporters and critics as the case unfolds.
Winter Wheat Yields Reported In Southern Alberta Settlement
In Warner Alta on January 9 1908 a letter notes the first farming year in the settlement. A L Warner produced 2515 bushels of winter wheat from 100 acres, Tenny Brothers 60 acres averaged 30 bushels per acre. Spring wheat 30, oats 50 to 80, barley 50, sod land 6 to 15. Stock fat with natural grass. readers told how to reach the districts via Canadian government agents.
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Alberta
Warner
Alta
A. L. Warner
Tenny Brothers
Leffingwell
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
W. D. Scott
Ottawa
W. H. Rogers
Traction-Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
Such is America. A Daughter Returns With 66 Trunks
The Pittsburg Post quotes a remark on immigration and transatlantic journeys with a woman who left Europe fifty years earlier with her father in steerage and now returns laden with 66 trunks and a duke.
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Europe
Pittsburg
Piles Cured In 6 To 14 Days With PAZO Ointment
Guarantee promises cure for itch bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Advertisement notes quick relief and refund if not cured.
Little Things and Little Microbes in Food
A compact, period voice advertisement style item noting microbes in food and the wealthy doctor and sick patients, then promoting Garfield Tea as security against chronic ill health. It also includes a joke about a drunk patient and a pancake flour product for easy breakfast and ends with a line about heart hunger.
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M. D
Chicago News
One Way Tickets On The North Western Line For March And April
One way tickets on sale daily throughout March and April from all points on The North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound points. Double berth only 7.00 through from Chicago. For full particulars write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clark St Chicago IL or contact nearest ticket agent. We are seldom sorry for the sting ing words we have left unsaid.
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North Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Puget Sound
Chicago
Union Pacific
S. A. Hutchison
Clark St
Healthful laxative praised by world’s informed
One essential for happy homes is a vast fund of health information and quality products. The Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, a well known ethical remedy, is endorsed by physicians and the Well Informed of the World as a wholesome family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Advertising the sins of our friends is not the same thing.
The statement frames a moral distinction between exposing others faults and admitting one's own mistakes. It emphasizes personal accountability over public judgment.
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Good Citizens’ League
Anderson
Urbana
Wabash County
South Gend
Civic Improvement Committee
Indiana Oil
Peru
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Bluffton
Garrett
Boy
Death of Indiana
Stew
Sister
Traitress
War Bureau
Cent
West
the Sunday School
Jesus the Bread OF Life
High Stakes
America
Lane
Estern
Carters
Gil
Bromo
W.l.douglas
FAMIL
Sadahoss
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