Indiana Fair Week to Showcase Racing and Bargains
A sprawling summary of Indianapolis fair week plans notes low rail rates from across the state, merchants offering bargains to visitors, and a capital of the country striking back at labor unrest. Also covered are strikes at Highwood lumber mill, Chicago packers labor clashes, juvenile court progress in Indiana, Lafayette’s carnival opposition, and war news from Mukden with Manchurian front dynamics.
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Idiana
Indianapolis
Indianapollis
Merchants’ Association
Indiana community events and notable incidents summary
A sweep of Indiana notices records fairs, reunions, church carnivals, and school and governance updates across counties. Mentions include Teter family reunion near Golgamith, Nobleaville carnival, Cambridge City oil company plans, Kokomo A M E conference, the death of Henry county's Lewis Smith, and a disputed street fair in Watparalag. Also noted are the Montgomery county fair at Crawfordsville, grade-crossing talk in Fort Wayne, a new oat pest in Wayne county, Stella Horner named principal in Lebanon, and various local appointments and incidents including a Panhandle train incident in Marion and a secret marriage in Kokomo.
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Muncle
Teter
Golgamith
Presbyteriany
Nobleaville
Cambridge
Indiana
Wayne County
Stella Horner
Lebanon
Afanistee Commercial Institute
Maumee Valley
Auolley
Old Fort Mega
Marion Redding
Warren
Peru High School
Porter Patton
Marion
Charles Rush
Fairmount
Earnham College
Albert Butcher
Clinton
St. Joseph
Asa oRulien
New
Frankfort
Joseph Deursch
Mixa Maude Rose
Kokomo
Parke County
Rockvile
Isurance
H. Murphy
Fort Worth
Bessie Inkle
Tlo Fansport
Teddy Metovern
John Clark
Tom Macka
Richest Girl in the World Miss Bertisa Krupp
The report identifies Bertisa Krupp, daughter of German industrialist Alfred Krupp, as the wealthiest girl in the world with an estimated fortune around $1.0 million. The text appears garbled but references her high value and prominent lineage.
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Bertisa Krupp
Mivy
Jevtia Reuppeltest
Arte Ughter of Art
Pest
Alfred Krupp
German Guuimeker
August War Fronts and Market Rumors Sparked Confusion
Fragmentary August report notes gunfire at the presutestial cami and Russian engagements near Aoamtstiil. scattered lines mention wheat prices hitting a new record, a restaurant man, coal and furniture, and a vague reference to a czar birth.
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Rey
Monroe
Niel
Pina Surengy
Anal
Hoosier Editorials and Oddities From The Past
A garbled 19th century clippings roundup mentions two soldiers killed at Sandy Hook after drinking hay rum, a barber finishing touches advice, a birth tax remittance note, Mormon progeny and Brigham Young, Carrie Nation challenged by a Pittsburgh man, and a Richmond note about a man seeking fame through loud speech at an ironworks or factory setting.
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Sandy Hook
Carson
Ax Brighim Young
Laterette
Pittsburg
Carrie Nation
Richmond
Not Yet the Horseless Age
The New York Globe comments that streets will not be horreless soon as motor car prices rise rather than fall, keeping Dobbin and the family chaise as the common method of travel for now.
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Dobbin
Spanish Chicken Recipe For Ten People
A recipe explains making Spanish chicken with two whole birds cut into even dice. Simmer stock to two cups, strain, thicken, and brown. Mix in onions peas peppers and chicken, heat without breaking dice, and serve as a pyramid with toast triangles and parsley. Kept with small potatoes fried to serve.
Let's Go Back to Indianaplis Poem Note by Singer
A fragmentary verse by Edward Singer laments visiting Indianapolis, recalling past happiness and poverty in a rural dialect. The short note reads Let us go back to the city that is mean and populous and lacking honest friends to enter a man’s door. It frames nostalgia and hardship in a brief poetical reflection.
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Thia Metropile
Indianaplis
Edward Singer
A CORNER FOR THE W MEN AND Coming Man
A collage of fashion notes and culinary tips appears alongside a historical aside on tennis origins. Mentions tan Venetian cloth coats, fall wear, and matching caps, then simple custard and caramel sauce recipes, followed by a brief piece on the Basque game trinquet and its link to early tennis, ending with a Longfellow quotation about gentleness and life.
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Longfellow
Kindergarten Sightings From Minvergarten Texts
The passage describes a childlike scene with a red Hnew stint for fall days at Minvergarten. It mentions a black and white civ and a black patent feather belt and hints at repeating patterns in red accessories. It references punishment and reform tied to a Boston Trans script context.
