Record of the Week and Storms Across Indiana
Miss Carrie Duncan, 19, vanished before her June marriage plan to Alfred Higgins son of a farmer. She later said she wed Fred Higgins in Great Bend Kansas and planned to visit friends in Louisville before marriage. Indiana storms caused property loss and multiple fatalities including Union City Knightstown Linton Cambridge City and Greenfield with crops ruined and unroofed buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Duncan
Alfred Higgins
English
Louisville
Dunncan
Great Band
Kan
Fred Higgins
Kangus
Indiana
Union City
Odd Fellows
Gertrude Sipe
Henry County
Sullivan
Knightstown
Charles Estell
T Horace Hardin
Linton
George Shepman
Cambridge City
North Manchester
Henry Brown
Alexander Homan
Nellie Beecher
Greenfield
Paroled Convict Hears From Switzerland Inheritance
Ernest Roulet of New Albany is finally paroled from the Indiana reformatory after a theft sentence for stealing a bicycle. He also receives news of a mother’s death in Switzerland, leaving him a $6,600 inheritance with a draft. Bowet, who fled home as a youth, is noted for later stealing a friend's bicycle in Indianapolis during drinking, leading to imprisonment though released for good conduct. The Indiana Supreme Court rules natural gas cannot be legally pumped from gas wells in Manufacturer Gas and Oil Co v Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Co, affecting long distance supply to towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ernest Roulet
Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Manufacturers Gas and Oil Company
Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company
Grant County
Manufacturers’ Company
Hurrle Window Class Factory Closes Over Heat
The Hurrle window class factory in Hartford City, a twelve pot concern, is forced to shut down due to intense heat until Sept. 15. Mr. Hurrle gave each worker a $100 block of stock and future dividends will supplement earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurrle
Fartford City
Trust
Anderson Sees Sixteen Smallpox Cases Decline
A list of incidents and social notes from Indiana towns reports sixteen smallpox cases in Anderson decreasing. It mentions drownings, road improvement plans in Stoneycreek township, a train collision injuring L W Kibbey, and various deaths, disappearances, and legal actions across Muncie Kokomo Goshen Shelbyville and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Connersville
Henry G. Cartmill
St. Paul
Stoneycreek Township
L. W. Kibbey
Huron
Philip Bullion
Goshen
Noted Criminal Lawyer Jim Ham Lewis Defends dubious killings
Ainslee's Magazine recounts Jim Ham Lewis securing acquittals for George Williams who killed a Port Blakely superintendent claiming duty to society, and Paul Page who killed a Seattle hotel owner during a poker dispute arguing cannabis intoxication altered perception. The trials drew wide attention and medical journals debated Lewis's theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ham Lewis
George Williams
Port Blakely
Lewis
Williams
Paul Page
Milwaukee
Alaska
Seattle
Page
Paris
Ainslee
Vast Cost of a Mistake in Siberian Railways
In haste builders used twelve pound rails for the Siberian and Trans-Baikal lines instead of twenty four. Wooden bridges and widely spaced crossings limit safe speed to about twenty miles per hour. Heaviest engines on steep grades cannot be run below thirty five miles an hour leading to vast reconstruction costs. Reconstruction totals seven million seven hundred twenty five thousand dollars for the Trans-Baikal and three hundred twenty five million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for the Siberian system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian
Trans-Baikal
What Shall We Have for Dessert
This family question daily invites Jell O as a fresh and healthful treat. Made in two minutes with no boiling or baking simply add hot water and chill. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available at grocers for 10 cents.
Whistling Colloquy Between Man and Millinery Agent
A courteous man assures his whistling is not bothersome and the millinery firm collector responds she is accustomed to men whistling as part of her job.
One Gince Part in Charity Play Raises Quiet Tension
A charity performance by amateurs faced a byplay from maidservant tensions. Edith Wardell, daughter of Miss Terry, declared she would obtain her mother to participate, bringing the crowd to silence before her brief line and the dramatic entrance in pink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Terry
Kien Terry
Sagall
Haat
Edith Wardell
Miss Terry
Xung
Grain-O New Grain Coffee Alternative Ad
Try Grain O. A new food drink from grocers that replaces coffee. Suitable for children and adults and said to be easy on the stomach. Described as having a rich seal brown color like Mocha and Java but made from pure grains. Priced at 4 the price of coffee, 1e and 260 per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lée
Memorial Cross For Caedmon At Whitby Abbey Heights
A Gothic cross will rise on Whitby cliff heights as a memorial to Caedmon the morning voice of England. The cross bears Runic inscriptions from his hymn in Runic letters with a translation in modern English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caedmon
Morning Voice
England
Abbey Heights
Whitby
Loos
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad Sparks Comfort
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York Sample sent free All druggists and shoe stores two cents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Last Car Removal Aims to Prevent Rear-End Collisions
A lighthearted exchange notes safety measure to remove the last car on all trains. The plan will reduce rear-end collisions and improve railway safety. Officials endorse the change as a simple preventive step.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Health Benefits
A historical notice promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily use aids digestion and bowel movement, supports liver and kidneys, and cures sick headaches. Sold at 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Never to Be Forgotten Watts Do You Ever Talk in Your Sleep
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal notes a speaker asking about sleep talk amid a reminiscence of saving a wife in a past event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
N. Peck
Indianapolis Journal
Carter's Ink Used by Nation's Greatest Railways
The piece highlights Carter's Ink as the premier ink used by leading U S railway systems and notes McKinley favored Longfellow's Psalm of Life, a poem he memorized as a two year old schoolboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
United States
President McKinley
Longfellow
Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Household Nook Promos
An advertisement blitz lists Hall’s Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and a 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue at 5 cents, alongside cheap air cushion stamps and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething. The copy imitates early 20th century marketing with quirky lines and postal mail order notes from Fort Wayne Indiana.
