Evansville riot letters spark local protest
Community leaders in Evansville condemn outside papers for false and damaging accusations about the city. A Sun correspondent counters that riots resulted from political failure and not a race war, noting mobs, lynching plots, and anarchists. The piece urges Indianapolis and Evansville to protest and calls out corrupt officials, paving issues, and political promises amid local graft talk.
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Evansville
THE
SUN
Rvansville
Indianapolis
Gambiera
Evanaville
Harrison
BARS OF SUNSHINE State Press items and career moves
State Press item notes Usher Campbell resigning from Farmers' Testament to take an outsideman job at artesian laundry in MartinsvilleReporter. Barry Gettle leaves W A McParron's grocery seeking heavier manual work and potential railroad employment in Port Wayne. Bluftton Chronicle mentions the move. Also Barton County Kan reports a local tale about girls and boys at odds over Christianity and heathen beliefs.
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Ad. Usher
J. Usher Campbell
Farmers’ Testement
Artesian Laundry
Martinsville
Bluttten
Barry Gettle
W. A. McParron
Port Wayne
Hbluftton Chronicle
Boonyne
Haing
Barton County
Kan
Boaonville Enquirer
Old Farragut Dirt Thrower Impresses Visitors
The Champion Dirt Thrower from Farragut showing visitors how to handle a boat at Pretty Fixe on Sunday. He takes pride in being called Old Farragut or Ditcher John and claims to throw more dirt than five men in Marshall county, per his boast.
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Old Farragut
Kelly
John
Pga
Marshall County
Plymouth
Whimsical Quips and Quirks from Tangled Threads
A collage of snatches from humorous exchanges. A jokers pun with crewel and knit clashes, a damsel’s tease, a judge’s interlude, and a burned poodls reference. It also notes a bard’s poems mocked as children of the brain and a reform school remark.
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Aha
Jadga
Sketches of a Singer and City Vignettes
A collage of humorous scenes features a firefighter shoveling heat as he tends the furnace, a barber shop banter about heat and luck, a broker questioning an office boy fired for smoking, a druggist clearance sale with misfilled tablets, and a phrenologist anecdote about an old swimming hole shared by Edward Singer.
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Bellarg
Edward Singer
Something for Girls to Paste in Their Hats Card
A list titled Something for Girls to Paste in Their Hats offers fourteen simple rules for girls under fourteen. It urges neatness, punctuality, manners, self control, and consideration, claiming mastery makes a girl a mistress of arts and life less trivial.
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Ahe
Kentucky Warning Voice from "Brinenstool" Poem Fragment
An unnamed speaker warns of a lurking feud figure and danger near Kentucky. He asks his mother to place his bowieknife and pistol by his bed, fearing gore and night dangers as shadows descend. The fragment preserves a tense rural prepper mood with archaic diction and a personal call to materna protection.
Reflections of a Bachelor Love Sparks and Sex Talk
A fragmentary column notes views on love and dating with sharp lines about rapid acquaintance and a wife’s insistence on feminine discretion, suggesting a skeptical, ironic tone about romantic strategy and marriage dynamics. The text underscores gendered expectations and social mores in relationships.
A Corner For The Women Herbs In The Queen
A writer surveys traditional kitchen herbs once prized in France and more recently neglected. Garlic and onion are praised for healing and nerve benefits while sorrel, chicory, and bonne dame are valued for flavor and health uses. The piece notes garlic in salads and soups, sorrel as a staple, and distinguishes king Henrys herb and monk's beard varieties.
Hoosier State Sketches From Miscellany News
A collage of Indiana items recounts local happenings from White County to Vincennes. Farmers worked fields while others hunted, fished, or faced accidents. tales include a horse drowning, a poisoning suicide, a remarkable but unsafe water deposit box, temperance notes, a hospital update, and a spate of small-town incidents across several counties with names like Greenvale Kokomo Delphi and Crawfordsville.
