Italian rider charts 8800 mile European extreme journey
Luigi Masetti a Italian long distance cyclist plans a six month route from Cape Trafalgar Spain through Madrid Paris Copenhagen Stockholm to the North Cape across Lapland to St Peters burg and the Crimea ending in Constantinople. The voyage spans about 8800 miles. Europe’s population has grown from about 250 million to over 360 million in fifty years.
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Luigi Masetti
Europe
Cape Trafalgar
Spain
Madrid
Paris
Copenhagen
Stockholm
North Cape
Lapland
St. Petersberg
Crimea
Constantinople
Indian oak among hardest woods with ink in water
Indian oak described as one of the hardest woods with intriguing property of absorbing ink in water. The note highlights its density and potential uses in durability and ink interaction. Further details remain limited in the source excerpt.
Deafness Cure Claim Ad Seeks Catarrh Patients
An old advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured and offers one hundred dollars for a case not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It states local applications cannot reach the Eustachian tube and promises a free address book. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall’s Family Pills endorsed.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Potato Crop in Indiana Suffers from Drouth
Southern Indiana potato crop faces drought stress with reduced yields as weather patterns linger. Farmers monitor soil moisture and implement irrigation where possible, seeking relief from continued dry spells impacting production.
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Indiana
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort Across Ages
Shake Into Your Shoe Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful swollen feet and quickens comfortable shoe fit. It cures sweating, callous and tired feet and is sold by druggists and shoe stores with 25 cent mail option and free trial packs. Hubert Jeffrey, eleven, drowned in a mill pond at Marion.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Hubert Jeffrey
Marion
Grain-O gains in grocery stores as coffee substitute
A new grain based beverage called Grain-O is marketed as a coffee alternative. It claims to suit delicate stomachs and taste like coffee while costing about a quarter as much. Packages priced at 115 cents and 25 cents are offered, with claims that children may drink it safely.
Democrats redraw Crawfordsville district adding ward
Democrats approve redrawing Crawfordsville district expanding by one ward to adjust representation. Officials say the change affects local boundaries and council seats.
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Crawfordsville
Cough Remedies and Public Notices Highlight 19th Century Ads
An assortment of old advertisements and notices includes Kemp's Halsam cough remedy promises instant relief, Dr Kilzea’s nerve recovery treatment, Piso's Cure for Consumption praised by users, and tax and marriage statistics. Also mentions Monon Route’s Forty-seventh Street station stop and quick transit links to Chicago and the Union Stock Yard.
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Monon
Chicago
Forty-seventh Street
Great Southern
Union Stock Yard
The Lever's Pilot and a Matrimonial Scheme
Capt. Lafe Tomlin of Jeffersonville plans to exit business and join the army. He runs a unique matrimonial service aboard ferries between Seffersonville and Louisville offering to guide couples to a magistrate and minister while denying fees at first. A separate mining and settlement proposal in Denver outlines a $3,000 upfront, $2,000 at 90 days, and 20 year bonds for $36,000 to develop mines and establish an agricultural colony with Social Democracy backing.
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Lafe Tomlin
Jeffersonville
Captain Tomlin
Seffersonville
Louisville
Yeomlin
Tomlin
Child
Commission
Denver
Social Democracy
Noted counterfeiter dies after Sheriff shootout in field
Sheriff Mc Creary answered a call from B Sharpaville to arrest Laula Harlan who was wanted for larceny. Harlan resisted and fled across a field. he was shot twice and died Saturday. He was a known criminal tied to counterfeiting gangs and other troubles.
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Tipton
McCreary
B Sharpaville
Laula Harlan
Harlan
Tipton Specini Arrests Hog Theft Suspect in Sharpsville
Wednesday morning Marshal Racobs, armed with a warrant for Charles Harlan, went to Sharpsville and took him into custody on a hog theft charge. Harlan surrendered, recalling his nephew's fate last Friday, and made a peaceable surrender.
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Tipton Specini
Marshal Racobs
Charles Harlan
Sharpsville
Harlan
Desperate Old Lover Elopes With Local Farm Girl
Police halted a marriage attempt as Mack M Miller a 50 year old farmer near New Moorefield and Hattie Remsburg an eighteen year old girl tried to register as man and wife at a Springfield hotel. Miller confessed to loving the girl and abandoning his wife and five children to forget her and return. They had previously eloped near Cincinnati but were not charged and the girl was sent home after.
