Decatur County Fair Opens With Big Crowds and Racing
The Decatur county fair opened with light rain that settled dust and kept tracks in good shape for racing. A 3000 plus crowd attended yesterday as free attractions and the dog and pony show drew high business. Major Carney won first money in the 3 00 pace. other top finishers included Jack the Ripper and Margaret Frey. A featured turf race pitted Bluben against Katie Brooks with George Littell and Mike Gannon driving. An upcoming auto race pits Privett Arbuckle in a 1908 Buick against an Indianapolis Haynes roadster with a $50 purse.
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Decatur County
Hope Band
Clarksburg
Letts
Rushville
Columbus
St. Paul
Major Carney
John Rhodes
Jack the Ripper
Chas Robison
Margaret Frey
Londa Becker
Homer Wilkes
B. H
Hilligoss
Kot
S. G
Scott
B. S
Glasscock
JGR D
Broce cd
Ios Savecereves
Haymiond
B. G
Wagoner
Graham
Eke Héjen Silvers
Blk. M
Talimacus B.s
Grundy
Blanch H
Hawkins
Keira Monete
S. m
Calkins
Myrtle Jupe
B. m
Fort
George Littell
Bluben
Mike Gannon
Katie Brooks
Privett & Arbuckle
State Board of Health Corrects Heart Disease Death Cause
The bulletin led by Dr. T Henry Davis notes physicians still cite heart disease or heart failure as a death cause. A recent certificate labeled heart disease prompted a letter reply from the signing doctor, seeking details about the actual heart disease diagnosis.
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State Board of Health
T. Henry Davis
I O O F Home Notes Move In Visitors and Loss
William Carter of Pendleton Lodge 88 and Carl Bailey of Martinsville were admitted to the I O O F Home on Tuesday. An excursion from Fillmore brought about sixty visitors to the Home. David G Hoover aged sixty five died at the Home Tuesday night from locomotor ataxia and was buried at South Park cemetery Wednesday evening.
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William Carter
Pendleton Lodge No
Carl Bailey
Martinsville
Fillmore
David G. Hoover
Hoover
South Park
Rush County Fair Promises Bigger Event With Band and Pace
The Rush County Fair next week advertises larger premiums across classes and exciting features. The Gans Military Band from Louisville will entertain attendees, while sensational pacer Aileen Wilson is scheduled Thursday and Friday to challenge the track record, aiming for the fastest mile on the half mile track.
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Rush County
Gans Military Band
Louisville
Aileen Wilson
Indiana Governor Proclaims Labor Day a State Holiday
Governor Hanly issues a formal proclamation declaring Monday September 7 as Labor Day a legal holiday in Indiana. Public offices to close and private business urged to suspend where possible.
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Hanly
Indiana
Monument Stock for Sale by Dowden and Son
Large stock of monuments and tablets offered at very reduced prices. H. and Dowden & son state they do not want to move items to another room and expect to locate in a new space this fall.
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Dowden & Son
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Claims Quick Cure
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reports a bad instep sore healed after applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He says less than half of a 25 cent box effected a perfect cure. Sold under guarantee at F M Henry & Co.'s drug store.
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Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
F. M. Henry & Co
Sharks Fear Noise in South Seas Waters
A traveler notes that sharks fear splashing and will retreat from loud surface disturbance. South Sea island natives swim in noisy groups to deter sharks, while a lone or careless swimmer can be quickly attacked by a man eater.
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South Sea Islands
Brahms and Tschaikowsky Share Brief Mutual Dislike
The two famed composers met only twice with Brahms visiting Hamburg to hear Tschaikowsky fifth symphony. After the performance they dined. Brahms admitted disliking the work, and Tschaikowsky told him that the dislike was mutual. They parted on good terms.
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Brahms
Tschaikowsky
Hamburg
Short humorous intro and cross culture quotes
A compact excerpt presents a former Senator Spooner comment on lengthy introductions and a German mayor's crowd pleasing line. It contrasts British public taste with French theater openness and ends with a Scottish dialect exchange about a bottle and bereavement.
Fishing Superstitions Across Cultures and Seas
The piece surveys diverse fishing beliefs from British Columbia to New Zealand, Japan, Scotland, Hungary, and Alaska. It notes chiefs invoked for luck, fasts and fires for first salmon, river and mountain rites, and superstitions around counting fish, lighting practices, and charms to attract or appease fish.
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British Columbia
California
Adam
Japan
Alaska
Scotland
Shetland Islands
Hungary
Duke of York Island
New Zealand
Los Angeles Times
His New Coat
Two longtime friends attend a chafing dish party. A spill prompts one to offer his brand new tuxedo as a replacement. The embarrassed friend reveals his own tuxedo is nearly identical, explaining the swap was to hide a shabby appearance with the other’s newer coat.
