Obituary of Jamestoward Humphreys 1849 1916
Jamestoward Humphreys, born Jeffersonville May 2 1849, died February 19 1916 at age 66. Civil War veteran of Company 1 145th Indiana, a long time Hebrew Baptist church member. Survived by wife Mattie Calull two sons Wm F and J Howard and daughter Susie May, four brothers, many relatives. Funeral pallbearers listed. verse and religious reflections included.
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Jamestoward Humphreys
Jeffersonville
Clark Co. Ind
Co. 1
John P. Cravens
Mattie Calull
Wm Fh
J. Howard
Susie May
Hebrew Baptist Church
Jesus
John
North Madison
Charles
Middlefork
Hebron
Edgar Ringwald
John Busse
Bert Waltz
Ford3y Waltz
George Waltz
Will Waltz
Madison Citizen’s Experience Promotes Dean’s Kidney Pills
A Madison resident Mrs. E. D. Willick reports back pain and kidney trouble relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills from Rogers’ drug store. The ad urges the product with price 50c and credits Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. The text also discusses government prosecutions and support for business.
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Madison
E. D. Willick
N. Mulberry Street
Dean
Rogers’ Drug Store
Four Aged Persons Dead In North Vernon Obituaries
Bartholomew Condon aged 85 dies from age infirmities after 35 years in Jennings county. Surviving widow, four daughters and five sons. James Muster, 75, dies from hardening of the arteries. widow, three daughters and three sons survive. Sarah Ellen McCammon, 77, pioneer resident, dies of senility. services Friday morning at residence, city cemetery. Allen B. Wilson, 78, Civil War veteran, horticulture expert and former teacher, dies of senility. widow, daughter Mrs. Charles Carr of Vernon and son Jacob Wilson of Indianapolis survive.
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North Vernon
Bartholomew Condon
Jennings County
James Muster
Sarah Ellen McCammon
Allen B. Wilson
Charles Carr
Vernon
Jacob Wilson
Indianapolis
Hanover College leader attends state intercollegiate oratorical contest
Hanover Indiana February 25 Dr W A Millis Hanover College president traveled to Indianapolis to attend the state intercollegiate oratorical contest at Central Christian church that evening. A telegram from G J Rider athletics coach at Wanager reports the death of his mother in Hart Michigan after a parastic stroke. W Herbert Gibbs of Mattoga IL and Allen S Montgomery joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity last night.
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Hanover
Ind
W. A. Millis
Hanover College
Indianapolis
Central Christian Church
G. 4
Rider
Wanager
Hart
Mich
W. Herbert Gibbs
Mattoga
Allen S. Montgomery
Phi Delta Theta
Evansville Baby Help Recovers Lost Company Funds
In Evansville Tad Feb 26 Mrs Fannie Ruston secretary of the Pure ly Ice Cream Company collected the day’s receipts. She accidentally left the money in a laundry basket. The basket went to washerwoman Mrs Helmuth’s home where her baby found the money and the washerwoman was rewarded.
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Evansville
Tad
Fannie Ruston
Helmuth
Social Director and Musical Critic Dialog
A brief exchange notes the Social Director’s taste as not highbrow nor lowbrow and the Musical Critic as in between, described as mezzobrow. The remark appears in a New York Globe pickup.
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New York Globe
Modern Magic Prompt Echoes a Classic Rhyme Ambiguity
Fragmentary verse recalling a girl with a curled brown lock and a disputed surname. The lines lean toward a childhood fairytale tone while hinting at a possible name misread or misrendered in the text.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay Seen as Next General Federation President
Miss Mary Garrett Hay of New York a former Indiana woman is projected to become president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at the May New York biennial convention. She directs the Central Federation a suffrage leader in New York City and attracted wide attention at the Chicago 1914 biennial. Her career includes leadership in Indiana groups and early club foundations.
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Mary Garrett Hay
New York
Indiana
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Miss Hay
Gentral Federation
New York City
Chicago
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. C.T. U0
Tnediana
An Essay on Pants and Fearless Manhood
An odd essay argues pants define character with satire and surreal details. It recalls farm life, worn cloths, and patches in a vivid voice from Strickland Gil- Han in Farm Life, linking pants to resilience and social views.
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Wilside
Strickland Gil- Han
Driest Sandwich Joke Sparks Customer Callback
A Pittsburgh Press item quips about a patron who complains of a dry sandwich only to realize they have eaten their own check. The brief exchange features a waiter’s humorous reply and a light city desk tone.
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Pittsburgh Press
Blame it on the music in a stray tale
A character named Shimmerpate returns home late from a stop at a concert hall. He mentions nibbling a clove and finds the music intoxicating. A companion quips Blame it on the music, reflecting the whimsical tone of Stray Stories.
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Shimmerpate
Pure Waste Tittle Urns of Profitier
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a dispatch style item with unclear names and phrases. Reads like a brief column note or teaser referencing profit, figures, and a local note, but lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize a clear news item.
Ready to Please Katie in Earnest Exchange
A dramatic exchange between George and Curguin where George asks if love would have saved him without knowing Katie, and George responds yes, urging more devotion in a fervent, intimate moment.
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Katie
George
Dearine
Curtguin
Wonders of petrified Arizona forest attract tourists
In a recently protected area, a natural bridge formed from a petrified conifer spans a twenty by fifty foot gorge reinforced by two stone piers. The unique log preserved in silica flowers with brilliant colors and was once used by the Indiana. Visitors can take chips of the rock. The porcelain factory King Teh Cheeng in China, once supplying Toyal palaces since 1396, is to reopen after revolutionary destruction and pattern recovery.
