Indianapolis Gears Up For Second Carnival Parade
Indianapolis readies for a robust carnival led by Mortimer Levering as president and Secretary Hackedorn’s improved entries. The opening grotesque parade on October 14 features a $200 prize, two midways, diverse shows, and the Kansas City fire department company as a free main attraction amid grand fireworks and concerts by the Sorenting Randa Rossa band from San Severio.
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Indianapolis
Carnival Association
Mortimer Levering
Hackedorn
Kentucky
Courthouse Yard
Alabama
Market
New Jersey
la Rose
Kansas City Fire Department Company
Chicago
London
Paris
Kansas City
Hoan
Erises
Pompei
Tomlinson Hall
San Severio
Italy
Signor Berrentine
Washington Park
Indiana excursion to St Louis by Western Railway
An Indiana Drecatur Western Railway excursion to St Louis on October 19 offers a round trip at five dollars and ten cents, leaving Indianapolis at 2 12, returning via the Wabash line. Tickets available from ticket agents with full details.
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Indiana Drecatur
Raihway
St Louis
Mol
Trecatur
Watash
Indianapolis
Yetater
Bearhdale
Ind
Lazarus
GPLAL
Indianapoalis
The anxious man seeks safe shaving aid
An anxious man contemplates a safer shaving option and considers a safety razor for use.
Cure for Consumption Mentioned as Valuable Medicine
A fragment notes a claimed cure for consumption regarded as valuable for coughs and colds. The text mentions NSW Samuel Ocean Crove N J and a date February 1200, plus a caution about cranks and anarchist types. The garbled lines reflect a dubious 19th century medicine advertisement tone.
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Fise
Nsw
Samuel
Ocean Crove
N. J
Cimona Medicine Co
Indianapolis
Ind
D. J. Ellison
First Baptist Church
Sharpen Sour Own Razor on the Electric Razor
Fragmentary notice mentioning Peter and an address in Chicago. Indicates a local service or advertisement style item with unclear context and identifiers. No clear event or outcome present. entities include Peter and 20 N Center Ave Chicago.
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Peterwom Nig
N. Center Ave
Chicago
Money for You Promises Weekly Large Income
An advertisement from A. C. Morgan & Co at 3 Doane Street New York claims a guaranteed large weekly income to attract applicants.
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A. C. Morgan & Co
Doane St
New York City
The Crystal Cannot Equal It in Religion
Dr. Talmage argues Job chapter twenty eight proves religion outshines crystal. He praises salvation’s beauty and transformation from sin to grace, calling religion a transparent, perfect harmony of divine attributes, guiding life with precise providence and promising heavenly jewels.
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Talmage
Job
Cornish Mine
Hart Mountain
Mammoth Cave
Natural History
Releion
God
Napoleon
Borodino
John Thomas
Alexander Severus
Herculaneum
Eegypt
Rouen
Salisbury
Sinai
Pisgah
Prospect
Olivest
Calvary
Jordan
Cherith
Nile
Christ
Ignatius
Jesus Christ
Solomon
Paul
Ezekiel
Meg Merrilies
Stars of Heaven
Broadway Car Confusion Ends With Simple Ride
A befuddled rider disputes routes on a Cleveland Broadway streetcar. The conductor calmly corrects him that it is a Broadway car, issues transfers, and the man eventually rides the loop home, satisfied to have taken a ride.
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Euclid Beach
Forest City Park
Shay
Pearl Street
Boston
Cleveland
Shipwreck tolls across history
The text lists major shipwrecks with high loss of life. Royal George off Portsmouth August 29 1782 nearly 1000 dead. Queen Charlotte fire March 17 1800 off Leghorn 703 of 850 perished. St George Defence Hero December 24 1811 near Jutland about 2000 lives lost. Princess Alice sunk September 3 1878 near Woolwich 600-700 dead. White Star steamer Meagher Rock about 560 perished with 442 saved.
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Royal George
Portsmouth
Queen Charlotte
Leghorn
St. George
Defence
Meagher Rock
Joseph in Prison and Dreams in Egypt
Biblical lesson summary recounts Joseph’s imprisonment in Egypt with mercy from the Lord, the prison keeper’s trust, and the dream interpretations for the chief butler and baker, outlining lessons on character, trust, and divine guidance. It notes time around 1720–1718 B C and places Egypt, with catechism questions on the Ten Commandments.
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Joseph
Egypt
B. C
Potiphar
Butler
Baker
Reasoning by Ansilogy at Church
In a playful exchange at church today Mr. Bronston and Mrs. Upton showcased new suits. Mrs. Upton wore a tailor made dress while Mrs. Bronston noted Mr. Upton’s clothes as ready made in a witty reply.
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Mr. Bronston
Mrs. Upton
Mrs. Bronston
Mr. Upton
New York Weekly
Cost to Maintain Soldiers Compared by City Paper
The Plain Dealer notes the annual upkeep for an American soldier at $1,014 versus $201 for a German, implying one American soldier equates to five Germans in daily costs. The comparison highlights military expense disparities and reflects wartime budgeting rhetoric.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Little Elmer and the lessons on will and obstinacy
A playful exchange frames firmness as exercise of will power and obstinacy as the perverse use of that strength. Professor Broadhead defines will as discipline while Elmer probes the limits of stubborn resolve in a light Puck style vignette.
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Elmer
Professor Broadhead
Puck
What He Wanted and the Silent Exchange
A clipped historical dialogue shows a First Citizen expressing desire to create something, while a Second Citizen questions why. The fragment suggests an exchange about clever design or craft and reflects a terse civic discourse snapshot.
Dead Sea Fruit Seen Near Biskra Oasis
A Sahara traveler photographed near Biskra showing a plant known as dead sea fruit or apples of Sodom. The round golden fruit with green stripes sits on a ground stalk and resembles a melon in skin smoothness. Though striking in appearance it is a deadly poison and camels avoid it despite its tempting look.
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Sahara
Oasis
Biskra
Sodom
Detroit Free Press
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Mrs Goss's Sciatica Cure
In St. Bryant Mo on October 7, Mrs. M A Goss formerly crippled by sciatica describes a long relief battle. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with ending her pain and restoring health noting the medicine cured her sciatic agony when other treatments failed.
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St. Bryant
M. A. Goss
If Turkey is Broken Up
A humorous exchange imagines a fall of Turkey with a joke about a postbreakup bargain sale of harem effects. The speakers discuss a prayer rug a Moorish mirror and a Circassian hours, turning geopolitical disruption into cheeky shopping temptations.
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Turkey
George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nothility Oil Promises Fast Relief for Bodily Aches
An advertisement touts Nothility Equals St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism gout sciatica neuralgia cramps pleurisy lumbago sore throat bronchitis and body pains. It claims safe sure and never failing relief and hints industry strikes would end if steel workers joined a corporation Morgan urges workers to buy stock.
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Gt. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobse
St. Jacobs
Henry J. Doris
the Cycles Co
London
England
Nothility
Steel Trust
Corporation
Morgan
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Connection
A 19th century advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian Tube mucous lining and promises aCatarrh Cure with a $100 reward for noncured cases. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo and notes Druggists sell Hall's Family Pills at 75 cents. The text also oddly mentions a shrinking bathing suit as modesty commentary.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Best Mineral Water Claim Shifts to Pluto Spring
An advertisement touts Pluto Spring at French Lick as the best natural medicinal water, surpassing French and German springs in health benefits with new management and moderate rates. A separate note warns girls after a Garden City, Kansas incident where a girl dodged a kiss from a young man.
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Pluto Spring
French Lick
France
Germany
Kas
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