Subscription and Advertising Rates in Local Paper
Rates listed for subscriptions one year one dollar and six months fifty cents three months twenty five cents. Advertising rates per column year vary from ten dollars to two dollars eighty cents for different column widths. Mentions ads payable monthly and job printing due on delivery. Notes aim to boost local goods and Christmas edition planning. Panama canal and railroad topics referenced with farmer support for right of way. Indiana Reformatory inmates enjoyed Thanksgiving with a large rabbit meal and fruit.
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Businese
Parcell post proposal looms before Congress in retail fight
The article argues the parcels post bills threaten local retailers by empowering mail order firms and catalogue houses with lower postage. It notes broad support from large mail order businesses and cataloguers who seek to expand orders if rates drop, potentially eroding local shop trade. Big firms back the plan for competitive advantage.
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Congress
Pieter Bensigo
Magnificent Private Estate Built From a Farm
A Morris county man, once a farm boy in poverty, built a vast private estate in Florham Park near Morristown and Madison. His 5000 acre holdings include macadam roads, forests turned into parks, lakes formed from river waters, and a 100 foot clock tower atop the old barn. His wealth stems from life insurance and the early Insurer Ward career, now yielding a sprawling house with liveried servants and a loyal link to his farm roots.
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Morris County
New Jersey
Rea
United States
Senator Dryden
Dryden
Florham Park
Madison
Midas
Passaic
Morristown
Summit
Bernardsville
Life Insurance
Ward
Balloon descent tale ends with a coroner paid by the job
Pittsburg Aero club president Chance For Business notes a dangerous balloon descent. The tale includes a black-clad visitor offering a bribe to an aeronautical editor to claim a quick descent method by burning the gas bag. The editor refuses and explains the visitor is a new coroner paid by the job.
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Homer W. Hedge
The
Aero Club
Pittsburg
New Aero Club
Man In Black
The Big Depot Bomb Trick Recalled in Odd Tale
A vacation rush at a large depot ends with an improvised blast. A crowd decries anarchists and Black Hand as the trunk fragment reveals Lucy’s packing mischief. A meek man salvages a toothbrush handle and other items, noting the danger.
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Lucy
Artistic Sensitivities and a Writer’s Challenge
In a dialogic excerpt, Mr. Stormington Barnes defends his critique of a writer who claimed some works fail to meet最高的标准 of excellence. The exchange probes resentment and artistic standards.
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Stormington Barnes
Gir
Mourning by Crape Bands Widespread in City
Observers note many men and women wearing crepe bands on coat sleeves as mourning spreads beyond families. The style, rooted in military and servant traditions, has become a fashionable yet cheap convention, with lower classes adopting it due to cost issues and social signaling.
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New York Herald
Costermongera
Grip Made Doctors Rich Says Medical Authority
The British Medical Journal cites a one fourth drop in English physician incomes since 1900 due to a milder influenza period. The Springfield Republican notes less influenza or grip now in the U.S. and recalls 1900 deaths estimated at 19 000. The disease is described as periodical and linked to Far East filth, spreading globally then waning.
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British Medical Journal
Springfield Republican
Far East
Neighborhood Notes on liquor, horses, crime, and strikes
Rumor debates Grandview liquor policy depending on Supreme Court ruling. Horse thefts surge across Southern Indiana with no traces found. A shooting injures Harry Twitty in Algeir while Stephenson’s gun misfired. Birds Eye store robbed by locals. Tobacco factory workers strike demand higher wages. conflict escalates as imports may follow. Dale reports elopement of Homer Kelly and Mary Mitchell.
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Supreme Court
Grandview
Indiana
New Albany
Telen
Corydon Re- Ue
Harry Twitty
Robbie Stephenson
Algeir
Stephenson
Twitty
Orwell
Young lovers flee to Huntingburg as Rockport weighs city government
In Rockport a petition signed by 289 voters calls for a city government election. The town board sets Tuesday January 29 for the vote to decide on adopting a city charter, allowing sewer work and Main Street opening to proceed without election conflicts. A separate note tells of a young couple driving to Huntingburg with a plan to marry, while another pair rides a midnight train toward St. Louis and possibly Oregon.
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Huntingburg
Greener
Mitchell
Kelly
Rockport
Main Street
Rockport Journal
Infant dies and births noted in St Anthony area
The infant child of Jon Roenkamp died last Tuesday and was buried at Celestine. Mike Hochgesang says he has his hearts desire a girl at his house. Tony Swartz arrived Tuesday and hums youre papas baby boy. The infant son of Valentine Haas has pneumonia and is not expected to recover. Kris Kinkle appears in show windows and youngsters begin to imitate.
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Jon
Roenkamp
Celestine
Mike Hochgesang
Tony Swartz
Valentine Haas
Kris Kinkle
Local Visit Highlights From Ferdinand Residents
Mr and Mrs Gustav Woerter of Ferdinand visited relatives here Sunday. Paul Joghim took a pleasure trip to Ferdinand on Tuesday. Several business men attended a telephone meeting at Dale on Tuesday. Mr Charles Metzger stayed with the Maslowsky family. Mr and Mrs Karl Neuman of Huntingburg called on friends Saturday. John Widmer of St Meinrad spent a few hours in town Sunday.
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Gustav Woerter
Ferdinand
Dale
Charles Metzger
Our Town
F. Maslowsky
Karl Neuman
Huntingburg
John Widmer
St. Meinrad
Mail delivery halts as time for posting closes
In St Meinrad residents discuss the closing of the window to mail letters. The Community lawyer notes the final chance to send U S mail before the cutoff. townsfolk express concern about delayed correspondence and awaiting the next scheduled pickup.
Ackermann Reports New Home Near Plastering Finish
Christ Ackermann says his newly built home will be plastered soon and, with favorable weather, he can move in. His farm gains value from a new barn and house. John Kost and Jacob Buxer of the International Harvesting Company report good progress.
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Christ Ackermann
John Kost
Jacob
Buxer
International Harvesting Company
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Foundry and Machine Works
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