Carnegie Industry Promises Growth and Investment Boom
The history piece outlines the U S Steel Corporation project at Duluth Minnesota with a 25 million dollar unit on the St. Louis River. It highlights Carnegie as a steel hub, linking American Bridge Co Universal Portland Cement Co and others creating a large payroll and 15000 to 20000 workers. It notes Great Lakes Land Co offering business lots from 200 dollars, predicting value rise to about 1000 dollars in three years. Local names and travel notes from Richland residents follow with various visits, illnesses, and trips across Indiana and nearby states.
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U. S. Steel Corporation
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
St. Louis
U.S. Steel Mills
American Bridge Co
Universal Portland Cement Co
Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Garry
Ind
Great Lakes Land Company Inc
M. H. Hill
South West Corner Square
Covington
Great Lake Land Co., Inc
St. Paul
Lawn Social At Catholic Parsonage Set For August 7
Bran oversight last week announced a lawn social on the Catholic parsonage lawn Thursday evening August 7 for church funds. Proceeds were to benefit the church and the event was expected to draw a large attendance.
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Catholic Parsonage
D. J. Young & Co Announces Low Prices on Shingles
The company states that for the next two weeks they are offering exceptional low prices on high grade shingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Young & Co
VanDorns to visit friends after Cameroon trip
Mr and Mrs Sam VanDorn plan a return from Cameroon Missouri where they accompanied Mrs Stewart’s body last week They will travel to Waverly Iowa to visit friends and expect to be home within a week or ten days Alberta peaches from Charles P Lattie Van Buren Arkansas arrive via Stanley Pavey praised as faultless and showing local horticultural potential Lattie to visit Pavey and wife Lincon Chautauqua in Veedersburg slated the week before Covington fair with date changes rejected by locals
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Sam VanDorn
Cameroon
Stewart
Waverly
Iowa
Alberta
Charles P. Lattie
van Buren
Ark
Stanley Pavey
Lattie
Mr. Pavey
Newtown Hardware Worker Suffers Painful Accident
John Kerr, recently employed by Newtown Hardware Co., met with a very painful accident on Tuesday. He has been treated and is reported in stable condition at the local hospital. Further details are pending.
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John Kerr
Newtown Hardware Co
Electricity to Improve Food a New Theory
Reported at a physiotherapy congress in Berlin highlights work from the French Radium Institute by Drs Wickham and Degrais showing X rays destroy sweat glands seal blood vessels and selectively affect cancer cells. Dr Bergenie cites high frequency currents increasing food efficiency to seventy percent and aiding microbe destruction while Dr Kraft urges better food prep education for housewives and critiques calorie estimates.
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Berlin
Radium Institute
Kraft
Weisser Hirsch
Dresden
Bequeathed Land To God In 1864 Deed Found
Marine Trust Company agents in Atlantic City uncover a deed dated 1864 conveying nearly 700 acres to God and his heirs in Jesus Messiah. Peter Armstrong and wife executed the deed to remove land disputes and sharks from the property. Treasurer Joseph McNamee displays the document, claiming it resolves years of local puzzlement.
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Sullivan County
Marine Trust Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Peter IE. Armstrong
Jesus Messiah
Joseph McNamee
the Marine Company
Dropsy and Grippe Remedy Change Life of Man
Robert T Ballard of Mangefield Pa explains he suffered dropsy after grippe that left him unable to work. After trying doctors and remedies he used Dr Kilmer Swamp Root and soon recovered enough to resume work, calling the results wonderful. Notarized statement dated May 7 1912.
Berlin Doctor Claims TB Immunization for Newborns
Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann asserts his tuberculosis culture can immunize the coming generation against TB. He cites treating 850 Berlin newborns before age three days, eighteen months ago, with no disease developments or adverse effects reported.
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Friedrich Franz Friedmann
New York
Berlin
Arabic Spelling Claims at American Oriental Society
Professor C. C. Terry of Yale argued the Lord s Prayer was originally written in Arabic verse and demonstrated his point by reciting a portion of the Arabic version at a Philadelphia session. Professor Bloomfield of Johns Hopkins cited a Vedic concordance to claim ancient writing favored simpler spelling than modern usage. Professor Brockwell of McGill described ancient customs of swearing on the thigh as a sign of noble birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Terry
Yale
American Oriental Society
University of Pennsylvania
Terry
Maurice Bloomfield
Johns Hopkins University
C. A. B. Brockwell
McGill University
Canada
Paints Christ as Giant A Boston Artist Depicts Christ as a Strong Workman
After fifty years of study Louis Ransom a Boston artist unveiled a painting portraying Christ as a muscular carpenter with a broadax echoing manual labor. He says a vision on his canvas inspired the work despite sharp criticism.
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Christ
Louis Ransom
Boston
Mr. Ranson
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do for You
Letter to Dr. Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY offers a sample bottle of Swamp Root. It promises booklet on kidneys and bladder and claims to convince anyone. Ad notes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles available at drag stores referencing Covington Weekly.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Covington Weekly
Republican
Morence Hunt Will Specifies Unusual Burial Garb
The will of Morence daughter of the late William Ogle Hunt and widow of Luigi marquis of Rocca Gradara who died in Rome directs burial in her nightgown and a white blanket with a red bordéy once owned by her husband. The document contains other odd details.
