Eastman Kodaks and local shop promos in Elkhart
A jumble of ads from Blue Front Drug Store and J. W. Burger & Sons promoting low oil prices and watches, Kodaks priced 2 to 12 dollars, camera film developing services, and assorted supplies. Locals Miss Lucile Hollett visited from Medaryville. other notes include a watch repair offer, cigars, and preachers in Angola. Voting machine guidance given for Pulaski County voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Burger & Sons
Blue Front Drug Store
Lucile Hollett
Medaryville
Eastman
The
Christian Church
Walter Maxwell
Angola
Ind
William Bower
Colorado
Delia Nelson
Monticello
Public Sale of Farm Stock at Williams Farm Francesville Area
L E Burson offers at public sale from the Williams farm three miles north of Francesville and one mile south of White Post school house. Five horses include a black gelding ten, a sorrel mare fifteen, a two year old colt, a dark brown mare eight, and a sorrel eleven. 15 cattle with four cows, two yearling steers, three yearling heifers, five calves, and a two year old Polled Angus bull. 31 hogs with 30 shoats and a 250 pound Chester white male. Farm implements listed. terms: 12 months credit, 8 percent interest, 8 percent cash discount. Auctioneer L E Burson. Clerk Everett Buget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francesville
White Post School House
Williams Farm
Electric Bitters praised by veteran and lunar lecture planned
David Parker of Payette New York testifies Electric Bitters cured his stomach troubles and kept him strong. The high school hires Rev J W Clark astronomer from Kansas City to lecture on astronomy at Koster's Wall Oct 30 1908 with free moon view. Admission 1 cent for children 25 cents for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Parker
Payette
N.Y
Gettwburg
J. Pikett
J. W. Clark
Kansas City
Koster’s Wall
Coleges
Rev
Clark
Efe
Eaters of Clay Across Cultures and Curious Beliefs
A survey of earth eating as a cultural curiosity across Germany Sweden Italy and other regions. Mentions clay in bread stone butter earth pastries in Java red clay biscuits and medicinal earth pills. Also notes widespread practice in Calcutta Lieudia Bengal and Assam with secretive habits among classes.
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Germany
Sweden
Italy
South America
West Africa
Lunger
America
Java
India
Assam
Bengal
Liedia
Calcutta
Pittsburg Press
The Secret of Glamis and a Victorian Oddity
The piece recounts Glamis Castle lore in Scotland with legends of a shared Lyon family secret and a mysterious initiation before heirs come of age. It contrasts this with a humorous Philadelphia Ledger anecdote and a Scottish cloth factory tale about a crafty worker who merges two holes into one to dodge a fine.
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England
Oman
Hant
Glamis Castle
Scotland
Duncan
Shakespeare
Macbet
Lyon
Glamis
Earl
Earl Beardie
Glan
London Express
Elsie
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
London
The Worm Turned in Courtroom Crossfire
In a London Tit-Bits item a barrister questions a witness about what a gentleman looks like. The witness retorts by pointing out the judge and lawyers as not transparent, highlighting the courtroom tension and sharp exchanges during testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Conundrum on Lot’s Wife and a Modern Novel
An observer cites a clever riddle about a biblical figure with no name Lot’s wife who dies in a form linked to biblical salt. The answer notes she turns into a pillar of salt while salt is common in households and Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward popularized the related idea.
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Ishroud
Lot
Edward Bellamy
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Mallon’s Store
J. M. Wilcockson Music Co
Hammond
W. J. Hubbard
Francesville, Indiana
Elkhart
Jones
Stephen Eldridge
Blair, Oklo
Pulaski
Carson Moore
L. E. Burson
Everett Buget
Darwin
Virgil
Secon
iLondon Chronicle
J. A. Clark
Satemar Township
State Bank
Geo. Pugh
Pulaski County
Drs
Sharrer
I. L. Sharrer
J. CuSharrer
Main St
Caleb W. Barker, Attorney
Winamac
Indiana
Onlice
Kellar
T. W. Kelsey
State Bank Block
E. Eisenhart
Grraduate
Tndiana Veterinary College
Indianapolis
F.E
Hubbard & Thrasher
Ralsemining
Kopka Building
Clark’s Grocery
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