Secrets of the Drug Clerk and Women Who Ration Liquor
In Indianapolis druggists recount bizarre orders from women who rush the growler for whisky and drugs. Clerks describe middle aged society ladies buying cigars and liquor behind the counter, a dignified man asking for hot gin, and a girl seeking pills for biliousness for her father. The piece notes frequent morphine and cocaine use among addicts and the large, routine quantities purchased by stores for prescriptions.
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Sub Rosa
Indianapolis
Hire
Asd
Gaudichaud
Guru Perchy
Brunce
Knighter
Walkerton Bashful Youth and Prodigious Happenings
A Hamlet landowner runs a steam gang plow at 20 acres daily while a man and team do about two. A Plymouth area horse dies after a bee swarm incident. News covers a New York restaurant opening in Fort Wayne and a clock at the Peru court house blamed for tardiness. A Goshen Hoo gier club wedding includes a belled mule hack send off. Fountain County has two very short residents, Iva Joiner and Mamie Morris. A Walkerton bashful young man visiting Hamlet endures a comic disaster at meals and tablecloth mishap. Also a medical ad for Dean's Ointment promises relief from itching piles.
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Co. A. Jamison
Hamlet
Bargains in Upright Pianos at Baldwin's Train
Train leaves Union station 11 10 p m for a five dollar round trip with return options from St. Louis at 8 30 p m Sunday Oct 13 and 7 20 a m 8 30 p m Monday Oct 14 Tickets and sleeping car space available at 25 W Washington St and Union station
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Union Station
St. Louis
W. Washington St
Last of the Season Train Fare Notice
A transportation notice for Louisvile and Return at $1.50 and Pennsylvania Lines at $1.50. The Sunday service on October 13 will depart Indianapolis at 7 p.m. from the Ta. 02 turning and Louisville Fourteenth-station.
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Louisville
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Fourteenth-st
The Sun Sale Column Under Heading Guarantees
A brief note indicates the Sun newspaper uses a sale column under a specific heading title to advertise items for sale and guarantee certain multilateral terms. The item outlines standard column format for public notices and classified sales.
Carnival actions center on Indianapolis rail traffic
Rail carriers push for special added trains as crowds prepare for flower parade. Modern Woodmen back 500 guarantee runs, parade decorations attract interest. Commercial club to showcase decorated brake with 40 directors aboard. Boomer efforts tested for interurban routes. tickets for Banda Rossa concerts go on sale, benefiting Boys' Club. Tomlinson hall reserved floor at 25 cents, tickets exchangeable for seats.
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Indianapolis
Woodmen of America
Webb Jay
Will Roth
Charles A. Bookwalter
Bettermann Bros
Gas Belt
Boys’ Club
Tomlinson Hall
Boys' Club
Labor unions plan October and November balls and events
Among labor unions, annual balls are set for October and November at Germania hall, Cleveland hall, Masonic hall, and Tomlinson hall. Cigar makers hold Oct 30, iron moulders plan Thanksgiving Eve, upholsterers host Nov 27, press feeders late November, while the Tailors push to oppose A A Young’s customs appointment. Nine new members joined Monday, shop of George Hotz reorganized, officers elected, total membership 85.
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Germania Hall
Tomlinson Hall
Tailors’ Union
A. A. Young
Congressman Overstreet
George Hotz
S. TrUnoisst
A. D. Johnson
J. J. Kelly
A. Landgraf
D. Spherling
J. Windle
W. Largon
M. Buchmeir
Central Labor Union
W. Walsh
Johnny Carroll Grand Week Hit Told By W. S. Myan
W S Myan recounts Johnny Carroll tale of a Grand stage hit last week. The narrator recalls a 75 year old memory at Tony Pastor's in New York where Carroll joked and sang to a small, merry audience. A bibulous spectator heckled, prompting Carroll to deliver stronger improv and stories.
