Fountain County Poor Relief Aid 1909 Totals
March bulletin from the state board of charities gives Fountain county township aid totals for 1909. Richland to Troy townships show counts of recipients from 7 to 286 with aid amounts. 776 total recipients, 3 colored. County trustees provided 4,588.14 dollars, average 5.65 per person. Poor asylum net cost 3456.21 dollars.
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State Board of Charities and Correction
Fountain County
Fallowe
Richland
Jackson
Fulton
Cain
Shawnee
Davis
Mill Creek
Wabash
Logan
van Buren
Troy
Logan Township
Davie
Fountain
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Claims Global Rest for Feet
An old advertisement extols Allen's Foot Ease as a genuine antiseptic powder for the feet that cures while you walk. It touts 30 600 testimonials, promotes savings on stockings, and warns against imitations while urging readers to insist on the advertised brand.
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Allen
Alison
Local Residents Share Social Visits Across Nearby Towns
Lower Warren residents report a week of calls and visits. Roger McLaren and Jeon Brown visited John E Zufall on Monday. Josephus Starr of Alvin called on Wom Songer during the week. Serae Tarkleson was in Covington on business Monday. Ed Beever and Earl Howard socialized on the creek Tuesday evening. Mrs Grove Ingle and Mrs Elishe N Brown with grandson Daniel called on Mrs J W Zufall Wednesday. Russell and Raymond Sanger visited Willard Ingle Thursday. J W Zufall and son John transacted business in Covington Thursday. Grant Hughes shopped in Danville late in the week. Rev Geo W Draper of Danville preached at Forest Hill Sunday. J T Zufall and family of Rogerville Ill and M E Zufall and family of Marshfield called on friends Sunday. Several locals attended No 10 children’s exercises Sunday.
Florida Land Co Promotes Vegetables and Readings
An odd ad touts earning $3,008 by raising vegetables in Florida while urging investment in literature. It promises money savings and offers Florida Land Co of Chipley as the vehicle, amid a larger item about coffers and mourners. A saloon near a Long Island cemetery sought funeral business with bordered circulars inviting private rooms for chief mourners.
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Florida
Long Island
New York Tribune
Auto boom boosts factory and rail output nationwide
Demand for motor cars grows while Keller chair factory in Marion doubles capacity. Seventeen switch engines arrive in Gary for steel mills. Wabash freight equipment expands and new locomotives cost 1.125 million. Baldwin keeps 14,500 workers busy with no cancellations. Indiana farms sell bogs for 9.20 to 9.30 to Toledo for shipment.
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Gary
Moorman Strong in Thirteenth District Race
South Bend reports strong Republican support for John L. Moorman of Knox as congress candidate. The rural counties and St Joseph county voters rally behind him, praising his speak ing and writing skills and campaign vigor. Democrats, led by Barnhart and Kern bribery allegations, remain divided and under scrutiny as Indiana politics tensions rise.
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South Bend
Ind
Thirteenth District
John L. Moorman
Knox
Congress
Moorman
Thirteenth
St. Joseph County
Washington
Henry Barnhart
Barnhart
E. M. Lee
Indianapolis
Senator Shively
John W. Kern
Shively
Kern
Indiana
Epidemic Strikes Danville Horses Killing and Suffering
An outbreak cripples local horses with a mysterious disease. Dozens die or grow insane, with drivers losing valuable animals weekly. Veterinarians struggle as brain symptoms, sudden deaths, and frantic behavior fill Danville stables and hospitals. The city scavenger hauls many carcasses to a westward factory.
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Danville
Hie
Atl Ct
Charles Johnson
Park
Orange Blossom Suppositories for Female Ailments
Advertises Orange Blossom Suppositories as a safe remedy for inflammation congestion uterine prolapse and related gynecological conditions. Claims wide testimonials and self use for women, priced at $1.00 with book and free sample available from local draggists. Dee 17, 6m.
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Dee
Kern's Charges Against Shively
A historical account recounts William Kern accusing Shively of brokered support from lawmakers and brewers. Kern claims forty-five Democrats pledged support, a secret caucus ballot yielded thirty-six votes for Shively, and eight men were allegedly bought, though he cannot prove bribery.
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Brewers
Benjamin F. Shively
Fine Birds Joke Ends With Timely Warning
A Southern tale from the St. Louis Republic recounts a boastful hunter who buys two partridges after a hunting trip, claiming his hunting skill. His wife inspects them, quipping that his boast would have failed if delayed by a day, delivering a witty punch about timely timing.
