Veteran Hib Driller Vim Burns Claims World Championship
Vim Burns, about forty, roams Berne claiming to be the pioneer oil driller. He lists worldwide work from Pennsylvania to Europe, Japan, China, India, Africa, then returns to the United States. Now in Indiana, he leases rather than drills, while family names appear in a muddled list of relations and signatures.
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Etty Wriday
Berne
Clais
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Pennsylvania
Fle
Hoy
Europe
Russia
Japan
China
Iadia
Africa
United States
Io Indiana
Fortune
Vegene Endorsed by Napoleon’s Physician W C Cole M D
Dr W C Cole a Civil War surgeon and University of New York graduate testifies Vegene’s merit as a vegetable tonic. He cites his daughter’s improvement in nervousness headaches and painful menstruation linked to constipation and recommends Vegene to weak nervous and constipated women.
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M. D
University of New York
Doctor Cole
Rand
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M.D
Keystone Man Missing In Marion After Move
I D Freel of Keystone Indiana, a young man, disappeared in Marion after leaving with a transfer man Oscar Vardaman. His employer found the wagon with furniture in a south Marion livery barn, and Freel was not found. Vardaman is seeking him, noting pleasant business relations but unable to explain the disappearance.
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I. D. Freel
Keystone
Ind
Freel
Oscar Varduman
Marion
Vardaman
Eafternoon
Vardamn
Freeh
Tie
Lueminn
Sriday
L. S. S. B. Cases Postponed For November Term
Prosectuion cases in the L. S. S. B. list were postponed to the November term second day due to travel and college plans. Indicted youths include Jesse Williamson Bruce Kiger Bert Warrick Paul Willison Larne Wade Clarence Keith Jer Due Isher and Lloyd Brown. The Williamson and Kiger are expected home for Christmas, with the McBride death later fueling public interest.
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Assialt
Waltery
Jesse Williamson
Bruce Kiger
Bert Warrick
Paul Willieison
Larne Wade
Clarence Keit Jer
Due Isher
Lloyd Brown
Ralph McBride
It Saved His Leg Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Sore in Five Days
A. Danforth of Ladrrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in five days. The ad claims more ulcers wounds and pilus. Care guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by Chase Druggist.
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A. Danforth
Ladrrange
Bucklen
Chase
Deam Drig
Blayton Contractor Relates Decatur Auto Snub
A BlaiYton contractor in Decatur recounts a tale about a prominent local businessman who refused delivery of an automobile at the L. K. W. depot for lacking shafts. The anecdote, relayed to a Bluttton observer, highlights the man’s unusual rejection and adds local color to Decatur gossip.
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BlaiYton
Decatur
Bluttton
De+catur Journal
Great Battle Anniversary Commemorates Chicamauga
On the sixth anniversary of the great battle of Chicamauga the three day fight recalls thousands of Union soldiers who died in action. Wells County troops were lost on the second day, September 18, including comrades Clark, Trrrence and Nevins.
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Munday
Chicamaugua
Hour Wells County
Clark
Trrrence
Nevins
Committee Formed to Oversee Lodge Building Project
Chancellor Commander Wells of the K of P lodge appoints Del Locke W , H Richborn M A Stout and H 13 Nelson to a four member committee joining the lodge trustees to form a seven member panel. They will organize plans and solicit member input for the new building replacing the Walmer & Engeler block as work lags.
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H. Richborn
M. A. Stout
H. 13
Nelson
Wells
K. of P. Lodge
Lodge
Walmer & Engeler
Pecastle Hall
Apen House
Cheap lands lure homeseekers across the Cotton Belt route
Advertises fertile lands in Southeastern Missouri Arkansas northwest Louisiana and Texas with soil that pays back in one season. Lists prices from 2.50 to 20 per acre for prairie and improved lands and mentions colonies and peach tomato belt opportunities. Readers are urged to request information from E L. Baiteaumne Colton Belt Reainest Leis Mo.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
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Colton Belt Reainest
Leis, Mo
Engineer Loses Teeth On Track Incident
A Lake Erie road employee halted a passenger train after misplacing his false teeth while drinking water. The crew searched but could not locate them until two days later when a farmer’s daughter found the teeth along the rail line. The anecdote recalls earlier times when engineers stopped trains to move livestock from tracks.
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A. Breen
Doko
Lake Erie
Wanted Readers Share Results With August Flower
Historical ad urges readers to report experiences using Creents August Flower for indigestion liver troubles and related symptoms. It promises correspondence, free book, and offers trial sizes with prices 2 cents 25 cents and 75 cents. The notice names Deam's Drug Store and G G Green Woodbury North Dakota.
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Woodbury
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Decatur's Cheap Lights Safer Than City Plant
Decatur's city electric lighting system shows twelve month receipts of 6153.15 with running expenses of 6620.28. Extensions cost 231.53, leaving a deficit of 528.03, paid by taxpayers for street lighting. Jufton's plant, if properly managed, should perform similarly.
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Quifton
Decatur
City Electrician
Dan F pacer rises to fame at state fairgrounds
The famed pacer Dan F once belonged to a Madison County schoolteacher who bought him for a small sum. Now at the state fairgrounds he is valued at around 12,000 dollars and fed on California hay. Owner refused 12,000 and would not take twice that. Dan F nears world record pace after sudden improvement. Also note the announced marriage of Gertie Houser to Fred Lepper of Osshin set for September 30.
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State Fairgrounds
Madison County
Ling
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