Indiana Ends Branch Banks in State Wide Reform
Indiana announces abolition of all state and private branch banks following a 1907 depository act. Auditor Billheimer orders examinations, aims to replace old lending practices with a state board of finances. Governor Hanly to chair, private banks race to become public depositories before December 1 examinations.
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Indiana State Fair Set To Highlight Hoosier Soil Displays
At Indianapolis opening Sept 9 the Indiana State Fair features a premier display of Hoosier soil products with Indiana growers dominating premium awards. Grain and seed premiums total 457 dollars while vegetables 217 and potatoes 116. Root crops earn 108 with corn prizes near six hundred. A large southwest exhibit showcases Missouri Kansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas produce in the horticultural building. Fruits prizes total 735 dollars.
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Music at the State Fair At Indianapolis September Week
The state fair at Indianapolis will feature band music the week of September 9. The Weber band from Cincinnati will present two three hour programs daily of popular music, soloists performing before the Art building and in the grandstand. The Indianapolis News Boys' Band of sixty members will perform hourly concerts all week, having won a top juvenile band award at the St. Louis world’s fair. The Indianapolis Military Band, renowned as Indiana’s best, will also perform popular programs. Concerts are integrated with vaudeville and staged at multiple grounds locations for large crowds.
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Open Air Vaudeville at Indiana State Fair
Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis the week of September 9 will offer a free vaudeville program on a large platform before the grandstand between race heats. Acts include acrobatics trapeze swinging ladder seats and humorous feats with a bicycling troupe performing trick riding at the Art building and near the grandstand drawing thousands of spectators.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Fair Richest Races Set With 24600 Purses
The Indiana State Fair opens September 9 offering the richest purses in fair history totaling 24600. Thirteen events pay 800 each, plus special events with 2100 2000 2000 4100 and 2000 purses. About 600 trotters and pacers from Indiana and the grand circuit will compete daily at 1 pm with band concerts and vaudeville attracting crowds.
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The Freezing Process and Ice Bursts
The article explains how ice forms from freezing water, with ice crystals creating a snowy outer crust. As freezing continues, pressure builds inside a confined vessel until the ice center bends upward and bursts, unless water is removed or the vessel fails.
Gweed Neebors Folklore Of Fair Folk Haunts Scottish Hills
A Spectator tale recalls Scottish belief in the wee folk guarding mothers and infants during early recovery. A fisher’s child is eyed by a visiting hag and a wary old man frees the babe by ritual burning and a held black hen, restoring health and happiness.
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It Might Have Been Worse. Twain at the Station
Mark Twain quips at a station while waiting for a delayed train. He says a grim tale about a dying town could have been worse, noting he lived there two years without dying, joking about witnesses to his death. The crowd responds with silence.
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Germanys Strict Laws On Foreign Stay And Passport Rules
The article describes Germany requiring foreigners to exchange passports for six month permits at the police, pigeonholing passports, and mandating landlord notice for lodging changes to curb pauper immigration. It notes military service must be completed before leaving the country.
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Moisten the Buttonhole to Aid a Refractory Stud
A practical tip explains how dampening the buttonhole with water allows a stubborn collar stud to slip in easily. The method is quick and suited for a morning to catch a train and keep an appointment.
De Style and Gunbusta Exchange on Insults
A brief exchange contrasts two styles of address. De Style praises a man as a brick and he is pleased while Gunbusta counters with harsher, insulting terms and the man resists.
Midnight family dialogue hints at dire remedy
The excerpt centers on a tense exchange where one voice scoffs at giving Paragoric to a person while another suggests it might ease the rest of the family, indicating a grim moral dilemma without clear actions or outcomes.
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Kidney Health Warns of Overwork and Remedies
An old health notice argues kidney trouble underlies many diseases and heart symptoms. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a leading kidney remedy, touts cures, and offers free sample bottles and pamphlets via Dr Kilmer & Co in Binghamton New York.
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