Mustered In to Indiana Infantry Legion
The Light Guards company is mustered into the Indiana Infantry Legion with 53 volunteers, exceeding the required number. Major Kiger and Adjutant L. L. Martz, under General Ruckle, organize the unit for a second three year term, listing officers and privates including Captain Charles Nolan and musician Charles Rowland among others.
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Light Guards
Indiana Infantry Legion
Kiger
L. L. Martz
Ruckle
Binffton Company
Charles Nolan
Will Wessell
Will Robertson
Ed Spencer
Will Ulmer
Charles Brunn
Frank Hinchman
H.C. Brown
Oscar Whitman
Charles Pugh
Dave Thompson
Bruce Davis
Chas. Rowland
Mel Acton
Hart Acton
L. Bennett
M. Brinneman
Herb Brunn
Reud Bennett
Jacob Britt
George Bratton
Henry Bean
Tom Collins
Will Fisher
John Gray
John Hart
Guy Johnson
Willis Johnson
Henry Johnson
Elmer Lesh
Walter Lesh
Charles Leaning
Earl McGinnis
Charles Morehead
Joe Martin
Frank Morgan
Ed Morgan
Will Mertz
Ed Mertz
Charles Overmyer
John Porter
Frank Smith
Herb Stout
Clarence Strain
John Strain
A. J.schoch
Dave Shiveley
Bruce Thompson
Dora Wagner
Will Wallace
Alex Wiley
Liberty Center News Briefs and Local Notes
Residents seek oil in Liberty Center as an oil derrick stands ready for field testing. Garrett and Stahl advance the timber trade with a second car load of handles. The M P Church bell tower nears completion. I M Beerbower’s four year old child dies of membranous croup. Rev C S Winans conducts four weeks of meetings with sixteen new members. Protracted meetings start at the M P church led by S J Jones. Pipes burst at the Grist mill after a cold night delaying repairs. Alves Melling and Sarah Yont wed at John Hupp’s home. Tom Stahl wins at Plessinger Auction with a watch worth fifty cents, after paying thirty seven cents.
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Liberty Center
Garrett & Stahl
M. P. Church
C. Micheals
Nat Batson
Marion
Rh. W Wiley
James Mossburg
Ely
C. S. Winans
The
Baptist Church
M.P
S. J. Jones
Squire Mounsey
Alves Melling
Sarah Yont
John Hupp
J. B. Pleasinger
Bluffton
Our Village
Aution
Tom Stahl
Plessinger
Care in Diphtheria Guidance for Parents and Doctors
A caregiver article warns diphtheria is serious and urges medical advice when the throat shows swelling gray patches. It advises bed rest, lime water throat treatment, gargling when possible, steam inhalation, warm oil neck rub, and frequent fluids with egg-white milk mixture as supportive care.
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Elizabeth Robinson Scovil
Ladies’ Home Journal
Indiana Man Honored for Montana Reform School Post
A J Hylton, 30, longtime Indiana Reform School officer and former assistant superintendent, is named director of the new State Reform School at Miles City Montana. He rose from humble beginnings and has served the Plainfield school in every role, earning praise from boys and staff.
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A. J. Hylton
Indiana Reform School
New State Reform School of
Montana
Miles City
Hylton
W.T. Conn
Plainfield
Obituary for James B. Roberts 1875 1894
James B. Roberts son of John and Mary A. Roberts was born in Wells county on August 8 1875 and died January 17 1894 aged 19 years 5 months 9 days. He leaves a father mother brother and sister and many friends. He longed to be useful and had become a teacher in public schools with promising ambitions. Rev. L Huffman.
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James B. Roberts
John
Mary A. Roberts
Wells County
Golden Shore
Rev. L. Huffman
Real Estate Transfers Recorded Since Last Report
Real estate dealings cited from Recorder W F Goynes office include transfers in Bluffton Ossian and surrounding townships. Notable entries: Keturah Bears guard to Lucinda Kreps Nottingham. Chas Oswalt to Chas B Rush part lots 17 18 Poneto. Rush to Samuel McCluny part lots 17 18 Poneto. Lindley Hannicutt to Delilah Hunnicutt lot 253 Townleys South Bluffton. Hoy to Godrey Ashbaucher lot 48 Tribolet Dougherty add Bluffton. Matter to Philip Matter lots 45 216 Bluffton. Saurer to Lewis Ring Lancaster tp. Markey et al to Alice Fisher Harrison tp. Frickley et al to Leonidas Sen lot 8 Kapp's add Bluffton. Schoovover to Peter Fulton Union tp 80 a. Keeler to Ristey et al Harrison tp 80a. Ruben Hering to Joseph Williams Jackson tp 1000. Glass to India Noble lot 4 Donaldson's west add Ossian. Crismore et al to Alfrea Buckley Rockcreek tp 1 a.
