Hustling Hoosiers. Interesting Indiana News Notes
A long column summarizes diverse Indiana events from deaths by suicide and accidental deaths to local industry, temperance battles, bank deposit gains, prison licenses, and upcoming fairs. It notes specific cases in Bedford, Muncie, Rushville, Frankfort, Indianapolis, Goshen, South Bend, Evansville, and Logansport, plus state commissions on Chickamauga battlefield markers and rural mail routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Scanlon
Whiting
Wilber Mason
Reed Stone
Bedford
Muncie
Rushville
Walter Hartley
Dpennville
Sarah Wilson
Frankfort
David Jless
Oswood
Logansport
J.C. Burgoyne
Laurel
Bank
Joseph L. Sweeney
Zach Sweeney
Constantinople
W. A. Planck
Pulaski County
J. Varges
Trainfield
Monroe County
Rainzi Reeves
Kettsville
Madison County
Fall Creek Township
Pendleton
Roann
GG. W. Holdredge
Plainfield
Charles
Spn
C.F. Odell
Keeley Institute
Darris Green
Wakarasa
Goshen
Noblesville
Isaane Jhiatt
Ole
Clarksville
M. C. V Werbert
Lake Shore Road
Air Line Junction
South Bend
Jos. A. Labadie
Clarence Foster
Charlie Reys
Evansville
Foster
Governor Mount
Chickamatga Battlefield
P. C. McGannon
North Vernon
Orvel T. Chamberlain
Elkhart
Nicholas Ensley
Indianapolis
Eli F. Ritter
FE. P. Scribner
New Albany
FE. P. Hammond
Lafayette
R Uest
National Chickamauga Commission
Indiana
Charles Downing
Isyard of Agriculture
America
Northwestern
West Virginia
Albert H. Gilmore
John Gilmore
Emison
Jacob Eastridge
Vincennes
Countin the stars in the el'ment superstition tale
Washington Post recounts two old time superstitions. A child in Franklin Park is warned not to count stars in the element, lest misfortune come to the family. A hospital patient learns a blue bottle fly is believed to summon visitors, or risk isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mammy
Franklin Park
Chile
Washington Post
Passing of the Horse This Is a Timely Observation
Nature brings progress from the candle to electricity and from the horse to the automobile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has sold for over fifty years, praised for stomach and liver relief. Try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Over the Line to Reno Forecast
A San Francisco fortune teller predicts travel to foreign lands and royal courts for a peroxide Juno. She will conquer rivals and wed a tall, dark, distinguished man who is very rich. She asks how to get rid of her current husband.
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Reno
San Francisco
Hall's Catarrh Cure A Constitutional Remedy
An archaic classified style item notes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 costa. The fragment also contains a brief humorous dialogue about a kitchen racket and a threat to call a policeman, suggesting a domestic scene captured in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Hall
Price
Costa
Bridget
Philadelphia Bulletin
Nickel Plate Road Offers G A R Encampment Tickets
The Nickel Plate Road sells Chicago-bound tickets for the 34th Annual G A R Encampment from Aug 25 to Aug 29 at one cent per mile, good return to Aug 31 or by deposit to Sept 30. Contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind by letter wire phone or visit.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
A. Asterlin
IT. P. A
I. P.A
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Homeseekers Excursions Via Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR
Train lines offer Homeseekers' Excursion tickets to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas. One fare plus 2.00 for round trip with fifteen day outbound limit and twenty one day return limit. New wide vestibibled train from Chicago to Texas departs 1 50 p m daily with Pullman sleeping and reclining chairs. Also G A R Encampment excursion via Nickel Plate Road Aug 25 29 44 ve travel with rate specifics and agent contact. Also ad for Eagle Linen and a medicine note.
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Chicago and Eastern Illnois Railroad
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Indian Territory
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Chicago
Waco
Fort Worth
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
C. L. Stone
Feminine Curiosity at Dolley Watch Exam
A Harlem Life excerpt shows Miss Flypp probing Mr Dolley’s watch, curious if water harms gold or the mechanism. She hints Mr Hunker claims the watch is soaked, questioning the purpose of such treatment. An advertisement urges stock in a Denver based gold mine at 10 cents a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dolley
Xenia Mining Co
P. O. Box
Denver
Colo
Notable Inventions and Their Key Dates
A chronological list of invention dates includes the air brake 1874 Westinghouse, torpedo 2777 Bushnell, watch 1477 Peter Hele, thermometer 1609 Drebbel, telescope 1608 Lippersheim, printing 1488 Gansfleisch, cotton gin 1793 Eli Whitney, microscope 1590 Jan sen, lithography 1798 Senefelder, lightning rods 1752 Franklin, gunpowder 1820 Schwarz, balloon 1783 Montgolfier, barometer 1613 Tor Ticelli.
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Westinghouse
Bushnell
Peter Hele
Drebbel
Lippersheim
Gansfleisch
Eli Whitney
Jansen
Senefelder
Franklin
Schwarz
Montgolfier
Tor Ticelli
Grain-O The New Food Drink For Children
Advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for kids. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared, and costs about a fourth as much. Available from grocers at 15¢ and 25¢.
Departure Lover and Father Clash Over Time Limit
The departing lover pleads for one more kiss as the father, manager of a continuous performance house, shouts that the act is limited to twenty five minutes and she is already ten minutes over time. Philadelphia North American reports the scene.
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Philadelphia
North American
What Shall We Have for Dessert
The familly asks daily what to serve and the reply is Jell-O a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking just add hot water and set to cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cts.
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Jell-O
Polar Explorers Debate the Pole's Discovery
A short humorous exchange from a 19th or early 20th century page features two professional North Pole explorers predicting that reef expeditions may someday reach the pole. The dialogue sits alongside comic items and ads, including Allen's Foot Ease and a playful love quarrel in Harlem Life.
Lane's Family Medicine Promoted for Daily Health
An old advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine promotes daily bowels for health. It touts gentle action on liver and kidneys and relief from a sick headache with a price of 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Size of It and a Dozen Odds and Ends Tidbits
A compact reader column notes quirky phrases and ads. It mentions doctor card abbreviations MM D and a joke of money down, plus assorted lines about Pisa’s Cure, cow milk boosts from bagpipe noise, and a rail excursion offer by the Nickel Plate Road for the G A R encampment in Chicago with travel in late August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Chicago News
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Promotes Bowels and Health
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for a range of ailments from headaches to cancer by improving bowel function. It claims easy natural movements, no gripe or pain, and a 10 cent starting price, warning to beware of imitations.
Stockholder Conductor Quip Sparks Courtroom Snippet
A passenger questions service levels while a conductor jokes he owns only half a million shares, prompting a judge to remark on stock ownership limits in the courtroom. The exchange reflects tensions over rail service and corporate control in a historical trade case.
Grain-O and stamps and travel deals in brief ads
Multiple short notices advertise Grain-O a coffee substitute, Jell-O flavors and Red Cross Ball Blue, plus travel deals from Nickel Plate Road for the G A R encampment in Chicago with one cent a mile fares Aug 25 to 30 and return options. Also wedding gift query and stamp offers appear. Addresses Fort Wayne Indiana mentioned.
Estimated German Americans Reach Fifteen Million
A dated estimate places Germans and their descendants in the United States at about 15,000,000. The figure reflects a long history of immigration and assimilation across American communities.
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The
United States
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Vanburen, Ind
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Blount & Egbert
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