Personal notices from Greensburg and surrounding towns
A stream of social travel and visit reports from Greensburg and nearby communities. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Messenheimer, Mrs. Frank Toohey, Rev. 2 H Moore, Mary Harmen, Miss Minta Hall, Miss Bertha Bovzell, George Caldwell, Alex Ham, Miss Rose Reeves, and others. Mentions visits to Taylorsville, Shelbyville, Seymour, Dayton, Franklin, Vincennes, Indianapolis, and Mobile Alabama. Also notes a family funeral and a local picnic plus a job inquiry in Kleinburg. Weather outlook mentions warming trend.
Water meter sparks retail pharmacist outrage
A druggist rages at a water meter installation in his cellar. His neighbor advises restraint while the inspector notes a $20 yearly charge. The pharmacist fears loss of water used for prescriptions worth about $25 daily.
Bicycle Parade Fund Drives for July 25 Illumination Event
A local document details fundraising to cover expenses of a grand illuminated bicycle parade and street races on Monday July 25, 1897. Subscriptions from manufacturers, businessmen, and citizens pledge amounts for prizes and general costs, with entries planned for several races including four mile open and five handicap events, limited by race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker S. Ruddick L. C
North Webster Counterfeiters Arrested in Indiana
Deputy U S Marshal Rose captured a gang tied to North Webster after a June shadowing of Joseph and Patrick O Connell and John Bilz. One O Connell was caught offering counterfeit dollars in Leesburg and firearms were seized. Bilz resisted but was subdued and all three jailed. The report also notes a large New Albany fruit shipment including apples pears and peaches with specific gallon totals for berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell
John Bilz
United States
Rose
O'Connell Brothers
New Albany
Four Mile South Polk Family Targeted by Masked Lynch Mob
The Chrisley Deckard family on a Polk township farm woke to thirty masked men who seized father Chrisley, beat all inmates, and warned of death if behavior did not improve. Daughter and mother suffered serious back injuries. no suspects identified. The Bloomington World notes unclear motives and no leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judah
Deckard
Tere
Bloomington
Y P C E Program at Tabernacle Tonight
The Y P C E of the Tabernacle presents a monthly program in Charlestown Indiana. The event features prayers songs scripture readings and multiple student solos and recitations including works by Miss Retta Dipboye Miss Helen Halbert and Miss Myrtle Wisner with instrumental pieces by Fred Kolleneger Beulah Brown and Miss Cora Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.P.8. C. E. of the Tabernacle
Retta Dipboye
Helen Halbert
Cavatina
Fred Kolleneger
Della Burns
Heaven
Beulah Brown
God
Miss Cora Jackson
Charlestown, Ind
Crowded Sunday at Winona Park Eagle Lake Ind
Visitors crowded Winona Park in Eagle Lake Indiana on Sunday July 17 as gates stayed closed outside church hours. Prof S D Fess spoke on Abraham Lincoln to an attentive audience and Gwilym Miles from New York with the Winona orchestra delivered a fine concert. Tomorrow Rev J Cumming Smith of Indianapolis will lead services at the Tabernacle church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Park
Eagle Lake
Ind
Winona
S. D. Fess
Abraham Lincoln
Gwilym Miles
New York
Miles
J. Cumming Smith
Tabernacle Church of
Indianapolis
Wanted Arricnstrand Faithful Travelers for Established House
Wanted responsible, established house in Columbus Indiana seeks faithful gentlemen or ladies to travel. Monthly $65 and expenses. Steady position. Reference required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company Dept. H Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Indiana
the Dominion Company, Dept
Governor Mount to Speak at Brush Creek Picnic
The committee sent a representative to Indianapolis to interview Governor Mount who will attend the Brush Creek picnic on August 5 and is expected to deliver a positive address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush Creek
Indianapolis
Not warm if you drink Stahlhuth s Clarfonte
Fragmentary text mentions a beverage called Stahlhuth s Clarfonte with an unclear warning or note about warmth and possible price or code 239t £. No clear event or person names to anchor.
Red Fox Chased by Crowd Near Sulphur Well
Yesterday morning at Cramp's sulphur well crowds gathered as a red fox pursued a chicken near the railroad. Charley Ostr a threw a brick, breaking the fox's leg, and the bystanders finished the capture. The fox skin hangs from the elm shade tree by the famous water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramp
Charley Ost Ra
Post Graduate Barber Interview Quip Cited by Harvard Lampoon
A Harvard Lampoon joke describes a Post Graduate Barber asking a job applicant about shaving students by testing the razor on their faces and noting if it pulls. The quip frames the barber as probing the candidate’s nerve and readiness for tough work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Lampoom
Money saving sale at the White House
A promotional note announces a sales event at the White House offering every article in the house at a positive bargain. The message emphasizes strong value for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
A Southern Dialect Portrait and a Help Wanted Ad
A poem fragment in Atlanta Constitution features dialect lines about a boy with his mammy's eyes and a sentiment of farewell. The item ends with a Western style notice: WANTED A good girl to do house work Enquire at this office. 250-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleinburg
Star Printing Office
Conductor and Driver Debate Fare for Baby Passenger
In Bits column a conductor questions the driver about a man with a child. The driver says no. The conductor recalls a proud father who insisted on paying full fare for his six month old son, highlighting parental care and etiquette.