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Muncie
Mack M. Miller
Hattie Remsburg
Miller
New Moorefield
Springfield
Remsburg
Cincinnati
Charles Tomms
Poneto
Mr. Tos
Oldest Methdist minister Rev George Washington Thomas dies
Rev. George Washington Thomas, perhaps the oldest man in Lawrence County and the last surviving member of the old Philadelphia conference, dies at 92 in the home of his nephew Charles Thomas near the city. He began preaching at 16 and spent fifty years in traveling ministry, enduring hardships to meet appointments, shaping southern Indiana’s early church history.
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Bedford
George Washington Thomas
Lawrence County
Charles Thomas
Thomas
Indiana
Sharpsville action against Harlan gang and local drownings
The Sharpsville area awaits the last county action against the Harlan gang while Mia Harlan is believed a Shelby County fugitive. Charles is jailed as public anger rises. Knightstown reports two brothers, Et hu and Samuel Lee Knight, drowned in Buck Creek after a failed rescue attempt. Terre Haute notes Western Indiana farmers protest crop and stock statistics as state assessors prepare for next Legislature.
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Sharpsville
Harlan
Mia Harlan
Shelby County
Charles
Knightstown
Et_hu
Samuel Lee
Buck Creek
Elihu
Samuel
Terre Haute
Indiana
Social Democracy’s New Program Eludes War Era Plan
Terre Haute reports the co operative commonwealth scheme of Social Democracy has been temporarily abandoned by the colonization commission. The financial agencies backing bonds deem the attempt inadvisable during the war. The commission now proposes to pursue a reserve auxiliary proposition.
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Social Democracy
Terre Haute
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Colonization Commission
Indiana Patents Issued for Various Devices This Week
A list of Indiana residents receiving patents includes Joseph Eck Muncie for electrical furnace charging device Frank C Ferguson Indianapolis for fountain syringe Casper Green Dublin for collapsible truck John H Hare Noblesville for reverising gear John C Knoblock South Bend for pulley William Nutt Indianapolis for stopsger W W Schultz Richmond for seeding machine J H Sparks fence posts Frank Trimble Greensburg for mop wringing attachment Charles L Truster Indianapolis triturator. A Marion special grand jury investigates the death of William Johnson wife of Christian Scientist leading to murder charges against James Achor and Sarah E Achor. Florence Higging Wanatah and Misk Florence Higging submitted to Porter County bar.
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Joseph Eck
Muncie
Frank C. Ferguson
Indianapolis
Casper Green
Dublin
John H. Hare
Noblesville
John C. Knoblock
South Bend
William Nutt
W. W. Schultz
Richmond
J. H. Sparks
Frank Trimble
Greensburg
Charles L. Truster
Triturator
Marion
Wiliam Johnson
William Johnson
Johnson
James Achor
Sarah E. Achor
Christian Science Band
Pink Pills credited for restoring health of Detroit businesswoman
Mrs. C. W. Mansfield testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People curing her nervous exhaustion and insomnia after other medicines failed. She advocates the pills for women’s health and cites successful use among her staff and other Detroit druggists as best buyers.
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Free Press
Detroit
Michid
C. W. Mansfield
Farrar Street
Mich
Dr. Williams
Williame
Pink Pille
Dr Roux claims breakthrough antitetanic cure
Dr Roux of the Pasteur Institute reports an efficient cure for lockjaw using a brain injection of antitetanic serum. The method, tested with complete success on a man in Germany, marks a departure from the earlier serum approach. Naples Castel Nuovo, once a Bourbon dungeon, will become visible to the public as enclosing walls and shops are removed.
Lane's Family Medicine Patent Remedy Listing
An old patent remedy titled Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement as health driven benefit. It claims to affect the diver and kidneys and to cure a sick headache. Prices shown are 2c and 50c.
Aberdeen Sculptor George Russell Leaves $75,000
The late George Russell of Aberdeen Scotland left seventy five thousand dollars for the benefit of scavengers and policemen.
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George Russell
Aberdeen
Scotland
Quebec Law Fines Purchasers for Sunday Newspapers
A Quebec statute imposes a fine of 20 on any male citizen who purchases a newspaper on Sunday. The unusual rule targets Sunday consumption of print media.
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Quebec
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