Watchtower Watchdogs Guard Mundlana Fire System
A city tower houses the three watchmen Frank Graham William Tubin and Henry Cook with Jerry Shea as substitute. They monitor every building and smoke stack from the court house tower to detect fires and direct fire companies, a duty born from late nineteenth century reforms.
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Court House
Tsoo
Dave
Webster
Ooo
Frank Graum
Frank Graham
Wiliam Tubin
Henry Cook
Jerry Shea
Htw
Pha
Vielter
Twins in Matrimonial Race in Tennessee and Oklahoma
Alia and Alma Martin, twin sisters from Tennessee, replied to a matrimonial ad seeking a young woman under 20 for marriage. They exchanged photos with Henry G. Bowing of Indian Territory and are traveling with their brother toward Oklahoma to meet Bowing and decide respectively which sister may become his bride.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
Fev
Alia
Alma Martin
Unita
Indian Territory
Henry GC
Hoth
Vaccination suits filed in Knoxville court
Two damages suits were filed in Knoxville circuit court over enforced vaccination of Palmolive workers. Plaintiffs are George White and wife seeking 4000. Questions center on city board of health authority to vaccinate against protests. Defendants include W N Briscoe Jr, P J Briscoe, City physician J F Scott, and health officer James Kennedy. Report notes past forcible vaccination of Briscoe Manufacturing employees under Erlecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
George White
Board of Health
W. N
P. J. Briscoe, Jr
J. F. Scott
James Kennedy
Briscoe Manufacturing Company
Erlecos
Mra White
A Stubborn Cold Or Bronchitis Treated By Scott’s Emulsion
The advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil helps stubborn colds or bronchitis better than other medicines. It promises soothing relief for the throat and bronchial tubes and asserts the product's superior effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
May Gle Arm Swollen. Amputation Considered
A medical report notes May Gle’s arm has swollen to about its normal size after four attempts at treatment. Doctors warn the limb may require amputation if swelling persists and infection risk remains high.
Indiana Local Notes And Oddities
All over Indiana items from Noblesville to Wabash note marriages, deaths, subsidies, and elections. Minnie Cook wed in Cuba to Prof R Holding. Richard Lord, Evansville porter, dies after falling into boiling water. New Castle okays 10,000 electric railway subsidy. Canton questions peach crop. Salem reports one marriage license. Franklin marks 62nd anniversary of Mr and Mrs Peter, ages 84 and 80. Plymouth freight counts, La Porte man Sullander fined for eye injury in factory. Fort Wayne Elect Concordia College president elected. Greencastle vaccination order issued. Kokomo farmer digs unseen creeals. Wabash GOP hints at Shideler for Governor if no candidate.
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Noblesville
Salem
Sassafron
Wranklin
Mra
Peter
Plymouth
Vandalla
Terre Haute
Loganapart
Indiana Federal Court Crier Andrew Hart Known for Soft Snap
A quirky historical note recalls Andrew Hart, veteran of the Civil War, serving as the errer of the United States district and circuit courts in Indianapolis. Hart, unseen by many locals, learns the position via assistant Clarence Nichola and draws a daily salary while court is in session.
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Eireuit
Dleitet
Indiana
United States District
Circuit
Orer
Andrew Hart
Hart
Thin City
H Ad
Federal
Audh
Joseph B. Kealing
United States
Clarence Nichola
Lle
Efrers
Sesmor
Erier
Col. Schuler
Indianapolis
Col. Dobbs
Court For Tears
Seasion
Dog hanged herself in Lyon home yard incident
In Boston on February 13 a valuable dog belonging to a Lyon woman choked to death when its collar caught on a fence.neighborhood women watched the dog struggle while a large St Bernard attempted to help, then a police officer noted no known method to revive a hanged animal. The owner's claim that a book exists on reviving drowning men was joked about by the dog.
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Boston
Mate
Lyon
Mfc
Senate defeats Crum nomination as collector at Charleston
The senate committee rejected Dr W D Crums nomination to be collector of customs at Charleston S C on Feb 12 by a 5 to 4 vote Gallinger and Perkins joined Democrats opposing placing negroes in office in the south where they interact with whites and local protests arise In the House conference on the army general statute was adopted without opposition.
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Washington
Senate
W. D. Crum
Charleston
Tor Gallinger
Perkins
Democrata
Teacher Accused of Shortchanging County in Leadup to Classes
In Greencastle on February 7 Putnam County teacher Harrie 93 sent to the County Superintendent a conscience money claim. She alleges her teaching years involved cheating the county out of at least 8 by starting school late and granting pupils song recesses.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Local option push in Kansas and temperance bills
Feb 12 reports from Topeka show House Judiciary committee recommending passage of a local option constitutional amendment replacing general prohibition. In Columbia CC an important labor bill safeguards against sympathy strikes. Nashville bills aim to ban obstructive frosted windows and greens from view of saloons.
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Topeka
Kas
House
Columbia, & CC
Nashville
General Assembly
Erratic careers linked to insomnia and other notes
In a London paper T P O Connor cites ex Premier Rosebery as haunted by insomnia influencing his career. Prof Robert Koch’s tuberculosis discovery and cholera work are summarized with birth and career highlights. Other figures include Dowie’s machine prayer system, Congressman Page Morris’s Minnesota judgeship bid, Prince Ledyt of Prussia naval shift, Daniel Connor quitting heavy drinking, Israel Zangwill remark, Get Methuen’s Modder River asset, Grover Cleveland’s election to VP of a wildlife group.
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T. P. O'Connor
London
Eng
Rosebery
Robert Koch
Berlin
Klauatha
Manover
Gottingen
Etter & Journey
Egypt
Tns Cholers
Dowie
Page Morris
Duluth
Aminn
la Anid
Minnesota
Charies A. Towne
Virginia
William
Mary Jones
Prince Lenty
Prussia
Kiel
Admiral Koerster
Daniel Connor
St. Loula
Boeing
Millen
Israel Zangwill
Grover Cleveland
Princeton Fish and Game Protective Association
Burglary and accidents mix in late night city notes
A scattered line of 1910s style items reports a post office theft zero loss in Tracy City Tennessee a fatal shotgun incident in Illinois a kidnapping claim in Memphis and arrests in California. It also mentions a long senate session on the Panama canal treaty a burial alive scare in Union Hill New Jersey a cruelty case in Tericho Long Island and a fire accident in a barber shop.
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Fred Hesse
Senate
Wedneelar
Woman's Beauty Depends on Clear Skin and Digestion
A brief promotional note claims beauty comes from pure blood and good digestion, achievable through using unspecified products or routines. It emphasizes that complexion and clarity of skin are linked to health, implying a marketed remedy.
Dyspepsia Tablets Claim Digestive Gains for All
A dated advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the way to gain weight by aiding digestion of beefsteak and other foods. It asserts the tablets supply natural peptones and diastase, restore stomach tone, and benefit all ages without harsh drugs. Sold widely in the United States, Canada, and Britain for a small price.
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Stuart
Btuart
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Dynamite and Grappling Hooks at Frain Creek Tragedy
Grieved parents push rescue at Frain Creek where Guy Valodin a young stock buyer drowned after his wagon was fording the stream. Hundreds searched Friday until dark. On Friday morning undertaker Denn Vatodin and three experienced men with Charles Bus hanan used grappling hooks rubber gear and dynamite in the river current to recover the body as waters parted and the wagon washed away.
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Frain Creek
Guy Valodin
Denn F. Vatodin
Filanier & Buchanan
Charles J. Bushanan
Morriast
Ti Ie
Valodia
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