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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
5
The holiday shop offers a wide assortment including pears, apples, bananas, figs, dates, nuts, currants, and cakes. Prices listed include chocolate drops at 15 cents per pound and crackers with fresh produce available. Potent nostalgia noted as popular items sell out quickly with overall strong demand.
This report blends a lively crowd scene with a string of local updates. It describes barroom disturbances by American sailors, monologue on prohibition, and reflections on public order. It then shifts to a collection of neighborhood notes: Wayne Ainsworth’s accident, Chal Crosby’s travels, Paul Stewart missing school, and various visits, gatherings, and farm tasks around town.
This notice describes a nine gore skirt pattern in Copenhagen blue broadcloth with button trim to match a jacket or shirtwaist suit. It provides sizes from 7A to 32 inches waist, yardage requirements, and ordering instructions by sending 15 cents, pattern number 4287, and full address to the office for mailing.
WH Weaver and Company seeks raw furs at Office Dyer Elder building upstairs. contact numbers 413 for office and residence in Slo.
A historical weather folklore note describes how moon phases and halos signal approaching weather. It links dull moons to rain, single halos to storms, high moon to cold, low forked moon to warmth, and other lunar cues to wet spells, frost, or dry periods.
A periodical attack on Earl Crooke disrupted his work on Tuesday but was relieved by potent remedies by 6 P M. Dr D Noble a specialist from Indianapolis, longtime friend and attending physician, attended at the Goats Lott home for Bears the Na 3 Mppaions 7 REA.
The guide urges economical dressing with tailored suits and plain waists for daily wear, plus lace for afternoon and evening looks. It recommends satin and net for variety, a soft silk sash, warm kimonos, wunder garments, and kitchen aprons as essentials, with a home sewing pattern offered for 10 cents.
A historical ledger lists payments and allowances for county officials and multiple public works. Entries include auditors, supts, and clerks paid for jail and poor farm operations, bridge repairs, court house supplies, and orphan home support, with numerous small disbursements to contractors and vendors.
A Franklin Star letter questions charity efforts for poor children noting cheap toys may disappoint. The writer argues gifts should be meaningful and urges residents to convert donations into actual supplies rather than frivolous toys, hoping to cheer children without waste.
The Tribe of Ban Hur organized Monday night naming Past Chief A A Champion Leader George Kereheval as Chief Judge John Ailen Dora Champion as Tescher Ma Eliza Earhardat as Scribe Dr Perry C Bentle as Keeper of Tribute Leon Champion as Captain and Warren Strassinger as Guide. The decrees team arrived from Shelbyvilla aboard a special car with 60 members.
The Colora Humane Society article condemns President Roosevelt s Africa hunting trip and support for wildlife protection while a local item mentions visitors, post cards, albums, and fragrances at Batterton s. The piece laments bloodlust and urges restraint, contrasting public admiration with criticized excursions.
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