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Adam Boger
Nick Hieschowne
White County
Warder Hamilton
Greenavare
Swift & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Jere Sullivan
Terre Haute
Chicago
John Warley
Bloomington
Myrtle Windsor
Stancie
Waa
Erloo Press
Theodora Scott
Monticello
Greenvantle
Wm. Koppits
Henry Hoog
Michigan City
Humors and Skin Ailments Noted in Medieval Texts
Fragmentary notes describe bodily humors and skin maladies such as pimples boils and tetters. The text suggests debates over health and strength and cites uncertain testimonials and impressions from observers.
Kentucky Safety Appeal Amid Negro Refugees Pressure
A terse wire discusses African Americans fleeing from Indiana to Kentucky seeking safety amid Southern oppression. The piece condemns brutality in the South, notes outbreaks in Illinois and Delaware, and urges patience and asylum for the Negro refugees until Northern sentiment cools.
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Charleston
San Anconio
Indiana
Kentucky
Uinols
Delaware
Diana
Chicago
Podi
How to Stay Cool and a Goats Tale from Philadelphia
A Detroit Free Press feature recalls a man who keeps cool by early rising, cold baths, light meals, and avoiding ice and alcohol. The piece shifts to a humorous Philadelphia Record anecdote where a man in a suit encounters a goat chewing his plug hat, prompting a amused misperception of animal intelligence.
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Griswold St
Detroit Free Press
Gov Durbin and the Mob during Evansville Riots
The Evansville crisis prompts praise and criticism of Gov. Durbin. He vetoed a plan to move the murderer Brown through a riot atmosphere, vowed to use militia if needed, criticized Evansville and Vanderburgh County judiciary actions, and urged a fair trial under state law. Sources include Anderson Herald Terre Haute Express Terre Haute Tribune Richmond Sun Telegram Seymour Democrat South Bend Tribune.
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Evansible
Durbin
Anderson Herald
Vincennes Capitol
Evansville
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Brown
Vanderburg County
Hvansville
Matthews
Richmond Sun-Telegram
Rasch
Lee
Seymour Democrat
Elvenly
Reclaim Indiana Advert Parody in Grand Rapids Press
In a curio notice the Grand Rapids Press parodies a political flyer about reclaiming Indiana with a satirical line on Filipino civilization. An unrelated ad for Dr Thomas electric oil and a mock invitation to send notices to a The Hun office appear alongside the fragment.
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Fou
AUN
Gerd
HUN
Chicote
Enlisted coffee recipe from Lipton library fragment
An 241 year old text in Sir Thomas Lipton's collection describes a primitive coffee preparation. It details roasting coffee berries, grinding, boiling to concentrate, then mixing with water and simmering to create a drink said to be effective against chronic ailments.
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Thomas Lipton
Portrait Grafter and Suit Clash in Beaux Parlor Tale
A young woman gifts a beau fully worked earrings with a portrait in a humble frame. He replies with a note and pays an overdue debt, sending a boy to deliver the package. The note reads I am tired of your attentions. Jericho. The jailer is stunned when the parcel reveals the debtor.
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Pers
Jericho
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Merchans
Fallcree
Mr. Holtzman
Spotlesstown
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Saturday Evening Post
West
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Clhot
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the State Press
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Apeeter
Jokers
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Nellie Duftenbach
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Crawfordeville
C. N. Pollard
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Big Four
Alex Culllson
Vincennes
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Cicero
Charles Arduser
Harmon Roquet
Frank M. Runsell
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Logansport
Case
Amd Ita
Mwate Be Haan
Railhad
Carparin Stone Company
John Gibbs
Myrtle Wisal
Gibbs
Delphi
Frankfort
Ming Vigol
Jacquer
Jacaper
Ureppet Diegun
Will Layton
Anderton
Crimp
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Chartrett Jor
Caleb W. Morris
Minare
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Robert
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Mobart
Elidelphia
Peter Jackson
Jackson
Gov. Durbin and the Mob
Grand Rapid Press
Thomas
Iors
Escamla
HBA
Bune Ye Wadsey
Audrey the Conquerors
Peer Stirling
Pettis Dry Goods CO
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G. D. Voriss
Prosengloum & C
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National Furniture Co
W. Washington Stree
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Rewion Gayper
People’s Credit Clothing Co Snr
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