Bryan and the Brewers in Nebraska Fight
The Dakota Tribune reports a Nebraska Democratic split as a brewer-backed faction in Douglass county opposes William Jennings Bryan. Bryan answers in his Commer and is accused of aiding brewery interests. Indiana memory ties Bryan to past brewery campaigning and a statewide option repeal. The piece suggests his exile could vindicate his past alliances and notes local political betrayals.
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Nebraska
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Douglass County
Omaha
Bryan
Byran
Comoner
Harmon
McKinley
Belting
Byron
the Tribune
Jim Danlman
Brewers Alliance
Indiana
Kokowmo Tribune
Kidney illness cured by Foley's Remedy, Pitman testimonial
Mr Perry A Pitman of Dale Texas says kidney and bladder troubles and gall stones kept him bedridden for four months. One bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured him completely. Ask for it and buy from all druggists.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
Regional fairs and events set through September in Indiana towns
Attica Chautauqua Ravine Park and Old Settlers meet in Yeddo and Riverside. Free Methodist camp at Ravine Park Attica August 23 to September 3. Pine Village Stock Show August 31 to September 2. State Fair Indianapolis September 4 to 8. Boswell and Covington fairs September 12 to 15. Redmen Powwow Lafayette September 21. Woodmen logrolling Ravire Park in September. Canner Covington Co notes silo and feed orders for winter. Boy Scouts enjoy Portland outing.
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Ravine Park
Attica
Pine Village
Indianapolis
Boswell Fair
Covington Fair
Redmen
Lafayette
Ravire Park
Covington Triumphs Over Attica in Narrow Late Rally
Covington edged Attica Nationals 7 to 6 after a back and forth pitchers duel. Brant sparked a ninth inning comeback with a two base hit and two runs drove in the decisive runs as Covington overcame multiple errors and Thompson’s injury to spoil Attica’s near undefeated season.
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Covington
Attica Nationals
Brant
Attica
Smail
Happy Holder
Main
Grady
Thompson
Covingtonians
Fleming
Smith
Dunlap
M. Beckett
Coffing
Burrows
Mick
B. B
Osborn
Dawson
Kilgore
Beckett
Holder
S. B
Cisterns and Vaults Cleaned On Short Notice
Reliable service offered for cleaning cisterns, dry wells, and vaults in a sanitary and thorough manner. Ready to perform prompt work ensuring cleanliness and safety.
Swiss Window Flowers Brighten La Gruyere Village
The town of La Gruyere famed for chocolate and cheese preserves ancient charm with fifteenth and sixteenth century houses and the count's chateau. Window boxes in every home showcase pink red geraniums nasturtiums and hydrangeas brightening the streets. Swiss boxes are grated on the sill or wall brackets and plants are moved indoors or blinds closed during heavy storms.
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Switzerland
la Gruvere
America
Witches in Norfolk England and a brutal pond dunking
The article recounts late Victorian beliefs of witches in Norfolk. A 1883 death links to three brothers who ducked a old woman for a black cat and Sundays dress, throwing her into a pond where she nearly drowned before others intervened. Dr Jessopp notes another case of a schoolmaster in 1860s overlooked by a witch whose blood was sought as a cure.
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England
Norfolk
Jessopp
Self Denying Offering at Vaudeville Benefit
In an eastern city a charity vaudeville show featured young girls performing when a playful male spectator hurled a cabbage head as a bouquet. The actress read the accompanying card and joked that Edward Morgan enjoyed her act and that she never expected him to throw his head onto the stage.
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Edward Morgan
Morgan
Brass and Bronze
Brass and bronze are copper alloys with zinc and tin respectively. Copper’s early use and the bronze age mark pivotal points in early history and industry as antiquaries note the metal’s significance.
All Out Joke From The Jest Book
A caller visits a gentleman in the west end and learns the master and mistress are out. He insists on waiting by the fire, only to be told the fire has gone out too in this cold day. The humorous exchange ends with the servant’s quip.
