The Matses of Taxes and a Pastor Leaves Indianapolis
A commentary on tax policy proposes new levies to fund government needs, noting coffee and beer taxes and historical revenue limits. It laments the upcoming changes amid a rising budget and criticizes political maneuvers. Rev Worth Tippy departs Broadway M B Church, leaving Indianapolis with a noted loss and best wishes for his future work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Tippy
Broadway M. B
Indianapolis
Br. Tippy
Man
England Must Eat During War Food Strain Warns Opinion
A provocative prologue argues that if England faced a great war and blockade, starvation would force reliance on foreign grain and meat. It cites rising population, urban migration, and decades of imports for cereals butter and beer, especially from the United States, and warns England cannot wage war while hungry. The piece then questions gas projects and consumer trusts amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Porto Rico
Manila
Philippines
United States
Congress
Beer Trust
Capitol
Min
England
America
The Fables of Findlay Pompous Figure Attacks Life Styles
A satirical tale recalls a pompous figure who derides simplicity and calls strenuous living a pose. He dismisses mother love as animal instinct and scorns art and great singers as amateurs while praising passion and fire.
Unclear human reflection on deathbed remarks
Fragmentary late stage reflections critique a pompous figure. The speaker mocks misattributed learning from Huxley Kant and Spencer while claiming progress in medicine ended with Jenner. The death occurs around 2 pm, with the doctor noting an inability to reach noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hero Say
Huxley
Kant
Herbert Spencer
Jenner
Indianapolis Citizens Weigh Views In Miscellaneous Quotes
A collage of opinions from L E Reenhould Charley Rigg Joe Gabber William Hoby Alfred Potts Jacob Buennagei George Atantey William Calvert J A Diggle Guy A Boyle Harv A tout Fred Geiger and D Homabee. The remarks touch on crime reporting police performance street improvements real estate heat and industry growth in Indianapolis plus state health and infrastructure debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Rigg
Indianapolta
Joe Gabper
William Hoby
Michigan
Fenortz
Thich
Alfred Potts
Cnmpanys
Chies
Jacob Buennagei
Indianapolis
William Calvert
J. A. Diggle
Ray Guy A. Boyle
National Guard
Bo Harvey
Mirimenora
Fred Geiger
Nut
Baseball Park
D. Homabee
Indiana
Legislatire
State Tax Board members get attlewudne in Henry county
The State Tax Board members were greeted by Seamion Dewar of New Castle WI as the official atenscrapher. A new baby girl arrived at Frank Hoberts home. Bam Ware, an elevator operator, is on vacation. Baron Rothswhila and Cc. C. Hadley of the attorney-general’s office plan a northern Michigan vacation next week. Patrick Jo Flanagan will begin a month’s vacation in Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
State
Insane Asylum
State Tax Board
Henry County
Seamion Dewar
New Castle
Gexke
Disiayn
Wie Fries
Heme
Bam Ware
Baron Rothswhila
Cc. C. Hadley
Attorney-General
Patrick Jo Flanagan
Henry
Local Business Notices From Early Ledger Style Records
A fragmented list of corporations and capital statistics appears with items including Lapel Gas, OFF and Development Company, Kawant, Victoria Milling, White County Abstract, and Clinton Electric Tight and Power Company. Capital stock figures vary, mentioning sums like 12 000, 9 00, and 3100090, with names such as Benjamin F Carr, John R McClelland, T W O Connor and George Buntin. A partial reference to Bird’s Exe Matches concludes the entry.
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White County Abstract Company
Moncello
Benjamin F Carr
John R. McClelland
T. W. O'Connor
Reversal of Sunshine and Smiles In Odd Verse
Fragmented archaic dialogue describes a narrator scolding a singer who refuses to perform while referencing a bald headed man with a glass eye and children. The piece hints at a grim quarrel and a looming Portsmouth confrontation with consequences if sides refuse a short end to a feud.
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Portsmouth
The Wanest bargeman and the dockside skit tale
A quizzical fragment describes two dockside figures in a dramatic scene. One bargeman carries freight while a second skit disrupts the rhythm of the harbor with a striking, unsettling performance. The passage suggests tension between work and street theater by the water.
Lodges and Fraternal Orders Critique
From the Atinese Press an essay argues many fraternal orders serve as soft political posts and graft sources for leaders. It warns against overmembership, excessive dues, and neglect of family life, urging one solid lodge membership rather than joining every secret society.
