Local residents travel and church meeting reported
Mr and Mrs Frank Donner and Mr and Mrs R L O H air left Bay View Saturday morning for Greencastle. The College Avenue Church official board will meet at 7 30 pm Plate hall with important business. Multiple residents made short trips to Indianapolis Crawfordsville and Linton. Funeral services were held for Miss Josephine G hland at the Christian church.
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Frank Donner
R. L. O'Hair
Bay View
College Avenue
Plate Hall
College
Mable Stoner
Verne Stoner
Harold Stoner
Ed Lynch
Indianapolis
Stoner
Josephine Ghland
Peter McNary
Christian Church
Hootman
Forest Hill
Peach Crop Marketing Study Issued by USDA
Washington August 30 The 1914 peach crop totals exceed 58 million bushels as marketing challenges rise with perishability. Georgia leads in shipments with 4803 car loads, followed by California Washington Ohio Michigan and Colorado. Recommendations urge uniform packing and coordinated carload buying to lift prices and smooth distribution. Bulletin No 298 includes state maps and a shipping calendar.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
California
Ohio
Michigan
Colorado
Why Trade With Firms That Advertise
A brief note arguing that firms advertising are likelier to treat customers fairly to keep business. It suggests shoppers deserve to hear what merchants offer and that if firms do not reveal their terms, customers may shop elsewhere.
Parson Hicks Predicts Autumn Storms and Early Fall
Parson Hicks warns September will bring a series of storms starting late August through September 5 with inland tempests from the west and north. He foresees frosts within 48 hours of electrical disturbances, followed by a cool autumnal pattern and cold spells across northern regions.
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Parson Hicks
Atlantic Ocean
Asth
Great Lakes
Fatty Stars in Keystone Short at the Opera House Tonight
Fatty appears in a two reel Keystone special shown at the Opera House this evening. The program promises light comedy and familiar on screen antics from the silent-era star.
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Fatty
Keystone
Opera House
Why You Should Trade With Firms That Advertise
The piece argues advertising lowers consumer prices by boosting sales and allowing better goods at lower costs. Advertisers operate on small margins for higher volume, while non advertisers seek larger profits on fewer sales.
A Hint to the Wise for Constipation Relief
A public notice-style ad promotes Chamberlain's tablets as an easy pleasant remedy for constipated bowels. It claims relief is achievable and that the product is obtainable everywhere.
Proverb and Potluck at the Fair
A mother helps Molly repair a pocket rip before a school fair. Molly learns a lesson about timing, repays the kindness at the fair, and returns home to mend, while Margy meets a benevolent neighbor who returns her lost cat, a true fairy-tale moment.
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Mother
Molly
Ethel
Papa
Cadillac driver sets speed records across Indiana to Terre Haute
McGee in a Cadillac from Indianapolis raced through Brazil and past the Wabash viaduct at up to 75 miles an hour. The car arrived in Terre Haute ahead of schedule while en route officers and Rotary Club workers kept the route clear.
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Indianapolis
Brazil
Southeastern Railroad
East
Wabash Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Terre Haute
Cadillac
Mr. McGee
William Egner
Sylvester Griffith
C. F. Eckler
Henry Steigmeyer
McGee
Tenth Street
Plainfield
Reelsville
Harmony
Putnamville
Union Station
Gossom
Ohio Street
Rotary Club
John S. Cox
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Reelsville Hill
Mr. Cox
Difference Between a Hotel Lodger and a Homebody
A riddle contrasts a man who stays at a hotel and suffers episodic rheumatism with a man who is always well at home. One is ill some days and well others while the other is well every day and shares a room with his mother.
Jinks Pursuits Outpace Opponent In Tight Run
A terse note hints at Jinks pursuing a lead and outperforming the field while Binks hums. The line suggests political campaigning and rivalries without clear context.
The Just Aristides and the Shine of Virtue Paraded
A poem laments the crowd’s worship of a flawless public figure and their gleeful mockery when such a saintly man falls. Walt Mason frames Aristides as a cautionary symbol of hollow virtue and public adoration.
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Aristides
Risty
Noah
Ry Walt Mason
Judge
Two Tabbies and a St. Bernard Visitor
Margy places Tabby on the doorstep to guard the leaves while she sweeps. She chats with the stuffed cat as if it were alive and warms its feet by the fire. An old neighbor with cat companions watches Margy with a fairy like smile. Monk the big St. Bernard puppy romps into the yard and spots Tabby.
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Margy
Tabby
Monk
A Prayer and Witty Quips on Life and Health
A Walter Rauschenbusch prayer on protecting babies and tender care for children is followed by satirical lines about public audiences, weather fading, and quips about colds and fashion. The mix presents religious reflection then light social humor.
Bands and Singers at Indiana State Fair
Four bands will perform daily at the Indiana State Fair starting Sept 6 including John Weber's Prize Band Indianapolis Military Band and the Indianapolis Newsboys' Band. Sopranos Helen Warrum and Wilmine Hammann will headline, with Warrum renowned from the Metropolitan Opera and St. George's Church.
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John Weber
Prize Band of America
Indianapollis
Indianapolis News Newsboys
Weber
Helen Warrum
Indianapolis
Indiana
Metropolitan Opera Co
New York
St. George's Church
City
America
Wilmine Hammann
Cincinnati
Indiana Fair
Heran Vate
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H. J. Comstock
Paul Cook
John Cook
West Hill Street
Mr. Cook
Emp Joye
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Dorothy Keightley
Sharpestle
William Roach
Ockville
Ott Gibson
Gib
South Bloomington
William Allen
Bedord
Allen
DePauw University Ad
Minshall
W. O. Timmons
Mrs. Prosser
Edinburg
Sun
Samuel McCoy
Edward Turner
Indipolis
J. A. Deitrick
Family Suny
Deitrick
This City
O. H. Bowen
Ughter
Vera
Lucile Asley
Linton
Bowen
Same
MONON
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
W. W. Tucker
Vine Street
Washington and Walnut Sts
Reencastle
Ind
ST. Giles
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indiana National Guard
Enger
Bridgeport
Conundrums
Bette
Walter Rauschenbusch
National Magazine
Ople
Herald
John C. Weber
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