Passenger Train Schedule Fragments Across Cities
Fragmentary timetable reads round trip routes from Indianapolis to Columbus and Louisville with intermediate stops via Jeffersonville and Edin semwweod, noting departure around 6:47 a.m. and 5:47 p.m. Substantive times appear unclear due to OCR errors but indicate daily service for thirty days with express cars and conveyance details referenced in a folded timetable.
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Columbus
Jeffersonville
Sistisburg
Croth
St. Helge Beligene Sale Notice Inconsistent Text
An OCR damaged notice mentions sales and government offices with garbled phrases about gas, production, and a pipework or medical advertisement. It includes an endorsement of Foley's Tar and Honey Croup remedies attributed to W. C. Allen of Boseley Missouri and a brief ad-like line for Box 120 Station Cleveland Ohio.
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Foley
W. C. Allen
Boseley
Sleet and Snow Cripple East Coast Wire Service
Washington Lev. 24 Sleet and snow crippled wire communication to the East as storms moved northward from Louisiana toward the Ohio valley. Rain and snow spread across the eastern states, with warnings coast to coast along the Atlantic and Gulf regions. No ship damage reported.
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Washington
Louisiana
Ohio
Great Lakes
New Yox
New Upland
Gulf
South Atlant
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf States
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Burreau
Atlantic
Ker West
Fla
Hastport
Poisoned candy blamed in Briggton disaster
Police investigating a Briggton District incident after five children died and others sickened after eating candy at Christmas celebrations. Authorities say a teacher and other witnesses are unsure of a definite cause while tracing the poison link to the treats consumed at a youth event.
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Hosten
Yne
Brigzton
Cambridge
Recipes From The Kitchen And Pantry Era
Recipes describe fig pudding ice cream style with rice puree whipped cream and figs. Cocoa Leopard Cake uses cocoa layered with vanilla and baking powder. Cheese Custards bake in cups with bread dice and parsley garnish. Cornmeal Crackers mix cornmeal sugar and fat with milk to form dough then shape bake and serve.
Inedible Tips and Odd Dolls from a Historical Page
A fragment describes frying hinges to prevent sticking and scours nails with salt and pulp. It mentions decorating rag dolls with printed faces from magazines and using simple methods to keep hands clean. It also covers preparing beards with warm water and pushing the surrounding skin with fingers or a bone instrument.
Gasoline Price and Firm Ad From Cincinnati
An advertisement from White Mfg Co Cincinnati Ohio promotes GASO-TONIC gasoline at 3 cents per gallon with claims of carbon elimination and dollar an hour profit. The ad dates November 5.
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White Mfg. Co
Dept
Cincinnati
O. Adv
Cincinati
Automobile Gasoline Guaranteed Ad from White Nfg Co
An old classified style notice promotes guaranteed automobile gasoline from White Nfg Company Department 10 in Cincinnati Ohio with an advertising date noted as Adv. 12-24.
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Wood & Company
John D. Driscoff
Spring & Chestnut
Naval Academy Sites and Expansion Plans
Secretary Daniels said a second naval academy would likely be on the Pacific Coast as ship numbers rise. California lawmakers Phelan and Kent are drafting bills and consulting Daniels while Annapolis would be expanded to 1,200 midshipmen to handle future fleet growth. A phonograph demonstration with Miss Hortense Stolnitz yielded 143 words a minute.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Naval Academy
Pacific Coast
Phelan
Kent
California
Congress
Annapolis
Hoever
Miss Hortense Stolnitz
Miss Stolnitz
General Grenville M. Dodge in critical condition
The condition of General Grenville M. Dodge, not at home in Council Bluffs Iowa, is reported as critical. He is unconscious most of the time and has not taken nourishment for 48 hours. Physicians hold little hope for improvement.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Grenville M. Dodge
Man on Running Board Near Massillon Tragedy
In Massillon Ohio on December 30 a Pennsylvania freight engine traveling 35 mph through heavy snow found William Conway exhausted and frozen on its running board three miles east of Massillon. He is believed struck by the locomotive and was picked up near Canton in critical condition.
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Massillon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
William Conway
Conway
Canton
Price and Attorneys Agree to Postmortem Examination
At a Tuesday hearing, Price and his lawyers consented to a body examination, with the consent covering the postmortem procedure and related legal steps.
