Local notes on reform and growth in Trinity Springs area
Reports celebrate Perry Gilbert's release on good behavior and church joining, praise railroad anti liquor rules, and project Trent Trinity Springs development with a hotel and park. Also covers wheat conditions, a near fatal rifle shot case on Monon line, Trinity Springs fire at Dr Malott residence, and local business expansions and notices including Gentry Brothers Shows incorporation and Croxall death.
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Perry Gilbert
Michigan City
sensational play at Stone City Opera House March 22
Ella Wilson writes a melodrama about a Brazilian war plans theft featuring Nick Carter as lead. The cast includes Miss Ella Wilson and Sadie Farley with dated stage credits. scenic effects by E D F Adams. Union of resources discussion and samples of Indiana natural materials accompany the notice.
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Ella Wilson
Stone City Opera House
Nick Carter
Chas. Frohman
Sadie Farley
Orginal Piersons
May Floyd
Murray
Mark
Will G. Slider
Sher
Jack Holmes
G. W. Payton
Hoyt
J. Norton Nedder
Cal L Ube
Geo. Lawrence
Maloney
Mr. Thos. Clark
the Southerner
Chas. Sheppard
The
Southern Stock Co
Mac. M Barnes
Daisy Farm
Robert Barnes
Heart of
Chicago
E. D. F. Adams
Odon teacher strike echoes town union movement
Pupils in the deestrick skale at Odon walked out after refusing to acknowledge fault for carrying wood and water. Six large scholars joined a union led by a president and secretary with a coroner elected, fearing someone could be killed before the strike ends. Meanwhile a state Supreme Court ruling on 15 cent unskilled labor thresholds undercut a 1899 wage law, as Frank Bell’s city wages appeal reached higher courts.
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Deestrick Skale
Odon
Supreme Court
Frank Bell
Sullivan
Exhibition of new static electric machine draws crowd
About two hundred people witnessed Dr A J McDonalds demonstration of a static electric machine similar to Dr Rarideo s. M Bressette lectured on its medical value and a live display showed a Crookes tube X ray view of bones. The event also noted a railroad crossing mandamus and Arkansas corn mailed from Richmond to farmers aided by the Agricultural Department.
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A. J McDonald
Rarideo
M. Bressette
Crookes
McDonald
Arkansas
Agricultural Department
Washington
Richmond
Louisville
James River
Old Dominion
Sullivan grants free street use for new rail hub
Sullivan Indiana reaffirms ordinance granting Southern Indiana rail road free use of streets and alleys as it plans a Union station with cooperation from Illinois Central and Evansville & Terre Haute. A Mitchell dispatch recalls a King's Ridge clash over pulpit seating in a 1900s-style courtroom farce.
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Sullivan
Ind
Southern Indiana Railroad
Ilinois Central
Evansville & Terre Haute
Southern Indiana
From a watery grave hypnotist borders buries himself
Professor Joseph Borders the hypnotist is buried alive for forty eight hours in a tent behind Elliott’s Pharmacy. A rescue party digs him out after water leaks into the coffin. He claims the waking water woke him from the trance and vows another attempt if licensing allows.
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Joe Borders
Elliott
Prof. Borders
Stipp
Borders
Robert Wicker
George House
Kajetan Warner
Wicker
Warner
Prave
India
America
Sunday
Chicago Chronicle
Young Border
Bedford
Ind
Joseph B. Borders
W. C. P. Brecken— Bridge
Bessie Clifton
Reverend Vinegar Draws Crowd with Striking Sermon Titles
Ministers fret over attendance but in Jefferson county Ebenezer church pastor Reverend Vinegar draws full houses. His sermons include Seven Times Around the Wall on a White Horse and Thirteen Men Coming Down a Dirt Road. His originality and impact as a pulpit orator are noted.
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Peter Vinegar
Ebenezer Church
Jefferson County
Vinegar
Peculiar Night Light Phenomenon Stuns Brownstown Residents
At midnight Saturday residents in Brownstown reported a glowing light erupting from a dark western cloud, lasting half an hour or more. Spectators could not explain the display while Samuel Hodapp noted a rainbow-like arc and convulsed by a corena claim. The next morning hundreds of crawfish were found scattered near the B and Q elevator yard, with many collected by local boys.
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Brownstown
Samuel Hodapp
Ho‘dipp
Qe . W
Rey
Quotations on virtue and thought from old periodicals
A collage of aphorisms and literary quotes discusses wealth perception plain speech love and thinking. Excerpts span morality, reason, and creative lineage from various sources, highlighting attitudes toward work knowledge and society.
Stage Story of Tree in Beaumonts London Debut
A historical theatre anecdote recalls Mr. Beaumont in The Star of India. During a jungle scene he improvised to bind the hero to a tree trunk as a stage gag. An onstage mishap lifted the tree through the floor, triggering unexpected laughter from the audience.
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Mr. Beaumont
London
Arthur Shirley
Mermaids and Mermen: Dugong as Mermaid Myth Basis
A fragment discusses the dugong as a probable origin for mermaid legends. It notes length ranges from eight to twenty feet, describes a head and lungs, and mentions feeding on seaweed with a bacon like flavor alleged from different body parts.
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Australia
Pacific
Ted Brea
Huaring Bea
Public Service Job Inquiry Confusion Revealed
A fragmentary note questions a public service posting and the applicant Loh. The text hints at a misunderstanding about work in public service and a possible job opportunity confusion.
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Public Service
Better to never have luck than constant bad luck
A Philadelphia Press exchange features two characters lamenting luck. One says he never has any luck, while the other retorts it is worse to always suffer bad luck.
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Bir
Christopher
Grang
D'ri
Philadelphie Presse
Wholesome Sign of the Times in American Youth
The passage praises American youth for potential political achievement and urges emulation of merit. It laments indifference to politics and calls for responsibility in wielding political power, noting obstacles overcome by individuals can lead to high public distinction.
Arte fake deciphering yields scattered phrases and fragments
A jumble of corrupted text fragments includes lines like you eat aoe 20 fry wing and I am at tremolo. The source presents disjointed phrases with no clear narrative or named entities.
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Tremolo
Chicago
Trainmen’s Ball draws large crowd and strong finances
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen held its first annual ball on Saint Patrick’s night, selling four hundred tickets and attracting at least two hundred fifty attendees. The hall was crowded, the grand march started at nine, and the program featured twenty dances. The event was reported as socially and financially successful for the union.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
Saint Patrick's
Spain
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