Plainfield elder recalls St John and whisky dare
Plainfield Indiana May 25. A retired resident recalls John P St John once governor of Kansas and temperance ticket candidate. He bested St John in a whisky challenge after taunts from a crowd and notes the governor later denied the claim only after Ezra Almond and others corroborated the event.
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Plainfield
Ind
John
P. St. John
Jesse Reagan
Kansas
Prohi
Waverly
Here
Ens
Read
Ezra Almond
St. John
Bears chase painters in Central Park raid
In Central Park three painters and two keepers faced an escape bid by a polar bear and two grizzlies. A pot of green paint spilled, the polar bear lapped it up and the bears pursued the workers up ladders and a rock ledge before keepers forced them back with rods, rescuing the painters.
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New York
Central Park
Negro Turns White by Electricity in Vienna
Westminster Gazette reports a Sudanese man brought to Vienna who received electrical treatment for Tarveus disease. The therapy altered his skin color as he recovered, now presenting an ashy hair color and other changed features, creating a curious sight.
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London
The
Westminster Gazette
Vienna
Dewey Home Fund Slow to Reach Goal Amid Jubilee
In Sw Washington on May 25, planners hoped to raise 500,000 for Admiral Dewey’s home but progress is far short. Receipts this Wednesday fell short of expectations, with total funds raised still under the target as the Diamond Jubilee celebrations begin. In Philadelphia, the Diamond Jubilee of the Sunday School Union opened at the Academy of Music with about 1,500 visitors attending the event.
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Iladelphia
Can Sunday School Union
Academy of Music
Pennsylvania lawmakers back Quay for speaker position
Fragmentary clippings report three Pennsylvania representatives backing Quay for speaker. A New Jersey death involves a fatally shot man who later killed himself. Lancaster dealers face charges over counterfeit cigar labels. A Paris critic injured in a dispute over Sarah Bernhardt Hamlet version.
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Pennsylvania
Quay
I. Long Bridge
N. J
Gar
Lancaster
Cigarmakers” Union
Ada Taylor
John A. Brown
Foeurs Loewenstein
Mendes
Paris
Woundeel
Sarah Bernersion
Hamlet
Cured of drinking by secret remedy in coffee and food
Mrs. Chas. W. Harry of Newport Kentucky claims a silent brew cured her alcoholic husband without effort on his part. She tricked him with an odorless mix that improved appetite and steadied work. Dr. J. Waines offers free samples and full usage directions by mail from Cincinnati Ohio.
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Chas. W. Harry
York St
Newport
Harry
Haines
J. W. Waines
Glenn Building
Cincinnati
Ohio
City markets Indianapolis May 25 flour and provisions
Market report lists flour, smoked meats, bacon, lard, and fresh pork prices. Includes beans, potatoes, onions, berries, citrus, and canned vegetables with specific per bushel, per pound, and per ton rates. Notes on fish, seeds, and hidded items appear among grocery offerings.
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California
Hamlets
Indiana
Prices for oats flour oils and groceries listed in ledger
A long list of commodity prices appears, detailing rolled oats at 8.76 per barrel half, flour patents at 4.20 per barrel, bran 12 per ton, corn meal and linseed meal prices, and various oils, drugs, cheeses, butter, eggs, live poultry, and coal prices.
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Gieibscaukk
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Springs
Brazil
Island City
Paragon Lmp
Jackson
Pittsburg
Winifrede
Raymond
Blossburg Smithing
Kanawha
Poca
Six Percent Investment in New Telephone Company
Opportunity for Indianapolis residents to buy stock in the New Telephone Company with six percent guaranteed dividends for five years and eight months to pay. Only 150000 dollars offered now, 250000 held in trust to ensure control, contracts for 3500 phones, estimated $15000 annual surplus, non tax bearing, six percent interest starts July 1. Phone or address for details provided to buyers in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
New Telephone Company
Union Trust Company
Union Trust Company as Agent for Income and Real Estate Trusts
The Union Trust Company offers to act as agent for collecting incomes from bonds mortgages notes and dividends on capital stock. for paying taxes assessments and insurance. for collecting rents and managing real estate. for investing funds in real estate securities. It serves as custodian of wills contracts and escrows in fire proof vaults. Trust funds are kept separate from the companys own investments.
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Union Trust Company
Cairo and Vincennes Expresses Schedule fragment
Train timetable fragment lists daily and connecting services between Cairo Vincennes and Chicago routes. Includes multiple departures and arrivals with marks for chair car sleeper dining parlor and notes Zion as superintendent.
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A. A. Zion
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