Joel Returns Home to Wonderful Family Reunion
Ira Wells fears his son Joel has drifted away after a bad stock deal and a strained family, while Nellie and Madge cope with loneliness. A telegram reveals Joel is returning rich enough to pay the debt, join the family business, marry Nellie, and restore the former home life.
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Sudcenis
Joel
Warner
Joe
Lil Uevar
Mr. Wells
Mrs. Wells
Ira
Nellie
Heilha
Canadas
Waldron
Mellie
Madge
Mr. Waldron
Tfar Nellie
Robert Waldron
Ira Wells
Gas lighting gains ground in Japan amid rising demand
The Philadelphia Commercial Museum notes nearly 2,000,000 Japanese use gas for lighting as consumption climbs despite higher costs than Europe and America. Capital in gas works totals about $26 million with 250 miles of piping and a 10 percent annual dividend, while hydroelectric growth may pressure gas firms.
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Japan
Europe
America
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
The Unfair Sex a quick neighborly chat
Mrs Jones and Mrs Knox discuss Mrs Jones new Laster bonnet during a neighborly call at church last Sunday. Mrs Knox compliments it by saying it looked lovely and compares it to last year. The line about only a female could sag a thing with sweetness adds a sharp social edge.
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Mrs. Jones
Elephant Butte dam cited as world’s largest storage for Rio Grande irrigation
Article crowns Elephant Butte in New Mexico as the world’s largest storage dam by cubical content and reservoir capacity. It notes the project’s role in irrigation across four valleys, details on diversion dams Leasburg Mesilla and Mexican, and the 1907 US appropriation to fund construction.
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Elephant
New Mexico
Elephant Butte
American Reclamation Service
Rio Grande
Poston
New York
Assuan
Egypt
Delaware
Elephant Tutte
Texas
Ora McDermith
San
Thiedam
Reclamation Service
Mesilla
Mesilla Park
Mesilla Valley
el Paso
Tex
Sonora
Gulf of California
Mexico
Faso del None
Juarez
Jel Norte
Palmos
Rincon
Leasburg
Old Fort Selden
Selden
United States
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana School Enumeration Shows statewide gain
Indianapolis reports 774,018 children of school age in Indiana as final totals from the common school enumeration. The 1916 totals show a gain of 5,696 from last year with 1 enumeration per school corporation used for revenue apportionment. White boys number 391,437 and white girls 366,220, with 8,191 colored girls and 2,467 colored boys.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles A. Greathouse
Earnest L. Welborn
Citias
Rural Carriers Meet at Princeton and Elect Officers
The District Rural Letter Carriers Association's Princeton gathering chose Evansville for the 1917 convention and elected officers led by J. O. Grimm of Armstrong as president and David Greathouse as vice president. Delegates from surrounding counties were instructed to vote Princeton for the 1917 state convention in Muncie. Walter Roberts of Fort Branch was named president of Gibson County's rural carriers.
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Princeton
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Evansville
Walter Roberts
Fort Branch
G. M W. Cleveland
Haubstadt
John F. Stankel
Hoosier News and Local Notes Summary
Hoosier towns report varied activity from Evansville to Alexandria. Farmers prepare for corn and fruit crops amid optimism, while Cambrige City and Wabash note plowing and fruit prospects. Notable items include changes in public offices in Salem, bids for a new switchboard in Warsaw, and a fatal train collision in Paoli.
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Cambridge City
Salem
Ira Tr. Ruthford
Frank KE. Morris
Morris
Hazel Morris
Warsaw
Wabash
Wabash County
Brooklyn Druggist Praises Swamp Root Remedy
A Brooklyn druggist testifies to Swamp Root’s kidney and bladder benefits after twenty years of use. He cites cures for stone, gravel, inflammation, and rheumatism, and endorses Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. A shipment offer invites samples and a booklet, with bottles sold at drug stores.
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Alex. Lipschitz
North 6Th Street
Brooklyn
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Adv
Ethel Urged Not to Marry the Pupil Pint
A fragment from the Hoston Evening Transcript shows a quarrel over marriage with the line doubting Ethel will marry the young Pint. The text hints at feelings of fatigue and fear of blame tied to his visits and potential wife’s choice.
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Ethel
Believeol
Hoston Evening Transcript
Love Finds a Way Amid Budget Talk
Dialogue shows a couple discussing finances with a fiancé's small salary. They plan to economize and do without many things Jack needs, signaling financial strain and a hopeful but frugal path forward.
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Jack
SPEAR MINTO TOOTH PASTE PROMOTION
An advertisement proclaims bad breath stems from neglected teeth and promotes SPEAR MINTO toothpaste from The Speakaminto Company of Chicago. It offers samples by mail, directions for care, and a prepaid price of 25 cents with a liberal mail sample.
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John O. Butler
D. DS
Drnc
Speakaminto Company
West 63d St
Chicago
Fragrant emollients for skin scalp hair and hands
An advertisement promotes Cuticura emollients for skin pimples and roughness, scalp dandruff and itching, and hand chapping with a free sample by mail. It directs readers to address a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston and mentions a quirky note about a strange creature in a separate text fragment.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Buston
Suld
Castorta safe remedy noted for infants and children
An old notice touts CASTORTA as a safe remedy for infants and children with a Gussy signature claim and 30 years of use. The piece also mentions Fletcher’s Castor oil and a humorous exchange about baked goods. The National Guard of New York reportedly has an armored train and U.S. fisheries yield $70,000,000, double England’s.
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Moinors
Fletcher
Cagtorts
The
National Guard of
New Yor
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