Olive Clayton Ransom by a String in Maple Grange Story
A 21 year old Olive Clayton in a country town lacks a lover. On Halloween she ties blue yarn to a broken Maple Grange window and is pulled by a mysterious force. John Stewart reveals he answered Olive's cry, saves her, and later pays the ransom with a yarn ball. Olive and Stewart wed, tying their tale to a literal end of a string.
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Olive Clayton
Olive
Fry
Miss Clayton
Hallowe’en
Martha
Maple Grange
John Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Satan
Ive
Olive Tai
Stewart
Hay
Mair
Newark
N.J
Express
Propaid
Spactaties Co
Whisky Gauger Explains Tax and Process to Public
Capt. Charles J. Many, a United States whisky gauger, asserts all whisky is good and explains the distilling process from corn to mash to the still. He notes government oversight from grain purchase to consumption and cites a $1.10 tax per gallon as the main expense, with gaugers and storekeepers monitoring production at every distillery.
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Charles J. Many
United States
Capt. Many
Weighing and Gauging Whisky Barrels in Indianapolis
Capt. Many oversees gauging at wholesale houses in Indianapolis testing 100 proof whisky with thermometer and hydrometer. Barrels are weighed, marked, taxed, and may be seized if not correct. Rectifiers pay license to mix liquors. cheap barrel houses sell low quality watered whisky.
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Capt. Many
Indianapollo
Indianapolis
Reed Died Wealthy in New York Wall Street Career
The obituary notes Thomas B. Reed died a rich man after retiring from politics to Wall Street. He earned about 200000 in two years and held a law practice worth about 50000 yearly. He built wealth in American Locomotive and various new stocks, with ties to Rogers Twain Vanderbilt and others, and closed accounts before the market panic.
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New York
Thomas B. Reed
Wall-st
Reed
Broadway
Congress
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Party
Reede
Mark Twain
Mr. Red
Vanderbilt
Mr. Reed
Down with the San Jose scale in Indianapolis
City forester J Clyde Power outlines next year’s plan to exterminate the San Jose scale pest sweeping through Indianapolis. He cites West Indianapolis as hit hardest last year with 500 fruit trees destroyed, and a northern belt where both fruit and shade trees suffer. He notes the insects survive winter, spread by wind, and urges buying from inspected nurseries as Indiana nurseries are inspected.
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San Jose
J. Clyde Power
Mr. Power
Indianapolis
Highland Place
Indiana
Pronunciation note on San Jose tree cost claim
The remark states that the tree costing least is not always the cheapest and adds a pronunciation note that the name is pronounced San Ho zay. It references cost comparison and clarifies common mispronunciation in parentheses.
Hoosierisms and Small Town Vignettes
A patchwork of local snippets notes flirtations at a revival, widows and widowers with kids, and rumors of future tangle as couples form. A Greenfield girl enters barbering, prompting concern among rivals while department stores push larger stockings. Three Marion youths face a fine after hunting on a forbidden farm, paying 126 dollars in costs. Advertising ends with household remedies and bargain planes.
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Oscar Atkinson
Lloyd Jones
Thomas Atkinson
Marion
Persia Needs the Money Rumors of New Persian Loans
London dispatch reports that Persia may soon contract new loans as the government seeks funds. The rumor suggests financial needs drive borrowing plans amid uncertain markets and regional tensions.
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Persia
London
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Merrell- Soule Co
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Anderson News
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Baldwin
Sun
W. H. Betts
North
Delaware St
Indianapolis, Ind
Massachuset
Ington ST
Shoo
Nets
Imdianapolis
Monte Carlo
Union Painless Dentists
Circle and
Market Streets
Monument
Carlin & Lennox
Credit Clothiers
America
Monte Carlos
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