National Tuberculosis Day Movement Seeks Wide Church, School Involvement
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis launches the Fifth Annual Tuberculosis Day Movement during the week of November 29. Churches, schools, and lodges are urged to hold lectures, sermons, and exhibits with free materials to educate the public about tuberculosis. Contact local anti tuberculosis societies or the national group at 105 East Twenty second Street, New York City.
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National
Association For the Study and
Axe
National Association For‘the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
East Twenty-second Street
New York City
Musical Taste Cultivated in Russian Military Bands
The Russian military bands are costly yet valued as a profitable government investment. Soldiers expect music and bands entertain both masses and classes, catering to high musical taste with programs featuring Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, Tschaikowsky, Debussy and others.
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Russia
Ivanoff
Liszt
Schumann
Chopin
Tschaikowsky
Gunka
Strauss
Debussy
Children’s quip on marriage to divorce echoes classroom lesson
In a school setting the teacher used church rites to link baptism and burial. She asked what comes after marriage and a child replied, divorce, illustrating the lesson’s blunt contrast between sacred rites and modern life.
Earnest Dopper recalls town pressure to return
In Earnest, Dopper notes that after he left his native town many people wanted him to come back. He mentions that one or two even claimed they would come and take him back.
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Dopper
Speculator Debates Media Tea Claim Over Cotton Plunge
A witty exchange questions whether a media figure fell for tea gossip or cotton market bets. The responder clarifies the dip referenced was in cotton investments rather than media chatter.
Trained nurse notes Postum benefits over coffee
A Pennsylvania nurse reports improved headaches and digestion after two weeks using Postum instead of coffee. She says she has recommended Postum to patients and notes increased milk flow in mothers and fewer nervous issues when coffee is avoided.
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Bright
Dean
Moris of Montgomery County Dies After Political Speech
Daniel 8 Morris a 64 year old farmer and former U S Army member who served with General Custer died Saturday night in Cloverdale after traveling there to speak politically. He narrowly missed the Little Big Horn massacre as part of Major Reno's battalion. He was a Union township Democrat candidate and a prominent Odd Fellowship member. his widow and nine children survive.
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Crawfordsville
Daniel
Morris
Montgomery County
Custer
Cloverdale
Union Township
United States Army
Second Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Major Reno
Morrin
Odd Fellowship
Fire at Mt Comfort kills suspected murder victim
Coroner Earl Gibbs investigates a blaze in a hollow elm stump near Mt Comfort. Residents believe someone set the fire to cremate a murdered person and report skeletal outlines and ashes, with a stained napkin from an Indianapolis motor club found nearby.
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Indianapolis Motor Club
Steam Engine Rampage Wrecks Plant in Noblesville
An 8 horsepower steam engine at the American Straw Board company ran away when regulators failed to curb steam supply. A twelve foot fly wheel punched through a twelve inch brick wall and parts pierced the roof into nearby homes. Everett McCarty, the engineer, arrived to shut off steam but the engine was wrecked before he could stop it. No injuries were reported.
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Noblesville
American Straw Board Company
Everett McCarty
Early autumn fruit hopes in East Connersville gardens
In East Connersville ripe cherries appear in back lawns and gardeners report dandelions in bloom across several county spots. Hucksters display ripe raspberries and strawberries as growers ponder two annual crops from under cultivation, aiming for spring and autumn yields.
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Connersville
Left Wife Seven Times In Seven Years Divorce Case
Jeffersonville October 21. William Harold, 62, files a cross complaint to a divorce case filed by his wife Della Harold, 48. He alleges cruel treatment and says he left her seven times over seven years. They were last married in 1907. first marriage began in 1885 and ended in 1902.
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Jeffersonville
William Harold
Della Harold
Beginnings of Keigwin's Undoing of Years of Divorce
Jeffersonville reports Jamen 8 Keigwin once a record setting justice of the peace who married thousands of couples now faces reversal as he files his first suit a petition for divorce. The piece notes his lineage Ephraim Keigwin and Ben T. Nixon and hints at his past marriages and public record.
