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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
5
The readable text shows time stamps and codes such as 2:30 FM and 2:00 PM, with mentions of locations Juv and Shelbyville. The garbled OCR preserves few clear names or events, suggesting a partial listing or schedule fragment and no cohesive incident or story.
Through Pullman palace sleeping cars operate weekday service from Chicago to St Augustine via Big Four routes with no changes. Train No 26 connects with the Florida Special from Cincinnati. Schedule shows departures from Chicago Lafayette Indianapolis Greensburg and arrivals in Cincinnati Jacksonville and St Augustine with Monday adjustments.
Meech Lowe resigns after years of service at Cassell & Co shoe store. Walter Johnson will take over as manager with his mother becoming sale owner after next Monday when Mr Cassell retires.
An anecdotal endorsement from William Myers of Cearfoss Maryland describes consumption’s torments and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a rapid cure after other medicines failed The ad promises relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and related ailments with guaranteed pricing at J H Batterton’s drug store and a free trial bottle offer.
Rev William Acker born in Beaver County Pennsylvania in 1820 died December 21 1905 at his Jennings County Indiana home aged 85 years 2 months and 14 days. He faced limited schooling after an early family hardship and moved to Indiana in 1837. He joined Zenas Baptist Church in 1843 and remained a member through Union Free Baptist formation. Ordained 1870 he preached across Ripley County and influenced many souls. He married Mary Oldham in 1839 and left four sons two daughters, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial at Latrock with Rev J G Brengle officiating.
Mr J S Egleston of Maple Zhanding Iowa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing a severe winter grip and says a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets aided the cure by promoting bowel liver and kidney function. Sold at Atterton's drug store.
A vivid regional vignette describes Thanksgiving in simple terms. The speaker notes gratitude for basic provisions—a kitchen, stove, wood, potatoes, persimmons—and reflects on scarcity among poorer folks. A wistful tone hints at distant relatives and the passing of seasons as winter approaches.
A fragment notes a concerned caregiver watching a baby swallow a pin and suffer no harm. The incident centers on medical concern and apparent resilience, with hazy details and unclear attribution. The readable portion emphasizes a troubling moment and a cautious response.
A Chicago Inter Ocean snippet describes a scene where Sie Vined the Candy and Gen Wonk recur to relatives in Cauda with a box of chocolate epyermins as a gift. Aunty worries, Hedama returns with white candies and says peppermints, but the child claims she stripped the chocolate off.
A packing house scene shows a silent partner angrily questioning a cashier about total yearly earnings. The dishonest tone hints at gross mismanagement and possible internal investigation as a committee forms to probe. The Louisville Courier Journal notes the confrontation and looming inquiry.
In a garbled Chicago Record item a reader is quoted with broken speech about a grandpa and a child’s distress. The fragment hints at hurt feelings and prompting tears amid unclear context and misheard dialogue. No clear names, dates, or events emerge.
Robert Gees sold his East Main street home to BH Skillman and will move to Hamilton to engage in manufacturing. Ivan Glidewell and family spent Christmas with his parents at Brazil and were accompanied home by Carl Glidewell, making his first Greensburg visit since moving to Brazil nearly three years ago.
WisMeditationus and Tiemin dwell on holiday plans as Papay probes for gifts. The father frets that reflecting on past Christmas costs may dampen this Christmas, fearing the memory will ruin the festivities. The source tone suggests a tribal newspaper voice from Chicago.
A Baltimore American item recounts a tense school moment where a mother demands the teacher reinstate her son William. The next day the student returns with a note from the parent requesting immediate action, reflecting parental pressure on school staff.
The referee stops the bout after detecting one contestant is a Yinger rather than a straight up prize fighter. The revelation ends the planned fight in Chicago.
Charly I plans a Van dyke beard but fears its odd growth and contemplates shaving it off. Miss Pepprey urges letting it grow to exhaust the impulse, a lighthearted domestic exchange echoed in the Catholic Standard and Times.
The New York Press reports a quarrel between two Hens over a remark about incubator plans. One hen accuses the other of insult after she arrived with another woman and mused she could have done better with an incubator.
Wartime lessons stress that future conflicts must shrink as efficient ships and equipment rise in cost and deter aggression. Experts note battleships' size and firepower shape naval power, with Professor Hovenard and Peabody urging advanced design, training, and equipment to back brave sailors in modern warfare.
John Roberts, touring English billiards player, met a local challenger in a small Australian city. The local fan pretended familiarity, urged Roberts to play a 100 up match, and Roberts offered to set the handicap after watching the first stroke. Roberts started with a cautious break and a 99 run remaining unfinished.
The annual report shows crime trends over a century with a rise in summary offenses and a decline in serious crimes per 160,000. Drunkenness, begging and vagrancy by paupers, and offenses against police reputations are key factors, while violent crime remains low. London Globe notes overall increases mainly in summary offenses.
The world's largest graving dock was opened in Southampton before a large distinguished assembly. Designed by consulting engineer W. R. Galbraith, the contract went to Sir John Aird & Co. The dock measures 751 feet from sill to head, keel block length 830 feet, entrance width 99 feet, floor width 0 feet, deck width 125 feet, with a depth from deck to floor of 435 feet. London board.
The Heidelberg University library containing 700000 volumes is being moved into a new sandstone building recently completed. Fifteen men completed the removal in thirty two days. Each book was cleaned with an electric motor cleaner that suctioned dust from the backs and edges, yielding highly satisfactory results. The library requires about twenty one miles of shelf space.
A historical look at the rise of the peoples choruses or people s choice groups led by Frank Damrose and Samuel W Cole. The program started in New York and Boston about eight years ago to offer non professional adults a chance to study the world s music on Sundays. The Boston classes welcome women over sixteen and men over eighteen with broad participation from various nationalities. Many later join conservatory programs and church choirs, with teachers often leading amateur choirs and gaining practical lessons in adapting great music for the masses.
A two headed turtle, about the size of a silver dollar, is in Washington with a local bird fancier after being captured in Virginia. It has two fully formed heads that feed from both mouths, four eyes that blink in pairs, one tail, and four legs. The owner aims to raise the creature while researchers note its unusual appearance has stirred curiosity at the National Museum.
The Italian government issues military picture stamps for each regiment. Designs vary from a colonel's name to rifle motifs and royal arms. Ivrea shows the town view, Mikl depicts a military council, and the 22nd Cavalry bears Catignis arms with a regimental motto.
Archaeologists uncover a fragment of a vanished monastery in Tours during repair work. The find includes Joan of Arc’s chapel within the relics, with pointed arches and portions of decoration revealed after centuries.
Early season tip from a Dublin physician suggests quick home relief for chilblains. Place the irritated foot under the other, have a heavy friend stamp on the upper foot for fifteen minutes to distract pain, then repeat on the other foot if needed.
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