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Price
A tax on babes proposed to fund national defense
Washington reports O F Carpenter of Western Ohio suggests a birth tax to fund patriot expenses, proposing $5 on the father and $5 on the doctor for each birth. He argues a $10 “dirt cheap” birthplace is essential, contrasting with coffins tax plans and opposing military preparedness.
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Washington
O. F. Carpenter
Ohio
Isaac R. Sherwood
Toledo
General Sherwood
Carpenter
Sam
Canadian's Final Fling In Chicago Before Enlistment
Fred J. Clarke, 22, son of Major Thomas Clarke, quit his job at the Admiral Saskatchewan branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and began a trip to England to enlist. He detoured to Chicago, visited cabaret parlors, and was arrested at detective headquarters after describing his plans as a splurge before returning to Canada to face consequences.
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Chicago
Fred J. Clarke
Thomas Clarke
Royal Irish Dragoons
Admiral
Saskatchewan
Canadian Bank of Commerce
England
King George’s Army
Detective Headquart
Milford Woman Drowns Two Sons Then Diversion Fail
In Milford Connecticut Mrs Edward Krause threw her two sons Sidney aged 6 and Edward aged 5 into the Milford Reservoir and jumped in after them. Both boys drowned and were recovered. Mrs Krause was saved and to be examined on mental condition. She claimed her husband was killed in a motor accident, prompting the act.
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Milford
Conn
Edward Krause
Sidney
Edward
Stenographers Tested Music Aid at National Convention
In Chicago on December 30 the National Commercial Teachers Federation met and tried an experiment to boost typing focus by listening to music during sessions. The brief test aimed to improve efficiency and finger tempo among attendees.
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The
National Commercial Teachers Federation
Exhumation Ordered in Price Murder Case
District Judge W Daniel Fish ordered the exhumation of Mary Fridley Price to permit an autopsy for evidence to be used at the murder trial of her husband Frederick T. Price. Minnesota officials sought the exhumation in December.
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Mary Fridley Price
Minneapolis
W Daniel Fish
Frederick T. Price
Wanted men for sales positions at Central Petroleum Co
Advertisement offers men a sales job in Cleveland Ohio with earnings over 125 dollars per month and potential advancement. Applies to applicants writing to Central Petroleum Co dated December 23.
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Central Petroleum CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Salesmen Filvest Proposition in America Seeks Large Clients
Business notice for salesmen to cover local territory and promote a filvest proposition in America. Reported earnings reach 3008 yearly with good references required. Address: D. Emanuel, Anderson, Indiana.
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America
D. Emanuel, Anderson
Ind
For Sale Oak Dining Set and Glasses Lost
For sale oak dining table with six chairs in good condition. Also lost pair of glasses in a case from Chestnut and Meigs to Interurban Station. Reward offered if returned to 610 E Chestnut or call 341. Automobile gasoline ad notes 3c a gallon from White Mfg. Co. Dept 10 Cincinnati Ohio.
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Chestnut and
Meigs
Chestnut
Wood's Christmas sale offers mixed nuts and fruits at cut prices
A retail notice advertises fresh mixed nuts 15 cents per pound and oranges 15 cents per dozen, along with bananas, apples, evaporated peaches and prunes, and sugar in bulk, all at discounted prices for Christmas shopping.
1916 Christmas Savings Club forms at Citizens Trust
Advert shows the Citizens Trust Company forming a 1916 Christmas Savings Club enabling customers to cash purchases by joining the savings plan. Promote timely participation and potential benefits.
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Citzens Trust Company
Guaranteed. White Mfg. Co. Dept. 10
Classified adv. from White Manufacturing Co. Cincinnati Ohio, department 10, dated November 18.
Poultry Book Promises Winter Egg Production Guide
E J Reefer, Poultry Expert of Reefer Building Kansas City Missouri mails a scientific poultry book claiming to show how the ordinary hen can lay plenty of winter eggs. Free copy available with advertisement dated 12-4-15 from White Mfg Co Cincinnati Ohio.
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White Mfg
Co. Dept
Cincinnati
E. J. Reefer
Reefer
Kansas City
Wynne Broom Co Advertises New Fibre Brooms
An 1916 classified ad from Wynne Broom Co in Elmira New York offers agents 5 to 7 dollars daily selling new fibre brooms with sample by parcel post and a zero cent cost to the buyer.
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Wynne Broom CO
Elmira
N. Y
Adv
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Ig Eine
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Croup
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Citizens Trust Company
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