The Brownsville of Fifty Years Ago Revealed in a Tale
In Brownsville fifty years ago a simple crossroads village centers on a store and a log church. Solomon Boone hires Dick Brayton to work on his farm where Nannie Boone, a pretty and clever girl, catches Dick’s eye as a singing teacher arrives from down below. Dick and Nannie’s budding romance unfolds as a local singing school sparks curiosity and tension.
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Brownsville
Brownsviille
Solomon Boone
Nannie Boone
Nannie
Brownsyville
Ike Nannie Boone
Adam
Eden
Dick’ Bray
Nanule
Deacon Snyder
Iked down to the school house after supper
Chapter II describes Dick and Nannie walking to the school house after chores were finished. The road carried them toward a night journey as they moved together in the evening.
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Nannie
Jed
The Girl of Today Defies Age On Its Shelf
A London World article discusses a social shift where mature women gain new roles in romance. It notes women over twenty five redefining youth, with marriages at forty or beyond and widows remarrying into later life, challenging old limits.
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Wormino
London
Vegetarian Shoes and Eye Differences Across People
The piece notes a London inventor who creates a vegetarian boot with no paper or leather, claiming it lasts longer and won’t crack. It also discusses how eyes vary in size shape color and visual power, with people favoring one eye for focal tasks and how many overlook this in choosing glasses.
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London
Opticians
Indiana Incidents and Violent Crimes Report
A series of violent events across Indiana includes a man shot while misidentified as a panther during a hunting party near Peru, and a teacher's self-inflicted death by kerosene in Tyran. Other items note Lebanon City losing a pavement case, a stabbing in Osgood, a fatal beating near Kokomo, and masked robbers taking $900 from Charles Ricer.
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Charles Ricer
Within Our Borders. Multiple regional news items prevail
Greensburg national bank organized with $50,000 capital, third bank in the city. Summittville to receive one of two bottle factories to be built by the American Flint Glass Workers' union. Mrs Ed Helmich 22 found dead in Evansville with her baby. Boat capsized on Robinson's lake. Charles Leifer drowns. Robert Grammer Albany appointed guardian of Edgar C Justice who admits drinking problem. Justice petitioned for guardian himself. An elk's horn five feet long non earth by ditchers near Monument City. Mrs William Horton near Somerset attempted suicide. motive unknown. Howard Lore receives letter from mother in New Lexington and suicides east of Muncie. Dogs burrow under Riverside Park deer inclosure. city deer found dead. throats gnawed. John Thraillkill fatally hurt in a Kokomo runaway. State teachers adjourn in Evansville. new officers listed. John Martin Kentucky prisoner found with revolver in Jeffersonville State prison. solitary confinement leads to plot to break out at north gate. Mrs Andrew Egnew of Lagro prevents $2,000 theft from Fulton & Son. robbers explode safe, she rings bell and they flee.
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Greensburg National Bank
Summittville
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Ed Helmich
Evansville
Robinson’s Lake
Charles Leifer
Leifer
Robert Grammer
Albany
Edgar C. Justice
Justice
Monument City
William Horton
Somerset
Howard Lore
New Lexington
Ohio
Muncie
Big Four Express
Riverside Park
Indianapolis
John Thraillkill
Kokomo
Thrailkill
Jackson Township
North Gate
Martin
Andrew Egnew
Lagro
G. 5
Fulton & Son
Sulton
Egnew
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the Swamp Secret
Snyder
Hze ‘Kfel
Dick Brayton
Mr. Boone
Nance
Mis’ Jones
Nance Boone
Zekiel
Mrs. Snyder
Kentry
Singing
Teta
Barbara Allen
Girl
John Swift
Jeanie Peet
William E. Green
Peru
Green
Pert
Lebanon
Lebanon City
Pearl Street
Frankfort
Osgood Jefferson Duayis
Brayden
Morgan
Thom
David Lick
Versailles
Mina Beadle
Tyran
Miss Beadle
John J. Walker
Kokomo Pe
Kentucky
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