Gov Durbin Proclaims Labor Day with Redundant Phrases
The passage critiques Gov. Durbin s labor day proclamation for bulky formality and repetition while noting occasional sharp lines. It points to Megrew s absence from Indianapolis city affairs and hints at political tension, alongside mentions of the attorney general s action in a case involving Dowieism and Eddyism.
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Attorney General
Supreme Court
Insanity Trust
Marriage Bureau
Maguire Campaign Ties Probed Over English Sympathy
The piece notes concerns that Mr Maguire is viewed as an English sympathizer and worries such views could influence his campaign. It suggests potential fundraising opportunities in England if the issue persists, citing British interest in rewarding a person in his unique position.
Republicans Fear Steel Strike Grips Capital
The piece argues that Republicans feel anxious as a steel strike unfolds. It claims GOP lawmakers partly caused the strike and cites the U S attorney general as able to end it in a day if inclined, despite counterclaims from the Minneapolis Journal.
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Congress
U. S
Ingpeapolis Journal
Park Board Delays Survey Petition for Fail Creek Boulevard
Property owners offer land for a survey of the proposed Fail Creek boulevard but the park board defers action. Delay may mean lost opportunity and public blame, signaling accountability to residents awaiting a decision.
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Park Board
Fail ‘Creek
Democratic blame shifts on McKinley over crop failure
The piece notes Republicans and Democrats trading blame for poor crops with President McKinley accused of deflecting responsibility. It suggests a political roatback as McKinley may retaliate by claiming credit for any price increases.
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McKinley
Fanning Faces Charges Overreach Ahead of Election
Mr. Fanning is charged with unfairness and overbearing authority as prophecy suggested. He bears a heavy burden of excessive power and may be glad if the row ends before the election.
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Fanning
Geckler Out of City Cites Only Local Authority
With Geckler away, the law remains unviolated and Tamm suggested as a suitable replacement. The speaker argues Geckler has overstepped his authority for a person of his calibre.
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Geckler
West City Council Debate on Public Works Funding
Citizens demand payment for desired services, not what the Board of Works wants. The council is expected to recognize the justice of their position. The piece mocks a so called prophet and criticizes Mr Geckler as city king for allegedly overriding laws.
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West
Board of Works
Council
Amm
Mr. Geckler
City faces rush on inter urban contracts
The board of works aims to push fighting and inter urban contracts quickly to benefit companies and harm the people. The administration should not alter course at this late day by seeking a city advantageous contract.
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Board of Works
Rural mail route plan and Indiana senator remarks
A government plan adds 40 new free rural mail delivery routes with 16 scheduled for Congressional District 6 on November 1. Jim Watson opposes the administration, while Indiana's senior senator faces criticism without reward.
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Congressional
Jim Watson
Indiana
City committee stance doubts preface race outcome
Mr. Maguire asserts the city committee will manage his race, a claim that reinforces broad belief regardless of surprise, with emphasis on Moore's potential victory as an unforeseen result.
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Mr. Maguire
Moore
Ex Secretary's Arrest Signals Wider Larceny Risk
The arrest of an ex secretary of an Ohio building and loan association suggests many guilty Indiana building and loan officers have escaped disgrace.
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Ohio Building and Loan Association
Indiana Building and Loan
Bailey vows burial in Indiana despite New York ties
Leon O. Bailey says he favors New York but intends to be buried in Indiana. The question arises whether the Indiana burial wish is already politically fulfilled.
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Leon O. Bailey
New York
Indiana
Campaign Diet and Office Skirmishes Weave Through Board Plans
A lime and phosphorus regimen for Ma guire may fortify her stance for the campaign. In the coming weeks the Board of Works likely faces several skin games as politics and oversight intensify, with meticulous scrutiny anticipated.
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Maguire
Board of Works
Twice Told Tales and Local Quips Across the Atlantic
A collage of 1878 campaign banter featuring John D. Long and Gen. Butler with Abbott in a Democratic split, a London MP anecdote about an Anglo Saxon alliance with a dandelion emblem, a sir Henry Haworth visit with a lunatic asylum mishap, and a tale of Cardinal Gibbons at Cape May and a lady’s hat joke.
