Gilbert Sells Out Spot Cash Bargain Store
G B Gilbert retires as proprietor of the Spot Cash Bargain Store in Montpelier. Geo Friend will take charge February first. Gilbert plans a stock sale to close out and may relocate after spring. His Monroe friends anticipate success wherever he goes.
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Geo. Friend
Spot Cash Bargain Store
G. B. Gilbert
Spot Cash
Montpelier
Friend
Gilbert
Clifford
Monroe
Detectives Guard Indiana Line After Wire Attack
Three detectives from Indianapolis working for the O dana Union Traction Co. based at the Columbia Hotel in Mostpilier monitor unrest along the line. They fear strikers may spread farther once local tensions are controlled, and report a wire cut near Ponco with a dangerous tie to a wire fence. They vow to uncover and convict those responsible.
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Indianapolis
Odana Union Traction Co
Columbia Hotel
Ponco
Doctor Hale on Woman's Work in Monthly Talk
Dr Edward Everest Hale urges that American success rests on the habit of self rule at every local level from place to neighborhood. He stresses determination and a home rule spirit as essential to progress.
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Edward Everest Hale
January Weather Averages From 36-Year Record
A 36 year compilation from weather bureau records outlines January conditions not as a forecast. The average temperature across the period was 28 degrees. Warmest January reached 45 in 1880 and coldest 18 in 1893, with a 70 degree high on January 11, 1890 and January 20, 1906, and a low of 25 below zero on January 5, 1884.
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Weather Bureau
Recital at Christian Church Delights Attentive Audience
Mrs. Stella Leach McCassin received loud applause for a wide range of dramatic and humorous readings. Piano solos by Miss Mary Pulver and Miss Edna Shannon, and vocal performances by Mr. H. C. Comstock and Miss Helen Shepard, pleased listeners. The Christian Endeavor Society thanks contributors. funds left will help cover a piano debt.
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Stella Leach McCassin
Mary Pulver
Edna Shannon
H. C. Comstock
Helen Shepard
Christian Endeavor Society
McCaslin
Married New Years Mies Mies to Fred Scharf in Alluwe
Mies Lulu Montgomery of Alluwe Oklahoma and Fred Scharf of Fostoria Ohio wed at noon on New Year’s Day at the Montgomery home in Alluwe. The ceremony occurred with immediate family present. The couple, former Montpelier residents, will reside in Fostoria and visit Montpelier shortly.
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Mies Lulu Montgomery
Alluwe
Oklah
Fred Scharf
Fostoria
F. M. Montgomery
H. C. Stevens
J. C. Spur
Montpelier
Scharf
Oklahoma
Fred
Hartford coroner called as Pierce dies under odd circumstances
Wilson Pierce, a Washington township farmer, died Thursday noon under unusual circumstances. Coroner Thornton, attending the Democratic Convention in Peru, arrived only yesterday to investigate. Pierce reportedly left home with a drove of hogs, was found in a fence corner by James Hart shortly after, and died shortly after returning home, likely from heart trouble.
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Wilson Pirrce
Washington Township
Thornton
Peru
Pierce
James Hart
Hart
Dr Shoop's Restorative for Weak Nerves
An advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Restorative strengthens stomach heart and kidney nerves and offers a free sample test from Racine Wisconsin. It targets readers facing internal weakness and urges using the remedy rather than stimulants.
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Kinney
Cline Couple Donate 250 Toward Indianapolis Hospital
Mr and Mrs A B Cline gave a 250 gift at a meeting held in the new Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. The donation stands as one of the largest individual contributions subscribed. The board later chose Miss Marilia Williams of Jeffersonville as hospital superintendent, while she recovers at her parents home from typhoid fever.
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Indianapolis
A. B. Cline
New Methodist Hospital
Cline
Marilia Williams
Jeffersonville
Bluffton News
Nature's Mysteries and the Question of Knowledge
A narrator recalls an hour with a renowned physicist discussing modern matter theories. The exchange reveals awe at unseen inner motions of atoms and cautions that much is only suspected rather than proven, highlighting humility in scientific certainty.
