Indiana State Fair Marks Dedication of New Pavilion
The fifty-fourth Indiana Fair opens in Indianapolis on September 9 with a $110 000 pavilion dedication and a full week of events. Exhibits close August 28, horses cattle hogs and poultry prize shows run alongside vaudeville acts and bands, with Weber's Cincinnati orchestra featured daily. Total racing purses amount to about 24600, including two Western Horseman stake races and multiple $2000 to $4100 purses throughout the week.
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Union
Indianapolis
Angment
Berkshire
Poland
Weber
Cincinnati
Horticultural Hall
Indiana
Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Mount Vernon Home and Its Historic Vaults
The Mount Vernon estate lies fifteen miles below Washington on the Potomac. George Washington’s house preserves many rooms as they were at his death and sits amid old trees and a lawn above the river. A nearby vault held his body before a 1850 transfer to a new vault. a women’s association has owned and kept the site since 1858 for visitors. A note on Washington Irving’s youthful pirate dreams adds a cautionary tale about impractical ambitions.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Syood
Lawrence Washington
George
Admiral Vernon
A Dog Worth Having in Opelika
Edward Sweeny of Opelika Alabama recalls a small bobtailed squint eyed dog that walked him home with five dollars then a silver dollar and a pocketknife. Over two years the dog has found cash totaling thirty eight dollars plus many useful items.
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Edward Sweeny
Opelika
Ala
The Nine Tailors Tale and Grizzly Bears in the Park
A column blends playful notes on grizzly bears in parks and mountains with a folk tale about the saying Nine tailors make a man. It recounts bears running with surprising speed and claw-marked tracks, then shifts to the old anecdote of nine tailors aiding a beggar who becomes a man.
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Mr. Grizzly
Brain
Snakes Shrines and Odd Tales From India
Affected districts house 15000 to 20000 snake shrines with valuable attached property and rental funds for ceremonies. Devotees offer dough milk and cooked rice to serpents in hopes of favors while idolized serpents loom over the rites. A visiting boy witnesses incubation and a startled reaction from his mother. Clara and the Cow and a Seashell vignette close the fragment.
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India
John
Ben
Henrys
Waiting Lovers in a December Bohemian Scene
A brief, intimate vignette from a December Bohemian. Jane sits in one room while Bill asks for a kiss in another, their quiet tension heightened by dim lighting. The moment ends with a shared hush as they near closeness.
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Bill
He Could Run The Engine In The House
A humorous Erie Railroad Employees' Magazine anecdote recounts Pat, hired as a hustler, who eagerly offers to run an engine. He blasts it from the cab, sending the locomotive in and out of the roundhouse while the yardmaster questions his claim. Pat replies with a cheeky line about the door.
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Pat
Erie Railroad Employees’ Magazine
Filing of County Estimates in Fountain County
Notice under the 1890 act announces estimates of Fountain County officers on file with the County Auditor. Aggregate totals are prepared and available for inspection.
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General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Fountain County
County Council to consider 1908 appropriations in Fountain County
The Fountain County Indiana County Council will meet in regular session at the Auditor's office in Covington on Tuesday, September did, to review the above estimates and determine appropriations for the year 1908. The record lists salaries, maintenance, care of prisoners, public printing, burial expenses, and various department costs.
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County Council
Fountain County
Indiana
Covington
Phonetic spelling mishaps and a judge’s memory joke
A humorous column passages include a child Willie punished for misspelling pneumonia and neuralgia with phonetic renders p ne um on i a and p ne vu r a l g i a . A judge Saunders weight memory joke follows about a catfish weighing in a North Carolina case. Additional quips reflect useless questions and a husband's shaving scene.
Special meeting of Fountain County Council noted
Notice states a special Fountain County Council meeting in Covington Indiana to consider appropriations for Attica Meeker and Grimes bridges light and water at the Court House township assessors pay tax adjuster and related business. W B Gray auditor signs August 21 1907.
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Attica
Meeker
Grimes
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Fountain County
Indiana
W.B. Gray
Beginning Friday Work Fears In Local Gossip
Weary Walker notes several people view starting work on Friday as unlucky while Ragson Tatters suggests caution may fade with time. Mrs Starvem welcomes Mr Slimm to her boarding house where boarders reportedly gain weight, reflecting a common affordable diet.
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Weary Walker
Ragson
Boston Transcript
Notice to Heirs and Creditors in Keefer Estate
In Fountain Circuit Court the estate of Thomas M Keefer deceased is examined. Emma Keefer as Executrix filed account and vouchers for settlement to be reviewed September term 1107. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause why approval should not be granted and to prove heirship. Lucas Nebeker attorney.
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Thomas M. Keefer
Fountain Circuit Court
Emma Keefer
Thomas St. Keefer
Wigs and Wagg: Strange Philadelphia Record Exchange
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record notes a quirky exchange about a man named Wagg and a young pop singer discussing a baby, with an unsolicited introducer bringing an automobile buyer into the scene.