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John D. Long
Gen. Butler
Josiah G. Abbott
Thompson
Abbott
John L-L Ong
Boston Journal
London
Skibo Castle
America
Great Britain
Carnegie
Sir Rennie Watson
Glasgow and Southwestern Company
Henry Haworth
Sir Henry
Huljo
M. P
Cardinal Gibbons
Cape May
New York
Night voyage for light in sea of faith
Poem fragment in Riley style from Pittsburg Dispatch. A reflective travel through hope love and peace as sailors on a voyage across night seas in search of eternal shores. The speaker prays for divine guidance and a safe return home.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Pittsburg
Simple Gingham Apron for Occasional Kitchen Use
This apron uses straight gingham strips sewn into a wide piece that envelopes the figure. It features top arm openings connected by a double bias band over the shoulders, a straight neck with a gathered facing, back buttons, and hemmed sides and bottom. It protects the gown and prevents waist splatter during beating vegs and batter.
Local Group Faces Growing Turmoil and Setbacks
A local organization is described as fractious as leadership contends with internal disputes. The chairman experiences a notable health flare up described as a Charley horse, while basement gang activity hints at preparations for difficult times ahead.
Municipal Wheels Whirr Again As Megrew Returns
The court house basement faces a short window to finish its nest feathering projects and Megrew has returned, signaling renewed municipal action.
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Court House
Megrew
Sail Or Bargain Sale In Open Boat Remark
In a perilous open boat drift with seven days at sea a half starved passenger cried for a sail and joked about a bargain sale. A companion, half dead, quipped about the purs e as the Aunt presses for the truth of Mildred’s marriage into banking and her father's reconciliation gifts.
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Baltimore World
Mildred
Chicago Record Herald
Women at Lafayette form auxiliaries to farmers institutes
At a conference in Lafayette delegates decided to form women’s auxiliaries to the farmers’ institutes to support agricultural education and outreach for female participants.
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Lafayette
Farmers’ Institutes
Sun Spots and Commentary in a Midwest Newspaper
A compendium of light satirical items and quotes from various writers. The column notes W J Bryan in Commoner criticizing McKinley for condoling Emperor William while neglecting Kruger, mocks a $50 000 bequest burned in a will, mentions malaria ridden mosquitoes killing horses, and ends with a farmers’ corn crop quip and a Venus moon conjunction observed Friday night.
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W. J. Bryan
McKinley
William
Paul Kruger
Bryan
Try Tips For Household Comfort And Economy
A collection of practical home hints recommends silk shirt waists for longevity in damp weather, repurposing cashmere dresses into underskirts, using borax for bright white laundry, burning a sulphur candle to deter pests, placing rag carpets for hygiene, and storing lime to improve cellar health during fall dampness.
Electric Buffalo display fascinates Toronto residents
An August 1 sighting shows the electric display lighting up Toronto as conditions favor light penetration across the sky. Reports describe clear atmospheric suitability during that date.
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Buffalo
Toronto
Lawton
Herman Harris
Detroit
Connecticut
Delaware
J. H. Hale
South Glastonbury
Tart Tips and Court Suit Headlines
A column mixes quips with a legal notice from Chicago News noting Mrs. Melvin Landis of Wabash suing her husband’s father for $5000 damages over alleged alienation of affection. The piece closes with a playful aside about starch factories running overtime during ice cream season.
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Melvin Landis
Wabash
Chicago News
Spirit Of The State Press Parodies And Punchlines
A collection of sharp quotes from multiple papers mocks figures and events. Notable jests target a Alabama sheriff, Morgan family intrigue, LaFayette sword, Morgan banking, southern race tensions, and steel workers strike tensions. The items preserve era voice and satire.
What Are Humors and How They Manifest
Humors are vitiated fluids in the veins affecting tissues, often from defective digestion or inheritance. They show as skin eruptions salt rheum eczema pimples boils and lead to weakness languor and debility. Food's Sarsaparilla expels them and builds the system, claimed as the best medicine for all humors.
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Ffood
The Sketches and Songs of a Singer An Indiana Farmer's View
A poetical piece contrasts rural life with city life. The speaker laments rising costs and drought while praising farmers. It imagines farm values, longing for simple pleasures like ten cent meals and trolley bells, and ends with a cautious note about the year ahead.
Curious wealth paradox cited with George W Childs
A Philadelphia Record quip notes rich men like George W Childs often lack cash, mentioning streetcar fare being paid by others. The message asks for a marked copy of this issue of THE SUN to be sent to Russell Sage.