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Arizona
United States
Indiana
China
King Teh Cheeng
Toya Palaces
Limousines With Glass Roofs Headed for Big Cities
Novel glass roof limousines are gaining attention in Europe and will appear in larger cities. A new material called cellon, similar to glass but tougher, is used in roofs. Reports mention advanced motor design and experiments, with claims of unique ray and gas diffusion properties. Historical notes cover related tech curiosities and a revived submarine discovery titled the Old Foolkiller from 1871 Chicago, describing its cigar shape and dimensions.
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Athens
Famitigne
Germany
Chicago
Get Up Quick Device Delights San Francisco Engineers
At a San Francisco banquet for electrical engineers the toastmaster used a small chair device. When activated it made the speakers rise promptly with evident enthusiasm, drawing laughs and applause from the assembled crowd.
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San Francisco
Monkey in Central Park Zoo Finds Companion in Recording
Hoolock the monkey grows happy after curator records his whining chatter in Central Park Zoo New York. The device lets him hear his own voice and imagine a companion, ending his loneliness.
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Hoolock
Central Park Zoo
New York
Practical Health Hint Granulated Eyelids
Practical health notice explains granulated eyelids caused by eye strain and need for glasses or new lenses. recommends soothing eye lotion and boric acid wash two daily, with cold solution used after exposure to sun wind or dust. A dropper dose in each eye aids relief. improvements appear after one to two weeks with daily use.
Where Can One Be Found
A cryptic Paris Edition item notes doubt about knowledge and teaching love. It suggests selecting someone who knows nothing about it, hinting at a provocative social observation in a New York context attributed to Berrard.
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Paris
New York
Berrard
Burdock Blood Buffers Adirit? (adjusted)
Heavy impure blood is blamed for a muddy complexion and illness. Purifying blood is said to improve digestion and strength. Burdock Blood Purifiers are advertised for a dollar at all stores.
Ice Hole Heist At Pewaukee River Scene
In Pewaukee, Wisconsin Robert Wine and friends watched Jake Carl Zinn of Milwaukee plunge a handkerchief from his pocket into a frozen hole at the Zinn summer home. The pocketbook with 156 dollars and papers disappeared into the ice. Accity's Bag Pancake promotes light breakfast cakes.
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Waukesha
Wis
Robert Wine
Pewaukee
Jake Carl Zinn
Milwaukee
Zinn
Spain's King Wins Princess Liberty Amid Exchange
Spain's king secures the liberty of Princess Emmanuel of Salm-Salm and her husband Wilhelm, prisoners of war in Britain. The Archduchess, daughter of Archduke Frederick, was captured after South Africa exile and a long effort to win their release. They have five children and a history tied to Austria, Prussia, and royal alliances.
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Emmanuel of
Madrid
Salm-Saint
Archduke Frederick
Spain
South Africa
Camip
Diate
Cobrattar
London
Berlin
Ave
Ins Wells
Gordon
Lord Kitchener
Emimanuel of
Salm-Salm
Marie Christina
Austria
Francis Ferdinand
Francis Joseph
Sophia von Chotek
Prince Salm-Salm
Vienna
Westphalia
Prince Felix of
Agnes Leclercq
Baltimore
United States
Lincoln
Gravelotte
Germany
Karlsruhe
Charles Heneage
Princess Salm-Salm
Woman moonshiner pair sentenced in West Virginia
Mrs. Sarah Reed and Wrey Marks of Calhoun county began serving prison terms after pleading guilty to operating a still for the manufacture of moonshine whisky. They were fined $1,000 and given months in prison. In Springfield, John B. Marcille, a noted railroad man, choked to death while dining on steak at a restaurant.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Sarah Reed
Wrey Marks
Calhoun County
Springfield
Mass
John B. Marcille
Buchanan resigns Daily News editorship for Seattle Times post
Richard W. Buchanan, longtime Perkins Press associate, steps down as city editor of The Daily News to take the same role at The Seattle Times. He will move to Seattle with his mother and sister. His career, starting at the Madison Herald, includes wartime service as a captain and later Army lieutenant, plus editorial posts at Louisville Courier Journal and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Richard W. Buchanan
Perkins Press
Daily News
Seattle Times
Seattle
Buchanan
The
News
Ledger
Madison
Ind
Death Claims Mrs. Wm Werning At Hebron Home
Miss Carrie Griess of Madison born January 18 1858 died February 20 1916 at her Hebron home aged 58 years 1 month 3 days She married William Werning December 15 1887 later joined Hebron Baptist Church leaving Lutherans Funeral held at her residence Wednesday with songs by Misses Jennie Jessup and Lillie West Rev Lower of Madison conducted services Interment at Fairmont pallbearers listed Funeral write up by a friend
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Wm. Werning
Carrie Griess
Madison
Ind
Hebron
Lutheran Church
George Waltz
George Mickel
Charles Grossman
Daniel Towers
Curtis Marshall
Louis Ernest
Golden Gate
It Isn't Your Town It’s You Poem Verse
A poem by G. D. Ellyson argues towns reflect residents' actions. It asserts real towns thrive when people work, avoid shirking, and invest personally. The piece urges readers to see themselves as the root of their town's character.
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Kansiai City Journal
G. D. Ellyson
Elso
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