Corner Policeman Answers a Hundred Thousand Questions
Patrolman Butcher on Washington Avenue in Indiana County faces a flood of inquiries from Daughters of Rebekah delegates and visiting women. He recites examples of questions about streets, churches, walking distances, and even hat alignment, noting the crowd makes him the most popular man on the corner.
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Butcher
Washington
Pennsylvania-ats
Daughters of
Rebekah
Co Invention
Pennsylvania
Boone County Court House Stands Half Century More
Lebanon Indiana May 22 One of Boone counties most noted landmarks the court house stands at the center of town, built 1855 57 of stone and brick. The old structure shows wear yet remains solid with preserved interiors fireplaces still in use and trees grown around it. Public sentiment favors no new court house for now despite discussions.
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Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Hoosierdam
Boone
Franklin Pierce
Sixteen Year Old Girl Harassed by Jamaica Coachman
New York May 2 Persistent annoyance by the sixteen year old daughter of a New York corporation lawyer led to the arrest of coachman Emory Jackson of Jamaica L I. He had been in the Dambechten family service for ten years and began two months ago to harass Miss Burnice Dambechten. He sent humorous notes and loitered near her drive to school daily frightening her. A threatening note on Saturday prompted the girl to tell her father who secured a warrant from Judge John Fleming at Jamates for Jackson Hewes.
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New York
Emory Jackson
Jamaica
L. I
Jackson
Burnice Dambechten
Francis ‘Dambechten
New York Corporation
Hollis
Dambechten
Allence
John
Fleming
Jamates
Jackson Hewes
Farm worker goes on rampage in Green Village
Peter Lineman, 30, drank heavily after quitting his job with Charles Winner. He smashed doors and furniture in three houses, injured Mrs Winner and others, was shot by Fred Cook, captured, and jailed in Morristown in irons. Wounds not life threatening. Mrs Winner probably dies.
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New York
Peter” Lineman
Green Village
N. 1
Morristown
Lineman
Charles Winner
Winner
Fréd Cook
Cook
Baker
D.8. Vorhees
Edward C. Mitchell
Willis G. Sharp
J. Fred Runyon
Fred Cook
Mr. Cook
Dr. Griswold
Egg shell hides steel pen mystery at Indian home
In Port Deposit Maryland a man found a steel pen inside a fried egg from his rooster hatch, likely swallowed by the chicken before lay. The odd medical ad blurbs and piano sale notices clutter the page, with local commerce promotions for instruments and cleaning services intermingled with the curious egg tale.
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Port Deposit
John Shade
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College-ave
Bellefontaines
Boone County Court House
Baldwin's
WM. B. Burford
Indianapolis
Bennett's
Wash
Dayton
Mia GC
Siows
Rushville
Canneraville
Hamilton
Massachusetts-ave
Indiana Dental College, &. W. Cor
Delaware and
Ohio
Michigan
Monon
Michigan City
Anl
Brussels
Ike
ICE
Bissell
Hall
Rack
East Washington Street
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