Milton Items Show Busy Social and Legal Happenings
Local notes report moves and visits among Milton residents including Alonzo Wallace, Marie Elwell, and Mrs. Sarah Michael with mentions of Dr Gentle, Henry McMahan, and others. Events include church services, funerals, weddings, and a large Eastern Star ceremony with 38 guests and brick ice cream. A ball game win over Richmond and property mortgage suits also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Nettie Ransford
Indiana
Blanche Bowen
Joseph Commons
Frank Clouds
Cora Brown
W. M
Oliver Wallace
W.P
A.M
Florence Newman
David Nugent
Wm. F. Medsker
Cambridge City
Gilberta Campbell
Center Point
J. Clouds
Connersville
A Better Proposition Through Advertising Persuasion
A speaker notes that even a poor proposition can sell if well advertised, while the best idea may fail without broad exposure. He urges curb of rivals by advertising, telling others to forget their claims or to promote them loudly.
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Leathers
Superior Court
Indianapolis
W. W. Lowery
Lowery
Louisville
His One Virtue by Florence E Crosby
A portrait of Bob Flemming, praised for generosity over thrift or success. His charm wins hearts despite debts and deceit, aided by a wealthy fiancée, a tailor’s ruse, and a string of social favors. The piece ends praising him as a notable benefactor within his elite circle.
Historic Baby Bottles From Greek Past To Roman Times
Professor Mosby told an antiquarian society that feeding bottles date back to ancient Greece where horses carried a honey filled sponge in a pot to calm crying. He cited two Greek vases in the British Museum from 700 B.C. that resemble later Roman feeding bottles. A red polished ware bottle was unearthed in the St Sepulcher cemetery at Canterbury, believed buried with a Roman child to ease its need.
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Mosby
British Museum
St. Sepulcher
Canterbury
Byron and Napoleon as complementary tragic figures
John Davidson in London Outlook contrasts Lord Byron and Napoleon as parallel tragic archetypes. Byron embodies passive tragedy of imagination and expression, ending in a thwarted Greece venture, while Napoleon represents active tragedy of will, ending in abortive memoirs from St. Helena.
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Byron
Napoleon
Greece
St. Helena
John Davidson
London
Oratorical Reflection on American Maritime Heritage
Excerpted remarks recalling a bygone era of American commerce steered by American ships and seamen. The speaker celebrates the flag over cargoes, stars and stripes, and the nation’s reach from orient shores to northern snows and southern magnolias. Benton McMillin’s speech lends a patriotic view of national strength and beauty.
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Orient
Benton McMillin
Postmark Origins in Britain Traced to 17th Century
The London Telegraph notes Britain likely originated the postmark with a 1660 London design: a circular mark split into two, with month letters on top and day on bottom, never showing the year. The earliest known postmark appears on a letter dated 1680.
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Great Britain
London
London Telegraph
Kicker Motif Echoes Through Local Chronicle
A Kansas City Journal item muses on kickers as a quirky social motif. It contrasts high value four legged kickers, a hybrid creature, with a two legged amusing kicker, noting their irritable traits and paradoxical impact. The piece lampoons the urge to tear down and promotes self reflection over joining critics.
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Kansas City Journal
An Irishman's Retort Conundrum Told by Field
Cyrus W Field once stopped an Irish peasant to ask about Blarney castle and posed a riddle about Lucifer. The peasant answered that Lucifer would take him first because he is always sure of you.
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Cyrus W. Field
Atlantic Cable
Blarney Castle
Mike
Lucifer
Field
Great Fault Store Complaints Spark Shopper Contrast
Mrs Chase complains the store is unsatisfactory for shopping while Mrs Shoppen counters that it has everything. The Philadelphia Press quotes their dialogue noting the contrast between dissatisfaction and broad selection.
All the Change He Wanted
In an English court a man was fined £2 for contempt of court after offering a five pound note with the clerk saying there was no change. He responded, keep the change, and declared he would take it out in contempt.
Backhander Between Mrs Younghusband and Husband
Dialogue excerpt shows a quarrel over housekeeping with Mrs Younghusband accusing and her husband replying that he does not mind, but wishes she looked under the bed during the day while sweeping.
Evidence of Duk in Love Sparks Life Quotation
An excerpt notes the duk is deeply in love with her and willing to lay all his liabilities at her feet, reflecting Life magazine's sentiment.
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Duk
Gratitude Has A Faithful Memory And A Fluent Tongue
A concise reflection on gratitude noting its enduring memory and expressive speech, implying that appreciation remains with a person who remembers and communicates kindness.
The Attractive Girl and the Favorite Prescription
A promotional piece praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related conditions. It asserts a $100 reward for cured cases and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Jennie Hippenhammer praising relief from nervousness, stomach issues, and fatigue, plus endorsements of the product as a tonic and its Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
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Dr. Pierce
United States
Jennie Hippenhammer
Huntertown
Indiana
Look in the Eyes as a Test of Character
A New York World passage argues that eye contact is not a reliable gauge of honesty. It notes confident scammers use a steady gaze while genuinely shy, honest people may avoid eye contact, citing Hawthorne’s early shyness as an example of the trait.
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Hawthorne
New York World
Advice to the Men on Making Home Pleasant
A Philadelphia Telegraph column humorously urges men to share the burden of keeping a home inviting. It notes some husbands fail to fund enjoyment, overlook their wives need for recreation, and misunderstand that quiet moods and children’s play are part of a happy household.
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Philadellia Telegraph
Snakes Are Great Fasters in a French Museum
A twenty foot anaconda in a French museum fed only thirty four times over five years after capture in ISS5. It consumed a small goat or a few rabbits across meals, with intervals from twenty three to two hundred four days. Keepers observed restlessness to judge hunger and failed to force feeding during a long 1886 fast.
Editor in Dodge City Refuses Road Tax Oath
A vintage tale from the eighties recalls a Dodge City paper that could not pay a $10 road tax and announced three weeks of no issues. The note joked that the state would board them and they would still come out $20 ahead, a quip echoed by Harpers Weekly.
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Dodge City
Harpers Weekly
The Importance of Advertising Explained
The Indianapolis Star notes that advertising has evolved from self-promotion to proactive consumer outreach. Businesses now recognize a large world audience must be informed who to buy from, what products exist, and why they should choose them, shifting from mere broadcast to targeted messaging.
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Indianapolis Star
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I. J. Bishop
Dr. Gentl
Southport
Fred Jones
Munce
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Co Nnersville
Chas. Whitely
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Peter Manning
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L. H. Warren
Mrs. Higinbotham
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Mary Jones
Richmond
W.P. Moore
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Flora Hegger
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Will Dorgan
Ed Trine
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Mrs. Bowman
Mrs. Stant
Lafe Beeson
George Dowhower
Bruce Manlove
Lycurgus Beeson
Hewitt
H. C. Meeker
Philip Franzman
East Germantown
Moore & Lowery
the River Flour Mills
Chas Callaway
Marie Benner
Hattie Sills
Mary Benner
Marion Stanley
Mrs Benner
Gaar Scott
B. F. Tanner
Sturgis
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Doddridge Chapel
Mies Esther Basson
Wash. Klotz
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Slagerstown
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West River
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Indianapolis News
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Institute of Psychology
DR. E. Simmons
Shason OF
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Balmedie Prince
Giss
Blaze
Pointsman
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Gien Dorawis
Vet
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Bob Flemming
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