Paper bucket factory in Indianapolis creates 125000 boxes daily
M P Fisher opens first Indianapolis plant at 914 8th Illinois St turning out paper oyster and ice cream buckets. About 200 girls operate a simple 12 by 12 inch cutting and creasing process to make quarts half gallons and gallons buckets. Output could reach 125000 per day with growing demand, while no men are employed and the boss is absent.
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Ilinois St
M. P. Fisher
Capitol Paper Com
Capitol Paper Company
Fisher
The Helperless Woman and the Boarder’s Secret Past
Frances Graff’s tale follows Le Froy, an engineer, who falls for Frank Vinton, a landlady’s daughter. After discovering her cooking and cleaning prowess hidden behind a genteel facade, he vows to protect and adore her, then sails to Liverpool as they begin a new life, while she tests his loyalty with a bold demand to conceal their true family ranks.
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le Froy
Frank
Mal Demer
Clumsy
Jane
Hars
de Froy
New Street Railway Company
Midwest
Vintons
Philadelphia
George
Treaswe
Man Who Lived on 9 Cents a Day Found Dead
Camille Lemoine, 64, former French soldier and machine shop owner at 65 W Houston St, was found dead in his bed in New York. He claimed to live on 15 cents a day, yet $175.78 was found on him and his net worth was at least $50,000. Police seek his relatives. his wife’s location is unknown.
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New York
Camille Lemoine
W. Houston St
Lemoine
Po-Lce
Hanna's $50,000 Joke Shocks Newlyweds in Cleveland
Senator Hanna played a mild joke on his daughter Mabel and her husband Harry Parsons by leaving a paper with the senator's signature among wedding gifts. The couple discovered a certified check for 50,000 dollars hidden between a silver plate and cut glass, a surprise source of funds from the joke.
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Cleveland, O
Hanna
Mabel
Harry Parsons
Durango Woman Found Dead With Chloroform Nearby
Mrs. John Feeny was found dead in her bed in Durango on Monday night. A bottle half filled with chloroform lay beside her. She was an ex wife of Bob Ford the Jesse James slayer and boasted of a bullet wound from Ford's weapon.
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Durango
Col
John Feeny
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Hoosierisms and local tales from Indiana minds
A Warsaw reader asks Congress to curb the Congressional Record unless more jokes appear. Odon boy Ray Garten is kicked in the face by a horse, a misfortune tempered by his good looks. Indiana undertakers fear losses if boys stop swimming and a Dana Quill note mentions Ike Brown wiring ranch phones. A Connersville resident lists a 100-year-old wall-sweep clock for sale. Uncle Bart Hardy, a violinist, appears in the clippings.
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Ray Garten
Ray
Washington Democrat
Indiana
General Kitchener Heads Home for Coronation
Gen Lord Kitchener, recently made viscount for his victory over the Boers, is on a swift return to England to participate in the coronation ceremonies and share in the acclaim with King Edward.
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Lord Kitchener
South Africa
England
London
Edward
Curtain Fabrics for Summer Homes and Cottages
Harper's Bazaar notes window dressing for summer homes favors white and cream madras curtains. The thin scrim like fabric with lace pattern is affordable in cotton by the yard and easy to lengthen. Two curtain sets per window are popular with net or lace inner panels and full outer curtains, looped or straight. Various soft shaded Indian and oriental gauze fabrics complement the madras for a cool, light look.
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Harper's Bazar
Madras
Fierce 1890 confrontation ends with Lon Henderson’s arrest
Ex police chief recalls a brutal 1890 raid on a South Merrill alley man, Lon Henderson, who resisted with a gun. Quigley and Page describe a 20 minute brawl with Henderson’s wife and mother joining the fray. Henderson later served three years for shortchanging, then life for Tara Pie.
Marvelous clock in Carsruhe clockmaker’s lifelong toil
An elderly man in Carsruhe Baden spent nineteen years on a colossal clock in a glass case with 2200 parts. It tracks time, celestial movements, and seasons with moving allegorical figures and angels. The clock, more wondrous than Strasbourg’s, received imperial support but seeks a buyer.
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Carsruhe
Baden
Strasburrg
Germany
Death
Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Weakened Women
An advertisement argues health harms affect wives and marriages, urging use of Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription to correct irregularities and heal weakness. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Emma Richardson and promotes The People s Common Sense Medical Adviser offered by mail from Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo New York.
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Emma Richardson
Gose, Wayne Co
Dr. Pierce
the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Swirl of Society Offers Garden Party Notices
Mrs. D B Shideler hosted Tabernacle church women at a garden party near Fairview. C P Lesh and wife celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary with a Tuesday garden party on Central Ave. Ruth Quigley and Edward Rauch announced their June wedding. Lavelette Lancaster wed Martin W Noll at the Episcopal residence. Bertha Knefler marries Charles R Williams at noon Monday with a Meridian street reception. State weddings mark couples in Fort Wayne New Albany Elwood Kokomo and Cincinnati. Oliver Pursell and Charles J Bowman wed at the bride’s College Ave home with an orchestra. Caroline Michael and Harry A Kahn wed on N Meridian St with Rabbi Messing officiating.
