Indiana Farmers Embrace Rural Telephone Growth
Indiana farmers back rural telephones as more than 90 new companies form this year, many filing for capitalization around 100 to 160 dollars. By year’s end about 11 250 people will benefit from a statewide network exceeding 1 400 miles, with 73 filings already recorded and March-April the peak months.
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Indiana
Mnet
Wieren Companion
Home Telephone Company
Hannah and Jackson Telephone Company
Co-Operative Telephone Company
Posey Mutual Telephone Company
Farmers’ Telephone Company
No. 8 Telephone Company
Uhesa
Ifo
Uma
Union Telephone Company
Alrminian
Magistrate Tighe criticizes New York police conduct
In New York on May 2 Magistrate Tighe of Brooklyn condemned police brutality and lax magistrates. He contrasted New York policing with what he called London standards, calling for accountability and noting the high number of cases where declarations were not criticized. He argued the system favors glittering generalities over fair outcomes.
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New York
Tighe
Brooklyn
E Carll
Myera
London
Gentlemen No Bull Tries New York Visitors at Lake Hopatcong
Miss Mabel Marshall Miss Louise Duncan Milas Jennie Hoffman and Miss Clare Rowland of New York visiting at Lake Hopatcong were chased by a white bull on a field path. They climbed a tree to safety as the enraged animal hooted and pawed the ground for nearly two hours. The incident ends with the group escaping unharmed and the bull still in the area.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Mabel Marshall
Louise Duncan
Milas Jennie Hoffman
Clare Rowland
New York
Hood
Saraaparilla
Autographs of Thomas A Hendricks For Sale From His Long Remnant Library
Autograph collection of former vice president Thomas A Hendricks was auctioned from his late Indiana library. Items include unique parliamentary books, his inaugural governor address, senate materials, and bound family volumes. Slavery and United States history dominate the catalog with heavily thumbed pages revealing Hendricks reading habits and political interests.
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Thomas A. Hendricks
Poe
Thomas A Hem Aricka
United States
Hendricks
Hanover
Statesman
Hendricka
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas Hendricks
Hendricks, Library
Indianapolia
Imany
Archias E. Winters
Christ
Windov
Trendricks
United Starts
Filatery
California
Thorn
Slavery
United
Hinton Rowan ‘Helper
Caplee
Hendricke
Bohuy
Yer Colfax
John Sherman
Charles Cass
David Kilgore
James Wilson
Boward
South
Hendrickit
Seward
Hare
Avery
T. T. Anderson
H. Hope
St. Louie
Rasident Committee
Lania Ootith
McAlam
Bécy
T. A. Hendricks
Indiana
Disorder at the County Court House in Nashville Ind
The old brick Nashville court house, scene of Marshal Taylor's death and past political disorder, is described amid its antiquated condition. A fragmentary transcript recounts heated campaigns, barroom banter, and local figures debating elections and tickets as rain drenches the hotel.
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Nashville
Ind
Ths Place
Marshal Taylor
Court House
Astute Statesmen Settle Mooted Matters in Quiet Meeting
In a Denison hotel lobby scene on Thursday night, Warwick FR, Ripley attorney, William Van Dyke real estate man, and John Baird attorney discuss politics and prohibition. Van Dyke notes Henle’s strong ticket while debate turns to McCullough, whom no one can control.
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Alhough
van Dyke
Bard
Charlie el Matte
Ripley
Baird
McCullough
Beem
Geo McCullough
Keach
Holtzman
Ivo
Fumt
Bookwalter
el- Mott
Yarsy
Denison
Uersonas
Warwick FR. Ripley
William van Dyke
John Baird
Peghini Henle
Van
Butte Ambition Claimed By Local Figure
A garbled note describes a plan involving a person named Tanderfoot seeking a cut in Butte and a partner who says he knows how to handle it. The text is unclear and contains fragmented references to action and authority.
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Butte
Pati
Shortest courtship ends in a Summit wedding
In Summit New Jersey Sir Fanny Wood 21 drives with a woman friend to the Hilton hotel where James A Bennett a banking magnate meets Miss Wood. After a brief consultation the couple marry by a justice of the peace with champagne later. The event is described as the world’s shortest successful courtship. The tale is followed by a separate note about Rev George L Brown convicted of chicken theft and a violent assault on Miss Mary Gardner in Placford New Jersey, with four facial slashes.
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Swift
New Jeresy
Summit
N. J
Fanny Wood
Hilton Hotel
James A. Bennett
Miss Wood
Bennett
Nes
Earl
Rafectert Aultar
Mary Gardner
Plarcoford
John Gardner
Afofa
Bride-To-Be Wounded In Room Break In Incident
A man escaped after forcing entry into an adjoining room and injuring a girl. The surgeon placed four stitches in each wound, and the injured woman’s fiancé vowed to pursue the assailant for life.
Fined Because He Was Not Dead In Chicago Court
Andrew Smith was fined 10 and costs after a policeman pronounced him dead and he did not stay buried. Found lying on a sidewalk, Smith revived during transport to the county morgue prompting a quip about an ice bath and a march to the station.
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Chicago
Andrew Smith
Justice Dopey
Smith
Fahey
Gratth
Quaker Firms in Indiana Name Letter Dilemmas
Historical note shows Indiana incorporators avoiding initial Q. Since 1816 only three firms used Q as initial name, one later changed. Quaker cereal company became Hoosier cereal company. other two were Quisisana art workshop and Quaker broom company. Truncated ad copy follows.
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Indiana
Quaker Cerea Company
Quisisana Art Workshop
Quaker Broom, Company
Local minister claims record for marrying many couples
Washington Pennsylvania May reports Rev Whitlam Hanna a retired Presbyterian clergyman in the city. He says he has joined in matrimony more couples than any other clergyman in Washington county and plans to marry over 1 000 more. He offers to marry the next two couples free of charge and will have the youth couple pictured in local papers. He cites his strong Irish lineage and notes he previously preached near Merna township. He claims to have performed most weddings in two Washington townships and keeps careful records.
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Washington
Whitlam Hanns
Ciy
Hanna
Oregon
Stephen LL Binchly
Merma Township
Equity
Merma No
Leaa
Hen
Hanne
Weahington
Ube
Vere Montes
Green stink bug hurting crops in Arizona region
In Phoenix area on May 1 officials report a green stink bug menace damaging wheat and hay crops near Solxmonvilla. Entomologists classify the pest as a Pentatomid and advise cutting crep for hay to avoid maturing grain while seeking remedies from the agricultural experiment station.
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Phoenix
A. T
Gite
Solxmonvilla
Agricultural Experiment Atation
Ravn
Senator Bailey's Start From a Walk to Congress
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts how Bailey of Texas rose from a wandering, ambitious young lawyer to secure a Democratic nomination and become Senator. A farmer’s push to hear him speak at a wet convention sparked Bailey’s breakthrough as the crowd cried his name and he delivered a decisive speech.
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Walkat
Bailey
Texas
Emiley
Tatlny
Iver
Buller
Tee
Builey
Hailey
Jon Bailey
Lfe
Congress
Senator Batley
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Undertakera Whitsett and Culver Adverts and Local Goods
Local notices advertise Undertakera Whitsett and Culver with a positive stock notion, Mountain Valley mineral water as a stomach remedy, Bright's disease and other ailments, plus many services from telephones and bicycles to typewriters and dental care. Includes teething remedy and train specials with Decatur and Michigan City routes and prices.
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Mountain Valley
Bright
Maryland St. New
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