Mixed notices and local items from Jasper county
A collage of short items lists social visits and travel, shop promos, and local events. Mrs Wm Whitaker and child return from Leroy Illinois. Miss Clara Ames visits Valparaiso and Chicago. A ten cent society at the M E Church. A lawsuit over Garbolic acid from Dr Townsend. Wagon runaway incidents and farm adoptions in the area. Community fairs planned in Rensselaer and Vancesville. John Lynch returns from coast artillery service. Indiana political notes and a local depository-interest report.
Skunk Farm at Delphi Opens Near Pleasant Run
Lebevics Marton of Delphi operates a skunk farm at the junction of Pleasant Run and the Wabash River. He confines 1200 animals in an acre and a half park with a ground-anchored mesh fence. A central enclosure houses feeding, with carcasses supplied free of charge and profits expected next winter from hides and about one dollar per animal in oil.
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Lebevics Marton
Delphi
Pleasant Run
Wabash River
Mrs Rowe Returns From Chicago Trip With Baby
Mrs. Frank Rowe phoned from Indianapolis to meet her husband William Rowe after a Sunday trip with excursionists. She claimed to have traveled to St Louis Kansas City Seattle and Indianapolis and that she had not seen William since leaving home on July 6. The couple arrived home early Monday morning to find their baby asleep.
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Frank Rowe
Chicago
Mr. Rowe
Frank
William Rowe
Students Die Trying To Save Girl On Railroad Tracks
A.5S. Reesor age 23 of Bandana Kentucky a Valparaiso University law student died Monday night after pushing Miss May Bradbury from a railroad track as an eastbound Limited approached. He was struck by the locomotive and thrown 35 feet while aiding her.
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Reesor
Bandana
Valparaiso University
May Bradbury
Reeser
Ready for Pickles at Francesville Plant
Knox Pickling Works announces the Francesville plant will accept pickles on Monday July 27 for processing and dispatch.
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Francesville
Knox Pickling Works
Hindoo Servants Honest If Watched and Everything Locked Up
A Britannia letter discusses Indian household servants, noting strict oversight is needed for cooks and khitmagars. It describes daily rationing of dusters, use of dhobi services, and the practice of pocketing fees, with prices varying by rank and pay.
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India
Britannia
When Woman Arrives Emancipation At The Altar
A Puck description details a wedding where the bride and her bridesmaid waited at the altar while the groom entered with his mother. Clergywomen assisted, the groom’s father wore wine silk with pearl ropes, and a large crowd of onlookers gathered outside the church out of curiosity.
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Puck
Conceit of a Child
A father plans to tell a bedtime story to coax his four year old daughter to sleep after a day of misbehavior. The girl interrupts, insisting the tale be about another child, not herself, as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dr. C. W. Strouse Dies in Albuquerque
Dr. C W Strouse formerly of Franceaville died in Albuquerque New Mexico on Friday. His remains were brought to Monon for burial on Tuesday. Mrs Lewis Lehman has returned from Illinois where she was visiting relatives.
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E. F. Rees
Greenfield
Rollen Stone and Son
Clara Ames
Ada Stone
Valparaiso
Chicago
Burger & Sons
George Cieb
Delphi
W. Bolta
T. W. Strouse
Franceaville
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Monon
Lewis Lehman
Illinois
Remedy That Cured a Child of Dysentery
A four year old boy recovered from a severe dysentery after two doctors gave up. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, used with castor oil, is praised as life saving. Sold by City Drug Store.
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Chamberlain
William H. Stroling
Carbon, Hill
Ala
City Drug Store
The Honey in Flowers Reveals Hidden Honey Sources
A Chicago Tribune piece describes how flowers conceal honey in six nectar pits in the crown of a lily, in snowdrops, and within petals of columbine, dead nettle, honeysuckle, and monkshood. Insects must probe tubular blooms to reach rewards, with many flowers earning nickname lore like Job's tears and Noah's Ark.
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Ariel
Job
Monkshood
Chileago Tribune
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Orter's
Oscar Dann
Mra
Wm. Whitaker
Leroy, Ill
Merry Widow
Ribbon Comics
Mallon’s
Meath
Blue Front Drug Store
Oklahoma
L. G. Hullinger
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
O. T. Hififos
Jasper
Lucinda Roe
Remington
William Townsend
Harry Noland
Moore
Jacob Myers Elevator Co
Edward Groves
William White
Detla
Anna
Mise Frohm
Rensselaer
Vancesville
J. A. Hayworth
Chas Schleman
John Lynch
Boston
Coast Artillery
Texas
Independence Party
W. R. Slearst
Thomas L. Hisgren
Massachuetts
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Jaaper County
Carreil County
J.W. Burget
C. W. Strouse
Alkire & Son
Dunn’s Meat Market
Kopka
Clark’s Grocery
Indiana
Dye Thompson Lumber Co
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