The Switch Brews News From Knightstown And Nearby
Miss Dora Binford Myrtle Hill and Aunt Mrs Marsh travel to Chicago leaving Benton Harbor. Myrtle Hill and Mr Weewee escape death when lightning spooks a buggy plunging into a riverbank. no serious injuries though the buggy is badly damaged. Ben J. Deem family visit Knightstown. Switch schoolhouse repaired ready to reopen. Johnson boy ages about one climbs to table and burns arm and side on boiling jelly. Rumor hints at another wedding in the neighborhood.
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Dora Binford
Myrtle Hill
Mrs Marsh
Chicago
Benton Harbor
Weewee
Ben J. Deem
Knightstown
Local Laundry to Open in Carthage by Granville Miller and N C Holt
Mr Granville Miller and N C Holt announce a first class laundry in Carthage. Holt brings years of practical experience. Miller will manage business. A building will be erected on Mill Street near the railway. They seek Carthage patronage and note work can be sent to Miller’s residence or to the solicitor.
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Granville Miller
N. C. Holt
Greenfield
Carthage
Holt
Miller
Millers Lot
Mill Street
Charles Lucas
Lucas
Gordon
Squire Benjamin
Henry Phelp
J.D. Holford
Holford
Dialogue on Self Knowledge in Boston Society
In a fragment from the Boston scene a striking woman asserts she can know nothing tangible, arguing mental impressions cannot establish external fact. The debate turns on perception and certainty in a tone echoing reformist journal commentary.
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Boston
Carthage Natural Gas stockholders meet in Carthage hall
The Carthage Natural Gas Company calls its annual stockholders meeting at Newsom's Hall Carthage Indiana on Monday September 19 1898 at 730 p m for election of officers and any other business that may arise. Harry E Stager secretary.
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The
Carthage Natural Gas Company
Newsom’s Hall
Carthage
Ind
Harry E. Stager
Tricky Butcher Faces Real Estate Woes
A Philadelphia Record quote recalls a Germantown meat market proprietor with a squeaky moralistic shtick. The former meat seller allegedly padded weights and misled customers, later turning to real estate and wondering how the scales will help him now selling land.
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Germantown
Philadelphia Record
One Man's Say Rules Time in Shafter Command
A story from General Shafter's era shows military routine at a frontier post. Officers argue over the exact time until Shafter, with authority, declares the command time is five minutes past eight, underscoring the ruler of time in a unit.
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United States Army
Shafter
Coffin Furniture in Cape Dutch Homes Remarked
Cape Times notes a practice among Dutch Boers where coffins are bought in advance and kept in the main sitting room as furniture or storage. A farmer cited owns a polished teak coffin with silver mountings bought about eighty years ago and uses it as a midday couch, joking it helps him grow accustomed to it.
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Cape
Capé Times
Tramp Receives Job Lead From Stranger on Corner
A weary tramp is offered a job pitch by a stranger who gives him a business card and a dollar for basics like a bath and meal. The man explains he once received a dollar from a similar encounter ten years ago and departs.
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Chicago Chronicle
Canadian Hours Defy American Sleep Norms
Two Hibernians describe Canada as a land of late nights and late mornings. They claim Canadians go to bed after 13 o clock and eat breakfast around 9, illustrating a social pattern that contrasts with American domestic routines.
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Canada
Troy Times
Lion’s death tale foreshadows politics and punishment
A toothless lion laments lost kingship as hyenas maul him while he braces for danger with strychnine. Commentary shifts to legal theory, Eldon and Tory judges clashing over death penalties, extending to theft and property, illustrating grim justice and power.
Salaries of Early Actors Revealed in Letters
Autograph letters of Edmund Kean show salaries in early 19th century theater. Offers include Ellison offering Kean weekly acting manager duties in London and payments up to £25 per month, $12 000 yearly in America, £200 per week in Edinburgh, and £50 per night in Dublin and Cork in 1829 from Mr Bunn of the Theater Royal.
