Four Track News announces seasonal round trip tickets
The Four Track News promotes travel and sells subscriptions through N A Crawford Jr at Greensburg Indiana. Beginning May 22 the Big Four offers daily round trip excursion tickets to Portland Seattle Tacoma Bellingham Everett Victoria Vancouver at 60 95 via direct routes with occasional higher California routes on select dates. Details available at the passenger depot or by address.
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Four
N. A. Crawford, Jr
Big Four
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Bellingham
Everett
Wash
Victoria
Vancouver
B. C
California
N. A. Crawford
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Greensburg
Ind
Decatur Man Praises Foley's Kidney Cure
William Woodard of Decatur Iowa writes that years of kidney disease were cured by four one dollar bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure and he urges others with kidney trouble to try it. Mages's Pharmacy.
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William Woodard
Decatur
Foley
Mages
Evolution of the word idiot and its social meanings
The term idi o t traces from Greek private status to public slur and later to a broader range of mental deficiency. It notes historical uses from the sixteenth century onward, discusses imbeciles, wild children, and notable cases like Blind Tom and Stard’s forest boy, concluding that some deficits coexist with preserved faculties and potential for nuance.
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Stard
Aveyron
Blind Tom
Living Example Shapes Childs Honest Ways
Advice from the Philadelphia Inquirer urges parents to model truthfulness temperance kindness and healthful amusements. It emphasizes choosing a good home over riches, treating wealth as a trust, and letting a child learn mainly by observing adult behavior rather than words.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Boy sticks brother with pin to test nurse warning
Tommy and his baby brother quarreled during play. The mother asks what happened and Tommy confesses to sticking the child with a safety pin to test if it could hurt him as the nurse had said. The scene unfolds with maternal concern and a child's misguided experiment.
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Tommy
Lincoln and Douglas clash in memorable 1800 campaign remark
The exchange recalls Douglas calling Lincoln a former young clerk who sold goods and liquor. Lincoln retorts that the only difference is their positions, he on one side of the counter and Douglas on the other. The anecdote highlights their sharp wit during the era.
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Douglas
Lincoln
Abe
Silence in a noisy age from London Truth
A short reflection on the era of excessive chatter. The author notes how three individuals can fill a shop with loud talk, questioning why such noise persists and calling attention to the rarity of genuine silence. The piece sits in a London Truth voice, with sharp social critique.
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London
Class Habits Describe Gambling and Drinking Divides
In England the upper class gambles but avoids drinking while the middle class drinks yet shuns gambling and the lower class both drinks and gambles. The upper class enacts laws to curb lower-class gambling and the lower class supports legislation to curb upper-class drinking.
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England
Clothier Promotes Silk Umbrella with Overcoats
Gyer-Fitzem, the clothier, advertises a silk umbrella with every twenty dollar overcoat sold. Mrs. Gyer-Fitzem and Bloom the florist offer earth with each plant purchased, per Chicago News.
Papa's Own Idea We Must Elope
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a couple planning elopement with the father supporting the plan as a cheaper option, while the story hints at parental approval and social commentary on marriage decisions. The tone mirrors a humorous or candid exchange common in period society pages.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Booker Washington's School at Tuskegee noted by editor
The Rising Sun Recorder editor reports Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute held commencement with 79 graduates 45 men and 34 women. He praises the school as a wonderful work, comparing it to a world’s fair with extensive buildings, farming operations, workshops, chapel and dormitories on 3000 acres.
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T. J. Waldo
Rising Sun Recorder
Alabama
Booker Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Montgomery
Washington
Just What Everyone Should Do
Mr J T Barber of Irwinville Georgia keeps a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ready for instant use. He reports rapid relief from sudden colic and diarrhoea attacks and calls it one of the best medicines he has seen. Sold at Batterton's drug store.
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J. T. Barber
Irwinville
Chamberlain
Batterton’s
Chicago Way to Avoid Annoyance in Rumor Talk
A Chicago Post reflection quotes a man and a woman debating rumors about a rumored engagement. The exchange explores how denials spread distress and annoyance, with one party suggesting making rumors true rather than denying them. The dialogue captures social dynamics and rumor culture in a metropolitan setting.
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Chicago Post
Doctor King’s New Discovery Becomes Harpersville Pastor’s Cure
The Rev. QO Moore of Harpersville NY details severe coughing from grip that left him sleeping upright. After failing remedies he used Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, claiming complete relief and saving him from consumption. Sold at J H Batterton’s drug store for 59 cents and 1.00, with a free trial bottle offered.
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QO. D. Moore
the Baptist Church
Harpersville
N. Y
Dr. King
J. H. Batterton’s
I O O F Inscription Sparkles From Temple Wall
In the Oddfellows Temple on Broad and Cherry Streets the stone letters I O O F are carved. Two Irishmen wonder aloud what they mean, one wise man says the height reads One Hundred feet, a Philadelphia Press joke notes.
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Oddfellows Temple
Pat
Philadelphia Press
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Best for Piles and Wounds
Harry Colson of Masonville Indiana testifies that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures blind bleeding itching and protruding piles and also treats cuts burns and injuries. Available for 26 cents at J H Batterton’s drug store.
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Harry Colson
Masonville
J. H. Batterton
Money for loans and locals daily news notes
Money to loan at a reasonable rate of interest. See Wm. Fleming at West Main St. James Wirt, Mooras Hill College student, visited his parents in Fugit township. Various locals—merchants, students, and travelers—are noted with short updates on visits, travels, and engagements. The piece also covers church activities, civic notices, and upcoming events.
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West Main St
James Wirt
Mooras Hill College
Fugit
Henry Hackman
Rushvile
Letts
Oscar Ewing
Revel Bannister
Roy Dickey
Warsaw
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