Gold brick scheme fleeced North Vernon and Elkhart residents
A North Vernon fraud involved a persuasive salesman promising a wireless telegraph network and stock at ten dollars a share. The same ruse surfaced in Elkhart where Monroe & Monroe allegedly sold stock to residents, then vanished with investors’ funds and office furniture seized by police.
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North Vernon Sun
North Vernon
Columbus
Seymour
Madison
Elwood Ind
Elckhart
Ind
Elkhart
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Monroe & Monroe
New York City
Opera House
New York
Marconi Company
Police Department
Chamberlains Has the Preference Says Portsmouth Druggist
Fred C. Hanrahan a Portsmouth Virginia druggist declares six years of selling and recommending Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best patent medicine he handles for the same purpose the remedy is so sure to cure and customers appreciate his recommendation Battertons drug store carries it.
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Fred C. Hanrahan
Portsmouth
Virginia
Batterton’s
Chewing Habits Across Trades Mentioned by Cigar Store Man
A cigar store man notes unusual chews from the far east betel to coffee beans and tea. He mentions jockeys chewing oats hay and spice workers chewing ginger cinnamon or cloves while seamstresses chew bits of thread and athletes chew gum.
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Far East
Vegetable Ivory Plant Phytelephas Macrocarpa
Botany notes describe Phytelephas macrocarpa a South American palmlike plant native to Colombia along the Magdalena river. It bears 12 to 20 long leaves atop a stemless crown, and fruit heads weigh 20 to 25 pounds each, with milklike juice early on that hardens into a substitute for ivory.
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Phytelephas Macrocarpa
South America
Magdalena River
Colombia
Presbyterian Pastor Accepts Call From Omaha Minister
A letter read to the Presbyterian congregation announced Rev. Walter Reynolds of Omaha Nebraska will likely arrive by May first. Congregation welcomes the move with high hopes. Trustees plan repairs restoring the church to its pre storm condition, with substantial rebuilding rather than remodeling at an estimated cost around 6000 dollars.
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Walter Reynolds
Omaha
Nebraska
The Chinese Code and Its Enduring Authority
Charles Sumner Lobingier outlines China s ancient twenty four volume code a vast body of precedents dating back two centuries while noting its wide reach into ethics and etiquette He compares it to Anglo Saxon law stressing the role of searchers who locate relevant precedents and the enduring authority of Confucian guidance.
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China
Confucius
Celestial Empire
Charles Sumner Lobingier
American Review of Reviews
Wonders of Root Juice Attract crowds and cures
Hundreds visit Batterton's drug store to sample Root Juice amid reports of widespread cures. Albert Timlick of Cantrell Illinois credits three to four doses with curing long standing stomach trouble, noting improved digestion and appetite after four bottles. The tonic touted for stomach bowels liver and kidneys sells for one dollar a bottle or three for twenty.
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Albert Timlick
Cantrell, Ill
Batterton’s
Executor's Sale of Real Estate in Greensburg Indiana
The executor of Mary E. Falconberry’s will offers the decedent’s interest in real estate in Decatur county for sale at private sale at 10:00 AM on April 23, 1908, at Citizens National Bank Greensburg Indiana. The property includes the west half of lot 20 in block 3 of William Ireland's addition and a described parcel in block 2. Sale is subject to Decatur Circuit Court approval and at not less than appraised value with terms requiring one half cash on sale day and the balance in one year or full payment on court approval, secured by mortgage. Charles W. Woodward and Oscar G. Miller, Executors.
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Citizens National Bank
Greensburg
Indiana
Decatur County
Towit
William Ireland
Greensure
Decatur
Charles W. Woodward
Oscar G. Miller
Ita
Four Corners Point Where Four States Meet
A rare four state intersection where Colorado Utah New Mexico and Arizona meet sits atop a Carrizo Mountains spur. The government survey stone marks the spot near Mancos Colorado about a hundred miles from the rail town. The area once held cliff dwellers but is now deserted and the boundary shaft was destroyed and replaced only in 1904.