Caught in Elevator Incident Involving Fink and Stenographer
In the morning an elevator incident ends badly for Fink as his wife interrupts at lunch with his new stenographer. Stubb explains the scene and its result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubb
Fink
Penn
Japan Anxious Over Emigration and Misrepresentation
Japan frets as many residents leave seeking opportunity abroad amid deceptive appeals. The piece likens the lure to false claims that a generic remedy equals Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach disorders, noting supposed cures for indigestion constipation and dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Funny Men and Pearls on Minute Street Joke
A brief comic exchange from the Palladelphia Record features a passenger asking to be let off at Minute street and a conductor correcting it to Sixty-second street. The quip highlights the era’s city street humor and playful misnaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minute Street
Palladelphia
Piso’s Cure Praised for Throat and Lung Ailments
William O Endsley of Vanburen Indiana tests Piso’s Cure on throat and lung affections and reports strong results. The note also remarks that those who are well off are often eager to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. O. Endsley
Vanburen, Ind
Cure Then Care: Bowels Restored With 10 Cent Treatments
A vintage ad touts CASCARETS and CANCULETS as quick bowel remedies for any ailment from headache to caneer. Promises easy natural movements with no gripe or pain, urging readers to start at 10 cents and beware of imitations marked CG on each tablet.
Where He Fell Short and Jell-O flavors in ads
Excerpts include a quirky quote about kyphotic health and a family joke item, plus four Jell-O flavors—Seamon Raspberry Strawberry—sold at grocers for 10 cents. Also notesProf Agassiz’s Albatross expedition reports ocean depth of five and one half miles near Tonga Hua island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jell-O
Prof. Agassiz
Island of
Tonga
Hua
Useless People and Trusted Cross Ball Blue Note
A fragment notes a constitutional cure with a price of 75 cents and a remark on useless people taking valuable moments for attention. It mentions Trusted Cross Ball Blue and an odd claim about England’s annual dewfall equaling five inches of rain.
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England
Couldn't Be Spoiled Hicks No I Don’t Suppose I Am Up to Your Plane
Script notes hint at a tense exchange between Hicks and Wicks in a Boston Tran scene. The dialogue suggests a decline in wit or status, a challenge to intellectual parity, and a dramatic confrontation in a transportation setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Boston Transcript
Grain-O Grain-Q Promises Coffee Substitute Drink
A historical ad touts Grain-O as a nourishing beverage for children, offering Grain-Q made from pure grains that tastes like coffee and costs about the same. It claims increase in health with more Grain-O and notes availability from grocers at 15 cents and 25 cents.
Surprise. The Value of Longed For Possessions
A reflective note on how people chase and value possessions, questioning the ongoing pull of things that once captivated and shaped our lives. It suggests a contemplative turn toward meaning beyond material gain.
Engle Linen Writing Table ruled and unruled sheets
The Engle Linen Writing Table offers 100 sheets in ruled and unruled formats. Letter size sells for 25 cents and Note size for 15 cents. Ask your dealer for them and take no other.
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Supreme Court
Wayne County
James Robins
Shelbouille
Geo. Green
Jeffersonville
Wm. Dakin
Muncie
Albert Knight
Clare Hurley
Cincinnati
George Watson Sullivan
Clara Wagoner
Reuben DeBord
Terre Haute
American Wringer Company
Lola Truss
Marion
Onse
George Laurch
Dublin
Williard Gibson
William Gibbs
Kokomo
Gibson
Gibbs
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eliza Thomas
Pine St
Easton, Pas
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydie Tl
Pipkhans
Hall
Fort Wayne
Ind
Trusted Cross
Ayer
S. L. SpellMan
Columbus
Ohio
Old Virginia
Sona
Atlanta
Chigago
Omaha
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Peane
Council Bluffs
A. H. Hanson
Chicago
Jay
Tolono
St. Louis
Kansas City
P. E
Domuauan
T. A
Toledo
R. G. Thompson
F.W.N.A
Ove
Teserve
Mea
Bea
Cees Sake
Roberts
Minneapolis
Mina
Sey
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