Potts and the 60 Cent Gas Controversy
The Indianapolis Gas company reportedly employed Alfred F. Potts years ago and paid him 548. The piece argues Potts acted honorably and the 60 cent gas project remains proper, criticizing press framing and timing. It contends the Sun did not spread the tale and blames the News and Potts for the dispute.
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Potts
Indianapolis Gas Company
Alfred F. Potts
Potte
Indianapolis Gae Company
Sun
The
Devotion That Counts in Marriage and Crime
In New York a man jailed for alleged crime and two weeks married prompts debate on wifely duty. A judge defends steadfast devotion, saying desertion worsens hardship and true love endures. Many examples show loyalty strengthens bonds and rewards faith over time. Desertion brings pain and ruin.
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New York
The True Platform of Indianapolis Dems
A garbled platform statement mocks Mayor Holtzman and city reforms. It cites elevated tracks, cheap gas, clean streets, gambling suppression, Nicholson law enforcement, and liquor issues, presenting a satirical tally of city governance and political rhetoric.
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Jake Dunne
John Warrum Holtzman
Indianapolis
Pointing with Pride at Mayor Holtzman’s Re-Election
A fragment from an old Indianapolis-era election note boasts about Mayor Holtzman balancing water on shoulders and presenting dual faces to citizens and enemies. It claims crime suppression, smoke abatement, and seeking guidance from the Indianapolis News, ending with a cheer for his reelection and a bath image.
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Holtzman
Indianapolis News
Playground Election: Boys Choose Political Purity Mayor
About 800 boys under 18 at Hamilton Fish playground in New York held a unique ballot for mayor under the city parks commissioner. They backed “political purity,” forming a model of civic responsibility by voting directly for honesty and good order, while pledging to aid park workers and maintain cleanliness.
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Hamilton Fish Playground
New York
City Commissioner of Parks
Political Purity Party
Hartford City Incorporations and Local Companies
The report lists multiple incorporations across Indiana and nearby areas. Entities include The Hartford City Flint trasy com pany with capital details and officers, The Franklin company Wholesale and retail general eta, The Lower Lom River Telephone com pany Paoli, and The Associated Quarries company in Indianapolis. Also noted are South Bend Chandelier company and other firms, with capital stock figures and listed leaders such as S. J. Farren and Edward W. Shutt.
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Hartford City
Flint Trasy Company
Hertford
S. J. Farren
Franklin Company
Franktin
Eta ‘Ant
Glock
Wm. H. Willams
Ellie Hendricks
Walter D. Weaver
Lower Lom River
Katherine P. Yenscher
Frank
Kramer
Roentgen Terminology Adopted At Ber Congress
A special committee at the Roentgen congress in Ber adopted new terms for Roentgen work. Terms include Roentgenology for the study of Roentgen rays and Roentgenography for photography by rays. Additional terms cover Roentgen ancopy, Orihe roentgenca rathy, and roenigentes with evident meanings.
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Berin
Actefice
Raya
Predictions by Raphael the Astrologer
Predictions by Raphael the Astrologer for Saturday August day one uses cautious fortune telling. The text warns travel caution in the morning and advises against quarrels. It notes a birthday on the day and predicts an unfortunate year with a well behaved child born in 1908 facing saving difficulties and a wife marrying a moneyed husband.
Engine Driver Title Honors a Marquess Woman
A rare instance of a titled lady acting as engine driver is recorded when the Marchioness of Tweeddale drove the first train across the new Forth bridge. Despite the strong wind and the bridge’s length, she completed the task at a steady, self-imposed uniform speed and received congratulations.
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Marchioness
Tweeddale
New Forth Bridge
Love and Danger in a Subway Walk
A Chicago Tribune snippet depicts Gerald Greengage and Cascarietta strolling a Southside subway, a tense moment as he secures her, then kisses her before she rebukes him. The scene shifts to a mockingly heroic tale of Reuben Welds, hailed as a mathematical prodigy, visiting a Henry county hotel amid traveling doctors and a pretend kidnap plot.
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Hetpate
Chicago
Carcarettz
Bo Sam
Cascaretta
Gerald Greengage
Chicago Tribune
Reuben Welds
Joknson County
Henry County
Tell Fields
Fielde
Oak Grove
Traveling flavor seller seeks bath in muddy hotel water
A traveling man selling flavoring extracts checked into a large hotel and asked for a bath. The clerk misread the tub assignment and sent him to a private bath. The man complained he received the wrong flavor and asked for vanilla, saying he wanted a chocolate bath but got vanilla.
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Tolaphare
Tye
Kangan Cmy Times
Breton Folklore and Pre Christian Beliefs Revealed
A London Glade item notes Breton popular superstitions tied to pre Christian antiquity. Details describe using wedding rings and glass water to glimpse future, counting chickens before hatched, and a midnight pillow ceremony. Matches festive, curious tone of period gossip.
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Curléua
Walter
Londen Glade
Why He Changed His Mind over a Car in Texas
The Dallas News notes a family debate over an automobile purchase. A wife influenced her husband to buy the car to avoid social scandal, as their daughter planned to marry the coach, with the plan shifting to making the coachman a chauffeur.
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Nerson
Texas
RFI
Aveil
Ste
Dallas News
Public Breathing Places The Need For City Parks
Arthur Meachen of Minneapolis urges expanding parks and breathing spaces in crowded cities to ease heat and congestion. He argues downtown suffering from hot weather can be relieved by securing vacant trophic spaces for public recreation, especially benefiting urban youth and returning air from rural vitality.
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Arthur Meachen
Minneapolis
Fragmented Penny Dreadful Clip Shows Scribbled Charades
A fragmentary newspaper voice presents a quirky scene with a panicked banker, startled by a loaded graphophone, as a wild visitor erupts with objects in hand. It includes goofy wordplay and a page of puzzleish definitions amid a spoof of headlines and society notes.
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Che Barker
Hante
Clerha
Ye Scribe Gets Back
Fragmentary note reflects on public reaction to a writer’s words about a wedding and shared fate. Readers misread motives, while the writer hints at truth known by the county but remains silent. The garbled draft suggests local skepticism and unresolved questions among attendees.
A Diffident Lecturer on the Berlin Lectures
The most popular figure on the Leetuce platform in Germany today is Professor Haec kel Yet. He notes in his preface that native speech eludes him and that after 85 semesters at the University of Dena he remains timid before audiences. He has rarely attended naturalist meetings due to this timidity.
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Haeckel
Berlin
University of Dena
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