Wealthy recluse vows $10 million charity plan
Abraham Slimmer of Waverly Indiana announces he will give away his fortune valued at $10,000,000 to aid the poor. He plans to live in a single room and a week and imposes strict conditions on grants to hospitals and old age homes, including no worship services or contribution boxes and equal support for all inmates. He will fund new ventures and insists on starting initiatives himself rather than supporting existing institutions.
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Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Slimmer
Chicago
A Vision on a Bridge Amid Dawn and Destiny
An early spring dawn over a meadow and spire yields a child’s birth and a bride’s journey. The scene shifts from pastoral calm to a bustling town as a wedding procession approaches the bridge, linking the little girl and the bride in a thread of fate and responsibility.
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Earth
Vision of a lifetime in one hour of midnight bells
A narrator recalls a dreamlike sequence triggered by his clock during a late night. Four bell strokes from midnight to 1 o'clock reveal a life: a child’s birth, a woman’s marriage, a new generation, and a funeral turning to heaven. The piece ends by questioning whether one hour can hold a lifetime.
Blizzard cutting box bought by Hoosierism buyer
A collage of humorous clippings notes Myrt Lindley purchasing a Blizzard cutting box as Examiners and Couriers report on quirky local occurrences. The items mix odd anecdotes about residents—including Omer Legg in Tipton in an electric storm and Asa Cutshaw in Dublin gaining strength from an onion remedy—alongside light social vignettes from nearby towns.
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Omer Legg
Tipton
Asa Cutshaw
Dublin
Ike Libowitz
Connersville
Frank Crookshank
Compton
Eliza Whittaker
Bloomingdale
Madison
Nathaniel Smootz
Summitville
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Trouble
A promotional paragraph urges readers facing pulmonary disease not to lose hope. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curing stubborn lung trouble with symptoms like hemorrhage and weakness, claiming many patients were deemed incurable but recovered after using the remedy. It includes a testimonial from W A Sanders of Mason County West Virginia and offers free medical advice and a medical adviser book in exchange for stamps.
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Dr. Pierce
W. A. Sanders
Hern, Mason Co
W.va
Grey
Abeeta
Beverly Girl Joins Salvation Army As New Recruit
Nellie Johnson a Beverly, Massachusetts resident, joins the Salvation Army after leaving a bookkeeping job. She vows to serve as a soldier of Christ, inviting sinners to the fountain of the Lord in post office square and pursuing a life of saving souls amid opposition from parents and friends. Capt. Lizzie Lellington and Lieut. Minnie Hoffman welcome her and note the prospects for her talent.
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Beverly
Mass
Salvation Army
Nellie Johnson
Post Office Square
Bonnie
Miss Johnson
Salvationists
Diers
Lizzie Lellington
Minnie Hoffman
Bevery
Oyster Bay Post Office Opens on Sundays Amid President Visit
The postmaster general orders Sunday postal service in Oyster Bay to serve visitors tied to a presidential trip. Miss Larrabee objects, calling it a step toward evil, while traffic and business on Sundays in town are described as relaxed and permissive.
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New York
Oyster Bay
Miniature suit over broken window in Detroit
In Detroit on Lansing Avenue Martin Steadley sued Frederick Conzette for 30 cents more than 65 cents offering for a broken window by Conzette's five year old son. Justice Lemkie dismissed the case against the parents and Steadley halted the action.
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Detroit
Lansing Ave
Martin Steadley
Justice Courts of
Steadley
Frederick Conzette
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Conzette
Lansingave
Old George Towne Dies at Tombs Prison in New York
George Towne a 55 year old inmate known as Old George died suddenly of heart disease in the Tombs prison where he had served 15 years. Born in England he repeatedly sought re arrest after release and worked in the Tombs kitchen tending vegetables and peeling potatoes before his death. His body was sent to the morgue as no relatives were found.
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New York
George Towne
Tombs
Towne
George
England
Man Never Rides Street Car in Cleveland 26 Years
Simon La Forest, a Parker House worker born near Boston, has lived in Cleveland for 26 years without riding a street car or visiting Public Square. A French descendant who sailed the seas in youth, he arrived in 1876 and later stayed largely on the sidewalk in front of his hotel. He claims $40,000 saved but keeps to retirement habits, voting last for Grant. He jokes about never turning his coat yet admits not owning a coat hat or shoes in Cleveland.
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Est
Usque
Cleveland
la Forest
Parker House
Boston
Philadelphia
Mow
Waterst
Gen. Grant
Grant
Clelveland
The Sun's Seventh Page Liners Prompt Audience Inquiry
The Sun invites readers to study its seventh page liners, answer prompts, and use the content. The line encourages engagement with the page features and reader participation across the edition.
Special Train Leaves Indianapolis Sunday Morning
Advertises a $1.25 round trip on the Decatur and Return line with a special train departing Indianapolis at 7 a m on Sunday August 3. Mentions THER SUN Linerst in readable OCR fragment.
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Decatur
Indianapolis
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Rover
Wells
Balsam
Myrt Lindley
Orleans Examiner
Madison Courier
Phil Tubbs
Morocco
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Bishop
Potter
A. C. Clark
Bishop Potter
Henry C. Potter
Clark
Johanna Foegely
South Bend
Ind
David Kennedy
David Keagoty
Ashington
City
Simon la
Madame A. Ruppert
Aja Rupperts
WORLD
Wey
Mme. A. Ruppert
Madame
Edwa Wallace Hopper
Mme. Rae
Mme
A. Ruppert
Mme. Ruppert
Henry J. Huder
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
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