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Were
Minvergarten
Barnes
Howes
Bingle
Boston
Brave Women Endure Suffering and Succeed Despite Nervous Strain
A testimonial praises Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine for revitalizing nervous systems and curing female nervous disorders. Maude OpIinger of Philadelphia recounts poor health improving after using the medicine, noting a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to help.
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Miles
Maude
Oplinger
Philadelphia
Beneft
The Fatal Pass Continued in Courtroom Drama
In a tense continuation, a German-born American faces charges of escroquerie for posing as a director of a European steamship firm to obtain a railway pass. His wife urges decisive action while a lawyer fights to secure provisional liberty, arguing past ties to the company prove his innocence. The prisoner hopes to avoid German imprisonment as authorities weigh his fate.
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Rhone
Conulate
Grand Duchy of Baden
Germany
United States
Europe
Tragic End in German Extradition Case and a Conflicted Ambassador
A German extradition case ends tragically as a suspect, framed by a web of swindles across railways and shipping. An American ambassador’s aid fails to save him as the prisoner dies by a window, leaving his wife devastated and a fortune donated to the Catholic church.
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Camtry
Thaiyanne
St. Jean de Lux
Bayonne
Louis Riv
St. Jean de Luz
Paris
Eames
Eothat
Pany
Monsieur
Steamship Co
Maly
Nmi 1
Indy
Germany
Prince Frederick
Crown
Tedy
Tam
Finneral
Cara
Jenna
Nerfe
Tom
United States
Deak
Alonso
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Cheeps the Trained Cat At Takom Park Stages Folly
A man claims his cat Cheeps is highly intelligent and will follow him everywhere. He calls the cat to heel but Cheeps wanders back home, sleeping on the porch, proving the cat is not obliging. The tale contrasts human pride with feline independence.
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Takom Park
Cheepa
Cheeps
Cheapa
Kitty
Cheep
Bob
Cheens
Washington Post
Breaks Leg While Resisting Ejectment Service
Milwaukee story recounts John Van Hill at Emergency Hospital after resisting writ of ejectment. landlord threatened eviction for nonpayment, police attempt led to fall and fractured leg. The fragment includes additional unrelated reminiscences and a Hungarian ring custom anecdote from Leslie's Monthly.
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Milwaukee
Wic
John Vanhill
Lincoln Ave
John Durtin
Louis Koetchke
T. van Thill
Clark
The Lamb and the Bachelor Meet in a Wedded Jest
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer column a married man mocks a lone bachelor with talk of love and a potential future pairing. The tale ends with the bachelor noting the lamb as a dining joke. A Missouri law inquiry shows a wary attorney warning a Republican young lawyer about game laws and competition.
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Jove
Old Boy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York City
Missouri
Keep Your Head Do Drown Advice From Chicago Journal
A Chicago Journal comment explains that staying calm in a ducking helps survival. Proper technique involves keeping arms under water and legs moving as if climbing stairs, a motion that can be maintained for hours until fatigue. Drowning happens when panic and frantic arm waving cause loss of composure.
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Hungary
Austria
Sovereian
Fierman
London Globe
Buch
Chicago Journal
The Union Label and a Mock Gentle Touch
A New York Commercial item notes a humorous line about the union label during strike talk. Two men debate Jones's pedigree and character, joking that he lacks the union label due to parental irregularities.
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Moss Graham
Highwood Lumber Mills
Mississippi
Graham
Chicago
New York
Donte
Massachusetts
Stubbs
Charities
Springfield
Mass
Marion County Court
Judge Stubbs
Lafayette
Stone
Purdue University
Mukden
Manchuria
Board of Works
John Alexander Dowle
Fortermarriage
Hoosier Editorials
Cadlo
Tom Taggart
James Whitcomb Riley
Metroplis
Belmont
Ultterer
Gall
Jake Dunn
Maguire
Riverside
Joe
John
Alonzo
Amiable Procureur
St Antoine
India
Tim
Criminal Court
European Steamship Company
Ater
New York Herald
Lke
Httle
Eave
Mangieur
Once Upon
Arthur
Launcelot
Guinevers
Knights of Brave
Salt
Berm
Clifford Chare
Leslie's Monthly
Brown
Jones
Parenta
Reson
PorrRy
Dledder
Giese Ewers
Pty Paeoneatenes Sapreen Remedies CO
Weber Drug Ge Glaypool Hotel
Caratits
Wash-Ote
Moana and
Willl
Asta
Falr
Special
Chasen
Pettis Dry Goods
Butterick Patterns
Walschner-Stewart Music Co
IN Justice
Danas
Company
BLDG
Cor
Washington St
Virginia
Vories
Hiicherbacher
Central Ave
Mary Helen Yerees
Andy
Losraie
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