Governor Urges Local Rule On Enforcing Indiana Law
Governor Ralston writes to Judge Frank Ellis of Muncie urging local officials to enforce criminal laws and detailing how counties can act via grand juries civil actions or searches. He asks about Muncie conditions, indictments against officials, and the role of citizens in abating public nuisances. He emphasizes that state enforcement plans rely on local action with state support.
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Muncie
Lession
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
State
Patterson
Yow City
Circuit Court
Civic Leagues
Mancie
Delaware County
Bond Issue Notice for Marion Township Putnam County Indiana
R S Cowgill and others road Marion township issues twenty bonds of 41 each totaling 8360 dollars. Bonds dated January 3 1916 payable at Putnam County Treasurer Greencastle Indiana with 4 percent interest. First interest due May 15 1917. Bids due by 2 o clock Monday January 3 1916 at the county treasurer’s office in Greencastle.
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J. T. Brock
Franklin
Monroe Township
Greencastle
Putnam County
Indi
Indiana
R. S. Cowgill
Marion Township
Court House
H. H. Runyan
Road bond sale notice for Putnam County Indiana
The John Sinclair et al road in Marior township offers twenty bonds at 169 dollars each totaling 3380. Interest rate 444 percent. Sealed bids due by 2 o clock Monday January 3 1016. H H Ryanyan treasurer Putnam County Indiana. 81 Daily Dev 21 27 31 posters.
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Putnam County
Indiana
Road bonds from Monroe township sale notice
Road bonds to be sold until disposed. J. H. Hillis et al road in Monroe township. Twenty bonds of 236 dollars each. Total issue 4720 dollars. Interest rate 44 percent. Greencastle Indiana. County treasurer office open until 2 oclock Monday January 3 1916. Daily notices December 21 27 31. Posters.
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Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle
S. W. Ader
Court House
H. H. Bunyan
J. H. Hillis
Monroe Township
H. H. Runyan
Indigestion and Constipation Relief Claim
Mrs Charles Gladydh of Baldwinsville New York says two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets cured her months of indigestion and constipation while living in Syracuse New York The remedy is obtainable everywhere.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Chamberlain
Charles Gladydh
Baldwinsville
January Weather Forecast Warns of Severe Winter
Parson Hicks predicts a harsh January with multiple storm periods from the 5th to the 12th and 16th to 21st. Blizzards, cold waves, and wind rise across regions with warnings to stock up food and fuel for people and livestock. The forecast calls for heavy storms, sudden cold, and careful preparation.
Rural Way Portrait of Aaron Allred’s Humble Walk to Town
In rural talk, Josh Juniper praises Aaron Allred for quiet pride and steady approach. Si Wank asks for clarification as Juniper notes Allred avoids showy galloping and weaving, simply arriving in town with unhurried ease.
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Josh Juniper
Aaron Allred
Measures of Farm Efficiency
The success of a farm business depends mainly on three factors: farm size, yields and returns per animal, and the diversity of the business. Other elements influence outcomes, but efficiency in these areas generally leads to success while deficiencies lower the odds.
Hogs and Cattle Barns Feeding Guidelines
Instructions advise keeping hogs separate from mule horse and cow barns. If hogs follow cattle, place fattening hogs in separate feeding lots or pens and exclude breeding hogs from cattle pens.
Jack's Excuse and Wage Equity Quip
Chicago union leader H. J. Conway urged equal pay for women and men doing the same work at a St Joseph convention. He contrasted such fairness with a quip about a wife carrying groceries and a husband who refuses to help.
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H. J. Conway
Chicago
Retail Clerks’ International Union
St. Joseph
Mr. Conway
Paint Rock
Jack
Colonel Refuses Cyclopaedias For Mule Riders
A Texan colonel jokes about buying cyclopaedias for boys who ride mules. A book agent touts education but the colonel quips that his boys do not need books, only mules, highlighting frontier humor and practicality.
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Texas
What Troubled Him
A famed Atlantan returns home drunk after late night drinking. His wife confronts him at the stairs with sharp criticism. He tries to sleep but the quarrel continues, and she questions whether all women endure such conduct, prompting a quip from him.
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Jones
Annie
The Worst Over
Bridesmaid and bride exchange nerves about the approaching wedding in a light Brooklyn Life exchange. The humor centers on wedding jitters and readiness as the big day nears.
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Brooklyn
I Cannot Eat This Soup Says Guest and Waiter
In London Tit-Bits a guest tells a waiter he cannot eat the soup. Walter removes it and brings a new kind. After the third attempt the guest again complains the soup, revealing he has no spoon. The waiter grows furious and summons the hotel proprietor.
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Walter
London
The Sequel of Stubb and Turfwood
Stubb notes Turfwood once shone on the field and laments the decline. He recalls Turfwood now works as a hired man, toiling in the fields after going broke.
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Stubb
Turfwood
Penn
The Catholic Standard Times Quips on Women and Dresses
The piece humorously contrasts views on women with lines from Grum bell and Marryat. It notes stereotypes about the average woman focusing on dress while joking that some women keep many ideas, often tied to fashion.
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Grumbell
Marryat
Catholic Standard Times
Out of the Ordinary: Odd Tales From a Rock Island Flyer
The item recalls a kiss incident on a Rock Island flyer where Mrs. F Milton Collins fainted after kissing a porter. It also notes Josep Perrine eating 200 raw oysters in Easton, Pa., and reports on W D Davis of Plymouth marrying again at 64 with 26 witnesses. The piece covers Maria Behan’s Green Bay vision, a crystal phonopticon for blind readers, and Kenneth W. Triest’s return from British service after a spy scare involving Col Roosevelt and U S State Dept.
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Rock Island
F. Milton Collins
Sioux City
Dinah” Brown
Josep Perrine
Easton
Perrine
Kenneth W. Triest
Princeton University
Young Triest
Canada
Triest
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
State Department
America
Words of Praise for Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs John Miller of Roanoke Indiana recounts using Chamberlains Cough Remedy to cure a severe cold on the lungs and persistent cough. She says she has recommended it to many people who praise the remedy and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
John Miller
Roanoke
Ind
Ady
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