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Chum No. 2
Chum No. 1
Acrobatic Baby Cuts Off Brother's Curls
In a Philadelphia Ledger item, three year old May uses scissors to sever her baby brother's curls after claiming he cut them himself. The nurse asks how the hair was reached and May explains he stood on a stool.
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May
Philadelphia Ledger
Accident or Intent: Umbrella Breaker in Court
A magistrate questions a woman charged with breaking an umbrella over the complainant’s head. She admits the strike was deliberate, but claims the umbrella broke accidentally. The exchange centers on whether the act was intentional and the umbrella’s damage.
Wall Street in 1775 and the Lexington news
Frederick Trevor Hill recounts how on April 23 1775 news of Lexington sparked chaos in New York City Loyalists and Patriots clashed as 500 stand of arms were seized at the city hall and the custom house was closed A provisional committee at Merchants Coffee House took charge martial law started and militia patrolled the streets before arms were moved to safety along Broadway and to John street Ball Alley.
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Israel Besseleene
Bowery
Trinity
Presbyterian Church
Lexington
Wall Street
Isaac Sears
Sons of Liberty
Marinus Willett
Broadway
Abraham van Dyke
John Street
Frederick Trevor Hill
Harper’s Magazine
Stevens Earns Praise From German Boss For Punctuality
In a New York Press item, Stevens, an assistant to a German employer near Washington Market, narrowly avoided dismissal for chronic tardiness. After a stern warning, he corrected his lateness and now recalls his boss complimenting his punctuality with a malaprop style remark about being the fairst at last.
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Stevens
Washington
Schmitz
Harry
Mr. Schmitz
New York Press
Ibsen’s Early Ambition and First Dramatic Work
The Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen was initially steered toward medicine and wore a druggist’s apron at sixteen. He pursued medical studies at Christiania and, inspired by Sallust’s Catiline, wrote his first dramatic piece introducing the figure.
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Henrik Ibsen
Christiania
Catiline
Ibsen
Sulphur Used as Lubricant by Ship Engineers
Mr. E. A. Dixie of New York reports in the American Machinist that sulphur has been used as a lubricant on many ships. He says it prevents hot bearings, even at sea, when mixed in powdered form with oil, and notes skepticism from shore observers.
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E. A. Dixie
New York
Wheat fields follow civilization westward to Rockies
From the Atlantic coast grains spread with settlement until reaching the North Saskatchewan river and the Rocky mountains. The Richelieu valley was once the great wheat field with forty crops in succession. Calgary Alberta.
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Atlantic
North Saskatchewan River
Rocky Mountains
Richelieu Valley
Calgary
Canada
Notes on AnimaL Music Origins and Emotions
An article traces music origins to animal cries and rhythms observed by Dr. Henry Fotherby. It links low tones to anger and power, upper tones to joy and sociability, and maps Indian notes to animals, suggesting nerves influence musical perception and expression through movement.
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Jubal
Annals of
Psychical Science
Henry Fotherby
Fotherby
Dr. Fotherby
Aunt Hepzibah and the Cat Nap Tea Misadventure
A careful housewife leaves the lid off a tea canister and a half grown cat hides inside to sleep on the oolong. The next morning she explains to a guest that only cat nap tea remains and coffee is preferred, a tale she personally reveals.
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Aunt Hepzibah
Sacred Geese of Rome Legend Brings Golden Goose Parade
The New York American recounts the ancient tale of the sacred geese of Rome. A Gaul invasion is halted when a silent column of soldiers ascends Capitol Hill and noise from geese warns the garrison. Marcus Manlius throws a man from the wall, and Romans later celebrate with a golden goose procession each year.
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Rome
Marcus Manlius
New York American
New York City Has More Islands Than Any City Except Venice
New York City contains thirty one separate and distinct islands within its bounds, most surrounded by deep water, offering vast shipping and dockage potential for future commerce and growth, according to the National.
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New York
Venice
New York City
Probated will of Dorothea Koors leaves farms to heirs
The will of the late Mrs Dorothea Koors was probated in the county clerk's office on Monday morning. She leaves one half of her husband's real estate to her son Edward Koors with the proviso debts be paid from this portion. The children of her first husband receive an eighty acre farm to be divided equally.
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Dorothea Koors
Edward Koors
Bernard Koors
Best Pills Ever Sold Praise By Ingleside Man
After fifteen years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside praises Dr. King’s New Life Pills as the best pills sold. Sold under guarantee at F. M. Henry & Co.’s drug store for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
F. M. Henry & Co
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