Weather Prophet’s Deceptive Window in Laurel Street
Miss Sophia Nichols, a retiring spinster, lives opposite a quiet house with a weather-obsessed, deaf owner who uses a red handkerchief to mark wind direction. Her nephew Jack confronts the scene, learns the joke, and ends up visiting the neighborhood weather observer, turning a potential scandal into amusement.
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Laurel Street
Feech Park
Jack Brown
Miss Sophia
Jack
Sophia
Bull
Voted For A Dead Man In Ward 26 Ballot
In St Louis on September 17 partisans backed Charles T Fitzpatrick for the Republican congressional committee from ward 26 while his family mourned his death. The election office was notified but his name remained on the ballot due to an oversight.
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ST. Louis
Charles T. Fitzpatrick
Republican Congressional Committee
Fitzpatrick
Election Commissioners’ Office
Colored minister returns after Boer War death report
Rev. George Hardiman, the well known black minister who went to the Boer War three years ago and was reported killed, has returned to Kokomo Indiana. He was badly wounded but has recovered and is active in organizing benevolent societies among his people in both north and south locations.
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Kokomo
Ind
George Hardiman
Hardiman
Crusade Against Play James Boys in Missouri Targets Morals
Lincoln Neb Sept 17 The city council faces a pursuit to stop the play James Boys in Missouri as morally harmful. The city attorney is instructed to prosecute if lawful.
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Lincoln, Neb
James Boys
Missouri
Winter flats in demand as gas shortages bite
Indianapolis rentals surge this winter with 12 unit flats on Massachusetts Ave already drawing 50 applications. Gas outages drive early rising, high rents, and strict screening by agencies to keep out undesirables as demand outpaces supply.
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Massachusetts Ave
Amusements and Theatre Schedule At Local Fair Grounds
State Fair visitors enjoyed Grand shows and Sousa band concerts day and night. The Grand features trained horses and dogs and the Martinellis as crowd favorites. Park sold out standing room for Tuesday night. The Watson company presented a lively Empire bill mixing vaudeville and burlesque with English's Burgomaster and Superba acts.
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and & Park
Superba
Fair Grounds
Martinellis
the Park
Madstone of Indiana Fame Draws Public Interest
Cambridge City, Sept 17 report notes John C Adams of Cambridge owns a deer stomach madstone said to cure hydrophobia and draw poison from snake bites. The stone, small slate colored and porous, adheres to wounds until poison is gone, then is cleaned in warm milk. Adams keeps it free of charge and accepts no fee.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Barnard
New Castle
Indiana
John C. Adams
Mr. Adams
Cambridge
Cincinnati
Laurel
Adams
Walter Groff
Milton
Groff
Hanlon Superba keeps sparkle and fun alive year round
The Hanlon brothers renew the Superba show each year to stay fresh for audiences. Pierrot and other familiar acts return with new tricks while Cohasset, Massachusetts, serves as a busy base for set builds and production work during summer. William Hanlon oversees final touches each fall.
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Pierrot
Hanlon Brothers
Lianlons
Hanlon
Cohasset
Mass
William Hanlon
Doctor's European tour details return from Europe and Rome
Dr. Hannah M. Graham reports four months in European hospitals and medical meetings. She met the king at coronation events and saw Sir Treves discuss the king’s appendix. She praises London’s free hospitals and notes American respect abroad and a Vatican audience with the pope.
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Hannah M. Graham
Europe
British Medical Association
Manchester
London
Graham
British Museum
Royal Surgeons
Treves
London Hospital
Indiana
Indianapolis
Vienna Hospital
Grah
Berlin
America
England
Rome
The Hanlons and the Birth of Superba
An English family built a daring acrobatic act that evolved into the entertainment spectacle Superba. An elder recalls watching the brothers perform in a Boston theater as a boy, swinging between trapezes with somersaults. Falls then could be fatal, nets were not yet required.
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A .v
England
Hanlons
Boston
Society Notes Reflect Seasonal Gatherings and Weddings
The column catalogs society happenings with returns home and upcoming entertainments. Mrs. J A Barnard and Miss Hilda Fletcher travel to Europe, Rev. George L. Mackintosh and Miss Bertha Stone wed in Montreal, and various garden parties and Delta weddings are reported across Indiana towns. An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil and piano bargains alongside child teething syrup.
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J. A. Barnard
Hilda Fletcher
Anna Griffiths
Europe
George E. Hunt
Colonial
John ‘I’. Brush
George L. Mackintosh
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Bertha Stone
New York
Montreal
N. C
Broadway
Vandalia Line Special Fare to Evansville
Vandalia Line offers a 2.50 round trip to Evansville on Saturday September 20. Tickets valid for trains from Indianapolis at 3 30 and 11 20 p m with return on all regular trains to and including E T H No 6 leaving Evansville at 1 10 a m Monday September 2 arriving Indianapolis by 6 50 a m. Call ticket agents at 48 W. Washington St Union Station or write D P A W W Richardson Indianapolis.
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Evansville
Indianapolis
Washington St
Union Station
W. Richardson
Return Trip Fares to Major Cities with Extended Limits
Special rail offers list routes to Washington New York and Boston with set prices and travel dates in October 1902. Returns may be extended to late November. inquiry directed to W W Richardson at Pennsylvania Short Lines, Indianapolis.
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Washington
New York
Boston
W. W. Richardson
Pennsylvania Short Lines
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago and Return Fare Advertised by Lake Lines
Two dollar round trips to Chicago offered via Lake Erie Western and Lake Shore railways. Departure from Indianapolis Saturday night September 20 at 10:00 p.m. For berth and chair details contact A. H. Sellars CPA at 28 g Illinois Ave.
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Chicago
Lake Erie
Indianapolis
A. H. Sellars
G. Illinois
Pennsylvania Lines Special Trains to Madison and Cincinnati
Special trains advertised for Sunday September 21 offer Madison and Cincinnati round trips for $1.25 each. Indianapolis departures at 7:30 a.m. and Cincinnati return at 6:20 p.m. Fast options run 6:30 a.m. non stop and 7:15 a.m. with stops at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Madison and Return
Indianapolis
Madison
Cincinnati
Rushville
Connersville
Hamilton
Homeseekers Excursions to the Great West and Northwest
Settlers and homeseekers move westward in large numbers. Special low rates this fall via the Chicago and North Western Railway, the only double track road to the Missouri River. Ask ticket agents for particulars. Maps and printed matter free from N. W. Breeze, 435 Vine St, Cincinnati.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Missouri River
N. W. Breeze
Cincinnati
Hunters' Rates to Wisconsin and Michigan Grounds
Reduced rates from Chicago to hunting and fishing grounds in Wisconsin and Michigan. Tickets on sale September 15 through November 15. Excellent train service reported. Descriptive booklet with game laws and full particulars available from nearest ticket agent or N. M. Breeze, 455 Vinest, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
N. M. Breeze
Cincinnati
Sun Readers Targeted by Low-Cost Promos
Daily circulation notes promise inexpensive seven page liners to boost readership. The terse ad copy stresses affordable lines on page seven as a quick path to results.
Eminent US specialist guarantees cure for varied ailments
The renowned doctor advertises rapid cures for nervous and sexual disorders, blood and skin diseases, piles, ulcers, hydrocele, and sexually transmitted infections. He claims at home treatment, personalized medicines, and a free book, inviting inquiries.
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United States
Tony
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