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W. S. Myan
Johnny Carroll
Tony Pastor
New York
Mr. Carroll
Bill Nye
Qarrell
Republicans Withdrew From Chattanooga Election
In Chattanooga Tennessee on October 9 Republicans refused to participate in the municipal election held Tuesday. The party pulled its ticket, including the mayoral candidate, and all Republican judges and clerks declined to serve. The boycott stemmed from registration commissioners, mostly Democrats, blocking Republicans from naming election officers. Burdock Blood Bitters claims to purify blood and boost health.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Baldwin piano bargains and travel for missionary societies
Pennsylvania Lines offers the official route to Minneapolis with bargains on upright pianos at Baldwin's. Tickets for a one fare round trip to Minneapolis on October 8, 9, 11, and 13 with return by October 31 are available via joint agents. The official train departs Indianapolis at 11:35 a.m. on October 9. for details inquire at the city ticket office or with William Richardson.
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Convention of Christian Missionary Societies
Hmit
Indianapolis
W. Richardson
D . Pas
Things and Other Things Women Will Wear This Fall
A fashion preview notes soft clingy fabrics dominate this fall with greens leading demand. Crepe leads inexpensive gowns, satin prunella and velvet discs trim outfits, nets and laces replace silks for evening wear, lace suits priced around 25 dollars, and broadcloth or hopsacking provide sturdy options.
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Castor
Crepes
Directoire
Bse
Trysting Tree Love Inspires Old Mirthful Poem
Marguerite, a 19 year old with a fox terrier Tope, writes a sunset poem under her uncle's elm in New Hampshire pasture. A Boston lawyer and ex playmate John Gilbert adds a verse and signs with a tobacco leaf. The pair reunites over shared memories, and Tope uncannily helps bring them together as primes of a summer courtship unfold.
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New Hampshire
Marguerite
Tope
Boston
John Gilbert
Enigmatic Postage Test Letters Trick Mail Room
A peculiar mail test arrives from Minneapolis to Carrie Millice of 857 Indiana Ave. The envelope carries hieroglyphic clues spelling Carrie and Indianapolis via pictures and a state map. Similar rebus letters reached masons, W. L. Douglass, and Indiana Bicycle Co. with clipped trade marks and brand images.
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Carrie Millice
Indiana Ave
Minneapolis
Carrie
4A Mill
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hawaii
W. L. Douglass Shoe Company
Douglass
Indiana Bicycle Company
Scripto “Waverley
Preserve Health Prevent Illness Carcarets Candy Cathartic
Health-boosting tonic marketed as an intestinal aid from druggists. The ad promotes Carcarets Candy Cathartic with pricing at 10c 25c and 50c, urging readers to keep well by preventing illness.
Bargains in Upright Planos at Baldwins
Bargains in upright pianos at Baldwin's offered this week by Carlin and Lennox. Instrument sales highlighted with half price deals and limited selections remaining.
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Musical. Instrumente
Carlin &Lennox
The Case of Ellis Glenn Remains a Mystery
The Ellis Glenn affair spans multiple states from 1898 to 1900. A young woman posed as a man to forge a note for $4,000, fled, and was captured in Hillsboro. She claimed twin identity to shift blame, while authorities pursued charges in Parkersburg and Montgomery County before being sent to West Virginia for prosecution.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
Jackson
Chester
Ill
Hillsboro
Litchfield
Hay
Glenn
Ella Dukes
Jas. Dukes
Glenn James Dukes
Dukes
Marshall Winters
Miss Dukes
St. Louis
H. D. Terry
Charleston
Nellie Dukes
Terry
Paducah
Hissboro
Bert
Joliet
Illinois
Montgomery County
West Virginia
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Walkerton
David Hill
Plymouth
Mr. Kitchen
Fort Wayne
Court House
Peru
Jacob Wager
Hoogier
Goshen
Fountain County
Iva. Joiner
Mamie Morris
Samuel Gardner
Roachdale
A. Walkerton
Hamiet
Walkerton Independent
North Pole
Dean
Baldwin
Wabash R. R
N. Ilinois Sr
Republ
Baldwin's
Pennsylvania Lines
Minneapolis, Minn
Zephyrs
Dr. Pierce
United States
Fi- Americannancial and
Omega
Indianapolis Gas Company
Garland Stores and Ranges
C. Koehring & Bro
Virginia Ave
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