Local Bits and Quick Quips From The Press
A mix of witty quotes and notes noting social tempers. The Philadelphia Press style quips reference a minister, a pa and Castor off. A bargain ad touts Ball Blue brand cleaner. A fireman quips about intelligent firing and firing bosses. Tupelo wood replaces pine in some uses. A Bern university lecturer is a 20 year old woman.
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Willie
Castor
Philadelphia Press
Settlement Date at Vincennes Clarified by Indiana Research
Indiana researchers corroborate 1702 as the first Vincennes settlement date, refuting a 1781 claim about Morgan de Vincenne. The study cites early manuscript references to the Oubache post and notes Ohio and Wabash river naming, with Gen. Hamilton’s 1781 priorities and Consul Butterfield’s archival compilations supporting the 1702 timeline.
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Wiest
Vincennes
Morgan de Vincenne
Cairo
Ohio
Forest
Mississippi
Hamilton
Haldimand
Quebec
Butterfield
Juvenile Thieves Nettled by Madison County Detectives
The Madison County Horsethief Detective Association captured three juveniles in Elwood after a two month spree that included stealing rigs from city hitch racks and robbing stores. Russell Harris 15 and John Dean 17 led the group to Ingalls Anderson and Elwood before being chased by officers and an automobile pursuit. All three confessed to similar thefts and will be bound over to the Circuit Court on $500 bonds each.
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Madison County Horsethief Detective Association
Elwood
Russell Harris
John Dean
Ingalls
Anderson
Lloyd Downham
Road to Grabbing Farm Work of Years in Sand Dunes
Gustave Anderson of Miller spent fourteen years leveling a sand mountain into adjacent sloughs so he could farm the land between Gary and Miller. He lacked a team and worked with a spade and wheelbarrow to prepare ground for crops amid a condemnation suit against the plot by the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend Interurban railway. Fire sweeps Indiana town. Charleston flames destroy Susman and Winokhoeffer harness plant and twelve other buildings, with $30,000 loss and $15,000 insured.
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Gary
Miller
Chicago, Lake Shore and
South Bend Interurban Railway
Gustave Anderson
Indiana
Charleston
Susman & Winockhoeffer
State Happenings From Madison to Zeer Burglaries and Police Raids
Police raided Madison locating a full blind tiger operation. Burglars dynamited the safe at Zanger's Bakery in Zeer and escaped with over 100 dollars. The Public Officers' Association of Hamilton County organized with Judge Tra W Christian as president and Hutchens as secretary.
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Madison
Willard McKay
Blind Tiger
Zanger
Zeer
Hamilton County
Tra’ W. Christian
Hutchens
Cure for Terrible Sores Aided by Cuticura Remedy
Mrs. Ngbert Sheldon of Woodville Conn relates her year and a half old son suffered severe facial sores, then all over his body. After using one cake of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the child recovered and has had no sores since. The report dates April 22 1905. A separate note describes an eighteenth century French dial ring with a tiny sundial set in a gold ring sold as a curiosity, not a precise timepiece.
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Cutiurn
Mra
Ngbert Sheldon
Jh. F. P. No
Woodville, Conn
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lena Nagel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lene Nagel
Morgan St
Buffalo
N. Y
Ten Years of Pain Ends After Kidney Troubles
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Clinton Street Napoleon Ohio suffers ten years of pain and inability to do housework due to kidney trouble. She credits Doans Kidney Pills with quick relief and cure after doctors failed. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The Conclusion features a dinner hour argument where a man ends up at the hospital and another at the police station after a digressive exchange.
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Teorey Mail
Paxton CO
Boston
Mass
Margaret Emmerich
Clinton Street
Napoleon
Ohi
Dean
Deasers
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Deafness Cure Debate and Absence Roll Call
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It also notes a professor at a western college who asks, Who is the absent boy in the vacant chair I see before me.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
W. L. Douglas
Berne
Brockton
Mase
Douglas
W. J. Douglas
Alusg
Sackatchewan
Allerta
Canada
United States
Manitoba
North-West
W. D. Scott
W. H. Rogers
Indianapolis
Ind
Wrinkles Inquirer's Father Explains to Boy
A young Philadelphia Inquirer reader asks what wrinkles are and receives a concise answer from his father. The excerpt mentions a piece on Dr. Kline and a treatise titled Virtue's Dance Poerman.
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Aulys
Philadelphia Inquirer
Paterfamilias
rTs
Dr. Kline
Grant
Street
Philadelphia
Fatherly Remedy Suppresses Asthma and Tubercular Threat
A generic advertisement claims Father’s Long Elixir cures asthma and tuberculosis symptoms with rapid relief. Testimonials from F Munninrt of Fort Wayne Indiana and Miss Minsig Kien credit the remedy after years of illness. The notice urges others to write for treatment details and mentions money order tips in a separate anecdote from the Philadelphia Press.
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Father
Cras
F. Munninrt
Third St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mather
Minsig Kien
Force St
No Necessity for Haste Dialogue on Special Delivery Letters
A Mrs Mokey asks why a special delivery letter mailed two days ago wasn t delivered yesterday. A messenger says special delivery letters are often important and not always hurried, noting the desire to avoid overloading the service.
Red Cross Bilt Bine Promises Brighten Whites
Local grocers advertise Yellow clothes can be kept white with Red Cross Bilt Bine. a 202 package is on sale for 6 cents.
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Bilt Bine
AL Grocers
Impossible Prices Push Plain Living
A dialogue mocks rising costs and consumer restraint as a mother laments high prices while another character urges plain living. The piece nods to household worries and economic strain with a light, comic tone.
Conversation Passes Confidences at Quiet Meeting
Dialogue reveals a tense exchange as two hosts and a guest discuss a concealed marriage. Names Mr Smoykle Mrs Longshore surface amid a disclosure of an intended spouse. The scene hints at personal drama within a social gathering.
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Mr. Smoykle
Monoo
Rubber Stamps and Ink Accessories Catalogue Ad
A noisy old ad promotes rubber stamps and inking pads made to order. It urges readers to request a catalogue from a supplier in Fort Wayne and mentions pricing and assortment details in a condensed, garbled form.
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Fert Wayne Na
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