Bible Tops Sales Among Indianapolis Books
Bowen-Merrill manager Rollin Kautz notes Bible sales vastly exceed modern novels due to broad appeal and interest in Nazarene teachings. Foreign translations boost demand while Christmas boosts scripture purchases. librarian Elsie Applegate says fiction outstrips other genres three to one, implying many own bibles but favor lighter stories.
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Indianapolis
Rollin Kautz
Bowen-Merrill Company
Elsie Applegate
Alphonso
Algernon
Mayor Bookwalter Eyes Change After New York Visit
Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis was seen discussing Tammany influence and the need for reform. He argued that voters desire change, noting examples from other cities where it improved governance.
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Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Needle Traveled 20 Years Before Removal in Pa Patient
In Ploomsbury Pennsylvania on November 7 20 year needle in George T Hoopes body was finally removed after an operation on his left arm. The needle initially entered the body and traveled into his right leg.
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George T. Hoopes
Berwick
Woman dies removing barrel after cow heads it
Mrs El Jon McDonough died of heart failure while attempting to move a barrel to free a cow that had thrust its head into it. The incident occurred in Carbondale Pennsylvania on November 7.
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Carbondale
el Jon McDonough
Sensational alarm on legless future from Prof Yang
A sensational warning from Prof Yang of the University of Guef in Switzerland predicts a legless future in a million years or less as walking becomes obsolete due to faster transport. The piece mocks the idea with satirical notices from a trouser maker and boot producer and recalls a Spanish proverb urging haste while legs remain.
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Yang
University of Guef
Switzerland
Lmited
Yung
Local noted oddities and incidents in Hoosier towns
A miscellany of short items from Indiana towns recounts a Brazil oyster supper promise, a tramp badly burned by fire near Frankfort, Jack Frost in K of P, hot times and sauces causing trouble in Seymour, a broken collar bone ending Richards' season, Sweet to open a candy store in South Bend, a potential hair-pulling in Rochester, a baby show planned for Nov 16, and unusual farm curiosities from Elkhart and Walkerton.
Twins Born to William McCulley in Virginia Avenue
William McCulley and his wife Sarah welcomed a bouncing pair of girl twins at their home on Virginia Avenue. Mother and babies are reported doing well. one twin weighed seven and a half pounds and the other five and a half at birth. McCulley, employed at the Malleable Iron Works, recovers from the shock in good shape.
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William McCulley
Virginia Ave
Sarah
McCulley
Malleable Iron Works
Diamond believed to be worth 94 dollars found in wild duck
Joseph Victoria received a wild duck from a friend and, while cleaning it, found a stone he mistook for glass. A local jeweler examined the gem and declared it a genuine diamond valued at 94 dollars.
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Riverhead
Joseph Victoria
Victoria
Chairman Goodrich to Call Election for District Chair
The chairman is expected to issue a call for the election of district chairman to serve on the Republican State Committee. The timing points to late December or early January with the announcement likely slightly earlier.
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Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Metaphysical Questions In Keith Case Confirmed By Court
Judge Baker of the supreme court affirms the Keith sentence to hang and raises a rare metaphysical issue about identity linked to the body found in Pigeon creek. Attorneys urged jurors decide identification by similarities rather than naming Nora Kifer, stressing that some features cannot be described. The judge notes identity can be a matter of opinion and highlights the difficulty of proving recognition beyond the indefinable impression of the whole person.
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Baker
Supreme Court
Keith
Pigeon Creek
Nora Kifer
Taylor
Judge Baker
Young Colby children attend noon school on tour
The Colby siblings Byrle and Frank, aged seven and ten, join a vaudeville act with Hyde's comedians at the Grand while a governess from Massachusetts teaches Byrle a formal schooling. Mrs Colby conducts education as the family tours western states in a concert circuit now into vaudeville.
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Indianapolis
Toon
Lorraine
Colby
Hyde
the Grand
Colbys
Massachusetts
New England
Byrle Colby
Colby Pater
Byrle
Frank
Oliver
Colorado
Colby, Jr
Texas
Colby, Sr
Mr. Hyde
Daily She Loved Another Story Fragment
A dramatic vignette unfolds with Margaret and her sister Allie as consumptive illness tightens its grip. Frank crests an unspoken love while Allie faces despair, unsure if a future with Frank is possible as months pass and quiet tragedy approaches.
The Ice Man Ends Season With Rest After Winter Drop
Indianapolis ice dealers report winter demand drops to a tenth of summer levels. Private households use little ice in winter while hotels and restaurants cut daily needs dramatically. Ice cream and soda fountain sales slump, wholesale trade sinks despite year round retail use.
Hidden Affections Unearthed in Regretful Tale
A distraught Margaret explains to Frank that her apparent lover was not him but a man who had secretly loved Frank all along. In the wake of tragedy and betrayal they confront a revelation about unspoken devotion and the ache of loss.
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Allie
Frank
Margaret
Noble Words After Loss Echo Bathed In Grief
A fragment recalls a tender moment where Frank expresses deep emotion toward Margaret, calling her one of God's noble women as he clutches her in sorrow. The passage highlights themes of goodbye and enduring affection in the wake of death.
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Allie
Frank
Margaret
Morris Book Sale at Sothebys Highlights Morris Kelmscott
London November seven Sothebys auction rooms offered an almost complete set of William Morris Kelmscott publications on paper and vellum. Edward Calvert's original Blake copy of Songs of Innocence and Experience sold for £700, seven times the Hamilton copy price. Quaritch foresees US sale with duty due on one fifth of value.
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London
Sotheby’s Auction Rooms
William Morris
Kelmsatt Press
Morris
Edward Calvert
Blake
Quaritch
Hamilton
United States
A Violent Attack of Croup Cured
Elder John W. Rogers of Filley Missouri reports his infant granddaughter recovered from violent croup after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The ad claims the remedy prevents attacks when given at first signs and contains no opium. Available from all druggists.
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John W. Rogers
Filley
Chamberlain
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