Indiana Assesses Bond Claims and Public Finances
Indiana officials push ahead with lawsuits against Camfield Construction bondmen over a hospital contract incomplete, seeking about 122000 dollars. The state upholds a partition fence ruling, discusses emergency fund uses, and notes new incorporations and building loan department gains and proposed accounting reforms.
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Indianapolis
8. E. Smith
Southeastern Indiana Hospital For the Insanes
Madison
John C. Billheimer
W. E. Wattres
New York
Winfield T. Durbin
Camfield Construction Company
Wattres
Durbin
W. O. Thompson
Ohio County
Supreme Court
Indiana Anti-Saloon League predicts dry state by 1912
Rev E B Shumaker state superintendent declares Indiana will be free of licensed saloons by January 1 1912 at a Presbyterian synod address. He outlines plans to elect temperance men, push a state prohibition bill, and pursue a constitutional amendment forever prohibiting liquor manufacture and sale. The audience of 200 ministers and laymen applauded.
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Anti-Saloon League
Saga State
South Bend
Indiana
E. 8. Shumaker
State Presbyterian Synod
First Presbyterian Church
Shumaker
General Assembly
Mr. Shumaker
Backache and Kidney Pain Prompts Remedy Mention
Thompson Watkins says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved sharp back twinges and irregular kidney secretions. The ad advises removing congestion or inflammation to ease pain and cites Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo selling 50 cent boxes. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean’s
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
It Is She John Henry in Quiet Reckless Bravery
The dialogue captures a bold declaration of courage as one character challenges another while confessing defiance and daring in a tense, intimate moment. The exchange centers on bravado and mutual recognition of boldness.
Serpent Exhibit Scare on Versailles Platform
A Paris summer tale describes a schoolteacher and companion sitting on crates at a railway station platform. A shabby worker asked permission in French to open their boxes to feed snakes bound for a Versailles zoo, revealing they were seated amid a large shipment of serpents.
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Paris
Versailles
Mesdames
The Clever Girl Dialogue Sparks A Playful Exchange
A brief dialogue scene unfolds as a wood dealer asks a girl about her father's wood preference. She hesitates, replying not too hard, hinting at a light domestic moment. The exchange evokes period-voice humor in a small-town setting.
Resinol a Household Remedy and Yellowstone Geyser News
A letter extols Resinol Ointment as essential for bruises and skin irritations. A Mammoth Hot Springs dispatch reports a new geyser erupting near Fountain hotel in Yellowstone Park, reaching 150 to 200 feet with irregular, hourly-like bursts. A police court story concludes with a colorful anecdote about a colored man and a chicken theft case, ending in a cautioned joke about the bench.
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Yellowstone Park
Fountain Hotel
Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
Fountain
Joke Medicine Just Laughing A Health Rule
A serious merchant reports telling a supposed joke to a friend and laughs heartily though he cannot see the point. He explains he laughs at all jokes as a rule, believing it good for health.
Oatmeal Praised as Brain and Body Builder
The Youths Companion article cites Dr. James Crichton Browne praising Quaker Oats for nourishment in childhood and adolescence. He claims oats are highly nutritious, bolster the thyroid, and contribute to a big-boned, energetic Scottish population through oatmeal porridge.
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Browne
Duces
Soft wit at dinner in Bar Harbor
A Boston woman praises the late Edward Everett Hale at a Bar Harbor dinner. A farmer confronts him about a no trespassing sign and Hale quietly replies they are Unitarians, not trespassers, sparking a laugh.
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Bar Harbor
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Neck-Toppling Line Man Demands Extra Pay
A line-setter jokes about breaking his neck to install a pulley clothes-line in a quarrelsome wife’s home scene. The exchange ends with a humorous offer of two dollars extra if he breaks his neck, adding a domestic vignette as Mrs. Dovekins plans a morning car trip with her husband George.
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George
The Immortal Limb Promise In A Child's Farewell
A territorial exchange about losing a limb as a baby and the belief that it will be restored in the next world. The mother consoles the speaker by promising eventual restoration beyond mortal life, while the child doubts due to the distance to the ground.
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness from catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation as the cause and offers one hundred dollars for any untreated case. Circulars are sent free and Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold by druggists for 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills also available.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
How She Knew and Wit in a Plunkville Swing
A quirky snapshot features a cartoonist's wife sharing a joke about Fred's reluctance to work, noting in sleep he muttered a line about staying. Separate snippets show a secretary misdescribing a presidential trip through Plunkville at high speed and a committee leader hoping for hats. A Hamline Wizard Oil note claims lung pain relief. Henry F Amiel quotes round out the piece.
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Fred
Lippincott’s
Plunkville
Washington Herald
One-Part Melodrama Sparks in Brief Exchange
A wry snippet contrasts editors Junkin and Cretcher over hair color and loss. The Sterling Bulletin editor admits red hair prompted pulling it out, while Sedgwick Pantagraph editor counters with a sharp self joke. The Louisville Courier Journal quote adds a comic line about a one person scene ending with a suicide.
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Junkin
Sterling Bulletin
Cretcher
Sedgwick Pantagraph
Mac
Louisville Courier- Journal
Silent exchange on discipline and pride in old tale
A father scolds his son for entering the water while the son recalls a harsh promise. A quip about angels guarding the heavens over the righteous. The speaker reflects that time grants wisdom and humility, noting a man later wishes his younger self had been wiser.
Ambiguous quotes from Ruf and Seneca referenced in papers
A fragmentary quotation mix from the Philadelphia Record and Seneca. It juxtaposes Harold and Rupert dialog about gas and a kiss with a line about the wickedness of others versus our own. The excerpt blends modern and classical voices without clear narrative context.
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Seneca
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Marshall
Conservation Commission
J. N. Hurty
J. L. Peetz
Dr. Hurty
Mr. Peatz
Gov. Marshall
South Side Elevator Company
Vincennes
W. H. Vollmer
C. C. Winkler
JL. H. Vollmer
J. J. Murphy
Dentone Company
Fort Wayne
H. ©. Paul
Altenburg
J. H. Haberly
H. J. Bowerfind
Ideal Auto Company
G. B. Hall
M. J. Blits
F. K. Safford
The
Continental Paper, Bay Company
Maine
Office of the Auditor of State
Will H. Freeman
Auditor of State
Billheimer
State Board of Accounts
Baptista Open Convention
Indiana Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
J. FB. Vichert
Lafayette
W.blark
John Henry
Rush Davenport
Philadelphia
Ladies' Home Journal
James Crichton Browne
Great Britain
Jersey Lily
Mr. Brown
Cook
Mary
Lily
Henry F
Amiel
Heaven
Dodds
Mrs. Winslow
Disraell
DYOLA
Aod
Sya
Eas
Defiance Starch
Sussex
N. Y
Cincinnati
Putnam
Bence Gaz Oy
Noweanon
Harold
Rupert
Ftladelphia
DR. D.jayne
de Jayne
D. Jayne
Cascarets
Western Newspaper
UNION
W. Adame St
Chicago
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