Strange Wonders at Boys' Circus Draw Winona crowds
The Bay City circus parade and performances drew about 4 400 spectators at Winona Lake on August 14. The event showcased odd acts and costumed boys, with a parade featuring a chicken coop cage, a four white horses wagon, and mock natives on horses. The day included clowns, feats, and a later concert, providing entertainment and fundraising for the camp. A second parade and two more performances were planned for tomorrow.
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Winona Lake
Lad
Winona
Bay City
Winona Woods
Wihona
C. M. Reynolds
J.fred Beyer
Winona Jungles
Beyer Farm
Barnums Museum
Pretty baby wins raffle for rich Paris judge home
A Cincinnati showman raffled a healthy baby in Paris Kentucky with women's groups protesting the deed. Judge Harmon Stitt, wealthy and childless, won the baby and promised a fine home, while the baby's parents remained unnamed. The scene stirred surprise and relief among onlookers.
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Jackson
Baby
Harmon Stitt
Paris
Hudson
Florida
Kentucky
Fortune tellers prey on women and the poor
A critical look at Madame Vashti and similar fortune tellers who profit by exploiting women. The piece details how insecure women of various ages seek guidance, receive generic forecasts, and are fleeced as sham mysticism feeds on love, marriage, and money.
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Mme. Vashti
Desperate desertion and murder in New York and Brooklyn
An epidemic of wife desertion in New York districts is blamed on hard times. Pietro Barilla, a Woodhaven hotel keeper, was ambushed and slain at murderers field in Flatbush. a Black Hand link is suspected. Antonio del Marto is held for investigation. Also notes anti gambling court actions, theater manager Tony Pastor's critical illness at 76.
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Murderer’s Field
Murderers’ Field
Lincoln Road
Flatbush
Brook Ion
Pietro Barilla
Woodhaven
Barilla
Antonio del Marto
Supreme Court
Hughes
Brooklyn
Brighton Beach
Tony Pastor
America
Europe
Elmhurst
L. I
Mr. Pastor
Tim
Pastor
Storm Causes Widespread Damage and Delays in City
The city reels from a damaging storm with culverts needing replacement and East End heavy water damage. Ed Truax and crews clear streets and replace culverts while Prof A W Gamble notes three and a half inches of rain. Two mules died from lightning as linemen work to restore telephone and telegraph lines.
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Ed Truax
A. W. Gamble
Longcliff
Dan Gillespie
More Men Wanted By Panhandle Repair Shops
Panhandle repair shops seek thirty five additional workers as positions remain open. Previous recruitment drew few applicants from the idle workforce.
State News Flashes Report Town Happenings Across Indiana
Brief notices from communities include a child’s accident in Brazil leaving a neck injury, fines for a Terre Haute man over concealed weapons, a drowning in Michigan City and another in Rocklake, a wife attack in Muncie, a fatal shooting during a storm, an elderly man paralyzed by cold water, and other calamities. The St Joseph county pioneers held their thirteenth annual reunion in South Bend.
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St. Joseph County
South Bend
Appraisers Finish Stock Appraisal for Local Firm
Carl Mandel Henry Kammerer and Charles Miller finished appraising the stock of Trick Burgman Seifert company. The total appraisement will be about $5,000.
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Carl Mandel
Henry Kammerer
Charles Miller
Trick
Burgman & Seifert Company
June Health Report Shows Logansport Sixth in Death Rate
The state health board report for June lists cities over 10,060 population with Logansport at 16.7 deaths per 1000, ranking sixth. Other figures include Indianapolis 3.8, Terre Haute 11.6, South Bend 14.2, East Chicago 21.1, Kokomo 18.0, Lafayette 19.3, Peru 20.8, Richmond 18.6, Michigan City 9.1, Muncie 15.7, New Albany 6.4, Vincennes 11.3, Jeffersonville 12.2, Hammond 11.5, Elwood 7.3, Marion 9.6, Logansport 16.7.
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State Board of Health
Logansport
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
South Bend
Anderson
East Chicago
Elkart
Elwood
Hammond
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
Lafayette
Laporte
Marion
Michigan City
Muncie
New Albany
Peru
Richmond
Vincennes
Beetle Strength Relative to Horses Cited
A historical remark claims a beetle of moderate size exerts power equivalent to ten horses when scaled by body size and proportion, illustrating bold comparisons used in natural history writing.
Campaign kickoff set for September 15 at Marion
County Chairman Herbert A. Brown returned from Peru where he attended a meeting of the Eleventh district Republican Committee. The campaign opening will occur September 15 in Marion, with District Chairman Bendel Huntington and several local figures attending including Dr. Charles A. Good Warren candidate for congress Captain Ira S. Myers from Penn and others.
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Herbert A. Brown
Peru
Eleventh District
Republican Committee
Marion
Brown
Bendel
Huntington
Charles A. Good
Warren
Capt
Ira 8. Myers
Penn
FF. W. Beard
L. A. Dawes
Wabash
Finchey Geiger
Hartford City
Karl of Sandwich Creates A Namesake Snack
The passage notes Karl of Sandwich, a perpetual gambler, who coined the sandwich by stopping only to eat neatly between slices of bread.
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Karl
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