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Atinese
Real Estate Transfers in Wayne and Washington Townships
Property deals include Dal Levert transferring to Thomas Cloaney Suaerea in Wayne township for 10 InK, Elizabeth tues to thamer W Holloway on Meridian near Thirtieth, Arkansan Goodrich and heshand, Franklin P Sonnaou receiving 4 acres in Washington township for 800, and McGehee and others conveying 4 acres in Washington township to Franklin P Johnson.
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Dal Levert
Thomas Cloaney Suaerea
Wayne Township
Elizabeth Tues
Thamer W. Holloway
Meridian St
Thirtieth
Arkansan Goodrich
Heshand
Priday
Franklin P. Sonnaou
Washington
Jf McGehee
Franklin P. Johnson
Washington Township
Queen Alexandra’s Voice Draws Mixed Reactions Abroad
The article notes Queen Alexandra’s eulogy in Faetend where low votes and foreign accent rumors stir debate. Some readers describe the tones as charming while others condemn the foreign inflection as a flaw in memory and voice.
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Queen Alexandra
Faetend
Barrymore’s Witty Exchange in London
Jack Barrymore encounters a blunt Englishman in London who asserts his English identity. Barrymore, after a pause, asks if the man is English and receives a firm confirmation, highlighting the actor’s keen repartee.
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Jack Barrymore
London
United States
Mr. Barrymore
Barrymore
Harper's Weekly
Little Lean Shanks Named After Presiding Elder
The child of Rev. L. Shanks of Menomonee Wis will be called Lean Shanks with the nickname Latte Lean Soundy. The father explains the choice was to honor Dr. Little of Evanston and the presiding elder Rev. Dr. Lean of Affinauten, though some locals still call him Little Lown Shanks.
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Lean Shanks
Lean
Affinauten
Little Lown Shanks
New York
A Carnegie Story From Skibo Circus Night
Andrew Murnegie recounts buying Skibo and a nearby circus disaster as a foggy memory. A rogue orangutan scene ends with a jokey exchange about American gentry and a kirk visit, while stray lines hint at street portraits from New York Times style chatter and a barber’s yarn.
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Carnegie
Andrew Murnegie
Skibo
Drangontang
Skeenere
Kirk
Carneete
New York
Fragmentary 19th Century Diary Fragment From Hudson River Tale
A jumble of dated notes and chatter recounts home life near the Hudson River with child illnesses, letters, and social anecdotes. A doctor visits for a stomach pain while a mother frets over a sick child. The scene shifts to waterways, acquaintances in Albany, and a missing letter between Lena and a friend, ending with a young woman’s quip about a letter that never arrived.
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Chix Cy
Hudson River
Albany
Thia
Lena
Mr Slant
Jetta
Janene
Predictions by Raphael the Astrologer
Predictions by Raphael warn of birthday outcomes and business fortunes. The astrologer notes dates for anniversaries, money luck, and cautions for sensitive days. Civil born on this day receives a quiet year with emphasis on birth time significance.
Norwegians and Swedes Split in Northwest Politics
The article notes a rising political divide among Scandinavian Americans in the northwest as Norwegians and Swedes begin to align by ancestral lines rather than party. It suggests families resist importing foreign quarrels into American politics and warns of a cultural shift away from Republicans and Democrats toward ethnic factionalism.
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America
Norwau
Northwest
Great Lakes
Wash Collars And Tea Syrup In A Summer Scrapbook
The scrapbook offers practical household tips from a vintage magazine. Instructions cover washing collars by wrapping around a glass jar, brewing a syrup to sweeten red tea, brushing with bristles down to avoid loosening, removing burned residue from pots, cleaning silver with acid and soap, steaming dough to ease cleaning, rinsing the mouth with antiseptic, and a simple home hair grower. It ends with an ad-like note on savings accounts and the Indiana Trust Co offering 1,020,000 capital and 275,000 surplus.
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Indiana Trust
Simple Chest Exercise From Open Door Way
The exercise uses a jarms down posture with hands at chest level. Step through a doorway and walk back and forth to develop the chest and arms, keeping the body aligned and controlled.
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L. E. Reenhold
Antianaloua
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Frank Hoberts
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Roby
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Northern Michigan
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Lapel Gas, Off and Development Company
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Arthur Woodward
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Hutton
Willam Woodward
Victoria Milling Company
Laster
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Fort Harrison
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Talin Heinz
George
Buntin
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Clinton Electric Tight and Pawar Company
Clinton
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J. W. Robb
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Norton
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Pencon Irns
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Raphael
West Center
Women's Summer Union
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Sola
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East Mackel St
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Ge. Mgr
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