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C. P. Lesh
Central Ave
William F. Quigley
Ruth Quigley
Edward J. Rauch
Ardmore
Lavelette Lancaster
Martin W. Noll
Joeseph Chartrand
Meridian
Bertha Knefler
Charles R. Williams
Kneffer
E. Washington-st
N. Meridian-st
Fort Wayne
Mary Kerr
John
Chensweth
Cincinnati
New Albany
Rosa Treece
Daniel Kegler
Jeffersonville
Elwood
Luna Dawson
Robert H. Carpenter
Kokomo
Enza Conner
C. P. Worley
Oliver. Pursell
Charles J. Bowman
College-ave
F. O. Ballard
Caroline Michael
Harry A. Kahn
N. Meridian St
Rabbi Messing
Loose Leaf Ledgers With Self-Locking Extension Back
A catalog note from WM. B. BURFORD of Indianapolis announces a reintroduction of loose leaf ledgers featuring a self locking extension mechanism. The item promises secure record binding and easier page management for business accounting.
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WM. B. Burford
Indianapolis
Indiana Dental College Opens Patient Hours
Indiana Dental College at 8 West Cor Delaware and Chioeta accepts patients from 8 am to 1 pm offering all kinds of dental work.
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Indiana Dental College
An Old Nurse for Children Teething Remedy Ad
An old newspaper ad touts Mrs Winslows soothing syrup for teething children claiming to ease pain, soften gums, cure wind colic, and treat diarrhoea with a price of twenty five cents a bottle.
Pennsylvania and Vandalia Lines Begin New Run to Michigan
Sleeping and dining car service expands from Indianapolis to north Michigan resorts and Detroit with summer routes via Detroit. June 2 marks start of low rate round trip tickets on sale. For details contact W. W. Richardson D. P. A. Indianapolis, Ind.
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Pennsylvania and
Vandalia
Indianapolis
North Michigan
Detroit
Particuars
W. W. Richardson
Ind
Lake Erie & Western Rail Schedule Notice
The Lake Erie and Western Railway posts a $1.00 fare Lafayette to Frankfort and fast time to Detroit via Lake Erie and Western and Wabash Roads. Departure from Indianapolis at 6:30 a.m. on June 22, 1902 and another at 12:20 p.m. arrival in Detroit by 11:10 p.m.
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Lafayette
Frankfort
Indianapolis
Detroit
Lake Ewe & Western
Wabash Roads
Important Change of Time for New York Express 14
Beginning Monday June 16 the New York express train No 14 will leave Indianapolis daily at 8 10 a m instead of 3 25 a m as at present W W Richson D P A Indianapolis.
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New York Express
Indianapolis
W. W. Richson
Northwestern line luxury trains to Salt Lake City and Ogden
Luxurious fast trains depart Chicago daily at 10:08 a.m. 8:00 and 11:30 p.m. till Sept 15. Return unit by Oct 31, 1902. For tickets contact N. M. Breeze Cincinnati Ohio at 435 Vinest or W. B. Kniskern G P T A.
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Chicago
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
N. M. Breeze
Cincinnati
O. W. B. Kniskern
G. P
T. A
Overland Limited Express Train to California Route
Chicago and Northwestern lines announce the new Overland Limited from Chicago August 2 to 10, three days en route with unrivaled scenery and varied routes. Includes Drawing Room Sleeping Cars, Compartment Cars, Observation Cars with telephone, all meals in Dining Cars, Buffet Library Cars with barber, and electric lighting throughout. Two other daily fast trains, 16:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m., plus daily personal tourist car excursions to California Oregon and Washington guided by N M Breeze and Kniskern.
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Chicago & Northwestern B.y
Chicago
Overland Limited
California
Oregon
Washington
N. M. Breeze
Cincinnati
B. Kniskern
G. P
T. A
The Four-Track News Sample Offer Declares Value
The Four-Track News praised for quality by readers in Brooklyn and other exchanges. Geo H Daniels, General Passenger Agent of New York Central, promotes the publication and offers a sample copy for five cents with a subscription price of fifty cents per year.
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Castoria
Geo. H. Daniels
Carnegie
New York Central
Brooklyn N. Y
Jorurnal
Faure
Hudson River Railroad
Grand Central Station
New York
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Kitchener
Gen. Kitchener
Quigley
Page
Lon Henderson
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Chemist
D. B. Shideler
Tabernacle Church
Fairview
Physicians and Surgeons
J. J. Kyle
Newton Claypool
B. M. Wylie
E. Chiest
Foe
Te & Ws
Lake Erie & Western
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