Ingalls Gas Boom Town Hovers Between Life and Decline
Ingalls Indiana once boomed on natural gas with three factories employing about 350 people. The glass factory still runs, but bedsprings and zinc works closed as new wells were needed. Prominent sentiment says gas will dictate the town’s fate, while vacancy grows and shipping lags.
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Ingalls
Ind
Glassactory
Dodds
Marion
Fortville
Wagner
Puritan Bed
Potter's Zinc
Union Traction Company Interurban
Glass Tractory
Randall
Little heroine of advance prevents wreck on Midland
Jessie Earl a 13 year old girl saved many lives at Advance Indiana by flagging an east bound Chicago and Southeastern train. She shouted and waved her apron from a burning trestle as the engine whistled, prompting the engineer to stop. The crew and passengers praised her brave act and awarded her mementoes.
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Advance
Ind
Jessie Earl
Chiago & Southeastern
Jessie
Feeding the Body Right with Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food
Health experts stress daily energy balance through proper meals. Analysis cited from London Lancet shows Grape-Nuts provides digestible nutrients with soluble carbohydrates, proteids, and mineral matter including phosphoric acid.
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London Lancet
Hanly Declines Senate Run Says He Is Fairbanks Friend
Ex congressman J Frank Hanly issued his first authentic interview on a U S senate bid He says he is not now a candidate and would not oppose Senator Fairbanks He adds he voted for Fairbanks in 1891 and in 1836 declined to run He notes a possible contest with Beveridge if Beveridge seeks renomination in 1909 or 1910.
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Beveridge
Lafayette
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
United States Senate
Senator Fairbanks
Roosevelt’s First Message Praised by New York Papers
New York papers review Roosevelt’s first message praising its moderation, candor, and patriotic effort. The World lauds its high tone. The Sun commends clear style. The Journal calls it profitable if its recommendations pass. The Herald calls it well enough alone. The Press calls it conservative. The Times notes rare pen experience.
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the Sun
Congress
the Herald
the Times
Roosevelt
Boiler Explosion Kills Three Hoosiers at Yellowstone
In Bloomington Indiana a sawmill boiler exploded Tuesday afternoon at Marion Lutes sawmill Yellowstone killing Marion Lutes Perry Mitchell and Ellis Henderson. Six workers were injured. The accident followed a cold water feed after the water level ran low.
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Marion Lutes
Perry Mitchell
Ellis Henderson
Bloomington
Ind
Yellowstone
Lutes
Marry First Love Afterward Arrives Country Woman From Saxony
Edward Schumann of Sigourney Iowa, a widower with four children, sought a wife in Saxony. His brother Jacob chose Clara Fleischer 38, a servant, who arrived from Antwerp with a prepaid ticket to Sigourney and says she is willing to marry the farmer whom she has never met.
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New York
Edward Schumann
Sigourney
Jacob
Saxony
Edward
Clara Fleischer
Antwerp
Iowa
Fortune Comes to Poor Citizen in Muncie
Martin Veneman, a struggling worker in Muncie Indiana, returned home to tell his wife his job search failed and was handed a letter stating he has fallen heir to 109000 from his Pittsburgh grandfather's estate, in litigation for months.
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Muncie
Ind
Martin Veneman
Diamonds Nellie Phillips Tries Suicide After Husband Leaves
Nellie Phillips a 33 year old woman from St Louis attempted suicide by carbolic acid on a street opposite City hospital after claiming a recent marriage to Otis B Phillips of Carbondale. Edward Albright rushed her to the hospital and doctors say the tale may be false while her belongings include 107 in cash and several diamond items.
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Nellie Phillips
St. Louis
City Hospital
Edward Albright
House of Delegates
Otis B. Phillips
Carbondale
Coal Found Near Mount Etna on Salamonie River
In Bluffton Indiana on December 4 the discovery of coal was reported on John Blase's farm near Mount Etna along the Salamonie river in Huntington county. The find marks a notable local energy development.
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Bluffton
Ind
Mount Etna
Salamonie River
Huntington County
John Blase
Bartel Takes Layoff from Chimney Inspection Duties
Building inspector Bartel announces a layoff from duties focusing on smoky chimneys. On Tuesday he will attend to various building matters. He has received letters from Parrott & Taggart and the E. C. Atkins saw works company about customer installations.
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Bartel
Parrott & Taggart
E. C. Atkins Saw Works Company
Try Them When You Feel Dull After Eating
Advice warns of dullness after meals and poor appetite and suggests remedies for a torpid liver and constipation. It notes symptoms of a foul taste in the mouth and a burning, heady sensation and urges action when these recur.
Thomas post elects officers and selects encampment delegates
The Thomas post of the G A R elected its coming year officers led by Commander W W Pickerell with J H Porter as senior vice commander and W N Williams as junior vice commander. Delegates to the state encampment include S Sawyer S N Chambers E Fuller and others with alternates listed. The post allocated 10 to Harrison and McKinley monument funds. George H Chapman relief corps elected its officers and delegates to the department convention with new relief corps officers named.
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S. N. Chambers
E. Fuller
W. A. Ketcham
L. Raschbacher
H. Nicolai
G. H. Shover
J. H. Reade
G. Brown
W. B. Downey
G. Thormyer
D. L. Metsker
W. E. Redmond
Nannie Baker
Thomas Relief Corps
Lizzie V. Spahr
Huldah Stout
P. Reed
Hattie Faulkner
A. Hornaday
Sadie Beck
Maggie Gordon
Department
Agnes Sherfey
Rose Hampton
Julia Harding
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Instant Relief
An ad claims bodily pain loses its terror with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil at home offering instant relief for burns cuts sprains and accidents of any sort.
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Dr. Thomas
Farmers Combine Market Hog Carloads In Ervin Township
Farmers of Ervin township Howard county shipped 75 carloads of fat hogs Tuesday receiving 560 dollars per hundred pounds. Queen the famous bloodhound valued at 500 dollars was found imprisoned in a sewer after ten days away and nearly starved. Kokomo city council passed an ordinance prohibiting tobacco chewers spitting on sidewalks.
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Kokomo
Ind
Ervin Township
Howard County
Consul General Reports Stone and Tsilka Still Held
Consul general Dickinson in Constantinople reports to the state department that Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka remain in the custody of brigands. In Indiana, A L Popejoy and family poisoned by bad water at home and expected to recover, officials say.
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Washington
Dickinson
State Department
Constantinople
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Poneto
Ind
A. L. Popejoy
Brewers Fume Over Chicago Loss and Milwaukee Exit
LAGERVILLE reports Milwaukee ousted from the American league after a big Chicago game rise. St Louis will replace Milwaukee in the league. Detroit chosen for the March moguls meeting. Y M C A announces Dyer medal contests, potato race, rope climb, gymnastic exams on Dec 16.
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Brewers
Chicago
Milwaukee
Henry Killilea
St. Louis
Detroit
Letes
Dyer
Astics
Water main bursts flood basements in St Louis
A 36 inch water main on Grand avenue near the water tower rupture caused sudden flooding for about ninety minutes. Cellars over several blocks were submerged and substantial damage resulted from the burst.
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Grand-ave
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim cold cure in one day
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine tablets for stopping coughs and curing colds in a day with no cure, no pay. It lists pricing at 2 cents and notes business across 400 towns, with additional line items for Sun ads and miscellaneous notices.
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Webster’s Dictionary
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Farmers Combine
Standard Tea and Grocery CO
West
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New Cove
Elgin Creamery
Japan
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