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Newspaper
Montpelier Herald
Location
Montpelier, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
5
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions oats mixed and several references such as 1 Timothy and 3 Timothy. Includes numbers like 22.10.0 and 8.50 1.68 with unclear context. No coherent events or identifiable entities to complete a clear summary.
Local notes report enrollments at Bluffton Business College and minor incidents around Robinson Illinois. Mentions include Delmar Gil visiting relatives, endorsements for Pioneer Drug Store products, and several residents’ updates. Details cover mild injuries, milled bushwheat, and community happenings with the usual small town tone.
McDowe and Edeminger announce the new Smoke House on High Street to replace the Home Restaurant space. The room is decorated with linoleum floors, refined furnishings, a selection of tobaccos and candies, magazines, and two box ball alleys as an amusement feature. Arthur Stoops will manage the business.
Sam L. Stricler declares his candidacy for chairman of Indiana’s Eleventh Congressional district. He pledges to harmonize Republicans, emphasize the organization’s role in electing the ticket, and offer a square deal to tenure candidates and supporters who share Republican principles.
Hon. A L Lawshe reports a 1907 postal service deficit of 6 692 031 47 with 1906 deficit at 10 516 905 04. Expenditures exceed receipts by 36 74 percent. A sample mail ruling and extending the money order system to all U S post offices are recommended.
The Hijeu moving picture theatre in the public square changes hands with Harry Millers Vandetta and Link Cook purchasing from Walter Wikel and Jack Jabnov of Montpelier. The room will be remodeled with new features and Johnson will run the machine for the new owners for a time.
Abraham Brown of Wirtertee New York faced conflicting medical labels heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and liver ailment. After doctors failed his wife urged Eteomic Bitters which restored his health after one bottle, claim by Meador druggist.
Elmer Youngkin started on a school building project in Roll handling painting and planning. He will work five months on the job and expects the project to take around six weeks to complete the interior and exterior work.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Good Advice and Woolever among La Razer merchants. The text is garbled with unclear names and context, giving no full sentences or concrete events to summarize.
The American Museum of Natural History exhibits giant cigars for a day’s smoke and a fork like tuning fork as a holder. Two explorers near the Rio Negro gathered items during a three month Amazon journey. Indians made eighteen inch cigars as large as a child’s arm, puffing from a forked stick. the collection surpasses much seen elsewhere.
The New York Tribune notes ticket staff often shorten ship names into office nicknames. Atlantic Transport lines use Minnies for the Minneapolis Minnetonka Minnehaha with Tonk and Mes for Minnetonka and Mesaba. Red Line variants become Father Fin and Kroon Zee for Kroonland Zeeland. St. Paul drops St. Louis becomes Loose and Philadelphia becomes Phillie. North German Lloyd Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is the Big Bus and Kaiser Wilhelm II is Billy Two.
Hans Doering recounts a Mussulman in Chinese Turkestan praying publicly at his doorway. Despite noisy visitors and a glass pane separating them, the man chants and bows reverently, later joined by his wife who mirrors the rite. They perform this devotion every morning and evening regardless of company.
A business man notes that a conceited person appears dense and fails to see how he impresses others. He compares such individuals to ostriches with heads in the sand, unready to recognize their disagreeable trait.
A scene from the St Louis Republic describes Marian reading The Wide Awake World with her mother and sister commenting on her comprehension. Marian replies she reads it for the half she understands, showing quiet resolve and humor.
Jackson Shovel and Tool Co. will shut down its plant tonight due to weak money markets and few new orders. About fifty workers are on the payroll with many likely seeking other positions, though owner Welton hopes a partial reopening later this month as merchants rely on local employment.
The Red Men held a Monday evening session and elected officers for the coming year. Elza Emerson was chosen sacker, James MecWherson senior sagamore, Virgil Carr uniform sagamore, W. C. Reynolds chief of records, Daniel Arnold collector of wamypum, W. H. Thornberg keeper of wampum, and Frank Koush trustee. The order has added many members and remains one of the most flourishing in Montpelier.
Homer Frost of the Indianapolis Star says Union Traction will begin running its big cars through to Fort Wayne via a new route instead of the previous Peyce path. He notes a schedule will be set soon to cover traffic over the route.
A letter list shows numerous individuals including Earl Augustine J F Brahe Co P Breen Cairney Joseph Creek E A Lemaster Hugh McGilfery J E Mans Cleve Appelle A H B Queso Harry Smith J Scott Howard Tillman Hsilie Tay W A Wilcox Meadowes Marrietta Blythe Ady Franklin H A Giles Fiora Millara Jennie Williams May Willows Misees Ella Ulner Mary Stuart Whipple Ackley 2011 Co T O Palaer P M.
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