Campaign clash over Holtzman and Bookwalter
The Sun opposes John W. Holtzman’s mayoral bid citing The Indianapolis News as the villain in a libel dispute with Mayor Bookwalter. It argues truth justice require courts, not voters, to decide, urging an impartial press and fair litigation.
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John W. Holtzman
Bookwalter
Indianapolis News
THE
SUN
Holtzman
In &O Far Ag
Charles A. Rockwalter
Logedon
News
Logadon
Indianapolis
Taggartism Bobs Up Again in Indianapolis Politics
A fragmented notice discusses Tom Taggart’s endorsement of a new Memocratic ticket and asks if voters will accept Taggartism again after two years of rejection. It notes Jim Keach’s mixed actions and mentions an epidemic lynching and a proposed 3,109 room hotel at the St. Louis World’s Fair site.
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Tom ‘Taggart
Indianapolis
Tom Taggart
Taggart
Bookwalter
St. Louis
Mulst
Sulu
Indiana snowball of local notes and incidents
A sprawling compilation of short items from several Indiana towns. It mentions visits by residents to South Bend Greenfield and Shelbyville, upcoming fairs and attractions, a dying Tipton pioneer, a few burglaries and fires, a court house repair, a logging camp tale, an ice company at Michigan City, arson suspicions, a fish tale, and the Wabash navigation cost estimate, all reflecting a wide spectrum of local happenings and human-interest snippets.
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W. ‘Crump
South Bend
Plymouth
Mra
John
Wise
Greenfield
New Order of Eagles
Washington
Ind
Jame Hawking
Shelbyville
Mammond
Richard Ghaddy
Tipton
Switzerland
McHarene
Leeaville
Ulysses
Stone City News
Walter Kronk Iz
Posey County
Hastock
Dkarm Mudy
Havana
Hooppols Township
Tubac
Anderson News
Misa Ineret Jenten
Thorntown
Earlham
College
Richmond
Sin-Telegram
John I. Rehm
Ona
Hattie M. Reni
Fountainown
Shelby County
Bishop Moyd
Dublin
Tina
Jone J. Baillyan
J. M. Griet
Etticon
Fayette County
Mit
Great Fatla
Mont
Dory Biddle
Anderson
Dory
Corydon
The
Fair Association
Bedford
Ballogna
Bedford Opera House
Morrison's
Rand
Lake Wawanoa
Ellwood George
Fort Wayne
L. Schlabach
Mitton Moore
Cromwell
Walid
Morrisson
Indiana
Bedford Democrat
White River
Tom Meg
Odd Bits From The Era On Inventions And Whims
A collage of curiosities notes homemade remedies tips and social quirks. It mentions damp salt powders whitening advice hair adornments and deodorizing recipes. Also highlights changes in jewelry wedding customs nonunion weddings a real estate sale by Lotta Crabtree and a method to test milk purity using a polished knitting needle. The piece closes with a claim that the first corset entered France via Catherine de Medici.
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Lekind Stanford
Atlanta Constitution
Union Taborer
Aittle
Beattie Poxt
Lotta M. Crabtree
Fan
Prancisca Real Estate
Miss Crabtree
Garman
France
Catherine de Medici
Fragmentary description of iron and velvet torture device
A damaged line describes an exterior iron and velvet object used as a harsh torture instrument, noting its weight and cumbersome nature and imparting a sense of fear without clear context or setting.
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Hive
Fragmented quips amid a chaotic late night scene
A jumble of overheard quips and courtroom chatter appears in a late edition. The snippets feature a street performer, a comic editor, a prisoner in court, and banter about engagements and options, reflecting eclectic urban humor across several unnamed papers.
Feel Your Pulse May Indicate Heart Trouble
The notice warns readers to seek medical evaluation if pulse feels weak or irregular. It mentions a remedy by Dr Miles or similar tonics, urging prompt treatment for potential heart issues.
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Miles
Mines Meron Ca
Ikbart
Fragmented Verse and Detective Banter in Aquirky Tale
A garbled local page features jittery talk of songs and sketches by a singer, a comical detective scene about a baby on a doorstep, and a milkman questioned about porch alibi. The piece mixes snippets of humor, misheard dialogue, and odd phrases as if from an old radio sketch.
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Hystiyte
Mnie
Enid
Priganer
Old Fisherman Praises New Scheme By Dam
An elderly angler near Broad Ripple touts a novel fishing method using a large glass lure to attract fish. He claims the rig improves catches, with the river offering plentiful results as he notes the success of his contraption and warnings about misperceptions from bystanders.
Woman feigns morphine death seeks poison deference to doctors
Dispatch describes hurried visit by physicians to a bedside scene where a woman admits faking a morphine overdose to frighten her husband Ansty. She pleads for absolution and offers to take poison herself if any remains. The account reads with period diction and a sense of melodrama.
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Ansty
Poppies 2000 Years Old Unearthed In Silver Mines
Report of ancient poppy seeds found in Laurium silver mines once abandoned Elation over discovery of a plant that thrived in sunlit air without water. English discoverer notes value beyond silver as remnants revived after centuries unseen, with stock sale ads for ladies slippers and shoes at Earle's Shoe Store in Washington Street.
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Laurium
Earle’s
Washington
Court House
Pennilvania Lines Train Schedule and Local Sale Note
A readably fragmented item lists Pennilvania Lines fares and a return option with trains from Indianapolis to Louisville August 2. It notes morning and evening departures, a special return train, and local detour notes. Also mentions Mittelberger's chicken fry event and a closing out sale at 145 Massachusetts Avenue with items including harnesses and pets.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
Mixed Humour On Identifications And Civic Talk
A stream of anecdotes from newspaper columns and magazines shows short sketches about identification bias and public figures. Magistrate Crane voices distrust of women’s identifications, while other bits recount airport or train humor and a Florida colonel’s chat with Booker T. Washington and Roosevelt.
Picks from New Books Offer Witty Maxims and Quotes
A curio of literary snippets presents men and women cited for faith self restraint and love in brisk aphorisms. Names include Neney Moston, William van Howells, Thomas Nelson Page, Alfred Henry Lewis, F. Moore, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, and others in short, pithy lines.
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William van Howells
Thomas Nelson
Gordon Keith
Alfred Henry Lewis
Pegey O'Neal
F. Frankfort Moora
Arthy Sherburne Tardy
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Pope Leo XII remembered for urbane spirit and moderation
The Chicago Chronicle and St Louis papers praise Pope Leo XII as amiable and prudent, a priest and poet who promoted order and enlightenment. Observers from Chicago Inter Ocean and St Louis Republican laud his wisdom tempered by experience, shaping a conservative yet benevolent church leadership.
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Leo Xicl
Chicago Chronicle
Leo
St. Louie Republic
St. Louis Grote-Democrat
Pope Leo
Windom
Chicago
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Chicago
San Francis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Winerats
M. Breeze
Vinert
Cincinnati
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