$25 000 Stolen From County in Auditor Office Probe
Indianapolis February 15. Marion county faces a suspected $25 000 loss tied to handling of county funds in the County Auditor’s office. Officials plan to hire experts to examine the books and pursue all irregularities, with Auditor Lahm and deputies under scrutiny for missing voucher receipts from 1907.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Board of
County Commissioers
County Council
William H. Roberts
Board of Commissioners
Roberts
John Men Ienhall
John McGregor
Albert Lahm
Boys Build Wireless Link Between Home and Office
Morristown Indiana February 15 Harry and Stuart Harlow aged seventeen and eighteen have set up a wireless communication link between their father’s home and his office. A sending station at the home and a receiving setup at the Sun office connect through 40 foot poles and aerial wires one quarter mile apart. They use a spark coil and carbon needle coherer with a telephone cone receiver to hear the dots and dashes. They plan to extend range to about one mile while experimenting with different coherers.
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Morristown
Ind
Harry
Stuart Harlow
Harlow
Sun
Breaking a Sitter by Subtle Alarm Clock Trick
A humorous note suggests using a small alarm clock placed under a stubborn sitting hen, set to ring in about fifteen minutes. The ticking unsettles her, and when the alarm sounds the hen leaves the nest, stopping her broodiness for a while. The method is described as more humane than harsher practices sometimes used to break up a sitting hen.
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Biddy
Undefined Opinion About People Speaking
A terse remark notes that those with little value to say often dominate public attention. The line contrasts speaking prominence with substantive content, implying that loudness does not equal usefulness.
What America Needs in a Time of Graft and Decay
A Wall Street Journal opinion argues for a revival of domestic piety over railway or irrigation projects and tariffs. It cautions that wealth and luxury corrode public virtue, urging daily prayer, charitable giving, and moral restraint to avert national decline.
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America
Rome
Manchuria
Wall Street Journal
Nettie C Gilmour Dies After Short Illness at 40
Nettie C Gilmour born November 19 1867 died February 3 1908 at age forty two months and fifteen days after a brief attack of la grippe leading to pneumonia. She joined the Presbyterian church in 1880 was a faithful Sabbath school teacher and Greensburg High School graduate of 1837. She served eleven years as Latin teacher with two years in Algebra before resigning due to ill health. Her loss saddens home and friends as a devoted community figure.
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Nettie C. Gilmour
Nettie
Presbyterian Church
Greensburg
Bryan at Capital in Indianapolis Big Meeting draws 4000 crowd
William Jennings Bryan spoke at Tomlinson Hall to more than 4,000 listeners in Indianapolis as part of the YMCA Sunday Big Meetings. The address on The Prince of Peace ran over an hour and a half drawing strong praise and widespread enthusiasm from attendees. He also spoke at church union gatherings and attended a banquet at the Claypool Hotel hosted by the Indiana Democratic Club. Thousands pressed to hear him, with many crowding outside unable to enter.
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Indianapolis Young Men’s Christian Association
Bryan
Boys’ Club
Meridian Street
Central Avenue
Claypool
Indiana Democratic Club
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Harvard Candidate Seeks F D Degree For Spelling Reform
A Harvard PhD candidate asked President Eliot to rename his degree as F D to suit his spelling reform specialty. Eliot replied that if he insisted, the degree would be D F instead. The exchange appears in the Ladies' Home Journal style anecdote.
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Harvard
Eliot
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pittsburg Millionaire Faces Second Floor Suit
Puck notes a Pittsburg millionaire involved in a second floor suit for himself and his wife. The brief entry hints at a marital dispute or legal action but provides few specifics beyond the parties and location.
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Pittsburg
Editor invites bids for clothing on humorous rebuke
A neighbor city editor, facing a bid from an out of town printer, humorously offers sealed bids on wardrobe items. The list includes a shirt 1908 model two white collar buttons a red bandana handkerchief and a celluloid collar plans at the office and a right to reject bids while inviting global competition.
