Edison Predicts Winton Beats Charron In Continental Auto Race
Thomas Edison discusses the Chicago to New York automobile race, predicting Winton will beat Charron thanks to a superior American machine. He notes autos will outcompete horses, predicts price drops to 200 to 300 dollars, and mentions American innovation surpassing French designs.
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Thomas A. Edison
Chicago
New York
Charron
Winton
Nice
Paris
Job
United States
France
Mr. Edison
Edison
Havre
Japan
Blatchley the Bug Collector in Indianapolis
Indiana state geologist Will Blatchley keeps an extensive private bug collection in his home. He catalogs 260 insect species from Indiana and has named new bug families and species after himself. His work includes field bug hunts during vacations and a noted description of the kissing bug and related species.
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Indianapolis
Will S. Blrtchley
Mr. Blatchky
Mr. Blatchley
Paris
Islatchley
Slatchley
Indiana
New Hoosier Pensions Restored and Raised
A list of Indiana pension increases shows Edward E. Ford and numerous others receiving boosts from rescue sums to larger monthly stipends. Names include Aston Weidenhammer, August Deardoff, David Wheat, George C. Roberts, John W. Montgomery, William Hawkins, Joseph Bray, James McDaniel, and many more across cities such as Muncie Williamsport Asherville Campbellsburg Carmel and Shelbyville. Reissues and combined increases noted for several recipients. Each entry details the prior and new pension amounts and recipient locations.
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Edward E. Ford
Muncie
Aston Weidenhammer
Williamsport
August Deardoff
Asherville
David Wheat
Campbellsburg
George C. Roberts
Bicknell
John W. Montgomery
Austin
Wiliam J. Hawkins
Carmel
Joseph Bray
Franklin
James A. McDaniel
Teegarden
Johnson Shirley
White Lick
Martin V. Orr
Frankton
Simon P. Irby
Forest
Charles H. Harp
Reno
George T. de Verter
Waterman
Jesse L. Baker
Otisco
Abraham Peaslee
Laughery
Thomas van Metre
Marengo
Ambross D. Hutcheson
Hamrock
Thomas H. McCorkle
Edwards
George H. Knowlton
Roanoke
Hlezekiah Robison
Burrows
Edmond H. McNaughton
Branchville
George W. Walker
Rueburn
Ephraim Hillman
Shelbyville
Dean's Ointment Promoted as Singular Cure for Plague
A 19th century advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as the only safe, reliable cure for skin afflictions lauded as a horrible plague. The copy claims universal use, urging purchase at rag stores for 50 cents.
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Dean
Invitation to life and Yread The Suns Liners
The fragment hints at a Seventh page feature from The Sun focusing on lifestyle or human-interest lines, inviting readers to explore a weekly column or lifestyle section.
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the Sun
Porto Rican Heroic Act Described in Ponce
Columbus accepts a letter from Grace united brethren church seeking a gold medal for Rudolph Figueroa chief of police of Juan Diaz Puerto Rico. He recounts aiding anti Spanish movement since 1887 and leading a daring mission to destroy San Juan Ponce telegraph lines with his son Manuel. He faced execution, later freed, and raised American flags, capturing Diaz and Isabel.
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Columbus
Ponce
Ohio
Fence
San Juan
Congregation of Grace United Brethren Church
E. B. Taylor
Gen. Brooke
Rudolph Figueroa
Juan Diaz
Porto Rico
Old Man
Madrid Inquisitor
Palecia
Figueroa
Venezuela
Eorto Hueco
Armericans
Guanica
Manuel
Tigueroa
Royal Criminal Court
Spain
Castile
Alphonso XIII
Cryng
America
Diaz
Isabel
Ciales
Miles
A Convenient Train for Cleveland
An item notes a convenient train on the Pennsylvania line departing at 7:39 to Cleveland arriving next morning. It mentions a sleeping car, a ticket office, and No 48 W Washington as part of the travel details.
