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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
4
Delphi reports about twenty five new residences this year and Flora has twenty eight new buildings boosting Carroll county population. The piece hints Flora’s town status remains strong and promotes upcoming races. It also mentions Port Arthur officers rehearsing a ballad about rain.
The Farmer's Bank relocates from its former stand to the new Kitzmiller building on the opposite side of the street. J. H. Corrven invites friends and new patrons to visit the new location.
The document compiles numerous property conveyances in Flora, Delphi and surrounding townships. It names buyers and sellers such as Leopold Eckerle, Henry Fikenberry, Mary Guthrie, Charley Gibbs, and others, with parcel details and prices ranging from 25 to 9600 dollars.
A philosopher discusses how simple marriages can yield complex kinship networks. He imagines a man who marries his fret cousin's daughter, producing two children with several cousin relationships across generations. He argues that intricate outcomes follow straightforward causes.
A New England senator relays a Providence tale about a wealthy businessman famed for frugality. He hired a ratcatcher to clear a warehouse cellar of mice. the bill asked for $10, prompting the man to exclaim what he could get for that rate. The anecdote underscores the subject’s famed thrift.
The article traces West Point’s rise from revolutionary heights to a formal military academy. It notes Washington’s 1798 recommendation, the 1803 act delaying founding, George Barnard's cadet school, and the 1912 establishment as an army institution amid rural opposition.
A reader notes draft mares should breed to draft stallions and road mares to road horses. He observes road horses and strong drafts fetch the highest prices, citing a big draft horse at Ty Stable three days a week as evidence.
Advertises $30 round trip to Colorado via Chicago on the Union Pacific and Northwestern Line with daily summer service to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Mentions low rates from points east and two fast trains daily. Contact A H Waggener Chicago.
Return fare 50 dollars. Personally conducted Chicago to San Francisco trip without change leaving August 18 and 25 with stopovers at Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. Seats on daily August 15 to Sept 10 with two fast trains daily on the double track route. The Overland Limited runs daily year round. For itineraries and full information write A H Waggener 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago IL.
A man caught in a woods storm crawled into a hollow log to stay dry and waited hours as rain passed. He later realized he had read his home paper for three years without paying and refused to take it from the post office, leaving him feeling very small.
Readers are urged to mail a coupon to The Paracamph Company in Louisville Kentucky to receive a full size bottle at no cost. The notice claims cures for ce ralgia sore joints sore feet catarrh hay fever asthma piles burns cuts bruises and other inflammations with no obligation.
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