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George W. Childs
Philadelphia Record
the Sun
Russell Sage
David Harum Makes a Quick Trade on the Road
The dealer David Harum offers the deacon a dollar and his sorrel mare in exchange for the black colt. The deacon agrees and they swap mounts. The deacon asks for the dollar, and David claims he already paid with four quarters for the boss. The deacon rants of law, but Harum grins and rides off.
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David Harum
David
Dave Harum
American live stock market teased in a tongue in cheek note
In a humorous exchange, Mr Coinmoore presents an English society paper and Miss Coinmoore asks for interest. He then reads the American live stock market summary noting a crowd of blondes and brunettes described as high steppers with limited pedigrees.
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Coinmoore
Croquet Misunderstanding Between Old Friends
A playful exchange reveals a mishearing about champagne versus exercise as two friends recount four games of croquet and light banter about being overwhelmed.
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Clawence
Weeggie
Weally
Crinoline Days and the Tomboy Then and Now
Edward Singer reflects on style changes from Crinny’s era to modern times. He notes that gallants greeted Crinny with sweeping bows, far more elaborate than today’s subtle hats. Sweet maids remain but the tomboy image shifts to a bashful, changed display of manner.
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Crinny
Edward Singer
Hang Upside Down To Freshen Silk Skirts
A fashion tip advises sewing Joops under the flounce and hanging silk skirts upside down when not worn. This method preserves freshness and helps skirts stand out with renewed fullness and life.
Sermon snippets mix in Salem revival discourse
Sunday pulpits at Meridian Street M church feature ministers from Salem Indiana and DePauw University noting religion in streets and calling for church to aid masses. Speakers discuss Sabbath, ethnic religion, divine visions, and the loneliness of human life under an infinite God.
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W. C. Clinton
Salem
Ind
Meridian St.m. E
A. A. Traver
DePauw University
Roberts Park
Elisha
Plague of Civil War Foes Colombia Venezuela Fight
A collage of brief quotes from multiple papers discusses conflicts and politics. Topics include Colombia and Venezuela’s approach to civil strife, a challenge to curbing talk on pedigree, Roosevelt’s bid for Tippecanoe county support, automobile price hikes, and criticism of pension fund use by the Grand Army post.
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Colombia
Venezuela
Anderson Bulletin
Fort Wayne
Teddy Roosevelt
Tippecanoe County
Chesapeake
Lafayette
Bluffton Chronicle
Grand Army
Danville Republican
Fashion notes on fall draperies with borders
The newest fall draperies favor solid colors with applied borders. Rep or armore fabrics with tapestry borders are popular, while old English effects are in demand. Less pricey portieres weave the border into the fabric, but appliqued borders are seen as more stylish and effective.
Corn Soup From Readable Housewife Recipe
A simple corn soup method combines green corn milk and water. Boil onion with milk, mix flour and butter then add boiling milk to form a smooth paste, cook eight minutes, remove onion, add corn, season to taste and serve.
What the Papers Say Collage Headlines
A collage of quoted dismissive remarks on politics and the steel strike, plus jokes about China’s floods and a pun on census data. The passages reference Hanna, the Detroit Free Press, the Pittsburg Times, and the Mount Holly prison case involving Mrs. Haines.
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Hanna
Detroit Free Press
China
Pittsburg Times
Haines
Mount Holly
N. J
Buffalo News
Summer Table Pepper and Onion Beef Toast Dish
The summer table offers Spanish sweet peppers and onions with beef and potatoes for variety on toast with a poached egg. Watermelons or muskmelons can join a salad with mayonnaise or a French dressing using lemon juice instead of vinegar.
The New Flannels Fashion Feature
The article notes new flannel waists with back buttoning becoming popular. It highlights ease of fastening without help and a prettier look. Bright colors like national blue golf red myrtle Nile green and the hunter’s green shade are favored.
How to avoid strong lamb and mutton odor
The guide suggests asking your butcher to remove all outside fat and the tissue covering the shoulder or leg to prevent wool flavor from absorbing into the meat. Reputable butchers will do this when dressing the meat.
Con rad Family Reunion Plans Family History Start
Only 45 of the seven Con rad family attended the Broad Ripple reunion Sunday due to rain. Officials agreed to prepare a family history before the next gathering.
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Conrad
Broad Ripple
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