Durbin’s bluff on reformatory ouster and track elevation debate
The piece questions Gov. Durbin’s resolve to oust the Jeffersonville reformatory board after alleging corruption, noting the new law allows dismissal but offers no appeal. It lauds William Fortune’s track elevation speech as principled and calls for sober action against crooks. It also mentions labor's push to legalize Sunday baseball and mocks barber mug sterilization ideas.
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Durbin
Board of Managers
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Reformatory
Indiana
Gov. Durbin
Election era quotes mix of humor and fear in Indiana clippings
A condensed review of Indiana newspaper snippets cites political jabs on Dewey and war doubt, Sunday amusements controversy, coal price tension, and rail wreck blame. It notes operator negligence blamed for wrecks, urging legislative punishment and broad action across states, with Kokomo News as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordayile Journal
Indiana
Terre Hautte Tribune
Kokomo News
Carmack Upends Debate Style In Booster Brand Ruitale News
Beveridge demonstrates resilience in debate while Carmack shows preference for a different approach, shaping the discourse in the Booster brand coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menater Beveridge
Tenneeses Carmack
Nantucket Rhyme Spreads Wide Across Pawtucket
A fractured verse recounts a man from Nantucket guarding cash in a bucket as his daughter Nan flees with a man to Pawtucket. The tale travels to Chicago Tribune style, then returns to Nantucket and Pawtucket with endless wordplay and a mock confrontation.
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Nantucket
Nan
Princeton ‘Tiger
Pawtucket
Chicago Tribune
Nantucket Pawtucket
Will M. Crockett
Sayings of Mrs Wiggs from Lovey Mary excerpt
A fragment from Lovey Mary presents Mrs Wiggs urging optimism and humor in hardship. She advises banishing worry by mental packaging, facing setbacks with quick alternatives, and smiling through pain. She rejects self pity, noting the value of helping others and lingering pride.
Delicate gowns and spring waist fashions article
A reader notice catalog of gown combinations features blue, gray, black, brown and other shades with lace, velvet and plaid accents. It also details new shirt waists for spring and summer, fabric notes, and the latest waist shaping trends. Practical tips cover mirror cleaning, bedroom care, and a Virginian ham recipe with step by step baking and serving guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaoz
Paris Ecru
Paris
The Sketches and Songs of a Singer
A collage of verse and vignette style moments featuring humorous asides, light romance, and whimsical dialogue. The piece blends song like lines with a sequence of eccentric character remarks including a freckled fanatic and an inventor. It also includes brief humor on a pocketbook found and cheeky bar banter about knowledge.
Board of guardians resign after judge rules custody case
Greensburg Ind Feb 3 The entire six member Decatur County board of children's guardians resigned following a circuit court decision on a youth custody case. The board's action came after Judge Hord ruled without allowing the board to present its side of the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Board of Children’s Guardians of
Decatur County
Hord
Eircuit Court
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Ad in Odd Text
A historic torn ad claims catarrh causes deafness and promises cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation leads to hearing loss unless treated and offers $100 for incurable cases, directing readers to send for a circular from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Jere
Te J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Capitol Gallery Etiquette and Cranks in the News
Washington gossip recalls a Canadian woman in the gallery who shouted You fle to Representative Cochran before leaving with her companion. The piece notes guards and secret service vigilance since Garfield and McKinley era threats, and recalls a British diplomatic party in the House galleries provoking disruption until the speaking member called for decorum.
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Capitol
Cochran
House
Senate
Garfield
Gulteau
Congress
Secret Service
McKinley
Boorish Tourists Prompt Lively Parliament Mockery
In a diplomatista gallery incident English visitors led by a location secretary rose abruptly and left after audible derision from both sexes. The representative’s instructions were cut off as the disruption sparked scornful comparisons to behavior in the English House of Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diplomatista
Location
Showing the Way to Cure a Bad Back and Kidney Pain
Indianapolis citizen Samuel D Waters of 97 Wantingon street describes severe kidney and back pains. He used Dean's Kidney Pills from Henry J Huter's drug store, felt relief quickly, and claims full cure. He also used Dean's ointment for eczema on hands with good results. Sold for 50 cents per box by Foaster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U S agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Indianapolis
Samuel D. Waters
W. Wantyington St
Hendricks Block
Market St
Maya
Dean
Henry J. Huter
Duan
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Gota
United States
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Reems Business Office
C. J. Billson
Foreign Advertising Department
Tribune Building
New York
Chicago
Fortune
Ani
Spirit OF the State Press
Angola Danguet
Mississippi
Lafayette Courier
Germany
Great Britain
Dewey
Marton Chronicle
Carmack
Lucy
Bris
Ned
Mr. Bascom
Bascom
Airs
Washington
Lord Sackville
Legation
Diplomatiate
Onder
Diplomatiats
West Alsie
Atala
Edna
BBC
Mill End
East Alsie
Bec
Fairbanks
Kts Bry
Mair
St James Lidg
Broadway
THE
the Commercial Trust Co
West Pearl St
Special Department For
Indiana Trust Building
Washington St
Virginia Ave
the DeVore Company
Stevenson Bde
Indiana Screen and Mfg
Cornel Awe
Indianapolis Onusiness Universits
Belding
E.J. Heed
Jos. R. Adams
Mak Tuy
Taisen
Stransky Steel Ware
Vonnegut Hardware
Washington Street
Lilly &Stalnaker Federal Union
UH Daugherty
E. M. Johnson
LAW Building
Phonce—Malz
MNES
Rosenbloom
Pennsylvania St
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