Quadrupullets Chickens Reported From Hilger Farm
A local tale from Columbus describes Rhode Island Reds hatched from seventeen eggs producing nineteen chicks, claiming quadrupullets due to two extra hatchlings. John C Hilger offers affidavit proof though no documentation is provided. The story references a Pennsylvania engineer and a steam locomotive boiler hatch with imagined headlights and whistles on chicks.
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Columbus
John. C. Hilger
Hilger
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Sisters Find Parents After Sixteen Years Search
Miss Estelle Folson of Mishawaka and her sister Ella Folson of Westville, New Hampshire, locate their parents in Massachusetts after a long search. The sisters were placed in an orphanage in Boston, then raised in Columbia City, Indiana. Their parents, Mr and Mrs Charles A Folson, live in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and plan a visit.
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South Bend
Estelle Folson
Mishawaka
Ella Folson
Westville
N. H
Boston
Columbia City
Ind
Estelle
John Quincy. Adams
New ‘Hampshire
Charles A. Folson
Haverhill, Mass
Stolen horse nabbed by sheriff near Montpelier
Hartford City reports Old Ned owned by Guy Strait was driven from the hitchrack in Montpelier by Frank Werrick who lost his way. The sheriff halted the culprit in Strait barnyard after Mrs Strait identified the horse. Werrick pleaded guilty in the city court to horse stealing.
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Hartford City
Ned
Guy Strait
Blackford County
Montpelier
Young Farmer Injured in Main Street Whirl on Suggy Wheel
Lafayette Earl Latcher, a young farmer, suffered serious injuries after a spirited horse ran away on Main Street. He clung to the reins but was jerked from the seat, whirled around by the wheel, and bruised from head to foot.
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Lafayette
Earl Latcher
Main Street
Latcher
Fell giant poplar found in Huntington county timber
Marion James L Barley a timber dealer hauled the largest poplar he ever bought from Mt Etna near Huntington county. The five foot stump tree measured five feet across and will yield about 5500 feet of lumber. It grew along the Salamonie river and came from George Satterthwaite farm.
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Salamonie River
George Satterthwaite
Burglar Thrown From Window After Sleepwalking Break-In
Lawrenceburg resident William F. Martin 29, an express wagon driver, allegedly slept walked to the home of Jesse W. Brooke a mile away. Brooke and his wife, believing him to be a burglar, attacked him, and during the struggle Martin was thrown from a second story window. He was later taken to his own home.
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Lawrenceburg
William F. Martin
Center Township
Jesse W. Brooke
Brooks
Martin
Brooke
Woman Shoots Hawk At Thornburg Farm
Miss Maude Favors of Noble township with Mr and Mrs Charles M Thornburg proved a capable marksman in a notable incident. After hawks threatened the Thornburgs brood she fired at a bird hovering over the yard, her first time shooting a flying target.
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Hawke
Milton
Maude Favors
Noble Township
Charles
M. Thornburg
Thornburg Place
Miss Favors
Mail Train Wrecked and Salem Fire Cause Damage
Lafayette Fast mail train No 84 on the Big Four railroad wrecked three miles south of here in a collision with a yard engine returning from pushing a freight train. Three people injured Earl Hanson Harry Esson and Paul Stone. Fire in Salem destroys K M Hans store area two blocks loss over 50000 Ivy Gibson 12 crushed by falling chimney.
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Lafayette
Big Four
Here
Earl Hanson
Harry Ession
Paul Stone
Cimcinnati
Salem
K. M. Hans
Campbellsburg
Ivy Gibson
Horseshoe Found Embedded in Pine Tree Trunk
Milton residents report a horseshoe found in the heart of a pine tree cut by M. E. Hubbell. The tree trunk measured eighteen inches in diameter and the shoe was fully imbedded, suggesting it was placed around the sapling and later covered by growth.
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Milton
M. E. Hubbell
Electric shock kills quarry worker at Doyle quarry
Bedford. While helping move a derrick at the Doyle quarry, Frank Douch, an employee, was instantly killed when an electric wire contacted a cable he held.
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Bedford
Frank Douch
Indiana News In Brief From Rushville And Huntington
Rushville area resident Rushville Russel Sampson fell from a hay mow and injured his spine with feared death. Huntington notices advise a county real estate valuation rise of about twenty percent while early estimates suggest lower values overall. Arnold O Haver a streetcar motorman was seriously injured in a trolley collision when a switch or power issue left the trolley energized between cars.
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Rushville
Russell Sampson
Huntington
Lessorg
Arnold O'Haver
O’haver
Andy
Trollei
Advertisements and remedies headline a busy page
A mix of product pitches proclaims Garfield Ten for constipation liver sluggishness and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething with claims of mild action and potency. It promotes Marine Eye Remedy and Murine eye products with warnings about no stinging and aseptic tubes with prices.
