Local Happenings In Peru And Nearby Areas
Mrs. Ben Brower has been quite sick for several days. Albert Eikenberry transacted business in Peru on Wednesday. Russell Eikenberry and Marvin Rudolph have been on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hunt's son Marvin has been ill. Mrs. C. F. Fite entertained Mrs. William Baldwin and Mrs. Mary Fry at dinner Tuesday. Mrs. Schuyler Miller left Tuesday to visit her parents in Huntington. Omer Jenkins Frank Hostetler Schuyler Miller formed a fishing party and went to Yellow Creek Lake Wednesday. Mrs. Clarence Swain and daughter and Violet Fulton visited and returned home after two weeks with the Millers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Eikenberry
Peru
Russell Eikenberry
Marvin Rudolph
C. F. Fite
William Baldwin
Mary Fry
Schuyler Miller
George Bumgerdner
Huntington
Omer Jenkins
Frank Hostetler
Yellow Creek Lake
Clarence Swain
Buffalo, N. Y
Violet Fulton
The Chain Gang of Civilization Women in Field Labor
Peter Radford laments the surge of women into farming work, comparing their bondage to slavery and urging Congress to address the plight. He warns of industrial warfare's toll on women, calls for mercy in wage and hours, and pleads for relief from exploitation shaping the nation’s harvest.
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Congress
Mason and Dixon Line
United States
Industria J
Washington
Wesrva
Indiana State Fair's Record and Needs Highlight Growth
A historical overview shows the Indiana State Fair grown from a modest start in 1851 to 214 acres of property, valued at 760000 by the State Board of Accounts. The fair, ownerless in stock terms, reinvests profits with $250000 in cash premiums over six years and attendance nearing 679000. It is managed by the 16 member State Board of Agriculture, all volunteers, accountable to the legislature, and calls for major expansions including a machinery pavilion, women’s building, cattle barn, and new streets and sewer system to boost Indiana farming.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
America
United States
The Woman in the Field and the Plow
A plea on farm labor and gender roles cites census figures showing large numbers of women and girls working in fields. It argues for wage reform and social protection, urging restoration of women to home life and defense of mothers, wives, and daughters against industrial hardship. It references the Partners' Union backing the case and calls for immediate reform. Includes local society notes on visitors and outings.
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Israel
America
Partners’ Union
Drug clerk learns he inherits Paris estate
Raymond Siffdoll a sixteen year old drug clerk of Paterson New Jersey found letters showing his late father Brehem Siffdoll sent drafts from abroad. The estate in a Paris suburb once owned by his grandfather makes him heir to 100000. Godfather Hassan Ben Ali confirmed the Paris heirship after a warning trip from Coney Island. Brehem died in 1899 in West Kensington England. The youth may stay in the drug store and later study medicine in college.
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Raymond Siffdell
Pearl Street
Paterson
N. J
Brehem Siffdoll
Paris
Raymond Siffdoll
Hassan Ben Ali
Ben Ali
Coney Island
Brehem Siffdell
West Kensington
England
Middletown
N. Y
Sleeping Place of a Gentleman’s Son
A visitor finds Frank, the son of a gentleman, awake in the library rubbing his eyes. When asked about bed, Frank insists he has a bed in his room all to himself, denying going to bed with the chickens. The scene reflects a small domestic moment from the Delineator column.
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Mr. B
Frank
Croxone Offers Quick Relief for Kidney and Urinary Ailments
A vintage advertisement promotes Croxone as a universal cure for backaches kidney trouble and bladder issues claiming it soaks into kidneys clears uric acid and cleanses blood not matter the age or duration of suffering. money back guarantee if it fails in a single case and druggists will refund the purchase price.
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Earth
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Farmers State Bank
Mexico
Ben Brower
United State
Peter Radford
National Encomers’ Union
Indiana State Fair
DeLaval
le Dukes & Co
W. E. Howes
Lucerne
Ella Burnett
Logansport
Bell
Levi Armantrout
Rochester
Mollie Myers
Mr. Armantrout
Charles Bell
the Baptist Church
Lake Manitau
Fidelity Health and Accident Company
L. H. Dice
Notary Public
Denver
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Newark
Ohio
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