Power of Wealth Narrates Riches Extend Life
A Philadelphia Record excerpt argues wealth extends life, as doctors note rich individuals live about twenty five years longer than the poor. The tale contrasts born rich with born poor, showing better health and fewer preventable deaths among the affluent.
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Philadelphia Record
Quote on Understanding and Judgment by Goethe
The text presents a Goethe aphorism about people who fear or scorn what they do not grasp, opposing the good and beautiful because it lies outside their sympathy. It reflects a critical view of narrow minds.
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Goethe
Higher Health Level with Dr. King's New Life Pills
Jacob Springs of West Franklin Maloe reports improved health after using Dr. King's New Life Pills. He says the product steadies his stomach liver and bowels. If the pills disappoint, refund offered at Bonoge Maddox drug store.
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Dr. King
Jacob Springs
West Franklin
Maloe
Bonoge & Maddox
Word Quack Origin Traced to Sixteenth Century
Joan O London traces the word quack from quacksalver to quack with 1696 slang, noting Carlyle revived it and its use in Tower Hill speeches. The piece also cites Henry Thurtell trials and Carlyle on gig manity, plus an Outing Magazine anecdote on animal danger responses.
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Edward Clarke
Henley
Farmer
Wycherly
Earl of Rochester
Tower Hill
Prester John
Boolmape
Grand Cairo
Morocco
Sir Edward Clarke
Carlyle
Thurtell
Hertford Assizes
Mr. Weare
Joan O
London
Tatler
Cats Face Off On Fences in Quiet Display of Strategy
A friend observed two cats meeting atop a board fence with no room to pass. One halted, retreated to a adjoining fence at right angles, then waited as the other passed. The scene suggested a master and subordinate dynamic, though the behavior may reflect instinct rather than complex thought.
Ancient Roman marital and paternal authority described
Colquhoun notes the husband held full empery over the wife and her property, while she gained rights to a child and her husband’s name in survivorship. Fathers once retained perpetual control over children, with emancipation only after the father’s death, and harsh powers including corporal punishment and even killing choices.
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Colquhoun
How the Brahman Cleans His Teeth
A description from Hindoo Manners by Abbe Dubois notes that Brahmans must use a twig from specific trees to clean their teeth and must announce the act to forest gods. They avoid cleaning on certain lunar days, Tuesdays, birth-related days, eclipses, planetary conjunctions, equinoxes, and certain anniversaries. doing so on any of these days is said to yield hell as punishment.
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Abbe Dubois
Bucklen’s Arm e Salve Praised by Maine Man
It It does the business says Mr. E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine. He used Bucklen’s Arm es Salve for piles and it cured them. He applied it for chapped hands and it cured them. An old sore healed without a scar. 25s at Honge Maddox drug store.
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E. E. Chamberlain
Clinton
Maine
Bucklen
Honge & Maddox Drug Store
Parson Origins Linked to Latin Roots and Church Role
The piece traces parson to Latin per song and ties it to the church’s representative role. It notes Blackstone on the parson representing the church by his person and explains parsing a sentence from Pars meaning part of speech.
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Parson
Blackstone
Nelson’s Death Mystery Probed by Harper’s Weekly
In a wry line from Harper’s Weekly a reader asks what killed Nelson, noting he “had one foot in the grave.” The humorous exchange hints at a gossipy mood surrounding a rumored demise.
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Harper's Weekly
Women Who Wear Well and the Change After Marriage
A 19th century style advertisement argues marriage and motherhood sap female vitality. It touts Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription as a tonic that renews vigor, treats pelvic drains and weaknesses, and suits nursing or expectant mothers. Addresses Dr. Pierce at Buffalo, New York.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N.Y
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Christian Church
Thorton
Hartford
POWER
Cleveland
Cabeage
Library of Universal History
A A
American Underwriters Corporation
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Gordon
Jobo Burroughs
Outing Magazine
Nelson
NEW Home Sewing Machine Company
Orange
Mass
John N. Teeters
Pennville
Ind
Rocured
Patert
Patewt
Ofes
Monogram
Address Stationery Manufacturing Co
Bethlehem
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