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Cleveland
Washington
The Man with the Hoe and Its Writer’s Tale
Edwin Markham recalls fourteen years of work on The Man with the Hoe, seven years of refining, and four days to complete four verses. He credits the newspaper press for wide circulation versus a copyrighted western poem, praising free press for spreading his fame as reported by the Boston Post through California papers.
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California
Boston Post
Union Pacific Overland Route Promises Comfort on Travel
The Union Pacific advertises The Overland Route with fishing in Rocky Mountain streams hunting in Wyoming bathing in the Great Salt Lake and therapeutic waters at hotsprings in Utah and Idaho. It promotes pal ace sleeping cars buffet smoking and library cars dining and ordinary sleeping cars available daily. For timetables and information contact local agents or A G Sherman in Cincinnati or J H June in Indianapolis.
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Union Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Great Salt Lake
Guyer and
Hurley Hox Springs
Utah
Hot Springs
Soda Springs
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
California
Oregon
A. G. Sherman
Cincinnati
J. H. June
Trav
Pass
Union Pacific: Railroad. Company
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Bethany Park Assembly to Sell Excursion Tickets in Indiana
Pennsylvania lines will sell excursion tickets at low rates from all points in Indiana from July 11 to August 7, with return validity through August 9. A long-running organization began in 1873 and once operated ten restaurants in Indianapolis. A new venture labeled breakfast at 25 cents is hinted at by R. ML Foster.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Indiana
Indianapolis
N. Minos
R. ML Foster
Multiple World News Snippets From Early 1900s Dispatch
Edits of scattered notices report Dr Connoways serum for Texas fever on cattle, English land investments in Ohio and West Virginia, Smallpoex tying up Frankfort Kentucky, a murder in Mason City Iowa, Spain asks aid for prisoners in the Philippines, a wife in St Louis fatally wounds her husband in self defense, Pottawatomie Indians claim Chicago lakefront land, Filipino junta leaving Hong Kong, Omaha heart surgery on John Murphy, a Thomasville wedding of Dr J J McCarty and Florence Peqzigney, and a Ky man touting Eclectric Oil.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Smallpoex
Frankfort
Roy Sutton
Mason City
Leana Elmore
Spain
Storer
Philippines
Louis W. Holliday
St. Louis
Chicago
Annie Brewster
Ieral
Lake Front
Hong Kong
Omaha Hospital
John Murphy
J. J. McCarty
Meriden
Cincinnati Rail Special to Washington Trip Details
Special fast trains depart Sunday July 23 from Cincinnati at 6:50 a m and 7:15 a m. The first runs non stop to destination, the second stops at Rushville Connersville Liberty Oxford and Hamilton. Return from Cincinnati at 6:25 p m. National League baseball Cincinnati versus Washington announced.
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Cincinnati
Rushville
Connersville
Liberty
Oxford
Hamilton
Washington
Atlantic City Seaside Outing At Five Dollars Per Day
A promotional notice invites travelers to spend fifteen days at Atlantic City for a dollar a day, with a special through train from Indianapolis at 2 30 p m on Thursday August 1 via Pennsylvania Lines. The same rate applies to nine other coast resorts with a ten day stopover in Philadelphia on the return. Richardson D P A.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Hines
Philadelphia
Richardson
D. P
Moonlit Porch Confession With Bottle Of Wine
A romantic snippet describes a couple resting on a porch under moonlight with a bottle of wine, enjoying quiet togetherness and intimate dialogue. The fragment evokes calm evening atmosphere and cuddled companionship.
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Wifey
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Hobsonson
Mr.Blatchley
NEW Hoosier Pensions
Markham
Edwin Markham
Bethany Park Assembly
Bethany Park, Ind
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
M.S. Gist
Hawesville, Ky
Atlantic City
Agen
WM. Buschmann & CO
Wey 10
Ave
Indianapolis Brewing CO
HALY
D. H. Baldwin & CO
N. Penn
SUN
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