VanBuskirk Dies At Home After Long Illness
Rev. D R VanBuskirk longtime Greensburg clergyman and former Indiana legislator died at his home after a lengthy illness of Brights disease and complications He preached his last sermon in Greensburg Christian church in October and had served the local church for over twelve years His widow Miss M B Kemmer survives with two sons Scott and Will and three daughters Laura Emma Grace Burial will be in South Park cemetery with services at the Christian church led by Rev W G Johnston and Rev Z T Sweeney
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D. R. VanBuskirk
Bright
Christian Church
Bro
Van
Greensburg
Church of Christ
van Buskirk
Fayette County
Fairview Academy
Samuel Hoshour
Bethany College
Alexander Campbell
Bethany
Northwesern
Butler, College
House
Senate
Will Cumback
Christian Curch
New York City
Bloomington
Illinois
Third Christian Church
Indianapolis
Bro. van
Decatur County
M B. Kemmer
Scott
Will
Cambridge City
Laura Hodges
Adams
Emma
Grace
W. G. Johnston
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
South Park Cemetery
Neighborhood Favorite Electric Bitters Praised by Harbor Resident
Mrs E D Charles of Harbor Maine hails Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite. She says it provides quick relief for dyspepsia liver and kidney issues malnutrition and nervous debility while acting as a thorough blood purifier for spring use. Sold at F M Henry Co drug store 50 cents per bottle.
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E. D. Charles
Harbor, Maine
Electric Bitters
F. M. Henry & Co
Farmer Durbin found unconscious after buggy accident
John N. Durbin of near St Paul Indiana was found unconscious in the road two miles south of St Paul. Physicians treated him for eight hours before he regained consciousness. His horse became unmanageable, throwing him from the buggy and dragging him a short distance before release. He is now threatened with pneumonia.
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ST. Paul
Ind
John N. Durbin
Durbin
Shelbyville
A Sleep Problem Recounts Diminishing and Returning Sleep
Mr Grayboy explains a lifelong shift from eight to seven hours of sleep then back to eight, noting aging and speculative second childhood. The excerpt from the New York Sun frames sleep as a marker of maturity and a puzzling current change.
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New York Sun
Hat Store Derby Dilemma in Fashion Struck Shop
A young man tests latest derbies in a hat shop and the salesman touts a brown derby as stylish and well fitting. The customer agrees the fit is right but balks at buying, insisting he won’t purchase a new hat after all as the salesman praises the old one mixed among new stock.
Calm Her Down: A Wife’s Quiet Tactics
In Strand Magazine a wife named Mrs Grim describes how to tame a quarrelsome husband. She urges calm restraint and recounts using a stick, a broom handle, or a pail of water to cool him during his tarstrums.
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Mrs. Grim
Grim
Strand Magazine
Brief on Book Titles Satirizing Women and England
The text criticizes overly long book titles as unjust, praising brevity. It notes Stanley Stubbes and a grotesque title about England facing a French union, referencing historical prohibition and punishment in a public scene. It comments on satire and authorial consequences.
Barnard Wins Congress Nomination On 384th Ballot
At Shelbyville a fierce convention settled on Judge W. O. Barnard of New Castle after a protracted deadlock. Decatur county led a large Decatur Republican display while Davidson held votes until Barnard finally clinched the nomination on the 384th ballot amid heavy floor pressure.
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Shelbyville
Decatur County
W. O. Barnard
New Castle
PRM Hay Nate
Pion Caine Samet
Asa
Davidson
Decatur
Wayne
Shelby
Union
Franklin
Rush
Moore
Campbell
Hough
Stivers
Barnard
Fayette
Hancock
Henry
Shop Girl Fines Memorandum From Pay Night
A Chicago Inter Ocean item describes a shopgirl’s bleak pay night as she brings home a memorandum listing fines totaling 85 cents. The memo cites infractions such as standing on a chair and gum chewing, reflecting a shop's rigid rule system.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
The Time Table And The Ex Press Driver
The piece explains express drivers live by time and the timetable they must uphold. It details strict checks in signal boxes, time sheets, and guard verifications, and notes engines differ in idiosyncrasies. A good engine aids a good driver, while faults may bring penalties and stress.
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Keig Snowden
Lightning bolts and tides cross globe and river mouths
A dialogue about lightning circling the earth prompts a joke while the piece then describes the Amazon tide phenomenon pororoca. At the river mouth in the north, a roaring surge reaches five to six miles inland as a thirty foot wave follows, with subsequent waves and the tide resuming its normal flow.
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Amazon
Shelf Paper In All Colors At Batterton's Roll On
Advertises shelf paper available in all colors sold by Batterton's with a roll format for home decorating and organization.
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Batterton’s
Longest Day Lengths Across Cities Mentioned
London Standard notes varying daylight across cities. London and Bremen reach sixteen and a half hours. Stockholm eighteen and a half. Hamburg and Dantzig seventeen. St Petersburg and Tobolsk nineteen hours and five hours shortest. Tornea nearly twenty two hours on June 21 and under three hours on December 25. Wardburg's longest day spans May 21 to July 22. Spitzbergen experiences a three and a half month day.
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London
Bremen
Stockholm
Hamburg
Dantzig
St. Petersburg
Tobolsk
Siberia
Tornea
Finland
Wardburg
Norway
Spitzbergen
London Standard
Young Daughter Prays for a New Papa After Loss
A Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette recalls a Rose Building dentist and his young daughter who believes prayer guarantees results. When asked what would happen if the father died she replies that her mother and she would pray for another papa and have one the next day.
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Papa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
What Am I Doing Quick Refrain Teaser
A London Tatler excerpt features a rapid back and forth between Smith and Jones. They challenge each other to repeat the phrase What am I doing quickly a dozen times, then laugh at the result.
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Smith
Jones
London Tatler
Strong Language by Proxy in a London Punch Quote
The excerpt shows a dialogue between a Vicar and John where the Vicar directs John to confront a plunderer about an unpaid bill. John admits a cheery or careless tone at times. The tone mirrors Punch magazine’s satirical voice.
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John
London Punch
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Ingrain
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George W. Magee
White & Canine Mfg. Co
Indiana
Corps of Mechanics
George Bowman
John C. Adney
Reaves Automobile Works
Old Lincoln Carriage Works
Greensburg, Ind
Indiana Silos
W.S. Robbins
Horace
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