Taft Speech Hailed In Indianapolis July 4 Banquet
Indianapolis notes Taft will speak on peace and international arbitration at a July 4 banquet. The article asserts the address could rank among epochal speeches, linking Panama Canal progress and reciprocity to lasting world peace. Taft’s Indiana visit is framed as pivotal for 1912 politics and the Republican path forward.
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Indianapolis
Tndiana Republicans
Taft
Panama Canal
France
Germany
Japan
Uncle Sam
Taft Sprae
Tait
Indiana
Republican Party
President to Speak on Peace at Indiana Republican Banquet
Interest spreads across the state as Taft prepares a major address at the Indiana Republican banquet. Charles Norton at Halton Club handles applications for seating, with siat tickets numbered and groups urged to apply for seating together.
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Indiana
Taft
Charles 8. Norton
Halton Club
Norton
How you may profit by it Foley Kidney Pills ad
Mrs. Nancy Keneipp of Terre Haute Indiana shares her experience with Foley Kidney Pills saying they eased her frequent painful kidney and bladder troubles and restored normal action with no burning sensation. She credits the pills for her recovery and notes they are sold by all druggists.
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Nancy Keneipp
Wabash Ave
Terre Haute
Ind
Foley
Real estate transfers in Fountain county weekly list
Transactions in Fountain county real estate recorded this week list transfers from title deeds via O S Pouglass. Names include Gumert to Reed for 1 acre Shawnee township. McMahon to Sprankle for 40 acres Troy. Greenley to Ed Greenley for 23.106 acres Warren county border area. Faulner to Pickering in Irac Hillsboro. Frazier to Byron Frazier for 0 acres Cain. Wilkinson to Bowman and wife in Irac Wallace. Bowman and Catharine to W L Bruner for 20 acres Jackson. Edith P Wilson to S A Moore for Lot 26 and parts 11 12 34 Rice Station. Davis to Ola Judy in Irac Mellett. Hattie B West to W W Lawton for 110 acres Fulton. Total sums range up to 1,000 dollars.
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Fountain County
O. S. Pouglass
Charles Gumert
Dana Reed
Lightning Kills Few and Electric Bitters Cure
A 1906 note compares lightning deaths to other illnesses and tells of Robert Madsen of West Burlington Indiana who recovered after eight months with virulent liver trouble and jaundice using Electric Bitters. It claims the tonic as the best remedy for stomach liver nerves kidneys and blood, priced at 50 cents at druggists.
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Robert Madsen
West Burlington
Peckham Schoolboy Unable to Learn Expelled
A London county council education committee report describes a Peckham schoolboy nearly 13 who has learned only two or three letters and has forgotten them. He cannot write or calculate, and the committee decides to expel him from school.
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Peckham
London County Council
Republicans Face Idaho? Indiana Party Reform Call
A Gazette piece from Indianapolis discusses Republican party fractures and voter disgust after a decade of one sided control. It urges a fair partnership with voters, calls out arrogance, cites low turnout in Oak Grove and state wide apathy, and advocates inviting outsiders back into the party. It blames internal fights over Frank Hanly and Beveridge for hurting campaigns and winning back Indiana offices.
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Indianapolis
Oak Grove Township
Taft
Indiana
Frank Hanly
Beveridge
U.S
Benton County
Gazette
Fowler Man Peter Larsen Found Dead in Cistern
Reports from Oxford Tribune suggest Peter Larsen, a prominent Fowler resident, died after an axe wound and body found in a barn cistern. Initial theory favored suicide amid family quarrels, with doubt about drowning and signs like hat and shoes placed apart.
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Peter Larsen
Fowler
Larsen
Oxford
Tribune
Dumas and the Mycologist Fund Anecdote
A tale from Youths Companion recounts Alexandre Dumas defending a fellow author by jokingly planning to cook a dubious wild mushroom. The anecdote ends with the cook noting the species might have been mistaken, prompting the fund subscription for the preservation of the indifferent mycologist.
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Alexandre Dumas
Dumas
Monsieur Dumas
Breathing Machinery Rust Danger Warned by Writer
A writer on engineering notes that used machinery such as a motorcar can rust from internal respiration. Enclosed air spaces draw in air as temperatures fall and expel it with heat, bringing moisture that deposits in cavities and may cause serious rust damage.
Meat in Burma describes daily meat sales and refrigeration limits
In Burma India meat must be eaten the day it is killed due to few refrigerators and limited ice. There are no meat markets. meat fish and fowl are sold at bazaars or booths with live fowls killed on demand. Machine ice is the only type available and sold in small quantities.
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Burma
India
Jack and Jill in the Tribune’s juvenile tale
The Chicago Tribune retells the well known Jack and Jill nursery rhyme. Jack sits up with a cracked crown after tumbling from the hill as Jill answers the mishap with a pail of water.
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Jack
Jill
Chicago Tribune
When Lightning Strikes a Tree Explodes from Bolt Inside
A description explains how a lightning strike fills a tree with electric force. Moisture inside becomes steam and explodes outward, ripping the trunk. The flame does not burn the tree nor split it as an axe would.
Trustee Notice From Jos Starkey For Fulton Township
Trustee Jos Starkey announces weekly office hours at his residence in Cates Indiana to conduct all township business. The notice specifies Saturday availability to handle official matters and duties for Fulton Township.
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Cates
Ind
Jos. Starkey
Fulton Township
Covington
Trustees' Notices Troy Township Summer Sessions
Trustees of Troy township announce weekly in person sessions at the first floor office room of the K of P building on Wednesdays and Saturdays to transact township business. Charles A Brown serves as trustee.
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Patent Office
Greeley
Patents
U. S. Patent Office
Firstont
K. of P
Chas. A. Brown
Troy Township
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller With Allen Foot Ease
Advertisement notes Allen’s Foot E ease antiseptic powder relieves swollen tender feet and foot pain, promising comfort and easier walking. Claims relief from corns and bunions, offers free sample and urges not to accept substitutes. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
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Loeb’s Stores
Indianagols
John McDonald
N. E. Corner Square
Washington,td. C
Abbie M. McMahon
Husb
Guy L Sprankle
Troy
Walter Greenley
Ed Greenley
Faulner
Daniel Pickering
Irac Hillsboro
Mary R. Frazier
Byron F Frazier
Cain
Ira E Wilkinson
J D Bowman
Irac Wallace
Catharine Bowman
W L Bruner
Jackson To
Edith P Wilson
S A Moore
Rice Station
Geo F Davis
Ola Judy
Irac
Mellett
Hattie
Lawton
Fulton
Fletcher
H C. Yolnt
Covington, Indiana
al Rinda
Washington Treet
M &. Church
R N. Voliva
Newtown, Indiana
Alva L. Spinning, M. D
Covington, Ind
W. H. Cox
Attorney At Law
Notary Public
Harter Building
N. E.cor. Agr
John B. Artin
P. Lewis
Willdo A Gevere
Law Practice
Aulen
Public Square
Covington Banking Company
Dodd & ‘Struther’s
D. D. Redden
Attica
Lee Covington
Attica Oar
Wain Lin
West
W Richeson
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