Bargains in Groceries at Linegar Bros Store
Local ad lists low prices on canned tomatoes sugar corn and beans. Also offers bulk items like syrup, lard, hominy, mackerel and fish with multiple prices and two Santos coffee options. Promises goods always fresh.
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Santos
Linegar Bros
Osteopathic Physician Promotes True Osteopathy
Dr J B Kinsinger, graduate of the American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Mo, offers osteopathic treatment in Greensburg Indiana. Office in Hamilton Block with hours 9 to 4 on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Consultation free. Phone 433.
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American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Hamilton Block
Greensburg
Ind
Sayin' This Collection For Foreign Missions
In a church scene a stranger asks about the collection. The usher explains it goes to foreign missions. The visitor then offers a dollar and remarks if it were for the choir it wouldn’t be worth it. Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Delirium Tremens Patient_mocking Snake Illusion
A delirium tremens patient ridicules a doctor by insisting a non real snake is present while a hospital physician tries to reassure him. The scene captures tension in a Chicago Tribune report style.
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Chicago Tribune
Peruna touted as relief for catarrh across Canada
The article presents Peruna as a systemic remedy for catarrh and related respiratory ailments common in Canada. Endorsements from Sisters of the Good Shepherd Montreal Hospital St. John and individual patients claim relief from coughs colds and chronic catarrh with Peruna.
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Lnwerwerenern
Sisters OF the Good Shepherd
Montreal
Canada
Sisters of Good Shepherd
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Hospital
St. John
Renouf Dupuis
Etta Booker
Dundurn
Sask
Hartman
Local notices and social rounds in Decatur county
Adams resident Scott Christ transacted business in town while many neighbors and visitors from Horace Sardinia and surrounding areas stopped in Monday. A long list of calls, visits, and social events followed including parties in Indianapolis and countryside, a Macbeth outing, a revival at the Christian church, and a valentine gathering. A death reported is Mrs Irvin Thorpe Braden with infant, funeral in Milroy. Also notes on religion, school staff anniversaries, and local business plans for spring stock.
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Scott Christ
Adams
Foley
J. H. Batterton
Marshall Reeve
James Small
Evangelist Small
Alice Hopwood
Columbus
Christian Church
Hopwood
Marked for Death to Health: Woman Restored by New Discovery
Mrs. A. C. Williams of Bac Kentucky credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a three year cough that threatened death. She says the remedy, guaranteed, restored her health after weight loss and lung trouble and notes a free trial bottle is available at F M Henry & Co. drug store.
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Grange-Yard
F. M. Henry & Co
Save Money with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Consumers are urged to buy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at Batterton's drug store. The ad promises the medicine cures colds and emphasizes value by delivering effective results at 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Neglected colds may become serious, so choose Chamberlain's for guaranteed relief.
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Batterton’s Drug Store
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Horace
Harry Pavey
Burney
T. N. Shaw
Sardinia
Fred Zeigler
Mechanicsburg
Helen Shafer
Edna Barclay
Flora Shafer
Lowell Jackson
North of Town
Charles Jackson
James Kelley
L. D. Hamilton
Clarksburg
Andrew M. Alexander
Letts
George Montgomery
Charles Fiscus
Zeta Mae Fastlaben
North
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L. B. Garrett
St. Paul
THE
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Clara and
Leona Puttmann Mann
Irvin Thorpe Braden
Jap Thorpe
West North Street
Braden
Jasper Thorpe
Hen
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Milroy
Will C. Kincaid
Springhill
Lou Marshall Bruere
Knoxville
Iowa
TEE Standard
Nancy Marshall
Will Roland
Dalmbert Company
Wooltex
Gege
John W. Hamilton
Macedonia
Nelson Hamilton
Sallie Gite
Jeff Holden
Rushville
Samuel Wertz
Columbus High School
Lucretia Shuck Condo
Hartsville College
Decatur County
Chamberlain
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