Republican Call for delegates to state and district conventions
Republican leaders summon Fountain Warren Vermillion counties and affiliates to meet in precincts at 3:00 p m to elect delegates and alternates for the Ninth District and the State Convention in Indianapolis Tomlinson Hall on August 10 1912. The assembly will choose presidential electors and state officers, with the Fountain county delegation totaling 28 delegates and 48 alternates apportioned by votes cast for Otis K Gulley in 1912.
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Republican State Committee
Ninth Congressional District Committee
Fountain, Warren
Vermillion Counties
Delegates Named for Joint Senatorial Convention 1912
For the purpose of electing delegates to the Joint Senatorial Convention to be held at Newport Indiana on Friday August 1 1912 at 1 pm to nominate a candidate for Joint Senator from Fountain Warren Vermillion counties and perform other business 31 delegates apportioned among Fountain 13 Warren Vermillion based on votes cast for Otis E Gulley Secretary of State in November 1910 with meetings set in township school houses and courthouses across the county under Oliver W McGaffrey and Lawrence O Marshall secretaries.
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Otis EK. Gulley
Vera House
Indiana
Newport
Vermillion County
Fountain, War
Otis E.gulley
Mail Carriers Will Fly Discovery Promises Mail Transport
A nostalgic ad style note touts air travel and rapid progress with a call to progress. Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and throat and lung diseases is presented as popular medicine. A customer testimonial from J. F. Davis Stickney Corner Me claims relief after other remedies failed. Trial bottle offered free with purchase.
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Uncle Saw
Dr King
America
Mere J. F. Davis
Stickney Corner
Trial Court Reads Guilty Verdict in Thief Case
The Cleveland Leader records a judge addressing a thief found guilty by the jury. The defendant offers no substantial defense, acknowledging the court’s authority and seeking mercy, while the judge questions sentencing options.
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Hoss
Cleveland
Well Qualified Boss of This Song Application
Buffalo Express notes remarks about applying for a leadership role in a song related context. It cites questions of experience and a past instance of disciplining a son, reflecting family and professional dynamics. The item shows a quoted interview style within a newspaper snippet.
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Buffalo Express
Procrastination as a Form of Happiness
A short aphorism notes that delaying tasks can feel pleasant. It frames procrastination as a pathway to happiness by avoiding immediate pressure. No named individuals or organizations are referenced.
The Agile Tiger Silent Stalker in Indian Tale
A neighbor’s tale in India shows a tiger approaching a tethered bullock with hush quiet steps. The big cat tests each paw on brittle leaves, using a stump as a leverage and nearly reaching the bullock before detecting the rope and fleeing into the forest.
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R. H. Elliott
India
Nature’s Wonders Outshine Art in Schoolroom Tale
A teacher extols nature’s perfection versus art as a class learns by example. A girl named Nellie raises a practical doubt, explaining she was born cross eyed and corrected by doctors. The moment blends humor with a quiet lesson on nature’s primacy.
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Nellie
Icelandic Bride Dinner Customs Boosts Marriage Prospects
In Iceland an ancient custom requires every bride to invite all friends to a home dinner and prepare every dish herself. If she pleases guests, she gains praise for skill and increases her younger sisters' chances of quick, favorable marriages in this northern country.
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Iceland
Curiosities of the Ocean
The article notes oceans cover three quarters of Earth, sea water at one ton per square inch pressure a mile down, and salt left after evaporation. If a six foot box of sea water evaporated, two inches of salt remain. Averaging ocean depth to three miles suggests a 440 foot salt layer would form. Some Arctic waters freeze at the bottom.
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Arctic
Clear Case of a Laughing Trial Spin
The defendant’s attorney questions the plaintiff about an open faced watch carried in the vest pocket at the time of a car incident. The plaintiff replies the car was so fast there wasn’t time for the crystal to crack, per the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Bst. Louis Post-Dispatch
Traveler and barber tale in a sleepy exchange
A traveler recalls tribes that self mutilate while Mr Tutt jokes about shaving. A brief scene shifts to a man rushing home after a wife reports the baby sleeping, as a humorous Toledo Blade fragment ends with a garbled line about a can.
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Mr. Tutt
Toledo Blade
Cause For Tears Maud Moves Audience To Tears
Maud says she had her audience in tears last night and fans urge refunds. The Life magazine remark notes the crowd cried and one reader jokes about money back.
Wonders of cellulose and its many uses across industry
The article extols cellulose as a ubiquitous plant substance that resists decay, notes its presence in linen cotton and silk, and explains how cellulose from wood or cotton can be transformed into filaments for lamps, waterproofs, ballistic sheets, guncotton, celluloid, and viscose silk materials used in imitation wool or rayon goods.
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Duncan
Chicago Record-Herald
Thumb Licking Signaled Bargains Across Cultures
The article notes that in some Scottish classes the final settlement of a bargain was marked by licking and joining the thumbs, while Selden describes thumb kissing as a sign of servility. Clergy, the wealthy, and traders often observed the gesture as an honor or pledge. Tacitus traces a similar practice among Goths, Iberians, and Moors, extending to later periods.
