Prominent Laymen Headline Indiana Methodist Conference
Hammond set to host the Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference from September 23 to 29 with over 300 visitors expected. Notable figures include C. W. Fairbanks J Frank Hanly Rev E S Shumaker Bishop William F McDowell and a Chicago quartet of Methodist ministers. Committees arrange lodging and the Ladies' Aid Society plans meals and entertainment during the stay.
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Hammond
C. W. Fairbanks
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
E. S. Shumaker
Indianapolis
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
William F. McDowsil
Chicago
Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
Ladies’ Aid Society
City
Gown Required Ten Widths Found in Old Photo
Mrs Mary A Davis of Columbus discovered a fifty year old picture showing her in a skirt that required ten widths of material. A second image shows a bonnet crafted by milliner Mrs A Williams who remains active in Columbus millinery fifty three years later.
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Columbus
Mary A. Davis
Tanyard Relics Unearthed in Greenfield Excavation
Relics from Greenfield's early days were found during excavations for a Daily Reporter building. A tanyard site yielded a red oak bark vat, a steel scraper, and an old di] stone. Leather tanned here was shipped to Cambridge City and then to market via the Whitewater canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanyard
Greenfield
Daily Reporter
Cambridge City
Whitewater
Roach Seeks Massage. Barber Shop Fire Starts
In Tevansville on September 17 Edward Roach secretary of the Evansville Masonic Association asked for a massage in a barber shop. An electric machine atop an alcoholic ration sparked a flame that climbed toward the ceiling. Fire was quelled by water thrown in Noah's face and Roach later required a physician.
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Tevansville
Edward Roach
Evansville
Blacksnake Intervenes In Card Game At Nashville Barn
A group of young men playing cards in a barn were startled when a large blacksnake crawled through a roof hole and fell among them during a rain storm. In another note, Susan Graham nurse injures hip in Madison county doorway fall and recalls Civil War service with the Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry. The Clay county old courthouse sells for 250 dollars at Brazil public auction and will be dismantled for a new Maple Lane farm home nearby.
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Nashville
Andersen
Susan Graham
Army Morse
Madison County
W. H. Thomas
Lape
Graham
Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry
Brazil
Clay County
M. H. Johnson, Sr
Maple Lane
Two Missionaries Dead in Africa Missionary Couple Dies
South Bend reports the death of Ray Eldred and his wife in Africa. Ray Eldred drowned on September 3. His wife died from African fever after years of service representing Christian churches in the Congo district.
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South Bend
Ray Eldred
Africa
Me. Eldred
Aldred
Congo
Works for a saloon too
Anderson Sept 19 police board begins investigation of Patrolman Burnett's testimony that he and other officers worked in saloons on Saturdays, earning $20 a night. Burnett said others were paid $2 a night and noted he received $70 2 a month from the city for his police work.
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Anderson
Police Board
Burnett
Ashbaugh
Meridian Street
Indiana Briefs Report Fires Falls and Court Actions
Rochester twenty one year old Rochester-Foglesong severely burned after pouring gasoline on a fire. Evansville carpenter Hendrix dies from injuries after a fall. Fifteen year old Weineatel shoots his foot while hunting. may need amputation. Gary resident Gavinal woman swallows mercury and dies. no recovery. Evansville Galloway killed crossing railroad tracks. South Hend Abbott divorce after daughter Anna divorces Eugene Long. wives cite money. Shelbyville Conklin arrested for beating a Greensburg board bill. Kinond Staver injured by a street corner accident. Rushville Vance jailed for intoxication. Ferguson fined for illegal liquor. Bennett to be tried. Logansport Hooks fatally crushed in yard wreck. Brazil Runnels denied assault charges after dispute. Aurora Huffman seeks alimony and divorce from Huffman. Princeton pumps and booster pump to improve fire protection. Terre Haute Raske sanity findings report no insanity. Warsaw water battle between two fire companies ends in draw.
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Rochester
Hugh Foglesong
Evansville
Taylor Hendrix
Frank Weineatel
St. Philips
Gary
Peter Gavinal
Clarence Galloway
Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis
South Hend
Hattie A. Abbott
James A. Abbott
Anna
Eugene
Long
Shelbyville
Hugh Conklin
Cleveland, O
Manlove
Greensburg
Kinond
Jesse Staver
Rushville
Frank Vance
Greely Ferguson
Willard Bennett
Ferguson
Costa
Bennett
Logansport
Milburn Hooks
Hooks
Walter Poor
Brazil
James Runnels
John Burton
Clay
Runnels
Burton
Princeton Water Company
Terre Haute
C. M. Fortune
Harry Raske
Vincennes
Warsaw
A Few Meat Substitutes For Warm Weather Menus
Foods like Spanish and Walnut Croquettes Tomato and Corn Pudding Lentil Cakes and Nut Scrapple are offered as meat substitutes. Recipes include squash croquettes corn and tomato pudding lentil cakes and nut based scrapple with steps for mixing frying and baking. The piece also notes meals should be enjoyed leisurely with social time.
Seasonable advice on eating and health habits
Autumn advice urges frugal households to stock winter supplies and avoid overeating. Guidance covers dieting for different ages, pie baking tips, toast care, and preventing indigestion with specific food choices and portions. Also includes medical cautions about acids, fats, and combining foods for dyspepsia.
An Unromantic Man Seeks Modern Bathing Alternatives
A fragment recalls a man contrasting a muddy creek with a modern bathroom. He doubts the appeal of the old swimming hole and questions what anyone could offer to match it today. The dialogue hints at nostalgia and evolving public spaces.
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Adverts from Maine and North Carolina
A set of testimonial letters touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Mrs Haxwamp Lowens of Cary Maine reports relief from pain fatigue and sleep loss after use. Other letters from Charlotte North Carolina and Mrs Rosa Suus describe suffering before treatment and subsequent good health and motherhood.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cary
Maine
Lydia E.pinkham
Rosa Suus
N. Oo
All Well Funeral Sermon Amid Wicked London Tale
A glossed saying linked to the Duke of Buckingham is cited in a restoration London tale. Creswell allegedly paid £10 for a funeral sermon in which no ill was spoken of Creswell’s wife, with a line claiming she “was born well, she married well, lived well and died well.”
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Duke of Buckingham
London
Creswell
Buckingharm
Shadwell
Clerkenwell
Bridewell
Model of a Housefly Exhibition at Washington
A model housefly described as "as big as a cat" was shown at the International Congress of Hyena in Washington. The exhibit, labeled a museum display, claims to show the external anatomy in 15 inch size after a year of patient labor, touted as the most adequate representation available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Popular Mechanical Magazine
The First Question Wiggs-Young Sillicus
A fragmentary item mentions Wiggs and Young Sillicus with cryptic phrases about heart laceration and healing using a Roman eyes balm. The text appears garbled with unrelated names and terms.
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Wiggs
Sillicus Saya
Wagges
Theatrical Dilemma: Doctors or Clergy Approve Play
A manager debates staging a play. doctors recommend one option while clergy approve another. The joke turns on choosing between medical and religious endorsement for a production.
Disrupted Plan Unravels in Sour Exchange
A terse exchange hints at betrayal and a failed scheme as one speaker recalls a warned friend whose plan turned disastrous, with a grim phrase about the fat being in the fire signaling consequences.
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M. E
Telle
Indiana News
Carter
V.N. Y., Fort. Wayne
Wismatees Ie
Pate Whitan
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