Hired Boss Seeks Trustworthy Boy in Wisecrack Exchange
A judge records a joking exchange where a jobseeker boasts reliability and a boss asks for trust, the applicant quipping about not revealing business secrets. The brief dialogue captures workplace banter and character.
Allen A Olmsted Foot-Kaeak Ad
Antiseptic powder advertised to shake into shoes for corns bunions ingrowing nails swollen sweaty feet and related spots. Bold claim and 2 cent price urging no substitutes, with Ram ple FHEM. Address Allen A Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Bilstein
Callone
Rample Fhem
Allen A. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
It is the little things in this world that cause us the moat trouble
Not in my business the shoe clerk replies it is the big things the owners of which want to put into little shoes
The Brain of a Centipede as Wonder
A professor praises the centipede brain as the most wonderful thing, noting its infinitesimally small size yet perfect control over the insect’s complex nervous and locomotor system.
China Education Puzzle: Fixing the Ladder to Higher Learning
National Review in Shanghai laments China has started at the top by building universities without preparing students. The weaker lower rungs of the education ladder make advancement near impossible for many learners.
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China
National Review
Shanghai
How He Did It Dinner Joke Told by Captain Burridge
At a Military Order of Foreign Wars dinner Captain Carlyle L. Burridge recounted a humorous tale of a man who explains a bump on his forehead by saying he bit himself. His wife questions the claim as he admits he stood on a chair to reach the spot.
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Military Order of Foreign Wars
Carlyle L. Burridge
Cockecrow
Cleveland
Pledge Policies for Loans on Life Insurance
A Collier's summary notes that policy loans from life insurance companies are widespread, with funds often diverted to business ventures and speculation. Few loans are repaid, leaving families with reduced protection as policies mature.
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Life Insurance
Connecticut Mutual
Collier's
Ownership of a Cow at Issue in Hawkensville Case
Witness Abram Reese recalls a trade between Hibba and Simmons over a buggy for a cow. He says the exchange stood as agreed and no trade back occurred. He asserts both parties still remain in Hawkensville in the ongoing suit.
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Abram Reese
Heese
Abram
Hawkensville
Mamma Says Refusal Marks First Minister Visit
A handsome unmarried minister visits the Fostdicks for a first pastoral call. He tries to kiss Anna who resists, then reports to her mother who advises kissing him herself. Anna is urged by her mother to comply, but she refuses again, stating her mother will.
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Fostdicks
Anna
Mamma
Dandruff in the lion's den joke marks Meldrum teaching
Dorothy Meldrum, ten, humorously answers her father Rev. Andrew Meldrum D D on the day’s lesson. He has long pursued religious instruction for his daughter, personally guiding her studies.
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Dorothy Meldrum
the Lion's den
Andrew B. Meldrum
Questioning Mrs Coyne's dressmaker and gowns
A dialogue scene recalls how Mrs Coyne spends vast sums on gowns each year. A character teases about her dressmaker and whether a proposal should target that tailor as well.
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Kawar
War on Tuberculosis Expands Across North America
A new tuberculosis directory from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis shows over 600 U.S. cities and about 100 Canadian towns engaged in the fight. As of April 1, nearly 1500 agencies and 421 sanatoria and day camps operate nationwide, with 511 associations, 342 dispensaries, 68 open air schools, and 98 hospitals for inmates in insane and penal institutions. The directory also details anti tuberculosis legislation by state and in about 250 cities and is sold for 50 cents postpaid from 106 East Twenty second Street, New York.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Canada
East Twenty-second Street
New York City
Waiting for the Duke as A G W stock tops 120
A dialogue notes anxious hope that stock movements will improve. A child asks about investing and mentions a father promising to buy a duke (title) once A. G. W. reaches 120, signaling a bet on rising shares and inheritance. The tone suggests a cautious market mood and family expectations tied to a specific price point.
Family guide for child illnesses and home care
The passage discusses how a household head should respond to small emergencies and common child ailments. It notes that many times a doctor is unnecessary and advocates for simple home remedies such as laxatives and tonics to relieve constipation and support bowels, emphasizing parental action in minor cases.
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Michigan
Geta
Savings
Bank
Fells
Poplar Tree
Indiana News
Mra
Winslow
Booker
Laweuit
Hawkenaville
Father Beatir
Dr. Pierce
Sree
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Duman Bein
Spohn Medical CO
Stretichgiare Goshen
U. S
Fred
Pert
Polly
N. H. Mead
Freeport
Kans
J. R. Whiting
Lena, Vic
W.N. A
Ft, Wayne
Monroe Drug
Conbane
Western
UNION
W. Adama
Chicago
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