Local sales and notices from Indiana towns
Sale Bills advertise exchanges and store discounts at Pyr Mont in Independence Iowa? No clear location. The Logansport State Bank in Logansport Indiana offers deposit interest. Diptheria outbreak at Mexico Brethren orphans home with fifty cases and nine deaths. Government plans to print softer bank notes. Wilkinson and Sura offer five percent loans. Wabash to move division HQ to Tilton Illinois and cut Danville train service. Lafayette seeks to land new division HQ.
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Brethren Orphans’ Home
Mexico
Danville Jr
The
Wabash
Division
Tilton
Lills
Danville
Lafayette
Made‘ Division
Delphi Herald gains readers with new management and satire
The Delphi Herald remarks on improved quality under Brother Isherwood as Brother Govip regains control of the Kewanna Herald. It praises Gould as a bright writer and notes Bowen & Co. Bank’s bold ads claiming to outsize six county banks in assets and loans. It questions tax payments and ridicules Malt Mead substitution and washed money.
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Delphi Herald
Brother Isherwood
Carroll County
A. T. Bowen & Co. Bank
Delphi
Carroll
A. T. Bowen & Co
Bowen Institution
Field’s Witty Exchange With Sister Poet
Eugene Field recalls a humorous encounter with a sister poet who asked if he wrote. He admits a little, then she asks his name, and he replies with a clever self introduction. The quip highlights Field’s quiet wit and social ease in literary circles.
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Eugene Field
Field
Mr. Field
The Nebular Hypothesis Through the Ages
The nebular hypothesis endures in fame yet with varying meanings. Scholars disagree on how cosmic change began, whether the initial solar nebula was gas or pulverized, and how it formed ordered spheres from a blank, starless expanse.
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Claims Thorough Burns Cure
A vintage ad touts Bucklen’s Amnica Salve as the best remedy for burns sores bruises cuts boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. It notes a 25 cent price and a guarantee at C E Nobes drug store.
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Bucklen
C. E. Nobes Drug Store
Thoughtful Man Aids Wife With Cure At Once
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana helped his wife when a doctor could not ease her stomach and liver trouble. She used Dr. Kings New Life Pills, received relief at once and was eventually cured. Available for 25 cents at C. E. Nobes drug store.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester Ind
Potatoes Displayed by Henry Bush at Delphi Sheriff Office
Henry Bush superintendent of the poor farm showed a potato display at the Delphi sheriff's office. A single peck held thirteen potatoes, and he asks who can beat the size of this yield.
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Henry Bush
Delphi
Henry Allen Granted Release in Domestic Dispute Case
Henry Allen and his wife living west of town settled domestic troubles after his release from jail last Thursday. He returned personal property to his wife and was subsequently released. she has withdrawn her divorce suit.
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Henry Allen
Henry
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Men's Outfitters
Independence
Lowa
Holsinger & Son
Pyrmont
Logansport
Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury
Wilkinson & Surra
Dr. Buck
L. McKinney
William Robison
Joseph Teen
Burrows
Flora
Buster Brown
Barnes
Eeriesea
Nobel & Huntsinger
Fastern
Tom
Jack
Ted
New York American
Niccum
Todd
Pingree Shoes
Vogue
Gloria
Seiz
Lambertville
Boots
Burr & Brewer
Ind
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