Local Notices and Visits Highlight Week in Crawfordsville
Robert Henson suffered tonsillitis this week while Geo Richmire of Indianapolis stayed several days in the city. Several residents including Judge Lewis and Miss Lizzie Britts visited kin and shopped in nearby towns. The Kankakee Fair Association announced its September 9 1013 exhibit with a renowned speed and amusements program. Valparaiso College reported a record year with $100 000 in improvements and fall term opening September 3.
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Geo. Richmire
Indianapolis
Valparaiso College
Valparaiso
Indiana
Depew Platt Telegrams and Matrimony Myths
A historic telegraphic dispatch shows Chauncey M. Depew halting a n20n express to aid Mrs. Platt and Mr Too, with Depew recalling the joke he could not resist. The Lancet humor column wittily asserts matrimony as a remedy for indigestion, targeting lonely bachelors and clerks.
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Depew
Platt
Chauncey M. Depew
India
Mr. Depew
New York Central Railroad
Senate
Poughkeepsie
Lancet
Lady’s Pictorial
Hottest Place on Earth: Persian Gulf Springs Defy Heat
Reports describe the southwestern coast of Persia near the Persian Gulf as the hottest region on earth with July and August temperatures above 100 degrees and up to 130. In Bahrain, wells are dry and water comes from submarine springs fed by divers. The springs, 200 feet deep, supply hundreds of goatskin bags daily without saltwater mixing. The source of these underwater fountains is believed to lie in Osmond hills 400 to 500 miles away.
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Persia
Persian Gulf
Babrein
Gulf
Bahrein
Osmond
Notable Exhibits of Animal Life and Birds
The army worm is a grass eater favoring oats over corn. The walaptocurus, an eight inch fish, can generate 20 volts of electricity in a fraction of a second. Parisian pigeons raise young in nests of hairpins from Luxembourg paths. The mound bird builds world’s largest nests up to 150 feet around, burying eggs five feet deep. The great bustard is the heaviest flying bird, with old males around 35 pounds and large males up to 40 pounds when food is abundant. Western Europe once held bustards in plentiful numbers. now they are rare.
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Paris
Luxembourg
Europe
Saint Christopher in Art and Legend Through Ages
The article explains belief in St Christopher offering safety for a day, his colossal depictions at cathedrals, and the Notre Dame figure removed in 1785. It recounts the legend of Christ as the infant carried across a stream, and notes an early 1423 wood engraving as the earliest known example of the art form.
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St. Christopher
Notre Dame
Paris
Jesus
Christopher
Unknown Expanse in Canada Baffles Explorers
The Dominion covers 3 450 257 square miles and about one third remains untraveled. Excluding arctic deserts, 954 000 square miles are practically unknown. Most of this unknown land lies in the western half in blocks large as Ohio or New England.
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Canada
Dominion
Arctic
Ohio
Kansas
New England
National Geographic Magazine
Benson’s Plaster Leads With Quick Cures and Enduring Stick
A nostalgic advertisement extols Benson’s Plaster as the fastest acting external remedy for coughs colds asthma bronchitis and liver and kidney complaints. It claims 5000 physicians and a thousand times as many lay users endorse it and notes 55 awards from Europe and America. Seabury Johnson in New York handles orders with postage paid on 25 cent purchases.
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Benson
Europe
America
Seabury & Johnson, Mig. Chemiste
N.Y
Attica Social Roundup and Local Notes Summary
Sunday visits mark Attica life with Mrs. Albert Froyd Paxton and Miss Anna Campbell Decatur joining locals. Chicago visitor Hugh Barksley and Rev J J Fisher from Kingman noted. Optician Pratt at Lemp’s Sept 6 to 15 promotions. Market reports show corn influx as new crop arrives. Labor Day events include Westville band, Veedersburg ballpark plan, and Jersies finishing on the field. Gifts from Georgetown summer returnees, millinery openings in Indianapolis, and eye examinations offered Sept 6.
New Coachman at Rippenbangers After Wild Run
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet reports the Rippenbangers hire a new coachman after the previous one let the horses run off toward the suburbs. Mamie Rippenbanger accompanied the coachman, and they have not yet returned.
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Rippenbangers
Mamie Rippenbanger
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Quip on Horses Sparks a Heated Exchange in the Sun
In the New York Sun and Weekly, a sharp exchange compares a horse to a person who keeps his head low to see ahead. The orator asks for a response while an audience member notes some are married in the last row of seats.
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New York Weekly
New York Sun
Benham Questioned on Door Delay in Brooklyn Life
Benham recalls Mrs. Benham asking why a man stood at the door for half an hour. She replied he had no time to come in, a moment captured in a brief Brooklyn Life exchange.
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Benham
Brooklyn
Portland Arch Picnic Hosts Roberts and Sanger Families
The Cincinnati Weekly Gazette notes a Sunday picnic at Portland Arch with H A Roberts and family G M Roberts and family John Sanger and family from Veedersburg and Elmer Marsh and wife from this city enjoying a day together. A four room residence with modern conveniences is available near the court house for sale or rent. Rathbone Sisters will meet in the K P hall Tuesday and all members are urged to attend.
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Foley
Reliable
Cincinnati Weekly Gazette
West
Portland Arch
H.a.roberts
G.m.roberts
John Sanger
Veedersburg
Elmer Marsh
Court House
Moses
Jefferson Street
Rathbone Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Glassmaking Exhibit Steals Show at Pan-American Grounds
A Pan-American exhibit by a company with 21 plants and a Pittsburg main office displays glass from raw material to finished product. It includes cutting, engraving, etching, decorating and glass cloth weaving, featuring a Miss Maxine Elliott glass dress and glass upholstered furniture. Also notes Banner Salve for cats and the Western Indiana Christian Conference closing at Union Church with Rev. C. A. Brown elected president.
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Pittsburg
Pan-American
Maxine Elliott
Union Church
Shawnee Township
C. A. Brown
Public notice on city marshal remarks and apology
The article reports an apology from the paper after praising the city marshal's duty. The prosecutor supplied the case points, and the columnist acknowledges they may have created a wrong impression. The exchange centers on the marshal's reputation and the newspaper's accountability.
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L Druggists
Chichester Chemical CO
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Phila
C. C.C
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Robert Henson
Justice Martin
Lee Harter
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Crawfordsville
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Attica
Charles Cheney
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West Lebanon
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Gon Hal
Williamsport
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George and
Frank Adamson
Ned McCabe
Dave Plant
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Danville
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Tula
Hattie
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Joan Cheney
Vernie
Chas. Cheney
Kankakee
Animal Life
Palin
Sam Boord
Albert Froyd
Paxton, [Il
C. Froyd
Cai Shelton
Hugh Barksley
Anna Campbell
Decatur, Ill
Frank McClure
Martinaville Sanday
J.j.fisher
Kingman
Rev
Colvin
F. J. Pratt
Lemp’s Jewelry Store
Ed Harris
J. W. Brissey
Joseph Foxworthy
Mary Campbell
Waynetown
William Reed
Ball Park
Jersies
Westville
David Webb
Georgetown
Elia Yeagy
Carrie Hunt
J. W. Price
Pratt
Ruth Boyd
Charles W. Zeigier
C. P. Lewis
Jesse Holloway
Holloway
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J. Loeb
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H. J. Board
Dr. Huston
Eye
Taft Bros
Republican
Euseba Sewell
E. 8. Nebeker
Macinak
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Michigan City
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Mace
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C. A. Jacobson
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Adair
National Glass Company
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Western Indiana Christian Conference
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