Epworth League Farwell Rallies End Major Convention
Five large farewell gatherings in Toronto mark the Epworth League’s greatest convention. Over 5,000 packed Massey Music Hall for addresses by Dr. John D. Pickles and several ministers from Boston Montreal Greencastle and more. Other services featured speakers from Charlottetown Memphis Kingston and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Epworth League
Massey Music Hall
John D. Pickles
Boston
G. P. Rose
Montreal
J. H. Hollingsworth
Greencastle
Ind
Counterfeit Money Found in Mariner Streetcar Proceeds
The charitable ladies of Mariner Wisconsin reported that streetcar collections yielded thirty dollars in counterfeit currency. An insurance offer from Kinney and Kinney appears, with a local baseball challenge between the Fats and Columpus team for charity.
Acton Camp Meeting Draws Large Attendance
Reports from Acton camp meeting show a large attendance and very interesting services. The notices urge home and business comfort with motor fans from C M Kellar and insurance from Kinney and Kinney against fire and wind storms. Flasherly and Dasherly deliver humorous lines about Cholly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Kinney
Cummins Offers Low Prices on Tackle and Recreation Sets
Geo H Cummins lists fishing tackle hammocks and croquet sets at bargain prices. Shoppers can find affordable gear for outdoor hobbies and leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo.h. Cummins
Tanner's Strike Near End as Lyle Secures Talks
John Lyle influences city leaders to urge Mooney & Sons to meet a striker committee. Mayor Beck arranged the meeting to address wage questions, with Mooney & Sons expected to discuss later today. Lyle and the mayor receive credit for progress toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lyle
Beck
Mooney & Sons
Made Him Nutty Snickers diet and actions joke
A humorous exchange where Cawker asks humorist Snickers if diet shapes thoughts. Snickers agrees and notes a tendency to eat chestnuts, prompting Cawker’s quip about peculiarity. The brief joke hinges on nuts and human behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawker
The Things We Say Nouveau Riche Marriage Tale
A brief comic vignette portrays a bride explaining her marriage to an “ordinary fellow” and how her mother arranged the match. The exchange highlights social climbing and family influence in a light humorous tone.
Every Says No Cascardts Candy Cathartic Discover
An ad extols Cascardts Candy Cathartic as a pleasant medicinal product that cleanses the kidneys liver and bowels. It promises relief from headaches fever constipation and biliousness and advertises a box price of 10 95 0 cents. The piece also notes a government pension agent Mr. Gentsch has been reported in Washington for attention regarding his conduct with young ladies in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. GC. CO
Gentsch
Washington
Columbue
Columbus Herald
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Fred Messenheimer
Greensburg
Mr. Netrup
Jonesville
Frank Toohey
Taylorsville
Mrs. Cook
H. Moore
Shelbyville
Mary Harmen
Harmen
Mr. Jett
Hazel Lay
Emaline Everson
Cambridge City
Miss Della Darling
Bertha Bovzell
Friends
George Caldwell
Knox
Alex Ham
Franklin
Edd Hanley
Dayton
Ohio
Miss. Mary Snyder
Mary Snyder
Fred Weiler
Henry Peoples
Miss Florence
Ethel Pruitt
North Vernon
Sey
Father Oster
Vincennes
Mrs. Spain
Prof
Spain of
A. W. Hucks
Frank Mathews
Elizabethtown
Rose Reeves
Seymour
Jose Newsom
Mrs. W. T. Davis
al of Christian Art
E. L. Williams
Will
Mobile
Will Behrman
Polis
George Uilery
Medora
John Ulery
Dunlap and Coats
Anderson Shurtz
Flatrock River
King’s Ford
Ben C. Thomas
George Schwartzkopf
Lou Wallick and
Aqua Pura
Water Department
B.S. Ruddick
Morning Star
G. E. Denman
John A. George
O. Versons
L. C. Seal
John W. Crump
Geo. Hull
T. E- Otto
Sanders & Taylor
Jessie Shepard
M. F. Snively
Mra. M. D. Emig
Simeon Henry
W. H. Hogue
M. F. Hosea
Garry Blessing
Chas. A. Ruddick
G. T. Rubottom
W. G. Truex
Ralph Lambert
C.8. Norton
Miss Susie
Coons
Fred Donner
Wm. Lucas
Murry & McNally
al Crane
Chas
W.inbottom
C. C. McCullough
W. A. Stevens
Kent Cooper
John Orn
Ruddick
North Webster
Warsaw
Ope
O’connell Brothers
Leesburg
O’ Connell
C. E
Arricnstrand
H. Chicago
Governor Mount
Stahlhuth S
Clarfonte
RED Fox
Ion
Angel
Han
Chillun
Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Epworth
Metropolitan Church
G. M. Campbell
Charlottetown
P. E
E. B. Ramsday
Memphis
Tenn
Manly Saida
Kingston
Cook’s Church
George W. Brown
North Adams
W. F. Hammer
Pavilion
Edwin H. Hughes
Malden
Mas
W. K. Piner
Bowling Green, Ky
M. S. Wadner
Cincinnati
Broadway Tabernacle
C. T. Scott
St.Thomas
J. M. Thoburn
Detroit
A. H. Balton
Kalamazoo, Mich
Courier Journal
Ware Motors
C. M. Kellar & Co
The
Columbus Handle and Tool Company
Massa
Nevada
Kansas City Journal
Grandpa
Grandma
Edith
Weit
Chicago
Kinney and
Mr. Tholush
Fat Men’s Baseball
Columpus
Walter Waltman
Will A. Stevens
Stehlhuth’s
C. M. Kellar
Cholly
Dasherly
What
S the
Jounal
Tanner
John Lyle
Mooney’s
Messrs. Mooney
Bride
Mamma
F. Donner
Eyfs
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