Masons of Seymour to Build New Temple on West Second
The Masonic fraternity at Seymour has bought a lot on West Second street for 4500 dollars and will construct a three story temple at a cost of 15000 dollars. The lodge room will occupy the third floor, offices on the second floor, and business spaces plus a post office on the first floor. The project promises a fine home for the lodge upon completion.
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Seymour
Masonic Fraternity
West Second Street
Masons
Bellsville Teachers Form Literary Society News
The young teachers of our neighborhood have organized a literary society at Bellsville. Come and help to make this a grand success. The meeting has commenced at our town now. Let the people lay aside their worldly cares and attend those meetings.
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Bellsville
Clit Ralphy
Mother
Columbus
Clif
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Appeal
A 1900s style ad offers a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internally acting remedy. It cites F J Cheney Co Toledo and lists wholesalers West & Truax Walding Kinnanl Marvin in Toledo O. The notice claims testimonial free and pills sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
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Ball’s
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Weat & Truax
O. Walding
Kinnanl & Marvin
Promise of steady effort in dress goods and more
The notice touts success in business as a result of persistent effort and faithful customer service. It invites customers to judge the company by offering the right goods at fair prices across dress goods cloaks furs underwear oilcloths and linoleum.
Local notes from AT Fehrings area
Weather to stay fine and healthy as Ogilvie brothers near home with cornedredder. Community reports include Pleasant Valley meeting well attended and Mt Healthy sessions ongoing. Neighbors help John Rich with corn and wood, church visits frequent, and plans to prepare for winter as Christmas nears.
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Ogilvie Brothers
Joe Shepherd
George
Ohio Chapel
Pleasant Valley
Mt. Healthy
John Rich
Joe Gillmore
Leora Conner
Frank Ogilvie
Maud Elkins
Evan
Adame
Automobiles to link Columbus and Bloomington in three hours
Columbus and Bloomington may be connected by two three seed automobiles running via Nashville. Engineers plan a three and a half hour trip using Mr Ogden's speeding device. Five passengers plus baggage capacity, gasoline cost about fifteen cents for the route. Operators will depart Columbus and Bloomington at the same time, with Nashville on the line.
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Bloomington
Nashville
Columbus
D. Ogden
George Darnell
Secret Elopement in Indiana Sparks Legal Inquiry
Prosecutor Hayfield of Jeffersonville is asked to probe a secret wedding in New Albany. Abe Fouts and Agnes Byrne of Harrison county eloped to Jeffersonville on September 21 with ages 16 and 20. The clerk refused a license, the groom fled, then returned under an assumed name to obtain the license by affidavit. The couple’s home will be abuzz with the news.
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New Albany
Ind
Hayfield
Jeffersonville
Abe Fouts
Agnes Byrne
Harrison County
David C. Harper
New independent line to Indianapolis under Warsaw firm
Warsaw reports Strauss Bros and the Commercial Telephone Co plan a direct line from Warsaw to Indianapolis. The move puts the company in direct competition with Central Union Co and will start immediately. Other towns report include a 90 year old Chicago founder found near Mishawaka and a postponed murder trial in Muncie.
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Warsaw
Indianapolis
Ind
Strauss Bros
Commercial Telephone Co
Warsaw Telephone Co
Kosciusko
Elishart
Whitley, Marshall, Fulton and Noble
Indiana
Commercial Co
Central Union Co
Mishawaka
Louis Dickey
Home For Foundlings of
Chicago
William Baltch
Pleasant Ridge Community Notes and Local Visits
Gloomy weather and school dismissal dominate Pleasant Ridge news as residents deal with illness lists and church attendance. Local items include visits by Ottie Williams and family, traveling to Wert Station, Stuckey Station, and Pikes Peak, plus church meetings at South Bethany and Bethany and a flying trip by E D Stuckey and Emma. Meyer Bruning advertises goods with prices and daylight to display them.
Mistress Confesses Illness After Rich Pudding Lunch
A mistress tells her engaged servant to say she is unwell after a heavy pudding lunch. Moments later the servant informs two aristocratic visitors that Mrs Browne is home but in bed due to overeating pudding and a headache.
