Japanese Dancing Mice Attract Crowd In City Store Show
Two white and brown coated dancing mice thrill visitors at a Massachusetts avenue jewelry store. They perform in a staged act with music, ring master cues, and a finale involving tail twists while the crowd watches. The mice are said to have refined tastes, dine on fine cheeses, and are awaited for a public appearance at Germania park.
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Kiefer
Massachusetts Ave
Tall-Holt
New Germania Park
Ciry
Ki Yi
Lacy on Oil Creek Struggles to Strike It Rich
In the early sixties Lacy, failing partner and solo worker, endures weeks of stalled drilling and a stubborn rock. Amid debts and a looming lease expiration another operator pressures him. A late surge of rain and a risky pond fresh plan, plus a hopeful vision of success with a loving image at his side, push him to one final effort to reach the oil rock.
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Pott
Potts
Baird
Lacy
Hardy
Oil City
Allegheny
Watson
Oil Creek
Hank Waters
Butler, Aia
Waters
Dick Hardy
Archibald
Hartly
Andrews
Pitts
Mike
Franklin
Howe
Girl Bicycle Thief in Toronto Arrested
Frances Tyndall, a girl from a respectable family, is under arrest in Toronto on charges of stealing 20 bicycles over three weeks. She targeted department store areas and would seize rides left by shoppers, then sell them to dealers and others.
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Toronto
Ont
Frances Tyndall
Hoosierisms and oddities from Indiana towns
A patchwork column compiles quirky notes from Knightstown, Fremont, Logansport, Terre Haute, Anderson, Odon, Spiceland, Richmond, Kokomo, Plymouth, Martinsville and Rochester. It covers cherry sales, a stolen ice cream cake, a teaching post, a feathered scheme, horse driving, a river bottom mule kick, a union of hodcarriers, editor exchanges, suit shopping, firework limits, a 12 foot fence order, and a marten box contest with a dollar prize.
Celebration plans and events at German Park site
An elaborate program is prepared for the fourth at German park with a musical program each evening. J P Morgan Co reports L and N and Southern Indiana railroads control more than 61 percent of Menon stock. Weber council No 274 YM I will picnic at Greenwood Friday, and the Great Ski Hi Imperial order will picnic there on Labor Day September 1. The Christian Endeavor Society of German Evangelical Zion's church will hold a fair July 9 and 10 in the church rooms at 32 W Ohfost with a musical program each evening. Army and Navy League met in circuit court room Wednesday night but will not elect officers until the next meeting the second Wednesday in July.
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German Park
J. P. Morgan & Co
Southern Indiana
Weber Council
Greenwood
Imperial Order of the Great Ski-Hi
Christian Endeavor Society of German Evangelical Zion's Church
W. Ohfost
Army and Navy League
Circuit Court Room
Wallace’ Bherwo
Frederick
Ora White
H.hus
Danville Awakens With New Buildings And Growth
Danville Indiana showcases rapid development with a Carnegie library under construction, a brick plant employing 75, and land geared for future homes. The town plans a trolley line, an $18,000 Knights of Pythias block, a six-acre athletic tract, and a new opera house above business front rooms. The 2000 residents boast improved streets, sidewalks, waterworks, schools, and electric lighting as Danville enters a bustling new era.
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Wm. C. Osborne
First National Bank
Robert T. Hollowell
James W. Beck
S. Washington St
Athletic Association
Lelber
Indianapolis
Bridgeport
Plainfield
Cartersburg
Rockville
James A. Downard
Hollowell & Downard
Knights of Pythias
Danvile
Deaf Postmaster Charley Reed of Menasha Wisconsin
The piece profiles Chas Reed a deaf man from Menasha Wisconsin noted as the world’s only deaf mute postmaster. Born deaf Reed communicates by sign writing and pencil. His career spans roles at the Menasha Press farming bookkeeping and over 12 years as postmaster and assistant postmaster.
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Wisconsin
Chas. Reed
Menasha
Mira
Reed
Delavan
Jacksonville
Ill
Gallaudet College
Washington City
Menasha Press
William Black Dies in Barber Shop Incident
Bristol Pa July 3 William Black a well known resident died while being shaved at Price Landing barber shop Price Prentiss the young colored assistant was alone in the shop with only half his work done thinking the customer asleep he rushed to the street for help The chief of police held the body until the coroner arrived Black had suffered heart trouble for several years.
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Bristol
William Black
Price Landing
Price Prentiss
Man on Tenth Floor Falls Ten Stories Then Returns to Work
Michael Manton twenty three year old a worker on the tenth floor of the New Han over bank building slipped into the unfinished elevator shaft and fell ten stories. He survived with a black eye and light scalp wound saying he felt fine and would return to work. Doctors found only minor injuries and released him after a brief examination.
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New York
Michael Manton
New Hanover Bank
Hudson St
Manion
McGinty
Hudson St. Hospital
Hev
Christian Funeral for Gypsy Gai in Morristown
Mary Wells a gypsy princess dies near Watnong mountain camp. Funeral rites last from sunrise to sunset with watchfires and incantations. Body bathed in spring water robed in white, gold chain given, clothing burned, and two days of fire to ward off spirits. Ship to Wilmington for interment with gypsy royalty. mother Queen Amelia 89 remains in Morristown.
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Morristown
N. J
Mary Wells
Watnong Mountain
Wilmington
Del
Queen Amelia
Irving
Free home cure offer for sexual weakness and enlargement
Advertisement outlines a free receipt and directions from Dr. Knapp Medical Co for curing years of sexual weakness, night losses, and enlarged organs. It cites testimonial letters praising strength, vigor, and size gains, promises confidentiality, and notes receipts mailed in plain envelopes.
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Dr. Knapp Medical Co
Hull Bidg
Detroit
Mich
Daily Mail
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