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Dushands
Losigny
Milady
Robert
St. Louis Republic
Apple Health Talk From Doctor Enlivens Dinner Table
A doctor explains the nutritional value of apples in a New York Tribune anecdote. He lists components such as malic acid phosphorus and water and notes apples aid complexion brain function and youthfulness while balancing digestion. The exchange ends with the doctor deciding to have an apple.
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New York Tribune
Strange Lapse of Memory in Historical Reflections
The text recounts Dr. Priestly working on Harmony of the Gospels and Passover discussions, forgetting and duplicating his own notes. He reproduces the same paragraphs, unsure if he had copied them before, and only recalls by discovering his own papers.
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Priestly
Bis
A Question For the King Rulers and Wit in Courts
A witty exchange recalls Charles II asking a chaplain why sermons were read from notes. The chaplain retorts that the king’s presence unsettles him. The piece notes a bridge party scene where a loser repays a lady with her own IOUs, provoking criticism of ungentlemanly conduct.
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Charles 11
Stuart
Mr. Stillingfreet
St. Louis Republic
The Harder Part quote from Philadelphia Record
A wry exchange notes aging and learning new tricks. The city speaker laments old methods while another quips about the difficulty of discovering fresh approaches, reflecting a humorous urban reflection.
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Philadelphia Record
Well bred gentleman and dog phrase from Punch
Quoted banter contrasts a well bred dog with its owner, noting the dog’s restraint over meals until its collar is on. The fragment ends with a remark about approximately 26,800 worms per acre of cultivable land.
Animals heal themselves in nature's remedies say science
The Philadelphia North American notes animals heal with instinctive cures. Pets and wild creatures wash, bathe, seek shade, drink water, and eat specific plants to ease illness. Ants organize ambulances and mutilate wounds with leaves, while a chimpanzee stops bleeding by pressing the wound and dressing it with grass.
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Latrelle
Philadelphia
Her Choice of Boas In A Cunning Swap
Crosby, frugal in household expenses, buys two boas in a store. He swaps price tags, presenting the cheap boa as expensive and the expensive as cheap. His wife chooses the cheaper stylish option, praising it as the better value, while Crosby retreats, realizing his ruse. Did the wife discover the deception by accident or intent?
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Crosby
Cros
Women in Sport and Hair Fears
A London Black and White note discusses how skirts waists and hair pins hinder female athleticism. It laments dishevelment during tennis or cricket and how fear of hair loss occupies a player’s mind, dampening enjoyment and performance.
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London
Inventor John Palmer and the Check System Origin
John Palmer, who died in a Michigan town, created the check system after acting as caretaker for hats and wraps at his dances. He issued numbered checks to track items, a method noticed by railroad men and soon adopted nationwide, though Palmer himself gained nothing from it.
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John Palmer
Michigan
Palmer
New York American
Nest Made From a Leaf by the Indian Tailor Bird
A tiny yellow bird in India crafts a leaf nest by sewing a live leaf to another using a fiber and its bill as a needle. It files a dead leaf, attaches it to a green hanging leaf, and sews up the sides leaving a top opening. The leaf nest resembles a twig rather than a nest.
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India
The Only Kind
A Baltimore American cartoon caption mocks brain renovation with a joke about cleaning brains with a vacuum, illustrating humor on intellect and self improvement.
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Baltimore American
Police Work Introduces Female Beat Officer at Theater
A young woman joins the police ranks in Philadelphia, filling a theater entrance beat. She wears part of a uniform, a white cap, and carries a rattan cane, appearing capable of maintaining order.
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Philadelphia
The Genuine Gentleman Quote Insight
A compact reflection by Irving Bacheller on true gentleness beyond attire wealth or status. It emphasizes inner character over outward signs, noting that one must be genuine and then move past the concern with external judgments.
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Irving Bacheller
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Lower Warren
Roger McLaren
Jeon Brown
John E Zufall
Josephus Starr
Alvin
Wom Songer
Serae
Tarkleson
Covington
Ed Beever
Earl Howard
Grove Ingle
Elishe N. Brown
Daniel
J. W. Zufall
Russell
Raymond Sanger
Willard Ingle
John
Mrs
Grant Hughes
Geo. W. Draper
Forest Hill
J.T. Zufall
Rogerville
Ill
M. E. Zufall
Marshfield
Florida Land Co
Chipley, Fis
Keller
Marion
Harriman
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lake Shore
Garrett
The
Erie
Huntington
Western Rubber Company
Goshen
Markle
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Donner & Cox
Columbus
Moorman Strong
Castoria
Topeka
Boas
Nures
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
N. Y. Mention This Paper and Remember the Name, Dr. Kilner
Binghamton, WN. Y
Parker
St. Vitus
C. L. Gates Bancock
Minn
Swarson
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