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United States
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Carriso Mountains
Mancos
Colo
Depths Reveal Fish That Glow And Blind In Abysses
The article describes deep sea fish adapting to darkness with varying eye sizes from none to large. At depths beyond 120 to 200 fathoms vision fades, and many abyssal species are blind, using feelers and sensitive bodies to navigate. Some possess phosphorescent slime chambers or glowing spots, possibly directing light like a searchlight.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Letts Stables Adds Noted Trotting Stallion and Jack
Letts Stables in 1908 adds a two new entries to its breeding stock. Jacob Black acquired a three year old roan trotting stallion by Jay Bird 460 dam Lizzie O bred by William Adams of Cynthiana Kentucky, 16 hands high and registered in the American Trotting Record. The stallion stands 1100 pounds and is insured for 15 dollars. Also added is a fine imported jack nearly 15 hands high sired by Dr McCord, half brother to Wood 850 champion jack, bred by J F Cook Co of Coxington Kentucky, insured for 10 dollars.
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Jay Bird
Lizzie O
George Simmons
William Adams
Cynthiana
Kentucky
Mr. Black
Decatur County
Dr. McCord
Jack
United States
J. F. Cook & Co
Coxington
Eilert 1206 Horses Offered for Sale in Decatur County Stables
The ad promotes Eilert 1206 a black 16 hand horse weighing 1510 pounds with strong bone and movement, noted as a great German sire. Dewey a fine young half coach horse is listed as a progeny of Eilert 1206 727, with dam by Merry Tom. The sale invites farmers to inspect stock at Stables one-half mile north of Old Letts Corner, near Decatur County.
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Eilert
Germany
Dewey
Young
Merry Tom
C. D. Wilson
Carlton
Illinois
Dwey
Ilinois
Ray Henry 2d
Decatur County
Old Letts Corner
Balling German Scholar Reduces Elijah Chorus to Ball
A lighthearted moment in a musical society led Professor Schwarz to correct a chorus from Mendelssohn Elijah. The pronunciation change from Baal to Ball provoked laughter, and the German conductor did not grasp the joke, returning to the original pronunciation in shock.
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Professor Schwarz
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Edith’s Tea Party Etiquette Reflected at Home
Edith returns home from a tea party and answers her mother. The mother asks if Edith behaved like a lady and if there were any liberties at the table. Edith confirms there were none.
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Edith
Mamma
Imported German Coach Horse and Stallions Offered for Insurance
James B. Clark of Greensburg Indiana advertises stud stock for sale or insurance fees for living foals. The listing includes a Black Percheron stallion Farri foaled 1808 and 1800 pounds, a Roadster Decoration by Gambretta Wilkes with notable race records, and the Spanish Jack Rheme Burgess plus Mohawk of Locust Lawn. Fees range from 10 to 15 dollars per insured living foal with security held until payment.
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Farri
Percern
Brilliant
Coce
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
International
Ohio
Indiana
Farris
W. A Jones
Rushville
Mohawk
Locust Lawn
Mohawk, Jr
Glen Water
Kate Corben
Superia Mammoth, Jr
Tom
Bob Lee
Kickoper
Mogul
Compromise
Black Sampson
James B. Clark
Egg Dishes Recipe: Fish Balls With Poached Eggs
An old Harper's Bazar recipe describes flat fried codfish balls topped with poached eggs. Eggs are boiled hard and served on toast rounds with white sauce and minced ham, seasoned with dry mustard.
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Harper’s Bazar
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the Chewers
Presbyterian
Chesley Belcourt
Sandcreek Township
Congress
Charles W. Stivers
Mary E. Falconberry
Letts Stables
Jacob Black
Letts
Prince McCord
Scott
Fairview Stables
Clarksburg
Ps Gad
Saw Pee
Satan
Gambrel
Gambretta Wilkes
Mary A
Legal Tender. Jr
Rheme Burgess
R. R
Greensburg, Ind
Independent ’Phone
Clarksburg Exchange
AIGA
Union Trust Company
Greensburg, Indiana
Walter W. Bonner
J. H. Christian
W. H. Robbins
Chas. Zoller, Sr
James M. Woodifill
James B. Lathrop
Frank Robbins
Isaac Sefton
Barrington Boyd
Eer
Studebaker
New England
Corbett & Rohe
E. J. Heeb
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