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Erskine
Scotland
Selden
Tacitus
Origins of shoe heels and the French heel
Shoe heels began in the east as small wooden blocks attached to sandals to keep feet above burning sands. Initially worn by both men and women, women soon favored higher forms, leading to the evolution of the French heel.
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East
Harper’s
Many Uses of Honey Across Cultures Through Time
The text surveys honey use by Hindus as laxative and astringent, Aborigines of Persia offering it to the sun, Greeks mixing honey with milk as funeral libation, and Indian wedding customs with milk and honey for the groom. It notes ancient Egypt as a chief ingredient in ritual contexts.
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Persia
India
Proper reply when a wife asks for money
A pair of figures debates moral options in a Milwaukee Sentinel quote. Newed asks what a man should do when his wife asks for money and he has none. Oldwed replies that no choice is proper. whatever he does will be wrong.
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Newed
Oldwed
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Marriage Fee Delightedly Spiced By Ward's Wager
Samuel Ward of New York reportedly debated his marriage fee with the officiant. His granddaughter recounts: Ward asked if a hundred dollars would suffice, but answered, I should be ashamed to offer less than 500 to the man who had married me to such a wife.
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Samuel Ward
New York
Hugh Fraser
Not Sweet Enough Sun Day School Suggests Sweetening Meetings
A city Sunday school superintendent tried to boost summer meetings by inviting pupil suggestions after lemonade on a warm August Sunday. A youngster replied with a simple request to put more sugar in the lemonade.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Dr Kings New Life Pills Aded to Health and Cheer
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy for weakness and poor health. It promises new strength clear complexion pure breath and cheerful spirits to win men, selling at 5¢ through druggists.
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Dr. Kings
A Monumental Majority in Atchison Globe Quote
A brief quotation from the Atchison Globe notes a humorous take on voters uneasy after holidays and suggests the idea that the right appeal could win if those feeling worse vote. The line underscores post holiday fatigue influencing political sentiment.
Roses on Thorns and Grateful Hearts
A reflective proverb style note contrasts grumbling with gratitude, citing a quote about God placing roses on thorns and urging appreciation for kindness amid hardship. It emphasizes praise over complaint and the paradox of beauty amid prickly challenge.
Notice of Receiver's Sale of Real Estate in Fountain County
The Fountain County Indiana notice states Receiver Valent ines E Livengood will sell privately at no less than full appraised value the described real estate in Covington. The sale is ordered by Fountain Circuit Court in Raundalph vs Heath et al, with terms cash. Property: Lot 2 in Steinbaugh Heaths Original Addition to Cates, Fountain County. July 19xx.
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Fountain Circuit Court
Fountain County
Indiana
Ora K. Raundalph
Jamies E. Heath
Sophronia FL Heath
Lanarel Heath
John &. Heath
Hester B. Heath
Perry Glascock
Kiw
WV E. Livengood
Covington
Indiania
Shanda
Steinbaugh & Heath
Cates
Side
Valentines E. Livengood
Oelock P.mnoof
Eugene
Ramee
Weert
Saidi
C&s
Comlaininae
Alboue
Poautain
Dibaba
Tore
Tess
Tailoure
Idkeraent.nterest Amd Costs. Pwikh
Qin Price
Amd
Sarkation Diel
Haw
Vtiken
Ruaccue
Albert Boniaan
Rush Coal Company
Fountain Circuit
Said
Corarles, EK. Obert
Sheriff's Sale Announcement for Fountain Circuit Court
By virtue of an execution from the Fountain Circuit Court Clerk Po will expose at public sale to the highest bidder on the date and location not specified in the fragment. The notice indicates a federal or local civil action leading to sale of property to satisfy a judgment.
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Fountain Circuit Court
3rd Day of August 1912 Sheriff Notice Fountain County
Robert H. Kerr sheriff lists a dated notice bearing Hy J. J. Merhan as beauty and mentions Judy, Ww. QO, B. Ratclitt, and attorney for Pied with numbers 7-2-1 in the text, reflecting a filed public notice from Fountain County.
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Robert H. Kerr
Fountain County
Hy J. J. Merhan
Judy
Ww. QO
B. Ratclitt
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Republican Call
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Secretary of State
Auditor of State
Supreme Court
First
Vision
Appellate Court
Ing
Otia EK
Gulley
Elec
Gates
Fanantain County
Ait Jackson Ley
Millcreek
Cainebee
Ebay
Richland
Towel
Jackson
Buren
Cain
Troy
Ren and Vermillion Counties
Travs
Warren
Vermilsion
Wallace School House
Millcreek—Yeddo
Wabash
Coal Creek
van Buren
Veedersburg
Hillsboro
Court House, Covington
Newtown
Shawree
R. Roy
Logan
Attica
Davis
Robert
Fulton
Lates
Oliver W. McGaffrey
China
Lawrence
Marshall
Seey
Del
al Jackson
Falcon
Marte
Ain
Chaz
Agile Tiger
Silence
Brides of
Anon
Herman Miller’s
Walnut Street
Danville
111
Express
Herman Miller
Walnut St
LAW Printing
Jericho
Holy Land
Yan
U.S
Ing Co
Buffalo
U SA
Travelers Railway
Dearborn ST
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