Bainbridge Ball Teams Defeat Putnamville Sunday
Correspondence notes Bainbridge frat and second-class teams beat Putnamville Sunday. Mrs. Harry Brown near Brick Chapel and Mr. Hill of Illinois visited Emma Lewman and Miss Lillie Clark of Indianapolis over the weekend. Several locals plan to attend Crawfordsville fair. carpentersville plays here Saturday and Putnamville Sunday.
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Bainbridge
Putnamville
Harry Brown
Brick Chapel
Mr. Hill
Illinois
Emma Lewman
Lillie Clark
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Carpentersville
Madison Township King reunion and Sunday social roundup
The King reunion was well attended at the old Charles King Sunway homestead in Madison Township. Sunday visits included Mr and Mrs Oscar Wells with Mr and Mrs Wallace Storris. Pearl Norman and children of Terre Haute returned home after a week with her father Mrs Ayres of Harmony and Eva Brattain with Mr and Mrs Frank Massey Tuesday. A Brunerstown Sunday game saw Keytsville beat Four Corners 61 to 4. The threshing machine activity is noted in the area. Columbus Wells and Carey Payne sold cattle to Hamrick Bros last week.
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King
Charles King Sunway
Oscar Wells
Wallace d Storris
Brunerstown
Keytsville
Four Corners
Pearl Norman
Qerre Haute
Ayres
Harmony
Eva Brattain
Mose Vanlandingham
Angus Fuqua
General Eubanks
Pearl Richardson
Mary Head
Charles Kiteljorge
Knauer Place
John Becklehimer
Ruth Anna
Morton
William Day
Garrett
Kin Garett
Mona Bader
Ralph Sears
James
Martha Paquia
James Reed
Raccoon
Martha Fuqua
Dollie Garrett
Minnie
Local notes from Greencastle and Morton parishioners
Fragmentary social notes mention Ansus Paque and Madonna visiting Mose Vanlandingham family. A Thursday night visit with an uncle in Morton is noted. Beeklehimer of Greencastle plans an eight day period starting Monday with his aunt Mary Bay.
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Ansus Paque
Madonna
Mose Vanlandingham
Unele
Morton
Beeklehimer
Greencastle
Mary Bay
Local Family Visits and Garrett Reunion Highlight Week
Mose Vanlandingham and family and Angus Fuqua visit General Eubanks and family Friday evening. The Garrett reunion occurs Sunday at Kin Garrett’s home with a large crowd and dinner.
Why You Should Trade With Firms That Advertise
A short piece argues that firms which advertise are likelier to treat customers fairly to keep their business. It says buyers deserve clear information on offerings and that firms failing to disclose cannot complain if customers shop elsewhere.
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United States
Fight on and Have Fun Says E. L. Vincent
E. L. Vincent in Farm Life urges relentless effort and activity. He argues conquest fuels achievement and stopping fights means stopping wins, warning against idle life and urging cheerful deeds to lift spirits and progress.
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Napoleon
E. L. Vincent
The Art of the Appetizing Sandwich Card
The article outlines bread choices and techniques for attractive sandwiches. It details cutting, buttering, and shaping, plus a variety of fillings including peanut butter, cheese, vegetables, eggs, and meats, with serving and storage tips for a ready luncheon.
Delicious Deserts and Currant Pie Recipes Feature
Practical instructions for currant desserts including mini tart shells with custard filling and a currant pie. Steps cover crust lining, mixing egg yolks, sugar, milk, vanilla, and baking, followed by meringue topping and browning.
Household Advice On Cleaning Conduct and Flavoring Beets
Practical tips include polishing brass with brick powder and oil, making ginger flavoring by steeping white ginger root in water, and preserving by bottling. Cautions warn that hot stove plates crack if cold water is spilled onto them. Beets are better baked than boiled for juiciness, and leather stains respond to benzine or turpentine with an egg white wash or leather reviver.
Health Notes and Home Remedies From Ancient Advice
A summary of health guidance promoting abstinence from stimulants, moderation in tea and coffee use, leg cramp relief with a garter technique, a lemon loaf recipe, and tips to reuse frying fat for improved flavor. Includes practical domestic health and cooking suggestions for daily life.
Golf Drives Past Ball Records In History Makers
Collier's Weekly notes amateur debates on how far a golf ball can be driven compared with baseball batted distances. It cites Merkle and Wagner driving baseballs 440 feet in Pittsburgh, Johnson's 440-foot Cleveland smash, polo grounds 480-foot fence, typical golf drives 225 to 250 yards, and Guilford’s 312-yard tee shot with occasional rolls far exceeding official measures.
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Fred Merkle
Hans Wagner
Pittsburgh
Walter Johnson
Cleveland
Polo Grounds
Jesse Guilford
Intervale
New Hampshire Siege Gun
Collier's Weekly
Pipe fish carries young in pouch like kangaroo
Tid Bits notes that the pipe fish, a small eellike creature with a long jaw, forms a pouch along its under body to cradle its young. The male keeps the brood in the pocket while using a prehensile tail to cling to seaweed during tides.
Dust Explosions Linked to Flour and Grain Dusts
Science shows that flour and other finely milled dusts can explode or ignite when mixed with air under certain temperatures, explaining past fires thought to be caused by human actions. Substances like sugar, starch, rice dust, oats, maize dust, spice dust, cork dust, soap powder, zinc powder and malt pose similar risks.
Valve Invented While Ill Becomes $175000 Royalty Early
R H Collins of Springfield Missouri inventor of a rotary valve sold rights to a Detroit car maker. He received a 175000 dollar check as first royalties. Contract called for six dollars per valve with annual output of about 900000 cars. Collins had resigned from Prisco railroad after illness when he invented the valve.
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R. H. Collins
Springfeld
Detroit
Collins
Prisco Railroad
American Bedsteads Gain Ground in Shanghai District
American made brass and iron bedsteads are selling well in Shanghai, with both foreign residents and prominent Chinese families adopting them. The light weight small bed is seen as most suitable for China, while American beds compete strongly on price, quality, and design against European rivals.
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Shanghai
Gustav J. Barrett
China
Lucien Cut-Off Bridges Great Salt Lake to Shorten Westward Route
Indianapolis News describes the Lucien Cut-Off on the Great Salt Lake, a 27.5 mile trestle bridge completed by 1903 linking Ogden and Lucien to shorten travel from Omaha to San Francisco. The project used 1680 tons of water, 38000 trees, and employed 3000 workers. the track sits 19 feet above water with a level cut-off from Lucien to Ogden.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Great Salt Lake Basin
Ogden
Lucien
Great Salt Lake
Great Lake
Indianapolis News
Pensioners Abroad Receive Over Million in U S Benefits
The United States sent more than 1,000,000 in pensions to retirees living in foreign countries last year. Canada received 529,000 the largest share, with Germany 96,000 and Ireland 85,000. About 6,163 US pensioners resided abroad. Congress debated cutting off these payments but opposed on civil war service grounds.
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United States
Congress
Sam
Canada
West
Germany
Ireland
Boston Globe
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H. Askew
Greencastle, Ind
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Indiana Farmer Account Book
Poultry Keeper Today's Magazine
The
Greencastle Herald
Indianapolis Star
Health Notes
Sporting Stars
Fish
Missouri Mechanic
ERN Times
OUR Pensioners Board
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