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Morence
William Ogle Hunt
Luigi
Rocca Gradara
Rome
The Newspaper Show Window for Advertisers and Readers
A call to use the newspaper as a daily show window where merchants and manufacturers advertise latest goods. It stresses that readers gain knowledge from ads and descriptions and should not neglect this resource.
Unable to Learn Peckham Schoolboy Expelled
London county council education committee reports a Peckham boy nearly 13 who cannot learn. He has learned only two or three letters in his life and cannot write or calculate. The committee decides to expel him from school.
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Peckham
London County Council
Srhnant
Non-Residents Notice in Fountain Circuit Court
The Fountain Circuit Court warns defendants in James Enmit et al v Stansbury et al to appear by Sept 30 1913 to answer the complaint for quieting title to lands in Fountain County Indiana. The notice names numerous defendants and is signed by Clerk Leroy Sanders with Stansbury & Ellings as plaintiffs’ attorneys.
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James Enmimitt
Tonics
Stansbury & Billings
Staicot
Wilson Ta
Puriyasity
Turman
William of Beks
Liga GG
Deeks
Jedite Robertsen
Amy Robertsom
Wilson Turrmica
Jobn
Mare
Sated Tellen Mis
Phecadere WL
Swiesart
Mligabeth Swisart
Joli Tobinson
Fountain Circuit Court
Covington
Indiana
Leroy Sanders
Stansbury & Ellings, Attys Fer Pliff
Expenditures and Tax Levy for Troy Township 1914
Township expenditures 1900 and tax 15 cents per hundred Local Tuition expenditures 2160 and tax 18 cents Special School expenditures 1800 and tax 15 cents Road expenditures 3000 and tax 20 cents Additional Road expenditures 1200 and tax 10 cents Poor expenditures 420.37 and tax 3 cents Total expenditures 7620 and total tax levy 86 cents on 1 200 000 total polls 153 Charles H Dickens Township Treasurer August 1938
Mothers Worm Killer Ad Claims Kids Benefit
Mothers have your children Worms questioning signs of worm infection. The ad promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer as a remedy to kill worms, improve appetite, and regulate digestion and bowels. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia.
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Kickapco Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Township Estimates and Tax Levy for September 1913
The document shows the 2nd Day of September 1913 estimates for a township including expenditures and taxes: Township expenditures 1500 with 2 cent tax rate, Local Tuition 250 with 2 cent tax, Special School Tax and tax at 4 cents on the dollar, Road Tax 100 with 80 cents tax, Additional Road Tax 700 with a tax rate, Poor expenditures 150 with tax, total expenditures 3000, total tax at Hb cents on the dollar. Taxables include land and improvements, personal property, railroads and various utilities. Polls total 173. Signed by Trustee Jobs Stawmney, dated August 1 AMS.
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Jobs Stawniey
Global notes on schools power, ports, and public life
A roundup of world facts cites Russia with 101000 primary schools, Montreal forbids steam freight trucks, Sweden orders 1000 tons of American armor plate, and Ohio judge backs after school work for boys. It includes suffrage meetings in Britain, pension study plans in Cleveland, and diverse tech and civic notes from cities worldwide.
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Russia
Berlin
Montreal
St. Louis
Sweden
Baltimore meat firm pioneers gas heated smoke house
A Baltimore meat concern uses a gas heated smoke house as a new method for curing hams and frankfurters. Uruguay is noted for appointing a woman to its diplomatic service and plans instruction for women telegraphers for government work.
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Baltimore
Uruguay
Expenditures and Tax Levies Proposed for 1914
The Trustee of Fulton Township in Fountain County proposes the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its next meeting. The meeting will be held in the office of the Trustee.
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Troy Township
Fountain County
Indiana
Fulton Township
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T. A. Glifton
Metabase Electros
New Steel City
John Gray
John Harris
Horace Gray
W.J. Mellett
Walter Roral
RR. N. Voliva
Richland
Rewd
Emma L. Reed
Herbert Campbell
Chicago
Ernest Chester
Waynetown
Charles Bacon
Lafayette
Leah Hudson
Wingate
Wm. Coon
John Ratcliff
Veedersburg
George §. Glover
Constance and
George Reed
Glover
Robert Campbell
Arthur Fowler
White Pigeon, Mich
Charles Stephens
George Campbell
Attica
Mr. Nicely
Keithsburg, Ill
Samuel Ogle and Family
Byron Keyt
Lake View, Mich
Mr. Keyt
Ed. Neyt
T. Ogle
A.C Schermerhorn
Ililisboro
Velma Chester
Mrs. Elswood Davidson
Hilsboro
Haskett
Newtown, Til
James Souix
Sarah Reed
Geo. &. Glover
Jasper Spinx
Illinois
Missouri
Covington Fair
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
New Jersey
Dr. Friedmann
Dr. Kilmer& Co
Binghamton, NY
Holland
Fountain Circuit
Kile Stansbury
Charles H. Dicken
Trestee
August Tet
Arrovian
Ah Gsa
Round the
Judge Gemmill
Civic Federation
Minnesota
Cc. R. Bacon
Trenton
Mission
Great Britain
Cleveland
M. O. Neff
Cincinnati
United States
Zurich
Pittsburgh
Boulogne
France
Hongkong
International Polar Commission
Japan
Fujiyama
Colorado
Conmerete
Iridwus
Este
Esok
Covington, Ind
Jehu D. Martin
Pearl and
Eighth Streets
Troy
Ford
Judyville
Inq. F
Judy
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