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Mary
Dialogue Snapshot with Jack Bachelor and Ned Newlywed
A humorous exchange features Jack Bachelor and Ned Newlywed debating marriage as a stepwise ascent. Ned voices enthusiasm while Jack acknowledges matrimony’s weight, with a comic exclamation from Puck.
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Jack Bachelor
Ned Newlywed
Scott
Puck
Why did the little fly fly conundrum
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript features Jane asking a girl why the fly flew, and the girl replying with a wry rhyme that the little spider spied her.
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Jane
Boston Transcript
Local social notes and arrivals at Columbus
W E Springer of Etowa visited the city yesterday. Miss Emma Rittman went to Columbus to visit friends. Representative Misa McSweeney of Columbus left for Rushville after a visit with Miss Ethel Ewing. Mrs Doce Pruitt went to Columbus to see her sister Mrs Mable Snively. Dock plans to attend James Whitcomb Riley entertainment. Dr B Fitzpatrick and wife of Hope visited last evening. Harvey G Jones of Mt Vernon Ill is visiting cousins B B Jones and Mrs M Hinman. M T Poling and wife of Nashville B C are in the city today. Mrs W A Mooney and daughter Dors depart for Bloomington to visit aunt Mrs L Graham. For Rent five room house in good repair.
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Misa Mable McSweeney
Columbus
Ethel Ewing
Rushville
Greenaburd
Doce Pruitt
Mable Snively
Dock
James Whitcomb Riley
Call
B. Fitzpatrick
Hope
Harvey G. Jones
Mt. Vernon
Ill
B. B. Jones
M. ¥. Hinman
M. T. Poling
Nashville
B. C
W. A. Mooney
Miss Dors
Bloomington
L. Graham
Speaking Minds Along with Silence Noted in Exchange
A brief Chicago Daily News snippet shows a back and forth where one speaker declares honesty as his habit while another remarks the other has spoken little. The exchange captures a fleeting moment of verbal banter between two individuals.
Frankfort to Host New Large Cracker Factory
Articles of incorporation filed for a large cracker manufactory in Frankfort Indiana with backers William Richie W B McClarin of Frankfort and H W Wortz of St Marys Ohio.
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Frankfort
Ind
William Richie
W. B. McClarin
H. W. Wortz
St. Mary’s
Ohio
The Kneading Baker From Yonkers Statesman
A short verse notes a baker toiling from sunrise to sunset and questions why his work seems never finished as he kneads the dough in Yonkers.
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Yonkers
Petersburg man wins $500 for alienation of wife's affections
John Kime was awarded $500 after proving to the jury that his wife’s affection had been alienated by Hoke Smith. Smith celebrated the verdict by getting drunk.
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Petersburg
Ind
John Kime
Hoke Smith
City police board abolished in Kokomo council action
Kokomo Indiana council votes to abolish the city police board and shift law enforcement to the mayor and marshal. Bluffton Indiana Nathan T Miller lands contract for a new Mississinewa river bridge between Jonesboro and Gas City. Wayne Indiana P E Hay Hancock county says he is arrested on a short accounts charge. Monon Indiana Indiana Macadam plant closes for winter after producing 45 000 yards of crushed stone. Vincennes Indiana Miss Mary Hefler 27 dies in an accident.
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Kokomo, Ind
Bluffton, Ind
Nathan T. Miller
Indiana Bridge Co
Mississinewa River
Jonesboro
Gas City
Fi. Wayne
Ind
P. E. Hay
Hancock County
Ohio
Monon, Ind
Indiana Macadam. and Construction Co
The Man Who Inherited 100000 Attracts Friends
A Chicago Times Herald item notes neighbors and friends gathering before a house where the resident has just inherited $100,000 to advise on investments.
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Chicago Times- Herald
Shows Originality in a Humorous Exchange
A fragment from Yonkers Herald quotes a husband and wife exchange about appearances at receptions. The wife notes she has worn her best dress to multiple parties while the husband jokes about dress impact, reflecting social etiquette and light wit.
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Smith
Yonkers Herald
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