First English settlements in North America and corn notes
An 1588 Frankfort edition of Harriot’s account describes Amelia on Virginia’s coast, detailing Indian corn, its varieties, bread and beer uses, planting method, and the surprising claim that an English acre yields two hundred London bushels of corn, beans, and peas.
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Amelia
Virginia
Thomas Harriot
London
Frankfort
West Indies
England
Missouri College
Count Boni suit over children debts and lavish life in Paris
Paris report on the Count Boni custody case against Anna Gould de Castellane. Clemenceau testifies the former husband dissipated her fortune spending about $1 million a year for eleven years. He says debts reached $3.4 million plus other gifts and notes. The marshal argues the marriage was money driven and casts doubt on the count’s motive in seeking custody.
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de Lagan
Anna Gould
Princess de Sagan
Marquis de Castellane
M. Clemenceau
Plot to overthrow government crushed in Salvador
In San Salvador on December 2 a plot to overthrow President Fieguro was uncovered and thwarted. Martial law has been proclaimed and the revolutionary movement, started in Sonsonate, was crushed immediately.
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San Domingo
Fieguro
Revolutionary
Department of
Sonsonate
Plays and Players at the Nelson
Dec 3 Monte Calo Girls and Dec 5 A Good Fellow are listed as plays and players at the Nelson theatre with show details and timing.
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Monte Calo
Monte Carlo Girls Burlesque at Nelson Tonight
The Monte Carlo Girls burlesque company debuts at the Nelson for a week starting Monday. The show features a 25 member cast with vaudeville specialties and the drama The Maid and the Monster. Ladies free Monday evening. all matinees ten cents a seat.
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Monte Carlo
the Nelson
Homemade quinine hair tonic promises savings and shine
Readers are urged to mix Beta Quinol with water and alcohol to create a superior quinine hair tonic at home. The blend, costing under a dollar, is claimed to beautify and strengthen hair, prevent dandruff and hair loss, and improve scalp health.
Free School Books and Truancy Policy Debate
A letter argues that inability to buy textbooks drives truancy and proposes state funded books to reduce graft and waste. It notes teachers officers and parents agree on education but questions why books must be replaced yearly, pushing costs onto families and hindering independence.
Aubrey Stock Company Presents Bargain Repertoire
After fifteen years of popular melodrama the Aubrey Stock Company proclaims itself a Barnum of all repertoire firms. They promise intelligent performances at low prices with a sixty foot car of scenery. Repertoire includes A Great Temptation Why Girls Leave Home A Midnight Marriage When the World Sleeps and a Friday night performance of a great psychological play.
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Aubrey Stock Company
Barnum
Real estate transfers record from Log Loan Co and others
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds: Trustee to John Daley for lot 76 in Joseph T. McNary’s 3rd addition, $300. Ferguson et ux to George R. and Pearl G. Little for part of lot 20, $700. Della Parker et al to William H Parker for 14.79 acres in Adams township, $1000. James W Smith to Ozro N Smith for 67.07 acres in Miami section 27. Le and Ozro N Smith et al to Henry Keefer & Co, same amount. various entries with other names and prices.
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Log. Loan & Tr. Co
John Daley
Joseph T. McNary
John D
Ferguson
George R
Pearl G. Little
Harvey
Della Parker
William H Parker
Adams Township
James
Smith
Ozro
Miami
AL Ozro
Henry Keefer. & Co
A Good Fellow to Play at Nelson This Saturday
Manager Smyth announces a new comedy titled A Good Fellow by Mark E. Swan. The play toured big cities last season and earned strong press and public endorsement. Previously Swan wrote popular farces such as Browns in Town and A Lucky Dog. Performances at Nelson are Saturday December 5 with matinee and night shows.
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Mark E. Swan
Brown
Mr. Nat Wins
Prince Humbug
the Nelson
Broadway Theatre Remainder Week Show Mix
The Broadway resumes a strong week run with The Four Andersons in Mischievous Bob delivering high level comedy. Eddie G. Ross the geomedian offers refreshing original material and Knox Bros. & Hellenes musical ensemble impresses. Edgar Knox’s humor and Miss Maude Chestnut in Any Old Time provide big laughs with My Lady's Choice and Work Made Easy.
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Broadway
Andersons
Bob
Eddie G. Ross
Knox Bros. & Hellene
Edgar Knox
Carrie Nation Takes Room in Glasgow for Campaign
Special to The Tribune from Glasgow Scotland December 2 Mrs Carrie Nation, invited by English and Scotch prohibition societies, has taken quarters in a modest hotel here preparatory to a campaign of smashing the drink evil. A principal sister of the united Kingdom. Her ar-
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Tribune
Glasgow
Scotland
Carrie Nation
United Kingdom
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Louis Schmidt
West Market
J. F. Murdock
Mer
Stettiner Bldg
Phore
State Street
North Street
High Street
Eighth Street
Ninth Street
Riverside Park
W. T. Giffe
Trusler
Porter
T. F
Trosler
Huntington
Ind
A. Jewel
Associated Press
Paris
France
Unsel
Miss. Gould
Koff Palace
Ing
Marquis and
Marquise de Castellanee
de Castellane
San Salvador
Salvador
Nelson
Monte Carlo Girls
Bill
the Tribune
John W. Markley
Smyth
Edy
Carrie
Alice
Williams
Dainty
Comedienne
Eddie Ross
Knox Bros
HELEN
Maud Chestnut
Indiana Loan CO
Crawford’s Hardware
Fifth and Broadway
Logansport Loan CO
Etnire's
Logansport
Arthur N. Baker
Cass
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