Fossil Danville Advertiser copy in Danville Indiana 1854 notice
Ferree and Son possess a copy of the Danville Advertiser dated February 11 1854 published in Danville Indiana by Lewis and Kennedy. The four page edition in the Masonic Hall lower room bears subscriber C B Trowbridge and includes foreign news oddities a Chicago population note Crawfordsville figures and stock notices. Market prices for flour wheat beef apples peaches hay and eggs are listed with several local advertisers.
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Jamestown Press
Ferree & Son
Danville
Chicago
Illinois
Depaw & Darnell
R. H Moorehead
W. W. Matlock
B. S McCormack
H B. Crawford
Robert Smith
Todd & Christie
Qatar Ou Wiste
1904 Presidential Race Leaders Roosevelt and Parker
Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker led the 1904 race for the presidency, both men from New York. Roosevelt won a clear majority of the popular vote, with the overall margin over all candidates totaling 1,736,264 votes across four lesser contenders.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Alton B. Parker
New York
Roosevelt
Parker
Fairbanks
Davis
Bryan
Arthur Bewall
Maine
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Watson
First saloon established in Hendrix county
Anthony Swaim of Brown Township has taken out a license to open a doggery three miles east of Brownsburg on the Indianapolis and Crawfordsville road. Securities listed are Shannon Foster Rial Smith George Tyler and Noah Plow. He plans to keep liquor and sell cheap, cash or time to those with more property than the law allows, inviting the rising generation to drink.
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Hendrix County
Anthony Swaim
Brown Township
Brownsburg
Indianapolis and
Crawfordsville
Shannon Foster
Rial Smith
George Tyler
Noah Plow
Never Too Old to Learn Says Ballouw
An editorial urges that education is possible at any age. It cites a man who began studying at 92 after a life of ignorance and attained notable recognition, arguing the old maxim about old dogs and new tricks is false and urging readers to pursue learning.
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Ballouw
The Deputy's Tear and Billy's Transformation
A former convict known as Billy recalls his reform after a deputy’s tearful plea at a penitentiary. In a railway station encounter Billy speaks of marriage business success and Christian faith, crediting a deputy’s line I believe there is you a man in you for his change.
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Billy
Faithful Deputy Moves Hardened Soul to Repentance
A deputy speaks a timely word to a hardened individual, shaping a Christlike response. The man, once steeled against good, goes forth weeping and rejoicing, having had a soul saved from death and a multitude of sin hidden by repentance.
Sunny Side of Life Encouragement From Waynatown Dispatch
The Waynatown Dispatch urges readers to choose optimism and adopt the sunny side of life. It contrasts pessimistic gloom with hopeful action, praising those who improve their community and themselves through courage, faith, and useful effort.
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Waynatown Dispatch
Hog Breeding Pens Set for Warm Comfortable Quarters
Instructions emphasize preparing warm comfortable quarters to ensure success in hog breeding. The guidance stresses proper shelter and humane conditions to support breeding outcomes.
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L. W.kirtley
Kodol
C. Dewitt & CO
Sarah
New England
Richard G. Badger
Boston
Kinuera
Indianapolis & Springfield Plank Road
Indianapolis
Geo. M. Comley
Pionges
Praonegs
Lebanon, Ind
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Corrigan
Debs
Swallow
Corrigan
Otich
Jamestown
Transaction Township
Hunt
L. F. Powell
Advance Lumber
Mark Wall
Jesse W. Ganine
Crawfordsville, Ind
Dcloting CO
Lebanon
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