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Youngpop
Philadelphia
Notice of Application for Liquor License in Fountain County
The undersigned William Rowell notifies Wabash township residents he will apply at the Fountain County Board of Commissioners September term 1907 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors less than five gallons per sale for one year with on premises drinking. The business and premises are in Stringtown Wabash township described as a front room 22 by 22 feet in a one story frame building 22 by 42 feet on lot five in Gish Nebeker Co's subdivision one of the west half of the northeast quarter of section one township eighteen north range nine west. The room fronts east on the north south highway.
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Wabash Township
Board of Commission
Fountain County
Indiana
Stringtown
Gish
Nebeker & Co's
English leader George Alexander elected to London council
George Alexander an English action manager is chosen as a member of the London county council. Avery Hopwood’s new play The Powers That Be closed in Cleveland and will be staged again next season. Gabriele d Annunzio delays Nave in Rome until next season. Victor Moore to appear in Talk of the Town musical created by George M. Cohan. Margaret Mayo adapting Under Two Flags for Toby Clause for vaudeville next season. Ames Held and the Parisian Model move to London after current New York run to perform at Drury Lane. Wells Dunne Harlan buy Dream City road rights and will feature Mary Marble and Sam Chip in the production.
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George Alexander
London County Council
Avery Hopwood
Cleveland
Victor Moore
George M. Cohan
Margaret Mayo
Short Stories and Curiosities From World News
An ostrich yields about three pounds of feathers yearly. The average value of a daily paper mummy printed by Uncle Sam totals over 3,000,000 dollars. Wheat prices have roughly doubled since 1750 globally. Augustus St Gaudens to design the twenty dollar gold piece for the treasury. Fifteen years ago Professor Thurston faced mockery for forecasts of 20,000-ton ships. Japan's house of peers has 370 members with most life peers and only one fifth hereditary. A bronze Andrew Carnegie portrait will adorn Brooklyn library tablets funded by library funds.
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Uncle Sam
Augustus St. Gaudens
Treasury’ Department
R. H. Thurston
House of Peers
Andrew Carnegis
Brooklyn
Carnegie Library
English Etchings and Oddities Across Britain
A London advertisement offers apartments suitable for a journalist or a Christian man. W R Hayes of Portsmouth tours England turning wheels on a wager. England requires death registration within five days by relative at death or in the same district. In Salford Priors a brown linnet nests in purple sprouting cabbage with four eggs. Gobineau noted a shift from blond to brunet prevalence in London about fifty years ago.
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London
W. R. Hayes
Portsmouth
England
Yarmouth
Salford Priors
Gobineau
Model of the Moment in Summer Fashion
A waterproof green and blue plaid military cape with brass buttons leads the season. A white linen chatelaine bag with heavy silk tassel and embroidery accompanies summer frocks. Tailored effects remain popular with long lines and extensive decoration emphasizing trims over foundation fabric.
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New York Post
Industrial Advances Stir Markets and Resources Growth
In 1891 Canada fielded 2 000 000 acres of wheat now surpassing 5 000 000 acres. Global pig iron use totals 53 000 000 tons annually with warnings of a looming iron ore famine within forty years. Reinforced concrete pipes for water transmission span long distances up to 600 feet sections two to three feet in diameter. The tubes are seamless, with smooth interiors formed by planned lumber.
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Canada
Home Notes Tips From A Physician And Kitchen Hacks
A physician suggests hiccough cure is a pinch of snuff. Practical tips include washing pie undercrust with egg white to prevent sogginess, turning roasting meat with a spoon, using old newspapers as packing to deter insects, and binding wet muslin around pie edges to stop juice leakage.
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ville—Racing
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Young Irving
The
Nine Tailors
Clara
Cara
Janes
Pape
Jane
Barved Abrath
Tro
Lorman, Oe
Vavis
Belp Fees
Perrysville
Cosss Ip Tean Peng
Bec Board of Prisoners
Public Printing
Giris
Reese Relex
Board OF Health
Total Sania
Weaere
Jackson
Millervek
Fulton
Wabash
Cain Peereeevene VanBuren
Troy
Baeleewnwee
Richland
Weaee
Davis
Burveyor
Banaras Rete Tees
Orades
Jam
Total
Abe He Ei Waren
Renee
Tovral Abel Sus
Board OF Finance
Commissioners Court
Ae Eens
State Board of Commissioners
Door of Hope de Eenrer Ee
Tee Ia
Board OF Review
County Concil
Circuit Court
Ster
Ween Renew
OM County
Seid Ihas
YISH
Eeeeans
Miles
Stnoo County
Bai
Waenee Sega Py
Wave Bee
Willie
Judge Saunders
North Carolina
Bob
de Mawnin
St. Louis Republic
Regula
Auditor's Offce
Lucas Nebeker
Sie
William Rowell
Gabriele d'Annunsio
Rome
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