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W. F. Goynes
Keturah
Bears
Lucinda H Kreps
Nottingham
Rene
Chas Oswalt
Chas
Rush
Poneto
Samuel McCluny
Pone
Lindley Hannicutt
Delilah Hunnicut
Mary A Keeler
Ristey
Harrison
Ruben Hering
Joseph Williams
Jackson
John T Glass
India
Noble
Crismore
Alto
The Shot Drill A Form of Military Punishment Described
A 19th century account outlines shot drill as a harsh military punishment. Prisoners are placed eight to nine feet apart with forty pound cannon balls at each station. They must lift move and exchange the ball repeatedly, facing extreme strain and back breaking labor amid flogging for recalcitrant inmates.
Detroiter Denounces Cleveland Firm After Settlement Failures
A mild mannered Detroiter sought settlement with a Cleveland firm by letter and in person. After a frustrating process he declared the firm's conduct the worst he had seen and walked out in anger, accusing them of mistreating customers.
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Cleveland
Victoria Raises Samuel Lewis Knight of St Michael and St George
Queen Victoria elevates Samuel Lewis a full-blooded Sierra Leone legislator to knightly rank, a first for a Black man and a woman of color to be called my lady. The ruler previously honored a Liberian mammy visiting Windsor, prompting astonishment from foreign diplomats.
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Victoria
Samuel Lewis
Queen Victoria
Free State
Liberia
England
Windor
Windsor
Court of St. James
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Creature Contrasts
The New York Sun notes Newfoundland lacks reptiles and common small mammals while arctic hare thrives there. Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, by contrast, host snakes lizards porcupines mice lynx and fireflies brighten long summer nights.
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Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Nova Scot
India
New York Sun
The Comb in Religious Services Through History
The practice of combing hair during services appears in ancient church records. Clergy used combs at various masses, with high mass combs sometimes sung by bishops. Gold and silver mass combs were highly valued, while ivory horn and wool examples existed in poorer churches. Notable combs include those linked to St Neot St Dunstan St Malechius and the Thetford Thomas martyr relic.
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St. Neot
St. Dunstan
Malechius
St. Thomas
Martyr
Canterbury
Thetford
Cuthbert
Durham
Conscience Leads Two Fathers To Justice And Dowry Plan
A rejected suitor in Lynn County Ontario burned a farmer’s barn after his offer was refused. He confessed and paid for the damage. The father, moved by duty, reported him, and the youth was arrested and jailed, leaving a dowry fund for his daughter for a future suitor.
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Lynn County
Ont
Rocks Rent by Growing Trees at Garfield Cottage
A Bethlehem New Hampshire correspondent reports a rock yard at Garfield Cottage where a massive bowlder, eight tons or more, was split by a birch seedling. The tree grew in a rock cleft, widened it for thirty years, and pushed a third of the bowlder off. Four smaller trees in the saline yard show cracks forming in their rocky homes.
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Garfield Cottage
Bethlehem
N. H
New Haven Palladium
Unmarried Heiress Keeps Open Grave for Her Burial
A wealthy Pennsylvania woman, whose father was buried in a grave that was opened and sealed after two years, ordered the grave kept open for her own interment. At 81, the opening proved the vault too short by about a dozen inches, so the grave was lengthened and she was buried there.
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Pennsylvania
The Bite of Sin Custom in English Death Customs
Report describes a belief in England where a bystander is paid to eat a bread piece placed on a dying person to transfer sins from the deceased to the eater. The ritual ends when the eater dies, thought to relieve the dead’s sins and the eater’s fate.
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England
Norway bread described as mellowed by aging and resin
A fragment explains a baked confection made from a mix of ears and copper, formed in two concave stones. It hardens at first but mellows with resin, becoming sweet and wholesome. Its taste makes eaters crave it after years of aging compared to fresh bake.
