Trade and notices fill Clark's store and Francesville ads
A collage of local ads shows Clark's Grocery selling salt and raisins, Higgins and Company hawking incubators and washboilers, Burget and Sons closing out machinery, and Porter's fashion items. J Kopisa advertises a mule for sale, Nolan's offers Easter goods, and a cartoonish note hints at publicity and insects surviving winter.
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Grieger’s
Higgins and Company’s
Porter's
Mrs. Nolan’s
Burget & Sons
Burget and Sons
Clark’s
Clark
Jones
Higgins and Company
J. F. Kopisa
Francesville
Ind
Vesta
Porter
Burger and Sons
Pickle Seed Distribution Plans At Knox Works
The Knox Pickling Works arrange seed distribution with William Schleman and Joseph Fox to farmers with contracted acreage and seek to add 50 more acres. The plan targets expanding seed supply and outreach to growers.
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Knox Pickling Works
William Schleman
Joseph Fox
Debtor Notice from Ernest Brandt
All who owe me money are urged to call and promptly settle their accounts. We need the money. Ernest Brandt.
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Ernest Brandt
Horses and mules for sale at White Elephant barn
Six head of horses and mules are listed for sale at the White Elephant barn in Franceaville by Will Glidewell. The seller says the stock will remain on offer until Tuesday.
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White Elephant Barn
Franceaville
Will Glidewell
Local Ads Promote Barn Clipping and Laundry Services
Small classified notices urge calling I. W. Boltz for horse clipping at his barn. An ad claims superior domestic laundry finish and invites customers to try the service. Also promotes Hallinger's Barber Shop with a bold challenge to try.
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Hallinger’s Barber Shop
Local Advertisements and Notices From Higgins and Co
A collage of local ads and notices includes Higgins and Co promoting goods from incubator oil to silk skirts and phonographs. Other entries push dental, drugstore, corset, and household wares, plus horse shoeing, law terms, and health bulletins from Indiana health officials.
In Memory of Hazel Huppert
Funeral held at family home for Hazel Huppert aged over eight who was born March 18 1000. The poem expresses loss and faith and asks readers to trust in God while Marthe Order Haymond signs the notice.
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Little Hazel Huppert
Hazel
Marthe
Haymond
Box Rent Payment Deadline Stated by Post Office
All box rents must be paid on or before April. Delinquent box holders will have their mail sent to general delivery after that date by order of the post office inspector Calvin Myers, Postmaster.
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Calvin Myers
Scarlet Fever Prevention and Public Health Warns Citizens
Public health guidance urges strict isolation of the sick and quarantine of exposures to control Scarlet Fever. It warns against crowds and sharing in meals, stresses nourishing food and fresh air for children, and advises limiting contact with infected households as well as precautions for adults and pets. It also advertises farm machinery and footwear sales from Burger & Sona and Nolan Brothers financing.
John the Improved Stock Sire at Priest Barn Francesville
An ad for John the Improved Stock Sire a nine year old Shire cross stallion standing 17 hands and 1650 pounds with blood bay color. Sired by an Imported Shire and out of Percheron Norman and French Canadian mare. Stands at Priest Barn Francesville daily for the season with a ten dollar insur ance to a foal and stand.
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Shire
Percheron Norman
Priest Barn
Francesville
Rock Salt Preserves Ice For Chilled Chests
A simple method uses rock salt and ice to keep an ice chest cold. Pound rock salt in a ratio of one part salt to two parts ice to maintain low temperatures.
Engagement Break Drafts a Wedding Gap
The article notes a girl may break an engagement after her wedding outfit is prepared, suggesting she has a strong personal reason behind such a decision.
Pony Milk Devotion Surprises Maine Farmer
H. D. Stewart of Linnens Maine reports his Indian pony has developed a taste for milk. The animal was found in the yard one morning recently milking a cow in the traditional fashion.
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H. D. Stewart
Linnens
Mr. Stewart
The Romance of the fermend and the diamond theory
Sir William Crookes notes a meteoric origin theory for diamonds with some support. The piece discusses Kimberley mine observations, arguing diamonds formed deep under pressure, with most fragments indicating distant crystallization sites and varied origin.
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North American Review
Sir William Crookes
Kimberley
Whispered Voices for the Faithful in Zanoni
A reflective line notes that hearing unseen voices belongs to those who bind memory with faith. It evokes the mystic sense that the vulgar cannot grasp and the dead speak softly to believers.
Grain Market Quotations and Local Vendor Endorsement
The Jacob Myers Elevator Co lists grain prices at press time with corrections at 5 pm on Thursday. Prices include No 2 Wheat 8 cents, No 3 Wheat 88 cents, Yellow Ear Corn 50 cents, Mixed Corn 50 cents, No 2 Rye 65 cents, No 3 Rye, Buckwheat 60 cents, White oats 2 cents, Mixed oats 2? cents. Also a testimonial from John Riha of Vining, Iowa, praising DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by Blue.
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Jacob Myers Elevator Co
John Riha
Vining, Ie
DeWitt
Blue Front Drug Store
Smith Jr He by Jane Smith dam by Redwood
An 8 year old dark sorrel horse stands 15 1 2 hands high with fine action and good disposition. Bred by Jane Smith and General Smith with dams by Redwood and Pilot Abdella and Lepall. The horse will be in training at Priest's barn in Francesville daily this season.
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Jane Smith
General Smith
Redwood
Pilot Abdella
Lepall
Francesville
Priest's Barn
Inappropriate Songs Remembered by Clergy and Congregants
A Buffalo Times anecdote recalls church music misfires from a Sunday school superintendent teaching about unsuitable songs to a bishop’s conference to an evangelist at a revival. A doctor laughs as the congregation sings The Great Physician Now Is Near, yet no conversion follows.
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Satan
Buffalo Times
Do Not Crowd The Season
The article warns that spring crowds people outdoors but cautions on health risks. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective, claiming it prevents pneumonia from colds and noting it is pleasant for children, sold by City Drug Store.
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Chamberlain
City Drug Store
DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Haz El Salve-it
Carbolized witch hazel salve sold by DeWitt’s line offered for piles relief with medical claim.
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DeWitt
Blue Front Drug Store
Trains 51 52 Bluebird Win Passenger Allotment
Trains 51 and 52 Bluebird will be closed to passengers until further notice. Trains 54 55 and 57 will carry passengers who hold tickets on the Michigan City to Monroe route, according to agent E J Collins.
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Michigan City
Monon
E. J. Collins
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THE
Francesville Tribune
Judson Fitzpatrick
Clark's
H. YO. Jentz’s
Edison, Higgins and Company
I. W. Boltz
Burger’a
Edison
Cati's
Alex Merica
Higgins and Co’s
A. D.S
W.J. Hubbard
Higgins and Co's
Beaver Township
Or. Higgins
Nelson & Reish
State Department
Indiana
Burget and Sona
Burger & Sona
Nolan Brothers
Portere
John
Pelham “ Clothes
Clothier & Furnisher
Queen Quality
J. Hubbard
Grain Market
Rogers
Uxug Store
T. W. Kelsey
State Bank Block
Billy” Rees
the Barber
L. W. Hubbell
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