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Jeffersonville
Jamen
Keigwin
the Peace
Ephraim
Ben T. Nixon
Wedding Feast Tragedy Reported at Fontanet
Oct 28 Fontanet reports a fatal incident during a wedding feast. James Caldwell and John C. are named victims. Peter McLaugh is mentioned in connection with the event. local authorities investigate the circumstances as a deadly accident or act.
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Fontanet
James Caldwell
John ° C
Peter McLaugh
Death of Dr. Lindley Ruddick Pioneer Physician of Seymour
John Ruddick finds his father Dr. Lindley Ruddick dead in bed at his Seymour apartment on his seventieth birthday. Civil War veteran, once captured by Confederates, longtime physician in Seymour. Survived by his son John of Seymour and a daughter Meedia of Pueblo Colorado. His wife predeceased him.
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Dr. Ruddick
Seymour
Louisville School of Medicine
John Ruddick
Meedia
Pueblo
Colo
Indiana News In Brief From Jeffersonville and Nearby
A Jeffersonville reunion of Thirty-eighth Indiana volunteers is noted with survivors living locally. Reports from Newcastle, Evansville, and Muncie cover coroner verdicts, lawsuits, a scarecrow scare injury, building permits gain, a golden wedding, guilty pleas, a recovered body misidentified, and plant sales.
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Jeffersonville
Indiana
Newcastle
Weaver
James McShirley
Mt. Summit
Union
Evansville
John W. Gross
John N. Vernor
Robert Howard
Evanaville
Thomas Offerman
Kratzville
Offerman
John C. Keller
Evansville Business Association
Bickness
W. D. Fox
Frank Hooper
Big Place
Charlea Fox
Terre Haute
Indiana Federation of Labor
Betterman Myers
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Richmond
Myers
Muncie
Frank C. Roberts
Beechgrove
Yorktown
Frank ¢. Roberts
J. H. Bundy
Edgar Pennington
Henry
John W. Mueller
Pennington
Hiner
Middletown
Mueller
Columbus
Caldwell Manufacturing Company
Alexander Spreader Compay
Lebanon
George W. Caldwell
Firet
Caldwell
Marty
Januey Manufacturing Company
Fat plumber and thin carpenter debate European war
A wartime exchange has a fat plumber and a thin carpenter boasting about naval service. The plumber dismisses Belgium’s navy as small, while the carpenter jokes the smaller the navy the harder to hit, reflecting early war banter in Youngstown.
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Belgium
Youngstown Telegram
What is natural history a classroom exchange
A teacher asks a student what natural history means and a blunt reply links it to fighting and death. The piece wryly notes that kindness and politeness are often used as hollow substitutes and questions whether curiosity fuels auction sale interest.
Way the Dance Changes
The piece argues that monotony killed waltz and two step, leading to dance’s decline, while later periods rebelling against artificial norms revived dancing as a natural recreation, amid calls for variety. The reference to Woman's Home Companion anchors the revival context.
Cure for head condition with Cuticura remedy
Mrs J L West describes a year old child's scalp eruption with watery pimples and itching. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a sample, then full products, her hair stopped falling and dandruff cleared within two weeks. Cuticura ads promote samples and 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Kyles
Ohio
Mra. J. L
West
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Best seller must be well written up says Old Fogg
A wry exchange notes a best seller need not be well written but must be well written up. The speaker grouses that many good people exist on earth while many more lie beneath the crust in graves.
Curious Exchange Sparks Laughing Crowd at Fair
A playful scene at a local fair features a man gyrating comically while attempting to flirt with two women moving in opposite directions. Spectators laugh at his antics as bystanders tease him about his bold but awkward approach.
Be Happy Ball Blue Ad Charm Laundress
A vintage advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue as superior to liquid blue and says grocers carry it. A cheeky line links a young man ringing a girl's doorbell to proposing, and it notes some liberal views end at generosity.
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Brockton
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Pratt Food Company
Philadelphia
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la Porte
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Ieee General Health
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Xeur
Dr. Plewe
Dr. RV. and Surgical Institute
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Bataan
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