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Norway
Ingenious information machine outside Melbourne station
A seven by four foot general information machine has been installed beside a Melbourne railway station. The device claims to provide reliable data on hotels, theatre programs, omnibus routes, and cab fares when a button is pressed.
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Melbourne
Where the Skunk Is a Favorite
In New York hop counties the skunk is valued for protecting hop vines by eating root-grub. Growers tolerate and even protect them, showing that despised creatures can have useful roles when treated with restraint. The piece notes the odd mutual respect between farmers and skunks.
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New York
California Excursions on Clover Leaf Route Sleeper Cars
Special through sleepers depart via Iron Mountain route from St. Louis to California with Buffet Palace or Tourist cars. One fare excursions offered to Texas Arkansas Tennessee Alabama Mississippi on Clover Leaf dates in Feb through June with liberal return limits. Tickets available from Toledo St. Louis and Kansas City R R agents or C C Jenkins Toledo Ohio. The playful ad copy ends with a humorous line.
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St. Louis Union Depot
Iron Mountain
Texarkana
Ft. Worth
el Paso
Southern Pacific
California
Toledo
St. Louis
Kansas City
R. R
Co. C. Jenkins
Ohio
N. B
Texas
Arkansas
Tenessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Clover Leaf
Cc. C. Jenkins
Gen
Hot Springs Arkets
Kansas
Uy 3
Be. Cures Laatscribe
Will Leva
Oo. N. B
Tennessee
Alace
Morris English Stable Powders Promote Horse Vitality
To horse owners. Morris English Stable Powders tone the system aid digestion cure loss of appetite relieve constipation correct kidney disorders destroy worms and give new life to old or over worked horses. 25 cents per package 5 for $1.00 Sold by J. E. Sturgis 5113.
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J. E. Sturgis
Clover Leaf Route Excursion to Arkansas and More
Advert announces a Clover Leaf Route excursion on February 8 visiting Arkansas Texas Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and other points. It invites readers to contact the nearest agent or address in Toledo Ohio and explains the term captain as used in the Bible meaning officer.
Dr Wells New Cough Cure Promotes Quick Safe Healing
The ad urges prompt action against sudden dangers and recommends keeping Dr Wells New Cough Cure on hand, promising quick, safe relief. It notes the product costs 25 cents at J E Sturgis and mentions dental tartar treated with vinegar and related claims about animal cures and eel-like insects in vinegar.
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Dr. Wells
J. E. Sturgis
How's Your Horse Morris English Stable Liniment
The liniment promises to cure lameness sprains sweeney galls scratches and various flesh wounds by prompt safe and economical means. Sold by J. E. Sturgis at 50 cents to 1 dollar. Also notes army worm movement described as snakes in compact lines.
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Morris
Liniment
J. E. Sturgis
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims To Cure Scrofula
The piece touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy for scrofula blood diseases and mentions Hood's Pills for liver ills. It also cites Philip Stubbes from 1583 denouncing starch as "the devil's liquor."
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Hood
Philip Stubbes
Guaranteed Cure Ad for Dr. King's New Discovery
An offer promises refunds if Dr King's New Discovery does not help coughs colds and chest troubles after a fair trial. Trial bottle free at Charles C Deam's drug store with large sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Dr. King
Charles C. Deam
Insect Variety Count Reaches 400000 Figures
Entomologists note more than 400000 insect varieties are known, though not all have been described in scientific works. The vast diversity underscores the scope of entomology and ongoing discovery.
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Ares
Washington
U. S
Coentries
C.a.snow&co
Waeka
B.C
Distemper Cure and Treatment Booklet Promoted
Distemper iI is the cause and treatment title for a small pamphlet touting Craft's Distemper and Cough Care for horses, sheep, and dogs with proof of merit. The Wells Medicine Co. of Lafayette Indiana offers free copies and J E Sturgis supplies the remedy. The ad notes a polyp’s young form and claims ease of coughing with a remedy.
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Ad- the Wells Medicine Co
Lafayette
Ind
J. E. Sturgis
Sentinel Becomes State Wide News Leader
The Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Sentinel notes its growing circulation due to thorough service of the latest news from Indiana and abroad. It urges every reader to choose a state paper, The Sentinel.
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Indianapolis Daily and
Weekly Sentinel
Indiana
The
Sentinel
Indiana State Sentinel
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Blafton Light
Americs
Tk. A. c
Indianapolis
Sentinel 60
Indianapolis, Ind
J.A. Studabaker
Exchange Bank
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