Hoosierisms and Oddities From Various Towns
A collage of vignettes from Hoosier towns including Billy Shepard seeking a sealskin coat and a cold church vestibule tale, Anderson Ellis selling a sea dog at a fair, a Warsaw youth accused of stealing a stepmother, and a Greensburg barber’s prank. Reports describe a jailed prisoner’s self-hanging note, raglan fashion mishaps, and a Columbus ping-pong pastime. Local oddities cover debt nostalgia, a horse’s throat cut near Hobart, a divorce bid in Elkhart, and humorous medical tallies in Hartford City.
Morgan heir commits suicide in Chihuahua after riotous living
El Paso report states Jack Morgan nephew of J Pierpont Morgan took his own life in Chihuahua Mexico on Thursday after arriving with 710000 dollars he squandered in wild living. The article notes his relation to J Pierpont Morgan and his lavish spending before death.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jack” Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chihuahua
Mex
Morgan
Cure for female woes proclaims Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
A testimonial from Mary Adams of Ashe County North Carolina praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets for curing internaI trouble and ulcers after seven weeks of sleepless illness. The ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, available by mail with stamp payments.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
Valentine Peace Effort Ends In Goat Tragedy
In a long standing feud between the Badgers and Larkins, Ephraim Badger and Roxanna Larkin attempt a Valentine truce. A goat delivers a misdelivered envelope, revealing a heartfelt vow while a second letter to widow Sally Ketcham sparks renewed suspicion. The feuding households remain at odds as the goat dies.
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Roxanna
Roxana
Valentine
Ephraim
Sarah Ketcham
Sally” K Ketcham
Evhriam
That Bible Question Bobs Up Again in Pelas Case
In Pel a Kas Feb 21 unusual interest surrounds the Billard suit challenging compulsory daily prayer song service and Bible readings in public schools. J B Billard, a wealthy local elevator and grain man, sues after his son Philip was suspended for refusing to participate as demanded by the school board. The board seeks state supreme court review if lower courts rule against it.
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Pela
Kas
Billard
State Supreme Court
J. B. Billard
Philip Billard
Quincy School
Board of Education
The
Topeka Ministerial Union
Lone robber in Mexico bank attempt ends in self murder
A bold bank robbery attempt at the London and Mexico bank in Mexico City was thwarted when an unknown robber killed the cashier and, realizing capture was imminent, shot himself. The deceased, identified only as an American, had no papers or identifiable belongings on his body.
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San Antonio
Tex
London and Mexico Bank
City of
Mexico
Eggs Scarce During Lent as Prices Rise
Indianapolis grocers report eggs near 40 cents a dozen with high costs forcing Lent observers to shift to fish and oysters. Clergy dietary rules are noted while canned goods fly off shelves and eggs become the hardest to find as markets stay crowded with fresh fish and new shipments.
Will Leaves Store, Property to Five Young Girls
Five young girls of Peekskill receive equal shares ofDaniel Conklin's store and personal property under his will filed for probate. Conklin, a postmaster and storekeeper, left the estate to Ruth Handley Clara May Risk Violet Nuttie Rose Tuttle and Blanche Mackey, aged about 7 to 17, with contest anticipated.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Daniel Conklin
Buchanan
Silliman
Conklin
Ruth
Handley
Clara May Risk
Viole ‘Nuttie
Rose Tuttle
Blanche’ Mackey
Maids Form Worker Club In Wilmette Social Evening
Society women and their servants in Wilmette held a social evening that ended with the maids organizing a club modeled after their mistresses. Weekly meetings will focus on mental moral and social refinement to foster employer employee understanding. An insect exhibit at L S Ayres promises 80 000 specimens free Monday. The German American Democratic Club elected new officers led by Jacob Buenagel as president and Julius F Reinecke as treasurer. In Crawfordsville hens strike as a custard pie enthusiast chases one without success for eggs.
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Schurr
L.S. Ayres & Co
Democratic Club
Jacob Buenagel
Wm. Weiland
August Tamm
Henry Ruth
Michael Robinins
Julius F. Reinecke
J. ¥. Hilkene
J. C. Hinckley
Victor Studer
George Roth
Chris H. Warneg
Meeting notices and bids from Indianapolis area clubs and officials
The First ward improvement club schedules a Friday night meeting at 1714 Hillside ave. Bids for a new post office building will open April 1 instead of March 17 to allow more time. George W. Bliss is chairing a finance committee for an April manufacturers' meeting. T. M. Goodloe notes insurance rate hikes will barely affect Indianapolis. Senator Beveridge says he has no VP ambitions and will attend a Union League Club banquet in Chicago Friday. Plymouth church trustees authorize purchasing one of two sites for a new church on Walnut and Meridian or Meridian between Michigan and North. Henry Schurmann reports selling the burned Brosnan store ground on Washington st. for $155,000, about $4,128.37 per foot, a top price.
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First Ward Improvement Club
Hillside Ave
George W. Bliss
T.M. Goodloe
Fire Inspection Bureau
Indianapolis
Beveridge
Union League Club
Chicago
Plymouth Church
Walnut
Meridian-sts
Meridian-st
Michigan and
North-sts
Itty H. P. Wasson & Co. Seeks 10 Cent Bottle Sample Box
A brief notice requests sending a 10 cent bottle sample box to the import office at 1-3 Ann Street North, listing Itty H. P. Wasson & Co. as the actor.
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Ann St
Itty H. P. Wasson & Co
Omega Oil stops pain in all parts of the body
Omega Oil is promoted as a universal pain reliever for back neck shoulders arms legs and feet, claiming pain is identical regardless of the body part. It asserts widespread use and satisfaction, comparing its effect to water quenching fire and touting vast sales.
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Billy Shepard
Billy
Connersville
Cor
Anderson Ellis
Warsaw
Alexander Connelly
Greensburg Review
Alexandria
New Castle Courier
Mother Hubbard
Columbus
Laporte
Plymouth
Daniel Shearer
Hobart
Ralph W. Shellenberger
Elkhart
Lt. O. Edson
Hartford City
Wiliam Scott
Brown
Anderson
Marion
Louis Senson
Sensow
Jack
Ecru
DAILY
Cupid
Badgers
Larkins
Ephraim Badger
Roxanna Larkin
Ditto
Roxanna’ Larkin
Erry
Wwashington
Diggs
New York
Wilmette
Albert Sahm
Gustave Meyer
H. F. Habeny
Henry Russe
Fred C. Gressart
Fred J. Mack
Joseph H. Schaub
Fred Schrader
Crawfordsville
City Life
Ilenry Schurmann
Washington St
Brosnan
Johann Maria Farize
London
Newark
New
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