Major Davis and Pepita End Romance After Fort Brady Siege
Fort Brady faces a border attack when six men ambushes nine. Jose, the camp’s loyal waiter, warns of a planned poisoning. Pepita, a beautiful Mexican girl, warns Major Davis and later elopes with danger. The rescue and aftermath reveal a costly sacrifice by the escort, as Pepita’s warning saves lives but costs her life. The major reflects that the men’s safety justified the tragedy.
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Fort Brady
San Remo Ranch
Apache Joe
West
Wile Jose
Senor
Son of Mars
Jose
Fort Reno
Lawa
Contless
Hohm
Pepita
Hin
Pepital
Senor Davis
Pete
Red Cloud
Brady
La Fontaine on Himself A Worldly Jest
A witty self critique by La Fontaine as he watches his Astree premiere. He mocks critics and names himself as Li Fontaine a silly fellow, then exits to sleep in a cafe amused by Parisian patience.
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la Fontaine
Esop
Phaedrus
Astree
Li Fontaine
the Futhor
Story of Evarts and dinner with Mrs Fish at Washington
In a Washington dinner, Mrs Fish questions William M. Evarts about sending his twin sons to different colleges. She notes one to Harvard and the other to Yale, while Evarts, a Yale graduate, answers, prompting curiosity at the table.
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Evarts
William M. Evarts
Washington
Tiyes
Stile
Secretary Fish
Lily
Fiehf
Republican Babcock warns of a tough congression
Representative Babcock, head of the Republican congressional campaign committee, argues the party faces record unfavorable conditions and may lose seats in four districts. He cites Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, and Chicago figures as evidence, urging Democrats to boost efforts to defeat Indiana’s GOP representation.
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Babcock
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Nebraska
Indiana
Roden
East St. Louis
Smith
Egypt
Lorimer
Chicago
Congress
The Full Dinner Pail in Republican Rhetoric
Logansport Pharos discusses the 1890s era concerns over strikes and labor unrest. It notes Republicans invoking soup houses from 1892 amid high tariffs stimulating production, causing oversupply, plant closures, and workers facing reduced pay as European labor arrives to fill jobs.
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Harrison
Europe
Logansport
Organize for the Vote In Democratic Campaign Effort
The speech urges full party organization to mobilize every Democrat before November. It warns that many capable members neglect active campaigning and stresses that county, township, and precinct meetings are essential for distributing tasks and energizing all voters.
Roosevelt and Pulitzer Clash Over South American Policy
In a Cuban anniversary dinner letter read by Secretary Root Roosevelt argues the U S should intervene if nations act decently and pay obligations. Joseph Pulitzer counterclaims that setting debts and revolutions across 60 million people risks European entanglements and a large U S military.
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Roosevelt
Root
Ifa
United States
Joseph R. Pulitzer
Caribbean
Roosevelt Defeating Roosevelt? Parker Endorsed by Some Republicans
A prominent New York elevator man, A B Lee, says he never voted Democrat before but supports Parker this year. He criticizes Roosevelt as impetuous and unsafe, while noting the unsigned circulars from the Railway Employes’ Independent Political League. Democrats rally behind Parker, seen as safer for the country with aligned conservative principles.
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WII
Parker
A. B. Lee
New York
Roosevelt
Independent Political League of America
Indianapoli
League
Republicn
Knave
Beveridge’s Trust Talk Echoes Modern Debate
Two years ago Senator Beveridge said there are good and bad trusts. He praised the good trusts and criticized the bad ones, reflecting early 20th century views on corporate power and regulation.
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Aso
Beveridge
Phen-a-mid Tablets A Household Remedy
A household remedy claims Phen-a-mid tablets cure internal pain fever and colds, with safe mild action suitable for children. Endorsed by physicians and used in hospitals, each bottle includes special directions and testimonials. Available at druggists or by mail from Osborn-Colwell Co New York.
Liquor license application filed for Bluffton district
John S. Clare, a 21+ male resident of Bluffton Wells County Indiana, seeks a one year license at the October term 1904 of Weiss County commissioners to sell intoxicating liquors with on premises consumption in the basement of Bliss House at the southwest corner of inlet No 81 Bluffton. He also asks for a free lunch counter privilege.
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Ward No. 3
Bluffton
Wells County
Ind
Weiss County
Inlet No. 81
Indiana
Washington and
Main Streets
John S. Clare
Local notices and misc items from an early newspaper
A varied page items list notices about the Murray cider mill operating weekly, dye products sold by Davenport and Ehle, cough syrup ads, and a brief note about a township teachers’ institute in 1904. It also recounts social visits, travel plans of Elias M. Rinear, a cautionary tale about a revolver tip, humor about antiquities, prison newspaper vacation notes, and a portrait of a modern queen.
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Emma
Elia Gero
Lela Crumm
Anna Kauffman
Estella
Esta Yarger
Pear
Sewards
Fort Wayne
Tilla Gero
Elias M. Rinear
Liberty Center
Denver
Cole
Polots
Elwood
Forum
Rome
Russel Sage
Sing Sing
Non-Resident Divorce Notice in Wells County Indiana
State announces non residents in Wells Circuit Court 1904 case 8156 George J Barcus versus Marie Agnes Barcus. Plaintiff attorney A W Hamilton files complaint with affidavit showing Marie Agnes Barcus not a resident of Indiana. Notice warns appearance or demurral by November 21, 1904 at Bluffton court house. case may proceed in her absence. Hugh D Studabakker Clerk. A W Hamilton attorney for Pitt.
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Wells
George J. Barcus
Marie Agnes Barcus
A. W. Hamilton
Indiana
Bluffton
Hugh D. Studabakker
Wells Circuit Court
Pitt
Application for Liquor License in Poneto Indiana 1904
William F. Burns seeks a one year license to sell intoxicating liquors at a frame building on Jet No. 2 Poneto Liberty township Wells county Indiana. The room fronts Walnut street and is connected to a south room by double doors. the building described with exact lot measurements and layout. The application is to be considered at the October term of the Wells county board of commissioners.
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Poneto
Liberty Township
Wells County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners of
Wells
Walnut Street
William F. Burns
Elmer Jamison Seeks Liquor License in Po neto Wells Co Indiana
Notice to citizens of Pone to and Liberty township Wells county Indiana that Elmer Jamison will apply to the Weiss county board of county commissioners for a one year license to sell to be consumed on premises. The described location is the front first story of a two story frame building on lot No 4 west side, Walnut street. The room is twenty by forty feet, with a double front door and a window, no partitions, and can be securely locked.
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Poneto
Liberty Township
Wells County
Indiana
Elmer Jamison
Board of County Commissioners
Weiss County
Ind
Walnut Street
Ot Elmer Jamison
Notice of letting of contract for County supplies
Sealed bids will be received at the county office until 2 p m October 4 1904 for furnishing supplies to the county infirmary and orphans home for the quarter ending December 1 1904. Bids must meet requisitions on file with the county auditor S Brineman auditor.
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Co. S. Brineman
Elm Poles Offered From Bluffton Hub Factory
Second growth white elm poles for sale at the Clover Leaf Bluffton hub factory. Size four inches and up, cut to any length. Call factory S. C. Reid for details. Special low rates today and daily through November 80 via Nickel Plate road. Season tickets 60 and 16 days. Coach versions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Clover Leaf Railroad
Bluffton
S. C. Reid
ST. Lous
Nickel Plate Road
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