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Lemon
Crossing rivers with a native bedstead in India
The narrator recalls colonial travel across heavy floods in India using an improvised raft made from a bedstead frame and four clay pots as floats. A ferryman assists women and children, while cattle cross with a herd boy lifting the rear. A few strong swimmers tow the traveler to the far bank.
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India
Colonel Davidson
Orient
Lakes Tipped by Winds Across Vast Water Bodies
Scientific American reports that strong winds tilt large lakes and tideless seas. Caspian Sea records a twelve foot differential and Lake Erie shows about fifteen feet under heavy winds, with similar effects noted in other lakes and the Baltic Sea.
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Caspian
Lake Erie
Baltic Sea
Scientific American
The Roman Woman's Liberty Observed in History
Professor Ferrero notes in Century that among ancient societies the Roman woman enjoyed the greatest liberty among the better classes. She attained near moral and civil equality with men, making her his comrade rather than his slave, a peak of social autonomy in that era.
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Professor Ferrero
Grandpa Jolt From a Child’s Question
A New York Sun quote recalls Mr Graytop noting a street encounter where a child asked if he was a grandpa. He reflects that such moments jar him and disrupt his vanity about looking young. The observer’s remark underscores humbling public perception.
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Mr. Graytop
Grandpa
New York Sun
Very Shy but Billiard Lesson Sparks Blushes
In a light quip, Jack describes Ethel as the shyest girl, recounting a billiards lesson where she blushes whenever the balls kiss. Will comments on her shyness, capturing a humorous exchange from Puck.
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Jack
Ethel
Will
Puck
Fountain to Lead Delegation to National Lodge Meeting
Charles A Brown appointed acting deputy for the I O C t Lodge to organize a county delegation for the Sovereign Grand Lodge national meeting in Indianapolis September 16 to 23. A Veedersburg meeting formed the delegation with representatives from county lodges and the Newtown band to travel to Indianapolis.
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Charles A. Brown
I.0.c. T. Lodge
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
Veedersburg
Newtown
Cemetery Meeting At Wabash August Sth
A meeting of all persons interested in Mt. Carmel cemetery is called for Saturday August 8 at 2 p.m. at the church in Wabash township. All are invited as business of importance is to be transacted.
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Mt. Carmel
Wabash Township
Family and Friends Honor Alex Hetfield at Funeral
Tom Purdue and his wife attended the bier of Alex Hetfield on Thursday. Tom Purdue is much improved and hopes to be his old self soon. John Wilt traveled from Hillsboro to join the funeral of his old friend Alex Hetfield.
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Tom Purdue
Alex Hetfield
Tom
John Wilt
Hillsboro
Local Health News on Hospital Trips and Illness
Miss Katie McMahon was taken to St Elizabeth's Hospital in Danville Thursday for an operation for appendicitis. Mrs Cora Watrich is very ill at her mother's home in this city with a growth near the heart. doctors think an operation may be needed.
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Katie McMahon
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Danville
Cora Watrich
Mr. Russell
Theater Security Question Sparks Controversy
A man reflects on the humiliation of slipping past a crowd into a theater unnoticed. A companion asks if anyone has followed a crowd into a theater without buying a ticket, prompting discussion on security and social norms.
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Wixly
Pixle
Those Stylish Hats in Yonkers Fashion Scene
In a Yonkers Statesman snippet, readers note women in the orient covering faces up to eyes and others covering down to mouths, highlighting varied attire and modest fashion trends in the local style coverage.
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Patience
Patrice
Yonkers
Sympathy for Machin as wife dies a loss
In a brief remark the crowd notes Machin has lost his wife and reflects on his absent, troubled state. The exchange shows concern as Pele Mele delivers the aside about the hardship of loss.
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Machin
The Misguided Friend and Romantic Banter
An excerpt contrasts a tender exchange from Ladies' Home Journal with a comic jab from the London Telegraph. It features a self aware suitor declaring no rival and a singer replying with doubt, while a second vignette mocks a social nuisance who introduces debt and prompts repayment or legal action.