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Eamund Kean
Ellison
Kean
Wych Street
America
Edinburgh
Bunn
Theater Royal
Dublin
Narrow escape noted in journal entry
An aside recalls a narrow escape as a speaker remarks nothing is new under the sun. The narrator notes a beseeching look and a comment that it looks weeks old, then mentions nations or millions slipping away. The fragment hints at tension and lost opportunity in a journal-like voice.
Freedom From a Terrible Sis Opera Ending In Relief
A reader proclaims relief as operatic performances fade from memory, expressing gratitude that the genre no longer corrupts their peace in the theater stall. The voice conveys personal angst and finality with a terse end.
Rushville Lawyer Advertises Practice Across Courts
Attorney at law in Rushville Indiana promotes services in all state and federal courts. Office near Bliss' Clothing Store and opposite the Post Office. Offers prompt money on short notice and handles probate and abstracts with quick attention.
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Rushville
Ind
Bliss’ Clothing
Knightstown Watch and Jewelry Dealer Notice
A brief display lists a Knightstown Indiana dealer in watches jewelry clocks diamonds and silverware with attorneys Stevens and Titsworth of Carthage and schedule Thursday of each week. It also mentions George W Osborne abstracts and loans in Rush county with Sexton Sparks abstract books and an office in the new court house west entrance.
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Knightstown
Ind
Sexton & Sparks
Rush County
New Court House
Physician and Surgeon Ad for Carthage Indiana
Physician and Surgeon in Carthage Indiana offers prompt call attendance with special focus on eye ear nose and throat care. Glasses corrected for refractive errors and failing sight. Office located over R E Henley’s Store with guaranteed satisfaction.
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Carthage
Ind
R. E. Henley
J H Binford Broker and Investing Agent
J H Binford, a broker and investing agent based in Greenfield Indiana, specializes in farm loans and financial services. He operates from Binford Block, Greenfield, Indiana, offering loan expertise and investment guidance.
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Binford Block
Greenfield, Ind
Attorneys at Law firm advertises probate and collection services
F. M. Sparks, Lor D. Guffin, Jas. E. Watson of Guffin and Watson, Rushville Indiana, advertise legal services with an office at the corner of Ruth and Main streets and a notary in the office. Special attention given to probate and collection business.
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Guffin & Watson
Attorneys At
Rushville
Ind
Ruth and
Main Streets
Spectacles Ad Focuses on Throat Treatment In Rushville
Rushville Indiana ad offers eye care with emphasis on correcting refractive errors and aiding failing sight. Office location is first building south of postoffice upstairs.
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Rushville
Indiana
Postoffice
Gilded Chicago youth and the tutor on years A D B C
A private tutor uses the Christ birth timeline to teach algebra and asks the pupil how many years pass from 10 B C to 10 A D. The student hesitantly replies he will answer once he knows when Christ was born. The anecdote illustrates lessons in counting years.
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Chicago
Christ
Olior
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Qualities Limited
Floral Hall
Main Street
Telephone
Rushville, Ind
Carthage Nature Gas Company
Annual Meeting OF Stockholders
Eldon
F. W. Cregor
Car
Thage, Indiana
J. A. Sipe
Johnson, Bros
Mill Streets
L. D. Cole
W. M. Edwards
Optician
W.S. Weaver
Carthage Building Loan and Savings Association
Henley Bros
Jess
Henley
J.M. Stevens, J. A. Titsworth
George W. Osborne
J. H. Jones
J. H. Binford
Bill
Broker
Gates Sexton
Will M. Sparks
Attorneys-at-Law
Butler, Holden & Churchill
F. M. Sparks
Frank Wilson
Dr. Coffin
Lor D. Guffin
Jas. E. Watson
F. G. Hackleman
Wabash L. L
Wooten & Hill
Nelson
Trafalgar
Chatham
Kebbage
Lippincott’s
ODD Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Mass
McCormick
Warren J. Lynch
Cincinnati
Cream Ridge Natural Gag Co
Nathan C. Hill
Board of Directors
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