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de Chapple
Goodheart
Boattown
de Chappie
London Telegraph
First Restaurant Meal Stumps Young Struckett Ritch
An amused Chicago Tribune note describes young Struckett Ritch asking about finger bowls at a real restaurant. He misreads them as cut glass and insists he already knows their purpose. Betty, four, offers a playful misstatement about a machine kitten, illustrating youthful chatter.
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Mr. Struckett-Ritch
Young Struckett-Ritch
Chicago Tribune
A Feat For Willie
A playful riddle turns on a misdirection about counting eggs in a basket and on a table, featuring Willie as the central character. The lines hint at a punny answer rather than a straightforward math result.
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Willie
Wilie
Weekly Letter Listing Ended July 27 1921
Advertised letters announced for week ending July 27 1921 include Collins Tommy Clark Wm H Corbin Mrs Mandain Ellingsworth Mrs Sarah Hanley Mr and Mrs C Err Hartman Mrs Pearl Hall Mrs C H Jeffries Mrs Bernice Jenkins Harry Lewis Mrs Frank Melleten E M More Mrs Eilen White Sirs Katie Williamson Miss Latte. When calling for above letters please say advertised BF W Boyd P M. A number of people camping at the Big Reck.
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Collins Tommy Clark
Wm. H
Corbin
Mandain Ellingsworth
Sarah
Hanley
Sunday School and Union Service at Local Baptist Church
Sunday July 30, 1911 schedule includes Sunday School 10 a m Preaching 11 am Epworth League 630 pm Union service 730 pm at the Baptist church Everyone invited Fourth Quarterly Conference August 1st to 3rd election for Lay Electoral Conference delegate August 3rd voting age twenty one for all members one time women may vote Rev Leazanby to preach August 6 at 230 pm Frank K Dougherty Pastor
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Epworth
Baptist Church
Terre Haute
Leazanby
Frank Kk. Dougherty
Social Notes From Old Kentuck Gather Sunday Visits
Messrs Virgil Maltsbarger Lew Jackson Misses Zula Frank Dot Rodes picnicked at Turkey Run Sunday. Lyle Youngblood passed through in the Hesler car. W Jackson and family were Sunday guests of George Hickman at Fountain. Several attended the Covington homecoming. Edythe Rodes was in Danville Monday. Lew Jackson visited Saturday night with Virgil Maltsbarger.
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Messrs
Virgil Maltsbarger
Lew Jackson
Zula Frank- Dot Rodes
Turkey Run
Ralph Hesler
Henry Ramsey
Miss Carter
Hillsboro
Lyle Youngblood
Hesler
W. Jackson
George Hickman
Fountain
Solves A Deep Mystery With Electric Bitters
A Lewisburg West Virginia resident praises Electric Bitters for curing ten years of rheumatism and stomach trouble. The testimonial claims the tonic aids dyspepsia jaundice and kidney toxins with a money back guarantee and bottles priced at 50 cents.
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C.B. Rader
Lewisburg
W.va
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the Brewers
Attica Chautauqua
Old Settlers
Yeddo
Riverside Old Settlers
Covington Canning Co
Portland
Covington Vs
Nationals
Attica Nat
Po Osborn
Mallett
Buckley
C Fleming
Fletcher
Hkulgore
Fix
Po Coffing
M.beckett
Maine
Oakwood
la Gruyere
Cemetery Meeting
He and She
Ladies' Home Journal
Betty
BF. W. Boyd, P.M
Methodist Church
Bend Church
Old Kentuck
Donald Taylor
Dorthy Youngblood
Arthur Kerr
W. E. Jacksons
Eli Dice
Carola Keefer
Shawnee Mound
Edythe Rodes
Margaret Jackson
Myron Gardner
Earl Jones
Roy Parish
Steven O’conor
B. F. Fairchild
Mattie Coffing
Salem
Miss Dot Redes
Zalah Frankeberger
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